共用题干 American SportsThe United States is a sports-loving nation.Sports in America take a variety of forms: organized competitive struggles, which draw huge crowds to cheer their favorite team to victory；athletic games,played for recreation anywhere suffic

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American Sports
The United States is a sports-loving nation.Sports in America take a variety of forms: organized competitive struggles, which draw huge crowds to cheer their favorite team to victory；athletic games,played for recreation anywhere sufficient space is found;and hunting and fishing.Most sports are seasonal,so that what is happening in sports depends upon the time of year.Some sports are called spectator sports,as the number of spectators greatly exceeds the number playing in the game.
Baseball is the most popular sport in the US.It is played throughout the spring and sum-mer,and professional baseball teams play well into the fall.Although no other game is exact-ly like baseball,perhaps the one most nearly like it is the English game of cricket.
Football is the most popular sport in the fall.The game originated as a college sport more than 75 years ago.It is still played by almost every college and university in the coun-try,and the football stadiums of some of the largest universities seat as many as 80,000 people.The game is not the same as European football or soccer.In American football there are 11 players on each team,and they are dressed in padded uniforms and helmets because the game is rough and injuries are likely to occur.
Basketball is the winter sport in American schools and colleges.Like football,basketball originated in the US and is not popular in other countries.Many Americans prefer it to foot-ball because it is played indoors throughout the winter and because it is a faster game.It is a very popular game with high schools,and in more than 20 states,state-wide high school matches are held yearly.
Other spectator sports include wrestling,boxing,and horse racing.Although horse-racing fans call themselves sportsmen,the accuracy of the term is questionable,as only the jockeys who ride the horses in the races can be considered athletes.The so-called sportsmen are the spectators,who do“not assemble” primarily to see the horses race,but to bet upon the outcome of each race.Gambling is the attraction of horse racing.

Football can be classified as a spectator sport.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

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第1题：

Which is the best title of this passage?
A. The Earliest People in North America.
B. The Earliest Immigrants to North America.
C. The People of the United States.
D. Europeans Were the Earliest People Coming to the North America.

正确答案：B
文章主要讲的是到北美的移民，所以选B。
第2题：

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

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

答案：B
解析：
由文章第一段第二句话“… a genuine hope of a new life …”可知，that hope指的是人们对在美洲新大陆开始新生活的希望。故选B。
由文章第二段第二句可知，早在大约公元1000年北欧人发现美洲之前，美洲土著居民就居住在这里。第一句说“美国文学来源于美国人的生活经历”，由此可知，美国文学产生于公元1000年前就居住在这里的美洲土著居民的生活经历。故选D。
由文章第二段第三句话“Each tribe ' s literature was tightly woven into the fabric of dail life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of linking with the land.”可知，美洲土部落的文学是他们日常生活的真实写照。故选A。
文章最后一段的第一句话“Experience , then , is the key to early American literature."本段的主题句，说的是：美洲的生活经历是美国早期文学产生的关键因素。故选D。
由文章最后一段第四句话“They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd , wh thought of themselves as British subjects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.”可知，这两位自认为是大英帝国臣民的英国作家对一场将会创造出一个拥有自己文学的美利坚合众国的革命从来没有任何怀疑。可见，一些英国作家对美国文学的将来充满信心。故选D。
第3题：

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

According to the last paragraph,which of the following statements is true about American literature?
A:Some British writers started American literature.
B:Early-day American literature is a reflection of the boring life then.
C:Some British writers had'doubts about the future of American literature.
D:Some British writers had great confidence in the future of American literature.

答案：D
解析：
由文章第一段第二句话“… a genuine hope of a new life …”可知，that hope指的是人们对在美洲新大陆开始新生活的希望。故选B。
由文章第二段第二句可知，早在大约公元1000年北欧人发现美洲之前，美洲土著居民就居住在这里。第一句说“美国文学来源于美国人的生活经历”，由此可知，美国文学产生于公元1000年前就居住在这里的美洲土著居民的生活经历。故选D。
由文章第二段第三句话“Each tribe ' s literature was tightly woven into the fabric of dail life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of linking with the land.”可知，美洲土部落的文学是他们日常生活的真实写照。故选A。
文章最后一段的第一句话“Experience , then , is the key to early American literature."本段的主题句，说的是：美洲的生活经历是美国早期文学产生的关键因素。故选D。
由文章最后一段第四句话“They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd , wh thought of themselves as British subjects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.”可知，这两位自认为是大英帝国臣民的英国作家对一场将会创造出一个拥有自己文学的美利坚合众国的革命从来没有任何怀疑。可见，一些英国作家对美国文学的将来充满信心。故选D。
第4题：

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第一篇

The Beginning of American Literature

America has always been a land of beginnings.After Europeans"discovered"America in the fifteenth

century,the mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope of a new life,an escape from

poverty and persecution,a chance to start again.We can say that,as a nation,America begins with that

hope.When,however,does American literature begin?

American literature begins with Amnerican experiences.Long before the first colonists arrived,before

Christopher Columbus，before the Northmen who"found"America about the year 1000,Native Americans

lived here. Each trilbe's literature was tightly woven into the fabric of daiiy life and reflected the unmistakably

American experience of lining with the land。Anoiher kind of experience,one filled with fear and excite-

ment,found its expression in the reports that Columbus and other explorers sent home in Spain,French and

English.In addition,the journals of the people who lived and died in the New England wilderness tell

unforgettable tales of hard and sometimes heartbreaking experiences of those early years.

Experience,then,is the key to early American literature.The New World provided a great variety of

experiences,and these experiences deniauded a wide variety of expressions by an even wider variety of early

American writers.These wnters included John Smith,who spent only two-and-a-half year on the American

continent.They included Jonathlan Edwards and William Byrd,who thought of themselves as British sub-

jects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.

American Indians,explorers,Puritan ministers,frontier wives,plantation owners一they are all the creators

of the first American literature.

When did American literature begin?
A:Before the American natives lived there.
B:When Columbus and other explorers sent reports back home.
C:When the Northmen found America in about 1000.
D:Long before the year 1000.

答案：D
解析：
首先找到“that hope”在文章中的位置：就是指第一段第二句中“…a genuine hope of a new life,”意思是：开始新生活的真诚希望。故选B。

从第二段第二句可知：很早以前，本上美国人就居住在这里。既然前一句说“美国文学产生于美国人的生活经历”，由此可知美国文学产生于很早以前就居住这里的本土美国人的生活经历。故选D。

由文章第一二段第三句话“Each tribe' s literature was tightly woven into the fabric of daily life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of lining with the land.”可知，从美洲土著部落的文学中，我们可以找到他们日常生活的写照。

文章最后一段的第一句“Experience, then, is the key to early American literature.”是本段的主题句，说的是：经历是早期美国文学的关键因素。

文章最后一段中“These writers included Johon Smith , who spent only two-and-a-half year on the American continent.They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd,who thought of them- selves as British subjects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.”意思是：这些文学家包括仅在美洲居住两年半的约翰·史密斯，还有约翰逊·爱德华和维廉姆·白伊德。这两位自认为是大英帝国臣民的英国作家对一场将会创造出一个拥有自己文学的美利坚合众国的革命从来没有任何怀疑。可见，一些英国作家对美国文学的将来充满信心。故选D。
第5题：

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Recreation and Sports

1."All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."is a popular saying in the United States. Other countries have similar sayings.It is true that all of us need recreation,We cannot work all the time if we are going to maintain good health and enjoy life.Good physical and mental health in fact enables us to work more efficiently.
2.Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular way is to participate in sports.There are team sports,such as baseball,basketball and football.There are individual sports, also,such as golf and swimming. In addition,hiking,fishing,skating and mountain climbing have a great attraction for people who like to be outdoors.Chess,card-playing,and dancing are forms of indoor recreation enjoyed by many people.
3.Not everyone who enjoys sporting events likes to participate in them. Many people prefer to be spectators,either by attending the games in person,watching them on television,or listening to them on the radio.When there is an important baseball game or boxing match,it is almost impossible to get tickets;everyone wants to attend.
4.It doesn't matter whether we play a fast game of ping-pong,concentrate over the bridge table （桥牌桌）,or go walking through the woods on a brisk（清新的）autumn afternoon. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time and enjoy some form of recreation.

