B. twisting and turning its hard front wings C. twisting and turning its legs D. twisting and turning its whole body 5. What made the stick jump in the child?s hand? A. The stick jumped because the child laughed. B. The beetle pulled on the string when it flew. C. The child bounced the stick to make the beetle fly. D. The child made the stick jump.
【答案与解析】本文介绍了世界上最大的昆虫 the Goliath beetle。
1. A。细节题。根据文章第2段最后一句 …the African Goliath beetle, the largest insect in the world可推知此题答案为 A。
2. B。细节题。根据文章第3段中It is these soft back wings that make the beetle fly forward. They also cause the loud whirring sound the beetle makes when it flies可推知此题答案为 B。
3. C。细节题。根据文章第3段第1句 …because it has six legs and a body that is divided into three parts 可推知此题答案为 C。
4. C。细节题。根据文章第3段最后一句 To steer, the beetle twists and turns its legs the same way you steer a bike by turning its front wheel 可推知此题答案为C。
5. B。细节题。根据文章第2段第3句 …the insect takes off, pulling the string…可推知此题答案为 B。
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The idea of rain making is almost as old as man, but it was not until 1946 that man succeeded in making rain. In ancient(古代的) times, rainmakers claimed(声称) to be able to bring rain by many methods; dancing, singing, killing various kinds of living creatures(including humans), and blowing a stream of water into the air from a kind of pipe.
More recently, some rainmakers claimed to make rain by shooting guns, causing explosions, or burning chemicals, the smoke of which was supposed to cause rain to fall. These rainmakers asked for as much as 1, 000 dollars to make an inch of rain. One was so effective that he was almost hanged. He was believed to have caused a twenty-inch rain in southern California that flooded that land, killed several people, and did millions of dollars? worth of damage.
Before 1946, rainmakers were either liars or honest people who happened to have good luck. Scientific rain making was started in that year by Vincent J. Schaefer, a scientist at the laboratories of the General Electric Company in New York State. His success was the result of a lucky accident that changed years of failure into victory.
1. One rainmaker was almost hanged because ______. A. he did not make rain at all B. he asked for too much money
C. people thought he caused too much rain D. he killed several people
2. Which of the following methods can make rain? A. Killing pigs and sheep.
B. Blowing a stream of water into the air from a kind of pipe. C. Shooting guns or causing explosions. D. None of the above is right.
3. Who was the first rainmaker succeeding in making rain? A. The one who caused a twenty-inch rain in southern California. B. Before 1946, a rainmaker who happened to have good luck.. C. Vincent J. Schaefer, in 1946.
D. The passage doesn?t tell us his or her name.
【答案与解析】人工降雨的想法和人类的历史几乎是一样长，历史上曾演绎出许多人工降雨的闹剧。第一次科学人工降雨是在1946年，由美国纽约州的Vincent J. Schaefer 完成。
1. C。细节题。根据第2段最后一句He was believed to have caused a twenty-inch rain in southern California that flooded that land, killed several people, and did millions of dollars? worth of damage 可知答案为C。
2. D。判断题。从第2段内容可以明显看出A、B、C三项均不能降雨，所以选D。
3. C。细节题。从最后一段第2句话Scientific rain making was started in that year(1946) by Vincent J. Schaefer, a scientist at the laboratories of the General Electric Company in New York State可以确定该题的正确答案。
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Some time people call each other “scared-cat”, but have you ever thought about this expression? When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemicals in its bloodstream. Although the cat doesn?t realize this. Its body is getting ready for action. If the danger continues, the animal will do one of two things. It will defend itself, or it will run away as fast as it can.
Something like this also happens to people. When we are excited, angry, scared, or aroused by other emotions(feelings), our bodies go through many physical changes. Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense. All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react. We, too get ready to defend ourselves or run.
Human beings, however, have a problem that animals never face. If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we can get into trouble. Have you ever said something in anger — or hit somebody — and regretted it later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher, told somebody you were lonely, or said you were in love, and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut? It isn?t always wise to express your feelings freely.
