共用题干 Even Intelligent People Can Fail1 The striking thing about the innovators who succeeded in making our modern world is how often they failed.Turn on a light,take a photograph,watch TV,search the Web,jet across the Pacific Ocean, talk on a celiphone（手机
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Even Intelligent People Can Fail
1 The striking thing about the innovators who succeeded in making our modern world is
how often they failed.Turn on a light,take a photograph,watch TV,search the Web,jet
across the Pacific Ocean, talk on a celiphone（手机）.The innovators who left us these
things had to find the way to success through a maze（错综复杂）of wrong turns.
2 We have just celebrated the 125th anniversary of American innovator Thomas Edison's
success in heating a thin line to white-hot heat for 14 hours in his lab in New Jersey,U.S.
He did that on October 22,1879,and followed up a month later by keeping a thread of
common cardboard alight（点亮着的）in an airless space for 45 hours.Three years later
he went on to light up half a square mile of downtown Manhattan,even though only one of
the six power plants in his design worked when he turned it on,on September 4,1882.
3 "Many of life's failures,"the supreme innovator said,"are people who did not realize
how close they were to success when they gave up."Before that magical moment in
October 1879,Edison had worked out no fewer than 3,000 theories about electric light,but
in only two cases did his experiments work.
4 No one likes failure,but the smart innovators learn from it.Mark Gumz,the head of
the camera maker Olympus America Inc,attributes some of the company's successes in
technology to understanding failure.His popular phrase is:"You only fail when you quit."
5 Over two centuries,the most common quality of the innovators has been persistence.
That is another way of saying they had the emotional ability to keep up what they were
doing.Walt Disney,the founder of Disneyland,was so broke after a succession of
financial failures that he was left shoeless in his office because he could not afford the U.S.
$1.50 to get his shoes from the repair shop.Pioneering car maker Henry Ford failed with
one company and was forced out of another before he developed the Model T car.
6 Failure is harder to bear in today's open,accelerated world.Hardly any innovation works the
first time.But an impatient society and the media want instant success.When American music
and movie master David Geffen had a difficult time,a critic said nastily that the only difference
between Geffen Records(Geffen's company)and the Titanic(the ship that went down)was
that the Titanic had better music.Actually,it wasn't.After four years of losses,Geffen had so
many hits（成功的作品）he could afford a ship as big as the Titanic all to himself.
Even Intelligent People Can Fail
1 The striking thing about the innovators who succeeded in making our modern world is
how often they failed.Turn on a light,take a photograph,watch TV,search the Web,jet
across the Pacific Ocean, talk on a celiphone（手机）.The innovators who left us these
things had to find the way to success through a maze（错综复杂）of wrong turns.
2 We have just celebrated the 125th anniversary of American innovator Thomas Edison's
success in heating a thin line to white-hot heat for 14 hours in his lab in New Jersey,U.S.
He did that on October 22,1879,and followed up a month later by keeping a thread of
common cardboard alight（点亮着的）in an airless space for 45 hours.Three years later
he went on to light up half a square mile of downtown Manhattan,even though only one of
the six power plants in his design worked when he turned it on,on September 4,1882.
3 "Many of life's failures,"the supreme innovator said,"are people who did not realize
how close they were to success when they gave up."Before that magical moment in
October 1879,Edison had worked out no fewer than 3,000 theories about electric light,but
in only two cases did his experiments work.
4 No one likes failure,but the smart innovators learn from it.Mark Gumz,the head of
the camera maker Olympus America Inc,attributes some of the company's successes in
technology to understanding failure.His popular phrase is:"You only fail when you quit."
5 Over two centuries,the most common quality of the innovators has been persistence.
That is another way of saying they had the emotional ability to keep up what they were
doing.Walt Disney,the founder of Disneyland,was so broke after a succession of
financial failures that he was left shoeless in his office because he could not afford the U.S.
$1.50 to get his shoes from the repair shop.Pioneering car maker Henry Ford failed with
one company and was forced out of another before he developed the Model T car.
6 Failure is harder to bear in today's open,accelerated world.Hardly any innovation works the
first time.But an impatient society and the media want instant success.When American music
and movie master David Geffen had a difficult time,a critic said nastily that the only difference
between Geffen Records(Geffen's company)and the Titanic(the ship that went down)was
that the Titanic had better music.Actually,it wasn't.After four years of losses,Geffen had so
many hits（成功的作品）he could afford a ship as big as the Titanic all to himself.
People often didn't realize how close they were to success when_________.
A:he developed 3,000 theories
B:he couldn't afford to buy a pair of shoes
C:he found himself an unsuccessful man
D:they quitted
E:an innovation should work immediately
F:failure is the mother of success
A:he developed 3,000 theories
B:he couldn't afford to buy a pair of shoes
C:he found himself an unsuccessful man
D:they quitted
E:an innovation should work immediately
F:failure is the mother of success
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第1题：
Passage One
Long time ago, the ancient people could not travel to any far away places for they had no vehicle to carry them across the wide oceans, deep valleys, long rivers or high mountains.
Nowadays people take advantage of steamships, trains, airplanes and modern bridges. Airplanes can carry us to the far countries in a short time; steamships can travel across the wide oceans. It is convenient to the modern people.
Travelling is a good idea to us because we can get more knowledge, such as the customs, the geography of other countries. And people could travel among the different countries in the world. For it is easy to travel from the land by trains, or from the sea by ships.
We learnt that the Italian who made the world large was Mr. Columbus. He was a brave man. Up to the middle of the 15th century, the people were afraid of traveling because they believed it was a dangerous thing.
There is a saying in China, which is "Travelling for thousands is better than reading for ten years." It is to say that we can learn more in different places than we can learn from books.
36. The people in ancient times couldn't travel too far away places because______.
A. they found it no use doing so
B. they liked staying at home
C. there was no modern transportation
D. they were forbidden to go to other countries
正确答案：C此题为细节题。见在第一段内the ancient people could not travel to any faraway places for they had no instruments说明古人出游不能离家太远作长途旅行的原因；没有现代的交通工具。
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第2题：
Many people would agree同意 that stress压力 is a major 主要的 problem in modern life.It is certainly当然 true that worry担忧 and quarrel争吵 can cause导致 all kinds种类of illnesses疾病,(1) backache背疼 to severe严重的 headaches 头疼, or even甚至 more serious严重的 complaints投诉 such as igh blood pressure高血压
Many of us think of stress as some thing that other people (2) on us.We often complain fel 2 about how other people put us under pressure 压力.But we should try not to let such pressure affect影响us.We should not forget忘记 that we are largely大部分(3) for some of the stress ourselves.Sometimes 有时候 we take(4) more work than our bodies and our minds头脑 can handle处理, And we should be aware意识到Of(5) things are really important and which are not.(完型填空)
A.Impose强加
B.Responsible负责
C.Which
D.From
E.On
参考答案：EABDC
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第3题：
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第二篇
As we have seen,the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease一especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors,such as poor eating habits,smoking,and failure to exercise.The line of thought involved in this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight , but does not eat very nutritious（有营养的）foods , who feels OK but exercises only occasionally , who goes to work every day , but is not an outstanding worker,who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts,but sleeps a lot and often feels tired.This person is not ill.He may not even be at risk for any particular disease.But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.
