1、001閱讀01 Butterflies are common all over the world, but the ones in hot countries are usually bigger and more brightly colored than those in cooler countries and there are more different kinds. Usually the male butterflies more brightly colored than the female. The female have bigger and heavier bodi

2、es, since they carry the eggs. The gay (鮮艷的) colors of the male help to attract (吸引) the female and the duller colors of the female make them less likely to be caught by enemies before they have laid their eggs.Some butterflies have a bright pattern of colors on the upper surface of their wings, whi

3、ch show when they fly, but when they rest on a tree or leaf, they close their wings. On the undersides of their wings there are green and brown markings which look like the tree or leaf. They are then difficult to see. The best example of this is the Dead Leaf Butterfly. When its wings are close, it

4、 looks exactly like a dead leaf. There are even marks that look like the holes in a dead leaf. When a bird is chasing a butterfly, and it close its wings, it seems to have disappeared completely.Many butterflies have round marks on their wings that look like eyes. When they are resting, and their wi

5、ngs are folded, these cannot be seen. When a bird sees one, and begins to attack it, the butterfly opens its wings. The bird thinks that it sees two eyes staring at it, and it is frightened to fly away.窗體頂端1. Where are the butterflies always bigger and more brightly colored?A. In the places where it

6、 is hot.B. In the places that are far from the sun.C. In the south.D. In the north.窗體底端窗體頂端2. Why do the female butterflies have bigger and heavier bodies?A. They can help than to attract the male.B. They can make them likely to be caught by enemies.C. They carry eggs.D. They dont like to fly higher

7、.窗體底端窗體頂端3. What are green and brown markings on the undersides of the butterflies wings for?A. The butterflies want to show them when they fly.B. It is helpful for them to chase a bird.C. When the butterflies close their wings, they disappeared completely.D. The markings can sometimes help to prote

8、ct the butterflies.窗體底端002閱讀02 When a group of children politely stop a conversation with you, saying, We have to go to work now, youre left feeling surprised and certainly uneasy. After all, this is the 1990s and the idea of children working is just unthinkable. That is, until you are told that the

9、y are all pupils of stage schools and that the work they go off to is to go on the stage in a theatre.Stage schools often act as agencies (代理機構(gòu)) to supply children for stage and television work. More worthy of the name stage school are those few places where children attend full time with a training

10、 for the theatre and a general education.A visit to such schools will leave you in no doubt that the children enjoy themselves. After all, what lively children wouldnt settle for spending only half the day doing ordinary schoolwork and acting, singing or dancing their way through the other half of t

11、he day?Then of course there are times for the children to make a name and make a little money in some big shows. Some stage schools give their children too much professional work at such a young age. But the law is very tight on the amount they can do. Those under 13 are limited to 40 days in the ye

12、ar; those over 13 do 80 days.The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the profession for which they are being trained. So what happens to those who dont make it? While all the leading schools say they place great importance on children getting good study results, the

13、facts seem to suggest this is not always the case.窗體頂端1. People would stop feeling uneasy when realizing that the children theyre talking to _.A. attend a stage schoolB. are going to the theatreC. have got some work to doD. love singing and dancing窗體底端窗體頂端2. In the writers opinion, a good stage scho

14、ol should _.A. produce star performersB. help pupils improve their study skillsC. train pupils in language and performing artsD. provide a general education and stage training窗體底端窗體頂端3. Professional work as used in the text means_.A. ordinary school workB. money-making performancesC. stage training

15、at schoolD. acting, singing or dancing after class窗體底端窗體頂端4. Which of the following best describes how the writer feels about stage schools?A. He thinks highly of what they have to offer.B. He favors an early start in the training of performing arts.C. He feels uncomfortable about children putting o

16、n night shows .D. He doubts the standard of ordinary education they have reached .窗體底端003閱讀03 Many people like cooking but never have much time for it. Helen Frys new book Quick Cooking has been specially written for busy people. It has over 1,000 ways to cook dishes. The book is well written and th

17、e photographs and the drawings are clear. The book has a strong plastic cover. It is easy to find your way around it, too. And busy people, notice this! Mrs Fry tells you how much time you need in order to get each dish ready.Quick Cooking has four parts, one for each season. This helps you to use f

18、resh fruit and vegetables when they are cheaper and, of course, better. There are a lot of exciting ideas from foreign countries, and most of the ways are not complicated(復雜的). You take something simple like a chicken or some cheese, and make an unusual dish out of it. For example, there are no fewe

19、r than 40 ways for cooking eggs! The beginner will have to find out a lot of things for him to try many of the ways as soon as he reads them. For people with little spare time, Helen Frys Quick Cooking is of excellent value.窗體頂端1. The writer writes this short passage in order to _.A. make you like c

