On Christmas Eve a few years ago an English couple received a very special telephone call. It was only a 20-second call but it was very important. The Haydens’ 15-year-old daughter had disappeared six months before. On Christmas Eve she rang them. “I’m phoning to wish a happy Christmas,” she said, “I love you.”
Ronals and Edwine Hayden were so happy that they started a special telephone service called “Alive and Well”. The service helps parents to get in touch with children who have run away from home.
Young people can phone “Alive and Well” and leave a message for their parents. The telephones are answered by answering machines. So no one can speak to the child of making him return home.
Parents of runaway children who are under eighteen can ask the police to bring their children home, so children do not want to tell their parents where they are. Through “Alive and Well” they can telephone their parents without worrying about this or giving out their addresses.
The Haydens and their helpers write down the tape recorded telephone messages and connect the address given. Many of the 30,000 British teenagers who have left home are probably in London. For only two pence they can go into a telephone coin box and call their parents. They can dial (拨) 5675339 and stop a parent’s worry: Is he dead or alive?
【小题1】The Haydens’ daughter rang her parents .
| A.because she knew she had done something wrong |
| B.in order to give them her address |
| C.to say she was coming home soon |
| D.in order to comfort her worried parents |
| A.you will get the information you want |
| B.your message will be passed over to your parents |
| C.the police will bring you home |
| D.your parents will know where you are |
| A.the Haydens received an “Alive and Well” call before Christmas |
| B.an “Alive and Well” call usually costs a lot |
| C.30,000 British teenagers enjoyed the “Alive and Well” service |
| D.an “Alive and Well” call is very important for worrying parents |
| A.often fail to persuade their children to return home |
| B.know nothing from their children |
| C.can say nothing to their children |
| D.can ask the police to help them to find lost children |
| A.She died six months ago. |
| B.She had a quarrel with her parents. |
| C.She worked in “Alive and Well”. |
| D.She ran away from home half a year ago. |
【小题1】D
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
【小题4】C
【小题5】D
解析试题分析:
本文介绍了一种叫做“Alive and Well ”的专线电话。离家出走的孩子只要拨通家里电话,“Alive and Well”就会自动向所拨通的号码发送语音信息,以告知家人自己平安、让家人放心。因为接听电话的人与拨打电话的人相互之间不能通话,所以拨打电话的孩子不必担心暴露自己的行踪从而被警察强行遣送回家。
【小题1】推断题。Ronals and Edinwin Hayden夫妇正是受到女儿来电的启发创设了“Alive and Well”专线电话。从文章第四段可知,这种专线电话是由应答机接听来电的,然后自动向被拨打电话发送语音信息,这期间实际上没有人能够与拨打人直接通话。离家出走的孩子通过该专线向家人报平安,而无需担心被遣送回家或泄露自己的处所。据此推断,Ronals and Edinwin Hayden夫妇离家出走的女儿给他们打电话也是为了报个平安。从来电看不出来她有“认错”或者“告知地址”、“说要回家”的意思。故D项正确。
【小题2】文章第四段介绍了“Alive and Well”专线电话的功能及操作,故而可以排除A,C,D三项。故B项正确。
【小题3】“Alive and Well”专线helps parents to get in touch with children who have run away from home(第二段),可以让担心之中的父母得知孩子平安,所以对他们很“重要”。该专线就是Ronals and Edwine Hayden夫妇设立的,所以A项错误。For only two pence they can go into a telephone coin box and call their parents(最后一段). 只需两个便士就可以拨打该专线,因此排除B项。文章最后一段Many of the 30,000 British teenagers who have left home are probably in London.说英国三万离家出走的儿童有许多在伦敦,并没有说这三万人都拨打了专线,排除C项。故D项正确。
【小题4】根据该专线电话的功能和操作可知,父母不能与孩子直接通话,也不会知道孩子在什么地方,因而排除A,D两项。接到电话的父母至少知道孩子是平安的,所以B项错误。故选择C项。。
【小题5】细节题。由第一段The Haydens’ 15-year-old daughter had disappeared six months before. 一句可知,他们的女儿是六个月前出走的。故D项正确。
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It’s such a shame to lose a free throw. Playing in the court has pressure from the opponent, time, your teammates, the audience, and yourself. You have to shoot the ball despite all the pressures around. But with a free throw, you have the ball, no one will try to get it from you, and you have all the time to shoot the ball. But why is it that many players, even good shooters, miss most of their free throws? Maybe they need more practice or maybe they need to apply more ways to improve their free throw.
