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[试题]Air pollution [部资料]
People and air pollution are often in the same placesThis means that cities with large populations have the biggest problem of dirty airAir pollution is caused by many different thingsA major kind of air pollution is the gas from carsStatistics(统计资料)show that 93 percent of all auto trips are within cities
Another major kind of dirty air is the burning of coal and oil for energyThis energy is needed to make electricityOf course much more electricity is used in the city than in the country
On the average we throw away more rubbish than the year beforeThe burning of rubbish makes air pollution even worseMany major industries are also responsible for the dirty air in the around citiesThe fumes(烟)from iron steel chemical and petrol production add particles(微粒) to the air
The effects of air pollution range from mild headaches to deathThe levels of pollution found in heavy traffic may cause headaches for loss of clear visionWherever coal and oil are used for fuel fumes may kill trees and plants and cause metal to corrode(腐蚀)In some of the larger cities these fumes endanger the lives of human beings by contributing to lung diseases and causing early death
1The key point of the passage is that_________
[答案]the causes and the effects of air pollution are both found in cities
2What is the purpose of this passage
[答案]to persuade people to stop polluting the air
3Why is air pollution more grave in the city than in the country
[答案]Because there are much more gas fumes from cars and burning of coal and oil for energy in the city than in the country
4The fumes from coal and oil may cause metal_________
[答案]to corrode
5In larger cities the fumes from coal and oil may contribute to _________
[答案]lung diseases
[试题]An e book(also referred to as an electronic booke Bookor ebook) is a digital version (版) of a print book that you download and readBut if you want to read an e bookyou must have an E book Readerwhich is a kind of free software used by your computerMake sure you have installed the appropriate Reader before you download your e book from the InternetThe software allows you to turn the words on the screen into the size you likeIt also helps you turn pages and change your viewing options(计算机屏幕阅读选择)E books area fun alternative to regular booksYou can download them to any computers and create your own library of hundreds of titlesIf you load them onto your portable computeryou can take them with you when you travelSome e books are even interactiveBest of allwhen you order an e booktheir is no waiting and no shipping chargesThe amount of time it takes to download your e book depends on the speed of your connection and the size of your e book[2018年1月试题部资料]
21From this passagewe learn that an ebook________
[答案]can be read directly from the Internet
22The Ebook Reader is used for________ [答案]downloading an ebook from the Internet
23From this passagewe can learn that________ [答案]you can read an ebook on a laptop when you travel
24Which of the following statements is TRUE
[答案]The downloading time is decided by the ebook＇s size
25The passage is mainly about________ [答案]a new kind of bookthe Ebooks
[试题]An old lady in a plane had a blanket(毯子) over her head and she did not want to take it offThe air hostess spoke to herbut the old lady saidI have never been in a plane beforeand I am frightenedI am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground againThen the captain cameHe saidMadamlam the captain of this planeThe weather is finethere are no clouds in the skyand everything is going very wellBut she continued to hide[2019年7月试题]
So the captain turned and started to go backThen the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and saidI am sorryyoungmanbut Idon＇t like planes and lam never going to fly againBut I＇ll say one thingShe continued kindlyYou and your wife keep your plan every clean 26An old lady had_______ [答案]a blanket over her head 27She didn＇t want to_______ [答案]takeoff the blanket
28_______spoke to her [答案]The air hostess
29The old lady had never been_______before [答案]in a plane 30The woman didn＇t like planes and she was never going_______ [答案]to fly again
[试题]Building a house costs quite a lot of moneySuppose you plan to build a houseYour first step will be to find a right piece of landYour choice will depend on many different thingsYou will probably try to find a sunny placewith pleasant surroundings(环境) near shops and bus stopsnot too far from your friends and the place where you work[2020年1月试题2020年7月试题部资料]
Next you will find a good builderand together with the builder you will workout a planThe builder will draw the planIt will show the number of roomstheir position and sizeand other partswhich must be noticedsuch as windowsdoorsand electric outletsThe builder will workout how much money is needed to build your houseHe will workout the cost of the woodbricksthe glassand everything else that must be used in building the houseLater onwhen he starts to buildthis estimate(预算)must be corrected and revised (修订)His estimate is based on existing pricesbut prices of such things may changeand many other things may happen between the time when he makes the estimate and the time when he builds the house
When the builder gives his estimateyou may wish to change your plan(You may also wish to change your builderif his estimate is too high) You may find that the house you wanted at first costs too muchor that you can spend a little more and add something to your planThe builder＇s estimate depends on the planbut the final plan depends on the builder＇s estimate
