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  • 第1题:

    I think the room is ______ too small for three people. We’d better move to a bigger one.

    A、 quite

    B、 very

    C、 rather

    D、 fairly


    参考答案:A

  • 第2题:

    根据短文提供的信息,完成 117~120各题。

    Taxes are a big part in the United States.Most Americans pay city taxes,state taxes,social security taxes,sales taxes…,and the list seems endless.

    The biggest tax for most Americans in that on the money they earn——the income tax.The personal income tax is called a“progressive tax”because it takes more from those who earn more fl or example,a person who earns about 3,500 dollars a year will pay a tax of only about 3.5%of earning. But of the same person earned 85,000 dollars a year, he would pay an In come tax of 35%.

    Over the、ears the income tax has become more and more difficult for people to un Dustan D.M almost only half of all-Americans now have t0 pay experts to prepare their tax fee pores in fact,preparing taxes and giving tax advice have become a big industry in America.

    第 117 题 Most Americans pay( ).

    A.taxes which are too many to list.

    B.taxes either t0 the cities or the states they live in.

    C.so many kinds of taxes that they even don't know the names.

    D.several kinds 0f taxes.


    正确答案:C

  • 第3题:

    People tend to make mistake when ____.

    A. they perform. several challenging tasks at a time.

    B. new messages are processed one after another

    C. their relationships with others are affected

    D. the tasks require little thought


    正确答案:A
    解析:细节理解题。根据第三段内容,特别是最后一句话可知当人在同时从事两项或多项需要花费精力的工作时,常常会出错。故选择A。

  • 第4题:

    Most economists agree that nations gain by trading with one another.

    A:rely
    B:work
    C:prove
    D:profit

    答案:D
    解析:
    本题考查的是对动词的认知。这句话的意思是:大部分经济学家们认同国家之间的贸易使各国受益。gain的意思是获得。A.rely依靠,B.work工作;C.prove证明;D.profit获利,例如:He has profited by selling his holdings to other investors.他将自己的股票卖给其他投资者,从中获利。gain和profit意思最接近,所以选D。

  • 第5题:

    We can make mistakes at any age.Some mistakes we make are about money.But most mistakes?are about people."Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?When I got that great job,did Jim really feel good about it,as a friend?Or did he envy my luck?"When we look back,doubts?like these can make us feel bad.But when we look back,it′s too late.
    Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies?Sometimes what people say hides their?real meaning.And if we don′t really listen closely we miss the feeling behind the words.Suppose?someone tells you,"You′re a lucky dog."That′s being friendly.But"lucky dog"?There′s a bit?of envy in those words.Maybe he doesn′t see it himself.But bringing in the"dog"puts you down a?little.What he may be saying is that he doesn′t think you deserve your luck.
    "Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for"is another noise that says one thing and?means another.It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole.But is be?Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn′t important.It′s telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven′t got a date for Saturday night.How can you tell the real meaning behind someone′s words?One way is to take a good look at?the person talking.Do his words fit the way he looks?Does what he says agree with the tone of?voice?His posture?The look in his eyes?Stop and think.The minute you spend thinking about the?real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.

    According to the author′,the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that

    A.we fail to listen carefully when they talk
    B.people tend to be annoyed when we check what they say
    C.people usually state one thing but mean another
    D.we tend to doubt What.our friends say

    答案:C
    解析:
    【考情点拨】推理判断题。【应试指导】由第二段第二句及第三段首句可知,有时人们所说的话掩饰了其真实含义,而且言不由衷。故选C。

  • 第6题:

    资料:In a survey,people were asked to choose between treatments to save 600 people from dying a disease.
    Participants,including physicians,were asked to choose between a certain outcome that 200 people will be saved and a risky choice where there is a one-third probability that 600 people will be saved and a two-thirds probability that no people will be saved.
    In a second example,the group were asked to choose between allowing 400 people to die or a one-third probably that nobody will die and two-thirds probability that 600 people will die.
    In both examples,the first choices have an identical outcome as do their second alternatives.But faced with such a grave choice people did not spot the similarities. In the first example people opted to save 200 people over the gamble of losing people and in the second example people preferred the gamble over the certain outcome of killing 400 people.
    What the experiment shows is that wording can have potentially dangerous consequences.Most of people tend to feel losses much more strongly than the pleasure of making a comparable gain.

    What is the difference between the two examples mentioned in the passage?

