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政治经济类阅读的试题列表

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Mariah Evans at the University of Nevada, Reno, led a 20-year study which asked adults in 27 countries to tell the number of books that were in their home while Museums & Attractions—Things to do in London In the Company of CooksUntil Sat Jun 19Imperial War MuseumThese cookery exhibits and talks are inspired by the 21st century China is playing an ever-increasing part in world affairs, and new generations of leaders are hungry to learn English, and to learn more about the W As we all know, it was Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of Independence (《独立宣言》). He wrote it in two weeks, and after a few changes, it was accept Hong Kong, major commercial center for Asia, and with a population which has grown at an alarming rate to over 5 million, is a city highly dependent on mass (大量 The United Nations says forty million people or so around the world went hungry in 2008，mainly because of higher food prices. Early estimates from the UN Food If you ask people to name the one person who had the greatest effect on the English language, you will get answers like “Shakespeare,” “Samuel Johnson,” and “Web 第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。Chinese tennis is entering a There are some special traditions in Hawaii .People are very friendly and always welcome visitors. They give visitors a lei,a long necklace made of beautiful f Learning Chinese has been like climbing a steep(陡峭的)mountain.My mother was born in Tokyo,while my father moved from Shanghai to Hong Kong when he was seven y Through watching the National Day parade roll down Tian’anmen Square last Thursday, foreign observers were impressed by China’s fast development and growing st Stopping teens from smoking is a big challenge many communities face today. Many communities can only watch without being able to act while local businesses con 第二部分阅渎理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读—列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。After the terrible car accident, th Ever since the first skyscraper(摩天大楼) was built in Chicago in 1883, more and more buildings that reach for the skies have been constructed in the large citie III.阅读理解第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，共30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。In the centre of London th 第三部分：阅读理解（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分）请认真阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Few people realize th Mexico City is truly one of the most amazing cities in the world with a mixture of both the old and new world. From the moment your plane starts to land in this 第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Most American children eat The home service industry in Beijing is expected to become more attractive both as a job and as an industry. Sources at the Beijing People’s Political Consult III. 阅读理解阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从文后所给各题的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Millions of people die of hunger in Southern Africa every y All over Britain there are ruins of castles that reflect their entire past. Over the years, legends have focused on these castles.Castell CochThis castle was b The researchers, led by Hwang Woo-suk, insist they cloned an Afghan hound, only to help investigate (研究) human disease, including the possibility of cloning st A long time ago, before there was any money (coins or paper money), people got the things that they needed by trading or exchanging. Salt was one of the first i China may be the world's most populous country ,and it won the most gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. But its prowess at soccer is lamentable TOKYO— At first glance, Japanese cellphones are young people’s favorites, with elegant design and quick access to the Internet. However, despite years of compe 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。GENEVA--- The use of stimu In Washington D.C., 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a very special address. It is the address of the White House, the home of the president of the United States.第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Harvard University is on th Jobs for abroad students in ShanghaiAd No.37120Posted Nov. 23, 2009 10:44 by castellariWe are an Italian company engaged in high leveled Italian coffee and cof President Barack Obama nominated (提名) Utah governor Jon Huntsman as ambassador (大使) to China on May 16.Huntsman, 49, is the son of a Utah multimillionaire (English may not be a world language foreverWhile 375 million people around the globe use English as their native language, the number of people using it as a sec Wilderness activity week, FinlandSet off on a really wild adventure to Finland, where night is a distant memory during the endless days of summer. From your cot Can storms in Africa cause asthma(哮喘) in the Caribbean(加勒比)? Islanders point to the desert insects that land on beaches after a 5,000-kilometer flight acro It is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers （生产商）follow certain uniform standards for various features（特征）of clothes. What seems strange, however, Do you dream of being a reporter or an editor? Are you a good writer who loves the news? If so, then you may have what it takes to be a winner in the TFK Kid R MOSCOW — The Olympic flame in Vancouver had only been put out before President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia, angered over his country’s disappointing performan We already have iris(虹膜) and fingerprint scanning but noses could be an even better method of identification, says a study from the University of Bath, UK.The 第三部分：阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。One year after the hosting of the exceptional Be China's relatively poor western regions are to receive 296 billion yuan (about 43.3 billion U.S. dollars) of investment through 551 projects signed with inve Why do people buy art? To answer this question, ask yourself what your reasons are for thinking of getting a piece of art. An artwork can cost a large amount o It is sometimes said that the English are polite people. This can make life difficult for foreigners. Suppose a foreign boy asks an English girl to go out with 第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从26-45各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中，选出最佳选项。