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ReadingComprehension

Theaimoftheteacheristogethispupilsasquicklyas

possibleovertheperiodinwhicheachprintedsymbolis

lookedatforitsshape,andarriveatthestagewhenthepupil

looksatwordsandphrases,fortheirmeaning,almostwithout

noticingtheshapesoftheseparateletters.

Whenagoodreaderisatwork,hedoesnotlookatletters,

norevenatwords,onebyone,howeverquickly;hetakesin

themeaningoftwo,three,orfourwordsatatime,inasingle

moment.Watchcarefullytheeyesofapersonwhoisreading,

anditwillbeseenthattheydonottravelsmoothlyalongthe

linesofprint,buttheymovebyjumpsseparatedbyveryshort

stops.Theeyesofaverygoodreadermovequicklytaking

longjumpsandmakingveryshorthalts;theeyesofapoor

readermovemoreslowly,takingonlyshortjumpsand

stoppinglongerateachhalt.Sometimes,whenhemeetsa

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difficulty,heevengoesbackwardstoseeagainwhathas

alreadybeenlookedatonce.

Theteacher'staskisthereforeclear:itistotrainhispupils

totakeinseveralwordsataglance(one"eye-jump")andto

removethenecessityforgoingbackwardstoreadsomething

asecondtime.

Thisshowsatoncethatletter-by-letter;or

syllable-by-syllable(音節(jié))orword-by-wordreading,withthe

fingerpointingtotheword,carefullyfixingeachoneinturn,is

wrong.Itiswrongbecausesuchamethodtiesthepupil'seyes

downtoaveryshortjump,andtheaimistotrainforthelong

jump.Moreover;averyshortjumpistooshorttoprovideany

meaningorsense;anditwillbefoundthathavingstruggled

withthreeorfourwordsseparately,thepupilhastolookat

themagain,alltogetherandinonegroup,inordertogetthe

meaningofthewholephrase.

1.Whichofthefollowingisclosestinmeaningtothefirst

paragraph?

A.Pupilsshouldbetrainedtoreachquicklythestageof

readingwithouthavingtoconcentrateontheseparate

symbols.

B.Pupilsshouldlookateachprintedsymbolforitsmeaningas

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wellasforitsshape.

C.Teachersshouldhelptheirpupilsavoidlookingattheshape

oftheprintedsymbols.

D.Teachersshouldtelltheirpupilsthedifferentstagesoftheir

study.

答案:A［解析］文章第一段最后一句話"...almostwithoutnoticing

theshapesoftheseparateletters",與選項(xiàng)A一致。

2.Inasinglemoment,agoodreaderpicksup.

A.severalwords

B.severalphrases

C.severalsentences

0.severallines

答案:A［解析］文章第二段中"hetakesinthemeaningoftwo,

three,orfourwordsatatime,inasinglemoment","takein

themeaning"與題目中的"pickup"是同義，所以選A。

3.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisFALSE?

A.Theeyesofagoodreadermakeshorthaltsandlongjumps.

B.Theeyesofabadreadertakeinthemeaningofonewordat

atime.

C.Theeyesofabadreadertakeonlyshortjumps.

D.Theeyesofagoodreadermovesteadily.

答案:D［解析］文章第二段中"Theeyesofaverygoodreader

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movequicklytakingtongjumpsandmakingveryshorthalts;

theeyesofapoorreadermovemoreslowly,takingonlyshort

jumpsandstoppinglongerateachhalt/可知選項(xiàng)D中的

"movesteadily"與此句話意思相反。

4.Onemayhavetoreadsomethingasecondtimeif.

A.thereisenoughtime

B.onereadstoofast

C.thepassageisverylong

D.onereadswordbyword

答案:D［解析］從第二段末尾"whenhemeetsadifficulty,he

evengoesbackwardstoseeagainwhathasalreadybeen

lookedatonce."可知"g。backwardtoseeagain"與題目中的

"readsomethingasecondtime"意思一致。這就是"poor

的表現(xiàn)，所以選

reader"Do

5.Themainideaofthelastparagraphisthat.