    A.The participants
    B.The wording
    C.The background
    D.The contents

    答案:B
    解析:
    本题考查细节理解。
    【关键词】difference;between the two examples
    【主题句】What the experiment shows is that wording can have potentially dangerous consequences。实验表明,措辞可能会带来潜在的危险后果。
    【解析】本题问的是“文章中提到的两个例子,有哪些不同”。文章开头提到一项调查,人们被要求在治疗方法之间做出选择,以拯救600人免于死于一种疾病。举出两种问答方式示例,并以此展开描述。示例一“Participants,including physicians,were asked to choose between a certain outcome that 200 people will be saved and a riskychoice where there is a one-third probability that 600 people will be saved and a two-thirds probability that no people will be saved.”意为“参与者,包括医生,被要求在确定结局及风险选择之间进行选择, 200人将被拯救,或有三分之一的可能性有600人被拯救,三分之二的可能性是没有人会被拯救。”示例二“In a second example,the group were asked to choose between allowing 400 people to die or a one-third probably that nobody will die and two-thirds probability that 600 people will die.”意为“在第二个例子中,这组人同样被要求做出选择,400人会死,或者有三分之一的可能没有人会死,三分之二的可能是600人会死。”选项A意为“参与者”,选项B意为“措辞”,选项C意为“背景”,选项D意为“内容”,结合文章及主题句,故选B。

  • 第7题:

    ()majority of people agree with him.

    • A、The
    • B、A
    • C、– (不填)
    • D、One

    正确答案:A

  • 第8题:

    单选题
    What is one thing most people don’t associate with Madonna?
    A

    She is chief executive of an entertainment company.

    B

    She prefers making records to films.

    C

    She is not concerned about media attention.


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    对话中男士提到the thing most people don’t associate with Madonna is the fact that she is the chief executive of a large company called Maverick Entertainment,可知答案为A选项。

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    Sleep is a funny thing because ______.
    A

    the longer one sleeps, the less sound sleep he gets

    B

    the more sleep one gets, the more likely a stroke occurs

    C

    many people stick to about eight hours of sleep to stay fine

    D

    many people who sleep six hours a night still feel energetic in the day


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    文章第一段讲“睡眠是一件很有趣的事情。都说我们每天晚上要有7到8个小时的睡眠,但是我们很多人睡眠时间都没有这么长,平时也没什么问题。”D项说“有些人即使睡六个小时也能够一天很有精神”正是第一段的意思的另一种说法,所以D项正确。A、B两项均没有对第一段全面了解,以偏概全。C项文中没有提到。

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    The author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about the Milankovitch theory?
    A

    It is the only possible explanation for the ice ages.

    B

    It is too limited to provide a plausible explanation for the ice ages, despite recent research findings.

    C

    It cannot be tested and confirmed until further research on volcanic activity is done.

    D

    It is one plausible explanation, though not the only one, for the ice ages.

    E

    It is not a plausible explanation for the ice ages, although it has opened up promising possibilities for future research.


    正确答案: E
    解析:
    推断题。最后一段第一句指出:…it is important to note that other factors…could potentially have affected the climate,可知虽然作者认为Milankovitch理论为冰淇提供了一种解释,但是它并不是唯一的,故D项的叙述是正确的。

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    In most developed countries, the small corporation pays about 32.5 percent of its net income in taxes ______ the large one pays ______ 46 percent.
    A

    but; near  

    B

    and; only

    C

    while; some

    D

    however; quite


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    在大多数发达国家,法律规定小公司支付其收入的32.5%为税款,而大公司则交付46%的税款。句子表示转折意味,而且没有用逗号连接,故排除A、B、D项,选C项正确。

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    According to passage, which of the following are governments most worried about?
    A

    The diseases and disability of older people.

    B

    The longer life and good health of people.

    C

    The loss of taxes on older people.

    D

    The increasing respect for older people.


    正确答案: A
    解析:

  • 第13题:

    According to the author, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that ______.

    A)we fall to listen carefully when they talk

    B)people tend to be annoyed when we cheek what they say

    C) people usually state one thing hut means another

    D)we tend to doubt what our friends say


    正确答案:C
    答案:C
    [试题分析]细节题。
    [详细解答]本题的答案可以从第二段开头两句看出来 Why do we go wrong about our friends  or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning,可见,选项C的意思与之相符,应为正确答案。

  • 第14题:

    三、阅读下面短文,根据短文提供的信息,完成下列各题。共4题。每题1分,共4分。 根据短文提供的信息,完成 117~120 各题。 Taxes are a big part in the United States.Most Americans pay city taxes,state taxes,social security taxes,sales taxes…,and the list seems endless.