21The best title of this passage is_______
[答案]Planning a House
22The first thing for a person to build a house is_______
[答案]to find a suitable piece of land
23The phrasedraw the planin Paragraph 2 means_______
[答案]making a picture of a building or a room
24When the builder starts to build a househis estimate will have to be corrected and revised because_______
[答案]the prices of building materials and the expenses of labor maybe different from the original prices and expenses
25What is the relationship between the estimate and the plan
[答案]The estimate and the plan depend on each other
[试题]Cars are an important part of life in the United StatesWithout a car most people feel that they are poorAnd even if a person is poor he doesn＇t feel really poor when he had a car
Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbersHe probably didn＇t know how much the car was going to affect American cultureThe car made the United Stated a nation on wheelsAnd it helped make the United States what it is today
There are three main reasons why the car becomes so popular in the United StatesFirst of all the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in itThe car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportationWith a car people can go anyplace without spending a lot of money
The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportationLongdistance trains have never been as common in the country as they are in other parts of the worldNowadays there is a good system of airservice provided by planesBut it is too expensive to be used frequently
The third reason is the most important one thoughThe American spirit of independence is what really made cars popularAmericans don＇t like to wait for a bus or a train or even a planeThey don＇ t like to have to follow an exact scheduleA car gives them the freedom to schedule their own timeAnd this is the freedom that Americans want most to have
The gas shortage has caused a big problem for AmericansBut the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportationThe real solution will have to be a new kind of car one that does not use so much gas
1We can learn from this passage that Americans_________
[答案]travel a lot in their cars
2Which of the following statements is TRUE
[答案]An American will feel poor unless he has a car
3In the writer＇s opinion cars are popular in the United States mainly because_________
[答案]Americans like to plan their own time
4A nation on wheels in the second paragraph means that_________
[答案]the United States produces most of the cars in the world
5The real solution to the gas shortage problem is_________
[答案]to make gassaving cars
[试题]Car crashes are the top killer of American teenagersMost of the crashes result from distracted drivingnot paying attention to the road[部资料]
Ryan Didone was a fifteenyearold passenger in a car that hit a treeHe was one of the nation＇s more than thirty thousand victims of traffic crashes in 2008Nearly four thousand deaths about twelve percent involved drivers age fifteen to twenty
Ryan＇s father Thomas Didone is a police captain in MarylanIt was an inexperienced immature driver driving at night with a carload of kidsHe was distracted he was going too fast and it ended up causing one death and some seriously injuredHe shares the story of his son＇s death to help educate teens and their families about distracted driving
Jim Jennings from the Allstate Insurance Company says the number one cause of distracteddriving accidents is the mobile phoneHe says talking on the phone or reaching for
it is like drinking four beers and drivingIf you＇re texting while driving you are twentythree times more likely to get into an accident than somebody who isn＇t
Government and private groups are using public service announcements and events to bring more attention to the problemFor example the insurance industry recently held a safety event for teen driversAt first nineteenyearold Kevin Schumann easily avoided large inflatable dolls thrown in front of the car to represent childrenHe also avoided orange cones representing the edge of the roadThen as part of the test he started textingHe hit several cones and at least one dollThat＇s what really opened up the experience for me to prove how bad it is to really text and drive
Debbie Pickford of Allstate Insurance says teens are especially at risk from distracted driving —and not just because they lack experience on the roadsAccording to the research teens don＇t really have fully developed brains until they’re twentyfive years oldYou put those two things together and you get a muchmuch higher riskA new law proposes a graduated driver licensing systemGraduated means teenagers start with restrictions like on night driving and numbers of passengersThey could not get a full driver＇s license until age eighteen
1According to the passage _________is the most likely to lead to a traffic accident while you are driving．
[答案]texting on the mobile phone
2We can learn from the second paragraph that_________
[答案]over 30000 victims have died from traffic crashes so far
3A safety event held by insurance industry was meant to_________
[答案]draw enough attention to teenagers＇ distracted driving
4The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about_________
[答案]measures to be taken
5Of all the following which is the best title for the passage
[答案]Distracted Driving —Let＇s Avoid
