閱讀理解1.

Whileplant植物andanimal動物species種類aredisappearing消失atarapidly迅速increasing增長rate比率

throughouttheworld,scientists科學(xué)家note記錄somesuccessstores成功故事.Forexample,thenumberof

elephants象killedillegally不法地inAfricahasfallensharply急劇卜降.89thousandwerekilledin1983.46thousand

werekilledoneyearlater.

ThishappenedbecauseAfricancountries國家agreedloestablish建立export,limits出11限制onivory象牙from

elephants.Ivoryisthehardwhitematerial物質(zhì)thatformsanelephant'stwolongteeth,ortusks長牙.Countriesthat

import進11ivoryarerefusing謝絕toacceptivoryshipments裝船thatdonothavelegalexportdocuments合法H勺

出I」公文.

TheConvention大會onInternationalTradeinEndangeredSpeciesinatreatysignedby91nations國家ledto

theprogramforsavingendangeredi十劃拯救的elephantsinAfrica.Successful成功efforts成就also同樣have

beenmacleinprotectingAfrica'sendangered瀕臨滅絕的mountainiligorillas大猩猩.

Almost差不多400ofthegorillassurvive幸存inavolcano火山area范圍ontheborder邊境ofRwanda盧旺達,

Uganda烏干達andZaire扎伊爾.Themountaingorillapopulation人口（數(shù)量:）hasremained剩余aboutthesamefor15

years.Thishappenedparlly部分，becauseRwandadeveloped發(fā)展animportantbusinessm要商業(yè)thatdepends依賴

onproleciing保護thegorillas.Visitors游客therecanpaytogelclosetowatchthegorillasintheanimals'

traditional老式的homearea區(qū)域.

Anothersuccessfulprogramistotakeendangeredanimalsoutoftheirnaturalhomes.Theanimalsare

putintozoosorotherprotectedareaswheretheycanreproduceinsafety.Thegoal11H勺ofmanyofthese

programsistoproduce弓I起enoughanimalstoputbackintothewild野性.

1.Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage?B

2.ThenumberofelephantskilledillegallyinAfricahasdecreased減少greatlyinthat_A__.

3.1r.Africa,thenumberofelephantskilledillegallyin1983and1984was_C_.

4.Thenumberofmountaingorillashasremainedaboutthesameformanyyearspartly部分becauseof_C(A)

5.Thephrase短語"thewild"荒野inParagraph5refersto_C_.

第1空：

A.WildPlantsandAnimals野生動植物

B.VB.ProtectingEndangeredSpecies保護臨危物種

SavingEndangeredElephantsandMountainGorillas拯救臨危象和山猩猩

SuccessfulEffortsMadeinProtectingAfrica'sEndangeredMountainGorillas成功努力保護非洲山猩猩

第2空：dA.Africancountriesagreedtoestablishexportlimitsonivoryfromelephants同意限制象牙出n

B.countriesthatimportivoryfronelephantsarerefusingtoacceptivoryshipmentsC.thereareless

elephantsnowinAfricaD.thereisaprogramforsavingendangeredelephantsinAfrica

第3空：

A.89000B.135004C.135000=89000+46000D.153000

第4空：

A.thedevelopmentofanimportantbusinessthatdependsonprctectingthegorillas

B.theprotectionofgorillas

dC.Rwandadevelopedanimportantbusinessthatdependsonprojectingthegorillas

I）,theprotectionfromthegorillas

第5空:

A.theanimalworld動物世界

"KB.thenaturalareasfullofanimalsandplants天然『、J充斥動物的和植物

，C.Ihewildnature野性U勺自然

D.thewildanimals野生動物

閱讀理解2

In1848,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia；fromalloverthenation,thousandsofyoungmensetout出發(fā)for

Cal.fornia.PeoplecalledthisthetimeoftheGoldRush淘金熱.

Agoldminer礦,I：cameintoacitylookingforapairofpants短褲.Hewantedpantsstrong結(jié)實enoughtostandup

to勇敢地抵御therough粗暴workofmining礦業(yè).HemetayoungmannamedLevi,whosoldheavy粗重cloth衣料for

terns帳篷andwagon貨車tops頂.Theyaskedalailor裁縫touseheavyclothfortheirpants.ThenLeviwentinto進

入thebusinessofmakingworkpants.Heaskedhisbrotherstosendhimsomestrongbluecottonclothcalled

deniin（斜紋粗棉布）.Withthisbluedeniincloth,Levistartedmakingthekindofpantswecallbluejeanstoday.They

weresewedup處理inthesamewayasotherpants.In1860,2minersaidthatthepocketsweren'istrong

enoughtoholdthepiecesofgoldhefound.ThepocketskeptpullinghZloosef^fromthepants.Theclothwasallright.

