问答题In the early 1950s the researchers who produced the first clad glass optical fibers were not thinking of using them for communications. (1) H____, fiber optics was already a well-established commercial technology when the famous paper by Kao and Hockha

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In the early 1950s the researchers who produced the first clad glass optical fibers were not thinking of using them for communications. (1) H____, fiber optics was already a well-established commercial technology when the famous paper by Kao and Hockham, (2)____(claim) the use of low-loss optical fibers for communication, appeared in 1966.  The first low-loss silica fiber was described in (3)____ which appeared in October of 1970. The date of this publication is sometimes (4)____(cite) as the beginning of the era of fiber communication. Although this development did receive (5)____(consider) attention in the research community at the time, it was far from inevitable that a major industry would evolve.  The technological barriers appeared formidable because there were serious doubts as to (6) wh_____ these fiber components could ever be produced economically enough, but the market potential was very significant. (7)____(consequence), research and development activity expanded rapidly, and a number of important issues were (8) re_____ during the early 1970s. During the middle and late 1970s,the rate of progress towards marketable products accelerated as the emphasis (9)____(shift) from research to engineering. Fibers with losses (10) app____ the Rayleigh limit of 2 dB/km at a wavelength of 0.8μm were produced.  By 1980 improvement in component performance, cost, and reliability led to major commitments on the part of telephone companies.

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  • 第1题:

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    1.Some of the most commonly used medicines for high blood pressure are drugs called ACE inhibitors(抑制剂).Doctors have given these drugs to patients for twenty-five years.A government study in the United States found that the use almost doubled between 1 995 and 2000.
    2.Doctors have known for years that women should not take ACE inhibitors during the last six months of pregnancy(怀孕).The medicine can injure the bahy.ACE inhibitors,though,have been considered safe when taken during the first three months.But a new study has found that women who take these drugs early in their pregnancy still increase the risk of hirth disorders(先天性疾病).Thestudyshowsthat,comparedtoothers,theirbabieswerealmostthreetimesaslikely to be horn with major problems.These included problems with thefo朋ation of the brain and nervous system and holes in the heart.
    3.The researchers say they found no increased risk in women who took other blood pressure medicines during the first three months.Researchers at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee and Boston University did the study. The New England Journal of Medicine published the results.The researchers studied the records of almost thirty thousand births between 1985 and 2000.Two hundred nine babies were born to women who took ACE inhibitors during the first three months of their pregnancies.Eighteen of the babies,or almost nine percent,had major disorders.
    4.ACE inhibitors are often given to patients with diabetes(糖尿病).But diabetes during pregnancy can result in birth defects(先天性缺陷).So the study did not include any women known to be diabetic. ACE inhibitors suppress a protein called angiotensin-converting enzyme(血管紧张素转化酶),or ACE. This enzyme produces a chemical in the body that makes blood passages narrow. The drugs increase the flow of blood,so pressure is reduced.
    5.New drugs are tested on pregnant animals to see if they might cause birth defects in humans. But experts say these tests are not always dependable.The United States Food and Drug Administration helped pay for the study.The FDA says women who might become pregnant should talk with their doctor about other ways to treat high blood pressure.

    Paragraph 4__________
    A:Effects of ACE and ACE inhibitors
    B:Wide use of ACE inhibitors
    C:How to deal with high blood pressure in pregnant women
    D:Damage to pregnant women's future babies
    E:Suggestions on stopping the use of ACE inhibitors
    F: Relative safety for women during the first three months of pregnancies

    答案:A
    解析:
    第二段说的是孕妇在孕期最后6个月服用ACE抑制剂会给未来婴儿带来伤害,婴儿患大病的可能性几乎是其他婴儿的3倍,包括大脑和神经系统发育缺陷及心脏漏洞等。
    段首句及段尾部分的句子均表明:服用ACE的孕妇生下的孩子大部分没有什么严重的影响,因此F是答案。第三段说患高血压的孕妇在孕期前3个月服用其他降压药,她们的危险性并没有增加;即使服用ACE抑制剂,其婴儿也只有大约9%患大病。故妊振头三个月相对安全。
    第四段说,ACE抑制剂可以抑制一种叫ACE的酶,ACE可以使血管变窄,而ACE抑制剂则可促进血液流动使血压下降。
    第五段最后一句说,食品与药品管理局指出:患高血压的妇女在怀孕前应该向医生咨询治疗高血压的其他方法。因此C是正确答案。
    答案相关句在文章的最后一句:"The FDA says women who might become pregnant should talk with their doctor about other ways to treat high blood pressure."
    答案相关句在第二段第一句:"Doctors have known for years that women should not take ACE inhibitors during the last six months of pregnancy."
    答案相关句在第三段:"Two hundred nine babies were born to women who took ACE inhibitors during the first three months of their pregnancies.Eighteen of the babies,or almost nine percent,had major disorders."
    答案相关句在第四段:"ACE inhibitors suppress a protein called angiotensin-converting enzyme,or ACE.This enzyme produces a chemical in the body that makes blood passages narrow.