[试题]Dick lived in EnglandOne day in January he said to his wifeI＇m going to fly to New York next week because I＇ve got some work thereWhere are you going to stay therehis wife askedI don＇t know yetDick answeredPlease send me your address from there in a telegramhis wife saidAll rightDick answered[2020年9月试题]
He flew to NewYork on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the cityHe put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegramHe put the address of his hotel in it In the evening he didn＇t have any workso he went to a cinemaHe came out at nine o＇clock and saidNow I＇m going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner He found a taxi and the driver saidWhere do you want to goBut Dick didn＇t remember the name and address of his hotel Which hotel are my things inhe saidAnd what amIgoing to do tonightBut the driver of the taxi did not knowSo Dick got out and went into a postofficeThere he sent his wife another telegramand in i the wrotePlease send me my address at this post office 21Dick flew to NewYork because______________ [答案]he got work there
22Why did his wife want a telegram from him [答案]Because she didn＇t know his address yet 23Where did Dick stay in NewYork [答案]In a hotel 24Who would send him the name and address of his hotel [答案]His wife 25Dick wanted to go back to_______in a taxi [答案]his hotel
[试题]Highspeed rail is a type of rail transport that operates significantly faster than traditional rail traffic using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracksWhile there is no single standard that applies worldwide new lines in excess of 250 kmhr and existing lines in excess of 200 kmhr are widely considered to be highspeed with some extending the definition to include much lower speeds(eg160 kmhr)in areas for which these speeds still represent significant improvementsThe first such system began operations in Japan in 1964 and was widely known as the bullet trainHighspeed trains normally operate on standard gauge tracks of continuously welded rail on gradeseparated rightofway that incorporates a large turning radius in its design[部资料]
Many countries have developed highspeed rail to connect major cities including Austria Belgium China France Germany Italy Japan Poland Portugal Russia South Korea Sweden Taiwan turkey United Kingdom United States and UzbekistanOnly in Europe does HSR cross international bordersChina has 16000 km of HSR accounting for 60 percent of the world’s totalWhile highspeed rail is usually designed for passenger travel some highspeed systems also offer freight service
1Highspeed rail is a type of rail transport that operates significantly than traditional rail traffic
[答案]Afaster
2According to the passage which of the following is true
[答案]Athere is no single standard that applies worldwide
3When did the first such system widely known as the bullet train begin operations in Japan
[答案]Cin 1946
4The underlined word freight at the end of the paragraph means________
[答案]Bcargo
5The best title of this passage would be________
[答案]Bthe Bullet Train
[试题]Housing is the living places for human beingsAs the population keeps climbingpeople in the city have to face the reality that housing is in short supplyTo solve this problemNew York city planners are challenging tradition and starting to design more micro units[2018年1月试题2019年7月试题2020年1月试题部资料]
Microsalso known ashostelstyleapartmentsusually offer less than 200 square feet (185 square meters) in areaCould you imagine living in 150 square feet( 14 square meters) These units usually have only room for a beda table minfridge and the basic living essentials
Why is the micro apartment so appealingThe reasons are rather straightforwardIt is perfect for single people who don＇t have a lot of thingsIt can also meet the need of people who are short on cash but determined to live in their own places
Micro apartments are very common in cities like Tokyo and Hong Kongwhere there are so many people livingNow this tiny housing solution is gaining ground in urban areas in the USand Canada
The micro apartment is an experiment in simplicity in American cultureSo smallscale home life is part of a hot trend in USreal estateSome people are proud of itSome of them can find the humor and fun in their small placesBut not everyone is in favor of the trend
26According to the passagethe next big trend in USreal estate is_______
[答案]micro apartment
27As the population keeps climbingpeople in the city have to face the reality that_______
[答案]housing is in short supply
28Why is the micro apartment so appealing
[答案]It meets the need of someone
29Micro apartments are very common in some cities like_______
[答案]Tokyo
30How do people think of the micro apartment
[答案]Not everyone is in favor of the trend
[试题]In Englandpeople often talk about the weather because they can experience(历)four seasons in one dayIn the morning the weather is warm just like in springAn hour later black clouds come and then i trains hardThe weather gets a little coldIn the late afternoon the sky will be sunnythe sun will begin to shineand it will be summer at this time of a day[2019年1月试题]
In Englandpeople can also have summer in winteror have winter in summerSo in winter they can swim sometimesand in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes
When you goto Englandyou will see that some English people usually take an umbrella(伞) or a raincoat with them in the sunny morningbut you should not laugh at them If you don＇t take an umbrella or a raincoatyou will regret(悔) later in the day 21Why do people in England often talkabout the weather [答案]Because they may have fourseasons in one day