Many people prefer watching games to_______.
A:must be very boring
B:some kind of recreation
C:participating in them
D:to relax oneseff
E:to choose one's own way of relaxing
F:Good physical and mental health

答案：C
解析：
本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段首先通过说明很多国家都有类似于“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”的谚语，说明我们所有的人都需要娱乐活动，一定的娱乐活动对我们的身心健康是必要的。
本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段首先指出体育活动是一种很重要的娱乐方式，然后重点通过举例的方式说明各种形式的运动，如个体运动和团体运动、户外运动和户内运动。
本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段主要讲述相比较于亲自参加体育活动，有些体育运动爱好者宁愿当观众，他们乐意通过亲自去现场看比赛、观看电视、收听广播等方式获得乐趣。
本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段主要告诉我们娱乐的形式不是特别重要，最重要的是无论通过哪种方式我们都可以经常放松一下。
本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第二段第一句：Everyone has his own way of relaxing.
本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第三段前两句话：Not everyone who enjoys sporting events likes to participate in them.Many people prefer to be spectators,either by attending the games in person,watching them on television,or listening to them on the radio.
本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第一段第一句话：All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第一段最后一句话：Good physical and mental health in fact enables us to work more efficiently.
第6题：

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

When did American literature begin?
A:Before the American natives lived there.
B:When Columbus and other explorers sent reports back home.
C:When the Northmen found America in about 1000.
D:Long before the year 1000.

答案：D
解析：
由文章第一段第二句话“… a genuine hope of a new life …”可知，that hope指的是人们对在美洲新大陆开始新生活的希望。故选B。
由文章第二段第二句可知，早在大约公元1000年北欧人发现美洲之前，美洲土著居民就居住在这里。第一句说“美国文学来源于美国人的生活经历”，由此可知，美国文学产生于公元1000年前就居住在这里的美洲土著居民的生活经历。故选D。
由文章第二段第三句话“Each tribe ' s literature was tightly woven into the fabric of dail life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of linking with the land.”可知，美洲土部落的文学是他们日常生活的真实写照。故选A。
文章最后一段的第一句话“Experience , then , is the key to early American literature."本段的主题句，说的是：美洲的生活经历是美国早期文学产生的关键因素。故选D。
由文章最后一段第四句话“They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd , wh thought of themselves as British subjects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.”可知，这两位自认为是大英帝国臣民的英国作家对一场将会创造出一个拥有自己文学的美利坚合众国的革命从来没有任何怀疑。可见，一些英国作家对美国文学的将来充满信心。故选D。
第7题：

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The Beg i n n i ng of America n Literature
American has always been a land of beginnings._____(51)Europeans“discovered”
America in the fifteenth century,the mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope of a new life,an escape from_____(52)and persecution,a chance to start again.We can say that,as nation,America begins with that hope.When,______(53),does American literature begin?
American literature begins with American experiences.Long before the first colonists ar-rived,before Christopher Columbus,before the Northmen who“found”America about the year 1,000,_____(54)Americans lived here.Each tribe's literature was______(55)woven into the fabric of daily life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of lining with the land._______(56)kind of experience,one filled with fear and excitement,found its expression in the reports that Columbus and other explorers________(57)home in Spain,French and Eng-lish.In addition,the journals of the people who lived and died in the New England wilderness tell unforgettable tales of hard and sometimes______(58)experiences of those______(59) years.
Experience,then,is the key to early American literature .The New World______(60)a great variety of experiences,and these experiences______(61)a wide variety of expressions by an even wider variety of early American writers.These writers,included John Smith,______ (62)spent only two-and-a-half years on the American continent. They included Jonathan Ed-wards and William Byrd,who______(63)of themselves as British subjects,never______(64)a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.Ameni-can Indians,explorers,Puritan ministers,frontier wives,plantation owner-they are all the______(65)of the first American literature.

54._________
A: naughty
B: natural
C: national
D: native

答案：D
解析：
空格后的“the mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope”（这个神秘的新世界成了很多人的真正希望），应发生在“Europeans‘discovered' America in the fifteenth century”（欧洲人在巧世纪发现了美洲）之后。故选B。

结合上下文可知，这里指的是逃离贫穷（poverty）和压迫。happiness幸福；prosperity 繁荣；wealth财富。故选D。

空格前一句“We can say that, as nation, America begins with that hope.”（我们可以认为，美国是随着对新生活的美好希望开始的。）与“When does American literature be-gin?”（美国文学是什么时候开始的）是转折关系。but但是，表转折，后面不用逗号； however但是，表转折，后面需用逗号；and和，与，表并列；so所以，表原因。故选B。

这里指的是北美土著居民。native本地人，本地的；naughty淘气的；natural自然的； national全国性的。故选D。

空格所在分句的意思是每个部落的文学都紧密地交织到日常生活的构架中去。tightly严严实实，紧紧地；loosely松散地；densely浓密地；heavily沉重地。故选C。

这里是指另一种经历。other另外的；the other两者中的另一个；other、其他的人或物；均不符合题意和用法，只有another适合。故选A。

这里是指哥伦布及其他探险家送回家乡的用西班牙语、法语和英语写成的报告。give给；bring带来；take带走；均不符合题意和用法，只有sent适合。故选B。

这里指的是艰辛且令人心碎的经历。favourable有利的；unforgettable难忘的；heartbreaking令人心碎的；significant重要的。故选C。

这些艰辛且令人心碎的经历是早期的经历。early早期的；later后来的；final最后的; late迟到的。故选A。

空格所在分句的意思是这个新世界提供了各种各样的经历。improve提升，提高；promote促进，推进；develop发展，开发；provided提供。故选D。

空格所在分句的意思是这些经历要求很多美国早期文学家用各种各样的方式来描述。destroy摧毁; demanded要求；disrupt扰乱；dispute辩论，争论。故选B。

空格所在句是一个非限制性定语从句，先行词John Smith为人，故需用wh。来引导。故选D。

think of… as…意思是“认为……是……”，是固定词组，用在这里是指认为自己是：大英帝国的臣民。故选C

这里考查的是非谓语动词，“他们”与“怀疑”的动作是主动关系，故用、uspecting，表伴随。故选B。

他们都是早期美国文学的创造者。creators创造者；conductor指挥；contributor贡献者; conqueror征服者，占领者。故选A。
第8题：

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American sports are quite distinct from those played elsewhere in the world.The top four spectator team sports are American football,baseball,basketball,and ice hockey.Baseball is the oldest among these sports.The professional game dates from 1869 and has no close rivals in popularity until the 1960s;though baseball is no longer the most popular sport,it is still referred to as the nationa! pastime.Little boys play baseball in parks and empty lots,in streets and in alleys;and picnics all through the hot summer months include at least a few innings（回合）of baseball with boys and girls, young and old,taking turns at bat. Probably no American was very surprised to read in the newspapers that when a United States atomic submarine surfaced at the North Pole,the crewmen played a game of baseball.
Also unlike the professional levels of the other popular spectator sports in the U.S.,Major League Baseball teams play almost every day from April to October. American football(known simply as"football"in the U.S.)now attracts more television viewers than baseball;however, National Football League teams play only 16 regular -season games each year,so baseball is the great leader in ticket sales.The really important professional players are members of the 24 teams in America's two major baseball leagues.Each summer they are America's national heroes.At the end of the season,when the two top teams play against each other to find the winner of the"World Series",excitement and tension rise in cities all over the country.Fans make long trips to watch the games and to shout from their seats in the bleachers（廉价座位）.Millions of others tune in on radio and television,sometimes making it a topic of conversation.And long after it is all over,baseball fans talk over the scores and the players,inning by inning,and the batting averages of the players this year compared to other years.(Batting averages show the percentage of times a player hits the ball effectively)
The President of the United States is invited to start the season each year by tossing the ball into the first game in Washington
D.C．一and he rarely fails to come.

