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第1题

Peppeberg’s work with Alex was intended to prove that animals. A． do have thou

Peppeberg’s work with Alex was intended to prove that animals .

A． do have thoughts

B． can learn to speak

C． can become man's friends

D． do live long lives

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第2题

Americans usually consider themselves a friendly people. Their friendships, however, tend

to be shorter and more casual than friendships among people from other cultures. It is not uncommon for Americans to have only one close friend during their life-time, and consider other "friends" to be just social acquaintances. This attitude probably has something to do with American mobility and the fact that Americans do not like to be dependent on other people. They tend to "compartmentalize" friendships, having "friends at work" ,"friends on the softball team", "family friends", etc.

Because the United States is a highly active society, full of movement and change, people always seem to be on the go. In this highly charged atmosphere, Americans can sometimes seem brusque or impatient. They want to get to know you as quickly as possible and then move on to something else. Sometimes, early on, they will ask you questions that you may feel are very personal. No insult is intended; the questions usually grow out of their genuine interest or curiosity, and their impatience to get to the heart of the matter. And the same goes for you. If you do not understand certain American behavior. or you want to know more about them, do not hesitate to ask them questions about themselves. Americans are usually eager to explain all about their country or anything "American" in which you may be interested. So much so in fact that you may become tired of listening. It doesn't matter, because Americans tend to be uncomfortable with silence during a conversation. They would rather talk about the weather or the latest sports scores, for example, than deal with silence.

On the other hand, don't expect Americans to be knowledgeable about international geography or world affairs, unless those subjects directly involve the United States. Because the United States is not surrounded by many other nations, some Americans tend to ignore the rest of the world.

The general topic of the passage is______.

A．American culture

B．American society

C．Americans' activities

D．Americans' personality

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第3题

Few Americans remain in one position or one place for a lifetime. We move from town to cit

y to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job else where, from the home where we raise our children to the home where we plan to live in retirement. With each move we are forever making new friends, who become part of our new life at that time.

For many of us summer is a special time for forming new friendships. Today millions of Americans vacation abroad, and they go not only to see new sights but also with the hope of meeting new people. No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friend ship is possible.

The word "friend" can be applied to a wide range of relationships--to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a fellow worker, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a trusted confidant(知己).

Many Americans move from place to place for the following reasons except ______.

A．going to college

B．getting a better job

C．finding a place to live in retirement

D．saving money

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第4题

Passage Four Friends become a child’s chosen family. If his social life is going well, he

Passage Four

Friends become a child’s chosen family. If his social life is going well, he gains confidence. If he has trouble connecting, it hurts and can make him feel sad and withdrawn and lonely.

1. Help your child communicate. Naturally outgoing kids have an easier time expressing their interest in other children than shy ones do. But you can help build this skill through practice. Ask your child about his favorite games and toys. Praise him for specifics when he shows interest in other people:” You were so nice to let Roger talk about his little dog. I am proud of you.”

2. Keep play short and sweet. Parents should keep early play date short, so no one gets too tired and everyone has fun. Schedule the next one soon after that, so kids can quickly build on their comfort foundation.

3. Know your child. If your child is bossy, tale with him and agree beforehand on which toys will be shared and which ones should be put away because your child just can’t seem to share them. If you have a shy child, match him with a younger child so he has a chance to be the leader.

4. Help your child help others. Encourage your child to be a better friend by helping him include others in play. If you see someone being excluded, don’t ignore it. This is an opportunity to work on your child’s ability to understand others. “Rachel is beingleft out. That must make her feel very sad. Can you think of a way to include her in the game？”

5. Help your kids help themselves. If your child is the one who’s being ignored or treated badly, teach him to speak up.

48. Which word can best describe a child who is good at connecting？

A Bossy B Confident C Proud D Showy

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第5题

"Fingers were made before forks" when a person gives up good manners, puts aside knife and

fork, and dives into his food, someone is likely to repeat that saying.

The fork was an ancient agricultural tool, but for centuries no one thought of eating with it. Not until the eleventh century, when a young lady from Constantinpole brought her fork to Italy, did the custom reach Europe.

By the fifteenth century the use of the fork was widespread in Italy. The English explanation was that Italians were averse to rating food touched with fingers, "Seeing all men's fingers are not alike clean." English travelers kept their friends in stitches while describing this ridiculous Italian custom.

Anyone who used a fork to eat with was laughed at in England for the next hundred years. Men who used forks were thought to be sissies, and women who used them were called show - offs and overnice. Not until the late 1600's did using a fork become a common custom.

The custom of eating with a fork was ______ .

A．brought to Europe from America

B．begun when forks were invented

C．brought to Europe from Asia

D．invented by Italians

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第6题

Few Americans remain in one position or one place for a lifetime. They move from town to c

ity to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job elsewhere, from the home where they raise their children to the home where they plan to live in retirement. With each move they are forever making new friends, who become part of their life at that time.

For many of them summer is a special time for forming new friendships. Today millions of Americans vacation abroad, and they go not only to see new sights but also with the hope of meeting new people. No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but surely the beginning of a friendship is possible.

(81) The word "friend" can be applied to a wide range of friendship—to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a fellow worker, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a trusted confidant(知己).

Many Americans move from place to place for the following reasons except______.

A．going to college

B．getting a better job

C．finding a place to live in retirement

D．saving money

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第7题

Few Americans remain in one position or one place for a lifetime. We moving from town to c

ity to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job elsewhere, from the home where we raise our children to the home where we plan to live in retirement. With each moving we are forever making new friends, who become part of our new life at that time.

For many of us summer is a special time for forming new friendships. Today millions of Americans vacation abroad, and they go not only to see new sights but also with the hope of meeting new people. No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible.