22From the story we know that when_________comethere is a heavy rain [答案]black clouds 23People can also have summer in winterMeansit is sometimes too_________in winter [答案]warm 24In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because_________ [答案]it often rains in England 25The best title(标题) for this passage would be_________ [答案]The Weather in England
[试题]London＇s River Thames has twentyseven bridgesBut Tower Bridge the first bridge over the Thames as you travel to London from the sea is the most famous of them allWhat makes Tower Bridge so exciting Why do visitors come from all over the world to see it
The thing that is surprising about Tower Bridge is that it is open in the middleIt does this to let the big ships through to the Pool of LondonIf you are lucky enough to see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air you will never forget it[部资料]
On its north side stands the Tower of London itselfAlthough they look the same age the Tower is almost a thousand years old and Tower Bridge is only about one hundred it was built in the 1890sBy1850 everyone agreed that a bridge across the Thames near the Tower was most necessaryBut the designers argued about the new bridge for another thirtyyearsThis took so long because they had two big problems
lTower Bridge is__________
[答案]the first one you can see when you go from the sea to London
2The Tower of London is__________
[答案]on the north of Tower Bridge
3Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
[答案]You can see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air at anytime
4Why is the bridge open in the middle
[答案]To let the big ship through to the Pool of London
5How long was the Tower Bridge built
[答案]A hundred years
[试题]Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schoolsSome middle schools in Australia have banned(禁止)students from carrying mobile phones during school hoursMobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this yearSeveral children have got mobile phones as Christmas giftsteachers said mobile phone use is a distraction(娱乐) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classroomsTeachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams[2018年7月试题2020年7月试题部资料]
She said some schools had tried to ban mobilephonesSome parents felt unhappy because they couldn＇t get in touch with their children
Many teachers said students should not have mobilephones at schoolbut if there was a good reasonthey could leave their phones at school officeThey also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobilephones at school：they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies
Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phonesbut they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones
26Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobilephones______________
[答案]when they are at school
27We know from the passage that some children get mobilephones from______________
[答案]their parents and friends
28What does the underlined wordcheatmean in Paragraph l
[答案]作弊
29Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn＇t______________during school hours
[答案]get in touch with their children
30The passage tells us that______________
[答案]students shouldn＇t have mobilephones at school except for some special reasons
[试题]When DrRobert Metcalf first used a solar cooker the future changed for millions of AfricansHe knew that billions of poor people around the world depend on the use of wood for cookingAs they take more and more firewood from wild areasThey are destroying habitats around the worldWood collection is one reason why many animals have become endangered[部资料]
But sunshine can be an alternative to fireDrMetcalf saysSince his first solar cooked meal he has helped people around the world to use simple new technologies to cook their food
Each morning in villages across East Africa small children and their mothers wake up and walk several miles to collect firewood to cook their foodIt takes much of the day and the heavy firewood they carry home on their heads lasts only a few days
This is why DrMetcalf spends each summer in AfricaHe teaches women and children in villages how to cook with the sunSo far more than thirty thousand African families now have solar cookers and new programs will introduce solar cookers to millions of families
To find water women and children may have to walk long distance to dig holes in dry riverbeds or to gather water from streams and shallow wells
They fill their buckets(桶)and carry them home on their headsThe buckets often weigh asmuch as forty poundsNot only is finding water hard work but the water is often polluted witherms(细菌)that make people sick
DrMetcalf and others developed a simplereusable tool that people can use to make sure their water is safe to drinkThe tool is calked a WAPIwhich stands for Water Pasteurization IndicatorThe pasteurization process is named after Louis Pasteurwho developed it in the 1800s
1Why did Metcalf help Africans use solar cookers
[答案]He realized using firewood is not good for the environment．
2The underlined word it in the third paragraph probably refers to_______
[答案]collecting firewood
3Each summer Metcalf stays in Africa to_______
[答案]spread the technique of using solar cookers
4Water Pasteurization Indicator was developed to_______
[答案]kill the bacteria in water
5It can be inferred from tile passage that_______
[答案]women and children in Africa usually lead a hard life