A.word-by-wordreadingishighlyinefficient

B.thepupil'seyesshouldfocusongroupsofsyllablesinstead

ofsinglesyllables

C.pupilshavetomovetheireyesbackandforthwhenreading

D.finger-pointinginreadinghelpsthepupilconcentrateon

meaning

答案:A［解析］從文章對兩種閱讀方法的比較及文章最后段落可知，文

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章主要是表明逐字閱讀是非常低效的。故選

Ao

Largecompaniesneedawaytoreachthesavingofthe

publicatlarge.Thesameproblem,onasmallerscale,faces

practicallyeverycompanytryingtodevelopnewproductsand

createnewjobs.Therecanbelittleprospectofraisingthesort

ofsumsneededfromfriendsandpeopleweknow,andwhile

banksmayagreetoprovideshort-termfinance,theyare

generallyunwillingtoprovidemoneyonapermanentbasis

forlong-termprojects.Socompaniesturntothepublic,

invitingpeopletolendthemmoney,ortakeashareinthe

businessinexchangeforashareinfutureprofits.Thistheydo

byissuingstocksandsharesinthebusinessthroughTheStock

Exchange.Bydoingsotheycanputintocirculationthesaving

ofindividualsandinstitutions,bothathomeandoverseas.

Whenthesaverneedshismoneyback,hedoesnothave

togotothecompanywithwhomheoriginallyplacedit.

Instead,hesellshissharesthroughastockbrokertosome

othersaverwhoisseekingtoinvesthismoney.

Manyoftheservicesneededbothbyindustryandbyeach

ofusareprovidedbytheGovernmentorbylocalauthorities.

Withouthospitals,roads,electricity,telephones,railways,this

countrycouldnotfunction.Alltheserequirecontinuous

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spendingonnewequipmentandnewdevelopmentiftheyare

toserveusproperly,requiringmoremoneythanisraised

throughtaxesalone.Thegovernment,localauthorities,and

nationalizedindustriesthereforefrequentlyneedtoborrow

moneytofinancemajorcapitalspending,andthey,too,come

toTheStockExchange.

Thereishardlyamanorwomaninthiscountrywhosejob

orwhosestandardoflivingdoesnotdependontheabilityof

hisorheremployerstoraisemoneytofinancenew

development.Inonewayoranother;thisnewmoneymust

comefromthesavingsofthecountry.TheStockExchange

existstoprovideachannelthroughwhichthesesavingscan

reachthosewhoneedfinance.

6.Almostallcompaniesinvolvedinnewproductionand

developmentmust.

A.relyontheirownfinancialresources

B.persuadethebankstoprovidelong-termfinance

C.borrowlargesumsofmoneyfromfriendsandpeoplethey

know

D.dependonthepopulationasawholeforfinance

答案:D［解析］文章第一段中"Socompaniesturntothepublic,

invitingpeopletolendthemmoney,ortakeashareinthe

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businessinexchangeforashareinfutureprofits/文章中的

"turntoH,Tend”和選項(xiàng)中的D"dependon,forfinance"同

義替換。

7.Themoneywhichenablesthesecompaniestogoahead

withtheirprojectsis.

A.repaidtoitsoriginalownersassoonaspossible

B.raisedbythesellingofsharesinthecompanies

C.exchangedforpartownershipinTheStockExchange

0.investedindifferentcompaniesonTheStockExchange

答案:B［解析］文章第一段末尾"Thistheydobyissuingstocks

andsharesinthebusinessthroughTheStockExchange.By

doingsotheycanputintocirculationthesavingofindividuals

故選

andinstitutions,bothathomeandoverseas/Bo

8.Whenthesaverswanttheirmoneybackthey.

A.askanothercompanytoobtaintheirmoneyforthem

B.lookforotherpeopletoborrowmoneyfrom

C.puttheirsharesinthecompanybackonthemarket

0.transfertheirmoneytomoresuccessfulcompany

答案:C［解析］第二段第二句"hesellshissharesthrougha

stockbrokertosomeothersaverwhoisseekingtoinvesthis

money?故選C。

9.Alltheessentialservicesonwhichwedependare.

