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  • 第1题:

    Many people ______live in the countryside rather than in the city.

    A. would rather

    B. prefer to

    C. would like

    D. had better


    正确答案:B

    参考译文:很多人宁愿住在乡下也不愿意住在城市。此题考查固定搭配"prefer to do rather than do",宁愿做什么也不愿做什么。故选择B

  • 第2题:

    One important factor that affects the correctness of the results is that_________.

    A. the old men tested may not have shown such cognitive decline

    B. people surveyed are all old

    C. people taking part in this test came from all over the world

    D. women live longer than men


    正确答案:A
    A[解析]由第四段的“Those results could be improper because the studies in-volved older people,and women Iive longer than men.”可以推出A项正确。

  • 第3题:

    According to the second paragraph, life expectancy______.( )

    [A] shows that an older man is expected to live to 84.8

    [B] for men is longer than for women today

    [C] for women was shorter than for men in 1900

    [D] for people has been getting longer since 1900


    正确答案:D

  • 第4题:

    共用题干
    Step Back in Time
    Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us?One hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45.But now,she can live until at least 80.
    One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better.We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again.And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beating healthily.
    But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits,let's have a look at what life was 100 years ago
    Families had between 15 and 20 children,although many babies didn't live long.from lots of diseases , especially rickets (佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病),which are bot diets.This is because many families were very poor and not able to feed their children well.
    Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept standing up,bending over a piece of string,because there was no room for them to lie down.
    People didn't have fridges until the 1920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills(窗台板),blocks of ice,or even burying it in the garden.
    Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their pai lived 100 years ago,you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a job done by many children)or working with your dad by now.

    People in the past preferred standing up to lying down when sleeping.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:B
    解析:
    文章第一段虽然提到现在女性的寿命要比一百年前长,但并没有提及一百年前女性是否比男性寿命要长,故选C。
    文章第二段明确介绍了人们现在比过去长寿的原因,故选B。
    文章第四段第一句说一百年前,许多孩子很小便夭折了,故选A。
    文章第四段第二句话中“… rickets and scurvy , which are both caused by bad diets.”可知,佝偻病与坏血病都是由饮食不良引起的,故选A。
    文章第五段提到,人们过去之所以站着睡觉是因为房子太小,没有躺下的空间,而非出于喜欢,故选B。
    文章第六段只是说,直到20世纪20年代人们才有了冰箱可用,但并没有说明冰箱是谁发明的,故选C。
    从文章第四段以及最后一段可以看出,一百年前,生活对于许多孩子来说都是十分不易的,故选A。

  • 第5题:

    共用题干
    Step Back in Time

    Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us?One
    hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45.But now,she can live until at least 80.
    One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after
    ourselves better. We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make
    sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and
    what to do to get better again.And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to
    keep our hearts beating healthily.
    But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits,let's have a look at what life was
    like 100 years ago.
    Families had between 15 and 20 children,although many babies didn't live long.
    Children suffered from lots of diseases , especially rickets(佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病),
    which are both caused by bad diets.This is because many families were very poor and not
    able to feed their children well.
    Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept
    standing up,bending over a piece of string,because there was no room for them to lie down.
    People didn't have fridges until the 1 920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on
    windowsills(窗台板),blocks of ice, or even burying it in the garden.
    Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their
    parents. If you had lived 1 00 years ago , you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a
    job done by many children)or working with your dad by now.

    On average women lived longer than men 1 00 years ago.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:C
    解析:

  • 第6题:

    共用题干
    Step Back in Time
    Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us?One hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45.But now,she can live until at least 80.
    One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better.We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again.And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beating healthily.
    But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits,let's have a look at what life was 100 years ago
    Families had between 15 and 20 children,although many babies didn't live long.from lots of diseases , especially rickets (佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病),which are bot diets.This is because many families were very poor and not able to feed their children well.
    Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept standing up,bending over a piece of string,because there was no room for them to lie down.
    People didn't have fridges until the 1920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills(窗台板),blocks of ice,or even burying it in the garden.
    Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their pai lived 100 years ago,you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a job done by many children)or working with your dad by now.