Itwasthethread線thatwasn'tstrongenough.SoLeviusedrivets:鉀釘）toattach系kthepocketsontothepants.

Cowboysneededtoughpants,too.Theylikedtheirpantstofittightly.Buttherivetsmarkedtheccwboys'saddles

承受.SoLevicovered隱藏therivetswithcloth.Theneverybodywashappy.

l.ThisarticleasawholeisaboutA.

Cultureshock文化沖擊might可以becalledanoccupationaldiseased只業(yè)病ofpeoplewhohavebeensuddenly

transplantedabroad移民國外.Likemostailments疾病，ithasitsownsymptoms癥狀andcure治愈.文化沖擊可被

稱為有忽然被在移民國外H勺人們一種職業(yè)的疾病。像最大多數(shù)的小病，它右它的自已癥狀和治療。

Cultureshockisprecipitated突如其來的bytheanxiety憂慮thatresultsfromlosingallourfamiliarsigns熟悉口勺標

識andsymbols符號ofsocial社會imercourse交流.Thosesignsorcuesincludethethousandandoneways眾我措

施inwhichweorient合適ourselvestothesilualion情形ofdailylife：whentoshakehandsandwhattosaywhen

wemeetpeople,whenandhowtogivetips,howtomakepurchases購置,whentoacceptandwhentorefuse

invitations邀請,whentotakestatements陳說seriously真誠andwhennot.Thesecues提解，whichmaybewords,

gestures,facialexpressions面部表情,customs,ornorms,areacquired習(xí)慣byallofusinthecourse在..期間of

growingup成長andareasmuch同樣多apartofourculture文明asthelanguagewespeakorthebeliefs信奉we

accept接，受.Allofusdependforourpeaceofmindandourefficiencyonhundredsofthesecues,mostofwhichwe

donotcarryonthelevelofconsciousawareness.完全缺乏熟悉的社會交往H勺標忐和特性導(dǎo)致的憂慮加速了我們對丈

化的不適應(yīng)癥。這些標志和記號包括「我們對平常生活環(huán)境適應(yīng)的眾多措施：當(dāng)?shù)綋u動F和該說什么當(dāng)我們遇見他人，當(dāng)該怎

樣示意，該怎樣進行購置，何時該接受和何時該拒絕邀請，何時該真誠的陳說和何時不那么做。這些提醒，也許是字，手勢.

血的表情，關(guān)稅或基準，在成長期間，和同樣地被我們所有獲得是諸多我們的文化一種部份如語言我們說或我僅接受的信念。我

們所有都為我們的思想和我們的和平數(shù)以門計這些開端上的效率兜，我們不繼續(xù)故意識的察覺水平的大部分。

Nowwhenanindividualentersastrangeculture,allormostofthesefamiliarcuesareremoved.Heorsheis

likeafishoutofwater.Nomatterhowbroad-mindedorfullofgoodwillyoumaybe,aseriesofpropshavebeen

knockedfromunderyoufollowedbyafeelingoffrustrationandanxiety.Peoplereacttothefrustrationinmuchthe

sameway.目前當(dāng)一種個人進入這些熟悉的開端奇怪H勺文化，所有的或大部分是離開的時候。他或她山水像一條魚.無

論友善你也許是多噠的氣比大的或充斥，一系列的支柱從住被挫折和焦急的感覺跟隨的你之下右被敲擊。在多相似的措施中人

們對~產(chǎn)生反應(yīng)挫折。

Firsttheyrejecttheenvironmentwnichcausesthediscomfort."Thewaysofthehostcountryarebadbecausethey

makemefeelbad,"Whenforeignersinastrangelandgettogetheriogrouseaboutthehostcountryanditspeople,

youcanbesuretheyaresufferingfromcultureshock.Anotherphaseofcultureshockisregression.Thehome

environmentsuddenlyassumesatremendousimportance.Totheforeignereverythingbecomesirrationallyglorified.