The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely "not ill" and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body's special needs.Both types have simply been called "well".In recent years,however,some health specialists have begun to apply the terms "well" and "weilness" only to those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their body's condition.Most importantly,perhaps,people who are well take active responsibility for all matters related to their health.Even people who have a physical disease or handicap（缺陷）may be "well" ,in this new sense,if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations."Wellness" may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve,but as an ideal that people can strive for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes.And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living,the concept of weilness can have a beneficial impact on the way in which people face the challenges of daily life.According to the author,the true meaning of"weilness"is for people_________.
A:to best satisfy their body's special needs
B:to strive to maintain the best possible health
C:to meet the strictest standards of bodily health
D:to keep a proper balance between work and leisure答案：B解析：细节题。根据第一段第一句“…the focus of medical care in our society has been-shifting from curing disease to preventing disease一especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors...”可知，今天医疗保健的焦点已经从疾病治疗转移到疾病预防上来，尤其体现在改变我们不健康的行为上。因此，选项C“改变人们不良的生活习惯”与文章相符。
主旨题。由第一段倒数三句“This person is not ill.He may not even be at risk for any particular disease.But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.”可知，这个人虽然有一些不良习惯和不适的症状，但是没有患病，甚至也没有患病的风险，然而，我们可以想象这个人本来可以更健康。由此可知，选项A“健康不仅仅是没有病”符合文意。
推断题。根据第二段第一、二句“The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely'not ill'and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body's special needs.Both types have simply been called 'well'.”可知，传统上，医学界把没病的人和十分健康的人都称作“身体良好的人”。因此，选项D“没病就是身体良好”符合文意。
细节题。根据第二段的倒数第三句“'Weilness' may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve,but as an ideal than people can strive for.”可知，“健康”并不是我们可能获得的一种健康的状态，而是一种我们要努力争取的理念。因此选项B 符合题意。
主旨题。文章第一段提出医疗保健的焦点由疾病治疗转到疾病预防；第二段首先阐述了传统医疗保健观点和现在医疗保健观点对健康的定义，之后依据现在医疗保健观点给健康作出了更积极的定义，可见选项C符合题意。选项A"旨在批判医疗保健的传统观点”是对原文的曲解，原文只是提出新的观点，并没有批驳传统的医疗保健；选项B"旨在对比传统和现在医疗保健观、点的不同”不是本文的写作目的，比较的目的在于强调现在的医疗观；选项D"旨在告诉我们医疗保健的重要性”文中并未提及。 -
第4题：
资料：When we see well，we do not think about our eyes very often. It is only when we cannot see perfectly that we realize how important our eyes are.
People who are near-sighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes，Everything else seems blurry（=unclear）.Many people who do a lot of work，such as writing，reading and sewing become near-sighted.
People who are far-sighted suffer from just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away，but they have difficulty in reading a book unless they hold it at arm’s length. If they want to do much reading，they must get glasses，too.
Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. They have what is called astigmatism. This，too，can be corrected by glasses. Some people’s eyes become cloudy because of cataracts. Long ago these people often became blind. Now，however，it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them.
Having two good eyes is important for judging distances. Each eye sees things from a slightly different angle. To prove this to yourself，look at an object out of one eye；Then look at the same object out of your other eye. You will find the object’s relation to the background and other things around it has changed. The difference between these two different eye views helps us to judge how far away an object is. People who have only one eye cannot judge distance as people with two eyes.
We should take good care of our eyes______.A.even if we can see well
B.only when we cannot see perfectly
C.only when we realize how important our eyes are
D.only when we can see well答案：A解析：本题考查的是细节理解。
【关键词】take good care of；our eyes
【主题句】第1自然段When we see well，we do not think about our eyes very often. It is only when we cannot see perfectly that we realize how important our eyes are. 当我们看东西很清楚的时候，我们不经常想到我们的眼睛。只有当我们无法完美地看到时，我们才意识到我们的眼睛多么重要。
【解析】本题的问题是“我们应该好好保护我们的眼睛________”A选项“即使我们能看得很清楚”；B选项“当我们无法完美地看到时”；C选项“只有当我们意识到我们的眼睛有多重要时”；D选项“只有在我们能够看得出来的时候”。根据主题句分析可知，我们无论何时都要保护好眼睛，不要在看不清的时候才意识到严重性，故A选项符合题意。 -
第5题：
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第一篇
Taking Pictures of the World
Annie Griffiths Belt is a National Geographic photographer.She has worked for National Geographic since 1978,and has taken pictures on almost every continent in the world.In fact,Antarctica is the only continent Belt hasn't seen yet.
Belt's photographs are well known for their beauty and high quality.They also reflect very different cultures and regions of the world.Belt has photographed the ancient city of Petra,Jordan,as well as ti green landscapes of the Lake District in England.Recently,her pictures appeared in a book about undeveloped natural places in North America.
Everywhere that Belt goes,she takes pictures of people.Belt has found ways to connect with people all ages and nationalities even when she does not speak their language."The greatest privilege of my job being allowed into people's lives."she has said."The camera is like a passport,and I am often overwhelmed（激动得不知所措）by how quickly people welcome me!"
Knowing how to break the ice has helped to make Belt a successful photographer,but experts say that anyone can learn to connect with new people.When people speak the same language,greetings and small talk can make strangers feel more comfortable with each other.When people don't speak the same language,a smile is very helpful.Having something in common can also help break the ice.For example Belt has traveled with her two children,so when she takes pictures of children or their parents,they all ha、 that family connection in common.Even bad weather can help people to connect when they are experiencing it together.
Belt has,some advice if you are thinking about a career in photography.You can volunteer to take pictures for a local organization that can't afford to hire a professional photographer.You can also take good,honest look at your best photographs.If you're a real photographer,your photos are good because( your personal and technical skills.Belt also recommends studying and learning from photos taken b professional photographers.
Remember,the next time you look at a beautiful photograph,you might be looking at the work of Anni Griffiths Belt.And the next time you meet a new person,don't be afraid to break the ice.The connection you make could be very rewarding.Belt's photographs are praised for all of the following EXCEPT________.
A:their good quality
B:different cultures
C:various shapes
D:their beauty答案：C解析：本文主要讲述了摄影师艾妮?格里菲斯?贝尔特的摄影足迹几乎遍布世界上的所有大洲，以及她在语言不通的情况下是如何和不同年龄、不同民族的人进行沟通的。
由文章第二段第一、二句话“Belt' s photographs are well known for their beauty and high quality.They also reflect very different cultures and regions of the world.”可知，艾妮·格里菲斯·贝尔特的摄影作品妙不可言，质量上乘，并且反映了世界上不同的文化和地区，因此广为人知。而这里并没有提到各种不同的形状。故选C。
advantage优势；responsibility责任；part部分；coverage新闻报道。由文章第三段第三句话“The greatest privilege of my job is being allowed into people' s lives.”可知，我的工作的最大优势就是可以走进人们的生活。privilege在这里是“优势”的意思。故选A。
由文章第三段第四句话“The camera is like a passport, and I am often overwhelmed by how quickly people welcome me!”可知，摄影能让我迅速地融入不同地区的人们之中，受到人们的欢迎。故选D。
第四段第一句话是主题句。"Knowing how to break the ice has helped to make Belt a successful photographer, but experts say that anyone can...”是说，知道如何打破沉默，打开话题帮助贝尔特成为一名成功的摄影师，但是专家们认为任何人都能学会如何同陌生人打交道。故选D。
由文章第五段最后一句话“Belt also recommends studying and learning from photos taken by professional photographers.”可知，贝尔特建议可以研究和学习专业摄影师的作品。故选C。 -
第6题：
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第一篇
Taking Pictures of the World
Annie Griffiths Belt is a National Geographic photographer.She has worked for National Geographic since 1978,and has taken pictures on almost every continent in the world.In fact,Antarctica is the only continent Belt hasn't seen yet.