Alone in the wheel of light Animal experimentation is the backbone（支柱） of American research and treatment of disease． Each year, 17 to 22 million animals are sacrificed in the name of sci If you can speak English，you know a lot of English words. You can read, speak and understand. But there is another kind of language you need to know—the langu It began as a game: high school and college students studying computer technology figured out they could use personal computers to break into telephone company c A turkey named Courage gave thanks to President Obama for saving his life on the day before Thanksgiving. Honouring a 62-year-old tradition, the President pardo Just five one-hundredths of an inch thick, light golden in colour and with a perfect “saddle curl”( 马鞍状卷曲 ), the Lay’s potato chip seems an unlikely weapon The Friday after the American holiday of Thanksgiving is called Black Friday. It’s said that it’s the day that store ledgers(分类账)move into the black and co Each cell in the human body contains about 25,000 to 35,000 genes, which carry information that determines your traits. Traits are characteristics you inherit f II阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（ A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Th The day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet neatly folded in under the four corners of a mattress located in a hospital busily occupied with the Botswana lies immediately to the north of South Africa. It is bordered on the north and west by Namibia, on the north and east by Zimbabwe, and is connected by For years scientists have been concerned about the effects of air pollution on the earth's natural conditions. Some believe the air inside many houses may be m 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分）阅读下列短文,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。No one knows where 第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。It see All penguins (企鹅) swim in cold waters and so need a good layer of insulation (隔离), some species come ashore in hot places.Humboldt penguins,for example,nest Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son: suddenly h China’s telecommunications supervisor（管理者）has given long-awaited third-generation, or 3G mobile phone licenses to three mobile operators, a move that is expe 第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36——55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。Edito During my visit to China, I stayed in several hotels. I would like to say something about fire regulations(条例) in these hotels.When I was in Beijing in a hot A train sped up through the countryside at 60 mph as a“traveller”relaxes with his newspaper. But this is no businessman taking it easy—the driver of the passeng 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分）阅读下列短文,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。To all of you at Ch Parents in three Midwestern states will soon know just how good or bad their kids' driving is when their children take the car for a spin (疾驶).Starting today Junk food advertising is “monopolising(垄断)” the Internet as television advertising comes under examination. Among 315 children’s websites, ads for soft drin 第三部分阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）For many people Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. One of the reasons people love it so much is th 第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。For thousands of years, people have seen A spirit of adventure, curiosity about different cultures and the desire for a challenge can be found in young people everywhere. More and more students in Chi 第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。In the Britain’s parents have admitted school is harder today than it was when they were kids．A poll（民意测验）of 1，500 parents shows that those with children who have Ⅲ.阅读理解 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30)The World Trade Organization (WTO), founded on January 1, 1995, aims to encourage international trade to flow as possible As we all know, nature has supplied every animal except man with some covering for his body such as fur, feathers, hair, and shells as a thick hide. But man has Liverpool city council want to clear the city of fat pigeons. They say that people are feeding the birds, which makes them fat. The pigeons get bigger because Tourism wasn’t as important as it is today. In the past, only people with a good deal of money could travel on holidays to other countries. More people travel English nowadays is widely used in science, business, the media and popular culture. For example, 80% of e-mails on the internet are in English. But where will ●The first double hand transplant patient in the US has left a hospital after medicine cleared up small red spots on his skin that signaled he might be rejecting Huge global interest in “the best job in the world”—earning good money for lazing on a paradise(天堂) island for 6 months — has crashed the Australian website wh 3D comes homeHave you had this experience? You are watching a movie. A man is shooting on the screen. The picture is so real that you think he is shooting at We lived in a technological society where most goods are mass-produced by unskilled labor. Because of this, most people think that craft(手艺) no longer exists In Victorian times, certain flowers expressed meanings because the flower selection was limited. Therefore, flower as a gift was an effective tool in social com 第一节: 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分） In the United States, students need more than good grades to impress teachers and employers. They also need to 2 Ⅲ. 阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节：阅读理解（共15题；每小题2分，满分30分）Anyone who is addicted to reading bus tickets or cereal packets will understand the appeal There is a scene that is repeated up and down the land during the month of June. Outside a church in some Scottish town or village a small crowd has interrupted Scientists find that hardworking people live longer than average men and women．Career （职业）women are healthier than housewives．Evidence shows that the jobless a Have you seen the film Star Wars? If you have, you’ll know what an energy–gun is, and a light–sword too. The gigantic space ship in Star Wars can destroy a wh Suppose you are a visitor in the land of Mongolia, some friends ask you to eat with them. What kind of manners do they want you to have? They want you to give Kids will often ignore your requests for them to shut off the TV,start their chores(杂事),or do their homework as a way to avoid following your directions.Befor 四、阅读理解（15小题，计30分）There are probably no other two museums in the world that share such a similar name. In Chinese, they are both called Gugong. In En In the sea, there are many islands. In its warm waters there are some little ones. We call them "Coral Islands". A coral island is very nice to look at. It III．