  • 第2题:

    Who is that man,in the front row?

    A.one
    B.the one
    C.first
    D.the first

    答案:D
    解析:
    暂无解析

  • 第3题:

    共用题干
    The Beginning of American Literature America has always been a land of beginnings.After Europeans"discovered"America in the fifteenth century,the mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope of a new life,an escape from poverty and persecution,a chance to start again.We can say that,as a nation,America begins with that hope.When,however,does American literature begin?
    American literature begins with American experiences.Long before the first colonists arrived,before Christopher Columbus,before the Northmen who"found"America about the year 1000,native Americans lived here.Each tribe's literature was tightly woven into the fabric of daily life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of linking with the land.Another kind of experience,one filled with fear and excitement,found its expression in the reports that Columbus and other explorers sent home in Spain, French and English.In addition,the journals of the people who lived and died in the New England wilder- ness tell unforgettable tales of hard and sometimes heartbreaking experiences of those early years. Experience,then, is the key to early American literature.
    The New World provided a great variety of experiences,and these experiences demanded a wide variety of expressions by an even wider variety of early American writers.These writers included John Smith,who spent only two-and-a-half year on the American continent.
    They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd,who thought of themselves as British subjects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.American Indians,explorers,Puritan ministers,frontier wives,plantation owners-they are all the creators of the first American literature.

    What does"that hope"in the first paragraph refer to?
    A:The hope that America would be discovered.
    B:The hope to start a new life.
    C:The hope to see the mysteries of the New Worid.
    D:The hope to find poverty here.

    答案:B
    解析:
    由文章第一段第二句话“… a genuine hope of a new life …”可知,that hope指的是人们对在美洲新大陆开始新生活的希望。故选B。
    由文章第二段第二句可知,早在大约公元1000年北欧人发现美洲之前,美洲土著居民就居住在这里。第一句说“美国文学来源于美国人的生活经历”,由此可知,美国文学产生于公元1000年前就居住在这里的美洲土著居民的生活经历。故选D。
    由文章第二段第三句话“Each tribe ' s literature was tightly woven into the fabric of dail life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of linking with the land.”可知,美洲土部落的文学是他们日常生活的真实写照。故选A。
    文章最后一段的第一句话“Experience , then , is the key to early American literature."本段的主题句,说的是:美洲的生活经历是美国早期文学产生的关键因素。故选D。
    由文章最后一段第四句话“They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd , wh thought of themselves as British subjects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.”可知,这两位自认为是大英帝国臣民的英国作家对一场将会创造出一个拥有自己文学的美利坚合众国的革命从来没有任何怀疑。可见,一些英国作家对美国文学的将来充满信心。故选D。

  • 第4题:

    共用题干
    Kicking the Habit

    What is a bad habit?The most common definition is that it is something that we do regularly,almost
    without thinking about it,and which has some sort of negative consequence.This consequence could affect
    those around us,or it could affect us personally.Those who deny having bad habits are probably lying. Bad
    habits are part of what makes us human.
    Many early habits,like sucking our thumb,are broken when we are very young.We are either told to
    stop doing it by our parents,or we consciously or subconsciously observe that others do not have the same
    habit,and we gradually grow out of it.It is when we intentionally or unintentionally pick up new habits in
    our later childhood or early adulthood that it becomes a problem.Unless we can break that habit early on,it
    becomes a part of our life,and becomes"programmed"into our brain.
    A recent study of human memory suggests that no matter how hard we try to change our habits,it is the
    old ways that tend to win,especially in situations where we are rushed,stressed or overworked.Habits that
    we thought we had got rid of can suddenly come back.During the study programme,the researchers showed
    a group of volunteers several pictures,and gave them words to associate with them.They then showed the
    volunteers the same pictures again,and gave them new words to associate with them.
    A few days later,the volunteers were given a test.The researchers showed them the pictures,and told
    them to respond with one of the words they had been given for each one.It came as no surprise that their an-
    swers were split between the first set of words and the second.Two weeks later,they were given the same test

    again.This time,most of them only gave the first set of. words.They appeared to have completely forgotten
    the second set.
    The study confirms that the responses we learn first are those that remain strongest over time.We may
    try to change our ways,hut after a while,the response that comes to mind first is usually the first one we
    learned.The more that response is used,the more automatic it becomes and the harder it becomes to respond
    in any other way.
    The study therefore suggests that over time,our had habits also become automatic,learned behavior.
    This is not good news for people who picked up bad habits early in life and now want to change or break
    them.Even when we try to put new,good intentions into practice,those previously learned habits remain
    stronger in more automatic,unconscious forms of memory.