Belt's photographs are well known for their beauty and high quality.They also reflect very different cultures and regions of the world.Belt has photographed the ancient city of Petra,Jordan,as well as ti green landscapes of the Lake District in England.Recently,her pictures appeared in a book about undeveloped natural places in North America.
Everywhere that Belt goes,she takes pictures of people.Belt has found ways to connect with people all ages and nationalities even when she does not speak their language."The greatest privilege of my job being allowed into people's lives."she has said."The camera is like a passport,and I am often overwhelmed（激动得不知所措）by how quickly people welcome me!"
Knowing how to break the ice has helped to make Belt a successful photographer,but experts say that anyone can learn to connect with new people.When people speak the same language,greetings and small talk can make strangers feel more comfortable with each other.When people don't speak the same language,a smile is very helpful.Having something in common can also help break the ice.For example Belt has traveled with her two children,so when she takes pictures of children or their parents,they all ha、 that family connection in common.Even bad weather can help people to connect when they are experiencing it together.
Belt has,some advice if you are thinking about a career in photography.You can volunteer to take pictures for a local organization that can't afford to hire a professional photographer.You can also take good,honest look at your best photographs.If you're a real photographer,your photos are good because( your personal and technical skills.Belt also recommends studying and learning from photos taken b professional photographers.
Remember,the next time you look at a beautiful photograph,you might be looking at the work of Anni Griffiths Belt.And the next time you meet a new person,don't be afraid to break the ice.The connection you make could be very rewarding.Belt suggests that those who want to be a photographer should________.
A:know how to connect with others
B:volunteer to break the ice in conversation
C:learn from the professionals' works
D:take pictures of different regions答案：C解析：本文主要讲述了摄影师艾妮?格里菲斯?贝尔特的摄影足迹几乎遍布世界上的所有大洲，以及她在语言不通的情况下是如何和不同年龄、不同民族的人进行沟通的。
由文章第二段第一、二句话“Belt' s photographs are well known for their beauty and high quality.They also reflect very different cultures and regions of the world.”可知，艾妮·格里菲斯·贝尔特的摄影作品妙不可言，质量上乘，并且反映了世界上不同的文化和地区，因此广为人知。而这里并没有提到各种不同的形状。故选C。
advantage优势；responsibility责任；part部分；coverage新闻报道。由文章第三段第三句话“The greatest privilege of my job is being allowed into people' s lives.”可知，我的工作的最大优势就是可以走进人们的生活。privilege在这里是“优势”的意思。故选A。
由文章第三段第四句话“The camera is like a passport, and I am often overwhelmed by how quickly people welcome me!”可知，摄影能让我迅速地融入不同地区的人们之中，受到人们的欢迎。故选D。
第四段第一句话是主题句。"Knowing how to break the ice has helped to make Belt a successful photographer, but experts say that anyone can...”是说，知道如何打破沉默，打开话题帮助贝尔特成为一名成功的摄影师，但是专家们认为任何人都能学会如何同陌生人打交道。故选D。
由文章第五段最后一句话“Belt also recommends studying and learning from photos taken by professional photographers.”可知，贝尔特建议可以研究和学习专业摄影师的作品。故选C。 -
第7题：
共用题干
Even Intelligent People Can Fail
1 The striking thing about the innovators who succeeded in making our modern world is
how often they failed.Turn on a light,take a photograph,watch TV,search the Web,jet
across the Pacific Ocean, talk on a celiphone（手机）.The innovators who left us these
things had to find the way to success through a maze（错综复杂）of wrong turns.
2 We have just celebrated the 125th anniversary of American innovator Thomas Edison's
success in heating a thin line to white-hot heat for 14 hours in his lab in New Jersey,U.S.
He did that on October 22,1879,and followed up a month later by keeping a thread of
common cardboard alight（点亮着的）in an airless space for 45 hours.Three years later
he went on to light up half a square mile of downtown Manhattan,even though only one of
the six power plants in his design worked when he turned it on,on September 4,1882.
3 "Many of life's failures,"the supreme innovator said,"are people who did not realize
how close they were to success when they gave up."Before that magical moment in
October 1879,Edison had worked out no fewer than 3,000 theories about electric light,but
in only two cases did his experiments work.
4 No one likes failure,but the smart innovators learn from it.Mark Gumz,the head of
the camera maker Olympus America Inc,attributes some of the company's successes in
technology to understanding failure.His popular phrase is:"You only fail when you quit."
5 Over two centuries,the most common quality of the innovators has been persistence.
That is another way of saying they had the emotional ability to keep up what they were
doing.Walt Disney,the founder of Disneyland,was so broke after a succession of
financial failures that he was left shoeless in his office because he could not afford the U.S.
$1.50 to get his shoes from the repair shop.Pioneering car maker Henry Ford failed with
one company and was forced out of another before he developed the Model T car.
6 Failure is harder to bear in today's open,accelerated world.Hardly any innovation works the
first time.But an impatient society and the media want instant success.When American music
and movie master David Geffen had a difficult time,a critic said nastily that the only difference
between Geffen Records(Geffen's company)and the Titanic(the ship that went down)was
that the Titanic had better music.Actually,it wasn't.After four years of losses,Geffen had so
many hits（成功的作品）he could afford a ship as big as the Titanic all to himself.Walt Disney was once so poor that__________.
A:he developed 3,000 theories
B:he couldn't afford to buy a pair of shoes
C:he found himself an unsuccessful man
D:they quitted
E:an innovation should work immediately
F:failure is the mother of success答案：B解析： -
第8题：
共用题干
第二篇
Things We Know about TV
We keep reading that TV is bad for you.If this is true,how come the current generation of TV-addicted kids is much smarter than we are?In my home,the only people who can work the remote control are the children.
Perhaps TV does educate you.For example,you learn a useful medical fact:A person who has been shot always has time to speak an incomplete sentence before he dies.“The killer was…” (dies).
But I guess the biggest things we learn from TV can be regarded as"Life Skills".Bad things only happen on dark and stormy nights.Emotional breakdowns cause people to wander in the heavy rain without umbrellas.And contrary to what scientists say,the crack（霹雳）of lightning and the accompanying flash happen at exactly the same time,wherever you are.
Making use of what we learn from TV can improve our security.Consider these truths.If you are ever attacked by 20 bad guys,don't worry about being outnumbered.The criminals will hang back and take turns to approach you in ones and twos just so you can conveniently defeat them all.