阅读(共两节，满分40分)第一节阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题号上将该项涂黑。Living an 第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分, 满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。You've probably heard the exp When traveling abroad, it is wise to carry your money in traveler's checks because checks are protected against loss or theft. If your checks are lost or stole III 阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Valentine’ Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we "fit" in society. As we go about our everyday Ⅳ. 阅读理解（共20题；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给A, B, C和 D项中，选出最佳选项。In an age when techn Pop star Britney Spears tied the knot with a childhood friend，but their two-day-old marriage was dissolved Monday shortly after Britney filed for an annulment（废 The following are the world-renewed attractions（迷人地方） in London, so don’t miss them while touring there.Shakespeare’s GlobeShakespeare’s Globe, which off Few students would dream of getting a job as a shoe shiner working along the street. College students, in their own eyes and in the eyes of the public, are expe With the rapid development of public transport system, big cities like Shanghai hope to ease the traffic jams and pollution caused by an increasing number of ca A lot of management training is given each year for Circle K corporation, a national chain of convenience stores. Among the topics we address in our course is t Elephants don’t forget—at least,female elephants don’t.Elephant families are matriarchal. And the social knowledge gained by the oldest females is the key to

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Washington D. C. is a great city to live in and visit – partly because D. C.’s public transportation can get you almost anywhere in the city, D. C.’s sub It is possible to do many simple tricks with numbers. Here is one trick. It has seven steps. First, write down your house number. For example, if your addre 第二部分阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，共50分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Mar II语言知识及运用 (共两节，满分35分)完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡 Given Australia’s size and the fact that early settlements were far apart, Australian society is remarkably homogeneous (同种的). Its citizens are fundamentall 第三部分：阅读(共两节，满分35分)第一节：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Ther 第一节完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。It is so easy Ⅲ阅读(共两节，满分40分)第—节阅渎理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读—列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 How should one 第三部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。In 2008, the main can Global warming may or may not be the great environmental crisis of the 21st century, but — regardless of whether it is or isn’t — we won’t do much about it. W In order to start a business online now, there are a few steps you need to complete. The very first step you need to complete is to have a product or service i After an earthquake most survivors can be expected to recover over time, especially with the support of family and friends. Some families will be able to retur In jokes, the chicken only crosses the road. In Australia, cane toads (蔗蟾) use roads to travel.A new study finds that Cane toads are using roads to spread ac Iceland has the highest birth rate in Europe, the highest divorce rate, and the highest percentage of women working outside the home. Such statistics are often Recently, a survey was done among 288,000 students, which shows that today’s traditional-age college freshmen are “more materialistic and less altruistic (利他主 What Is Natural MedicineNatural Medicine is to use the natural environment, the nature of the material itself to cure diseases and restore the health. It involv 阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the sports of cano Successful films and TV programs make large amounts of money, and so do the performers who appear in them. A few big shows can make a rock musician a millionair Although women lead healthier, longer lives, the cruel opinion that they become "old” sooner than men is widespread in the workplace, research shows. A survey III. 阅读理解（16分）Every city in the world has taxis to take tourists to interesting places. London is the only city in the world where taking a taxi is an int Many banks are still not lending. They worry that they will not have enough capital to cover losses, but the situation does not allow many businesses to have t The Wall Street Journal Asia Edition (U.S.), the Globe and Mail (Canada), the Guardian (U.K.), among other foreign news agencies, have recently published art Folklore is the branch of the study of man which deals with local customs, tales and traditions. Everybody is a storehouse of folklore, though not everybody rea II.Fill in the blanks(10)The first and smallest unit that can be discussed in relation to language is the word. In speaking, the choice of words is 16 great im After the Summer Olympics are over, when all the athletes and viewers have gone home and the television audience has switched off, another group of athletes and III. 阅读理解 That“Monday morning feeling”could be a crushing pain in the chest which leaves you sweating and gasping for breath. Recent research from Germany WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - US President Bush said on Monday that he wanted Osama bin Laden “dead or alive” for last week’s attacks on the World Trade Center and the Great British is an island that lies off the northwest coast of Europe. The nearest country is France which is 20 miles away. Great British is separated from F 请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从28－45各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。(1)People were asked to comment __28__ sce One is not born able to speak a language．One is born able to make a noise．I have heard babies cry in America and in China．I can't tell any difference．But when I Although the US is so big and its people have so many different racial backgrounds, it is in some ways less varied than Europe．