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[试题]Air pollution [部资料]
People and air pollution are often in the same placesThis means that cities with large populations have the biggest problem of dirty airAir pollution is caused by many different thingsA major kind of air pollution is the gas from carsStatistics(统计资料)show that 93 percent of all auto trips are within cities
Another major kind of dirty air is the burning of coal and oil for energyThis energy is needed to make electricityOf course much more electricity is used in the city than in the country
On the average we throw away more rubbish than the year beforeThe burning of rubbish makes air pollution even worseMany major industries are also responsible for the dirty air in the around citiesThe fumes(烟)from iron steel chemical and petrol production add particles(微粒) to the air
The effects of air pollution range from mild headaches to deathThe levels of pollution found in heavy traffic may cause headaches for loss of clear visionWherever coal and oil are used for fuel fumes may kill trees and plants and cause metal to corrode(腐蚀)In some of the larger cities these fumes endanger the lives of human beings by contributing to lung diseases and causing early death
1The key point of the passage is that_________
[答案]the causes and the effects of air pollution are both found in cities
2What is the purpose of this passage
[答案]to persuade people to stop polluting the air
3Why is air pollution more grave in the city than in the country
[答案]Because there are much more gas fumes from cars and burning of coal and oil for energy in the city than in the country
4The fumes from coal and oil may cause metal_________
[答案]to corrode
5In larger cities the fumes from coal and oil may contribute to _________
[答案]lung diseases
[试题]An e book(also referred to as an electronic booke Bookor ebook) is a digital version (版) of a print book that you download and readBut if you want to read an e bookyou must have an E book Readerwhich is a kind of free software used by your computerMake sure you have installed the appropriate Reader before you download your e book from the InternetThe software allows you to turn the words on the screen into the size you likeIt also helps you turn pages and change your viewing options(计算机屏幕阅读选择)E books area fun alternative to regular booksYou can download them to any computers and create your own library of hundreds of titlesIf you load them onto your portable computeryou can take them with you when you travelSome e books are even interactiveBest of allwhen you order an e booktheir is no waiting and no shipping chargesThe amount of time it takes to download your e book depends on the speed of your connection and the size of your e book[2018年1月试题部资料]
21From this passagewe learn that an ebook________
[答案]can be read directly from the Internet
22The Ebook Reader is used for________ [答案]downloading an ebook from the Internet
23From this passagewe can learn that________ [答案]you can read an ebook on a laptop when you travel
24Which of the following statements is TRUE
[答案]The downloading time is decided by the ebook＇s size
25The passage is mainly about________ [答案]a new kind of bookthe Ebooks
[试题]An old lady in a plane had a blanket(毯子) over her head and she did not want to take it offThe air hostess spoke to herbut the old lady saidI have never been in a plane beforeand I am frightenedI am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground againThen the captain cameHe saidMadamlam the captain of this planeThe weather is finethere are no clouds in the skyand everything is going very wellBut she continued to hide[2019年7月试题]
So the captain turned and started to go backThen the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and saidI am sorryyoungmanbut Idon＇t like planes and lam never going to fly againBut I＇ll say one thingShe continued kindlyYou and your wife keep your plan every clean 26An old lady had_______ [答案]a blanket over her head 27She didn＇t want to_______ [答案]takeoff the blanket
28_______spoke to her [答案]The air hostess
29The old lady had never been_______before [答案]in a plane 30The woman didn＇t like planes and she was never going_______ [答案]to fly again
[试题]Building a house costs quite a lot of moneySuppose you plan to build a houseYour first step will be to find a right piece of landYour choice will depend on many different thingsYou will probably try to find a sunny placewith pleasant surroundings(环境) near shops and bus stopsnot too far from your friends and the place where you work[2020年1月试题2020年7月试题部资料]
Next you will find a good builderand together with the builder you will workout a planThe builder will draw the planIt will show the number of roomstheir position and sizeand other partswhich must be noticedsuch as windowsdoorsand electric outletsThe builder will workout how much money is needed to build your houseHe will workout the cost of the woodbricksthe glassand everything else that must be used in building the houseLater onwhen he starts to buildthis estimate(预算)must be corrected and revised (修订)His estimate is based on existing pricesbut prices of such things may changeand many other things may happen between the time when he makes the estimate and the time when he builds the house
When the builder gives his estimateyou may wish to change your plan(You may also wish to change your builderif his estimate is too high) You may find that the house you wanted at first costs too muchor that you can spend a little more and add something to your planThe builder＇s estimate depends on the planbut the final plan depends on the builder＇s estimate