The word "friend" can be applied to a wide range of relationships—to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a fellow worker, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a trusted confidant (知己) .

The reasons why many Americans move from place to place are as follows except______.

A．saving money

B．getting a better job

C．going to college

D．finding a place to spend the rest of the life

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第8题

On the fourth Thursday of November, every year, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day. The

day is a national holiday which is set aside each year as a time to give thanks to God for our blessings (祝福).

Legend has it that the first English colonists (殖民者) in Massachusetts (马萨诸塞州) started the custom. According to the story, the Pilgrims~ first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow many crops, and without fresh food, half of the colonists died from disease. The following spring the Indians taught them how to grow corn. In the autumn of 1621, bountiful crops of corn, beans and pumpkins were harvested. The colonists had much to be thankful for, so a feast was planned. They invited their Indian friends to join them in a large feast to share in the bounties (慷慨) of the land. This is the first Thanksgiving.

The traditional foods of the big Thanksgiving Day meal include roast turkey, cranberries, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, and Indian bread puddings.

Since the day is set aside for giving thanks, it has also become a traditional family day. Large dinners with many relatives are common throughout America on this special day.

When was the Thanksgiving Day tradition begun？

A．In the 17(上标)th century.

B．On Thursday.

C．Last November.

D．In the 16(上标)th eentury.

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第9题

Every culture and every country in the world celebrates New Year, but not everyone does it

the same way. The countries in North America and Europe welcome New Year on January the first. This practice began with the Romans in the Middle East, New Year is when spring begins. People in China and Vietnam celebrate it on the first day of the Spring Festival, which is the first day of their calendar based on the moon. Rosh Hashana, which is the Jewish (犹太人的) New Year, comes at the end of summer. The Hindus (印度教教徒 ) in India celebrate the first day of each season, so they have four New Years.

In all these cultures, there is a practice of making noise. People made noise in ancient times to drive away the evil spirits (妖精) from their homes. Today making noise is more of a custom than a religious rim

In the United States, many people stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve to watch the clock pass from one year to the next. Friends often gather together at a party on New Year's Eve, and when the new year comes, all ring bells, blow' whistles, sing songs, and kiss each other. A favorite Scottish song which everyone sings together is Auld Lang Sync. The words tell of old friends and good times.

In all cultures, New Year's Day is a time when people think of new beginnings. They want to make the coming year better than the last one. Many people in the United States make New Year resolutions. These are specific promises that they make to improve their behavior, change their habits, and become better people. There are many jokes about how a person keeps his or her New Year resolutions.

In ancient times, the practice of making noise was meant ______.

A．to keep the evil spirits away

B．to have fun

C．to celebrate the coming of the new year

D．to keep to a custom

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第10题

The communications explosion is on the scale of the rail, automobile or telephone revoluti

on. Very soon you'll be able to record your entire life (1)_____—anything a microphone or a camera can sense you' Il be able to (2)_____. In particular, the number of images a person captures in a lifetime is set to rise exponentially. The thousand (3)_____ a year I take of my children on a digital camera are all precious to me. (4)_____ a generation's time, my children's children will have total image documentation of their entire lives—a (5)_____ log of tremendous personal value.

By then we'll be wrestling with another question: how we control all the electronic (6)_____ connected to the internet: trillions of PCs, laptops, cell phones and other gadgets. In Cambridge, we're already working (7)_____ millimetre-square computing and sensing devices that can be linked to the internet through the radio network. This sort of (8)_____ will expand dramatically (9)_____ microscopic communications devices become dirt-cheap and multiply. Just imagine (10)_____ the paint on the wall could do if it had this sort of communications dust in it: change colour, play music, show movies or even speak to you.

(11)_____ costs raise other possibilities too. (12)_____ launching space vehicles is about to become very much cheaper, the number of satellites is likely to go up exponentially. There's lots of (13)_____ up there so we could have millions of them. And if you have millions of loworbit satellites, you can establish a (14)_____ communications network that completely does away with towers and masts. If the satellites worked on the cellular principle so you got spatial reuse of frequencies, system (15)_____ would be amazing. Speech is so (16)_____ that I expect voice communication to become almost free eventually: you' 11 pay just a monthly fixed (17)_____ and be able to make as many calls as you want. By then people will also have fixed links with business (18)_____, friends and relatives. One day I (19)_____ being able to keep in touch with my family in Poland on a fibreoptic audio-video (20)_____; we'll be able to have a little ceremony at supper-time, open the curtains and sit down "together" to eat.

A．electrically

B．electronically

C．automatically

D．technically

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第11题

No one knows exactly how many disabled （残废的) people there are in the world, but estimat

No one knows exactly how many disabled (残废的) people there are in the world, but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million. The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.

In the United Kingdom, about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people. As we get older, many of us will become less mobile (可动的), hard of hearing or have failing eyesight.

Disablement can take many forms and occur at any time of life. Some people are born with disabilities. Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases. The longer time goes on, the worse they become. Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have a period of disability in the form. of a mental illness. All are affected by people's attitude towards them.

Disabled people face many physical barriers. Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends, imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps, or on to buses and trains. How would you cope if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic？ But there are other barriers: prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance inevitably represents by far the greatest barrier of all. It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully appreciate what the severely disabled go through, so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability, not their disability, which counts.

The first paragraph points out that ______.

A．it is possible to get an exact figure of the world's disabled people

B．there are many disabled people in the world

C．the number of disabled people in India is the greatest

D．India has not much more disabled people than Canada

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Friends become a child's chosen family. If his social life is going well, he gains confide