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A.runbytheGovernmentorourlocalauthorities

B.inconstantneedoffinancialsupport

C.financedwhollybyratesandtaxes

D.unabletoprovidefortheneedsofthepopulation

答案:B［解析］從文章第三段"Alltheserequirecontinuous

spendingonnewequipmentandnewdevelopmentiftheyare

toserveusproperly,requiringmoremoneythanisraised

throughtaxesalone?文中nrequiringmoremoney"與選項(xiàng)中

B的ninconstantneedoffinancialsupport"同義替換。

10.TheStockExchangemakesitpossibleforthe

Government,localauthoritiesandnationalizedindustries

A.toborrowasmuchmoneyastheywish

B.tomakecertaineverybodysavesmoney

C.toraisemoneytofinancenewdevelopments

D.tomakecertaineverybodylendsmoneytothem

答案:C［解析］文章第四段第一句"Thereishardlyamanor

womaninthiscountrywhosejoborwhosestandardofliving

doesnotdependontheabilityofhisorheremployerstoraise

moneytofinancenewdevelopment?故C正確。

Thereisapopularbeliefamongparentsthatschoolsareno

longerinterestedinspelling.NoSchoolIhavetaughtinhas

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everignoredspellingorconsidereditunimportantasabasic

skill.Thereare,however;vastlydifferentideasabouthowto

teachit,orhowmuchprioritize（優(yōu)先）itmustbegivenover

generallanguagedevelopmentandwritingability.The

problemis,howtoencourageachildtoexpresshimselffreely

andconfidentlyinwritingwithoutholdinghimbackwiththe

complexitiesofspelling.

Ifspellingbecomestheonlyfocalpointofhisteacher's

interest,clearlyabrightchildw川be「kelyto"playsafe".He

w川tendtowriteonlywordswithinhisspellingrange,

choosingtoavoidadventurouslanguage.That'swhyteachers

oftenencouragetheearlyuseofdictionariesandpay

attentiontocontentratherthantechnicalability.

Iwasonceshockedtoreadonthebottomofasensitive

pieceofwritingaboutapersonalexperience:"Thisworkis

terrible!Therearefartoomanyspellingerrorsandyour

writingisillegible（難以辨認(rèn)的）Itmayhavebeenasharp

criticismofthepupil'stechnicalabilitiesinwriting,butitwas

alsoasadreflectionontheteacherwhohadomittedtoread

theessay,whichcontainedsomebeautifulexpressionsofthe

child'sdeepfeelings.Theteacherwasnotwrongtodraw

attentiontotheerrors,butifhisprioritieshadcenteredonthe

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child'sideas,anexpressionofhisdisappointmentwiththe

presentationwouldhavegiventhepupilmoremotivation動力）

toseekimprovement.

11.Teachersaredifferentintheiropinionsabout.

A.thedifficultiesinteachingspelling

B.theroleofspellingingenerallanguagedevelopment

C.thecomplexitiesofthebasicspellingskills

D.thenecessityofteachingspelling

答案:B［解析］文章第一段中提到Thereare,however,vastly

differentideasabouthowtoteachit,orhowmuch

prioritize（優(yōu)先）itmustbegivenovergenerallanguage

故選

developmentandwritingability,Bo

12.Theexpression"playsafe"probablymeans.

A.towritecarefully

B.todoasteacherssay

C.tousedictionariesfrequently

D.toavoidusingwordsoneisnotsureof

答案:D［解析］文中對playsafe進(jìn)行了解釋,即Hewilltendto

writeonlywordswithinhisspellingrange,choosingtoavoid

adventurouslanguage.與D答案相符。

13.Teachersencouragetheuseofdictionariessothat.

A.studentswillbeabletoexpresstheirideasmorefreely

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B.teacherswillhavelesstroubleincorrectingmistakes

C.studentswillhavemoreconfidenceinwriting

0.studentswilllearntobeindependentofteachers

答案:A［解析］文章第一段的末尾Theproblemis,howto

encourageachildtoexpresshimselffreelyandconfidentlyin

writingwithoutholdinghimbackwiththecomplexitiesof

speHing?而后作者又提至UThat'swhyteachersoftenencourage

theearlyriseofdictionariesandpayattentiontocontent

ratherthantechnicalability.可知A是正確答案。

14.Thewriterseemstothinkthattheteacher'sjudgmenton

thatsensitivepieceofwritingis.