The English language is used almos In China, tea is a traditional drink, which is not only good for your health but can also enrich your mind. The following are some information of teahouses. Gu China is the biggest market in the world, and many countries such as Germany, the USA, the UK and Russia do a lot of business in China. Let’s have a look at s Robert Altman’s films were different from the usual methods of Hollywood movie storytelling. In the 1940s, he started his film career directing industrial movi Could a grizzly bear move to your neighborhood? If you live in the U.S. West, the answer may be yes. People and grizzly bears are living closer together now.On October 19, 1959, the first Special English program was broadcast on the Voice of America. It was an experiment. The goal was to communicate by radio in cle Riding a London subway, a person from China will notice one major difference; in London, people do not look at each other. In fact, eye contact is avoided at 第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.分，满分20分）Every August on the island of Heimaey, off the southern coast of Iceland, young people often take a walk along th Municipal(市政府) regulations normally ban anything from smoking in public places to parking in certain zones. But officials in the Brazilian town of Biritiba M A San Francisco self-service laundry（自助洗衣店） may be one of the world’s most unusual places to surf the Internet but a fashionable club on Moscow’s Red Squa 第二节：完形填空Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and 16 the theme “Water 第二部分：阅读理解Shanghai—Shanghai officials are welcoming a new national-water law that they say will help them protect the upper reaches of the Huangpu River a During recent years, floods and flash floods have caused billions of dollars in damage each year. They are among the most common and widespread of all natural d III. 完形填空： Many of the world's pollution problems have been 1 by the crowding of large groups of people into cities．Supply for the 2of the people leads to When prices are low，people will buy more，and when prices are high，they will buy less．Every shopper knows this．But at the same time，producers want higher pri 第一节完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分），满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Conserving wat Before the widespread use of computers, managers could not make full use of large amounts of valuable information about a company’s activities. The informatio “USA? Britain? Which country is better to study in?” We often hear such discussions. As China opens its doors, studying abroad has become a dream for many Ch The year 2009 is the Year of Ox. The ox is a representative of the farming culture of China. In the farming economy （经济）, oxen are the major animals pulling Parties held by the wealthy seldom welcome poor guests.But last week China made it through the doors into a gathering of the world’s richest countries.Jin Ren 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从20－40各题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The Great Wall of ChinaThe Great Wall of Many of us already know about several American superstitions(迷信). Having a black cat cross your path, walking under a ladder, and breaking a mirror are all ba Massachusetts (美国一州名) became the first state in the nation to ban the dumping (倾倒;抛弃) of electronic equipment such as computer monitors and television To understand the marketing concept, it is only necessary to understand the difference between marketing and selling. Not too many years ago, most industries co London ［2009-4-01］—In the firstmeeting between Chinese PresidentHu Jintao and US President BarackObama prior to the Group of 20 summit in London, the two leaders Federal regulators Wednesday approved (批准a plan to create a nationwide emergence alert（警报）system using text messages delivered to cell phones.Text messages London--A morning train rides away, across the channel. English kids discuss the Liverpool's football team in a Paris pub.Some Parisians have started to trave No country in the world has more daily newspapers than the USA. There are almost 2,000 of them, as compared with 180 in Japan, 164 in Argentina and 111 in Brita It's certain:for twins,life really does imitate art.My twin brother,Kirk,and I grew up being constantly mistaken for each （处理这个问题） other.Classmates,frie Have you ever heard the old saying, “Never judge a book by its cover.”? This is a good rule to follow when trying to judge the intelligence of others. Some pe Many Americans are turning to Japan, they think, a country of high academic achievement and economic success, for possible answers. However, the answers provide They are among the 250, 000 people under the age of 25 who are out of work in the Netherlands, a group that makes up 40 percent of the nation’s unemployed. A s China’s Ministry of Culture has recommended 10 cyber games(网络游戏) that are suitable for minors to play as part of its drive to purify the on-line environment 三、阅读理解（40分）Maps are our oldest literature(文献),older than books.People think a map was the first thing the human ever wrote to communicate each other.P 第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分。） The government wanted to put _ 36_ a big office building in the capital and had to choose an engineering comp “When one of the doctors criticizes(批评) me, I get defensive. I feel like a child again, being scolded, and I want to explain that I’m not wrong,” says Viola,I 完型填空：(15×2) In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision-making. When the children are 1 enough, they take part as well. Many teenagers（青少年） feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don’t know them as well as Some English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings and different endings, such as import, export, report and transport. All these wor It is believed that it took about 800 thousand to 1 million years for the earth's population to reach the 250 million total which existed at the end of the firs People in the United States honor their parents with two special days: Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June Everyone has got two personalities—the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don’t show your secret personality when you ar During the last century we have moved from the Industrial Age through the Information Age to the Knowledge Age. The ability to obtain and apply the right knowle World Wrestling Entertainment is the largest professional wrestling organization in North America. It was called World Wrestling Federation until it changed its China is going green．