TV also teaches us important information about escaping from danger. Watch and learn.If anyone is running after you down a passage,you will find that boxes have been conveniently placed near all the walls you need to jump over. If you are tall and handsome,you can run from any number of armed criminals,and every shot will miss you.
Be warned, however. If your name card says "henchman"（帮凶）and you are part of a group of plain-looking people trying' to catch a handsome individual,a single shot will kill you.
TV even teaches us about TV.Whenever anyone turns on a TV,it shows a news flash about someone they know. They then turn the box off immediately after that news item.What's the main idea of this passage?
A:Life skills can be learned from TV.
B:TV plays an important role in society.
C:Watching TV makes people more creative.
D:What happens in TV is very different from reality.答案：D解析：细节题。第二段第二句：你学到了一个有用的医学事实：被枪击的人总是在他死前有时间说出一句不完整的话。这句话明显是体现了幽默，有着讽刺的意味。B选项 sympathy“同情”、C选项deep concern“非常关心”、D选项medical knowledge“医学知识”都是错误的。
细节题。第三段很多是电视中的情景，根据作者幽默讽刺的语气可知现实生活不一定是这样的。最后一句指出，闪电的霹雳声与相伴的闪其实不是同时发生的。
细节题。最后一段可知：任何时候一个人打开电视，它就会显示一则关于他们知道的人的新闻快讯。
推断题。通篇阅读后可知，作者以幽默、讽刺的手法描写了电视，可以得知，作者对电视持消极的态度。A选项“积极的”、B选项“轻松的”、D选项“漠不关心的”都是错误的。
主旨题。A、B、C都和作者态度相反，只有D选项是正确的，本文大意是电视上演的与现实生活是不同的。 -
第9题：
共用题干
第二篇
Things We Know about TV
We keep reading that TV is bad for you.If this is true,how come the current generation of TV-addicted kids is much smarter than we are?In my home,the only people who can work the remote control are the children.
Perhaps TV does educate you.For example,you learn a useful medical fact:A person who has been shot always has time to speak an incomplete sentence before he dies.“The killer was…” (dies).
But I guess the biggest things we learn from TV can be regarded as"Life Skills".Bad things only happen on dark and stormy nights.Emotional breakdowns cause people to wander in the heavy rain without umbrellas.And contrary to what scientists say,the crack（霹雳）of lightning and the accompanying flash happen at exactly the same time,wherever you are.
Making use of what we learn from TV can improve our security.Consider these truths.If you are ever attacked by 20 bad guys,don't worry about being outnumbered.The criminals will hang back and take turns to approach you in ones and twos just so you can conveniently defeat them all.
TV also teaches us important information about escaping from danger. Watch and learn.If anyone is running after you down a passage,you will find that boxes have been conveniently placed near all the walls you need to jump over. If you are tall and handsome,you can run from any number of armed criminals,and every shot will miss you.
Be warned, however. If your name card says "henchman"（帮凶）and you are part of a group of plain-looking people trying' to catch a handsome individual,a single shot will kill you.
TV even teaches us about TV.Whenever anyone turns on a TV,it shows a news flash about someone they know. They then turn the box off immediately after that news item.On TV what usually happens when a person turns it on?
A:The news shown is always about someone the person knows.
B:The person always turns off the TV when it's time for news.
C:The program shown is always about the importance of TV.
D:TV always shows news about famous people.答案：A解析：细节题。第二段第二句：你学到了一个有用的医学事实：被枪击的人总是在他死前有时间说出一句不完整的话。这句话明显是体现了幽默，有着讽刺的意味。B选项 sympathy“同情”、C选项deep concern“非常关心”、D选项medical knowledge“医学知识”都是错误的。
细节题。第三段很多是电视中的情景，根据作者幽默讽刺的语气可知现实生活不一定是这样的。最后一句指出，闪电的霹雳声与相伴的闪其实不是同时发生的。
细节题。最后一段可知：任何时候一个人打开电视，它就会显示一则关于他们知道的人的新闻快讯。
推断题。通篇阅读后可知，作者以幽默、讽刺的手法描写了电视，可以得知，作者对电视持消极的态度。A选项“积极的”、B选项“轻松的”、D选项“漠不关心的”都是错误的。
主旨题。A、B、C都和作者态度相反，只有D选项是正确的，本文大意是电视上演的与现实生活是不同的。 -
第10题：
共用题干
第一篇
Computer Literacy
There is no denying that students should learn something about how computers work,just as we expect them at least to understand that the internal-combustion engine（内燃机）has something to do with burning fuel, expanding gases and pistons（活塞）being driven. For people should have some basic idea of how the things that they use do what they do.Further,students might be helped by a course that considers the computer's impact on society. But that is not what is meant by computer literacy. For computer literacy is not a form of literacy（读写能力）。It is a trade skill that should not be taught as a liberal art.
Learning how to use a computer and learning how to program one are two distinct activities. A case might be made that the competent citizens of tomorrow should free themselves from their fear of computers.But this is quite different from saying that all ought to know how to program one. Leave that to people who have chosen programming as a career. While programming can be lots of fun,and while our society needs some people who are experts at it,the same is true of auto repair and violin-making.
Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult,and it gets easier all the time as programs become more"user-friendly".Let us assume that in the future everyone is going to have to know how to use a computer to be a competent citizen.What does the phrase"learning to use a computer" mean? It sounds like"learning to drive a car",that is,it sounds as if there is some set of definite skills that,once acquired,enable one to use a computer.
In fact,"learning to use a computer" is much more like"learning to play a game",but learning the rules of one game may not help you play a second game,whose rules may not be the same. There is no such a thing as teaching someone how to use a computer. One can only teach people to use this or that program.In the second paragraph"violin-making"is mentioned to show that_______.
A:programming a computer is as interesting as making a violin
B:our society needs experts in different fields
C:violin-making requires as much skill as computer programming
D:people who can use a computer don't necessarily have to know computer programming答案：D解析：题干意思为：要成为未来的称职公民，人们应该怎么做。根据文章第2段，未来的称职公民要学习一些电脑的基本技能，但不必像专业编程人员那样。因此答案C为正确选项。
题干意思为：第二段提到的“小提琴制造”是为了说明什么。举这个例子是为了说明第2段的第一句话，即学习使用电脑和学习如何编程是两件截然不同的事情。因此答案D“人们可以使用电脑并不意味着必须了解电脑编程”为正确答案。
题干意思为：学习如何使用电脑正在变得越来越容易，原因是什么。文章第3段指出Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult , and it gets easier all the time as programs become more " user-friendly"，即学习使用电脑不难，并正在变得更加容易，原因是电脑程序正变得“让用户容易使用”，因此可知B为正确选项。
题干意思为：根据作者所述，第三段中“学习使用电脑”是什么意思。这一题的答案在文章的最后一句。即没有教一个人如何使用电脑这回事，一个人只能教别人如何使用这个或那个软件。答案C为学习特定的软件，符合题意。
题干意思为：作者写这篇文章的目的是什么。文章在第一段引出了computer literacy的概念，即“电脑素养”。全篇都是在围绕这个词进行解释。 -
第11题：
If you are writing or studying,it makes very much difference where the light comes from.People who use books and pens every day have to be especially careful about the way the light shines on their work.