A.reasonable

B.unfair

C.foolish

D.careless

答案:B［解析］從第三段末尾來看Theteacherwasnotwrongto

drawattentiontotheerrors,butifhisprioritieshadcentered

onthechild'sideas,在這里關(guān)鍵是讀出but的語義轉(zhuǎn)折及后面的

虛擬。由此可知教師的評語是不太公平的。

15.Themajorpointdiscussedinthepassageis.

A.theimportanceofdevelopingspellingskills

B.thecomplexitiesofspelling

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C.thecorrectwayofmarkingcompositions

D.therelationshipbetweenspellingandthecontentofa

composition

答案:A［解析］文章開始表明了拼寫現(xiàn)象被忽視，而后又列舉了拼寫所

造成的問題。故作者主張重視拼寫技能。

Treesshouldonlybeprunedwhenthereisagoodandclear

reasonfordoingsoand,fortunately,thenumberofsuch

reasonsissmall.Pruninginvolvesthecuttingawayof

overgrownandunwantedbranches,andtheinexperienced

gardenercanbeencouragedbythethoughtthatmore

damageresultsfromdoingitunnecessarilythanfromleaving

thetreetogrowinitsownway.

Firstly,pruningmaybedonetomakesurethattreeshave

adesiredshapeorsize.Theobjectmaybetogetatreeofthe

rightheight,andatthesametimetohelpthegrowthofsmall

sidebrancheswhichwillthickenitsappearanceorgiveita

specialshape.Secondly,pruningmaybedonetomakethe

treehealthier.Youmaycutoutdiseasedordeadwood,or

branchesthatarerubbingagainsteachotherandthuscausing

wounds.Thehealthofatreemaybeencouragedbyremoving

branchesthatareblockingupthecenterandsopreventing

thefreemovementofair.

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Oneresultofpruningisthatanopenwoundisleftonthe

treeandthisprovidesaneasyentryfordisease,butitisa

woundthatwillheal.Oftenthereisaracebetweenthehealing

andthediseaseastowhetherthetreewillliveordie,sothat

thereisaperiodwhenthetreeisatrisk.Itshouldbetheaimof

everygardenertoreducethatriskofdeathasfaraspossible.It

isessentialtomaketheareawhichhasbeenprunedsmooth

andclear,forhealingwillbesloweddownbyroughness.

Youshouldallowthecutsurfacetodryforafewhours

andthenpaintitwithoneofthesubstancesavailablefrom

gardenshopsproducedespeciallyforthispurpose.Pruningis

usuallydoneinwinter,forthenyoucanseetheshapeofthe

treeclearlywithoutinterferencefromtheleavesanditis,too,

veryunlikelythatthecutsyoumakewillbleed,ifthisdoes

happen,itis,ofcourse,impossibletopaintthemproperly.

16.Pruningissometimesdoneto.

A.allowthetreetogrowinitsownway

B.getridofsmallbranches

C.improvetheshapeofthetree

Dietthetreegrowtaller

答案:C［解析］文章第二段第一句話Firstly,pruningmaybedone

tomakesurethattreeshaveadesiredshapeorsize.可知C是

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正確答案。

17.Treeswillbecomeunhealthywhen.

A.toomanybranchesgrowinthemiddle

B.branchesinthemiddlearecutaway

C.smallsidebranchesbecomethick

D.overgrownbranchesareremoved

答案:A［解析］第二段結(jié)尾Thehealthofatreemaybe

encouragedbyremovingbranchesthatareblockingupthe

centerandSOpreventingthefreemovementofair.文中的

center與選項(xiàng)中inthemiddle同義替換。

18.Aspecialsubstanceispaintedonthecutsurfaceofthe

tree.

A.topreventthebleedingoftheliquid

B.topreventdiseasefromenteringthewound

C.tohelpthewounddryquickly

D.toremedytheroughnessofthewound

答案:B［解析］文章第四段開頭Youshouldallowthecutsurfaceto

dryforafewhoursandthenpaintitwithoneofthe

substancesavailablefromgardenshopsproducedespecially

forthispurpose.此題的關(guān)鍵是讀出forthispurpose指代的是什

么。結(jié)合第三段的內(nèi)容可知指的就是

thispurposepreventdisease0

故選B。

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19.Agoodgardenerprunesatree.