American football is the second leader in ticket sales after baseball.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

答案：C
解析：
美国的体育运动和世界上其他地方的体育运动类似。第一段第一句： American sports are quite distinct from those played elsewhere in the world．美国的体育运动和世界上其他地方的体育运动截然不同。因此本句是错误的。
四种最受欢迎的团体运动中，棒球的历史最为悠久。第一段第二、三句： The top four spectator team sports are American football,baseball,basketball,and ice hockey.Baseball is the oldest among these sports．四种最吸引观众的团体性运动分别是美式橄榄球、棒球、篮球和冰上曲棍球。这些运动中棒球历史最为悠久。因此本句话是正确的。
当读到核潜艇的船员在北极进行了场棒球比赛的新闻时，任何一个美国人都不会感到惊讶，因为棒球是美国的国球，很多人都喜欢这项运动。第一段第四句：…though baseball is no longer the most popular sport,it is still referred to as the national pastime．尽管棒球如今不再是最受欢迎的运动，但是依然被看作是美国的国球。接下来用具体例子来说明棒球运动在美国的受欢迎程度，最后一个关于核潜艇船员打棒球的例子也是为了说明这一点。因此本句话是正确的。
美式橄榄球在门票梢量方面仅次于棒球。文中对此没有提及。
当前两名球队进行决赛时，这个国家的很多人都觉得紧张而兴奋。At the end of the season,when the two top teams play against each other to find the winner of the "World Series", excitement and tension rise in cities all over the country．季末的时候当前两名球队为夺得“世界职业棒球大赛冠军”称号一决高低的时候，全国上下弥漫着兴奋和紧张的情绪。因此本句话是正确的。
棒球赛季结束不久之后人们就停止谈论棒球了。And long after it is all over, baseball fans talk over the scores and the players,...compared to other years．比赛结束很久之后，一些棒球迷还会谈论一场一场比赛的分数和球员的表现，以及球员今年和往年相比的安打率。因此本句是错误的。
美国总统之所以受邀在华盛顿特区开启棒球赛季大概是因为总统喜欢棒球运动。本文主要内容就是介绍棒球运动在美国的“国球”地位，所以最后一段说美国总统受邀开启棒球赛季依然是为了说明这个主题，而并不是因为美国总统喜欢棒球运动。因此本句是错误的。
第9题：

共用题干
American sports are quite distinct from those played elsewhere in the world.The top four spectator team sports are American football,baseball,basketball,and ice hockey.Baseball is the oldest among these sports.The professional game dates from 1869 and has no close rivals in popularity until the 1960s;though baseball is no longer the most popular sport,it is still referred to as the nationa! pastime.Little boys play baseball in parks and empty lots,in streets and in alleys;and picnics all through the hot summer months include at least a few innings（回合）of baseball with boys and girls, young and old,taking turns at bat. Probably no American was very surprised to read in the newspapers that when a United States atomic submarine surfaced at the North Pole,the crewmen played a game of baseball.
Also unlike the professional levels of the other popular spectator sports in the U.S.,Major League Baseball teams play almost every day from April to October. American football(known simply as"football"in the U.S.)now attracts more television viewers than baseball;however, National Football League teams play only 16 regular -season games each year,so baseball is the great leader in ticket sales.The really important professional players are members of the 24 teams in America's two major baseball leagues.Each summer they are America's national heroes.At the end of the season,when the two top teams play against each other to find the winner of the"World Series",excitement and tension rise in cities all over the country.Fans make long trips to watch the games and to shout from their seats in the bleachers（廉价座位）.Millions of others tune in on radio and television,sometimes making it a topic of conversation.And long after it is all over,baseball fans talk over the scores and the players,inning by inning,and the batting averages of the players this year compared to other years.(Batting averages show the percentage of times a player hits the ball effectively)
The President of the United States is invited to start the season each year by tossing the ball into the first game in Washington
D.C．一and he rarely fails to come.

American sports are quite similar to sports played elsewhere in the world.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

答案：B
解析：
美国的体育运动和世界上其他地方的体育运动类似。第一段第一句： American sports are quite distinct from those played elsewhere in the world．美国的体育运动和世界上其他地方的体育运动截然不同。因此本句是错误的。
四种最受欢迎的团体运动中，棒球的历史最为悠久。第一段第二、三句： The top four spectator team sports are American football,baseball,basketball,and ice hockey.Baseball is the oldest among these sports．四种最吸引观众的团体性运动分别是美式橄榄球、棒球、篮球和冰上曲棍球。这些运动中棒球历史最为悠久。因此本句话是正确的。
当读到核潜艇的船员在北极进行了场棒球比赛的新闻时，任何一个美国人都不会感到惊讶，因为棒球是美国的国球，很多人都喜欢这项运动。第一段第四句：…though baseball is no longer the most popular sport,it is still referred to as the national pastime．尽管棒球如今不再是最受欢迎的运动，但是依然被看作是美国的国球。接下来用具体例子来说明棒球运动在美国的受欢迎程度，最后一个关于核潜艇船员打棒球的例子也是为了说明这一点。因此本句话是正确的。
美式橄榄球在门票梢量方面仅次于棒球。文中对此没有提及。
当前两名球队进行决赛时，这个国家的很多人都觉得紧张而兴奋。At the end of the season,when the two top teams play against each other to find the winner of the "World Series", excitement and tension rise in cities all over the country．季末的时候当前两名球队为夺得“世界职业棒球大赛冠军”称号一决高低的时候，全国上下弥漫着兴奋和紧张的情绪。因此本句话是正确的。
棒球赛季结束不久之后人们就停止谈论棒球了。And long after it is all over, baseball fans talk over the scores and the players,...compared to other years．比赛结束很久之后，一些棒球迷还会谈论一场一场比赛的分数和球员的表现，以及球员今年和往年相比的安打率。因此本句是错误的。
美国总统之所以受邀在华盛顿特区开启棒球赛季大概是因为总统喜欢棒球运动。本文主要内容就是介绍棒球运动在美国的“国球”地位，所以最后一段说美国总统受邀开启棒球赛季依然是为了说明这个主题，而并不是因为美国总统喜欢棒球运动。因此本句是错误的。
第10题：

共用题干
American sports are quite distinct from those played elsewhere in the world.The top four spectator team sports are American football,baseball,basketball,and ice hockey.Baseball is the oldest among these sports.The professional game dates from 1869 and has no close rivals in popularity until the 1960s;though baseball is no longer the most popular sport,it is still referred to as the nationa! pastime.Little boys play baseball in parks and empty lots,in streets and in alleys;and picnics all through the hot summer months include at least a few innings（回合）of baseball with boys and girls, young and old,taking turns at bat. Probably no American was very surprised to read in the newspapers that when a United States atomic submarine surfaced at the North Pole,the crewmen played a game of baseball.
Also unlike the professional levels of the other popular spectator sports in the U.S.,Major League Baseball teams play almost every day from April to October. American football(known simply as"football"in the U.S.)now attracts more television viewers than baseball;however, National Football League teams play only 16 regular -season games each year,so baseball is the great leader in ticket sales.The really important professional players are members of the 24 teams in America's two major baseball leagues.Each summer they are America's national heroes.At the end of the season,when the two top teams play against each other to find the winner of the"World Series",excitement and tension rise in cities all over the country.Fans make long trips to watch the games and to shout from their seats in the bleachers（廉价座位）.Millions of others tune in on radio and television,sometimes making it a topic of conversation.And long after it is all over,baseball fans talk over the scores and the players,inning by inning,and the batting averages of the players this year compared to other years.(Batting averages show the percentage of times a player hits the ball effectively)
The President of the United States is invited to start the season each year by tossing the ball into the first game in Washington
D.C．一and he rarely fails to come.