首先他們拒絕引起不便之處的環(huán)境。"由于他們使我感覺壞，因此東道主會壞”。當(dāng)在奇怪的上地中的外國人聚在一起埋怨有

東道主國和它的民族事時候，你能確定也們正在蒙受文化沖擊。文化沖擊的此外一種時期是衰退“家環(huán)境忽然承擔(dān)巨大的重

要。對外國人每件寓物無理性.的變成贊美。

Allthedifficultiesandproblemsareforgottenandonlythegoodthingsbackhomeareremembered.Itusuallytakes

triphometobringonebacktoreality.所有的困難和問題被忘抻并11只有好的事物回家被記得。它一般帶旅行國家對

真實把一帶來回來。

1.Accordingtothepassage,cultureshock_A__.

第1空答案C.isactuallynotadisease

A.isanoccupationaldisease職業(yè)病offoreign外國people

B.may也許leadlo導(dǎo)致veryserious嚴市symptoms癥狀

C.isactuallynotadisease實際上是一種疾病

D.isincurable不可治愈

2.Accordingtothepassage,cultureshockresults產(chǎn)生from_C__.

第2空答案A.thesuddenchangeoftnesocialatmosphereandcustoms

A.thesuddenchange突躍ofthesncia社會atmosphere氣氛andcustoms.社交的氣氛突變B.thesuddenchange

ofourdailyhabits平常習(xí)慣突變

C.thesuddenlossofourownsigns符:號andsymbols象征

D.thediscomfort不適thatwefee：whenfaced面對withaforeigner夕卜國人

3.Whichoneofthefollowingmayn3tbethesymptoms征兆ofcultireshock?C

第3空答案C.Yousuddenlyforgetwhatawordmeans.

A.Youdon'tknowhowtoexpressyourgralilude.你不懂得怎樣體現(xiàn)你的感謝之情

B.Youdon'tknowhowtogreetotherpeople.你不懂得怎樣向其他人體現(xiàn)致敬

C.Yousuddenlyforgetwhatawerdmeans.你忽然忘掉一種字H勺意謂

D.Youdon'tunderstandwhyaforeignershrugs.你不理解一種外國人為何聳肩

4.Howwouldapersonwhostays逗留abroad國外mostprobably大概react反應(yīng)whenheorsheisfrustrated失落

bythecultureshockaccordingtothepassage?當(dāng)他或她解著根據(jù)通道的文化沖擊是失望」向時候一種在國外最或停招的人

怎樣會反應(yīng)D

第4空答案A.Heismostlikelytorefusetoabsorbthestrangeenvironmentatfirst.

A.Heismostlikelytorefusetoaosorbthestrangeenvironmentatfirsl.開始他也許會抗拒接受牛疏?、J環(huán)境

B.Heisreadytoacceptthechangeandadapthimselftothenewenvironment.他準備好接受變化并11使他門己配合

新的環(huán)境

C.Heorsheismostlikelytotakeatriphomewhenfrustratedbythestrangeenvironment.當(dāng)他在t疏I內(nèi)環(huán)」競失落,

大多會遠行【可家

D.Heorshemaybegintohatethepeopleorthingsaroundhimorher.他也許開始憎恨人們和身邊的器物.

5.Thispassageismostlikelytakenfrom.

第5空答案D.anessayonhumancustoms

A.anewsreport新聞匯報

B.agrammarbook原理書籍

C.abookonmedicineandpsychology有關(guān)醫(yī)學(xué)和心理H勺書

D.anessayonhumancustoms一篇隨筆

閱讀理解4

TheEnglishnamesofthemonthsoftheyearcomefromLatin拉丁.January1,March3,May5,ancJunc6wereall

namedafterRomangods」沖.Januarywasnamedafter命名thegodJanus.Januswasastrangegodwithtwofacesthat

couldlookintwodirectionsHecouldlookforwardandbackatthesametime,sohewasthegodofbeginnings

andendings.January,thefirstmonthoftheyear,isatimeatwhichonelooksforwardtothenewyearandbackto

theoldyear.ThenameFebruary?comesfromaRomancelebration慶典calledFebrua.Februawasa

celebrationofcleaning》青，吉.TowardtheendofFebruary,afterthelongwintermonths,peoplebegintothinkof

spr.ngcleaning.ThisprobablyAMwastheorigin來源ofthenameofthemonth.Februaryhadonlytwenty-eight

daysexcepteveryfourthyear,whenithadanextra額外day.Thisisbecauseineveryyearthereareexactly365

daysandsixhours.Attheendoffouryears,thesesixexlra額夕+hoursofeachyearadduptotwenty-fourhours,

oronefullday.Thisfourthyear,inwhichFebruaryhastwenty-ninedays,iscalledleapyear閏年.Thethird

month,March3,wasnamedaftertheRomangodofwar戰(zhàn)神，Mars.Vlarswasastronggod,andtheRomanpeople

alwaysconnected連接himwiththunderandlightning指責(zé).PicturesofMarsalwaysshow總是展示himwithlightning

閃電abouthishead頭.ItisnaturalthatMarchshouldbenamedafterthisgodsinceinmostofNorthAmerica,

itisthemonthofstrongwinds,rair,andstorms.Thereisfrequent頻繁thunderandlightninginMarch.