21The best title of this passage is_______
[答案]Planning a House
22The first thing for a person to build a house is_______
[答案]to find a suitable piece of land
23The phrasedraw the planin Paragraph 2 means_______
[答案]making a picture of a building or a room
24When the builder starts to build a househis estimate will have to be corrected and revised because_______
[答案]the prices of building materials and the expenses of labor maybe different from the original prices and expenses
25What is the relationship between the estimate and the plan
[答案]The estimate and the plan depend on each other
[试题]Cars are an important part of life in the United StatesWithout a car most people feel that they are poorAnd even if a person is poor he doesn＇t feel really poor when he had a car
Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbersHe probably didn＇t know how much the car was going to affect American cultureThe car made the United Stated a nation on wheelsAnd it helped make the United States what it is today
There are three main reasons why the car becomes so popular in the United StatesFirst of all the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in itThe car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportationWith a car people can go anyplace without spending a lot of money
The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportationLongdistance trains have never been as common in the country as they are in other parts of the worldNowadays there is a good system of airservice provided by planesBut it is too expensive to be used frequently
The third reason is the most important one thoughThe American spirit of independence is what really made cars popularAmericans don＇t like to wait for a bus or a train or even a planeThey don＇ t like to have to follow an exact scheduleA car gives them the freedom to schedule their own timeAnd this is the freedom that Americans want most to have
The gas shortage has caused a big problem for AmericansBut the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportationThe real solution will have to be a new kind of car one that does not use so much gas
1We can learn from this passage that Americans_________
[答案]travel a lot in their cars
2Which of the following statements is TRUE
[答案]An American will feel poor unless he has a car
3In the writer＇s opinion cars are popular in the United States mainly because_________
[答案]Americans like to plan their own time
4A nation on wheels in the second paragraph means that_________
[答案]the United States produces most of the cars in the world
5The real solution to the gas shortage problem is_________
[答案]to make gassaving cars
[试题]Car crashes are the top killer of American teenagersMost of the crashes result from distracted drivingnot paying attention to the road[部资料]
Ryan Didone was a fifteenyearold passenger in a car that hit a treeHe was one of the nation＇s more than thirty thousand victims of traffic crashes in 2008Nearly four thousand deaths about twelve percent involved drivers age fifteen to twenty
Ryan＇s father Thomas Didone is a police captain in MarylanIt was an inexperienced immature driver driving at night with a carload of kidsHe was distracted he was going too fast and it ended up causing one death and some seriously injuredHe shares the story of his son＇s death to help educate teens and their families about distracted driving
Jim Jennings from the Allstate Insurance Company says the number one cause of distracteddriving accidents is the mobile phoneHe says talking on the phone or reaching for
it is like drinking four beers and drivingIf you＇re texting while driving you are twentythree times more likely to get into an accident than somebody who isn＇t
Government and private groups are using public service announcements and events to bring more attention to the problemFor example the insurance industry recently held a safety event for teen driversAt first nineteenyearold Kevin Schumann easily avoided large inflatable dolls thrown in front of the car to represent childrenHe also avoided orange cones representing the edge of the roadThen as part of the test he started textingHe hit several cones and at least one dollThat＇s what really opened up the experience for me to prove how bad it is to really text and drive
Debbie Pickford of Allstate Insurance says teens are especially at risk from distracted driving —and not just because they lack experience on the roadsAccording to the research teens don＇t really have fully developed brains until they’re twentyfive years oldYou put those two things together and you get a muchmuch higher riskA new law proposes a graduated driver licensing systemGraduated means teenagers start with restrictions like on night driving and numbers of passengersThey could not get a full driver＇s license until age eighteen
1According to the passage _________is the most likely to lead to a traffic accident while you are driving．
[答案]texting on the mobile phone
2We can learn from the second paragraph that_________
[答案]over 30000 victims have died from traffic crashes so far
3A safety event held by insurance industry was meant to_________
[答案]draw enough attention to teenagers＇ distracted driving
4The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about_________
[答案]measures to be taken
5Of all the following which is the best title for the passage
[答案]Distracted Driving —Let＇s Avoid