    People now enjoy longer lives for unknown reasons.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:B
    解析:
    文章第一段虽然提到现在女性的寿命要比一百年前长,但并没有提及一百年前女性是否比男性寿命要长,故选C。
    文章第二段明确介绍了人们现在比过去长寿的原因,故选B。
    文章第四段第一句说一百年前,许多孩子很小便夭折了,故选A。
    文章第四段第二句话中“… rickets and scurvy , which are both caused by bad diets.”可知,佝偻病与坏血病都是由饮食不良引起的,故选A。
    文章第五段提到,人们过去之所以站着睡觉是因为房子太小,没有躺下的空间,而非出于喜欢,故选B。
    文章第六段只是说,直到20世纪20年代人们才有了冰箱可用,但并没有说明冰箱是谁发明的,故选C。
    从文章第四段以及最后一段可以看出,一百年前,生活对于许多孩子来说都是十分不易的,故选A。

  • 第7题:

    The goals ___________ he had fought all his life no longer seemed important to him.

    A.after which
    B.for which
    C.with which
    D.at which

    答案:B
    解析:
    考查习惯搭配。这是一个“介词+关系代词”引导的定语从句,修饰先行词goals。从句中有动词fight与介词构成的动介短语,将介词提到关系代词which前就形成了现在的结构。因此,只需要判别 fight与下面各介词构成的搭配的含义即可:fight after“争夺”,fight for“为……而奋斗”,fight with“与……战斗”,没有fight at搭配。结合句意“他为之奋斗一生的目标似乎对他不再重要了”可知,答案为B项。

  • 第8题:

    共用题干
    Who Want to Live Forever?
    If your doctor could give you a drug that would let you live a healthy life for twice as long,would you take it?
    The good news is that we may be drawing near to that date.Scientists have already extended the lives of flies,worms and mice in laboratories.Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least 140 years.
    This seems a great idea.Think of how much more time we could spend chasing our dreams,spending time with our loved ones,watching our families grow and have families of their own.
    "Longer life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes and promote long term thinking," says Dr.Gregory Stock of the University of California School of Public Health."It would also raise productivity by adding to the year we can work."
    Longer lives don't just affect the people who live them.They also affect society as a whole."We have war,poverty,all sorts of issues around,and I don't think any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer,"says US bioethicist Daniel Callahan."The question is‘What will we get as a society?'I suspect it won't be a better society."
    It would certainly be a very different society.People are already finding it more difficult to stay married.
    Divorce rates are rising.What would happen to marriage in a society where people lived for 140 years?And what would happen to family life if 9 or 10 generations of the same family were all alive at the same time? Research into ageing may enable women to remain fertile for longer.And that raises the prospect of having 100-year-old parents,or brothers and sisters born 50 years apart.We think of an elder sibling as someone who can protect us and offer help and advice.That would be hard to do if that sibling came from a completely different generation.
    Working life would also be affected,especially if the retirement age was lifted.More people would stay in work for longer.That would give us the benefits of age-skill,wisdom and good judgment.
    On the other hand,more people working for longer would create greater competition for jobs.It would make it more difficult for younger people to find a job.Top posts would be dominated by the same few individuals,making career progress more difficult.And how easily would a 25 -year-old employee be able to communicate with a 1 25 -year-old boss?
    Young people would be a smaller part of a society in which people lived to 140.It may be that such a society would place less importance on guiding and educating young people,and more on making life comfortable for the old.
    And society would feel very different if more of its members were older.There would be more wisdom, but less energy.Young people like to move about.Old people like to sit still.Young people tend to act without thinking.Old people tend to think without acting.Young people are curious and like to cxperience different things.Old people are less enthusiastic about change.In fact,they are less,enthusiastic about everything.
    The effect of anti一ageing technology is deeper than we might think.But as the science advances,we need to think about these changes now.
    "If this could ever happen,then we'd better ask what kind of society we want to get,"says Daniel Callahan."We had better not go anywhere near it until we have figure those problems out."

    Which of the following is implied in the sixth paragraph?
    A:Marriages in the US today are quite unstable.
    B:More and more people in the US today want to get married.
    C:Living longer would make it easier for people to maintain their marital ties.
    D:If people live longer,they would stay in marriage longer.