20、ooking B. let you know the book Quick CookingC. help you to cook eggs D. teach you cooking窗體底端窗體頂端2. Helen Frys book is called Quick Cooking because _.A. none of the dishes are complicatedB. there are over l,000 ways to cook dishes in itC. it is written for people who dont have much timeD. it tells

21、you how to cook all kinds of food quickly窗體底端窗體頂端3. Busy people should notice that_ .A. it is easy to find your way around the book B. they are told how long each dish takes to cookC. there are photographs and drawings in this book D. the book has a strong cover窗體底端窗體頂端4. It is easy to find your way

22、 around it too. means _.A. it is easy to find things around the bookB. it is easy to find things in the supermarket to prepare the food in the bookC. it is easy to find the ways you want to cook dishes in the bookD. it is easy to find the cover of the book窗體底端窗體頂端5. Once you read the book, you _. A.

23、 cant help trying the ways in it B. find the cover is very strong C. find most of it is about cooking eggsD. find it very cheap004窗體底端閱讀04 Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Stu

24、dents with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather , and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes are music.Pop or popul

25、ar music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to mee

26、t him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk (民間) music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys (牛仔) who would sing at n

27、ight to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.窗體頂端1. Which of the following is talked in this passages?A. pop music, folk musicB. popular, folk and country musicC. pop music and western musi

28、cD. folk, pop and classical music窗體底端窗體頂端2. When pop singers _ , they will become national stars.A. make much money B. make a CD or tapeC. are loved by all the young peopleD. are wanted to sing on the radio窗體底端窗體頂端3. From the passage we know that country music is about the _.A. common life of Americ

29、ansB. country life and love storiesC. life of cowboysD. school life in America窗體底端窗體頂端4. Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?A. Most students in America like popular music.B. Students with cars in America like to listen to music while driving.C. Adult drivers in America listen t

30、o music all the time while driving.D. Everyone in America wants to meet pop singers wherever they go.窗體底端窗體頂端5. What would be the best title (標題) for this passage? A. American MusicB. Popular Music C. History of MusicD. Western Music窗體底端005閱讀05 Since smoking is considered (認為) to be very dangerous t

31、o the health, it is especially difficult for children to buy cigarettes. Our shopkeeper, Mr. Soames, has always been careful about this. If his customers (顧客) are very young, he always asks them whom the cigarettes are for.One day a little girl walked into his shop and asked twenty cigarettes. She h

32、ad the exact amount of money in her hand and seemed very sure of herself. Mr Soames was so surprised by her confident (充滿自信的) manner that he forgot to ask his usual questions. He asked her what kind of cigarettes she wanted. The girl replied quickly and handed him the money. While he was giving her

33、the cigarettes, Mr Soames said laughingly that she was so young and she should hide the packet in her pocket so as not to be found by a policeman. But the little girl did not seem to find this very funny. Without even smiling she took the packet and walked towards the door. Suddenly she stopped, tur

34、ned round, and looked steadily at Mr Soames. There was a moments deathly silence and Mr Soames wondered what she was going to say. All at once, in a clear voice, the girl said, My dad is a policeman. And with that she walked quickly out of the shop.窗體頂端1.Mr Soames keeps a _.A. cigarette company B. f

35、ast-food restaurantC. grocery (雜貨店) D. small hotel窗體底端窗體頂端2.Why is it difficult for children to buy cigarettes?A. Because they have no money.B. Because people are very careful in selling cigarettes to children.C. Because cigarettes are very expensive.D. Because they dont know what cigarettes are.窗體底

36、端窗體頂端3.Why did Mr Soames forget to ask the little girl his usual questions?A. Because the little girl is his friends daughter.B. Because the little girl is a policemans daughter.C. Because the little girl was very sure of herself then.D. Because the little girl was buying cigarettes for others.窗體底端窗

37、體頂端4.There are usually _ in a packet.A. one cigarette B. one hundred cigarettesC. one thousand cigarettesD. twenty cigarettes窗體底端窗體頂端5.What does all at once mean in this passage? It means _. A. suddenly B. quickly C. right now D. at least窗體底端006閱讀 Mr. Young works in a city. He has a son called Richa

38、rd. The boy is eight and studies at school. Last week their school year was over and he wouldnt stay in the hot city and wanted to go the cool village to see his grandparents and be on holiday there. Mr. Young had to take him there. On their way there, a traffic accident happened. Their bus ran very

39、 fast. Suddenly the driver found an old woman was crossing the road. He began to stop the bus, but it was too late. She was knocked down and soon died, and the bus hit a big tree and was badly damaged(損壞) . The people in the bus had to get off and stay in a small hotel overnight. Mr. Young wouldnt l

40、et Richard see the dead woman, but the little boy had seen all.After supper they both felt tired. Mr. Young moved his bed close to the boys and turned off the light. A few minutes later Richard said, Its very dark in the room, isnt it?Of course the man understood what it meant. He said, Yes, but eve

41、rything is all right.After a few more minutes silence a small hand reached over and took Mr. Youngs.I m holding your hand, said the boy. In case youll be afraid! 窗體頂端1.Why would Richard spend his holiday at the village?A. He enjoyed travelling.B. It is hotter in the city and cooler at the village.C.

