1、阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Rob Kalin learned the secret to success while he was young. As a child, he liked playingwith a stuffed (填充) rabbit his mother had made. At that time, I knew he would become acraftsman(工匠) in the future, Kalins mother said. Kalins father was a car
2、penter and taught him early how to use his hands. In high school,Kalin was so interested in photography that he cut class to take photos 18 hours a day.Eventually, Kalin ended up at New York University. One night, his landlord asked him tobuild a website for his restaurant. I didnt know anything abo
3、ut websites, but I built the basic site by looking through books in four weeks, Kalin recalls. After working on a craft site that provided advice and a lot of hand-holding, Kalinrecognized that there was no market for their goods. He wrote a fan letter to Stewart Butterfield, the founder of Flickr,
4、who had sold his highly popular photo-sharing website to Yahoo! Impressed by Kalins letter, he took a look at Kalins idea and invited him to San Francisco for a month in 2006. He taught Kalin how to build a website, and helped him borrow $615,000 from a bank. With the help of Stewart, Kalin was able
5、 to create etsy. com, an online craft fair that may be the largest market for handmade goods in the world. Last year, 350,000 woodworkers, andother craftsmen sold their one-of-a-kind goods on the four-year-old site. It sells everything fromhand-knitted T-shirts to wooden electric guitars. In an age
6、of chain stores and malls, it seemstheres still a big market for the unique: custom-made (%lj) skirts and hand-painted tea sets.Today, Etsys staff has increased to 70 employees, and more than three million consumers in150 countries are buying goods on Etsy every year.41. It can be learned from the p
7、assage that Rob Kalin _. A. opened a restaurant after graduation B. was good at building websites at university C. admired Stewart Butterfield very much D. offered good advice to craftsmen42. Which of the following can be used to describe Rob Kalin? A. Helpful and creative. B. Curious and changeable
8、. C. Smart and humorous. D. Strict and brave.43. What can we learn about Etsy from the passage? A. It offered craftsmen advice at first and then began to sell crafts. B. It sells custom-made clothes and other handmade things. C. It has employed 350,000 craftsmen. D. It was set up by Stewart Butterfi
9、eld.44. Which is the correct order of the following events? a. Kalin was admitted into New York University. b. Stewart helped Kalin get enough money to create etsy. com. c. Kalin spent 18 hours taking photographs every day. d. Kalin worked on a site providing craftsmen with advice. e. Kalin rented a
10、 room from a restaurant owner. A. abdec B. adcbe C. caedb D. cbadeB Where can you find a nice place to relax on holiday for both you and your children? Well,I suggest you try the beautiful and green Isle of Wight (IOW). The Isle of Wight is one of themain attractions of many-tourism businesses. Here
11、 is some information on a few of the attractions on the IOW.Dinosaur Isle This park is located in Sandown, a seaside town on the southeast coast. Its a large, lovelymuseum, both fun and educational. Here you can see a large fossil (化石) collection of allkinds of dinosaurs, as well as a gift shop. You
12、 can walk into the past and then the future,learning about the history and the development of the civilization of dinosaurs that lived 120million years ago.Robin Hill Country Park This attraction is set in the beautiful countryside, and is suitable for childrens parties andgames. It has five new gar
13、dens, and offers great opportunities to see and take pictures of therare red squirrels.The West of the Wight The Marine Aquarium, the Archaeology Exhibition and the Model Railway are the greatattractions here. They offer another opportunity to combine entertainment with learning. This isa great plac
14、e to see ancient boats crossing the narrow strait between the island and themainland.The Wight Bus Museum This museum-is run completely by unpaid volunteers. It has a vehicle collection stored ina former grain warehouse (仓库) . Most of the vehicles in the museum date back to around the1910s. With all
15、 of these choices, what are you waiting for? IOW Tourism welcomes you!45. Where can you visit the dinosaur museum? A. On the northeast coast. B. In the west of the isle. C. In a seaside town. D. In the beautiful countryside.46. Where can you learn something as well as have a good time? A. Dinosaur I
16、sle and Robin Hill Country Park. B. The Wight Bus Museum and the West of the Wight. C. The Wight Bus Museum and Robin Hill Country Park. D. Dinosaur Isle and the West of the Wight.47. It can be learned from the passage that _. A. on Dinosaur Isle we can learn about all kinds of animals B. those runn
17、ing the Wight Bus Museum work for free C. there are five new gardens on Dinosaur Isle D. the Wight Bus Museum can be visited free of charge48. The purpose of this passage is _. A. to attract readers to come to the IOW B. to tell readers what is worth visiting C. to advise readers how to have a good
18、holiday D. to show the development of tourism on the IOW CSome people are unwilling to use food when they are training their dogs. When you trainyour dog, the dog learns to use the correct behavior either to get something that it wants oravoid something that it doesnt want. Personally, Id rather hav
19、e my dog work to get a rewardthan to avoid a punishment. There are many rewards that you can use while training your dog.Food is generally the most popular choice for many reasons. Food is considered to be a primary reinforcer (强化刺激). While some dogs may bepickier (更挑剔的) than others, all dogs are fo
20、od-motivated (食物激励). While we usuallythink of using a treat to train dogs, any kind of food will do梐s long as they are willing towork for it. If you just give away good food for free, they have no desire to work for it. Youshould save the good food for teaching and rewarding your dogs good behavior.