    We can only break bad habits if others tell us to do so.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not nientioned

    答案:B
    解析:
    文章第二段讲到,一些早期的习惯,像吮吸手指之类的习惯在我们很小的时候就戒掉 了。并没有说男孩子们在小时候通常会染上坏习惯。故选C。
    在文章第二段中,作者指出我们之所以能戒掉早期的坏习惯是因为有父母告诉我们不 要这样做,或者是我们有意或无意地观察到别人都不这样做。文章中并没有说我们戒掉坏习 惯的唯一方法是别人的告知。故选B。
    文章第三段讲到,最近一项关于人类记洲忆力的研究表明不管我们如何努力地尝试着改 变坏习惯,坏习惯还是难以戒掉,特别是在我们忙碌,紧张或是过度劳累的时候,我们认为已经 戒掉的坏习惯就会突然跑回来。故选A。
    由文章第四段第三句话“It came as no surprise that...“,可知研究者对测试结果毫不奇 怪,在他们意料之中。故选B。
    文章第四段讲到,两个星期后,这些被测试者重新做相同的测试。大多数人只能给出 第一组的单词,好像他们完全忘了第二组单词。文章中并未提到被测试者发现第二次测试要 难一些。故选C。
    文章倒数第一二段指出,这一研究证实了这一点,我们第一次学到的反应方式在一段时 间后仍然在我们脑海里留下最深印象、尽管我们试图去改变,但一段时间后,首先出现在脑海 的还是我们第一次学到的反应方式。文章中并未提到研究表明对我们最先学习的那些东西做 出反应更加困难。故选C。
    文章最后一段讲到,研究表明在一段时间后,坏习惯会变成无章识的习得性行为。这 对那些在年轻时就染上坏习惯而现在想要戒掉的人们来说不是个好消息。也就是说,年轻时 染上的坏习惯很难戒掉。故选A。

  • 第5题:

    共用题干
    Kicking the Habit

    What is a bad habit?The most common definition is that it is something that we do regularly,almost
    without thinking about it,and which has some sort of negative consequence.This consequence could affect
    those around us,or it could affect us personally.Those who deny having bad habits are probably lying. Bad
    habits are part of what makes us human.
    Many early habits,like sucking our thumb,are broken when we are very young.We are either told to
    stop doing it by our parents,or we consciously or subconsciously observe that others do not have the same
    habit,and we gradually grow out of it.It is when we intentionally or unintentionally pick up new habits in
    our later childhood or early adulthood that it becomes a problem.Unless we can break that habit early on,it
    becomes a part of our life,and becomes"programmed"into our brain.
    A recent study of human memory suggests that no matter how hard we try to change our habits,it is the
    old ways that tend to win,especially in situations where we are rushed,stressed or overworked.Habits that
    we thought we had got rid of can suddenly come back.During the study programme,the researchers showed
    a group of volunteers several pictures,and gave them words to associate with them.They then showed the
    volunteers the same pictures again,and gave them new words to associate with them.
    A few days later,the volunteers were given a test.The researchers showed them the pictures,and told
    them to respond with one of the words they had been given for each one.It came as no surprise that their an-
    swers were split between the first set of words and the second.Two weeks later,they were given the same test

    again.This time,most of them only gave the first set of. words.They appeared to have completely forgotten
    the second set.
    The study confirms that the responses we learn first are those that remain strongest over time.We may
    try to change our ways,hut after a while,the response that comes to mind first is usually the first one we
    learned.The more that response is used,the more automatic it becomes and the harder it becomes to respond
    in any other way.
    The study therefore suggests that over time,our had habits also become automatic,learned behavior.
    This is not good news for people who picked up bad habits early in life and now want to change or break
    them.Even when we try to put new,good intentions into practice,those previously learned habits remain
    stronger in more automatic,unconscious forms of memory.

    If we develop bad habits early in life,they are harder to get rid of.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:A
    解析:
    文章第二段讲到,一些早期的习惯,像吮吸手指之类的习惯在我们很小的时候就戒掉 了。并没有说男孩子们在小时候通常会染上坏习惯。故选C。
    在文章第二段中,作者指出我们之所以能戒掉早期的坏习惯是因为有父母告诉我们不 要这样做,或者是我们有意或无意地观察到别人都不这样做。文章中并没有说我们戒掉坏习 惯的唯一方法是别人的告知。故选B。
    文章第三段讲到,最近一项关于人类记洲忆力的研究表明不管我们如何努力地尝试着改 变坏习惯,坏习惯还是难以戒掉,特别是在我们忙碌,紧张或是过度劳累的时候,我们认为已经 戒掉的坏习惯就会突然跑回来。故选A。
    由文章第四段第三句话“It came as no surprise that...“,可知研究者对测试结果毫不奇 怪,在他们意料之中。故选B。
    文章第四段讲到,两个星期后,这些被测试者重新做相同的测试。大多数人只能给出 第一组的单词,好像他们完全忘了第二组单词。文章中并未提到被测试者发现第二次测试要 难一些。故选C。
    文章倒数第一二段指出,这一研究证实了这一点,我们第一次学到的反应方式在一段时 间后仍然在我们脑海里留下最深印象、尽管我们试图去改变,但一段时间后,首先出现在脑海 的还是我们第一次学到的反应方式。文章中并未提到研究表明对我们最先学习的那些东西做 出反应更加困难。故选C。
    文章最后一段讲到,研究表明在一段时间后,坏习惯会变成无章识的习得性行为。这 对那些在年轻时就染上坏习惯而现在想要戒掉的人们来说不是个好消息。也就是说,年轻时 染上的坏习惯很难戒掉。故选A。