1.Whatdopeopleoftendointhefirstmonthoftheyear?D

A.Theyexpectforthenewyear.他們預(yù)期新年B.Theydothefirstcleaning.他們首先做清潔C.Theythink

backthepastyear.他們回憶過去一年D.BothAandC.

2.ThesecondmonthofayearisnamedFebruaryprobablybecause_C.

A.thegodFebruahastwofaces.IRFebrua是彳、雙面扃HB.itisnamedafteraRomangodwhodoesspringcleaning

它由一種做春天清潔的羅馬人命名C.itistimetoconsiderspringcleaning這時是考慮春天清潔/、J時候了

D."February"means"two""inLatin二月是拉丁文"二”的意思

3.Regarding有關(guān)theoriginofthenameofthesecondmonthofayear,theauthor作者isA.

A.notverysure不是很確信B.completelyignorant完全無知C.verycertain非常確定D.suspicious可

疑

4.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisTRUE?A

A.Itisfrequently頻繁rainyandstormy暴風(fēng)inMarchinmostofNorthAmerica.北美：：月H勺天氣人多數(shù)卜一雨和暴風(fēng)

B.Everyyearthereareexactly365daysandtwenty-fourhours.證年都確切地仃365tl和24小時

C.PeopleallovertheworldcelebratecleaninginFebruary.全世界都在2月慶祝清潔

D.GodMarsoftenappearinpictureswithsnow,lightningandIhunder.戰(zhàn)神時常以雪W閃電火雷出現(xiàn)

5.Whichofthefollowingstatementsmightbethetopicsentenceofthispassage?

A.ThemonthsareallnamedafterRomangeds.月份全以羅馬神命名

B.TheEnglishnamesofthemonthsoftheyeararefromLatin.英文月份名稱來自拉丁文

C.Ineveryyearthereareexactly365daysandsixhours.每年有365H+6小時

I）.ThenameFebruarycomesfromaRomancelebration.二月命名及自羅馬慶典B

閱讀理解5

Rote-learning（死記硬背）,spoon-fededucation匙喂教育,produces導(dǎo)致abrand烙印ofkidsthatdon'tknowwhat

todowhenenteringuniversity進入大學(xué).Theyaredisciplinedintofollowing,notleading.他們被訓(xùn)練正從,而不是領(lǐng)導(dǎo).

Yetthefuturedependsoncreativityandimagination.然而未來依賴發(fā)明和想像力.Theworldneedscreators,makers

andshakersofthenewcenluries,世界‘君要發(fā)明者.發(fā)明和揉合出新小J世紀notthefollowersofthepastcenturies.ifij^

是追隨過去的W：紀.Asthenumbersincreaseatcollegeanduniversitylevel,morestudentsfromthelowerendsare

likelytobethrownintoasystemdesignedtochooseonlylearnersthathaveprovedexcellentinlisteningto

teachers.

，如學(xué)院和大學(xué)平數(shù)字增長，更多來自下端的較多學(xué)生對進入被設(shè)計體系，只會聽老師的話，選擇能證明I內(nèi)學(xué)習(xí)者為優(yōu)良的一種系

統(tǒng)之內(nèi)也許被丟棄

1'herearethreewaystolearn：looking,listeninganddoing.學(xué)習(xí)只有三個途徑:看，聽，做

Studentsandteacherstodayareaproductoflearningbylistening.學(xué)生和老師是今天聽的產(chǎn)物.Thecomputermaynot

belikedbytraditionalteachers電腦也許不被老式老師喜歡,whouserote-learningtoputinformation誰喜歡死記硬背,

whichwillbeoutofdateinafewyears沒幾年就會落后,intotheheadsofthestudents.Withcomputerlearningyou

learnbylooking,listeninganddoing；youusethreemethodsoflearning,notjustone.ThereforeWilt,youcanlearn

faster.