    答案:A
    解析:
    由文章第三段内容可知,延长寿命让人们可以有更多的时间追逐梦想、陪伴爱人、看到自己后代的成长。第四段最后一句又指出,延长寿命还可以使我们工作更久。仅B项的内容在文中没有提到。
    由文章第六段前三句的内容可知,如今人们保持婚姻越来越困难,离婚率也在上升。故本题选A。
    A、C、D三项的内容都在文章第九段有所涉及,只有B项在文中没有提到。故本题选B。
    由文章第十段和第十一段的内容可知,老龄化社会中,社会更关注的是使老年人生活得更安逸,变得拥有更多智慧,但少了一些活力,且缺乏对新事物的好奇和改变的激情。故本题选C。
    由文章最后一段的内容可知,Daniel Callahan认为,在没有搞清老龄化社会将带来的问题之前,最好不要急于向这方面发展。

  • 第9题:

    填空题
    Questions:Why do couples in Russia often continue to live together after a divorce?  Because there is a ____

    正确答案: severe housing shortage
    解析:
    在图中找到指向俄罗斯的方块,方块中说在俄罗斯离婚很容易,但是事实上,离婚率已经得到了控制,原因在于住房紧缺,即使夫妻离婚后也不得不住在一起。

  • 第10题:

    问答题
    One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live,the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability(残疾 ).

    正确答案:
    解析:

  • 第11题:

    填空题
    After the invention of printing press, people no longer had to live by oral tradition and memory.____

    正确答案: C
    解析:
    由题干中“printing press”可定位至C段。本段讲到,在这个发明之前,很少人能够阅读,而这少部分能够阅读的人也还是生活在一个靠口述和记忆为主的世界中(lived in a world of oral tradition and memory)。由此可知,在印刷术发明之后,人们就摆脱了原来的生活方式,故匹配段落为C段。

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    The sentence “Traffic accidents decline millions of lives” means” ______.
    A

    Traffic accidents make some people become millionaires

    B

    Many people die from traffic accidents

    C

    Millions of people say they themselves have had traffic accidents

    D

    Millions of people remain healthy after traffic accidents


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    词语释义题。实质考查decline的意思,文中表示“夺取,扼杀”。只有B项“交通事故造成许多人的死亡”符合原句意思。

  • 第13题:

    The invention of chopsticks reflects the wisdom of Chinese ancient people.


    参考答案:筷子这项发明反映了中国古人的智慧。

  • 第14题:

    The author quotes the example of our ancestors to show that education emerged

    A.when people had enough time.

    B.prior to better ways of finding food.

    C.when people on longer went hungry.

    D.as a result of pressure on government.


    正确答案:C

  • 第15题:

    After being rescued from the vessel accident,the people agreed that they had much to ______.

    A.thank

    B.be thankful

    C.be thanked

    D.be thankful for


    正确答案:A

  • 第16题:

    共用题干
    Step Back in Time
    Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us?One hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45.But now,she can live until at least 80.
    One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better.We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again.And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beating healthily.
    But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits,let's have a look at what life was 100 years ago
    Families had between 15 and 20 children,although many babies didn't live long.from lots of diseases , especially rickets (佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病),which are bot diets.This is because many families were very poor and not able to feed their children well.
    Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept standing up,bending over a piece of string,because there was no room for them to lie down.
    People didn't have fridges until the 1920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills(窗台板),blocks of ice,or even burying it in the garden.
    Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their pai lived 100 years ago,you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a job done by many children)or working with your dad by now.

    On average women lived longer than men 100 years ago.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:C
    解析:
    文章第一段虽然提到现在女性的寿命要比一百年前长,但并没有提及一百年前女性是否比男性寿命要长,故选C。
    文章第二段明确介绍了人们现在比过去长寿的原因,故选B。
    文章第四段第一句说一百年前,许多孩子很小便夭折了,故选A。
    文章第四段第二句话中“… rickets and scurvy , which are both caused by bad diets.”可知,佝偻病与坏血病都是由饮食不良引起的,故选A。
    文章第五段提到,人们过去之所以站着睡觉是因为房子太小,没有躺下的空间,而非出于喜欢,故选B。
    文章第六段只是说,直到20世纪20年代人们才有了冰箱可用,但并没有说明冰箱是谁发明的,故选C。
    从文章第四段以及最后一段可以看出,一百年前,生活对于许多孩子来说都是十分不易的,故选A。