Every house gets its light either from daylight through the windows--which is the best to use--or from lamps or electricity;but whichever kind of light it is,the way it shines toward our book or work is a matter of great importance to the eyes.
Take a book,sit with your back toward the window,and try to read.Your shadow（影子）falls all over the page and makes it almost as bad for your eyes as if you were in a dark room.
Now turnaround and face the window.The page is in the shadow again,while the bright light is in your eyes.
Try sitting with your right side toward the window.This is very well for reading,but if you were writing,the shadow of your hand would fall across the page and bother（打搅）you a little.
There is just one other way:sit with your left side to the window.Now everything is perfect for reading and for writing,too.
Whatever kind of light is in the room,the rule about the right to sit is always the same.
Which of the following is true?A.How the light shines on our work is of much importance.
B.The way the light shines on your work makes no difference.
C.We needn't care about where the light comes from.
D.People can write or study under a light that comes from any direction.答案：A解析：考情点拨:事实细节题。应试指导:从第二段最后一句可知，不论是什么样的光，它照射在我们的书本上或者工作所需材料上的方式对我们的眼睛很重要。 -
第12题：
问答题Practice 3 Look at 2006 through a different lens and you’ll see another story, one that isn’t about conflict or great men. It’s a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. It’s about the cosmic collections of knowledge Wikipedia and the million-channel people’s network You Tube and the online metropolis MySpace. The tool that makes this possible is the World Wide Web. It’s not the crazy dotcom Web of the late 1990s. The new Web is a very different thing. It’s a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter. Silicon Valley consultants call it Web 2.0, as if it were a new version of some old software. But it’s really a revolution. And we are so ready for it. You can learn more about how Americans live just by looking at the backgrounds of You Tube videos-those messy bedrooms and disordered basement entertainment rooms—than you could from 1,000 hours of network television. We didn’t just watch. And we also worked in a crazy way. We reviewed books at Amazon and recorded Podcasts. We blogged about our candidates losing. We camcordered bombings and built open-source software.正确答案： 【参考译文】
换一个角度来看2006年,你会看到另一番景象,它与冲突或伟人无关,是有关规模空前的社区与合作;它与浩如烟海的百科知识总汇Wikipedia、百万视频的大众电视网You Tube以及在线大都会MySpace有关。
使这一切成为可能的工具是万维网。它不是20世纪90年代末那个疯狂的.corn网络。这个新网络是个截然不同的事物;它是一个工具,它把数百万人的微小贡献汇集起来并使之产生意义。硅谷的咨询专家们称之为Web 2.0,仿佛它是某个旧软件的新版本,而它实际上是一场革命。
我们早已为它作好准备。只需看You Tube上视频短片背景——一片狼藉的卧室和凌乱不堪的地下休闲室,你就比花1000个小时看电视网的节目能更多地了解美国人的生活。我们并非只是观看,我们还以一种近乎疯狂的方式参与进来:我们在亚马逊网站写书评及录制自己的播客,我们写博客谈论我们支持的候选人的失败,我们摄下炸弹袭击的画面以及编写开放源代码软件。解析： 暂无解析 -
第13题：
This is not the world we know. This world is controlled by computers. Men and women can be seen, but they are following the orders given to them by machines. The machines were designed by mad scientists, but at some point even the mad scientists were taken over by their super-inventions.
Does this sound familiar? You have probably read something like it in magazines or books, or seen it in a film. Why is it so popular? One of the reasons is that it reflects the fears of many people; fear of the unknown fear of what is not understood or, at least, fear of something that is not completely understood.
The fact is that every day it seems that computers take control of another area of our lives. Some
factory jobs are now done by robots and the robots are controlled by computers. Our bank accounts are managed by computers. At the airport, our tickets are sold by a computer. Certainly, many of these operations are made more
efficient by computers, but our admiration is sometimes mixed with unsafe feelings. And this lack of safety is caused by the fact that we do not know how computers do these things, and we really don't know what they might do next. But we can find out how computers work, and once we understand them, we can use computers instead of worrying about being used by them. Today, there is a new generation of computer wizards who know exactly how computers get things done. These young men and women, usually university students, are happy to sit for hours, sometimes for days, designing programs, not eating, not sleeping, but discovering what can be done by these wonderful slaves which they have learned to control. These computer wizards have learned to use the computer and search for new tasks for their machines.
(1)、According to the passage, our present world is under the control of ______ .
A：mad scientists
B：men and women
C：the unknown fear
D：some super-inventions
(2)、The reason why many people are afraid of computers is that ______ .
A：they don't know anything about computers
B：they haven't really understood computers
C：there are so many computer games
D：computers are often down
(3)、The author mentions computer wizards in order to point out that ______ .
A：computers can be controlled by man
B：there should be more people devoted to computers
C：only young people are interested in computers
D：more time and energy is required to control computers
(4)、This passage is probably written to suggest that ______ .
A：some day computers can deal with all human problems
B：computers can be used in place of traveling to our jobs
C：people should not fear computers
D：computer technology will not meet people's needs in various situations
(5)、The author's attitude towards widely used computers is __.
A：positive
B：anxious
C：worried
D：serious
正确答案：D、B、A、C、A -
第14题：
共用题干
第二篇
As we have seen,the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease一especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors,such as poor eating habits,smoking,and failure to exercise.The line of thought involved in this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight , but does not eat very nutritious（有营养的）foods , who feels OK but exercises only occasionally , who goes to work every day , but is not an outstanding worker,who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts,but sleeps a lot and often feels tired.This person is not ill.He may not even be at risk for any particular disease.But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.
The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely "not ill" and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body's special needs.Both types have simply been called "well".In recent years,however,some health specialists have begun to apply the terms "well" and "weilness" only to those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their body's condition.Most importantly,perhaps,people who are well take active responsibility for all matters related to their health.Even people who have a physical disease or handicap（缺陷）may be "well" ,in this new sense,if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations."Wellness" may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve,but as an ideal that people can strive for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes.And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living,the concept of weilness can have a beneficial impact on the way in which people face the challenges of daily life.What is the author's purpose in writing this article?
A: To criticize the traditional view of the medical care.
B:To compare the differences between the modern medical care and the traditional medical care.
C:To tell us the change of the focus of medical care.