  • 第6题:

    共用题干
    The Beginning of American Literature America has always been a land of beginnings.After Europeans"discovered"America in the fifteenth century,the mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope of a new life,an escape from poverty and persecution,a chance to start again.We can say that,as a nation,America begins with that hope.When,however,does American literature begin?
    American literature begins with American experiences.Long before the first colonists arrived,before Christopher Columbus,before the Northmen who"found"America about the year 1000,native Americans lived here.Each tribe's literature was tightly woven into the fabric of daily life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of linking with the land.Another kind of experience,one filled with fear and excitement,found its expression in the reports that Columbus and other explorers sent home in Spain, French and English.In addition,the journals of the people who lived and died in the New England wilder- ness tell unforgettable tales of hard and sometimes heartbreaking experiences of those early years. Experience,then, is the key to early American literature.
    The New World provided a great variety of experiences,and these experiences demanded a wide variety of expressions by an even wider variety of early American writers.These writers included John Smith,who spent only two-and-a-half year on the American continent.
    They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd,who thought of themselves as British subjects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.American Indians,explorers,Puritan ministers,frontier wives,plantation owners-they are all the creators of the first American literature.

    The main purpose of the last paragraph is to tell the readers that______.
    A:in the early days most American writers were from Great Britain
    B:people with rich life experience became writers
    C:there were many writers in the early days of American history
    D:early-day experience provided the foundation for American literature

    答案:D
    解析:
    由文章第一段第二句话“… a genuine hope of a new life …”可知,that hope指的是人们对在美洲新大陆开始新生活的希望。故选B。
    由文章第二段第二句可知,早在大约公元1000年北欧人发现美洲之前,美洲土著居民就居住在这里。第一句说“美国文学来源于美国人的生活经历”,由此可知,美国文学产生于公元1000年前就居住在这里的美洲土著居民的生活经历。故选D。
    由文章第二段第三句话“Each tribe ' s literature was tightly woven into the fabric of dail life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of linking with the land.”可知,美洲土部落的文学是他们日常生活的真实写照。故选A。
    文章最后一段的第一句话“Experience , then , is the key to early American literature."本段的主题句,说的是:美洲的生活经历是美国早期文学产生的关键因素。故选D。
    由文章最后一段第四句话“They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd , wh thought of themselves as British subjects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.”可知,这两位自认为是大英帝国臣民的英国作家对一场将会创造出一个拥有自己文学的美利坚合众国的革命从来没有任何怀疑。可见,一些英国作家对美国文学的将来充满信心。故选D。

  • 第7题:

    单选题
    According to Hudson Institute researchers, the effect of the early retirement of qualified workers in the U. S. economy is ______.
    A

    constructive

    B

    significant

    C

    inconclusive

    D

    detrimental


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    推断题。四个词的意思分别是constructive“建设性的,有益的”;significant“重大的,显著的,具有特殊意义的”;inconclusive“无结果的,无说服力的,非决定性的”;detrimental“有害的,伤害的,不利的”。本文讨论的是熟练技工过早退休的不利。所以选D。

  • 第8题:

    单选题
    When is a driver likely to have a sleep-related accident according to researchers?
    A

    In the middle of the morning is 10 times as likely as those driving in the evening.

    B

    Very early in the evening is as likely as those driving early in the morning.

    C

    Very early in the morning is much more likely than those driving early in the evening.

    D

    In the middle of the evening is 10 times as likely as those driving early in the morning.


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    比较结构的找寻和判断。题干中的关键词为a sleep-related accident,从而定位到录音中的“a driver who is on the road between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. is about 10 times as likely to have a sleep-related accident as someone who is driving…early in the evening”,表明清晨4到6点之间开车的人发生与睡眠相关车祸的可能性是……傍晚时候的十倍。由此可知,在清晨开车出现车祸的可能性比傍晚要高出很多。因此,选项C为正确答案。

  • 第9题:

    问答题
    In the early 1950s the researchers who produced the first clad glass optical fibers were not thinking of using them for communications. (1) H____, fiber optics was already a well-established commercial technology when the famous paper by Kao and Hockham, (2)____(claim) the use of low-loss optical fibers for communication, appeared in 1966.  The first low-loss silica fiber was described in (3)____ which appeared in October of 1970. The date of this publication is sometimes (4)____(cite) as the beginning of the era of fiber communication. Although this development did receive (5)____(consider) attention in the research community at the time, it was far from inevitable that a major industry would evolve.  The technological barriers appeared formidable because there were serious doubts as to (6) wh_____ these fiber components could ever be produced economically enough, but the market potential was very significant. (7)____(consequence), research and development activity expanded rapidly, and a number of important issues were (8) re_____ during the early 1970s. During the middle and late 1970s,the rate of progress towards marketable products accelerated as the emphasis (9)____(shift) from research to engineering. Fibers with losses (10) app____ the Rayleigh limit of 2 dB/km at a wavelength of 0.8μm were produced.  By 1980 improvement in component performance, cost, and reliability led to major commitments on the part of telephone companies.