A possible reason why the President of the United States is invited to start the season in Washington D.C.each year is that the President likes baseball.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

答案：B
解析：
美国的体育运动和世界上其他地方的体育运动类似。第一段第一句： American sports are quite distinct from those played elsewhere in the world．美国的体育运动和世界上其他地方的体育运动截然不同。因此本句是错误的。
四种最受欢迎的团体运动中，棒球的历史最为悠久。第一段第二、三句： The top four spectator team sports are American football,baseball,basketball,and ice hockey.Baseball is the oldest among these sports．四种最吸引观众的团体性运动分别是美式橄榄球、棒球、篮球和冰上曲棍球。这些运动中棒球历史最为悠久。因此本句话是正确的。
当读到核潜艇的船员在北极进行了场棒球比赛的新闻时，任何一个美国人都不会感到惊讶，因为棒球是美国的国球，很多人都喜欢这项运动。第一段第四句：…though baseball is no longer the most popular sport,it is still referred to as the national pastime．尽管棒球如今不再是最受欢迎的运动，但是依然被看作是美国的国球。接下来用具体例子来说明棒球运动在美国的受欢迎程度，最后一个关于核潜艇船员打棒球的例子也是为了说明这一点。因此本句话是正确的。
美式橄榄球在门票梢量方面仅次于棒球。文中对此没有提及。
当前两名球队进行决赛时，这个国家的很多人都觉得紧张而兴奋。At the end of the season,when the two top teams play against each other to find the winner of the "World Series", excitement and tension rise in cities all over the country．季末的时候当前两名球队为夺得“世界职业棒球大赛冠军”称号一决高低的时候，全国上下弥漫着兴奋和紧张的情绪。因此本句话是正确的。
棒球赛季结束不久之后人们就停止谈论棒球了。And long after it is all over, baseball fans talk over the scores and the players,...compared to other years．比赛结束很久之后，一些棒球迷还会谈论一场一场比赛的分数和球员的表现，以及球员今年和往年相比的安打率。因此本句是错误的。
美国总统之所以受邀在华盛顿特区开启棒球赛季大概是因为总统喜欢棒球运动。本文主要内容就是介绍棒球运动在美国的“国球”地位，所以最后一段说美国总统受邀开启棒球赛季依然是为了说明这个主题，而并不是因为美国总统喜欢棒球运动。因此本句是错误的。
第11题：

单选题
Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A
In 1912, Thorpe went back to finish his college education.
B
Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games.
C
Thorpe once played on a baseball team for money.
D
In 1950, Thorpe was named the greatest American football player.

正确答案： B
解析：
第12题：

单选题
From the beginning of this passage we know that.
A
most of the American states were prohibited to take a rest
B
the United States of America prohibited others from rest
C
the United States of America prohibited alcohol sales
D
most states in the country began to allow alcohol sales

正确答案： B
解析：
细节题。第一段第一句提到“…much of the United States of America put Prohibition to rest 73 years ago…”。put…to rest为固定搭配，意为“使…中止”。该句中Prohibition指“禁酒令”，由此可知该句指“73年前美国许多地方就中止了《禁酒令》…”。言外之意就是美国许多州在那时就被允许售酒了，因此选项D为正确答案。
第13题：

共用题干
American Sports
The United States is a sports-loving nation.Sports in America take a variety of forms: organized competitive struggles, which draw huge crowds to cheer their favorite team to victory；athletic games,played for recreation anywhere sufficient space is found;and hunting and fishing.Most sports are seasonal,so that what is happening in sports depends upon the time of year.Some sports are called spectator sports,as the number of spectators greatly exceeds the number playing in the game.
Baseball is the most popular sport in the US.It is played throughout the spring and sum-mer,and professional baseball teams play well into the fall.Although no other game is exact-ly like baseball,perhaps the one most nearly like it is the English game of cricket.
Football is the most popular sport in the fall.The game originated as a college sport more than 75 years ago.It is still played by almost every college and university in the coun-try,and the football stadiums of some of the largest universities seat as many as 80,000 people.The game is not the same as European football or soccer.In American football there are 11 players on each team,and they are dressed in padded uniforms and helmets because the game is rough and injuries are likely to occur.
Basketball is the winter sport in American schools and colleges.Like football,basketball originated in the US and is not popular in other countries.Many Americans prefer it to foot-ball because it is played indoors throughout the winter and because it is a faster game.It is a very popular game with high schools,and in more than 20 states,state-wide high school matches are held yearly.
Other spectator sports include wrestling,boxing,and horse racing.Although horse-racing fans call themselves sportsmen,the accuracy of the term is questionable,as only the jockeys who ride the horses in the races can be considered athletes.The so-called sportsmen are the spectators,who do“not assemble” primarily to see the horses race,but to bet upon the outcome of each race.Gambling is the attraction of horse racing.

Baseball shares many features with the English game of cricket.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

