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At least twenty firemen were killed ______ of the collapse of the building during the fire

accident.

A．as a rule

B．as for

C．as a result

D．as far

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第1题

根据以下材料回答第 46～50 题： Passage FourNews has just been received of an air crash

根据以下材料回答第 46～50 题：

Passage FourNews has just been received of an air crash in the north of England. The plane , which was on a charter flight from London to Carlisle, was carrying a party of businessmen on their way to a trade fair. It seems likely that the plane ran into a heavy fog as it was approaching Carlisle and was obliged to circle for some twenty minutes. Everything seemed to be going well. The pilot was in constant radio communication with Ground Control when the engines suddenly cut out and all contact was lost. The plane crashed on the site of the ancient Roman camp at Hadrian’s Hill , a place well known to archaeologists(考古学家)and tourists.

So far few details have been reported, but it is feared that at least twenty people lost their lives, among them the pilot, who was killed instantly, The local ambulances and firemen were on the scene within minutes of the crash , but additional help had to be rushed from other areas.

Mr. Lesilie Collins, one of the survivors, told our reporter, “We passengers noticed the engines were making a funny noise. Of course we couldn’t see anything because of the fog, but the pilot said there was nothing to worry about. The next thing we know, the engines went dead. There was a rushing noise-and after that I don’t remember any more.”

Mr. Collins is now in hospital, being treated minor injuries. We will be bringing you further news of crash as we receive it . In the meantime relatives are asked to ring 02-3457211 for information.

第 46 题 The plane was_________.

A．flying some businessmen to London

B．on a regular flighy to London

C．returning from a trade fair

D．bound for Carlisle

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第2题

The history of technology is at least as old as humankind, if not older. Primitive too

ls have been discovered with almost every find of ancient human remains. Archaeologists (考古学家)have uncovered tools made by humanity's ancestors more than two million years ago, and the earliest direct evidence of tool usage, found in the Great Rift Valley, dates back to 2.5 million years ago. The hunter-gatherer lifestyle, characteristic of the Lower Paleolithic era, involved a limited use of technology, and the earliest tools, were developed to aid early humans in that role.

The discovery and utilization of fire, a simple energy source with many profound uses, was a turning point in the technological evolution of mankind. The exact date of its discovery is not known; evidence of burnt animal bones at the Cradle of Humankind suggests that the domestication of fire occurred before 1,000,000BCE; scholarly consensus indicates that Homo erectus had controlled fire by between 500,000BCE and 400,000BCE. Fire, fueled with wood and charcoal, allowed early humans to cook their food to increase its digestibility, thereby improving its nutrient value and broadening the number of foods that could be eaten.

Other technological advances made during the Paleolithic (旧石器时代的)era were clothing andshelter; the adoption ofboth technologies cannot be dated exactly, but they were key to humanity's progress.

As the Paleolithic era progressed, dwellings became more sophisticated and more elaborate; as early as 380,000BCE, humans were constructing temporary wood huts. Clothing, adapted from the fur and hides of hunted animals, helped humanity expand into colder regions; humans began to migrate out of Africa by 200,000BCE and into other continents.

1.Which of the following statements is NOT true about the tools？()

A.The earliest tools were developed to aid early humans.

B.The earliest direct evidence of tool usage dates back to 2.5 million years ago.

C.The history of primitive tools is older than humankind.

D.Archaeologists have uncovered tools made more than two million years ago.

2.The turning point in the technological evolution of mankind is.()

A.the use of primitive tools by humanity ancestors

B.the adaptation of clothing from the fur and hides of hunted animals

C.the discovery and utilization of fire

D.the construction of temporary wood huts

3.The technological advances in clothing and shelter.()

A.were very important to humanity's progress

B.can be dated exactly

C.can be dated as early as 380,000BCE

D.helped people to move to any places they like

4.Which of the following can best replace the word "hides” in the third paragraph？()

A.leathers

B.hairs

C.places

D.skins

5.Which of the following is the best title for this passage？()

A.The discovery and utilization of fire.

B.The discovery of primitive tools.

C.The prehistory of technology.

D.The technological evolution of mankind.

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第3题

To swim across the English Channel takes at least nine hours. It' s a hard work and it mak

es you short of breath. To fly over the Channel takes only twenty minutes (as long as you' re not held up at the airport), but it' s an expensive way to travel. You can travel by hovercraft if you don' t mind the noise, and that takes forty minutes. Otherwise you can go by boat, if you forget your sea-sickness ills. All these means of transport have their problems and the weary(不耐烦的) traveler often dreams of being able to drive to France in his own car. "Not possible", you say. Well, wait a minute. People are once again considering the idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge.