    正确答案:
    1.However 此处句意发生转折。此句译为:50年代初期,那些生产出第一批被覆层玻璃光纤的研究者们尚未考虑将光纤应用到通信中。然而,当1966年Kao和Hockham发表著名论文,提出把低耗光纤应用于通讯中时,纤维光学已经成为一个相当成熟的商业技术了。
    2.claiming 现在分词作后置定语。
    3.publication 从下句的this publication可知答案为publication。
    4.cited 此处为被动语态。句意为:这篇文章发表的日期经常被人们称为光纤通讯时代的起始日。
    5.considerable 此处需要形容词形式修饰名词attention。considerable attention相当多的关注。此句可译为:尽管当时这项技术在研究领域确实引起了极大的关注,但要发展成一个重要产业还相差甚远。
    6.whether 此句可译为:该技术障碍似乎难以逾越,因为人们十分怀疑这些纤维构件是否可以以足够低的成本生产出来,但是市场潜力是十分巨大的。
    7.Consequently 此句成分完整,用表示因果关系的副词consequently以与上句的联系紧凑。
    8.resolved resolve找到解决…的方法,与issues搭配,指一系列问题得到了解决。
    9.shifted shift指位置或方向的移动、改变;指由一种形式或用途改变为另一种形式或用途。
    10.approaching approaching the Rayleigh limit接近瑞利极限。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    According to the passage, short feature films produced as early as 1992 ______.
    A

    were recorded by optical sensors

    B

    put musicians out of work

    C

    were only effective for dialogue sequences

    D

    preceded talking pictures


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    文章最后指出早在1922年的短故事片(feature films)就是以这种方式制造的,该系统最终带来了“talking pictures”,即有声电影,可知1922年的短故事片之后出现了有声电影。因此D项正确。precede在…之前。

  • 第11题:

    问答题
    An employee at a company was given the task of making a large number of copies. He spent the first 45 minutes making copies at a constant rate on copier A, but copier A broke down before the task was completed. He then spent the next 30 minutes finishing the task on copier B, which also produced copies at a constant rate. How many total minutes would the task hare taken had copier A not broken down?  (1) Copier A produced twice as many copies in its first 5 minutes of operation as copier B produced in its first 15 minutes.  (2) Copier B produces 10 copies per minute.

    正确答案: A
    解析:
    通过计算可知,条件1可以确定完成工作的时间,条件2不能确定,故本题应选A项。

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    As sought after for speaking ability, African Grey parrots, being considered valuable by both researchers and pet owners.
    A

    As sought after for speaking ability, African Grey parrots, being considered valuable by both researchers and pet owners.

    B

    African Grey parrots sought after for their ability to speak who are considered valuable by both researchers and pet owners.

    C

    Sought after for their speaking abilities, African Grey parrots are considered valuable by both researchers and pet owners.

    D

    Sought after for their speaking abilities, researchers and pet owners consider African Grey parrots valuable.

    E

    Sought after because of their speaking ability, researchers and pet owners who are considering African Grey parrots valuable.


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    A和B项是句子片段。D和E项修饰语误置。只有C项正确。

  • 第13题:

    共用题干
    第三篇

    Scientists Make Sweet Discovery

    Good news for chocoholics:the treat preferred by millions all over the world is good for you,according
    to American researchers at the University of California. Chocolate contains substances called flavonoids(类黄
    酮)that can help maintain a healthy heart and good circulation.The researchers have discovered that cocoa
    acts like aspirin and that eating a bar of chocolate once in a while may contribute to a healthy diet. Chocolate
    has also been shown to release endorphins(内啡肽) in the body: these chemicals help to reduce pain and
    stress and make you feel happy.
    But who first discovered this wonderful way of keeping healthy?The Olmec Indians of Mexico and Central
    America were the first to grow cocoa beans,in about 1500 BC,and the Mayas were drinking unsweetened
    cocoa hundreds of years before it became fashionable in Europe.The word chocolate comes from the Nahuatl
    word xocolati,which means"bitter water".
    In 1544,a delegation of Mayan nobles visited Philip of Spain and gave him jars of cocoa as a gift. Cocoa
    soon became fashionable in Spain and Portugal.The Spanish were the first to add sugar to their cocoa drink.
    In the 17th century,chocolate was becoming fashionable with the middle-classes,not only as a drink but also
    as a medicine.
    By the middle of the century,solid chocolate was becoming familiar. In 1753,a Swedish scientist re-
    named cocoa theobroma or" food for the gods".In 1765,James Baker and John Hanan opened the first choco-
    late mill in the United States,introducing chocolate to the average citizen.In 1876,in Switzerland,Daniel
    Peter had the idea of adding milk in the chocolate,making process and produced the first milk chocolate.
    Since then,chocolate has grown enormously in popularity. One of the biggest chocolate-eating nations is
    Britain where the average man,woman,and child eats nine kilos of chocolate a year!In fact,chocolate is the
    number one comfort food and there are more"chocoholics"in Britain than anywhere else in the world.Re-
    searchers warn that although chocolate is good for you,it should be eaten in small quantities and with no
    added milk.