Thechangingspeedofinformation:sfrightening.信息正令人吃驚地變更.Whatwelearnnowwillbeoutofdateinthe

nearfuture.我們所學(xué)在很快H勺未來被廢棄.Sowhatstudentsarelearningnowatschoolmaybereplacedbythetime

theyfinishuniversity.中課時代所學(xué)也許在大課時已被取代.Wehavetolearnbychoicewhattoforget我們不得不選擇學(xué)

習(xí)忘掉.Rote-learningforexamsisonething,butwouldn'titbebettertolearnhowtolearn?但它不會是比很好地學(xué)習(xí)

怎樣學(xué)習(xí)的嗎？Thestudentsatuniversitytodaycouldpossiblybedcingajobinthenottoodistantfuturewhichhas

notyetbeeninvented.今日H勺大學(xué)生也許可以做一一項工作是今天尚未出現(xiàn)的.

1.Accordingtotheauthor,thefuturedoesn'tneedD.

A)creativity發(fā)明B)imagination想像C)creators創(chuàng)作D)followers追隨者

2.Intheauthor'sview作者觀點，hewcanstudentslearnwell?D

A)Carefullylistentotheteacherinclass.小心聽老師課堂中的說話

B)Takedowneverysinglewordsaidbytheteacher.記F老師說的每個詞

C)Learnallthenotesbyheart.學(xué)習(xí)所有的筆記

D)Combinelisteningwithlookinganddoing.聽看做結(jié)合

3.Whatdoestheauthormeanby"Thechangingspeedofinformationisfrightening"?B

A)Wedon'thaveenoughtimetoadjustourselvestothespeedofinformation.我們沒有充足的時間調(diào)整我們自己到數(shù)

據(jù)的速度

B)Whatwelearnedtodaymaynotbeusefultomorrow.我們今天所學(xué)時不是明天所用的

C)Thepaceoflifeistoofast.生活時速度太快

D)Theworldischangingeveryminule.世界每分鐘都正在變更

4.Whatdoesthelastsentenceofthepassagetellus?B

A)Rote-learningiscompletelyhannfuL死記硬背十分有害

B)Studentsmayhavetodojobswhichhavenotyetbeeninvented.學(xué)生也許必須做仍未被發(fā)明出來的匚作

C)It'sbettertolearnhowtolearnthanlearnwhattoforget.比學(xué)習(xí)該忘掉什么更好I內(nèi)，是學(xué)習(xí)該怎樣學(xué)習(xí)

D)Studentsmustlookintothefuture.學(xué)生必須預(yù)見未來

5.Theauthor'sattitudetowardsrote-learningis___B.

A)approving滿意B)disapproving不贊成

C)confident確信D)oppositetowhatthewordssay相對而言R勺

當(dāng)進入大學(xué)的時候，機械性的背誦-學(xué)問(死記硬背)，匙喂的教育，生產(chǎn)不懂得該做什么的小孩商標。他們被進入跟隨

之內(nèi)訓(xùn)練.不領(lǐng)先。仍然未來仰賴發(fā)明力和想像。世界需要新的世紀創(chuàng)作者，制造者和搖蕩機而不是過去世紀的從者。如數(shù)

字增長在來自卜端的學(xué)院和大學(xué)同高的.較多的學(xué)生對進入被設(shè)計只在聽老師的話方面選擇有證明的學(xué)習(xí)者為優(yōu)良的一種系統(tǒng)

之內(nèi)被丟是有也許的。

有三個措施可以學(xué)習(xí)：看，聽并11做。

學(xué)生和老師今天是藉由聽學(xué)習(xí)的產(chǎn)品。計算機不也許被老式的老師喜歡，使用學(xué)習(xí)機械性H勺背誦放數(shù)據(jù)，將會在幾年之內(nèi)是過

時町進入那頭學(xué)生之內(nèi)。藉由計?機學(xué)習(xí)你第由看學(xué)習(xí)，聽并且做:你使用：個學(xué)習(xí)的措施而不是正直H勺。因此,你能比較迅速

地學(xué)習(xí)。

那變更數(shù)據(jù)H勺速度正在驚嚇。我們所目前學(xué)習(xí)的將會在很快的未來內(nèi)是過時H勺。如此學(xué)生正在目前在學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)什么也許被替

代在~的時候之前他們完畢大學(xué)。我們必須藉著選擇該忘掉什么學(xué)習(xí)。機械性口勺背誦-學(xué)問為考試是?件事物，不過它不會

是比很好學(xué)習(xí)該怎樣學(xué)習(xí)啊嗎？學(xué)生在大學(xué)今天可以也許地在那不仍未被發(fā)明的太遠未來中做一種工作對作家的

1.According,未來不需要.