Does this mean that it?s smarter always to hide our feelings? No! If you keep feelings of anger, sadness and bitterness hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illness can develop, and you can feel churned up inside. It can actually be bad for your health.(It isn?t good to keep pleasant feelings inside either; all feelings need to be expressed.)
Feelings that you keep all bottled up inside don?t just go away. It?s as if you bought some bananas and stuck them in a cupboard. You might not be able to see them, but before long you?d smell them. And if you opened the cupboard, chances are you?d see little fruit flies hovering all over them. They?d be rotten.
You can try to treat emotions as if they were bananas in the cupboard. You can hide them and you can pretend they don?t exist, but they?ll still be around. And at last you?ll have to deal with them, just like those bananas.
1. The best title for this article is _______. A. Emotions Affect Our Bodies
B. What Happens to a Frightened Cat
C. What Happens to An excited Person D. Feelings That People Have 2. The underlined words “churned up” in the fourth paragraph mean _______. A. being puzzled C. made upset
B. being hurt D. made satisfied
3. The author wrote this article in order to _______. A. tell us that it isn't good to keep feelings inside B. give us some advice on how to express our feelings C. make us face the problem that we have to deal with feelings D. make us know that it isn't always wise to express our feelings freely
【答案与解析】文章阐述了人的喜怒哀乐等各种情感都有必要表达出来，否则，对健康不利，甚至会引发各种疾病。
1. A。主旨题。读完全文，很容易明白这篇文章的主旨是“情感影响我们的身体”。
2. C。词义猜测题。细读Physical illness can develop, and you can feel churned up inside这句，然后对比所给的4个选项，可知只有C最为恰当。
3. D。主旨题。从第3段举的例子可以看出作者的写作目的。
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On Oct. 12, 1989, some Chinese scientists were working at the computers to look for the information they needed. Suddenly they saw a lot of very bright spots crossing the computer?s screens. At the same moment the computers were working much slower. To find out what was happening, they stopped their work to check some parts of the computers. To their horror, they found out that most of their stored information was got rid of by computer viruses(病毒). Obviously all these computers had been infected(传染) by computer viruses.
It is said that the computer viruses were made by a group of young men fond of playing tricks. They all
had excellent education. They created the viruses just to show their intelligence. This kind of computer viruses is named Jerusalem Viruses. These viruses can stay in computers for a long time. When the time comes they will attack the computers by lowering the functions, damaging normal programs or even getting rid of all the information.
We now come to know that Jerusalem Viruses often attack computers on Fridays and that they are spreading to a lot of computers. Among the countries that suffered computer viruses last year are Britain, Australia, Switzerland and the U.S. But till now, how to get rid of the terrible viruses remains a problem.
1. The group of young men created the viruses to _______. A. damage all the computers B. test their good ability
C. play tricks on operators of the computers D. attack foreign computer experts
2. According to the passage, computer viruses seem to _______. A. have been in nature for years B. be difficult to get rid of at present C. exist in any computers
D. be able to be got rid of in the near future
3. The most serious damage caused by the viruses is that _______. A. the computer?s functions are lowered B. the normal programs are damaged
C. the computers infected by the viruses can no longer be used D. all the information stored in the computers is gone 4. According to the passage, which of the following is true? A. Scientists have found a way to get rid of the viruses. B. The Jerusalem Viruses are a great harm to human?s health.
C. The viruses will come to a new computer after staying in the old one for some time. D. On Oct. 12, 1989, some Chinese scientists found their computers were infected by viruses. 【答案与解析】计算机病毒不仅降低计算机的功能，而且还造成储存信息的丢失。
1. C。语义理解题。文章第2段第1句话It is said that the computer viruses were made by a group of young men fond of playing tricks. 把那群年轻人创造病毒的原因解释得非常清楚。
2. B。语义理解题。既然But till now, how to get rid of the terrible viruses remains a problem，那计算机病毒肯定很难清除。
3. D。语义理解题。读到第2段最后一句话中的…or even getting rid of all the information，答案不言自明。
4. D。判断题。读完全文就会发现A、B、C三项内容与文章内容不符，答案非Ｄ莫属。
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Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected(探测) by human senses. It can?t be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around us but we can?t detect them, sense them, without a radio receiver. Similarly, we can?t sense radioactivity without a radiation detector. But unlike common radio waves, nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things.