21、 And if your dognormally accepts a treat, a refusal of food in a new place can let you know about a possibleproblem. For example, your dog is probably too stressed to learn in that environment. So youshould go somewhere else. You can also use food to teach your dog to like other things, such as prai
22、se, touches, toysand so on. Since we do not always have food available, we should teach our dogs to like otherthings that can then be used as reinforcers. To make our dogs become familiar with thesethings, we should continue to link other things to food now and then. In conclusion, while Im clearly
23、in favor of using food as a reward, I dont think it shouldbe the only reinforcer used. 49. The first paragraph suggests that _. A. food is the only choice of a treat B. punishments must be avoided C. dogs like to behave correctly D. rewards are useful when training dogs 50. Which of the following is
24、 TRUE about training dogs? A. Any kind of food can be a treat for dogs. B. Some dogs cant be motivated by food. C. Giving good food for nothing is encouraged. D. Picky dogs are not interested in getting rewards. 51. A dog wont accept a treat in a new place because it _. A. wants to work to get the r
25、eward B. has become fed up with food C. is uncomfortable in that environment D. is too excited to eat anything 52. You can make your dog enjoy being touched by _. A. touching it and then giving it a treat frequently B. listing some things it is willing to work for C. praising and touching it now and
26、 then D. punishing it if it refuses your touchDSheng Huizhens life story is typical of immigrants (移民) who have succeeded inAmerica. After getting her PhD in biochemistry, she got a job as a researcher at the NationalInstitutes of Health. She got a green card, bought a house in Maryland and worked h
27、er way upall the time.But then she moved back to China. A law in America stopped the use of public money forresearch oh human embryos (胚胎). This prevented her from doing the kind of work shewanted to do. The Chinese government attracts her to return with 75,000 for a new lab.She could use the lab to
28、 do her research. Maybe because of the culture, the public in Chinaare friendlier to the research, said Sheng, 55 , whose family remains in the United States.Attracted by support and a scientific environment more open to certain types of experiments,Chinas long-lost scientists are coming back. Besid
29、es, China announced that it would double itsresearch-and-development spending by 2012, to about $69 billion. The returning scientists arevery happy about that. In recent years, more than 275,000 have come back.Many of these sea turtles , as they are known, have returned with degrees in science oreng
30、ineering. They are going to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where 81 percent of themembers are returning scientists. Fifty thousand of the returning scientists are starting their owncompanies, according to Chinas Ministry of Education, pushing the development in science.53. What is the main idea of
31、 the first paragraph? A. Sheng Huizhen got her PhD in biochemistry. B. Sheng Huizhen got a green card of the USA. C. Sheng Huizhen bought a house in Maryland. D. Sheng Huizhen achieved great success in America.54. Why did Sheng Huizhen return to China? A. Because her family remains in China. B. Beca
32、use she couldnt adapt to the life in America. C. Because China supports her research. D. Because she was tired of living abroad.55. What can be learned about returning scientists? A. Most of them are working in Ministry of Education. B. They are satisfied with the scientific environment in China. C.
33、 Half of them came back to start companies. D. They are seriously short of money for research at home.56. The best title of the passage is _. A. The Life of Scientists Abroad B. A Great ScientistSheng Huizhen C. The Scientific Environment Abroad D. Opportunities in China Attract Scientists Home ECha
34、nge is one of the common facts of life. Most of us have seen a number of changes inour own lives from simple things like fashion trends and entertainment to big changes intechnology.Language, too, has experienced change and continues to develop. The continuous changeis what keeps languages alive.Sla
35、ng is a way in which languages can transform and are renewed. Slang is the use ofinformal words and expressions that are not considered standard in a language. Some considerslang to be witty (言辞巧妙的) and clever, adding spice to the informal written and spokenlanguage. Walt Whitman described slang as
36、the start of imagination and humor, breathing intoits nostrils (鼻孔) the breath of life. However, others criticize its use, believing that it weakens the language. The spoken English language of todays younger generation is filled with slang words andexpressions. These lively words and phrases are an
37、 example of how language plants its ownseeds of change that develop within social circumstances. Sometimes slang is the use of a word that is already in the standard dictionary, forexample, lift (to pick up or raise) is given a new meaning, such as to steal ; or hunk (alarge piece of something) has
38、now become a handsome man. Other times, slang is aninvented word, such as chocoholic, which means a person who loves chocolate. Otherinvented words are mula, which means money and airhead, which means a person who isstupid. Now, youll understand your friends if they say something like, I was such an
39、 airhead tothink that I could get away with lifting a whole box of chocolates from the store just because Iwas all out of mula. 57. What was Whitmans attitude towards slang? A. He was doubtful about it. B. He thought highly of it. C. He showed no interest in it. D. He was against the use of it.58. T
40、he underlined word spice in the third paragraph probably means _. A. damage B. difficulty C. fun D. sugar59. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Slang cannot be found in the dictionary. B. People hold different opinions towards slang. C. An airhead refers to a person out of money. D. Hunk is an invented word.60. Whats the main idea of the paasage? A. The origin of slang. B. An introduction to slang. C. The use of slang. D. The change of language.4144 CABC 4548 CDBA 4952 DACA 5356 DCBD 5760 BCBB