2.1「作家的視野，學(xué)生怎樣能學(xué)習(xí)得好？

3.What作家措施被"那變更數(shù)據(jù)的速度正在驚嚇"？

4.What通道的最彳發(fā)一種句子告訴我們嗎?

5.The作家II勺態(tài)度對於機械性的背誦-學(xué)問是.

第1空答案IX從若

第2空答案D.聯(lián)合由于看并且做聽。

第3空答案B.我們所明天今天學(xué)習(xí)的不是有用的。

第4空答案B.學(xué)生也許必須做仍未被發(fā)明的工作。

第5空答案B。不贊成

閱讀理解6

Sincethelate1960sagrowingnumberofwomenhaveexpressedastrongdissatisfaction不滿wi.hanymarriage

arrangementwhereinthehusbandandhiscareerarctheprimaryconsiderationsinthemarriage.門從1960年代接

期以接愈來愈多的女人有用~體現(xiàn)一種強烈不滿婚姻需重要考慮安排丈夫即他的事業(yè).Bytheendofthe1970s,forexample,

considerably相稱于lessthanhalfofthewomenintheUnitedStatesstillbelievedthattheywouldputtheirhusbands

andchildrenaheadoftheirowncareers事業(yè).只有少J：二分之一的美國婦女,樂意將丈夫和孩『放在珞業(yè)之前.

MoreandmoreAmericanwomenhavecometobelievethattheyshouldbeequalpartnersratherthanjuniorpartners

intneirmarriages.越來越多美國婦女川信他們是與婚姻處在對等的地化Thisstageofmarriage,婚姻H勺這個階段

性,althoughnottypical經(jīng)典ofmostAmericanmarriagesatpresent,雖然目前不是大多數(shù)美國婚姻生活的經(jīng)典,will

growmostrapidlyinthefuture.有迅速增長的趨勢.Inanequalpartnershipmarriage對等的合作婚姻中，thewifepursues

afill-limejoborcareerwhichhasequalimportancetoherhusband's.妻了?全職JL作，與她的丈夫同等市要.The

long-standing長期存在divisionoflabor勞動分工betweenhusbandandwifecomestoanend.氏期存在的勞動分工在

丈夫和妻子之間結(jié)束.Thehusbandisnolongerthemain重要provider（共應(yīng)offamilyincome收入，丈夫不再是家庭收入

的重要供應(yīng)者，andthewifenolongerhasthemainresponsibilities^^forhouseholddutiesandraisingchildren.ifn

妻子H勺重要職責(zé)不再是家庭和養(yǎng)育孩Husbandandwifeshareallthesedutiesequally.夫妻平等地分擔(dān)這些責(zé)任.Power

overfamilydecisionsisalsosharedequally.家庭的決定力垃也被相等地分享.

Therapidchangeinwomen'sattitudestowardmarriageinthe1970sreflectedrapidchangeinthelargersociety.

TheWomen'sLiberationMovementappearedinthelate1960s,demandinganendtoallformsofsexual

discriminationagainstfemales.女權(quán)運動在1960年代后期出現(xiàn)AnEqualRightsAmendment(修正案)totheU.S.

Constitutionwasproposedwhichwouldmakeanyformofdiscrimination歧視onthebasisofsexillegal,andthough

ithasfailedtoberatified,itcontinuestohavemillionsofsupporters.一部平等修正案提議修定美國憲法差異以性別歧

視是違法的，雖然它有未能被同意，它繼續(xù)有數(shù)以百萬計的支持者.

1.Sincethelate1960smorewomenhavebeendissatisfied不滿withthemarriage婚姻生活wherein—林

B—(D).

A)theyareunhappy

B)theyareintheinferiorposition她們地位次等

C)onlythehusbandworktoearntheliving只有丈夫工作謀生

D)thewifeonlytakecareofthehcusehold妻廣照顧家庭

2.Whatisthelong-standingdivisionoflabor勞動分V.betweenhusbandandwifeinAmerica?D

A)Husband-leader,wife-helper,丈夫-領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者，妻子-助手

B)Husbandandwifesharethehousework.夫妻分擔(dān)家務(wù)

C)Husbandandwifehaveequalpartnership.夫妻地位對等

D)Husbandplaysasuperiorrolewhilewifeplaysaninferiorrole,丈夫飾演上戶角色，妻子飾演1等角色

3.WhichstatementisNOTtrueaboutthenewtypeofmarriage新型婚姻生活？C

A)Husbandandwifesharealltheirdutiesequally.大妻平等分享責(zé)ff：

B)Wifecanalsomakethedecisionsinthefamily.妻子也有決定權(quán)

C)Wifeearnsthelivingwhilehusbanddoeshousework.妻/謀生，丈夫做家務(wù)

D)Husbandisalsoresponsibleforraisingchildren,丈夫也要養(yǎng)育孩子

4.Thewomen'sattitudestowardmarriagecontributeto婦女對婚娘的態(tài)度仃助于_D__.