This time, the Greater London Council is looking into the possibility of building a Channel link straight to London. (79) A bridge would cost far more than a tunnel, but you would be able to go by rail or by car on a bridge, whereas a tunnel would provide a rail link only.

Why is this idea being discussed again？ Is Britain becoming more conscious of the need for links with Europe as a result of joining the EEC(欧共体) ？ Well, perhaps. The main reason, though, is that a tunnel or bridge would reach the twenty square kilometers of London' s disused dockland(船坞地). A link from London to the continent would stimulate trade and re-vitalize(使…各新有活力) the port, and would make London a main trading center in Europe. (80)With a link over the Channel, you could buy your fish and chips in England, and be able to eat them in France while they were still warm!

Which of the following statements is TRUE？

A．Swimming across the Channel takes less than four hours.

B．The idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge is a very new one.

C．It is considered to be more difficult to swim across the channel than any other means.

D．A tunnel or bridge would only reach as far as the coast.

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第4题

The railroad industry could not have grown as large as it did without steel. The first rai

ls were made of iron. But iron rails were not strong enough to support heavy trains running at high speeds. Railroad executives wanted to replace them with steel rails because steel was ten or fifteen times stronger and lasted twenty times longer. Before the 1870's, however, steel was too expensive to be widely used. It was made by a slow and expensive process of heating, stirring and reheating iron ore.

Then the inventor Henry Bessemer discovered that directing a blast of air at melted iron in a furnace would burn out the impurities that made the iron brittle. As the air shot through the furnace, the bubbling metal would erupt in showers of sparks. When the fire cooled, the metal had been changed, or converted to steel. The Bessemer converter made possible the mass production of steel. Now three to five tons of iron could be changed into steel in a matter of minutes.

Just when the demand for more and more steel developed, prospectors discovered huge new deposits of iron ore in the Mesabi Range, a 120 long region in Minnesota near Lake Superior. The Mesabi deposits were so near the surface that they could be mined with steam shovels.

Barges and steamers carried the iron ore through Lake Superior to depots on the southern shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. With dizzying speed Gary, Indiana, and Toledo, Youngstown, and Cleveland, Ohio, became major steel manufacturing centers. Pittsburgh was the greatest steel city of ail.

Steel was the basic building material of the industrial age. Production skyrocketed from seventy seven thousand tons in 1870 to over eleven million tons in 1900.

According to the passage, the railroad industry preferred steel to iron because steel was ______.

A．cheaper and more plentiful

B．lighter and easier to mold

C．cleaner and easier to mine

D．stronger and more durable

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第5题

During the twentieth century there has been a great change in the lives of women. A woman

marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the Youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which chance and health made it unusual for them to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman' s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and she can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until sixty.

This important change in women' s life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women's economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school and took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life.

We are told that in a family about 1900 ______.

A．few children died before they were five

B．seven or eight children lived to be more than five

C．the youngest child would be fifteen

D．four or five children died when they were five

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第6题

Under normal conditions the act of communication requires the presence of at least two per

sons: one who sends and one who receives the communication. In order to communicate thoughts and feelings, there must be a conventional system of signs or symbols which mean the same to the sender and the receiver.

The means of sending communications are too numerous and varied for a systematic classification; therefore, the analysis must begin with the means of receiving communication. Reception of communication is achieved by our senses. Sight, hearing, and touch play the most important roles. Smell and taste play very limited roles, for they cannot receive intellectual expression from fully developed systems of signs and symbols.

Examples of visual communication are gesture and mimicry. Although both frequently accompany speech, there are systems that rely solely on sight such as those used by deaf and dumb persons. Another means of communicating visually is by signals of fire, smoke, flags, of flashing lights. Feelings may be simply communicated by touch, such as by handshaking or backslapping, although a highly developed system of hand stroking has enabled blind, deaf, and dumb persons to communicate intelligently. Whistling to someone, applauding in a theater, and other forms of communication by sound rely upon the ear as a receiver. The most fully developed form. of auditory communication is, of course, the spoken language.

The means of communication mentioned so far have two features in common: they last only a short time, and the person involved must be relatively close to each other. Therefore all are restricted in time and space.

Why does the author begin his analysis with the means of receiving communication rather than the means of sending communication？

A．Communication actually takes place when the message is received.

B．There are more means of receiving than of sending communications.

C．Reception of communications involves of the senses.

