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第1题

Bullying （欺凌弱小) is a big problem that affects lots of kids. Three－quarters of all kids say they have been bullied or teased. Being bullied can make kids feel really bad. The stress of dealing wit

190. Bullying (欺凌弱小) is a big problem that affects lots of kids. Three-quarters of all kids say they have been bullied or teased. Being bullied can make kids feel really bad. The stress of dealing with bullies can make kids feel sick. Bullying can make kids not want to play outside or go to school. It’s hard to keep your mind on schoolwork when you’re worried about how you’re going to deal with the bully near your locker. Bullying bothers everyone—and not just the kids who are getting picked on. Bullying can make school a place of fear and can lead to more violence and more stress for everyone. Some bullies are looking for attention. They might think bullying is a way to be popular or to get what they want. Most bullies are trying to make themselves feel more important. When they pick on someone else, it can make them feel big and powerful. Sometimes bullies know that what they are doing or saying hurts other people. But other bullies may not really know how hurtful their actions can be. Most bullies don’t understand or care about the feelings of others. Bullies often pick on someone they think they can have power over. They might pick on kids who get upset easily or who have trouble sticking up for themselves. Sometimes bullies pick on someone who is smarter than they are or different from them in some way. Sometimes bullies just pick on a kid for no reason at all. [共5题]

(1) According to paragraphs 1 and 2, which of the following is NOT TRUE？

(A) Bullying makes kids frightened.

(B) Bullying usually happens in school.

(C) Bullying brings about more violence.

(D) Bullying is not a serious problem.

(2) Bullying happens because bullies ________.

(A) want people to pay attention to them

(B) feel they are unimportant

(C) feel big and powerful

(D) both A and C

(3) We can infer from paragraph 4 that ________.

(A) most bullies just care for themselves

(B) most bullies don’t know they are hurting people

(C) most bullies stop bullying when they know they are hurting people

(D) most bullies conduct hurtful actions

(4) Bullies usually pick on someone who is ________.

(A) more powerful than themselves

(B) weaker than themselves

(C) totally different from themselves

(D) as clever as themselves

(5) The author writes the passage in order to ________.

(A) describe bullying (B) argue about bullying

(C) analyze bullying (D) narrate bullying

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第2题

【D5】JOSHUA: DAD. ALLOWANCE DAY. CAN I HAVE MY ALLOWANCE？ FATHER: OH. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT

【D5】

JOSHUA: DA

D. ALLOWANCE DAY. CAN I HAVE MY ALLOWANCE？ FATHER: O

H. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. JOSHUA: YOU ALWAYS FORGET. FATHER: I GUESS I DO.【D5】______ JOSHUA: JUST $ 13. FATHER: WELL, I"M NOT SURE IF I HAVE THAT MUC

H. JOSHUA: GO TO THE BAN

K. 【D6】______ FATHER: LOTS OF MONEY, UH？ UH, WELL. I THINK THE BANK IS CLOSE

D. JOSHUA: THEN, WHAT ABOUT YOUR SECRET MONEY JAR UNDER YOUR BED？ FATHER: OH, I GUESS I COULD DO THAT. 【D7】______ JOSHUA: I"M GOING TO PUT SOME IN SAVINGS, GIVE SOME TO THE POOR PEOPLE, AND USE THE REST TO BUY BOOKS. FATHER: WELL, THAT SOUNDS GREAT, JOSHUA. A. SO, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE MONEY？

B. YOU HAVE LOTS OF MONEY.

C. HOW MUCH DO I OWE YOU？

D. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN MIND？

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第3题

Mobile homes, pulled by specially designed trucks have been increasing in numbers allover

the United States. Often, driving along, you can see some mobile homes high on a hill. Some stand under trees along a river or a lake. They're wonderfully built homes. Sometimes they're as much as 40 feet long, with two to five rooms, and you can find many things you need in them. When you park your mobile home, water, electricity power and telephones are connected, and you can enjoy yourself there. The fact that these homes can be moved doesn't mean that they do move all the time. Sometimes their owners stay for years in one place, plant gardens, build walls and so on. These homes are often quite expensive. Some even cost $ 20,000. Why does a family choose to live in such a home？ Well, it's comfortable, easy to keep clean, easy to keep warm, no need to paint. What's more, the fast increase of mobile homes in numbers has something to do with the job uncertainty (不稳定性). Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow. If a factory closes down, you may be trapped with the house you can't sell. However, if you have a mobile home, you can move on easily. The greatest selling attraction of these mobile homes is that they can be improved every year. If you're doing well, you may change a new model just as you do with a car. There is a ready market for used ones, so the price of the mobile homes is higher than that of automobiles (汽车).

