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2009年阅读理解真题
Jack Billabong is a stockman. One Friday afternoon he was riding along the track towards the Henderson farm. He was looking for a prize bull which had escaped from the Borrogee paddock. He reached the hills and saw at once that he could not go further.
There had been a fire in the forest which had gone out .But the air was still full of smoke and fallen trees had blocked the track. Jack was just going to turn back when he saw something moving in the smoke. He waited. It was a girl on a horse, and she was riding towards him. “There’s a badly burnt man on the farm,” the girl shouted. “He saved my life, please help me to save him.”
The girl was Cathy Henderson. She had been on horseback for two hours. She had to jump over fallen trees that were still burning. Her pony had fallen with her twice. She was thirsty and almost dead from want of sleep. But she rode back to the farm with Jack immediately.
Joe Brook was was unconscious when they reached him. They lifted him onto Jack’s horse. The ride back to Borrogee was terrible. Cathy was so tired that Jack had to tie her to her pony. The pony was tired too, but its courage was astonishing. It followed Jack right to Borrogee Hospital. Nobody saw them arrive because it was night.
“I’ve never seen a horse like that pony,” Jack said. Cathy praised Jack Billabong , but she refused to say anything about the pony, “Joe will write about her in his story,” she said.
But she did say one thing: “ If flame hadn’t returned to the farm that afternoon, Joe and I would have died”.
16、Jack Billabong did not turn back because A、he hadn’t found the bull yet
B、he smelt a heavy smoke in the forest C、he knew there was a burnt man there D、he saw something moving towards him
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17、why was the ride back to Borrogee terrible? A、because Joe was tired out
B、because the ride started late at night C、because they didn’t have enough courage D、because both Cathy and her Pony were exhausted
18、Cathy refused to talk to reporters about the pony when she was in Borrogee Hospital because A、she didn’t know what to say B、Jack asked her not to talk to them C、she was too weak to say anything D、Joe would write about it in his writing
19、what does the word “flame” in the last paragraph refer to ? A、Jack B、the pony C、Jack’s horse D、the fire 20、which of the following is the best title of the story ? A、rescue of Joe Brook B、courage of Jack Billabong C、love of a young girl D、heroism of a lovely pony
The faces of elderly, happily-married people sometimes resemble each other. Dr.Alike studied a number of couples who had been married for at least twenty five years. Each couple provided four photographs---one photo of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo of each partner twenty five or more years later. All background was cut from the photos to remove any clues. The photos were then displayed in groups: a random grouping of the persons at the time of their marriage and another random grouping of the same persons who took photographs later. Some testees were asked to pick out the partners. They failed totally with the first group . their judgements were no better than chance. But with the photos taken twenty five or more years after the marriage, the testees were quite successful in deciding who was married to whom. They were particularly successful with the most happily married couples.
Dr.Aiken believes there are several reasons why couples grow alike. One
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reason has something to do with imitation. One person tends to copy do the same as someone else without knowing it. He says huamn begins sto imitate the expressions of the faces of their loved ones. “ another possible reason”, he says, “is the common experience of the couples.” There is a tendency for people who have the same life experience to change their faces in similar ways. For example, if a couple have suffered from a lot of sad experiences, their faces are likely to change in a similar way.
21、Dr.Aiken cut the background from the photoes for the purpose of A、imitating the couples’ life B、grouping the couples again C、leaving no trace for the testees D、giving the testees more chances
22、the underlined sentence “their judgements were no better than chance” A did a good job in making their choices B had difficulty in picking out the partners C had no chance to make the right judgements D did better with the first group than with the second
23 the underlined word “ imitate” has a similar meaning to A copy B change C know D suffer
24 from the passage we can draw the conclusion that A couples who look alike can live longer B most partners have been proved to grow alike C the influence between partners can be quite strong D happily-married couples are often richer than others 25 the main puppose of the passage is to A explain why couples grow alike B tell how couples like each other C discuss the function of marriage
D describe the life of happily married couple
The three biggest lies in America are: (1) “the check is in the mial”.(2)”of
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course, I’ll respect you in the morning”, and (3) “it was a computer error.”
Of these three little white lies, the worst is the third. It’s the only one that can never be true. Today, if a bank statement cheats you out of 900 that way, you know what the clerk is sure to say, “it was a computer error.” Nonsense. The computer is reporting nothing more than what the clerk typed into it .
The most annoying case of all is when the computerized cashier in the grocery store shows that an item costs more than it actually does. If the innocent buyer points out the mistake, the checker, bagger, and manager all come together and offer the familiar explanation: “it was a couputer error”
It wasn’t , of course that computerized cashier is really nothing more than an electric event. The eye reads the universalproduct code---chat bar of black and white lines in a corner of the package----and then checks the code against a price list stored in memory. If the price list is righ, you’ll be charged accurately.
Grocery stores updated the price list each day----that is , somebody sits at a keyboard and types in the prices. If the price they type in is too high, there are only two explanations: carelessness or dishonesty. But somehow “ a computer error “ is supposed to excuse everything.
One reason we let people hide behind a couputer is the common misperception that huge , modern computers are electric brains with “artificial intelligence”. At some point ther might be a machine with intelligence but none exists today. The smartest computer on earth righ now is no more intelligent than your average pen. At this point in the development of computers , the only thing any machine can do is what a huamn has instructed it to do .
26 of the three lies, the one about computer is the worst because the computer itself A says nonsense B cheats customers C cannot make the error D does not admit its error
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27 According to the author, a computerized cashier is really just A a machine to count money B a machine to receive money C an instrument to print codes D an instrument to read codes 28 Grocery store price lists are updated by
A a computer B a keyboard C an employee D an electric brain 29 the last paragraph of the passage implies that computers A are very clever B never make mistakes C have a good memory D are controlled by men
30 which of the following describes the main idea of the passage? A computers are stupid an inefficient B computers errors are due to its dishonesty C computers help stores updated the price list D computer errors are actually huamn errors.
I came across an old country guidebook the other day. It listed all the tradesmen in each village, and it was impressive to see the past variety of services which were available on one’s own doorstep in the late Victorian countryside.
Nowadays a traveler in rural England might conclude that the only village tradesmen still flourishing were either selling frozen food to the villagers or selling antiques to visitors. Nevertheless, this would rally be a false impression. On the surface, there has been a decline of village commerce, but its power is still remarkable.
Our local grocer’s shop, for example, is actually expanding in spite of the competition from supermarkets in the nearest town. Women sensibly prefer to go there and exchange the local news while doing therir shoping, instead of queuing up at a supermarket. And the grocer knows well that personal service has a considerable cash value.
His prices may be a bit higher than those in the town,but he will deliver
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成人学位英语 2009年阅读理解分析