A)theWomen'sLiberationMovemenl女權(quán)運動

B)theprohibitionofanyformofsexualdiscrimination任何形式的性別歧視的禁令

C)thechangingrolesofhusbandandwifeinthemarriage變更婚姻中夫妻角色

D)alloftheabove以上所有

5.Whichofthefollowingcanbethetitleforthispassage?D

A)TheChangingPatternsofAmericans'Marriage變化美國人的婚姻模式

B)AnIdealMarriage埋想婚姻

C)TheWomen'sLiberationMovement攵權(quán)運動

D)TheEqualRightBetweenHusbandandWife夫妻平等

閱讀理解7

Whenalltheanimalsofaspecies(種類)dieoui當(dāng)所有的動物11漸絕跡時,thewholeworldloses整人世界迷失.That

isgoneforever那將是永恒.Manypeopleareworriedaboutthishappeningiolargenumbersofwildanimals諸多

人緊張大慟R'J野生動物，theyspenLtimecampaigning從事Lohelppreserve保護wildlife他們花時間做保護野生動物

的活動.Oneofthebestknownpreservationists(保護者)isJoanEmbery.Sheisanattractive有區(qū)力的youngwoman

whoworksfortheSanDiegoZoo.

HerwideknowledgeofanimalsmakesherafrequentguestonTVtalkshows她節(jié)富的動物知識使她成為電視談話節(jié)目

的?？?Shehasbeen曾經(jīng)onthe**JohnnyCarsonshow"everfortylimessheexplainscommonerrorsinthinking

aboutwildlife她件經(jīng)在…節(jié)目I.超過巴卜次，向人們解釋看待野生動植物的錯誤認識.Forexample,gorillas（大猩猩）aren't

theferocious兇殘beasts.theyappeartobe那只是看起來的感覺.Theyarereallyquiteshy怕差.Monkeysthatsmile

arenotashappyasthemayseem.：nfactamonkey'sear-to-ear,grinmeanswatchou嚼齒體現(xiàn)警惕snakesreally

helpnaturebyeatingharmfulinseels蛇真正有助自然滅有害的昆史.Sopeopleshouldtrytoprotectthem人們應(yīng)當(dāng)試去

去保護它們.JoanEmbey.hopesthatoncepeopleunderstandanimalsbettertheywilldotheirbesttopresentthem

但愿人們更匆理解動物，竭力簡介它們.

JoanhelpedpioneerthefieldofZooworkforwomen帶領(lǐng)婦女從事野生動物園J作.Beforeshebecamewell,known

fewwomenwereconnectedwiththisfield很少婦女在這個領(lǐng)域被認識.Itwasnotconsidered被性重adesirable令人想

要的profession這并不是一項令人想做的職業(yè).NowmanywomanworkinZoos現(xiàn)今很我婦女為動物園【：乍了.

"It'sagreatfeeling榮幸tohelpkeepananimalthrivingon旺盛theearth."saysJoan.Anyonewhocaresabout

wildlifecertainlyagrees任何人保護野生動植物都受到承認.HowluckyanimalsaretohaveafriendlikeJoanEmbary.

1JoanEmbaryisa

4AnaturalistBZoospecialistCTVreporterDtourist

2Manypeopleareworriedthat

Aourworldisnotsafetoday

Bwomenarenotencouraged被鼓勵toworkforZoos

\'Cmayspeciesintheanimalworldmaydieout諸多種類的動物也許日漸絕跡

Dourworldwillcometoanend世界將要終止

3Gorillasare

NAgentleandshy文雅和害羞

Blong-armedman-eaters長臂食人并

Cgoodatgrinningfromeartoear.擅長從咬耳朵到露齒

Dpleasant令人快樂『、J

4snakes蛇are

Atheenemyofman人類『、J敵人

Btheenemytonature自然的敵人

\Ctheenemyofharmfulinsects右宙昆蟲的敵人

Dtheenemyofmouse鼠的敵人

5Itisimpliedbutnotstatedthatnewmanywomenworkinzoos,because_

Atheyunderstandanimalsbetter.她們更懂得動物

dBJoanEmberyhassetagoodexampleforthem.JoanEmbery做了楷模

Ctheyknowtheimportanceofprotectingwildanimals.她們懂得保護野生動植物H勺重要

Dtheylikeanimals.