  • 第17题:

    共用题干
    Step Back in Time

    Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us?One
    hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45.But now,she can live until at least 80.
    One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after
    ourselves better. We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make
    sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and
    what to do to get better again.And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to
    keep our hearts beating healthily.
    But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits,let's have a look at what life was
    like 100 years ago.
    Families had between 15 and 20 children,although many babies didn't live long.
    Children suffered from lots of diseases , especially rickets(佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病),
    which are both caused by bad diets.This is because many families were very poor and not
    able to feed their children well.
    Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept
    standing up,bending over a piece of string,because there was no room for them to lie down.
    People didn't have fridges until the 1 920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on
    windowsills(窗台板),blocks of ice, or even burying it in the garden.
    Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their
    parents. If you had lived 1 00 years ago , you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a
    job done by many children)or working with your dad by now.

    People now enjoy longer lives for unknown reasons.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:B
    解析:

  • 第18题:

    共用题干
    Step Back in Time

    Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us?One
    hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45.But now,she can live until at least 80.
    One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after
    ourselves better. We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make
    sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and
    what to do to get better again.And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to
    keep our hearts beating healthily.
    But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits,let's have a look at what life was
    like 100 years ago.
    Families had between 15 and 20 children,although many babies didn't live long.
    Children suffered from lots of diseases , especially rickets(佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病),
    which are both caused by bad diets.This is because many families were very poor and not
    able to feed their children well.
    Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept
    standing up,bending over a piece of string,because there was no room for them to lie down.
    People didn't have fridges until the 1 920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on
    windowsills(窗台板),blocks of ice, or even burying it in the garden.
    Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their
    parents. If you had lived 1 00 years ago , you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a
    job done by many children)or working with your dad by now.

    People in the past preferred standing up to lying down when sleeping.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:B
    解析:

  • 第19题:

    After this experience, Jack ___________.

    A.lost his job in the restaurant
    B.made friends with the couple
    C.no longer respected the elderly
    D.changed his way with older people

    答案:D
    解析:
    根据最后一段中的“After that,I changed the way I had been with older people”可知。答案选D。

  • 第20题:

    共用题干
    Prolonging Human Life
    Prolonging human life has increased the size of the human population. Many people alive
    today would have died of childhood diseases if they had been born 100 years ago.Because
    more people live longer,there are more people around at any given time. In fact,it is a decrease in death rates,not an increase in birthrates,that has led to the population explosion.
    Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load. In all societies,people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them. In hunting and gathering cultures,old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die. In times of famine,infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved,whereas if the parents survived they could have another child. In most contemporary societies,people feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not. We have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work;we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age. Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement,some-body else must support them. In the United States many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty. Older people have more illness than young or middle-aged people;unless they have wealth or private or government insur-ance,they must often“go on welfare” if they have a serious illness.
    When older people become senile or too weak and ill to care for themselves,they create grave problems for their families. In the past and in some traditional cultures,they would be cared for at home until they died. Today,with most members of a household working or in school,there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person. To meet this need,a great many nursing homes and convalescent hospitals have been built.These are of-ten profit-making organizations,although some are sponsored by religious and other nonprofit groups.While a few of these institutions are good,most of them are simply“dumping grounds”for the dying in which“care”is given by poorly paid,overworked,and under-skilled personnel.

    According to the passage,which of the following statements about retired people in the United States is true?
    A: Many of them have a very hard life.
    B: They cannot live a decent life without enough bank savings.
    C: They rely mainly on their children for financial support.
    D: Most of them live with their children and therefore are well looked after.