[试题]Dick lived in EnglandOne day in January he said to his wifeI＇m going to fly to New York next week because I＇ve got some work thereWhere are you going to stay therehis wife askedI don＇t know yetDick answeredPlease send me your address from there in a telegramhis wife saidAll rightDick answered[2020年9月试题]
He flew to NewYork on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the cityHe put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegramHe put the address of his hotel in it In the evening he didn＇t have any workso he went to a cinemaHe came out at nine o＇clock and saidNow I＇m going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner He found a taxi and the driver saidWhere do you want to goBut Dick didn＇t remember the name and address of his hotel Which hotel are my things inhe saidAnd what amIgoing to do tonightBut the driver of the taxi did not knowSo Dick got out and went into a postofficeThere he sent his wife another telegramand in i the wrotePlease send me my address at this post office 21Dick flew to NewYork because______________ [答案]he got work there
22Why did his wife want a telegram from him [答案]Because she didn＇t know his address yet 23Where did Dick stay in NewYork [答案]In a hotel 24Who would send him the name and address of his hotel [答案]His wife 25Dick wanted to go back to_______in a taxi [答案]his hotel
[试题]Highspeed rail is a type of rail transport that operates significantly faster than traditional rail traffic using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracksWhile there is no single standard that applies worldwide new lines in excess of 250 kmhr and existing lines in excess of 200 kmhr are widely considered to be highspeed with some extending the definition to include much lower speeds(eg160 kmhr)in areas for which these speeds still represent significant improvementsThe first such system began operations in Japan in 1964 and was widely known as the bullet trainHighspeed trains normally operate on standard gauge tracks of continuously welded rail on gradeseparated rightofway that incorporates a large turning radius in its design[部资料]
Many countries have developed highspeed rail to connect major cities including Austria Belgium China France Germany Italy Japan Poland Portugal Russia South Korea Sweden Taiwan turkey United Kingdom United States and UzbekistanOnly in Europe does HSR cross international bordersChina has 16000 km of HSR accounting for 60 percent of the world’s totalWhile highspeed rail is usually designed for passenger travel some highspeed systems also offer freight service
1Highspeed rail is a type of rail transport that operates significantly than traditional rail traffic
[答案]Afaster
2According to the passage which of the following is true
[答案]Athere is no single standard that applies worldwide
3When did the first such system widely known as the bullet train begin operations in Japan
[答案]Cin 1946
4The underlined word freight at the end of the paragraph means________
[答案]Bcargo
5The best title of this passage would be________
[答案]Bthe Bullet Train
[试题]Housing is the living places for human beingsAs the population keeps climbingpeople in the city have to face the reality that housing is in short supplyTo solve this problemNew York city planners are challenging tradition and starting to design more micro units[2018年1月试题2019年7月试题2020年1月试题部资料]
Microsalso known ashostelstyleapartmentsusually offer less than 200 square feet (185 square meters) in areaCould you imagine living in 150 square feet( 14 square meters) These units usually have only room for a beda table minfridge and the basic living essentials
Why is the micro apartment so appealingThe reasons are rather straightforwardIt is perfect for single people who don＇t have a lot of thingsIt can also meet the need of people who are short on cash but determined to live in their own places
Micro apartments are very common in cities like Tokyo and Hong Kongwhere there are so many people livingNow this tiny housing solution is gaining ground in urban areas in the USand Canada
The micro apartment is an experiment in simplicity in American cultureSo smallscale home life is part of a hot trend in USreal estateSome people are proud of itSome of them can find the humor and fun in their small placesBut not everyone is in favor of the trend
26According to the passagethe next big trend in USreal estate is_______
[答案]micro apartment
27As the population keeps climbingpeople in the city have to face the reality that_______
[答案]housing is in short supply
28Why is the micro apartment so appealing
[答案]It meets the need of someone
29Micro apartments are very common in some cities like_______
[答案]Tokyo
30How do people think of the micro apartment
[答案]Not everyone is in favor of the trend
[试题]In Englandpeople often talk about the weather because they can experience(历)four seasons in one dayIn the morning the weather is warm just like in springAn hour later black clouds come and then i trains hardThe weather gets a little coldIn the late afternoon the sky will be sunnythe sun will begin to shineand it will be summer at this time of a day[2019年1月试题]
In Englandpeople can also have summer in winteror have winter in summerSo in winter they can swim sometimesand in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes
When you goto Englandyou will see that some English people usually take an umbrella(伞) or a raincoat with them in the sunny morningbut you should not laugh at them If you don＇t take an umbrella or a raincoatyou will regret(悔) later in the day 21Why do people in England often talkabout the weather [答案]Because they may have fourseasons in one day
