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If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometers. These great forests are the oceans of trees. There are thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals.
However, the world's forests are getting smaller all the time. We are cutting down the trees because we need wood, and we need more farmland. Some people say that there will not be any forests like these in 20 or 30 years. What will happen if they disappear?
If we cut down our forests, a lot of plants and animals will disappear from the world. In a lot of places the new farmland will soon look like the old deserts. Crops will not grow there. It will not rain very often, and the weather will get very hot. Perhaps the climate of the world will change. This will be dangerous for everyone in the world. That is why we must take care of our forests.
一、The passage mainly tells us about the importance of taking care of plants.（2 分）
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二、Forests are homes for different kinds of animals.（2 分）
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三、The need for more wood and more land help to protect our forests.（2 分）
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四、We'll have more and greater forests in 20 or 30 years in some people's view.（2 分）
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五、The writer thinks it necessary to protect the forests.（2 分）
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Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's idea of non-violent resistance. Having received a Ph. D （Doctor of Philosophy） from Boston University, he became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington D. C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all people, and delivered his best known speech "I Have a Dream" before the Lincoln Memorial. The "dream" is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later.
Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther King's honor. He lives in people's hearts forever.
六、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old.（2 分）
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七、Martin Luther King was a black minister only.（2 分）
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八、Martin Luther King's Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.（2 分）
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九、The underlined word "delivered" in the second paragraph could be replaced by "gave".（2 分）
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十、 The best title for this passage is "Civil Rights Law".（2 分）
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People show their love for their country when they honor the flag. The bright colors of the flag stand for the country, its people, and its ideas.
The flag of the United States is red, white and blue. Red stands for courage. White stands for honor. And blue stands for justice（公道）. The flag has 13 stripes（星条） of red and white. These stripes stand for the first 13 states. The top left corner of the flag is blue with 50 white stars. The stars stand for the 50 states in the United States today. We sometimes give the US flag a name, the stars and the stripes.
A person carrying the flag marches at the head of the parade（游行）. When your country's flag goes by, you should stand up and salute（敬礼）. A man removes his hat. He salutes by placing his hand over his heart. A woman doesn't need to remove her hat. She salutes by placing her hand over her heart, too.
It is rude not to stand when the flag of any country goes by. It is rude not to salute the flag of your own country. It is rude for a man not to remove his hat for his country's flag.
Most countries have rules for honoring the flag. Here are a few rules that many countries follow:
1) You may fly the flag in the daytime. If there is a light on the flag, you may fly it at night, too.
2) Do not fly the flag in the rain.
3) Do not let the flag touch the floor.
4) Do not throw away an old flag. Burn it with care.
These rules will help you honor the flag and show love for your country.
十一、According to the passage, the colors of the flag of the United States are red, white and blue.（2 分）
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1二、The stripes on the flag of the United States stand for the first 13 states.（2 分）
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1三、When you see the flag of your country, you should not stand up and salute.（2 分）
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1四、 When you see the flag of other countries, you should applaud.（2 分）
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1五、 It is NOT rude to fly your country's flag in the rain.（2 分）
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In the high mountain country outside the city of Toluker, there stands a prison. This prison is quite different from other prisons in the world. The guards, except for two at the main gate, are not armed. There are many remarkable things about Toluker prison. For example, of the 15,000 individuals who have been in prison at Toluker, less than two percent have got into trouble again with the law. Men in the open prison are free to find work outside, but go back to prison each night. On weekends they are allowed to go home. When most other prisons are still sending criminals back into society, Toluker is returning people who stand on their own feet and contribute to society. In 1974, a prisoner called Barb Crook moved to the open prison. A year later, he left Toluker for the last time. He was then nearly forty-six and had been in prison for fourteen years. He got a job as construction worker in the city, remarried and was regarded as a useful person of his co妹妹unity. If you ask Bob why Toluker works, he would say, "Because they 
believed in me when I was at my worst."
1六、Toluker prison stands in the high mountain country.（2 分）
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1七、Toluker prison is called an open prison because it has no armed guards.（2 分）
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1八、On weekends the prisoners in the open prison are allowed to go home.（2 分）
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1九、Bob Crook stayed in the Toluker prison for thirteen years.（2 分）
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20、The speaker's attitude toward this type of prison is positive.（2 分）
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Fred was a young soldier in a big camp. During the week they always worked very hard, but it was Saturday, and all the young soldiers were free, so their officer said to them, "You can go into the town this afternoon, but first I am going to inspect （查抄）you."