D:To tell us the importance of the medical care.答案：C解析：细节题。根据第一段第一句“…the focus of medical care in our society has been-shifting from curing disease to preventing disease一especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors...”可知，今天医疗保健的焦点已经从疾病治疗转移到疾病预防上来，尤其体现在改变我们不健康的行为上。因此，选项C“改变人们不良的生活习惯”与文章相符。
主旨题。由第一段倒数三句“This person is not ill.He may not even be at risk for any particular disease.But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.”可知，这个人虽然有一些不良习惯和不适的症状，但是没有患病，甚至也没有患病的风险，然而，我们可以想象这个人本来可以更健康。由此可知，选项A“健康不仅仅是没有病”符合文意。
推断题。根据第二段第一、二句“The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely'not ill'and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body's special needs.Both types have simply been called 'well'.”可知，传统上，医学界把没病的人和十分健康的人都称作“身体良好的人”。因此，选项D“没病就是身体良好”符合文意。
细节题。根据第二段的倒数第三句“'Weilness' may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve,but as an ideal than people can strive for.”可知，“健康”并不是我们可能获得的一种健康的状态，而是一种我们要努力争取的理念。因此选项B 符合题意。
主旨题。文章第一段提出医疗保健的焦点由疾病治疗转到疾病预防；第二段首先阐述了传统医疗保健观点和现在医疗保健观点对健康的定义，之后依据现在医疗保健观点给健康作出了更积极的定义，可见选项C符合题意。选项A"旨在批判医疗保健的传统观点”是对原文的曲解，原文只是提出新的观点，并没有批驳传统的医疗保健；选项B"旨在对比传统和现在医疗保健观、点的不同”不是本文的写作目的，比较的目的在于强调现在的医疗观；选项D"旨在告诉我们医疗保健的重要性”文中并未提及。 -
第15题：
It's almost impossible to go through life without experiencing some kind of failure.People who do so probably live so cautiously that they go nowhere.Put simply,they’re not real living at all.But,the wonderful thing about failure is that it's entirely up to us to decide how to look at it.We can choose to see failure as"the end of the world,"or as proof of just how inadequate we are.Or,we can look at failure as the incredible learning experience that it often is.Every time we fail at something,we can choose to look for the lesson we're meant to learn.These lessons are very important;they're how we grow,and how we keep from making that same mistake again.Failures stop us only if we let them.Failure can also teach us things about ourselves that we would never have learned otherwise.For instance,failure can help you discover how strong a person you are.Failing at something can help you discover your truest friends,or help you find unexpected motivation to succeed.答案：解析：人的一生几乎不可能不经历某种失败。但是，失败的妙处就在于，完全由我们来决定如何看待它。我们可以选择将失败看作是“世界末日”。或者像以往一样，把它看作令人难以置信的学习经历。每当我们在某件事上失败时，我们会选择寻找应学习的教训。这些教训非常重要；他们教会我们如何成长，如何避免再次犯相同的错误。如果失败阻止我们前进，那么唯一的条件就是我们允许它的发生。失败还可以教会我们认识自己，那是我们在别处永远无法学习到的。例如，失败可以帮助你发现自己的能力。失败可以帮助你发现最真实的朋友，或者帮助你找到预料之外的成功动力。 -
第16题：
共用题干
Scotland:A Land of Wisdom
In the 1740s,the famous French philosopher Voltaire said,"We look to Scotland for all
our ideas of civilization."That's not a bad advertisement for any country when it comes to
attracting people to search for a first-class education.
According to the American author Arthur Herman,the Scots invented the modern world
itself.He argues that Scottish thinkers and intellectuals worked out many of the most
important ideas on which modern life depends一everything from the scientific method to
market economics.Their ideas did not just spread among intellectuals,but to those people
in business,government and the sciences who actually shaped the Western world.
It all started during the period that historians call the Scottish Enlightenment（启蒙运
动）,which is usually seen as taking place between the years 1740 and 1800.Before that,
philosophy was mainly concerned with religion. For the thinkers of the Scottish
Enlightenment,the proper study of humanity was mankind itself.
Their reasoning was practical.For the philosopher David Hume,humanity was the right
subject for philosophy because we can examine human behavior and so find real evidence of
how people think and feel.And from that we can make judgments about the societies we live
in and make concrete suggestions about how they can be improved for universal benefit.
Hume's enquiry into the nature of knowledge laid the foundations for the scientific
method一the pursuit of truth through experiment. His friend and fellow resident of
Edinburgh,Adam Smith,famously applied the study of mankind to the ways in which
mankind does business.Trade,he argued,was a form of information.In pursuing our own
interests through trading in markets,we all come to benefit each other.
Smith's idea has dominated modern views of economics.It also has wide applications.
He was one of the philosophers to point out that nations can become rich,free and powerful
through peace,trade and invention.
Although the Scottish Enlightenment ended a long time ago,the ideas which evolved at
that time still underpin（构成······的基础）our theories of human exchange and enquiry. It
also exists in Scotland itself in an educational tradition that combines academic excellence
with orientation（方向）.Philosophers had come to know the importance of studying humanity even before the Scottish Enlightenment took place.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：B解析： -
第17题：
共用题干
Intelligent Machines
1 Medical scientists are already putting computer chips（芯片）directly into the brain to help people
who have Parkinson's disease,but in what other ways might computer technology be able to help us?Ray
Kurzweil is the author of the successful book The Age of Intelligent Machines and is one of the world's best
computer research scientists.He is researching the possibilities.
2 Kurzweil gets computers to recognize voices.An example of this is Ramona, the virtual（虚拟的）
hostess of Kurzweil's homepage,who is programmed to understand what you say.Visitors to the site can have
their conversations with her,and Ramona also dances and sings.
3 Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities.One of his ideas is a"seeing
machine".This will be"like a friend that could describe what is going on in the visible world,"he explains.
Blind people will use a visual sensor（探测器）which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses.This
sensor will describe to the person everything it sees.
4 Another idea,which is likely to help deaf people,is the"listening machine".This invention will
recognize millions of words and understand any speaker.The listening machine will also be able to translate
other languages,so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it.
5 But it is not just about helping people with disabilities.Looking further into the future,Kurzweil sees
a time when we will be able to download our entire consciousness into a computer.This technology probably
won't be ready for at least 50 years,but when it arrives,it means our minds will be able to live forever.Blind people will be able to see the world with_________.
A:what you say
B:a pair of sunglasses
C:the listening machine
D:a visual sensor
E:who have disabilities
F:living forever in a computer答案：B解析：短文第二段所举的例子说“她经设置可以理解你所说的话。网站的访问者可以和她谈 话，Ramona也会跳舞、唱歌”。因此“能够交流的计算机”这一标题概括了本段大意。
短文第三段主要阐述的是视觉机器，如“这机器像一个朋友一样，能够描述有形世界里 正在发生的事情……该传感器将向佩戴者描述它看到的一切”。因此F项内容概括了本段 大意。
短文第四段主要阐述的是听觉机器，因此A项内容概括了本段大意。
短文第五段主要谈到“我们将能把所有意识下载到电脑里……这意味着我们的头脑能 够永远活下去”。因此C项内容概括了本段大意。
短文第三段和第四段分别提到“Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities”和“Another idea ,which is likely to help deaf people"。因此E项内容符合文章大意。
短文第二段提到“who is programmed to understand what you say"。因此A项内容“你所 说的话”符合文章大意。
短文第三段提到“Blind people will use a visual sensor which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses"。因此B项内容符合文章大意。
短文第四段提到“The listening machine will also be able to translate other languages, so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it"。因此C项内容符合文 章大意。第4部分：阅读理解第一篇 短文讲的是英国单人帆船手Ellen MacArthur是如何取得成功的。 -
第18题：
共用题干
Even Intelligent People Can Fail
1 The striking thing about the innovators who succeeded in making our modern world is
how often they failed.Turn on a light,take a photograph,watch TV,search the Web,jet
across the Pacific Ocean, talk on a celiphone（手机）.The innovators who left us these
things had to find the way to success through a maze（错综复杂）of wrong turns.