In order to reduce air pollution and oil shortages, carmakers have announced their plans to develop hybrid vehicles (混合燃料汽车) for the C As society advances and basic needs are most often being met, things that were not considered important in the past have taken priority(优先). In the past, peop For many in the United States,Arab-Americans are an invisible part of the population．Though Arab-Americans as a community have made great contributions to Americ The use of the word imitation（模仿） reminds me that we ought to make some more comments on the risk of people imitating what they see on the screen in the way of Arabs consider it extremely bad manners to start talking business immediately. Even the busiest government official always takes extra time to be polite and off Drink drivers could be prohibited from driving under the influence if new technology from Nissan is introduced.The Japanese car maker has developed a new odor (Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have experienced an “agricultural revolution”. On the farm of today, machines provide almost all th Scientists are building the world’s first thinking robot. It’s true. Some say machines that walk, speak and feel will have been made by 2020.Kismet is the Australia －a huge island continent that lies to the south of Asia. Australia－more than two hundred years old, a nation that is still growing.Its big cities li “Mobile phone killed my man,” screamed one headline last year. Also came claims that an unpublished study had found that mobile phones could cause memory loss.Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things we need For years, business people in Western Europe were worried. They knew they could not compete against business from the U.S. The United States is much larger an It’s a goal for millions and millions of families every year——keep the Christmas spending within a certain amount, but can still afford the gifts that your love Paris is the capital of France, a country in the west of Europe. It is also one of the most beautiful and most famous cities in the world.Paris is called the C Could you imagine your parents choosing your husband or wife for you? And can you imagine not setting eyes on him or her until your wedding day? This situatio (CNN News)－In his work for a humanitarian(人道主义)agency in Afghanistan, Lex Kassenberg asks an important question when he visits schoolchildren: What will you WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday announced a new plan to renew and expand the nation's roads, railways and runways, in a “Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him，and let him know that you trust him.” These words are from the black American educato Discouraged by reading bad news daily and with his marriage failing, Canadian Neil Pasricha decided to try to focus on the positive and come up with 1,000 simple The Writers' Strike：Making the Best of the Worst By now you are probably feeling the effects of the TV writers’ strike---the decision of television writers to When a dog bites a man, it usually doesn’t make news. However, this saying change when Beijing and several other Chinese cities announced the “Civilized Dog Ra Hikosaburo Yasuda of Nakano, Japan, plans to buy an iPad to keep up with junior members in his computer club．"It's important to always try new things, otherwis MOSCOW(Reuters) – Russia hopes the United States will extend the deadline to retire its space shuttles beyond 2011 and has heard unofficially it is possible, the The $ 11 billion self – help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like “ I never do anything right” into positive ones like “I ca 第三部分：阅读理解第一节（共18小题；每小题2分，满分36分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Christian Eijkman, a 第二节完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Living o

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In this century the traditional American family is constantly faced with the threat of breakdown. Some sociologists suggest that one little-noticed cause may be The key to learning English well is to overcome your shyness and fear , said taxi driver Zhang, who is attending the English training program run by the West Lak If, for some reason, you had 2,010 empty plastic bottles, what would you do? You’d probably sell them cheaply, right? But Xia Yu collected 2,010bottles and bu The U.S. government has repeatedly made it clear that it would welcome China’s entrance into the world arena as a power. However, a series of issues since th 第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。The best diet for you is 第三部分阅读理解（共25小题；每小题2分，满分50分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Brazil sports are out of control! Brazil I love secondhand books far more than new ones! I especially like books that someone else has gone through first. It’s a kind of connection — and an experience 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，共40分）第一节（共15题, 每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 Most people know that a wedd As dangerous as sharks may have seed to people after watching Jaws, which was released on June 20,1975, the recent disastrous decrease in their numbers show that A Good Teacher is a Strict Teacher One of the most important parts in the healthy development of a child is played by education. But the way in which education Shopping in Singapore is really a pleasure for tourists. The Great Singapore Sale is held every year, usually during the summer months. Singapore’s famous sho Will it matter if you don’t take your breakfast?A short time ago,a test was given in the United States.People of different ages from 12 to 83 were asked to ha In Canada you can find dogs， cats， horses，etc．in almost every family．These are their pets．People love these pets and have them as their good friends．Before th Dear Mr. Thunders,We would like to introduce ourselves. Our company was organized only two years ago, but we are one of the largest boat companies in Californi A small piece of fish each day may keep the heart doctor away. That's the finding of an extensive study of Dutch men in which deaths from heart disease were mo Car companies are developing vehicles that will plug into electric sockets，just like many laptops，digital cameras，cell phones and Mp4 do．