    What did James Baker and John Hanan do about chocolate?
    A:They produced the first milk chocolate.
    B:They introduced chocolate to Europe.
    C:They added sugar to make chocolate bars.
    D:They made chocolate accessible to the average man.

    答案:D
    解析:
    第一段第二句提到:巧克力中含有一种叫类黄酮的物质,它能维护心脏的健康并保持 血液循环畅通。
    第三段第一句提到:1544年,一个玛雅贵族代表团勤见西班牙国王菲利普时送给他几 罐可可粉作为礼物。
    第四段第二句提到:1765年,James Baker和John Hanan在美国开办了第一个巧克力作 坊,将巧克力介绍给了普通人。
    短文最后一句提到:研究者劝告我们,虽然巧克力对我们有好处,但应该少量食用而且 不应另加奶。
    从题目和总体内容可见,这篇短文说明了吃巧克力的好处,虽然后面提出吃巧克力时 的注意事项,但这不影响作者肯定的语气。

  • 第14题:

    The first IC’s were made____the early 1960’s.

    A.in
    B.from
    C.for
    D.of

    答案:A
    解析:
    本题考查介词。题目意为:“第一块集成电路诞生于二十世纪六十年代初期。”
      固定搭配in the early 1960’s 二十世纪六十年代初期,指1960到1970年间某时间点。
      

  • 第15题:

    共用题干
    Kicking the Habit

    What is a bad habit?The most common definition is that it is something that we do regularly,almost
    without thinking about it,and which has some sort of negative consequence.This consequence could affect
    those around us,or it could affect us personally.Those who deny having bad habits are probably lying. Bad
    habits are part of what makes us human.
    Many early habits,like sucking our thumb,are broken when we are very young.We are either told to
    stop doing it by our parents,or we consciously or subconsciously observe that others do not have the same
    habit,and we gradually grow out of it.It is when we intentionally or unintentionally pick up new habits in
    our later childhood or early adulthood that it becomes a problem.Unless we can break that habit early on,it
    becomes a part of our life,and becomes"programmed"into our brain.
    A recent study of human memory suggests that no matter how hard we try to change our habits,it is the
    old ways that tend to win,especially in situations where we are rushed,stressed or overworked.Habits that
    we thought we had got rid of can suddenly come back.During the study programme,the researchers showed
    a group of volunteers several pictures,and gave them words to associate with them.They then showed the
    volunteers the same pictures again,and gave them new words to associate with them.
    A few days later,the volunteers were given a test.The researchers showed them the pictures,and told
    them to respond with one of the words they had been given for each one.It came as no surprise that their an-
    swers were split between the first set of words and the second.Two weeks later,they were given the same test

    again.This time,most of them only gave the first set of. words.They appeared to have completely forgotten
    the second set.
    The study confirms that the responses we learn first are those that remain strongest over time.We may
    try to change our ways,hut after a while,the response that comes to mind first is usually the first one we
    learned.The more that response is used,the more automatic it becomes and the harder it becomes to respond
    in any other way.
    The study therefore suggests that over time,our had habits also become automatic,learned behavior.
    This is not good news for people who picked up bad habits early in life and now want to change or break
    them.Even when we try to put new,good intentions into practice,those previously learned habits remain
    stronger in more automatic,unconscious forms of memory.

    The study suggests that it is more difficult to respond to what we learn first?
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:C
    解析:
    文章第二段讲到,一些早期的习惯,像吮吸手指之类的习惯在我们很小的时候就戒掉 了。并没有说男孩子们在小时候通常会染上坏习惯。故选C。
    在文章第二段中,作者指出我们之所以能戒掉早期的坏习惯是因为有父母告诉我们不 要这样做,或者是我们有意或无意地观察到别人都不这样做。文章中并没有说我们戒掉坏习 惯的唯一方法是别人的告知。故选B。
    文章第三段讲到,最近一项关于人类记洲忆力的研究表明不管我们如何努力地尝试着改 变坏习惯,坏习惯还是难以戒掉,特别是在我们忙碌,紧张或是过度劳累的时候,我们认为已经 戒掉的坏习惯就会突然跑回来。故选A。
    由文章第四段第三句话“It came as no surprise that...“,可知研究者对测试结果毫不奇 怪,在他们意料之中。故选B。
    文章第四段讲到,两个星期后,这些被测试者重新做相同的测试。大多数人只能给出 第一组的单词,好像他们完全忘了第二组单词。文章中并未提到被测试者发现第二次测试要 难一些。故选C。
    文章倒数第一二段指出,这一研究证实了这一点,我们第一次学到的反应方式在一段时 间后仍然在我们脑海里留下最深印象、尽管我们试图去改变,但一段时间后,首先出现在脑海 的还是我们第一次学到的反应方式。文章中并未提到研究表明对我们最先学习的那些东西做 出反应更加困难。故选C。
    文章最后一段讲到,研究表明在一段时间后,坏习惯会变成无章识的习得性行为。这 对那些在年轻时就染上坏习惯而现在想要戒掉的人们来说不是个好消息。也就是说,年轻时 染上的坏习惯很难戒掉。故选A。