16. From the passage, we know that mobile homes _______.

A. can be built better than our homes

B. need to move all the time

C. can provide something people need

D. must stand only high on a hill

17. _______ is one of the reasons for people to choose mobile homes.

A. The job uncertainty

B. The strange design

C. The low price

D. The high speed

18. Which of the following may NOT attract people to buy mobile homes？

A. The new model appears every year.

B. Walls can be easily built around them.

C. They don't need to be painted.

D. They can be moved here and there.

19. We can infer that the increase of the mobile homes shows _______.

A. great changes in people's living style. (方式)

B. great interest in developing new things

C. some problems in people's life

D. people's hope for new jobs

20. Which of the following is the best title for the passage？

A. How to Choose a Mobile Home

B. The Developing Mobile Homes

C. The Uses of Mobile Homes

D. Mobile Homes Are Popular in the US

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第4题

【D6】JOSHUA: DAD. ALLOWANCE DAY. CAN I HAVE MY ALLOWANCE？ FATHER: OH. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT

【D6】

JOSHUA: DA

D. ALLOWANCE DAY. CAN I HAVE MY ALLOWANCE？ FATHER: O

H. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. JOSHUA: YOU ALWAYS FORGET. FATHER: I GUESS I DO.【D5】______ JOSHUA: JUST $ 13. FATHER: WELL, I"M NOT SURE IF I HAVE THAT MUC

H. JOSHUA: GO TO THE BAN

K. 【D6】______ FATHER: LOTS OF MONEY, UH？ UH, WELL. I THINK THE BANK IS CLOSE

D. JOSHUA: THEN, WHAT ABOUT YOUR SECRET MONEY JAR UNDER YOUR BED？ FATHER: OH, I GUESS I COULD DO THAT. 【D7】______ JOSHUA: I"M GOING TO PUT SOME IN SAVINGS, GIVE SOME TO THE POOR PEOPLE, AND USE THE REST TO BUY BOOKS. FATHER: WELL, THAT SOUNDS GREAT, JOSHUA. A. SO, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE MONEY？

B. YOU HAVE LOTS OF MONEY.

C. HOW MUCH DO I OWE YOU？

D. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN MIND？

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第5题

【D7】JOSHUA: DAD. ALLOWANCE DAY. CAN I HAVE MY ALLOWANCE？ FATHER: OH. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT

【D7】

JOSHUA: DA

D. ALLOWANCE DAY. CAN I HAVE MY ALLOWANCE？ FATHER: O

H. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. JOSHUA: YOU ALWAYS FORGET. FATHER: I GUESS I DO.【D5】______ JOSHUA: JUST $ 13. FATHER: WELL, I"M NOT SURE IF I HAVE THAT MUC

H. JOSHUA: GO TO THE BAN

K. 【D6】______ FATHER: LOTS OF MONEY, UH？ UH, WELL. I THINK THE BANK IS CLOSE

D. JOSHUA: THEN, WHAT ABOUT YOUR SECRET MONEY JAR UNDER YOUR BED？ FATHER: OH, I GUESS I COULD DO THAT. 【D7】______ JOSHUA: I"M GOING TO PUT SOME IN SAVINGS, GIVE SOME TO THE POOR PEOPLE, AND USE THE REST TO BUY BOOKS. FATHER: WELL, THAT SOUNDS GREAT, JOSHUA. A. SO, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE MONEY？

B. YOU HAVE LOTS OF MONEY.

C. HOW MUCH DO I OWE YOU？

D. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN MIND？

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第6题

In his book The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell argues that " social epidemics" are driven in large part by the actions of a tiny minority of special individuals, often called influential, who are unusually informed, persuasive, or well-connected. The idea is intuitively compelling, but it doesn't explain how ideas actually spread.