    答案:A
    解析:
    题干意为“作者认为造成人口爆炸的原因是什么?”利用题干中的细节信息短语population explosion作为定位线索,在第一段中找到相关句:In fact, it is a decrease in death rates, not an increase in birthrates, that has led to the population explosion.该句意为 “事实上,是由于死亡率的下降,而不是出生率的上升,导致了人口爆炸”。因此,C项“死亡率的下降”是正确答案。
    题干意为“从短文中可以推断出狩猎和以采集为生的时代……”。利用题干中的细节信息词/短语hunting和gathering cultures作为定位线索,在第二段中找到相关句: In hunting and gathering cultures,old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die. In times of famine,infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved, whereas if the parents survived they could have another child.相关句意为 “在以狩猎和采集为生的时代,不能跟上其他人的老人会被甩在后面,任他死去。在饥荒时,人们会放任婴儿死亡,因为如果他们的父母饿死了,他们也无法生存,而如果父母生存下来可重新生儿育女”。因此,B项“遇到饥荒时,人们会放任婴儿死亡”是正确的答案。
    题干意为“依据短文内容来看,关于美国退休人员的陈述下面哪个选项正确?”利用题干中的细节信息短语retired people和the United States作为定位线索,在第二 段中找到相关句:In the United States many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty.该句提到“在美国,许多退休人员依靠社会保障金生活,其数额非常微薄,使得他们几乎挣扎于贫困的边缘”,由此可知在美国许多退休人员的生活是很艰难的。这正是选项A表达的意思,因而A项“许多人生活艰难”是正确的答案。
    题干意为“在第三段中,‘this need’…”。该题属于词汇题中的语篇衔接词 题。首先找到“this need”所在的句子:To meet this need, a great many nursing homes and convalescent hospitals have been built. “this need”应该回指上文中具体提到的需要,因此关 注上文,首先关注该句的前一句:Today, with most members of a household working or in school, there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person.该句意为“当今,由于家庭中大多数人都出去工作或上学,家里常常没有人来照顾有病或身体虚弱的人”。由此可知上文中提到的需要是“照顾有病的和身体虚弱的人”,因此答案为D项“需要照顾有病的和身体虚弱的人”。
    题干意为“下面哪个选项能最恰当地描述作者对养老院和康复医院的态度?”该题属于主旨题,通常短文主题会在短文开头及/或短文结尾处有明确体现,因此首先关 注短文结尾处的句子:...most of them are simply “dumping grounds” for the dying in which“care” is given by poorly paid, overworked, and under-skilled personnel.该句提到“大多数机构只不过是丢弃垂死的人的‘垃饭场’,所谓的‘照顾’都是由收入低、超量工作、技术水平低下的人员提供的”。从作者的用词中可以看出作者在对包括养老院和康复医院的大多数机构持批评的态度,因此答案为D项“批评性的”。

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    What is the passage mainly concerned with?
    A

    History of fairy tales.

    B

    Ways to preserve the oral tradition.

    C

    The Grimms' fairy tales.

    D

    Violence in fairy tales.


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    此题考查考生对文章主旨大意的理解。通读全文,我们不难发现整篇文章都是围绕格林童话展开的,因此C项符合,A、D概念太宽泛,B项只有在第一段里才提到。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?
    A

    Can Beer Help You Live Longer?

    B

    Can Coffee Help You Live Longer?

    C

    Can Wine Help You Live Longer?

    D

    Can Tea Help You Live Longer?


    正确答案: C
    解析:

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    Which of the following may NOT be the reason for the increasing number of households as mentioned in the passage?
    A

    Many people get divorced because of unhappy marriage.

    B

    Now people can afford to support a household individually.

    C

    Some people have to sacrifice family life for their careers.

    D

    Many people live much longer than before.


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    第三段第一句作者提到由于种种原因如婚姻关系破裂、职业的选择、寿命的延长、家庭小型化等,单人家庭的数量在增加。这里面没有提到人们可以独自养家。

  • 第24题:

    单选题
    What is the debate concerned with?
    A

    What should we do to inspire people’s creativity?

    B

    Will people’s invention and inspiration be exhausted in the future?

    C

    Is there still a future for invention and inspiration?

    D

    Who will be winner of the future technology?


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    从第一段的前两句可知,一些人认为在当今这个电脑游戏,大众传媒以及超市集聚的时代,真正的创新思维已经不存在了。但也有人认为仍有很大的创新空间。可见,争论的问题主要是是否还有进一步创新与发明创造的空间。选项C正确。