閱讀理解8

網(wǎng)上根據(jù)：“日本專家研究怎樣使人年輕”搜出：

Ifyouwanttostayyoung,sitdownandhaveagoodthink.Thisistheresearch研,究findingofateamofJapanese

doctors,whosaythatmostofourbrains智力arenotgettingenoughexercise-and鍛煉asaresult成果，weare

ageing變名unnecessarily未必'soon.

假如你想要停用年輕時,坐下有一種發(fā)想法。這是一隊H本H勺醫(yī)生研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，說大多數(shù)H勺我們智力不在有充足的練習(xí)-并且成

果，我們是老化不是必然嘰

ProfessorTaijuMatsuzawawantedtofindoutwhyotherwise此外healthyfa門'nersftll康農(nóng)民innorthern北部Japan

appeared出現(xiàn)tobelosing敗theirability能力tothinkandreasonatarelatively有關(guān)地earlyage,andhowthe

process環(huán)節(jié)ofageingcouldbesloweddown慢卜,來.

專家TaijuMatsuzawa想要找出為何否則健康的農(nóng)民在被似乎損失他們『、J能力在一相對地早的年齡想并」1說眼的日本北

部，并艮老化時程序可以怎樣被減慢。

Withateamofcolleagues同呼alTokyoNationalUniversity,hesetaboutmeasuring測最brain頭腦volumes體積of

athousandpeopleofdifferentagesandvarying變化occupations占有.

與在東京國家的大學(xué)一隊同事在一起，他若F從步測量腦體積的不同樣年齡H勺一種千人并且變化占有。

Computertechnology技術(shù)enabled激活theresearchers研究員toobtain獲得precise精確的measurements測后法of

thevolume體積ofthefrontandsidesections部分ofthebrain腦，whichrelate波及tointellect（智能）andemotion

情感,anddeter-mine決定thehuman人類character特性.（Therearsectionofthebrain腦H勺后部，whichcontrols控制

functions作用likeeatingandbreathing呼吸,doesnotcontract使縮短withage.andonecancontinue延續(xù)living

withoutintellectua1智力oremotionalfaculties（功能）.

計算機技術(shù)使了研究員可以獲得腦的前面和邊區(qū)段的體積精確的測冠，與有關(guān)智力和情緒，并且制止-我的人類個性。腦的背

向區(qū)段，控制功能相似的吃并II.呼吸，由于年齡不縮短,并II■一能繼續(xù)生活沒有石知識者或情緒時才能。

CcnlraclionU攵縮offrontandsideparts-ascellsdieoff-wasobservedinsomesubjectsintheirthirties,butitwas

stillnotevidentinsomesixty-and-seventy-year-olds.

前面和邊部份的收縮-當(dāng)細胞相繼死去-在他們I內(nèi)在某些課題中被觀測三I?多歲，不過它仍然不對~感到顯然為某的六卜-和一

七十歲電

Matsuzawaconcludedfromhisteststhatthereisasimpleremedytothecontractionnormallyassociatedwith

age-usingthehead.

Matsuzawa從他的則試得出結(jié)論，對正常地與~有關(guān)使用年齡的頭收縮的簡樸藥物。

Thefindingsshowingeneraltermsthatcontractionofthebrainbeginssoonerinpeopleinthecountrythaninthe

towns.Thoseleastatrisk,saysMatsuzawa,arelawyers,followedbyuniversityprofessorsanddoctcrs.Whitecollar

workersdoingroutineworkingovernmentofficesare,however,aslikelytohaveshrinkingbrainsasthefarm

worker,busdriverandshopassistant.

調(diào)查成果在腦的收縮很快在國家中的人們中開始的一般術(shù)語中展現(xiàn)比較在城鎮(zhèn)中。很危險的那些至少，Matsuzawa說，是律師,

被大學(xué)專家和醫(yī)生跟隨.然而,白色的衣領(lǐng)工人在政府辦公室中做常式工作是，如有也許的有收縮智力如農(nóng)場匚人，公共汽車

司機和商場店員.

Matsuzawa'sfindingsshowthatthinkingcanpreventthebrainfromshrinking.Bloodmustcirculateproperlyinthe

headtosupplythefreshoxygenthebraincellsneed."Thebestwaytomaintaingoodbloodcirculationisthrough

usingthebrain,"hesays."Thinkhardandengageinconversation.Don'trelyonpoc