答案：A
解析：
题干意为“在美国，男人们，无论老少，都喜欢打猎和钓鱼”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语hunting, fishing, men, US作为定位线索，同时关注题干中的修饰词young, old，这样找到相关句Sports in America take a variety of forms: organized competitive struggles,which draw huge crowds to cheer their favorite team to victory;athletic games,played for recreation anywhere sufficient space is found； and hunting and fishing，相关句意为“在美国，运动有各种各样的形式：有组织的比赛争夺，吸引着众多的人群去为他们最喜欢的队取得胜利而喝彩，为了消遣只要能找到足够的场地就举行的竞技活动，此外，还有打猎和捕鱼。” 由相关句可知“打猎和钓鱼是美国人的两种运动形式”，但至于什么样的人喜欢打猎和捕鱼却没有提到，短文的其他部分也没有谈到这样的内容，因此是否主要是男人们喜欢打猎和捕鱼是从短文中无法获取的信息。
题干意为“职业棒球队在春夏两个赛季结束之后还可以在秋季继续进行比赛很长时间”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语professional baseball teams , the regular baseball seasons,a long period of time, fall, spring, summer作为定位线索，这样找到相关句 Baseball is the most popular sport in the US.It is played throughout the spring and summer （对应the regular baseball seasons of spring and summer),and professional baseball teams play well into the fall（对应a long period of time in the fall)．相关句提到“整个春夏两个赛季人们都在打棒球，职业棒球比赛进入秋季后还可以持续很长时间”。很明显，题干句意义与短文中相关内容一致。
题干意为“棒球比赛和英国的板球比赛之间有很多共同点”。利用题干中的名词和名词短语baseball, English game of cricket, many features作为定位线索，这样找到相关句Although no other game is exactly like baseball, perhaps the one most nearly like it is the English game of cricket(英国板球比赛），相关句提到“与棒球运动最接近的是英国的板球运动”，这与题干句的句意一致，因此题干句陈述了正确的信息。
题干意为“足球可以被归类为一种观赏性的运动”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语football , spectator sport作为定位线索，这样找到相关句Some sports are called spectator sports , as the number of spectators greatly exceeds the number playing in the game（第一段最后一句）… the football stadiums of some of the largest universities seat as many as 80,000 people。相关句提到“最大的大学足球体育馆能容纳下八万名观众”，而根据spectator sports的定义（观众的人数大大地超过参加比赛的球员的人数），由此可以得出这样的结论：足球是观赏性的运动。有的阅读判断题考查考生依据所给的阅读材料进行分析和推断的能力。
题干意为“许多美国人同橄榄球相比更喜欢篮球，因为橄榄球比赛很粗鲁，所以球员们都必须得穿上特别的制服”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语many Americans, basketball,football, players, special uniforms作为定位线索，这样找到相关句Basketball is the winter sport in American schools and colleges.Like football,basketball originated in the US and is not popular in other countries.Many Americans prefer it to football because it is played indoors throughout the winter and because it is a faster game。相关句提到“许多美国人喜欢篮球胜过橄榄球是因为篮球整个冬季可以在室内比赛，而且节奏更快”，显然短文中陈述的美国人更喜欢篮球的原因与题干陈述的原因不一致。
题干意为“在美国篮球在大学里是如此的受欢迎以至于每年都会举行全国范围内的篮球比赛”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语basketball , American , universities , nationwide university matches作为定位线索，这样找到相关句It（指篮球）is a very popular game with high schools,and in more than 20 states,state-wide high school matches（与na-tionwide university matches相对应）are held yearly，相关句意为“篮球在美国中学里非常流行，在20多个州里每年都要举行全州规模的中学篮球比赛”，但该句没有提到大学是否每年都要举行全国性的比赛。整篇短文中也没有提到大学是否会每年举行全国性比赛。
题干意为“赛马迷不能被认为是运动员，因为他们是观众，他们主要的兴趣是赌博”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语horse-racing fans, sportsmen, spectators, primary interest , gambling作为定位线索，这样发现相关句Other spectator sports include wrestling, boxing,and horse racing.…The so-called sportsmen are the spectators,who do“not assemble”primarily to see the horses race,but to bet upon the outcome of each race.Gambling is the attraction of horse racing，相关句提到“赛马比赛吸引人之处是赌博，赛马迷只是对赌博感兴趣”，显然相关句与题干意义一致。
第14题：

共用题干
American Sports
The United States is a sports-loving nation.Sports in America take a variety of forms: organized competitive struggles, which draw huge crowds to cheer their favorite team to victory；athletic games,played for recreation anywhere sufficient space is found;and hunting and fishing.Most sports are seasonal,so that what is happening in sports depends upon the time of year.Some sports are called spectator sports,as the number of spectators greatly exceeds the number playing in the game.
Baseball is the most popular sport in the US.It is played throughout the spring and sum-mer,and professional baseball teams play well into the fall.Although no other game is exact-ly like baseball,perhaps the one most nearly like it is the English game of cricket.
Football is the most popular sport in the fall.The game originated as a college sport more than 75 years ago.It is still played by almost every college and university in the coun-try,and the football stadiums of some of the largest universities seat as many as 80,000 people.The game is not the same as European football or soccer.In American football there are 11 players on each team,and they are dressed in padded uniforms and helmets because the game is rough and injuries are likely to occur.
Basketball is the winter sport in American schools and colleges.Like football,basketball originated in the US and is not popular in other countries.Many Americans prefer it to foot-ball because it is played indoors throughout the winter and because it is a faster game.It is a very popular game with high schools,and in more than 20 states,state-wide high school matches are held yearly.
Other spectator sports include wrestling,boxing,and horse racing.Although horse-racing fans call themselves sportsmen,the accuracy of the term is questionable,as only the jockeys who ride the horses in the races can be considered athletes.The so-called sportsmen are the spectators,who do“not assemble” primarily to see the horses race,but to bet upon the outcome of each race.Gambling is the attraction of horse racing.

Professional baseball teams can continue to play for a long period of time in the fall af-ter the regular baseball seasons of spring and summer.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

答案：A
解析：
题干意为“在美国，男人们，无论老少，都喜欢打猎和钓鱼”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语hunting, fishing, men, US作为定位线索，同时关注题干中的修饰词young, old，这样找到相关句Sports in America take a variety of forms: organized competitive struggles,which draw huge crowds to cheer their favorite team to victory;athletic games,played for recreation anywhere sufficient space is found； and hunting and fishing，相关句意为“在美国，运动有各种各样的形式：有组织的比赛争夺，吸引着众多的人群去为他们最喜欢的队取得胜利而喝彩，为了消遣只要能找到足够的场地就举行的竞技活动，此外，还有打猎和捕鱼。” 由相关句可知“打猎和钓鱼是美国人的两种运动形式”，但至于什么样的人喜欢打猎和捕鱼却没有提到，短文的其他部分也没有谈到这样的内容，因此是否主要是男人们喜欢打猎和捕鱼是从短文中无法获取的信息。
题干意为“职业棒球队在春夏两个赛季结束之后还可以在秋季继续进行比赛很长时间”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语professional baseball teams , the regular baseball seasons,a long period of time, fall, spring, summer作为定位线索，这样找到相关句 Baseball is the most popular sport in the US.It is played throughout the spring and summer （对应the regular baseball seasons of spring and summer),and professional baseball teams play well into the fall（对应a long period of time in the fall)．相关句提到“整个春夏两个赛季人们都在打棒球，职业棒球比赛进入秋季后还可以持续很长时间”。很明显，题干句意义与短文中相关内容一致。
题干意为“棒球比赛和英国的板球比赛之间有很多共同点”。利用题干中的名词和名词短语baseball, English game of cricket, many features作为定位线索，这样找到相关句Although no other game is exactly like baseball, perhaps the one most nearly like it is the English game of cricket(英国板球比赛），相关句提到“与棒球运动最接近的是英国的板球运动”，这与题干句的句意一致，因此题干句陈述了正确的信息。
题干意为“足球可以被归类为一种观赏性的运动”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语football , spectator sport作为定位线索，这样找到相关句Some sports are called spectator sports , as the number of spectators greatly exceeds the number playing in the game（第一段最后一句）… the football stadiums of some of the largest universities seat as many as 80,000 people。相关句提到“最大的大学足球体育馆能容纳下八万名观众”，而根据spectator sports的定义（观众的人数大大地超过参加比赛的球员的人数），由此可以得出这样的结论：足球是观赏性的运动。有的阅读判断题考查考生依据所给的阅读材料进行分析和推断的能力。
题干意为“许多美国人同橄榄球相比更喜欢篮球，因为橄榄球比赛很粗鲁，所以球员们都必须得穿上特别的制服”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语many Americans, basketball,football, players, special uniforms作为定位线索，这样找到相关句Basketball is the winter sport in American schools and colleges.Like football,basketball originated in the US and is not popular in other countries.Many Americans prefer it to football because it is played indoors throughout the winter and because it is a faster game。相关句提到“许多美国人喜欢篮球胜过橄榄球是因为篮球整个冬季可以在室内比赛，而且节奏更快”，显然短文中陈述的美国人更喜欢篮球的原因与题干陈述的原因不一致。
题干意为“在美国篮球在大学里是如此的受欢迎以至于每年都会举行全国范围内的篮球比赛”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语basketball , American , universities , nationwide university matches作为定位线索，这样找到相关句It（指篮球）is a very popular game with high schools,and in more than 20 states,state-wide high school matches（与na-tionwide university matches相对应）are held yearly，相关句意为“篮球在美国中学里非常流行，在20多个州里每年都要举行全州规模的中学篮球比赛”，但该句没有提到大学是否每年都要举行全国性的比赛。整篇短文中也没有提到大学是否会每年举行全国性比赛。
题干意为“赛马迷不能被认为是运动员，因为他们是观众，他们主要的兴趣是赌博”。利用题干中的名词及名词短语horse-racing fans, sportsmen, spectators, primary interest , gambling作为定位线索，这样发现相关句Other spectator sports include wrestling, boxing,and horse racing.…The so-called sportsmen are the spectators,who do“not assemble”primarily to see the horses race,but to bet upon the outcome of each race.Gambling is the attraction of horse racing，相关句提到“赛马比赛吸引人之处是赌博，赛马迷只是对赌博感兴趣”，显然相关句与题干意义一致。
第15题：