22From the story we know that when_________comethere is a heavy rain [答案]black clouds 23People can also have summer in winterMeansit is sometimes too_________in winter [答案]warm 24In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because_________ [答案]it often rains in England 25The best title(标题) for this passage would be_________ [答案]The Weather in England
[试题]London＇s River Thames has twentyseven bridgesBut Tower Bridge the first bridge over the Thames as you travel to London from the sea is the most famous of them allWhat makes Tower Bridge so exciting Why do visitors come from all over the world to see it
The thing that is surprising about Tower Bridge is that it is open in the middleIt does this to let the big ships through to the Pool of LondonIf you are lucky enough to see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air you will never forget it[部资料]
On its north side stands the Tower of London itselfAlthough they look the same age the Tower is almost a thousand years old and Tower Bridge is only about one hundred it was built in the 1890sBy1850 everyone agreed that a bridge across the Thames near the Tower was most necessaryBut the designers argued about the new bridge for another thirtyyearsThis took so long because they had two big problems
lTower Bridge is__________
[答案]the first one you can see when you go from the sea to London
2The Tower of London is__________
[答案]on the north of Tower Bridge
3Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
[答案]You can see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air at anytime
4Why is the bridge open in the middle
[答案]To let the big ship through to the Pool of London
5How long was the Tower Bridge built
[答案]A hundred years
[试题]Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schoolsSome middle schools in Australia have banned(禁止)students from carrying mobile phones during school hoursMobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this yearSeveral children have got mobile phones as Christmas giftsteachers said mobile phone use is a distraction(娱乐) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classroomsTeachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams[2018年7月试题2020年7月试题部资料]
She said some schools had tried to ban mobilephonesSome parents felt unhappy because they couldn＇t get in touch with their children
Many teachers said students should not have mobilephones at schoolbut if there was a good reasonthey could leave their phones at school officeThey also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobilephones at school：they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies
Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phonesbut they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones
26Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobilephones______________
[答案]when they are at school
27We know from the passage that some children get mobilephones from______________
[答案]their parents and friends
28What does the underlined wordcheatmean in Paragraph l
[答案]作弊
29Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn＇t______________during school hours
[答案]get in touch with their children
30The passage tells us that______________
[答案]students shouldn＇t have mobilephones at school except for some special reasons
[试题]When DrRobert Metcalf first used a solar cooker the future changed for millions of AfricansHe knew that billions of poor people around the world depend on the use of wood for cookingAs they take more and more firewood from wild areasThey are destroying habitats around the worldWood collection is one reason why many animals have become endangered[部资料]
But sunshine can be an alternative to fireDrMetcalf saysSince his first solar cooked meal he has helped people around the world to use simple new technologies to cook their food
Each morning in villages across East Africa small children and their mothers wake up and walk several miles to collect firewood to cook their foodIt takes much of the day and the heavy firewood they carry home on their heads lasts only a few days
This is why DrMetcalf spends each summer in AfricaHe teaches women and children in villages how to cook with the sunSo far more than thirty thousand African families now have solar cookers and new programs will introduce solar cookers to millions of families
To find water women and children may have to walk long distance to dig holes in dry riverbeds or to gather water from streams and shallow wells
They fill their buckets(桶)and carry them home on their headsThe buckets often weigh asmuch as forty poundsNot only is finding water hard work but the water is often polluted witherms(细菌)that make people sick
DrMetcalf and others developed a simplereusable tool that people can use to make sure their water is safe to drinkThe tool is calked a WAPIwhich stands for Water Pasteurization IndicatorThe pasteurization process is named after Louis Pasteurwho developed it in the 1800s
1Why did Metcalf help Africans use solar cookers
[答案]He realized using firewood is not good for the environment．
2The underlined word it in the third paragraph probably refers to_______
[答案]collecting firewood
3Each summer Metcalf stays in Africa to_______
[答案]spread the technique of using solar cookers
4Water Pasteurization Indicator was developed to_______
[答案]kill the bacteria in water
5It can be inferred from tile passage that_______
[答案]women and children in Africa usually lead a hard life
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