42、 He had to go to the village to look after his grandparents.D. both A and B.窗體底端窗體頂端2.The old woman died _.A. at home B. from the accidentC. in a hospital D. in the fields窗體底端窗體頂端3.Richard and Mr. Young got off the bus, because _A. the bus was badly destroyedB. the bus had to be repairedC. they want

43、ed to get offD. both A and B窗體底端窗體頂端4.Which statement is true?A. Mr. Young was frightened.B. The boy was afraid.C. After supper both Mr. Young and the boy were tired.D. Both B and C.窗體底端007閱讀 Women earn less than men. For example, in 1988 the hourly wages of women in the U.S. were 16% less than thos

44、e of men. The gap between male and female incomes varies (變化)with age. The gap between the labor incomes of young women and young men is much smaller than that between middle-aged women and men. It is also clear that jobs in which women are concentrated (集中) pay less. The larger the number of worker

45、s who are women is, the lower the average wages are.Why do women earn less than men? Is the cause of the gap that women are looked down upon? If so, the government has to intervene (干涉), to force the employers to pay equal wages to equal jobs. However, there is no agreement among economists (經(jīng)濟學家) a

46、bout the causes of the gap. One view argues that women have chosen low-paying jobs in which workers enjoy the freedom of entering and leaving the labor, which reduces their years of experience relative to men. Other people say the gap can also be explained by the difference in educational background

47、. It is just the difference that cause the difference in productivity between men and women.Much of the gap, however, has not been fully explained. It might be the result of some bias against women. What would happen if the government did intervene to increase the wages paid to women? One possibilit

48、y is that incomes for women as a group might actually decline (下降). An increase in wage decreases the demanded (被需求的) quantity of labor input, and then the rate of hiring new workers declines. The result will be a surplus of labor.窗體頂端1.The difference is not very obvious between _.A. young men and y

49、oung womenB. middle-aged men and middle-aged womenC. young men and middle-aged womenD. young women and middle-aged men窗體底端窗體頂端2.Some economists believe women earn less than men partly because _.A. women are less experienced than menB. women have more freedom in selecting their jobsC. there are more

50、women than men in the laborD. they are only provided with low-paying jobs窗體底端窗體頂端3.Which of the following cannot be inferred from the second paragraph?A. Women receive less education than men.B. Goods produced by women are not as good as those by men.C. Women can t make the same productivity as men.

51、D. Economists don t think the causes of the gap are women s being looked down upon.窗體底端窗體頂端4.What does author suggest that for the women workers the government should do?A. To pay as much as men.B. To explain why women are paid less.C. To force employers to hire less men.D. None of the above.窗體底端窗體頂

52、端5.What would happen if womens wages were raised?A. The unemployment rate would go up.B. Women as a group would earn more than before.C. Men as a group would earn less than before.D. The women would own more money than men.窗體底端008閱讀 Nomads (游牧部落) are people who have no fixed homes but move regularly

53、 from place to place. Hunting peoples, such as the Bushmen, Pygmies (俾格米人，中非個子矮小的一種黑人) and Australian aborigines (土著人) move in search of large animal population. Pastoral (適于放牧牛羊的) nomads, in the Middle East and Central Asia, move with the seasons to find pasture (牧場) for their animals. Other patrol

54、 peoples, also dependent on the seasons, grow crops but move to other places after their crops need no attention. Some agricultural workers, in the United States particularly, follow a nomadic life also, going northward during the growing and harvesting season and returning to the warmer southern re

55、gions in the winter. Generally speaking, the nomads movements are regulated by the seasons and the effects of the seasons on plants and animal lives.窗體頂端1.Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of this paragraph?A. There are still some nomadic peoples left in the modern world

56、.B. In search of large animal population, nomads move from one place to another.C. Seasons and their effects on plants and animal lives regulate nomads movement .D. Bushmen, Pygmies and Australian aborigines are nomadic peoples.窗體底端窗體頂端2. The best title of this paragraph could be _.A. Where There Is a Large Animal Population, There Are NomadsB. Characters of NomadsC. Two D