第三部分：阅读理解
( A )
What are some of the steps a person can take to prevent his house from being broken into while he is away? One step is to
make sure that the house seems a lived-in one. Living room curtains should be pulled down only half-way. Bedrooms that
usually have the curtains pulled down at night should be left down . Another is to make sure that all outside locks are the
dead-bolt type (双保险) . Still another is to leave several 100W lights burning and make sure that one is in the kitchen.
Lights that turned on and off by themselves are the best. Then, too, it is a good idea to leave the radio turned on and set
to a talking station. Any type of speaking makes a thief think twice before trying to enter. Finally, while away on holiday,
make sure that nothing collects in front or in the house. Particularly, make certain that the newspaper is stopped and that
a trusted neighbour has been asked to pick up the mail. Thieves are especially quick to notice piled-up newspapers and
overpiled mail boxes.
36. Why did the writer begin this piece with question?
A. Because he wanted to catch the readers' attention.
B. Because he wanted to have the readers guess the answer before reading.
C. Because he wanted to sum up (概括) the topic of the piece.
D. Because he wanted to make the readers understand him better.
37. The word "live-in" in this passage means¹ ______________.
A. left empty B. lively and cheerful² C. now being used by people D. laid inside
38. What does the writer advise the people to do?
A. Ask a neighbour to pick up the daily mail
B. Make sure to have lights that turn on and off by themselves.
C. Make sure the newspaper is handed over every day.
D. Pull the living room curtains down.
39. The most important room to leave a light burning in is the _________.
A. bedroom B. kitchen C. living room D. sitting-room³
( B )
Mr Richards has worked in a small seaside town for about ten years and he and his wife have a comfortable house near the
sea.
During the winter they would be quite happy, but every summer a lot of their relatives used to spend holiday in their house
, and it was much cheaper than staying in hotel . Finally one day in June Mr Richards complained to a clever friend of his
who lived in the same place. "One of my wife's cousins is going to bring her husband and children and spend ten days with
us next month again. How have you prevented all your relatives from coming to live with you in summer ?" "Oh,"the friend
answered, "that is not difficult. I just borrow money from all the rich ones, and lend it to all the poor ones. After that,
they seldom come again." Hearing this Mr Richards smiled.
40. The relatives preferred to stay in Mr Richards' house because _____________.
A. it was cool in summer B. they might spend less money
C. they were more welcome D. it was a comfortable place
41. According⁴ to his friend's opinion, the poor relatives would stop going there so often
because ________ .
A. they were shy to borrow money again
B. hey were afraid to be asked to pay off the debts⁵
C. they had been ill-treated
D. it wasn't happy for the poor to meet the rich
42. The best title for this passage is ___________.
A. Such a Clever Friend B. Mr Richards and his Friend
C. Money is Important D. Such Good Usage⁶ of Money
43. After reading the passage we can infer⁷ _____________.
A. Mr Richards still complains about the coming of his relatives in summer
B. The friend of Mr Richards' hadn't as many relatives as Richards
C. Gradually⁸ Mr Richards succeeded in keeping his relatives out in summer
D. sNone of Richards' relatives came to the seaside town for their holidays again
( C )
I wonder why American towns looks so much alike⁹ that I sometimes mix them up in my memory. The standard influence(影响)of mass
production whose agents(代理商)are the travelling
salesman, the mail-order house, the five-and-ten cent stores, the chain stores, the movies can hardly explain it. If you stay
two days in Bologna and in Ferrare, or in Arles and in Avignon, you will never mix them up in all your life. But it may well
happen that after you spend two days in St.Louis and in Kansas City the appearances¹⁰ of these two cities soon mix up. I think
the reason for this is that these towns have not yet had time enough to develop their own characters. Similarly¹¹, children are
much less different from each other than grown people.
44. Which two of the following towns look so much alike?
A. Bologna and Ferrare B. Arles and Avignon
C. St. Louis and Kansas City D. Bologna and St. Louis
45. In line 4 the word "it" refers to ____________.
A. standard of towns B. similarity¹² of towns C. people's memory D. mass production
46. American towns look very much alike because of ____________.
A. the standard influence of mass production B. their different appearances
C. not being fully¹³ developed D. having everything in common
( D )
Millions of stars are travelling about in space. A few form groups which journey together, but most of them travel alone.