    The biggest tax for most Americans in that on the money they earn——the income tax.The personal income tax is called a“progressive tax”because it takes more from those who earn more fl or example,a person who earns about 3,500 dollars a year will pay a tax of only about 3.5%of earning. But of the same person earned 85,000 dollars a year, he would pay an In come tax of 35%.

    Over the、ears the income tax has become more and more difficult for people to un Dustan D.M almost only half of all-Americans now have t0 pay experts to prepare their tax fee pores in fact,preparing taxes and giving tax advice have become a big industry in America.

    第117题:Most Americans pay( ).

    A.taxes which are too many to list.

    B.taxes either t0 the cities or the states they live in.

    C.so many kinds of taxes that they even don't know the names.

    D.several kinds 0f taxes.


    正确答案:C

  • 第15题:

    Most people agree that the present role of women has already affected U.S. society.__________,it has affected the traditional role of men.

    A.Above all
    B.In all
    C.At most
    D.At last

    答案:A
    解析:
    句意为大多数人认为女人当前的作用已经影响了美国社会,最重要的是,它已经影响了传统的男人作用。本题题干是由两个分句组成,后一个分句是对前一个分句的进一步解释。考察选项的四个词组,可以确定应该选择表示递进关系的词组above all。

  • 第16题:

    If you are like most people,your intelligence varies from season to season.You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year.A noted scientist,Ellsworth Huntington(1876-1947),concluded from other men's work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.
    He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat.This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year.It does mean,however,that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer.
    Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking.One reason may be that in the spring man's mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature.
    Fall is the next-best season,then winter.As for summer,it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking!

    One possible reason why spring is the best season for thinking is that__.

    A.all nature,including man,is growing then
    B.it lasts longer than the other seasons
    C.it is not too warm and not too cold
    D.both B and C

    答案:A
    解析:
    参见第三段。

  • 第17题:

    资料:In a survey,people were asked to choose between treatments to save 600 people from dying a disease.
    Participants,including physicians,were asked to choose between a certain outcome that 200 people will be saved and a risky choice where there is a one-third probability that 600 people will be saved and a two-thirds probability that no people will be saved.
    In a second example,the group were asked to choose between allowing 400 people to die or a one-third probably that nobody will die and two-thirds probability that 600 people will die.
    In both examples,the first choices have an identical outcome as do their second alternatives.But faced with such a grave choice people did not spot the similarities. In the first example people opted to save 200 people over the gamble of losing people and in the second example people preferred the gamble over the certain outcome of killing 400 people.
    What the experiment shows is that wording can have potentially dangerous consequences.Most of people tend to feel losses much more strongly than the pleasure of making a comparable gain.

    In the second example,more people choose the option( )?

    A.with a one-third probability that nobody will die
    B.with a two-thirds probability that nobody will be saved
    C.allowing 400 people to die
    D.that 200 people will be saved

    答案:A
    解析:
    本题考查的是细节理解。
    【关键词】second example;more people choose the option
    【主题句】in the second example people preferred the gamble over the certain outcome of killing 400 people.在第二个例子中,人们更倾向于冒险,而不是杀死400人的特定结果。
    【解析】本题的问题是“在第二个例子中,人们更倾向于哪个选择?”。根据原文可知,选项B以及选项D为第二个例子中的措辞,故排除B、D。(In a second example,the group were asked to choose between allowing 400 people to die or a one-third probably that nobody will die and two-thirds probability that 600 people will die.)结合主题句,“in the second example people preferred the gamble over the certain outcome of killing 400 people.在第二个例子中,人们更倾向于冒险,而不是杀死400人的特定结果。”故选A。

  • 第18题:

      A. It was only in the twentieth century that people started to study dreams in a scientific way.
      B. However, one thing they agree on this: If you dream that something terrible is going to occur, you shouldn’t panic.
      C. A criminal, for example, might dream about crime.
      D. He thought people could learn more about themselves by thinking about their dreams.
      E. Men and women are dreamed about different things.
      F. For example, the people in men’s dreams are often other men, and the dreams often involve fighting.