A.atintervalsthroughouttheyear

B.regularlyeverywinter

C.onlywhennecessary

D.onceeveryyear

答案:C［解析］文章開頭Treesshouldonlybeprunedwhenthere

isagoodandclearreasonfordoingso.文中用0nly表示弓雖調(diào),

故選C。

20.Whatistheauthor'smainpurposeinwritingthispassage?

A.Todescribetheadvantagesofpruning.

B.Togiveageneraldescriptionofpruning.

C.Todiscussdifferentmethodsofpruning.

D.Toexplainthereasonsforpruning.

答案:D［解析］文章開頭提出中心，而后解釋了兩種情況下可剪除樹

枝，最后提出修剪的方法。故選

De

Compulsiveshoppersmayhaveanewpsychologicalexcuse

toblamefortheirwildshopping.Psychologistsatthe

UniversityofCanterburyinNewZealandarestudyingthe

"shop-till-you-drop"habitasabehavioraldisordersimilarto

compulsiveeating.Compulsiveshoppersfrequentlybuymore

thantheycanaffordormorethantheyneed,anditcauses

themdistress.

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"Itbecomesaproblemwhenyouareoutofcontrol,"

psychologylecturerNevilleBlampiedsaid."Whenyouare

feelingbadandblue,whatdoyoudo?Somepeopleeat

chocolatecakeandicecream.Somepeopletakethecredit

cardandgoouttotheshop."Bankmanagersunderstandthe

problembecausetheyhavetodealwithpeoplewhohaveto

bepersuadedtostopusingtheircardsdrawingmoney.

Compulsiveshoppingwasfirstdiscoveredin1915,

althoughitwasthenknownasoniomania.Fewstudieshave

beendoneontheproblem.

AnadvertisementinaChristchurchpaper;callingfor

peopletotakepartinanexperimentaltreatmentprogram

designedbyMrWilson,attracted10replies.Buttheproblem,

saidMrWilson,is"clearlynotrare".Hethinksthatcompulsive

shoppingshouldbetreatedwithdrugs."Aspsychologistswe

areinterestedinnon-drugtreatmentsforbehavioral

difficulties,"MrWilsonsaid.

Theaimofthetreatmentwastohelppeoplefindbetter

waysofmanagingtheiremotions.Theprogram,consistingof

10one-hourweeklylessonsandtwofollow-uptreatments,is

looselybasedonteachingstressmanagement.

"Youoftenhavetostarttogetpeopletocorrectly

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recognizetheiremotions.Notbeingabletoknowwhatyou

reallyfeelweakensyourabilitytosolvetheproblems

connectedwithwhat'smakingyoufeelthatway,"MrWilson

said.

21.Whatisthisarticlemostlyabout?

A.Signsofcompulsiveshopping.

B.Studiesofcompulsiveshopping.

C.comparisonofcompulsiveshoppingandcompulsiveeating.

D.AnexperimentaltreatmentprogramdesignedbyMrWilson.

答案:B［解析］本題的命題意圖是檢測學(xué)生對全文主旨的概括能力。全

文講述的是關(guān)于"強(qiáng)迫性購物及其治療方法的研究"，故選B。

22.Thecompulsiveshopperswillgoshoppingwhen.

A.theyhavelotsofmoney

B.theyaretakingdrugs

C.theyarefeelingsad

D.theywinaprize

答案:C［解析］細(xì)節(jié)考查題。由第二段"Whenyouarefeelingbad

andblue,whatdoyoudo?...Somepeopletakethecreditcard

andgoouttotheshop."即可得到答案。

23.Theunderlinedword"it"inthefirstparagraphmost

probablyrefersto.

A.compulsiveeating

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B.anewpsychologicalexcuse

C.thestudydonebyBlampied

D.thebehaviorofwildshopping

答案:D［解析］此處的it實(shí)際上是指"Compulsiveshoppers

frequentlybuymorethantheycanaffordormorethanthey

need"這一狀況。

24.Whichofthefollowingisconsideredimportantin

treatingcompulsiveshoppers?

A.Teachingthemtomanagetheirmoneybetter.

B.Teachingthemtounderstandtheiremotions.

C.Persuadingthemnottodrawmoneyfromthebank.

0.Treatingthemwithrightdrugs.

答案:B［解析］由倒數(shù)第二段第一句可知治療的目的是為了幫助人們

尋找控制他們情緒的最好的辦法，即心病還須心藥醫(yī)。

25.Howlongwillthetreatmentprogramlast?