Improve your player or your free throwing skills by following the tips below:
Make it personal. The truth is, there is no rule on how one should handle and throw the ball in a free throw. What matters is that the player should shoot the ball from the free throw line no matter how he does it. So when trying to improve your free throw shooting, better stick to what works the best for you. Do not copy other people’s techniques. Make it your own and leave those techniques as theirs.
Formulate (公式化) a repetitive way of shooting the ball. A free throw should be personalized. But it should also be repetitive. You should be able to repeat your free throw techniques whether you are in your court or in another court, whether you are energized or tired. You can’t say you have a personal free throw technique if you can’t repeat it over and over again.
Shoot at the same position and distance for every free throw. Basketball courts may be located in different places or maybe marked with different paint colors. But all of these courts maintain the same distance from the ring to the free throw line. Familiarize your perfect position when making your free throws. That should help you do your perfect throw.
【小题1】Why do so many players fail to make a successful free throw?
| A.Because they don’t have any special skills |
| B.Because they are lacking in practice and tips. |
| C.Because they are not so familiar with rules |
| D.Because many of them are green hands. |
| A.Learn from others. |
| B.Form your own throwing skills. |
| C.Keep active in the court. |
| D.Learn to throw in different locations. |
| A.sound | B.basket | C.ball | D.group |
| A.How to play basketball successfully in the court. |
| B.How to improve your basketball throw skills. |
| C.How to gain more points in throwing. |
| D.How to improve your basketball free throwing. |
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Keep your pets inside as much as you can when the weather is bad. If you have to take them out, stay outside with them. When you’re cold enough to go inside, they probably are too. If you must leave them outside for a long time, make sure they have a warm, solid shelter against the wind, thick bedding, and plenty of non-frozen water.
If left alone outside, dogs and cats can be very smart in their search for warm shelter. They can dig into snow banks or hide somewhere. Watch them closely when they are left outdoors, and provide them with shelter of good quality. Keep an eye on your pet’s water. Sometimes owners don’t realize that a water bowl has frozen and their pet can’t get anything to drink. Animals that don’t have clean and unfrozen water may drink dirty water outside, which may contain something unhealthy for them.
【小题1】What do we learn about pets from Paragraph 1?
| A.They are often forgotten by their owners. |
| B.They are used to living outdoors. |
| C.They build their own shelters. |
| D.They like to stay in warm places. |
| A.To know when to bring them inside. |
| B.To keep them from eating bad food. |
| C.To help them find shelters. |
| D.To keep them company. |
| A.run short of clean water | B.dig deep holes for fun |
| C.dirty the snow nearby | D.get lost in the wild |
| A.To solve a problem. |
| B.To give practical advice. |
| C.To tell an interesting story. |
| D.To present a research result. |
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Period drama—More than time travel
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Mad Men is an excellent example of this balance being struck. Set in New York during the 1960s, it accurately shows US attitudes in the workplace through the alcoholism and chain-smoking common of the time, and places an absorbing plot right in its center.
But rather than merely presenting a past decade, Mad Men’s subtle (微妙的) description of the struggles of white-collar workers at the time, both male and female, makes it stand out.