    答案:C
    解析:

  • 第19题:

    单选题
    In most developed countries, the small corporation pays about 32.5 percent of its net income in taxes _____ the large one pays _____ 46 percent.
    A

    but; near

    B

    and; only

    C

    while; some

    D

    however; quite


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    句意:在大多数发达国家,法律规定小公司支付其收入的32.5%为税款,而大公司则交付50%的税款。句子表示转折意味,而且没有用逗号连接,故排除A、B、D项,选C项正确。

  • 第20题:

    问答题
    Cultural Attitudes towards Time  According to anthropologist Irving Hallowell, there is no evidence that humans have an inborn sense of time. A person’s temporal concepts are probably determined largely by culture. One study showed that infants, after a few days of listening to speech around them, will move their heads and limbs in rhythm with the speech they hear. As children develop, they adapt more fully to their temporal culture. This temporal culture influences language, music, poetry and dance. It also affects relationships. We tend to get along well with people who share our sense of time.  One particular cultural attitude towards time is found in polychronic cultures. Some Mediterranean and southwest Asian Cultures are usually placed in this category. Such cultures emphasise relationships among people, flexible timing of appointments, and the careful completion of processes rather than strict schedules. Polychronic people seldom feel that time is being wasted. They tend to consider each activity valuable on its own, not just as part of a larger process.  Polychronic people tend to have many projects going on at the same time, and they may shift frequently from one task to another. They change plans often. For polychronic people, work time is not clearly separable from personal time, so business meetings are considered a form of socialising.  Monochronic cultures, on the other hand, are oriented towards tasks and schedules. Cultures usually considered monochromic can be found in northern Europe, North America, and some parts of eastern Asia. Monochronic people feel that time is tangible and inflexible and that “time is money.” They do one thing at a time and concentrate on each thing. Time and job commitments are very important to them and they tend to follow plans rigidly. Also, monochromic people clearly separate their work and personal time, and they place a high value on privacy.  As you might expect, people from polychronic and monochromic cultures often misunderstand each other because of their different senses of time. For example, because a monochromic culture is highly compartmentalized, monochromic people tend to sequence conversations as well as tasks. They would not, for instance, interrupt a phone call in order to greet another person who just came into the room In contrast, polychronic people are comfortable with having multiple conversations at the same time. They would consider it rude not to greet someone who entered during a phone conversation.  Complete the summary below by choosing for each blank no more than three words from the passage.  Cultures may have either a 1 or a monochromic conception of time. Cultures with a polychromic view of time follow a 2 timetable. People from polychronic cultures tend to work on severa 3 at the same time. On the other hand, people in 4 perceive events and tasks as being more compartmentalized. In this culture, jobs and even conversations should follow a certain 5 Everything in these cultures seems inflexible, and has its own place and time.

    正确答案:
    1.polychromic 爱德华霍尔定义了两种时间制度:单一时间习惯的即monochromic time、多重时间习惯的即polychromic time,前者倾向在一个时间点上只专精一件事情,后者的特征是同时间内发生很多事情。
    2.(more) flexible 参见第二段第三行,flexible timing of appointments灵活的时间安排。
    3.projects/tasks 参见第三段第一句。
    4.monochromic 参见倒数第二段第四行,They do one thing at a time and concentrate on each thing。compartmentalize  划分 分类;这里指不同事件或工作应占用不同时间,不能互相影响。
    5.sequence 最后一段第三行,…monochromic people tend to sequence conversations…。sequence n. 顺序,次序;v.按时间顺序排好。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第21题:

    问答题
    What is one thing that all the wise men, regardless of their religion and politics, agree is between heaven and earth?

    正确答案: The word “and”.
    解析:
    所有智者,不论宗教和政治,在heaven and earth之间同意的是the word “and”。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    According to the passage, which ofthe following is TRUE?
    A

    A fall is a very terrible thing that you keep quiet about.

    B

    After a fall elderly people will not develop chronic problems.

    C

    To prevent falls elderly people should move to a nursing home.

    D

    Elderly patients tend to tell their families about their falls.


    正确答案: C
    解析:

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    Why does the author say summer is a good time to take a long vacation from thinking _____?
    A

    Because a long vacation in summer helps to improve people’s mental power.

    B

    Because people tend to be less creative during summer

    C

    Because summer is a good time for outdoor activities

    D

    Because mental exertion in the summer heat taxes too much of people’s energy


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    推理题。第二段的最后一句“It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in summer”指出大部分人的智力在夏季处于最低水平。