And they travel through a universe so large that one star seldom comes near to another. For the most part each star makes
its journey in complete loneliness, like a ship on an empty ocean. The ship will be well over a million miles from its
nearest neighbor. From this it is easy to understand why a star seldom finds another anywhere neat it.
We believe, however, that some two thousand million years ago, another star wandering(漫游) through space, happened to come
near our sun, Just as the sun and the moon raise tides(潮汐)on the earth, so this star must have raised tides on the
surface of the sun .But they were very different from the small tides that are raised in our oceans; a large tidal wave
must have travelled over the surface of the sun, at last forming a mountain so high that we cannot imagine it. As the cause
of the disturbance¹⁴(动荡) came nearer, so the mountain rose higher and higher. And before the star began to move away again,
its tidal pull had become so powerful¹⁵ that this mountain was torn to pieces and threw off small parts of itself into space.
These small pieces have been going round the sun ever since. They are the planets¹⁶(行星).
47. Millions of stars are _______________.
A. following a regular path in space B. moving about without a fixed¹⁷ course
C. seldom wandering about in the universe D. always travelling together
48. Some two thousand million years ago, the mountain on the sun was raised probably because
__________.
A. a large tidal wave of a star travelled over the surface of the sun
B. another star happened to come near the sun
C. the sun and the moon raised the tides on the earth
D. the star moved away from the sun
49. The article suggests that _____________ .
A. our earth exists before the sun B. how space formed
C. no one knows where the earth comes from
D. our earth used to be a high mountain on the sun
50. The expression "the cause of the disturbance" refers to _________.
A. the large tidal wave B. the powerful tidal pull
C. the star coming near the sun D. one of the sun's planets
51. In this article, the writer mainly wants to tell the readers __________.
A. that the universe is so large that we cannot imagine it
B. how the high mountains were formed on the sun
C. why the tides over the surface of the sun were so powerful
D. where the planets in the universe came from
( E )
Contacts(交往) between Japan and the rest of the world have grown a great deal in the twentieth century. In the last thirty
years, business contacts between Japan and the West have become very important. Many foreign companies now have offices in
Japan and Japanese businessmen do business around the world.
Differences between Japanese and Western ways of doing business, however, often bewilder¹⁸ the foreign businessman and make
doing business in Japan difficult for foreigners.
The American businessman, for example , wants of start talking business immediately . He wants quick decisions. He does not
wait. The Japanese, on the other hand , likes to arrive at decisions gradually after giving them a great deal of thought.
Another thing foreign businessmen have difficulty¹⁹ in understanding is when a Japanese means "Yes" or "No". This is because
of cultural difference for a Japanese to say "No" directly²⁰.
In English, it is easy to say "No" to something we do not want to do. But in Japan it is very difficult to say "No". To
refuse an invitation or a request with "No", or a similar phrase²¹, is felt to be impolite²². It is thought to be selfish(自私)
and unfriendly. So instead of saying "No" directly, the Japanese have developed many ways to avoid saying "No". These
enable²³ them to avoid hurting other people's feeling. However, this often makes communication with the Japanese difficult
for foreigners to understand and follow.
52. Paragraph²⁴ one tells us that ______________ .
A. It is not always easy for foreigners to do business in Japan
B. Japan is a very important country for businessmen
C. business contacts between Japan and the West are important
D. Japanese businessmen do business all around the world
53. The word "bewilder" in paragraph 2 probably means _________.
A. tire B. interest C. puzzle D. surprise
54. From the passage we can know that _____________.
A. American businessmen do things more quickly than Japanese ones
B. American businessmen like to say "Yes" and "No"
C. Americans usually say what they are thinking
D. Americans do not express themselves clearly
55. The passage tells us that ________.
A. Japanese businessmen are good at business
B. foreign businessmen should first try to understand Japanese
C. foreign businessmen must be more polite
D. if you want to succeed you must learn from Japan

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