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【小题1】 How many US TV series are mentioned in this passage?
| A.One. | B.Two. | C.Three. | D.Four. |
| A.US television dramas merely present a past decade |
| B.directors recreate a historical setting and adopt interesting storylines |
| C.the dramas can improve their English skills, and help people kill time |
| D.some TV series are more than pure entertainment, and they have a certain depth |
| A.Mad Men attaches much importance to details |
| B.Mad Men places an absorbing plot right in its center |
| C.the director wants to raise the show’s artistic value |
| D.Mad Men’s description of the struggling white-collar workers makes it stand out |
| A.Directors of US dramas. | B.US dramas and their storylines. |
| C.US period dramas to kill time. | D.US dramas and their magic touch. |
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What Is a Boy?
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A boy is a mixture – he has the stomach of a horse, the digestion (消化) of stones and sand, the energy of an atomic bomb, the curiosity of a cat, the imagination of a superman, the shyness of a sweet girl, the brave nature of a bull, the violence of a firecracker(鞭炮), but when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs on each hand.
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A boy is a magical creature – he is your headache but when you come home at night with only destroyed pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words, “Hi, Dad!”
【小题1】The whole passage is in a tone (语气) of _________.
| A.humor and love | B.anger and disappointment |
| C.hope and expectation | D.confidence and imagination |
| A.He has altogether five fingers. |
| B.He is slow, foolish and clumsy. |
| C.He becomes clever and smart. |
| D.He cuts his hand with a knife. |
| A.ice cream | B.comic books |
| C.Saturday mornings | D.Sunday schools |
| A.He feels curious about their noise. |
| B.He is tired of these creatures. |
| C.He is amazed by their naughtiness. |
| D.He feels unsafe staying with them. |
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Oh .forget Enron;
The problem around here is;
All the damn honking
(Enron: a major American company that recently caused a scandal by going bankrupt because of corrupt(腐败) mismanagement)
"Then this kind of chain reaction started happening," Aaron says. "All these other haiku started appearing that I haven't written." Aaron’ s community is now covered in anti - honking poetry, written by all walks of life, ranging from scary environmental activist types to violent revolutionaries:
Patience slowly fades;
Residents store up their eggs;
That day is coming soon.
It’s no surprise that Aaron has started a website — www. honku. org — and now people from across the country send him news of their own anti - honking activities. It seems that poetry can change the world after all. Then, just recently, anti-anti- honking haiku started to appear, taped up by locals who thought Aaron should stop worrying about honking and start worrying about starving children, say, or war in the Middle East instead. Aaron has an answer for that. "Stop me if this is too tenuous(不靠谱的) ," he says," but they talk about the violence in the Middle East like it' s a force of nature, like it' s beyond our control. But actually it's kind of like the honking - the violence is man -made. If we can figure out how to stop honking on the streets, I think we could learn some things that we could use on a large scale. "
【小题1】The first paragraph of the passage is intended to tell us that_______.
| A.New Yorkers have formed a habit of honking while driving |
| B.most New Yorkers enjoy sleeping late in the morning |
| C.honking noise has influenced people's life in New York |
| D.New Yorkers enjoy listening to the honking of horns |
| A.Pretended to ignore it. |
| B.Screamed at the driver. |
| C.Acted in a peaceful way. |
| D.Complained to the government. |
| A.pointless |
| B.abnormal |
| C.sensitive |
| D.acceptable |
| A.fierce violence in the Middle East is more of an issue worthy of concern |
| B.finding the solution to anti - honking is as meaningful as that to starvation |
| C.big issues are beyond our control while small ones are under our control |
| D.if not handled properly, honking may cause serious problems like starvation |
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Near the village, there is an old famous temple. Some people want to build new houses where the temple now stands, because they can find no other area to build them, while others disagree with them. They meet to decide how to solve the problem. Here are their opinions about it.
The expert wants to protect the temple and believes that there are some interesting things buried in the ground. If it is destroyed or moved, people may never learn about how people lived in the past.
The businessman thinks that the houses should be built. History is important, but we must think about the future. The village needs development and building new houses will offer jobs to hundreds of people.
Villager A says, “We should build the new houses because we need houses to live in.”
Villager B says, “We should protect the temple because it can attract many tourists to come for a visit. If the temple is destroyed or moved, we will lose a lot of business.”