2 We have just celebrated the 125th anniversary of American innovator Thomas Edison's
success in heating a thin line to white-hot heat for 14 hours in his lab in New Jersey,U.S.
He did that on October 22,1879,and followed up a month later by keeping a thread of
common cardboard alight（点亮着的）in an airless space for 45 hours.Three years later
he went on to light up half a square mile of downtown Manhattan,even though only one of
the six power plants in his design worked when he turned it on,on September 4,1882.
3 "Many of life's failures,"the supreme innovator said,"are people who did not realize
how close they were to success when they gave up."Before that magical moment in
October 1879,Edison had worked out no fewer than 3,000 theories about electric light,but
in only two cases did his experiments work.
4 No one likes failure,but the smart innovators learn from it.Mark Gumz,the head of
the camera maker Olympus America Inc,attributes some of the company's successes in
technology to understanding failure.His popular phrase is:"You only fail when you quit."
5 Over two centuries,the most common quality of the innovators has been persistence.
That is another way of saying they had the emotional ability to keep up what they were
doing.Walt Disney,the founder of Disneyland,was so broke after a succession of
financial failures that he was left shoeless in his office because he could not afford the U.S.
$1.50 to get his shoes from the repair shop.Pioneering car maker Henry Ford failed with
one company and was forced out of another before he developed the Model T car.
6 Failure is harder to bear in today's open,accelerated world.Hardly any innovation works the
first time.But an impatient society and the media want instant success.When American music
and movie master David Geffen had a difficult time,a critic said nastily that the only difference
between Geffen Records(Geffen's company)and the Titanic(the ship that went down)was
that the Titanic had better music.Actually,it wasn't.After four years of losses,Geffen had so
many hits（成功的作品）he could afford a ship as big as the Titanic all to himself.Paragraph 2________
A:Importance of learning from failure
B:Quality shared by most innovators
C:Edison's innovation
D:Edison's comment on failure
E:Contributions made by innovators
F:Miseries endured by innovators答案：C解析： -
第19题：
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第二篇
Things We Know about TV
We keep reading that TV is bad for you.If this is true,how come the current generation of TV-addicted kids is much smarter than we are?In my home,the only people who can work the remote control are the children.
Perhaps TV does educate you.For example,you learn a useful medical fact:A person who has been shot always has time to speak an incomplete sentence before he dies.“The killer was…” (dies).
But I guess the biggest things we learn from TV can be regarded as"Life Skills".Bad things only happen on dark and stormy nights.Emotional breakdowns cause people to wander in the heavy rain without umbrellas.And contrary to what scientists say,the crack（霹雳）of lightning and the accompanying flash happen at exactly the same time,wherever you are.
Making use of what we learn from TV can improve our security.Consider these truths.If you are ever attacked by 20 bad guys,don't worry about being outnumbered.The criminals will hang back and take turns to approach you in ones and twos just so you can conveniently defeat them all.
TV also teaches us important information about escaping from danger. Watch and learn.If anyone is running after you down a passage,you will find that boxes have been conveniently placed near all the walls you need to jump over. If you are tall and handsome,you can run from any number of armed criminals,and every shot will miss you.
Be warned, however. If your name card says "henchman"（帮凶）and you are part of a group of plain-looking people trying' to catch a handsome individual,a single shot will kill you.
TV even teaches us about TV.Whenever anyone turns on a TV,it shows a news flash about someone they know. They then turn the box off immediately after that news item.We can learn from Paragraph 3 that in the real world__________.
A:bad things cause people to break down in the rain
B:bad things never happen on dark and stormy nights
C:people with emotional problems like to walk in the rain without umbrellas
D:the crack of lightning and the flash don't harmen at the same time答案：D解析：细节题。第二段第二句：你学到了一个有用的医学事实：被枪击的人总是在他死前有时间说出一句不完整的话。这句话明显是体现了幽默，有着讽刺的意味。B选项 sympathy“同情”、C选项deep concern“非常关心”、D选项medical knowledge“医学知识”都是错误的。
细节题。第三段很多是电视中的情景，根据作者幽默讽刺的语气可知现实生活不一定是这样的。最后一句指出，闪电的霹雳声与相伴的闪其实不是同时发生的。
细节题。最后一段可知：任何时候一个人打开电视，它就会显示一则关于他们知道的人的新闻快讯。
推断题。通篇阅读后可知，作者以幽默、讽刺的手法描写了电视，可以得知，作者对电视持消极的态度。A选项“积极的”、B选项“轻松的”、D选项“漠不关心的”都是错误的。
主旨题。A、B、C都和作者态度相反，只有D选项是正确的，本文大意是电视上演的与现实生活是不同的。 -
第20题：
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第二篇
Things We Know about TV
We keep reading that TV is bad for you.If this is true,how come the current generation of TV-addicted kids is much smarter than we are?In my home,the only people who can work the remote control are the children.
Perhaps TV does educate you.For example,you learn a useful medical fact:A person who has been shot always has time to speak an incomplete sentence before he dies.“The killer was…” (dies).
But I guess the biggest things we learn from TV can be regarded as"Life Skills".Bad things only happen on dark and stormy nights.Emotional breakdowns cause people to wander in the heavy rain without umbrellas.And contrary to what scientists say,the crack（霹雳）of lightning and the accompanying flash happen at exactly the same time,wherever you are.
Making use of what we learn from TV can improve our security.Consider these truths.If you are ever attacked by 20 bad guys,don't worry about being outnumbered.The criminals will hang back and take turns to approach you in ones and twos just so you can conveniently defeat them all.
TV also teaches us important information about escaping from danger. Watch and learn.If anyone is running after you down a passage,you will find that boxes have been conveniently placed near all the walls you need to jump over. If you are tall and handsome,you can run from any number of armed criminals,and every shot will miss you.
Be warned, however. If your name card says "henchman"（帮凶）and you are part of a group of plain-looking people trying' to catch a handsome individual,a single shot will kill you.
TV even teaches us about TV.Whenever anyone turns on a TV,it shows a news flash about someone they know. They then turn the box off immediately after that news item.By saying"A person who has been shot always has time to speak an incomplete sentence before he dies"(Paragraph 2),the writer shows his_________.
A:humor
B:sympathy
C:deep concern
D:medical knowledge答案：A解析：细节题。第二段第二句：你学到了一个有用的医学事实：被枪击的人总是在他死前有时间说出一句不完整的话。这句话明显是体现了幽默，有着讽刺的意味。B选项 sympathy“同情”、C选项deep concern“非常关心”、D选项medical knowledge“医学知识”都是错误的。
细节题。第三段很多是电视中的情景，根据作者幽默讽刺的语气可知现实生活不一定是这样的。最后一句指出，闪电的霹雳声与相伴的闪其实不是同时发生的。
细节题。最后一段可知：任何时候一个人打开电视，它就会显示一则关于他们知道的人的新闻快讯。
推断题。通篇阅读后可知，作者以幽默、讽刺的手法描写了电视，可以得知，作者对电视持消极的态度。A选项“积极的”、B选项“轻松的”、D选项“漠不关心的”都是错误的。
主旨题。A、B、C都和作者态度相反，只有D选项是正确的，本文大意是电视上演的与现实生活是不同的。 -
第21题：
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第二篇
Things We Know about TV
We keep reading that TV is bad for you.If this is true,how come the current generation of TV-addicted kids is much smarter than we are?In my home,the only people who can work the remote control are the children.