Called“plug-in vehicl Beyond the Factory: Child Labor in the Cities At the beginning of the nineteenth century, factory owners faced few restrictions on the way they employed their ch The 115 islands that sparkle in the middle of the Indian Ocean are one of the world's greatest treasures 'A place where natural purity and simplicity can be f One of the most difficult questions to answer is how much a job is worth. We naturally expect that a doctor’s salary will be higher than a bus conductor’s wag 第三部分:阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分)第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） In the United States, it is not usual to telephone someone early in the morning. If yo Napoleon agreed to plans for a tunnel (隧道) under the English Channel in 1802. The British began digging one in 1880. Neither tunnel was completed. Europe ha The Lantern Festival is around the corner. In Beijing, there are many events to celebrate this big day.Beijing Happy Valley Date: Until 4th March.To celebrate 第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项 (A，B，C，D) 中，选出最佳选项。Once upon a time in a land far away, the Dangerous creaturesSome beach creatures are wonderful—like dolphins, but others are dangerous. Find out more about the dangerous ones –puffer fish, blue ringed You can make the difference between this … and this. But how?This summer, join the International Conservation (环境保护)Scouts on a fun—filled holiday with a d SECTION C Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with ONE word that best fits the context.The Internet has become part of young peo In Japan many workers who work in large corporations have a guarantee of lifetime employment. During their employment, they will not be laid off during recessi 第三部分阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）（共１５小题；每小题２分，满分３０分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项Do you like sports? If World Reading Day was set up by the UNESCO in 1995 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading. It is also the day to honor g 第三部分阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案。Governors, lawyers and business leaders have to de The Pentagon(五角大楼), headquarters of the Department of Defense in US, is one of the world's largest office buildings. It is twice the size of the Merchandis Communication technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth. The first study to compare honesty across a range of communications media ha 第四部分阅读理解（共15个小题，每小题1分，满分15分）In the western part of the United States where the Indians lived, a little mouse called the “bean mouse” became Waterland, California, June 26,2001—two cars dropped from sight, falling into the bottom (底部) of a 400-feet deep sinkhole (陷洞) which appeared suddenly. At Scientists say they have found key clues（线索）into how long we will live. One of them is a firm __21___. British researchers believe a firm strong handshake is America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Bo In England three foreign gentlemen came to a bus stop. They studied the information on the post sign and decided which bus to take. About five minutes later th Being alone in outer space can be __36__. That is one reason why astronauts on solo space flights were given plenty of work to keep them 37 . They were also in In the late nineteenth century, ^5,000 pianos were sold in the United States each year and, with over half a million youths learning to play the instrument, ther David Beckham had a dream: to be the first English player to appear in four World Cups．But now it appears that dream is over after a serious injury to his Achill Every day we experience one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing it. It is not the amazing complexity of television, nor the impressive How can we explain the popularity of neckties? For years, fashion historians have predicted that men would 45wearing ties because they seemed to have little or Making fists is relaxing. It dictates the shape of the immediate future; it calms you down (it’s OK, it’s on a list somewhere) and it makes you feel good whe “Racism (种族歧视) is a grown-up disease,” declares the saying on Ruby Bridge’s website along with a photo of Mrs. Bridge today, a 6-year-old girl four decades Just put your special clothes on in the morning and you could jump 3 meters into the air and even carry more than 60 kilograms without getting tired. The walk t Statistics show that nearly three-quarters of 30-year-of Italian males still live at their parents’ home.The Italian（36） grows up thinking his other is the Vir We invite you to join us this summer for the First ePals Conferencel Dear ePals Community Member, ePals will hold its first conference for tech directors and tea Three armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from an art museum in downtown Sao Paulo on Thursday, which was the city’s second high-profile art theft in l Some people believe that international sports creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. O Argentina's Lionel Messi has won the Golden Ball awarded to the European Footballer of the Year, becoming the sixth Barcelona player to take the award and the f Thanks to the Web, We’re Alone Together and Loving itThere's a professor, Barry Wellman, at the University of Toronto in Canada who has come up with a term to The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina is a wake-up call. It is a call for every American to pay attention to the destruction we risk by allowing human-ind If you’re training for a marathon , a proper plan for water intake (摄入) is important. Of course, there’s the risk of dehydration (脱水). But athletes now k Friend is better than fortune. Friend is worse than poison in some cases. The two sentences above are opposite and seem to be unreasonable but they can be expl In Japan’s capital city of Tokyo, earthquake danger limits（限制）the height of buildings. The city has spread out so far and the traffic has become so heavy tha Have you ever wanted to travel back through time and see what life was like at the dawn（起始） of man? Well, museums can make history come alive. And one museum Some mammals migrate（迁徒）. One of these is the caribou（驯鹿）. They travel to the tundra（苔原）every summer to eat the rich grasses that grow there. When the w If you want to learn anything at school, you need to listen to your teachers. Unfortunately, millions of kids can’t hear what their teachers are saying. And i Americans usually make allowance(宽容) for non-native-speakers who have some trouble understanding English. But they become annoyed when a person pretends to u China has recently been faced with serious issues of product safety. In Panama, it is said that medicine made with a poisonous chemical sickened some people. A Americans, generally speaking, make an effort to be friendly with their colleagues, neighbours and other people they often run into. This often takes the form o Recently, a study was carried out to determine who was the greatest American president．