A.Tenhours.

B.Oneweek.

C.Tendays.

D.Tenweeks.

答案:D［解析］根據(jù)第五段"Theprogram,consistingof10

one-hourweeklylessons",可推知每周一小時(shí)的課程，共10小

時(shí)，故應(yīng)該持續(xù)周，因此選

10De

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ThenorthAustraliancityonDarwinwasdevastatedbya

strongcyclone（龍卷風(fēng)）onChristmasDay.Thedeathand

destructionwasduealmostasmuchtohumanfactorsasto

theviolenceofthewind.

PeopleinDarwinhadbecomesoaccustomedtocyclone

warningsthatfewofthempaidattentiontotheradio

warningsofCycloneTracyapproach,whichbeganearlyon

ChristmasEve.Manypeople,infact,diedintheirearsasthey

triedtodrivehomethroughthecyclonefromChristmas

partiesorsocialcalls.

SinceTownsvillewasdevastatedbyacycloneinDecember

1971,theweatherauthoritieshaveregularlyissuedalarmsof

everydangerouscyclone.Butbecausefewofthecyclones

everhitthecoastaltowns,peopletherehadcometoignore

thewarnings.

Darwin'slastalertwasbroadcastonlytwoweeksbefore

CycloneTracy.Onthatoccasionthestormchangeddirection

andheadedoffharmlesslydownthecoast.

Apartfromthosepeoplekilledintheircars,nearlyallthe

othervictimsdiedinthedamageoftheirhomeswhich,

despitethefactthatDarwinliesintherecognizedcyclonebelt,

hadnotbeenbuilttowithstandcyclonicwinds.Although

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buildingstandardsinotherstatesofAustraliaweremade

muchstricterafterthetragedyatTownsville,theDarwin

authoritiesneverfollowedthenewregulations.Consequently

mostofsuburbanDarwinwasbuiltoflightwoodandiron

raisedoffthegroundonpilestogivecoolnessinthetropical

climate.Andthesidesofthehousesweresimplynailedtothe

roofinsteadofbeingfirmlyattachedwithwhatAustralian

builderscall"cyclonebolts".Asaresult,manypeoplewere

killedbyflyingsheetsofironfromtheroofs.

26.TheinhabitantsofDarwinignoredthecyclonewarning

because.

A.itwasChristmasEve

B.Darwindoesnotlieinthecyclonebelt

C.cyclonesrarelyhittheirtown

D.theywereaccustomedtotheattacksofcyclones

答案:C［解析］從第三段中Butbecausefewofthecyclonesever

hitthecoastaltowns,peopletherehadcometoignorethe

warnings.可知C正確。

27.Themainreasonmanypeoplediedinthecyclonewas

that.

A.thestormcamewithoutwarning

B.theywerereluctanttoleavebeforethecyclone

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C.theirhouseswerenotbuiltasrequired

D.thestormwassostrongthatnothingcouldresistitsviolence

答案:C［解析］從文章第五段nearlyalltheothervictimsdiedin

thedamageoftheirhomeswhich,despitethefactthatDarwin

liesintherecognizedcyclonebelt,hadnotbeenbuiltto

withstandcyclonicwinds.和theDarwinauthoritiesnever

followedthenewregulations.可知C正確。

28.TwoweeksbeforeChristmasDay.

A.Darwinwashitbyacyclone

B.acyclonepassedclosetoDarwin

C.thewarningofCycloneTracywasgiven

D.Townsvillewasdevastatedbyacyclone

答案:B［解析］從文章第四段Onthatoccasionthestormchanged

directionandheadedoffharmlesslydownthecoast.可知B正

確。

29.AfterTownsvillewasdevastatedbyacyclone,theDarwin

authorities.

A.paidmuchattentiontocyclonewarningandprevention

B.demandedthatthehousebebuiltwithcyclonebolts

C.followedtheexampleoftheotherAustralianstates

D.tooknonoticeofthenewregulations

答案:D［解析］從文章的第五段theDarwinauthoritiesnever

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followedthenewregulations.可知文中的follow與選項(xiàng)中的

takenonoticeof是同義替換。

30.Thepassageismeanttoillustratethat.