The village leader thinks that he has a duty to make life better for the villagers. They need jobs and new houses. He also thinks the cultural site (遗迹) is important and they should be careful with it as well.
【小题1】The expert doesn’t want to _______ the old famous temple.
| A.rebuild | B.protect | C.pull down | D.fall down |
| A.help the village develop |
| B.attract many tourists to come for a visit |
| C.help people learn about how people lived in the past |
| D.help people learn about the interesting things buried in the ground |
| A.The expert and the village leader |
| B.The businessman and Villager |
| C.Villager A and Villager |
| D.Villager B and the businessman |
| A.they should destroy the temple |
| B.they needn’t build new houses |
| C.They should build the temple to make life better |
| D.they should not only build new houses but also be careful with the temple |
| A.It’s difficult to satisfy everyone. |
| B.The cultural site is not so important. |
| C.It’s easy to make a decision on the problem. |
| D.The villagers will lose their jobs with the development of their hometown |
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Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftop. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it is that most city people --- myself included --- usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.
My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.
I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.
Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fiber-glass. We have television, cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.
Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought, “Before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. And perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touched the moon.”
【小题1】The best title for the passage would be _________.
| A.Touched by the Moon |
| B.The Pleasures of Modern Life |
| C.A Bottomless well of Silence |
| D.Break away from Modern life |
| A.there was too much pollution. |
| B.he failed to see the fullest moon. |
| C.he didn’t adapt to modern inventions |
| D.there were too many accidents on the road. |
| A.No modern equipment. |
| B.Complete silence. |
| C.The nice moon. |
| D.The high mountain. |
| A.show that the writer likes city life very much. |
| B.tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life. |
| C.explain that people have less chances to enjoy nature. |
| D.show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them. |
| A.express the feeling of returning to nature. |
| B.show the love for the moonlight. |
| C.advise modern people to learn to live. |
| D.want to communicate longing for modern life. |
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By 2050 there will have been an extra 2.5 billion people on earth. And what will they eat?
To solve the problem, we should have to double our food production. We can also develop a diet of algae(海藻), insects and meat grown in laboratories.
Algae can grow very quickly at sea, in polluted water and in places that would normally kill food crops. They are already eaten widely in Japan and China and they are eaten by almost everything from shrimps to blue whales. They can fix CO2 in the atmosphere and provide fats and sugars.
Man-made meat looks like meat, feels like meat and it is meat, although it’s never been from a living, breathing animal. Instead, it is grown from cells in big containers. Moreover, studies show that producing man-made meat will use far less water, energy and land.
China has developed “green super rice”, a series of rice types which produce more grain and have stronger ability to fight against floods, salty water, insects and disease. We used traditional plant breeding(作物育种)techniques to cross-breed more than 250 rice types. Green super rice, which is enough to feed an extra 100 million people, will be planted widely in the coming years.
Insects like ants are not on most European menus but at least 1,400 kinds are eaten across Africa, Latin America and Asia. Now, with rising food prices and worldwide land shortages, such insects are getting more and more popular. Not only are many insects rich in protein(蛋白质), low in fat and high in Ca and Fe, but insect farms need little space. And they can grow well on paper, algae and industrial wastes.
【小题1】In order to exist in the future, people have to _______.
| A.move to other planets |
| B.produce rain in laboratories |
| C.build new laboratories for food research |
| D.increase the food production or look for other food sources |
| A.algae have a strong life force |
| B.few people eat algae now |
| C.algae have few values for human beings |
| D.algae can pollute our environment |
| A.has to be watered with salty water |
| B.can grow even in a bad environment |
| C.includes no more than 250 rice kinds |
| D.was developed with new technologies |
| A.Green super rice is delicious but high in price. |
| B.In Asia about 100 million people may be faced with food shortages. |
| C.Man-made meat doesn’t look like meat but has the same taste as real meat. |
| D.One of the reasons why many people begin to eat insects is their rich food value. |
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