Sixty-five presidential historians took part in it, and they judged the pa The Roman Emperor Claudius II was fighting many wars. He wanted a strong army, but many men did not want to be soldiers. Claudius thought the men wanted to sta Crosstalk(相声)，a traditional form of comic storytelling，is making a comeback in China’s tea houses and theaters．Audiences can laugh the night away every Satu The market is a concept. If you are growing tomatoes in your backyard for sale you are producing for the market. You might sell some to your neighbor and some Many people like the feeling of the gentle wind in spring. Many like to see the falling leaves dancing in the wind in autumn. But sometimes, when the wind beco For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up with their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communicatio We thought we had it all---a beautiful house, three healthy children and one more on the way, two cars, a couple of four-wheelers for entertainment---and we love Is it time to kick Russia out of the BRICs （金砖四国）? If so, it may end up sounding like a famous ball-point pen maker-BIC. An argument is being made that Gol Because of the financial crisis in the US and UK, college students are beginning to struggle to find ways to pay their tuition fees and accommodations.Recently,First of all, successful language learners are independent learners. They 31their own way to learn the language. Instead of 32for the teachers to explain, they Many teenagers(青少年) feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends．They believe that their family members don’t know them as well as th In the earliest stages of man’s development he had no more need of money than animals have. He was content with very simple forms of shelter, made his own roug Many people will remember the flight of the space shuttle （航天飞机）Challenger , in June, 1993．The achievement of Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut to A study involving 8,500 teenagers from all social backgrounds found that most of them are ignorant when it comes to money. The findings, the first in a series o Scientists in Canada say big fish have almost disappeared from the world since the start of industrial（产业的） fishing in the 1950s. The scientists found the nu The USA, New York—Whales and dolphins are facing increasing threats from climate change, according to a new report published by WWF and the Whale and Dolphin Con Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf． Colou China has input several billion yuan of money to stop the dirty water waste on the upper and middle area of the Pearl River from polluting the lower reaches of t Many foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants(居民) English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England. In fact, the A 26-year-old Montreal man appears to have succeeded in his quest to barter a single， red paper clip(夹子) all the way up to a house. It took almost a year and A research by the National Center for Health Statistics is seen as an important confirmation of the“Hispanic mortality paradox（西班牙裔死亡率悖论）.”On average，My father’s reaction to the bank building at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York city was immediate and definite: “You won’t catch me putting my money in Having written a book on rock music and a book on jazz music, and now writing a book __31__ the classical music of the 20th century, I felt the __32__ to put som President Bush’s dogs often play on the White House lawn（草坪）, but did you know that he also has cows and a cat? His cat is named India. India, also called “You speak, write a letter, make a telephone. Your words carry a message. People communicate（交际）with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? Chinese people are now living happier and longer than before. According to the latest study, the number of people over 60 years old is 130 million, making up 10 Thousands of people living in the Chinese capital will celebrate the start of the Chinese New year by heading for the ski resorts (滑雪场). Never mind that Beij For computer users, there is no bigger excitement than tossing out your old PC and upgrading to a newer, faster and cleaner machine. With hardware designers lik Get a FREE YEAR! Order NOW and get a FREE YEAR of Parents® magazine! That's 2 full years (24 issues报刊期) for the regular 1-year rate - just $12. But HUR In today’s Internet age, the demand for online games continues to grow. Online computer game centers exist in many cities and towns throughout Asia. Facing th Proverbs(谚语) are quite common in spoken English. We do not normally put them in a composition or letter. Sometimes it is helpful if you know what common prov What is the purpose of the World Games? What's the difference between the World Games and the Olympic Games?_50 _the Olympic Games, the World Games have a rat For shopoholics, the post-Christmas period means only one thing ---- sales! Across the country, prices are reducing sharply on clothing, electronics and home fur Some of the best-known names in the entertainment industry have taken part in an unprecedented telethon to help victims of the terrorist attacks in the United St Nations plan next steps to end global warmingOn December 3，more than 10,000 scientists, environmental activists and government officials from 187 countries met WASHINGTON — President Obama and his wife, Michelle, handed out Halloween treats to area children and military families at the White House Sunday evening． Local Have you ever been to a wedding and simply loved the bride’s bouquet（花束）？More than likely some part of it was the Hawaiian Wedding Plant. This foreign housep 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）A Fool’s Day falls on 1st of April. People _31_forget the significance （意义） of the day.In March 1980, I was 32at Dur A star usually is someone who has become famous in sports, film, or pop music, someone like singer Michael Jackson. In the middle nineteen eighties, Michael Jac