共用题干
American Sports

The United States is a sports-loving nation.Sports in America take a variety of forms;organized competitive struggles,which draw huge crowds to cheer their favorite team to victory;athletic games,played for recreation anywhere sufficient space is found;and hunting and fishing.Most sports are seasonal,so that what is happening in sports depends upon the time of year. Some sports are called spectator sports,as the number of spectators greatly exceeds the number playing in the game.
Baseball is the most popular sport in the US.It is played throughout the spring and summer, and professional baseball teams play well into the fall.Although no other game is exactly like base-ball,perhaps the one most nearly like it is the English game of cricket.
Football is the most popular sport in the fall.The game originated as a college sport more than 75 years ago.It is still played by almost every college and university in the country,and the football stadiums of some of the largest universities seat as many as 80,000 people.The game is not the same as European football or soccer. In American football there are 11 players on each team,and they are dressed in padded uniforms and helmets,because the game is rough and injuries are likely to occur.
Basketball is the winter sport in American schools and colleges.Like football,basketball origi-nated in the US and is not popular in other countries.Many Americans prefer it to football because it is played indoors throughout the winter and because it is a faster game.It is a very popular game with high schools,and in more than 20 states,state-wide high school matches are held yearly.
Other spectator sports include wrestling,boxing,and horse racing.Although horse-racing fans call themselves sportsmen,the accuracy of term is questionable,as only the jockeys who ride the horses in the races can be considered athletes.The so-called sportsmen are the spectators,who do "not assemble"primarily to see the horse race,but to bet upon the outcome of each race.Gambling is the attraction of horse racing.

Basketball in American is so popular with universities that nation-wide university matches are held yearly.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

答案：B
解析：
文章没有谈到这方面的信息。
文章没有谈到这方面的信息。
本题给出的信息是正确的。原文是：Although no other game is exactly like baseball,perhaps the one most nearly like it is the English game of cricket.
本题给出的信息是正确的。原文是：Some sports are called spectator sports, as the number of spectators greatly exceeds the number playing in the game.
本题给出的信息是错误的。原文是：Many Americans prefer it ( basketball) to football because it is played indoors throughout the winter and because it is a faster game.
本题给出的信息是错误的。原文是：It is a very popular game with high schools,and in more than 20 states,state-wide high school matches are held yearly.
本题给出的信息是正确的。原文是：The so-called sportsmen are the spectators,who do"not assemble"primarily to see the horse race,but to bet upon the outcome of each race.Gambling is the attraction of horse racing.
第16题：

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

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

答案：A
解析：
由文章第一段第二句话“… a genuine hope of a new life …”可知，that hope指的是人们对在美洲新大陆开始新生活的希望。故选B。
由文章第二段第二句可知，早在大约公元1000年北欧人发现美洲之前，美洲土著居民就居住在这里。第一句说“美国文学来源于美国人的生活经历”，由此可知，美国文学产生于公元1000年前就居住在这里的美洲土著居民的生活经历。故选D。
由文章第二段第三句话“Each tribe ' s literature was tightly woven into the fabric of dail life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of linking with the land.”可知，美洲土部落的文学是他们日常生活的真实写照。故选A。
文章最后一段的第一句话“Experience , then , is the key to early American literature."本段的主题句，说的是：美洲的生活经历是美国早期文学产生的关键因素。故选D。
由文章最后一段第四句话“They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd , wh thought of themselves as British subjects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.”可知，这两位自认为是大英帝国臣民的英国作家对一场将会创造出一个拥有自己文学的美利坚合众国的革命从来没有任何怀疑。可见，一些英国作家对美国文学的将来充满信心。故选D。
第17题：

共用题干
第一篇

The Beginning of American Literature

America has always been a land of beginnings.After Europeans"discovered"America in the fifteenth

century,the mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope of a new life,an escape from

poverty and persecution,a chance to start again.We can say that,as a nation,America begins with that

hope.When,however,does American literature begin?

American literature begins with Amnerican experiences.Long before the first colonists arrived,before

Christopher Columbus，before the Northmen who"found"America about the year 1000,Native Americans

lived here. Each trilbe's literature was tightly woven into the fabric of daiiy life and reflected the unmistakably

American experience of lining with the land。Anoiher kind of experience,one filled with fear and excite-

ment,found its expression in the reports that Columbus and other explorers sent home in Spain,French and

English.In addition,the journals of the people who lived and died in the New England wilderness tell

unforgettable tales of hard and sometimes heartbreaking experiences of those early years.

Experience,then,is the key to early American literature.The New World provided a great variety of

experiences,and these experiences deniauded a wide variety of expressions by an even wider variety of early

American writers.These wnters included John Smith,who spent only two-and-a-half year on the American

continent.They included Jonathlan Edwards and William Byrd,who thought of themselves as British sub-

jects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.

American Indians,explorers,Puritan ministers,frontier wives,plantation owners一they are all the creators

of the first American literature.

According to the last paragraph,which of the following statements is true about American literature?
A:Some British writers started American literature.
B:Early-day American literature is a reflection of the boring life then.
C:Some British writers had doubts about the future of American literature.
D:Some British writers had great confidence in the future of American literature.

答案：D
解析：
首先找到“that hope”在文章中的位置：就是指第一段第二句中“…a genuine hope of a new life,”意思是：开始新生活的真诚希望。故选B。

从第二段第二句可知：很早以前，本上美国人就居住在这里。既然前一句说“美国文学产生于美国人的生活经历”，由此可知美国文学产生于很早以前就居住这里的本土美国人的生活经历。故选D。

由文章第一二段第三句话“Each tribe' s literature was tightly woven into the fabric of daily life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of lining with the land.”可知，从美洲土著部落的文学中，我们可以找到他们日常生活的写照。

文章最后一段的第一句“Experience, then, is the key to early American literature.”是本段的主题句，说的是：经历是早期美国文学的关键因素。

文章最后一段中“These writers included Johon Smith , who spent only two-and-a-half year on the American continent.They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd,who thought of them- selves as British subjects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.”意思是：这些文学家包括仅在美洲居住两年半的约翰·史密斯，还有约翰逊·爱德华和维廉姆·白伊德。这两位自认为是大英帝国臣民的英国作家对一场将会创造出一个拥有自己文学的美利坚合众国的革命从来没有任何怀疑。可见，一些英国作家对美国文学的将来充满信心。故选D。
第18题：