D．It is difficult to organize by type the means of sending communications.

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第7题

Mountain climbers around the world dream about going up Mountain Everest （珠穆朗玛峰) . It

Mountain climbers around the world dream about going up Mountain Everest (珠穆朗玛峰) . It is the highest mountain in the world. But many people who have climbed the mountain have left waste material that is harming the environment.

A team of Americans is planning the largest clean-up effort ever on Mountain Everest. They will make the risky trip up the mountain next month.

The team of eight Americans will be guided by more than twenty Sherpas of Nepal (尼泊尔夏尔巴人).Their goal is to remove all the trash they see. They will spend two months cleaning up the mountain by gathering oxygen bottles, fuel containers, batteries, drink cans, human waste and other kinds of trash. They are expected to remove at least three tons of trash in large bags.

Team leader Robert Hoffman is making his fourth trip up the mountain. He says he hopes to bring Everest to the condition it was in before the first successful climb fifty years ago. He says he hopes the effort will influence other people to clean up the environment closer home.

Human waste on Everest is a major concern. So the clean-up team will take along newly development equipment to collect and treat human waste. Over the years, the waste articles have polluted the mountain. In the warm season when the ice melts, the polluted water flows to Nepali villages below. The problem has gotten worse in recent years because climbing Everest has become more popular.

When those Americans are planning the trip up Mountain Everest, they are concerned about______.

A．the success in climbing up the mountain

B．the environment pollution of the mountain

C．the equipment for their trip to the mountain

D．the risks facing the mountain climbers

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第8题

根据以下内容回答题:The Olympic Games are the greatest festival of sport in the world．Every

根据以下内容回答题:

The Olympic Games are the greatest festival of sport in the world．Every four years，a hundred or more countries send their best sportsmen to compete for the highest honors in sport．

As many as 6，000 people take part in over 20 sports．For the winners，there are gold medals and glory．But there is honor，t00，for all who compete，win or lose．That is the spirit of the Olympics--to take part is what matters．

The Olympic Games always start in a bright color and action．The teams of all the nations parade in the opening ceremony and march round the track．The custom is for the Greek team to march in first．For it was in Greece that the Olympics began．The team of the country where the Games are being held——the host country--marches in last．

The runner with the Olympic torch then enters the stadium and lights the flame．A sports-man from the host country takes the Olympic oath on behalf of all the competitors．The judges and officials also take an oath．After the sportsmen march out of the stadium，the host country puts on a wonderful display．

The competitions begin the next day．There are usually more than twenty sports in the Games．The mle is that there must be at least fifteen：The main events are in track and field，but it is a few days before these sports start．Each day the competitors take part in a different sport--riding，shooting，swimming，and cross-country runnin9．Points are gained for each event．Medals are awarded for the individual winners and for national teams．

More and more women are taking part in the games．They first competed in l900，in tennis and golf，which are no longer held in the Olympics．Women’s sw!mming events were in-troduced in 1912,but it was not until l928 that there were any track and field events for women．Now．they compete in all but half a dozen of the sports．In horse ridin9，shooting，and boat racing，they may compete in the same events as the men．

Why is there honor for the losers as well as for the winners？查看材料

A.Because failure is the mother of success．

B.Because losers need encouragement，too．

C.Because losers and winners should be equally treated．

D.Because what really matters is to take part in the Olympic Games．

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第9题

根据以下内容回答题：The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women．Duri

ng the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the proportion of a woman’s life spent in caring for the children．A woman’marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties，and would be likely to have seven or eight children，of whom four or five lived tiU they were five years old．By the time the youngest was fifteen，the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect．to live a further twenty years，during which custom，opportunity and health made it unusual for her to get paid work．Today women marry younger and have fewer children．Usually a woman’s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five years old and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty．Even while she has the care of children，her work is lightened by household appliances and convenience foods． This important change in woman’s life-pattern has only recendy begun to have its full effect on women"s economic position．Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity，and most of them took a full time job．However，when they married，they usually left work at once and never returned to it．Today the school leaving age is sixteen，many girls stay at school after that age，and though women tend to marry younger，more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born．Very many more afterwards retum to full or part-time work．Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage，with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life，aid with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money，and running the home，according to the abilities and interests of each of them．

According to the passage，it is now quite usual for women to__________ ．

A.stay at home after leaving school

B.marry men younger than themselves

C.start work until retirement at 60

D.marry while still at school

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第10题

数字25如何表达（）

A.twenty five

B.twenty—five

C.twenty,five

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