v1.0 可编辑可修改 B. Because they were richer and needed more space. C. Because cities contained the worst pare of society. D. Because they could hardly afford a live in the city.
【4】When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother’s Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her. Why was the author’s mother poorly served A. She was unable to speak good English. B. She was often misunderstood.
C. She was not clearly heard. D. She was not very polite.
【5】It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries. Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places. From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers __________.
A. worked very hard for centuries B. dreamed of having a better life
C. were poor but somewhat content D. lived a different life from their forefathers 【6】 During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes. Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes A．To find more food. B．To protect themselves better. C．To keep themselves warm. D．To produce their young.
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【1】Food sometimes gets poisoned with harmful things. A person who eats such food can get an illness called food poisoning. Food poisoning is usually not serious, but some types are deadly. The symptoms of food poisoning usually begin within hours of eating the poisoned food. Fever is one of the most common symptoms.
We know from the passage that the symptoms of food poisoning _________.
A. are always accompanied by a fever B. are too common to be noted C. can be noticed within hours D. can be ignored
【2】Modern inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boasts（吹嘘）of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.
The new products become more and more time-saving because ______. . A. our love on speed seems never-ending B. time is limited
C. the prices are increasingly high D. the manufacturers boast a lot 【3】Too much TV-watching can harm children’s ability to learn and even reduce their chances of getting a college degree, new studies suggest in the latest effort to examine the effects of television on children.
One of the studies looked at nearly 400 northern California third-graders. Those with TVs in their bedrooms scored about eight points lower on math and language arts tests than children without bedroom TVs.
According to the California study, the low-scoring group might _________. A. have watched a lot of TV B. not be interested in math
C. be unable to go to college D. have had computers in their bedrooms 【4】Her job in travel writing began some eight years ago. After getting a PhD in English in Canada, she took a test for Frommer's travel guides, passed it, and got the job. After working at Frommer's, Jarolim worked for a while at Rough Guides in London, then Fodor's, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U.S. that she moved there.
Now as a travel writer, she spends one-third of her year on the road. The rest of the time is spent completing her tasks and writing reviews of restaurants at home in Tucson, Arizona.
Which country does Jarolim live in now
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【5】Amy Johnson was born on July 1, 1903, in Hull Yorkshire and lived there until she went to Sheffield University in 1923 to read for a BA. After graduating, she moved on to work as a secretary to a London solicitor（律师）where she also became interested in flying. Amy began to learn to fly at the London Aeroplane Club in the winter of 1928-1929 and her hobby soon became an all-consuming determination, not simply to make a career in aviation（航空）,but to succeed in some projects, which would demonstrate to the world that women could be as competent（能干）as men in hitherto（迄今为止）male dominated field.
Her first important achievement, after flying solo, was to qualify as the first British-trained woman ground engineer. For a while she was the only woman G:E. in the world.
Early in 1930, she chose her objective: to fly solo（fly by herself）to Australia and to beat Bert Hinkler’s record of 16 days. At first, her efforts to raise financial（经济的）support failed, but finally Lord Wakefield shared the 600 pound purchase prices of a used DH Gypsy Moth（GAAAH）and it was named Jason after the family business trademark.
Amy set off alone in a single engine Gypsy Moth from Groyson on May 5, 1930, and landed in Darwin on May 24, an epic flight of 11,000 miles. She was the first woman to fly alone to Australia.
In July 1931, she set an England to Japan record in a Puss Moth with Jack Humphreys. In July 1932, she set a record from England to Capetown, solo, in a Puss Moth. In May, 1936, she set a record from England to Capetown, solo, in a Percival Gull , a flight to retrieve（gain again）her 1932 record.
With her husband, Jim Mollison, she also flew in a DH Dragon nonstop from Pendine Sands, South Wales, to the United States in 1933. They also flew nonstop in record
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v1.0 可编辑可修改 time to India in 1934 in a DH Comet in the England to Australia air race. The Mollisons were divorced in 1938.
After her commercial flying ended with the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Amy joined the Air Transport Auxiliary, a pool of experienced pilots who were ineligible（不合格）for RAF service. Her flying duties consisted of ferrying（carrying by plane）aircraft from factory airstrip（起落地带）to RAF（英国皇家空军）bases. 1. What did Amy Johnson do after she graduated from Sheffield University A. She became a secretary to a London solicitor. B. She went to the air force.
C. She became the first female group engineer in the world. D. She began to learn to fly at an aero plane club. 2. Which of the following is false
A. Amy Johnson spent her childhood in Sheffield.
B. In Amy Johnson’s time, aviation was a male dominated field. C. Amy Johnson flew solo for several times.
D. Amy Johnson was the first woman to fly alone to Australia. 3. According to the passage, how many records Amy had set A. Three . B. Four . C. Five . D. Six .
4. How did Amy solve the financial problem when in early 1930 she chose her objective: to fly solo to Australia and to beat Bert Hinkler’s record of 16 days A. She successfully raised financial support.
B. She shared the money necessary for the flight with her husband.
C. A businessman shared the purchase price of a used plane with Amy’s father. D. Her father gave her the money.
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