The supposed importance of influentials derives from a plausible-sounding but largely untested theory called the "two-step flow of communication" : Information flows from the media to the influentials and from them to everyone else. Marketers have embraced the two-step flow because it suggests that if they can just find and influence the influentials, those select people will do most of the work for them. The theory also seems to explain the sudden and unexpected popularity of certain looks, brands, or neighborhoods. In many such cases, a cursory search for causes finds that some small group of people was wearing, promoting, or developing whatever it is before anyone else paid attention. Anecdotal evidence of this kind fits nicely with the idea that only certain special people can drive trends.

In their recent work, however, some researchers have come up with the finding that influentials have far less impact on social epidemics than is generally supposed. In fact, they don't seem to be required at all.

The researchers' argument stems from a simple observation about social influence: With the exception of a few celebrities like Oprah Winfrey—whose outsize presence is primarily a function of media, not interpersonal, influence—even the most influential members of a population simply don' t interact with that many others. Yet it is precisely these non-celebrity influentials who, according to the two-step-flow theory, are supposed to drive social epidemics, by influencing their friends and colleagues directly. For a social epidemic to occur, however, each person so affected must then influence his or her own acquaintances, who must in turn influence theirs, and so on; and just how many others pay attention to each of these people has little to do with the initial influential. If people in the network just two degrees removed from the initial influential prove resistant, for example, the cascade of change won't propagate very far or affect many people.

Building on the basic truth about interpersonal influence, the researchers studied the dynamics of social influence by conducting thousands of computer simulations of populations, manipulating a number of variables relating to people's ability to influence others and their tendency to be influenced. They found that the principal requirement for what is called "global cascades"—the widespread propagation of influence through networks—is the presence not of a few influentials but, rather, of a critical mass of easily influenced people.

By citing the book The Tipping Point, the author intends to （）.

A.analyze the consequences of social epidemics.

B.discuss influentials' function in spreading ideas.

C.exemplify people' s intuitive response to social epidemics.

D.describe the essential characteristics of influentials.

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第7题

Futurists love computers. After all,40 years ago electronic digital computers didn't exist

; today microchips as tiny as a baby's fingernail are making all sorts of tasks faster and easier. Surely the future holds still more miracles.

Some of the computer experiments now going on inspire exciting visions of the future. For example, scientists are working on devices that can electronically perform. some sight and hearing functions, which could make life easier for the blind and deaf. They're also working on artificial arms and legs that respond to the electric impulses produced by the human brain. Scientists hope that some day a person who's lost an arm could still have near-normal brain control over an artificial arm.

Video games, computerized special effects in movies, and real-life training machines now being used by the US Army are causing some people to predict new educational uses for computers. Computers could some day be used to simulate travel to other planets, to explore the ocean floor, or to look inside an atom.

Experiments with electronic banking and shopping inspire predictions that these activities will soon be done from home computer terminals. Cars, too, might be equipped with computers to help drivers find their way around (Honda has one in an experimental car) or to communicate with home and office computers. Many people, including handicapped workers with limited ability to move around, already are working at home using computer terminals. Each terminal is connected to a system at a company's main office. Some futurists say the day may come when few people will have to leave home to go to work -- they'll just turn on a terminal

A growing number of factories such as the General Motors Plant in Newark, Delaware, "hire" computerized robots to perform. tasks such as spot welding. Some executives get a gleam in their eyes as they envision the spread of these "perfect workers" -- no coffee breaks, no strikes, and no vacations or sick days.

These modern and potential computer uses are possible because of the silicon microchip.

These chips, which have become increasingly complex since their beginning in 1959, contain a network of information pathways. Electronic impulses travel along the paths. The plans for a chip look much like a city street plan and can be as large as a football field. It can take as long as three months to complete a new chip design. Chips are used to store information, too. An entire "computer" can be put onto one chip -- called a microprocessor.

As chips become even more complex, easier to make, and less costly, futurists predict limitless possibilities. A group of Japanese scientists is working on a new generation of computers, which they hope will be able to understand vocal instructions, talk back to their users, and automatically try out alternate solutions to a problem to come up with the best answer.

Some people say that the humans of the future will never be without their companion -- computers. Predicting the future can be tricky, of course. In 1948 an IBM study predicted that there would never be enough demand for computers to justify going into the business!

What is the purpose of the passage？

A．To tell the readers what computers will look like in the future.

B．To show the close relations between man and computers.

C．To tell the readers how important silicon microchips are.

D．To talk about the possible future uses of computers.