Fred came to the officer, and the officer 
said to him, "Your hair is very long, go to the barber（剃头师） and then come back to me again."
Fred ran to the barber's shop, but it was closed because it was Saturday. Fred was very sad for a few minutes, but then he smiled and went back to the officer. "Are my boots clean now, sir?" he asked.
The officer didn't look at Fred's hair. He looked at his boots and said, "Yes, they're much better now. You can go out, and next week, first clean your boots, and then come to me!"
2一、In the first paragraph "during the week" means from Monday to Friday.（2 分）
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2二、You can go into the town this afternoon before I inspect you.（2 分）
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2三、The officer asked Fred to have his hair cut short.（2 分）
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2四、Fred smiled because his boots were very clean.（2 分）
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2五、The officer made a mistake. He should have inspected his boots instead of hair.（2 分）
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浏览理解：请从 A、 B、 C、 D四个选项当选择一个准确谜底。
Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman. He used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time. When he was 65, the normal retirement age, he decided that he didn't want to stop, so he carried on working for another two years. Eventually, when he was nearly 68, his wife, Dolly, asked him to retire because she wanted to enjoy their old age together. Reluctantly, he handed over the business to his son.
But he was unhappy. He didn't know what to do with himself. Although he read a lot of books and he went on holiday to interesting places with his wife, he was bored and began to get depressed because he hated being retired.
Then one day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper and, without telling his wife, he bought a small crockery （陶器） factory. The next week he told his family. They were horrified and worried. They thought he was too old at 71 to start work again.
He is now 76 and he has expanded the company considerably. He has increased the number of staff from 6 to 24 and he has found many new customers for the products. He has developed the export market and has improved profits by 200%. He has opened a new design office and employed three young designers. They have been all over the world to get new ideas, and one of them has gone to France this week to a major trade fair. Most importantly, he hasn't been bored since he bought the factory.
2六、The topic sentence of Para. 1 is _________ .（2 分）
A．Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman
B．he used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time
C．when Morgan Rees was 65 , he got retired
D．reluctantly, he handed over the business to his son
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2七、The topic sentence of Para. 2 is ____________.（2 分）
A．he didn't know what to do with himself
B．he went on holiday to interesting places with his wife
C．he was unhappy after he got retired
D．none of them
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2八、Which of the following statements can best express the main idea of Para. 3?（2 分）
A．One day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper.
B．He bought a small crockery factory in secret and started work again.
C．He told his family he bought a small crockery factory.
D．His family was horrified and worried when they learned he bought the small factory.
我的谜底：B
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2九、What is the central idea of the last paragraph?（2 分）
A．Morgan Rees has worked until he is 76.
B．Morgan Rees has developed the export market and improved the profits by 200%.
C．Morgan Rees hasn’t been bored since he bought the factory.
D．Since he started working again, Morgan Rees has expanded the company considerably, which has enriched his retired life.
我的谜底：D
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30、The passage mainly deals with ________.（2 分）
A．why Morgan Rees bought a small crockery factory
B．how Morgan Rees lived his retired life more happily by turning to work again
C．how Moran Rees became a good businessman
D．how Moran Rees expanded the company considerably
我的谜底：B
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浏览理解：请从 A、 B、 C、 D四个选项当选择一个准确谜底。
Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace in England.
Then workers were sent for and a big platform （台子） was made.
With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.
Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he didn't know it because he was thinking of his pictures.
The worker saw everything. "What should I do?" he thought. "Thornhill was at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed. "So the worker quickly took some paint （漆） and threw it at the pictures.
"What are you doing?" cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.