At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being outright by killing masses of cells(细胞)in important organs(器官). But even the lowest levels can do serious damage. There is no level of radiation that is completely safe. If the radiation does not hit anything important, the damage may not be significant. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if there are killed outright. Your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells are only damaged, and if they reproduce themselves, you may be in trouble. They reproduce themselves in an unusual way. They can grow into cancer. Sometimes this does not show up for many years.
This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation. Serious damage can be done without the knowledge of the person at the time that damage has occurred. A person can be irradiated(放射治疗)and feel fine, then die of cancer five, ten, or twenty years later as a result. Or a child can be born weak or easy to get serious illness as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents.
Radiation can hurt us. We must know the truth.
1. According to the passage, the danger of nuclear power lies in _______. A. nuclear mystery C. radiation level
B. radiation detection D. nuclear radiation
2. Radiation can lead to serious results even at the lowest levels _______. A. when it kills few cells
B. if it damages few cells, and if they reproduce themselves. C. though the damaged cells can repair themselves D. unless the damaged cells can reproduce them selves 3. Radiation can hurt us in the way that it can _______.
A. kill large numbers of cells in main organs so as to cause death immediately B. damage cells which may grow into cancer years later C. affect the healthy growth of our younger generation D. lead to all of the above results
4. Which of the following can be mostly possibly inferred from the passage?
A. The importance of protection from radiation cannot be overemphasized(过分强调). B. The mystery about radiation has been solved. C. Cancer can't be caused by radiation.
D. Radiation can hurt those who do not know about its danger.
【答案与解析】核辐射对人类和一切生物都有影响，我们必须正视。
1. D。判断题。根据文章第2段的前面几句(…even the lowest levels can do serious damage…)可知答案为D。
2. B。推断题。因为The damaged cells reproduce themselves in an unusual way. They can grow into cancer。
3. D。判断题。A、B、C三项在文中均被提及，所以选D。
4. 通常全文可知，辐射的神秘还未被揭开，所以B项错误；由第2段倒数第二、三句可知，辐射能导致癌症；D项不合常理，所以选A。
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Do you have a phobia? No, it is not an infectious (传染病) disease, but it can make you quite as bad. A phobia is an unreasonable fear of some particular thing or situation.
Did you know that some people fear heights? That is called acrophobia. Many people experience claustrophobia when they are in a closed space such as a small room or a lift. Zoophobia is a fear of animals. A fear of dirt is called mysophobia. There are names for fear of thunder, lightning, wide open spaces, people, crowds, darkness, water, and many other things.
A phobia expert tells us that in the coming of a phobic situation a person has what is called an ?anxiety attack?. Blood rushes to his larger muscles in preparation for flight or fight.
One expert on phobias suggests we race our fears gradually. A person who is afraid of people could overcome this fear by getting accustomed to them one at a time. Someone who is afraid of water could take swimming lessons in the relative safety of a pool with a lifeguard at hand. A person afraid of heights could practise looking down from middle heights first until he could handle the greater ones.
1.A person who is afraid of cats is most likely to have _______. A. mysophobia
B. acrophobia
C. zoophobia
D. claustrophobia
2. A good way to overcome one?s unreasonable fear of something would be _______. A. trying to avoid it
B. preparing for flight or fight D. trying to get used to it
C. getting rid of the anxiety attack 3. If you have a phobia, _______.
A. you must take swimming lessons in a safe pool
B. you?d better practise looking down from middle heights first C. you may attend some parties
D. it will be as troublesome as an infectious disease 4. A man in the appearance of phobic situation _______. A. is called an anxiety attack C. has the feeling of flight
B. has blood rush to his legs D. fears some particular thing
5. The writer of the text tells us that _______.
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