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第8题

阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容进行判断，正确写“T”错误写“F”。USE THESE 5 （OF 10) TIPS

阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容进行判断，正确写“T”错误写“F”。

USE THESE 5 (OF 10) TIPS TO START YOUR EVENT PLANNING CAREER

STEP 1 – Get experience and volunteer your time in different event services. There are so many aspects of events including, working for a graduation event, a sports competition, volunteering for nonprofits, and working for an established event planner. Your long-term success in event planning will be based on the experience you had.Make sure you have some solid skills in:

* Verbal and written communications

* Organization and time management

* Negotiation and budget management

* Creativity, marketing, public relations and more

STEP 2 – Move into a position with some responsibility. Instead of just volunteering, become the fundraising chair for a nonprofit, become a catering manager, or take on a lead-planning role at an event planning company.

STEP 3 – Are you familiar with the saying, “it’s not what you know, but who you know”？ In event planning, networking is key! Wherever you go, collect contact information for the people you meet.

STEP 4 – Create an event album. Showcase your work with photos, booklets, and invitations of the events you’ve worked on. Organize each piece in a book to easily present your experience and event stories. Most people are visual so paint the picture for them!

STEP 5 – While you’re gaining valuable event planning experience, you can also become a certified event planner. Join some training and try to get planner certification from some institutions. It’s also helpful to keep up with industry trends and establish contacts within the industry.

1. You can plan a success event if you have experience.{T、F}

2. You will move into a position with some responsibility only through volunteering.{T、F}

3. Networking is the key to event planning.{T、F}

4. Create an event album means taking photos in the event.{T、F}

5. You can become a certified event planner as well when you gain valuable event planning experience.{T、F}

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第9题

How does TV affect our lives？ It can he very helpful to people who carefully choose th

e shows that they watch. Television can increase our knowledge of the outside world; there are high-quality programs that help us understand many fields of study: science, medicine, the arts, and so on. Moreover, TV benefits very old people who can't often leave the house, as well as patients in hospitals. It also offers non-native speakers the advantage of daily informal language practice; they can increase their vocabulary and practice listening On the other hand, there are several serious disadvantages to TV. Of course, it provides us with a pleasant way to relax and spend our free time, but in some countries, people watch the TV for an average of six hours or more a day. Many children stare at a TV screen for more hours each day than they do anything else, including studying and sleeping It's clear that the TV has a powerful influence on their lives and that its influence is often negatk'e. Recent studies show that alter only thirty seconds of TV, a person' s brain 'relaxes" the same way that it does just before the person falls asleep. Another effect of TV on the human brain is that it seems to cause poor concentration. Children who view a lot of TV can often concentrate on a subject for only fifteen to twenty minutes; they can pay attention only for the amount of time between commercials

Another disadvantage is that TV often causes people to become dissatisfied with their own lives. Real life does not seem as exciting to these people as the lives of actors on the screen. To many people, TV becomes more real than reality, and their own lives seem boring. Also, many people get upset or depressed when they can't solve problems in real life as quickly as TV actors seem to. On the screen, actors solve serious problems in a half-hour program or a thirty-second commercial

Before a child is fourteen years old, he or she views eleven thousand murders on the TV. He or she begins to believe that there is nothing strange about fights, killings, and other kinds of violence. Many studies show that people become more violent after certain programs. They may even do the things that they saw in a violent show

The most negative effect of the TV might be people's addiction to it. People often feel a strange and powerful need to watch TV even when they don't enjoy it. Addiction to a TV screen is similar to drug or alcohol addiction, people almost never believe they are addicted

Read Passage and decide whether the following statements are True or False. Write T for True and F for False against the number of each of the statements on your Answer Sheet

21. TV programs are definitely helpful to anyone

22. There are positive as well as negative effects of TV on our lives

23. TV can help improve one's foreign language

24. Watching a lot of TV won't affect our concentration at all

25. Some children spend more time watching TV than studying and sleeping

26. The lives of people in TV shows seem to be very exciting

27. TV programs can help people solve problems as quickly as the actors

28. TV violence makes some people, especially children, take violence in real Life for

granted

29. One of the symptoms of addiction to television is a strong desire to watch it even if

the program is not interesting

30. The passage mainly discusses the advantages of TV

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第10题

Some people feel that when things like this happen, it is not just a coincidence, but a ma

nifestation of some higher power or order where all things, including our thoughts, come together.

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