  • 第16题:

    共用题干
    The Beginning of American Literature America has always been a land of beginnings.After Europeans"discovered"America in the fifteenth century,the mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope of a new life,an escape from poverty and persecution,a chance to start again.We can say that,as a nation,America begins with that hope.When,however,does American literature begin?
    American literature begins with American experiences.Long before the first colonists arrived,before Christopher Columbus,before the Northmen who"found"America about the year 1000,native Americans lived here.Each tribe's literature was tightly woven into the fabric of daily life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of linking with the land.Another kind of experience,one filled with fear and excitement,found its expression in the reports that Columbus and other explorers sent home in Spain, French and English.In addition,the journals of the people who lived and died in the New England wilder- ness tell unforgettable tales of hard and sometimes heartbreaking experiences of those early years. Experience,then, is the key to early American literature.
    The New World provided a great variety of experiences,and these experiences demanded a wide variety of expressions by an even wider variety of early American writers.These writers included John Smith,who spent only two-and-a-half year on the American continent.
    They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd,who thought of themselves as British subjects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.American Indians,explorers,Puritan ministers,frontier wives,plantation owners-they are all the creators of the first American literature.

    What can we learn from the literature of the tribes of the native Americans?
    A:About the everyday life of the native Americans.
    B:About the arrival of Columbus.
    C:About the experience of the first European settlers.
    D:About the experience of those who died in the New England wilderness.

    答案:A
    解析:
    由文章第一段第二句话“… a genuine hope of a new life …”可知,that hope指的是人们对在美洲新大陆开始新生活的希望。故选B。
    由文章第二段第二句可知,早在大约公元1000年北欧人发现美洲之前,美洲土著居民就居住在这里。第一句说“美国文学来源于美国人的生活经历”,由此可知,美国文学产生于公元1000年前就居住在这里的美洲土著居民的生活经历。故选D。
    由文章第二段第三句话“Each tribe ' s literature was tightly woven into the fabric of dail life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of linking with the land.”可知,美洲土部落的文学是他们日常生活的真实写照。故选A。
    文章最后一段的第一句话“Experience , then , is the key to early American literature."本段的主题句,说的是:美洲的生活经历是美国早期文学产生的关键因素。故选D。
    由文章最后一段第四句话“They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd , wh thought of themselves as British subjects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.”可知,这两位自认为是大英帝国臣民的英国作家对一场将会创造出一个拥有自己文学的美利坚合众国的革命从来没有任何怀疑。可见,一些英国作家对美国文学的将来充满信心。故选D。

  • 第17题:

    共用题干
    Kicking the Habit

    What is a bad habit?The most common definition is that it is something that we do regularly,almost
    without thinking about it,and which has some sort of negative consequence.This consequence could affect
    those around us,or it could affect us personally.Those who deny having bad habits are probably lying. Bad
    habits are part of what makes us human.
    Many early habits,like sucking our thumb,are broken when we are very young.We are either told to
    stop doing it by our parents,or we consciously or subconsciously observe that others do not have the same
    habit,and we gradually grow out of it.It is when we intentionally or unintentionally pick up new habits in
    our later childhood or early adulthood that it becomes a problem.Unless we can break that habit early on,it
    becomes a part of our life,and becomes"programmed"into our brain.
    A recent study of human memory suggests that no matter how hard we try to change our habits,it is the
    old ways that tend to win,especially in situations where we are rushed,stressed or overworked.Habits that
    we thought we had got rid of can suddenly come back.During the study programme,the researchers showed
    a group of volunteers several pictures,and gave them words to associate with them.They then showed the
    volunteers the same pictures again,and gave them new words to associate with them.
    A few days later,the volunteers were given a test.The researchers showed them the pictures,and told
    them to respond with one of the words they had been given for each one.It came as no surprise that their an-
    swers were split between the first set of words and the second.Two weeks later,they were given the same test

    again.This time,most of them only gave the first set of. words.They appeared to have completely forgotten
    the second set.
    The study confirms that the responses we learn first are those that remain strongest over time.We may
    try to change our ways,hut after a while,the response that comes to mind first is usually the first one we
    learned.The more that response is used,the more automatic it becomes and the harder it becomes to respond
    in any other way.
    The study therefore suggests that over time,our had habits also become automatic,learned behavior.
    This is not good news for people who picked up bad habits early in life and now want to change or break
    them.Even when we try to put new,good intentions into practice,those previously learned habits remain
    stronger in more automatic,unconscious forms of memory.