Perhaps TV does educate you.For example,you learn a useful medical fact:A person who has been shot always has time to speak an incomplete sentence before he dies.“The killer was…” (dies).
But I guess the biggest things we learn from TV can be regarded as"Life Skills".Bad things only happen on dark and stormy nights.Emotional breakdowns cause people to wander in the heavy rain without umbrellas.And contrary to what scientists say,the crack（霹雳）of lightning and the accompanying flash happen at exactly the same time,wherever you are.
Making use of what we learn from TV can improve our security.Consider these truths.If you are ever attacked by 20 bad guys,don't worry about being outnumbered.The criminals will hang back and take turns to approach you in ones and twos just so you can conveniently defeat them all.
TV also teaches us important information about escaping from danger. Watch and learn.If anyone is running after you down a passage,you will find that boxes have been conveniently placed near all the walls you need to jump over. If you are tall and handsome,you can run from any number of armed criminals,and every shot will miss you.
Be warned, however. If your name card says "henchman"（帮凶）and you are part of a group of plain-looking people trying' to catch a handsome individual,a single shot will kill you.
TV even teaches us about TV.Whenever anyone turns on a TV,it shows a news flash about someone they know. They then turn the box off immediately after that news item.The writer of this passage takes a(n)__________attitude towards TV plays.
A:positive
B:casual
C:negative
D:indifferent答案：C解析：细节题。第二段第二句：你学到了一个有用的医学事实：被枪击的人总是在他死前有时间说出一句不完整的话。这句话明显是体现了幽默，有着讽刺的意味。B选项 sympathy“同情”、C选项deep concern“非常关心”、D选项medical knowledge“医学知识”都是错误的。
细节题。第三段很多是电视中的情景，根据作者幽默讽刺的语气可知现实生活不一定是这样的。最后一句指出，闪电的霹雳声与相伴的闪其实不是同时发生的。
细节题。最后一段可知：任何时候一个人打开电视，它就会显示一则关于他们知道的人的新闻快讯。
推断题。通篇阅读后可知，作者以幽默、讽刺的手法描写了电视，可以得知，作者对电视持消极的态度。A选项“积极的”、B选项“轻松的”、D选项“漠不关心的”都是错误的。
主旨题。A、B、C都和作者态度相反，只有D选项是正确的，本文大意是电视上演的与现实生活是不同的。 -
第22题：
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Verity Allen's New Show on Colors
1 Different colors can affect us in many different ways;that's according to Verity Allen.In her new se-
ries'Color me Healthy',Verity looks at the ways that colors can influence how hard we work and the
choices we make.They can even change our emotions and even influence how healthy we arc.
2 "Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colors for the same things?" says Verity."Our
toothpaste is always white or blue or maybe red.It'g never green.Why not?For some reason we think that
blue and white is clean,while we think of green products as being a bit disgusting. It's the same for businesses.
We respect a company which writes its name in blue or black,but we don't respect one that uses pink or orange.
People who design new products can use these ideas to influence what we buy."
3 During this four-pait series,Verity studies eight different colors,two colors in each program.She
meets people who work in all teipects of the color industry,from people who design food packets to people
who name the colors of lipsticks.
4 Some of the people she meets clearly have very little scientific knowledge to support their ideas,such
as the American"Color Doctor"who believes that serious diseases can be cured by,he use of colored lights.
However,she also interviews real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice,with
some surprising results.
5 Overall,it's an interesting show,and anyone who watches it will probably find out something new.
But because Verity goes out of her way to be polite to everyone she meets on the series,it's up to the viewers
to make their own decisions about how much they should believe.C olors can even_____________and even influence how healthy we are.
A:little scientific knowledge
B:make their own decisions
C:design new products
D:change our emotions
E:name the coioro of lipotick5
F:all aspects of the color industry答案：D解析：从第2段Verity开始的提问即可看出，接下来将阐述人们使用颜色的习惯和方式。故 答案为A。
第3段第1句交代了Verity在其四期节日中所做的一系列研究，共考察了八种颜色。 故答案为E。
第4段举出节目中的两个例子，来说明不同的被采访者对颜色的了解不同，有些人并没有什么科学的颜色观念，而有些人则是这方面的专家。故答案为D。
最后一段作者指出这个节目是很有趣的，但同时也提到相不相信节目所宣传的结论，那 还得看观众白己了。故答案为F。
根据文中第1段最后一句可知，颜色可以影响我们的情感和健康。故可以推断出答案为D。
第2段介绍了人们使用颜色的习惯，最后一句提到设计新产品的人可以利用这种习惯 来引导人们购买商品。由此可以推断出答案为C。
根据第3段第2句话可知，Verity在节目调查中采访了从事与颜色相关的各种工作的 人：由此可以推断出答案为F。
第4段第1句话中举的例子，说明美国的颜色医生并不真正具有关于颜色的科学知识。 由此可以推断出答案为A。第4部分：阅读理解第一篇 本文主要讲了素食主义与智商之间的关系，并列举了不同学者对这二者关系的态度。 -
第23题：
问答题Practice 2 The magical thing about this network is not just that it collapses distance and makes everyone your neighbor. It also dramatically increases the number of brilliant minds we can have working together on the same problem and that scales up the rate of innovation to a staggering degree. At the same time, for every person in the world who has access to this technology, five people don’t. That means many creative minds are left out of this discussion—smart people with practical intelligence and relevant experience who don’t have the technology to hone their talents or contribute their ideas to the world. We need as many people as possible to have access to this technology, because these advances are triggering a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities, corporations, smaller organizations, and even individuals to see problems, see approaches, and measure the impact of their efforts to address the hunger, poverty, and desperation George Marshall spoke of 60 years ago.正确答案： 【参考译文】
网络的神奇之处,不仅仅是它缩短了物理距离,使得天涯若比邻。而且它还极大地增加了怀有共同想法的人们聚集在一起的机会,我们可以为了解决同一个问题,一起共同工作。这就大大加快了革新的进程,发展速度简直快得让人震惊。
与此同时,世界上有条件上网的人,只是全部人口的六分之一。这意味着,还有许多具有创造性的人们,没有加入到我们的讨论中来。那些有着实际的操作经验和相关经历的聪明人,却没有技术来帮助他们,将他们的天赋或者想法与全世界分享。
我们需要尽可能地让更多的人有机会使用新技术,因为这些新技术正在引发一场革命,人类将因此可以互相帮助。新技术正在创造一种可能,不仅是政府,还包括大学、公司、小机构、甚至个人,能够发现问题所在、能够找到解决办法、能够评估他们努力的效果,去改变那些马歇尔六十年前就说到过的问题——饥饿、贫穷和绝望。解析： 暂无解析