A.cycloneshitthecoastaltownsofAustraliaquiteoften

B.itisessentialtoestablishanadequatecyclonewarning

system

C.thetragedyofDarwinwastoagreatextentduetothe

negligenceofthecyclonewarning

D.muchcan'tbedonetoavoidtheattackofcyclones

答案:C［解析］本文的目的是借達(dá)爾文的悲劇告知人們忽視龍卷風(fēng)警

報(bào)的代價(jià)有多大。

Theworldisknowntousthroughmanysenses,notjust

hearing,smell,vision,andatcloserange,touchandtaste.

Ourskinsletusknowwhethertheairismoistordry,

whethersurfacesarewetwithoutbeingstickyorslippery.

Fromtheuniformityofslightpressure,wecanbeawarehow

deeplyafingeristhrustintowateratbodytemperature,even

ifthefingerisenclosedinarubberglovethatkeepstheskin

completelydry.Manyotheranimalswithhighlysensitiveskins,

appeartobeabletolearnstillmoreabouttheirenvironment.

Oftentheydosowithoutemployinganyofthefivesenses.

Byobservingthecapabilitiesofothermembersofthe

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animalkingdom,wecometorealizethatahumanbeinghas

farmorepossibilitiesthanareutilized.Weneglecteverso

manyofoursensesinconcentratingonthefivemajorones.At

thesametime,acomparisonbetweenanimalsandmandraws

attentiontothelimitationsofeachsense.Thepartofthe

spectrum（光譜）seenbycolor-consciousmanasredis

non-existentforhoney-bees.Butabeecanseefarmorein

flowersthanwe,becausetheultraviolet（紫夕卜線）towhichour

eyesareblindisastimulating（刺激的）partoftheinsect's

spectrum,andforhoney-beesatleast,constitutesaseparate

colour.

31.Fromthepassage,werealizethat.

A.manpossessesasmanysensesasanimals

B.manpossessesafewmoresensesthananimals

C.manpossessesfarmoresensesthanthefivemajorones

D.manhasfullyutilizedhissenses

答案:C［解析］文章第一段Theworldisknowntousthrough

manysenses,notjusthearing,smell,vision,andatcloserange,

touchandtaste.可知文中的notjust與選項(xiàng)中的farmoresenses

同義替換。

32.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.Thehoney-beeisblindtored.

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B.Manismorecolor-consciousthanthehoney-bee.

C.Thehoney-beecanseefarmorecolorsthanman.

D.Manissensitivetotheultraviolet.

答案:A［解析］文章第三段Thepartofthespectrum(光譜)seenby

color-consciousmanasredisnon-existentforhoney-bees.由

此選A。

33.Wecanrealizehowdeeplyafingerisputintowaterat

bodytemperature.

A.fromthesenseofdirecttouch

B.throughskincontact

C.fromtheevendistributionofpressure

0.throughthedifferenceintemperature

答案:C［解析］文章第二段中Fromtheuniformityofslight

pressure,wecanbeawarehowdeeplyafingeristhrustinto

wateratbodytemperature,evenifthefingerisenclosedina

rubberglovethatkeepstheskincompletelydry.可知C正確。

34.Thephrase"sensitiveskins"(Para.2)mostprobably

means.

A.skinsthatarestickyorslippery

B.skinsthataredelicate

C.skinsthatarecompletelydry

D.skinsthatarequicktofeelandrespond

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答案:D［解析］由上下文Manyotheranimalswithhighlysensitive

skins,appeartobeabletolearnstillmoreabouttheir

environment.在這里learn的意思即是sensitiveskin的作用及功

能，因此選

De

35.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A.AlIsenseshavetheirlimitations.

B.Manhasnotfullyutilizedallhissenses.

C.Insectsaremoresensitivetocolorsthanman.

D.Manisnotasgoodasanimalsinlearningaboutthe

environment.

答案:B［解析］從文章結(jié)構(gòu)來看，文章提出了我們有許多感覺器官，而

后在第三段中提出wecometorealizethatahumanbeinghas

因止匕選

formorepossibilitiesthanareutilized.Bo

CanalsexistedinEgyptthousandsofyearsago.Thegreat

canalatBabylonwasbuiltabout2000B.C..TheGrandCanal

ofChina,whichisover900mileslong,wasbe