    Researchers were surprised by the answers that the volunteers gave in the first test.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:B
    解析:
    文章第二段讲到,一些早期的习惯,像吮吸手指之类的习惯在我们很小的时候就戒掉 了。并没有说男孩子们在小时候通常会染上坏习惯。故选C。
    在文章第二段中,作者指出我们之所以能戒掉早期的坏习惯是因为有父母告诉我们不 要这样做,或者是我们有意或无意地观察到别人都不这样做。文章中并没有说我们戒掉坏习 惯的唯一方法是别人的告知。故选B。
    文章第三段讲到,最近一项关于人类记洲忆力的研究表明不管我们如何努力地尝试着改 变坏习惯,坏习惯还是难以戒掉,特别是在我们忙碌,紧张或是过度劳累的时候,我们认为已经 戒掉的坏习惯就会突然跑回来。故选A。
    由文章第四段第三句话“It came as no surprise that...“,可知研究者对测试结果毫不奇 怪,在他们意料之中。故选B。
    文章第四段讲到,两个星期后,这些被测试者重新做相同的测试。大多数人只能给出 第一组的单词,好像他们完全忘了第二组单词。文章中并未提到被测试者发现第二次测试要 难一些。故选C。
    文章倒数第一二段指出,这一研究证实了这一点,我们第一次学到的反应方式在一段时 间后仍然在我们脑海里留下最深印象、尽管我们试图去改变,但一段时间后,首先出现在脑海 的还是我们第一次学到的反应方式。文章中并未提到研究表明对我们最先学习的那些东西做 出反应更加困难。故选C。
    文章最后一段讲到,研究表明在一段时间后,坏习惯会变成无章识的习得性行为。这 对那些在年轻时就染上坏习惯而现在想要戒掉的人们来说不是个好消息。也就是说,年轻时 染上的坏习惯很难戒掉。故选A。

  • 第18题:

    Why did the early settlers come to America? Who were the Pilgrims? Who were the Puritans? What were the features in the colonial period which had influence on later American development?


    正确答案:—— The early settlers came to America either for the opportunity to realize their dreams and better their lives or for the freedom from religious and governmental persecution. The Pilgrims were persons who suffered religious persecution in England and went to Holland and later moved to America in 1620. The Puritans were the members of a Protestant group in England who wanted to purify the Church of England. Dissatisfied and threatened in England, they saw America as a refuge and migrated to America since 1630. There were a number of features in the colonial period which had influence on later American development. They were: representative form of government, rule of law, respect of individual rights, religious tolerance and a strong spirit of individual enterprise.

  • 第19题:

    单选题
    Jackie Robinson, the first Black American who was to play baseball in the majorleagues, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
    A

    the first and a Black American who

    B

    was the first Black American

    C

    the first Black American

    D

    the Black American who first


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    结构应用。通过句子结构分析可知,两个逗号之间的部分是插入语,其余是主句成分。划线部分指的是“Jackie Robinson是第一个美国黑人球员”,根据形容词作前置定语的词序,可知正确顺序应该是the first Black American,因此C为正确答案。

  • 第20题:

    填空题
    The first European who wrote about tea was a Portuguese palest.____

    正确答案: C
    解析:
    由题干可定位到C段。文中讲到,在欧洲第一个接触茶并描写茶的是Portuguese Jesuit Father,Father指的是“神父”,故匹配段落为C段。

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    The first question we now discuss is _____ we should go there so early tomorrow.
    A

    whether

    B

    where

    C

    what

    D

    whom


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    本题考查连词用法。句意:我们现在讨论的第一个问题是明天我们是否应该那么早就到那儿。“we should go there so early tomorrow”中不缺少主干成分,所以连接词在从句中只能作状语或者不担当任何成分。只有whether作为连接词时在从句不作成分,符合题意。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    Who has a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease?
    A

    People who have received little education.

    B

    People who have mentally active jobs.

    C

    People who first have good memories.


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    对话中明确提到…people who have…more mentally active jobs have a lower risk of developing the disease,因此B项为正确答案。

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    What does the author mean by moms to be in the last paragraph?
    A

    Women who are pregnant, especially for the first time.

    B

    Women who dream of having babies for the first time.

    C

    Women who already have children.

    D

    Women who have just got babies for the first time.


    正确答案: A
    解析:

  • 第24题:

    问答题
    Why did the early settlers come to America? Who were the Pilgrims? Who were the Puritans? What were the features in the colonial period which had influence on later American development?

    正确答案: —— The early settlers came to America either for the opportunity to realize their dreams and better their lives or for the freedom from religious and governmental persecution. The Pilgrims were persons who suffered religious persecution in England and went to Holland and later moved to America in 1620. The Puritans were the members of a Protestant group in England who wanted to purify the Church of England. Dissatisfied and threatened in England, they saw America as a refuge and migrated to America since 1630. There were a number of features in the colonial period which had influence on later American development. They were: representative form of government, rule of law, respect of individual rights, religious tolerance and a strong spirit of individual enterprise.
    解析: 暂无解析