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

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

答案：D
解析：
由文章第一段第二句话“… a genuine hope of a new life …”可知，that hope指的是人们对在美洲新大陆开始新生活的希望。故选B。
由文章第二段第二句可知，早在大约公元1000年北欧人发现美洲之前，美洲土著居民就居住在这里。第一句说“美国文学来源于美国人的生活经历”，由此可知，美国文学产生于公元1000年前就居住在这里的美洲土著居民的生活经历。故选D。
由文章第二段第三句话“Each tribe ' s literature was tightly woven into the fabric of dail life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of linking with the land.”可知，美洲土部落的文学是他们日常生活的真实写照。故选A。
文章最后一段的第一句话“Experience , then , is the key to early American literature."本段的主题句，说的是：美洲的生活经历是美国早期文学产生的关键因素。故选D。
由文章最后一段第四句话“They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd , wh thought of themselves as British subjects,never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own.”可知，这两位自认为是大英帝国臣民的英国作家对一场将会创造出一个拥有自己文学的美利坚合众国的革命从来没有任何怀疑。可见，一些英国作家对美国文学的将来充满信心。故选D。
第19题：

共用题干
American sports are quite distinct from those played elsewhere in the world.The top four spectator team sports are American football,baseball,basketball,and ice hockey.Baseball is the oldest among these sports.The professional game dates from 1869 and has no close rivals in popularity until the 1960s;though baseball is no longer the most popular sport,it is still referred to as the nationa! pastime.Little boys play baseball in parks and empty lots,in streets and in alleys;and picnics all through the hot summer months include at least a few innings（回合）of baseball with boys and girls, young and old,taking turns at bat. Probably no American was very surprised to read in the newspapers that when a United States atomic submarine surfaced at the North Pole,the crewmen played a game of baseball.
Also unlike the professional levels of the other popular spectator sports in the U.S.,Major League Baseball teams play almost every day from April to October. American football(known simply as"football"in the U.S.)now attracts more television viewers than baseball;however, National Football League teams play only 16 regular -season games each year,so baseball is the great leader in ticket sales.The really important professional players are members of the 24 teams in America's two major baseball leagues.Each summer they are America's national heroes.At the end of the season,when the two top teams play against each other to find the winner of the"World Series",excitement and tension rise in cities all over the country.Fans make long trips to watch the games and to shout from their seats in the bleachers（廉价座位）.Millions of others tune in on radio and television,sometimes making it a topic of conversation.And long after it is all over,baseball fans talk over the scores and the players,inning by inning,and the batting averages of the players this year compared to other years.(Batting averages show the percentage of times a player hits the ball effectively)
The President of the United States is invited to start the season each year by tossing the ball into the first game in Washington
D.C．一and he rarely fails to come.

Baseball is the oldest among the top four spectator team sports.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

答案：A
解析：
美国的体育运动和世界上其他地方的体育运动类似。第一段第一句： American sports are quite distinct from those played elsewhere in the world．美国的体育运动和世界上其他地方的体育运动截然不同。因此本句是错误的。
四种最受欢迎的团体运动中，棒球的历史最为悠久。第一段第二、三句： The top four spectator team sports are American football,baseball,basketball,and ice hockey.Baseball is the oldest among these sports．四种最吸引观众的团体性运动分别是美式橄榄球、棒球、篮球和冰上曲棍球。这些运动中棒球历史最为悠久。因此本句话是正确的。
当读到核潜艇的船员在北极进行了场棒球比赛的新闻时，任何一个美国人都不会感到惊讶，因为棒球是美国的国球，很多人都喜欢这项运动。第一段第四句：…though baseball is no longer the most popular sport,it is still referred to as the national pastime．尽管棒球如今不再是最受欢迎的运动，但是依然被看作是美国的国球。接下来用具体例子来说明棒球运动在美国的受欢迎程度，最后一个关于核潜艇船员打棒球的例子也是为了说明这一点。因此本句话是正确的。
美式橄榄球在门票梢量方面仅次于棒球。文中对此没有提及。
当前两名球队进行决赛时，这个国家的很多人都觉得紧张而兴奋。At the end of the season,when the two top teams play against each other to find the winner of the "World Series", excitement and tension rise in cities all over the country．季末的时候当前两名球队为夺得“世界职业棒球大赛冠军”称号一决高低的时候，全国上下弥漫着兴奋和紧张的情绪。因此本句话是正确的。
棒球赛季结束不久之后人们就停止谈论棒球了。And long after it is all over, baseball fans talk over the scores and the players,...compared to other years．比赛结束很久之后，一些棒球迷还会谈论一场一场比赛的分数和球员的表现，以及球员今年和往年相比的安打率。因此本句是错误的。
美国总统之所以受邀在华盛顿特区开启棒球赛季大概是因为总统喜欢棒球运动。本文主要内容就是介绍棒球运动在美国的“国球”地位，所以最后一段说美国总统受邀开启棒球赛季依然是为了说明这个主题，而并不是因为美国总统喜欢棒球运动。因此本句是错误的。
第20题：

共用题干
American sports are quite distinct from those played elsewhere in the world.The top four spectator team sports are American football,baseball,basketball,and ice hockey.Baseball is the oldest among these sports.The professional game dates from 1869 and has no close rivals in popularity until the 1960s;though baseball is no longer the most popular sport,it is still referred to as the nationa! pastime.Little boys play baseball in parks and empty lots,in streets and in alleys;and picnics all through the hot summer months include at least a few innings（回合）of baseball with boys and girls, young and old,taking turns at bat. Probably no American was very surprised to read in the newspapers that when a United States atomic submarine surfaced at the North Pole,the crewmen played a game of baseball.
Also unlike the professional levels of the other popular spectator sports in the U.S.,Major League Baseball teams play almost every day from April to October. American football(known simply as"football"in the U.S.)now attracts more television viewers than baseball;however, National Football League teams play only 16 regular -season games each year,so baseball is the great leader in ticket sales.The really important professional players are members of the 24 teams in America's two major baseball leagues.Each summer they are America's national heroes.At the end of the season,when the two top teams play against each other to find the winner of the"World Series",excitement and tension rise in cities all over the country.Fans make long trips to watch the games and to shout from their seats in the bleachers（廉价座位）.Millions of others tune in on radio and television,sometimes making it a topic of conversation.And long after it is all over,baseball fans talk over the scores and the players,inning by inning,and the batting averages of the players this year compared to other years.(Batting averages show the percentage of times a player hits the ball effectively)
The President of the United States is invited to start the season each year by tossing the ball into the first game in Washington
D.C．一and he rarely fails to come.