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Every country has its own culture.Even though each country uses doors, doors may have 50functions and purposes which lead to 51differences.When I first came to If you are ever lucky to be invited to a formal dinner party in Paris，remember that the French have their own way of doing things, and that even your finest man China is known as a country of etiquette (礼节) and ceremonies. Here is an interesting story that shows this. Once upon a time, a man 36on a long trip to visit Stepfamilies are commonplace in the United States and their number continues to grow. While stepfamilies differ widely in their make-up， they all consist of a You're busy filling out the application form for a position you really need. Let's assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or eve Shakespeare's life can be divided into three periods: the first 20 years in Stratford, which includes his schooling，early marriage, and fatherhood；the next 25 The Red Cross is an international organization which cares for people who are in need of help. A man in a Paris hospital who needs blood, a woman in Mexico who A town in Oxfordshire has become the first in the UK to have biomethane（生物甲烷）gas from human waste piped to their homes for gas central heating and cooking.U America’s greatest technological achievement, the Hoover Dam, now has a companion piece, a bridge held up by the longest arch in the Western Hemisphere（半球）. Valentine’s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. 36the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans called 37the god Lupercus to help them.NewYork Tuesday April 12—Dustin Hoffman fan Pamela Crack got the shock of her life when the movie star telephoned her as she was doing her housework.. Crack, 5 For years, there has been a bias (偏见) against science among clinical psychologists (临床心理学家). In a two-year analysis to be published in November in Persp The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers has been named the greenest one in the world by the travel and tourist organization Skaal International, reported the Danish n April Fool’s Day（愚人节）, was a day of laughing and jokes. This day is kept in many countries, not only in Britain and the USA. This is a day to play jokes a If you still know little about the “IMF”, it’s time you started to read about it, for it has been a hot issue of the whole world．The International Monetary Fund There are three branches of medicine. One is called "doctor medicine," or "scientific medicine." Scientific doctors try to observe sicknesses, look for log Many Americans have been leaving their cars at home and riding to work on bicycles. Andy Clark is the leader of the League of American Bicyclists. His group su Since new technologies are ever growing, employers now have the chance to monitor （监控） their employees to make them spare more time to work when they use their Almost all cultures celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another in some way. Different cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year in differen As we all know sewing-machine(缝纫机) repair is one of the fastest growing businesses in the world today. Newspapers, women’s magazines, high schools and colle Taking the train is a wonderful way to see America. In the 19th century, train routes appeared from coast to coast, carrying both people and goods Today, a long Spanish men will have to learn to change diapers and do dishwashing under the terms of a new law designed to strike a blow.The law, due to be passed this month, The idea of “law” exists in every culture. All societies have some kind of law to keep order and to control the interactions of people with those around them.When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made, it’s amazing how little we have developed in other respects. We may speak scornfully of t Imagine, one day，getting out of bed in Beijing and being at your office in Shanghai in only a couple of hours，and then，after a full day of work，going back ho When you visit America, you will see the word Motel on signs and notice boards. It is made up of “motor” and “hotel” and it is really a hotel for people who arr According to legend, the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy, which connects the Palazzo Ducale to an ancient prison, got its name because the walk across it gave p 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。In every cultivated language there are two greet classes of w The Wife-carrying World Championship has been celebrated in a small town in central Finland since 1992. in 1992, the people of the town decided that it was time With the Indian economy predicted to grow by 7．5 percent this year, experts say it could be time for Western CEOs to learn some lessons from Indian CEOs．The key Can you imagine a stranger will read your e-mails without your permission or scan the website you’ve visited or perhaps someone will casually glance through yo Many people take it for granted that black is a color of bad things while white should always mean something good. This may be because, in their opinion, black The CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs’ story about deathWhen I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday yo As is known to all, colors appear in every language to express people’s feeling and thoughts. Then, what is the situation in American English? Red is a hot co Michael, a normal American, stays home on workdays. He plugs into his personal computer terminal in order to connect with the office. After work he puts on his A popular saying goes, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” However, that’s not really true. Words have the power to build us The requirements for high school graduation have just changed in my community. As a result, all students must 36sixty hours of service learning, 37they will not Animation means making things which are lifeless come alive and move. Since earliest times, people have always been astonished by movement. 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E Three-Dimensional （3D） movies have been becoming more and more popular in recent years．It seems 3D TV sets may be going into family households in the near future Cittaslow has discovered China, and it is awarding a little village in Jiangsu the title of "slow city" The bored teenagers of Gaochun are impatient with the l They like using the Internet．They have lots of pocket money to spend．And they spend a higher proportion of it online than the rest of us．Teenagers are just the s Most of the 20th century has been a development on the Industrial Revolution taken to an extreme: people now own more products than ever before; there are enoug Do you remember the game “Telephone”? A message gets passed from person to person, and everyone laughs at how distorted(曲解) it becomes. 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