People stop talking about baseball soon after the end of the season.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

答案：B
解析：
美国的体育运动和世界上其他地方的体育运动类似。第一段第一句： American sports are quite distinct from those played elsewhere in the world．美国的体育运动和世界上其他地方的体育运动截然不同。因此本句是错误的。
四种最受欢迎的团体运动中，棒球的历史最为悠久。第一段第二、三句： The top four spectator team sports are American football,baseball,basketball,and ice hockey.Baseball is the oldest among these sports．四种最吸引观众的团体性运动分别是美式橄榄球、棒球、篮球和冰上曲棍球。这些运动中棒球历史最为悠久。因此本句话是正确的。
当读到核潜艇的船员在北极进行了场棒球比赛的新闻时，任何一个美国人都不会感到惊讶，因为棒球是美国的国球，很多人都喜欢这项运动。第一段第四句：…though baseball is no longer the most popular sport,it is still referred to as the national pastime．尽管棒球如今不再是最受欢迎的运动，但是依然被看作是美国的国球。接下来用具体例子来说明棒球运动在美国的受欢迎程度，最后一个关于核潜艇船员打棒球的例子也是为了说明这一点。因此本句话是正确的。
美式橄榄球在门票梢量方面仅次于棒球。文中对此没有提及。
当前两名球队进行决赛时，这个国家的很多人都觉得紧张而兴奋。At the end of the season,when the two top teams play against each other to find the winner of the "World Series", excitement and tension rise in cities all over the country．季末的时候当前两名球队为夺得“世界职业棒球大赛冠军”称号一决高低的时候，全国上下弥漫着兴奋和紧张的情绪。因此本句话是正确的。
棒球赛季结束不久之后人们就停止谈论棒球了。And long after it is all over, baseball fans talk over the scores and the players,...compared to other years．比赛结束很久之后，一些棒球迷还会谈论一场一场比赛的分数和球员的表现，以及球员今年和往年相比的安打率。因此本句是错误的。
美国总统之所以受邀在华盛顿特区开启棒球赛季大概是因为总统喜欢棒球运动。本文主要内容就是介绍棒球运动在美国的“国球”地位，所以最后一段说美国总统受邀开启棒球赛季依然是为了说明这个主题，而并不是因为美国总统喜欢棒球运动。因此本句是错误的。
第21题：

共用题干
American sports are quite distinct from those played elsewhere in the world.The top four spectator team sports are American football,baseball,basketball,and ice hockey.Baseball is the oldest among these sports.The professional game dates from 1869 and has no close rivals in popularity until the 1960s;though baseball is no longer the most popular sport,it is still referred to as the nationa! pastime.Little boys play baseball in parks and empty lots,in streets and in alleys;and picnics all through the hot summer months include at least a few innings（回合）of baseball with boys and girls, young and old,taking turns at bat. Probably no American was very surprised to read in the newspapers that when a United States atomic submarine surfaced at the North Pole,the crewmen played a game of baseball.
Also unlike the professional levels of the other popular spectator sports in the U.S.,Major League Baseball teams play almost every day from April to October. American football(known simply as"football"in the U.S.)now attracts more television viewers than baseball;however, National Football League teams play only 16 regular -season games each year,so baseball is the great leader in ticket sales.The really important professional players are members of the 24 teams in America's two major baseball leagues.Each summer they are America's national heroes.At the end of the season,when the two top teams play against each other to find the winner of the"World Series",excitement and tension rise in cities all over the country.Fans make long trips to watch the games and to shout from their seats in the bleachers（廉价座位）.Millions of others tune in on radio and television,sometimes making it a topic of conversation.And long after it is all over,baseball fans talk over the scores and the players,inning by inning,and the batting averages of the players this year compared to other years.(Batting averages show the percentage of times a player hits the ball effectively)
The President of the United States is invited to start the season each year by tossing the ball into the first game in Washington
D.C．一and he rarely fails to come.

When the final game is played between the two top teams,many people in the country feel excited and nervous.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

答案：A
解析：
美国的体育运动和世界上其他地方的体育运动类似。第一段第一句： American sports are quite distinct from those played elsewhere in the world．美国的体育运动和世界上其他地方的体育运动截然不同。因此本句是错误的。
四种最受欢迎的团体运动中，棒球的历史最为悠久。第一段第二、三句： The top four spectator team sports are American football,baseball,basketball,and ice hockey.Baseball is the oldest among these sports．四种最吸引观众的团体性运动分别是美式橄榄球、棒球、篮球和冰上曲棍球。这些运动中棒球历史最为悠久。因此本句话是正确的。
当读到核潜艇的船员在北极进行了场棒球比赛的新闻时，任何一个美国人都不会感到惊讶，因为棒球是美国的国球，很多人都喜欢这项运动。第一段第四句：…though baseball is no longer the most popular sport,it is still referred to as the national pastime．尽管棒球如今不再是最受欢迎的运动，但是依然被看作是美国的国球。接下来用具体例子来说明棒球运动在美国的受欢迎程度，最后一个关于核潜艇船员打棒球的例子也是为了说明这一点。因此本句话是正确的。
美式橄榄球在门票梢量方面仅次于棒球。文中对此没有提及。
当前两名球队进行决赛时，这个国家的很多人都觉得紧张而兴奋。At the end of the season,when the two top teams play against each other to find the winner of the "World Series", excitement and tension rise in cities all over the country．季末的时候当前两名球队为夺得“世界职业棒球大赛冠军”称号一决高低的时候，全国上下弥漫着兴奋和紧张的情绪。因此本句话是正确的。
棒球赛季结束不久之后人们就停止谈论棒球了。And long after it is all over, baseball fans talk over the scores and the players,...compared to other years．比赛结束很久之后，一些棒球迷还会谈论一场一场比赛的分数和球员的表现，以及球员今年和往年相比的安打率。因此本句是错误的。
美国总统之所以受邀在华盛顿特区开启棒球赛季大概是因为总统喜欢棒球运动。本文主要内容就是介绍棒球运动在美国的“国球”地位，所以最后一段说美国总统受邀开启棒球赛季依然是为了说明这个主题，而并不是因为美国总统喜欢棒球运动。因此本句是错误的。
第22题：

根据以下材料，回答
The American Revolution was not arevolution in the sense of a radical or total change. It was not a sudden andviolent overturning of the political and social framework, such as lateroccurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations.Significant changes were ushered in, but they were not breathtaking. Whathappened was accelerated evolution rather than outright revolution. During theconflict itself people went on working and praying, marrying and playing. Mostof them were not seriously disturbed by the actual fighting, and many of themore isolated communities scarcely knew that a war was on.
America′s War of Independence heralded thebirth of three modem nations. One was Canada, which received its first largeinflux of English-speaking population from the thousands of loyalists who fledthere from the United States. Another was Australia, which became a penalcolony now that America was no longer available for prisoners and debtors. Thethird new comer--the United States--based itself squarely on republican principles.
Yet even the political overturn was not asrevolutionary as one might suppose. In some states, notable Connecticut andRhode Island, the war largely ratified a colonial self-rule alreadyexisting.British officials, everywhere ousted, were replaced by a home-growngoverning class, which promptly sought a local substitute for king andParliament.

Which of the following would be thebest title for the passage?

A.The United States: An Isolated Community
B.Surprising Events During the AmericanRevolution
C.Canada and the American War ofIndependence
D.The American Revolution: Evolution NotRevolution

答案：D
解析：
主旨题。通读全文可知，文章的结构是总一分结构。第一段是总括段，第二、三段是分段。根据第一段中“The American Revolution was not a revolution in the sense of aradical or total change．”“Significant changes wereushered in，but they were not breathtaking．What happened was accelerated evolution rather than outrightrevolution．"可知美国革命并未导致完全的和彻底的变化，所发生的只是进化的加速，并不算是一场革命。所以D项“美国革命：进化而不是革命”作为文章标题最恰当。
第23题：

多选题
The American Civil War began after the Confederate States of America seceded from the Union, in essence dividing the United States into two ______ countries.
A
concordant
B
allied
C
distinct
D
discrete
E
united
F
banded

正确答案： D,B
解析：
美国内战是为了阻止美利坚合众国的分裂，选项中只有C、D两项暗含“分裂”的含义。A和谐的，协调一致的；B联合的，同盟的；E团结的，统一的；F有条纹的。句意是，“美利坚联盟国从联邦的脱离实质上是要把美利坚合众国分裂成两个独立的国家，由此引发了美国内战。”
第24题：

单选题
Stations in the United States of America are grouped by states arranged in the alphabetical order of their（）.
A
countries
B
states
C
names
D
groups

正确答案： C
解析：暂无解析

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