3一、James Thornhill was an English ________.（2 分）
A．worker
B．artist
C．king
D．writer
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3二、He was ordered to _________ .（2 分）
A．paint the wall of the king's palace in England
B．paint some pictures on the wall of the palace
C．build a big platform in front of the palace
D．put up some new pictures on the old wall
我的谜底：B
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3三、It took them _________ to finish the pictures.（2 分）
A．a month
B．a week
C．twelve months
D．half a month
我的谜底：C
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3四、James Thornhill felt that the ________ he was from the pictures, the ________they were.（2 分）
A．nearer. . . more beautiful
B．farther. . . more ugly
C．farther. . . more beautiful
D．higher above. . . more good-looking
我的谜底：C
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3五、The worker threw some paint at the pictures in order to________.（2 分）
A．save James' life
B．destroy the picture
C．make the picture more beautiful
D．make the king angry
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浏览理解：请从 A、 B、 C、 D四个选项当选择一个准确谜底。
Mr. Tom Forester lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.
The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said," No, I can't read with these. "
The man became more and more puzzled （利诱不解） , until finally he said, "Excuse me, but can you read at all?"
"No, of course I can’t!" Tom said angrily. "If I was already able to read, do you think I would have come here to buy glasses?"
3六、Mr. Forester lived ________.（2 分）
A．with his family in a city
B．with his family in the countryside
C．alone in a city
D．alone in the countryside
我的谜底：D
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3七、Tom _________ went into town.（2 分）
A．often
B．always
C．almost never
D．everyday
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3八、The old people in the restaurant read their newspapers __________.（2 分）
A．with glasses on
B．with glasses off
C．with glasses of beer in front of them
D．with glass pipes in their mouths
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3九、The shop Tom went into sold _________.（2 分）
A．drinking glasses and cups
B．glass for windows and doors
C．glasses for people who could not read
D．glasses for people who could not see well
我的谜底：D
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40、What kind of mistake did Tom make?（2 分）
A．He went to the wrong kind of shop.
B．He didn't try on all the glasses in the shop.
C．He thought that a person who had not learned to read would be able to do so if he wore glasses.
D．He left his money in the restaurant
我的谜底：C
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浏览理解：请从 A、 B、 C、 D四个选项当选择一个准确谜底。
Today Newton is a very clean place. Many years ago, however, there were millions of rats in it. They attacked the cats and dogs. Sometimes a great number of them knocked down a man or woman walking home at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed many people.
The government ordered everybody to kill rats. Most people were lazy, so they didn't kill many. The government promised to pay some money for each dead rat. That made the people very happy. They killed thousands of rats everyday. A government officer put all the dead rats in a big pile. Sometimes a man brought hundreds in one day.
After two weeks there were not many rats in the city, but people still brought many rats to the government office. The government officer thought that people were stealing dad rats from the pile. He ordered his men to dig a deep hole and put the rats in it. Soon there were no more rats, and the government didn't pay any more money.
4一、Newton is a place which ________ .（2 分）
A．used to be very clean
B．is no longer a city
C．is very clean
D．will be very clean
我的谜底：C
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4二、When the government first ordered the people to kill rats, the people ________.（2 分）
A．asked for some money for each dead rat
B．stole dead rats from the pile
C．were too lazy to kill many rats
D．killed nearly all the rats quickly
我的谜底：C
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4三、The people killed rats _________ .（2 分）
A．to get money from the government
B．to help the government make the city clean
C．to make the government officer happy
D．to protect （庇护） their cats and dogs
我的谜底：A
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4四、A deep hole was dug so that ________ .（2 分）
A．the rats couldn't come out to attack people at night
B．people could take rats from it easily
C．people would kill more rats
D．nobody could take any rats from the pile
我的谜底：D
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4五、What is the best topic for this passage?（2 分）
A．How to Kill Rats
B．Newton-A City of Rats
C．How Newton Became a Very Clean Place
D．How Newton Became a Famous City
我的谜底：C
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浏览理解：请从 A、 B、 C、 D四个选项当选择一个准确谜底。
One day a bookseller （书商） let a big box of books fall on his foot. "Go to see the doctor," said his wife. "No," he said. " I'll wait until the doctor comes into the shop next time. Then I'll ask him about my foot. If I go to see him, I'll have to pay him. "
On the next day the doctor came into the shop for some books. When the bookseller was getting them ready, he told the doctor about his bad foot. The doctor looked at it.
"You must put that foot in hot water every night. Then you must put something on it," said the doctor.
He took out a piece of paper and wrote on it. "Buy this and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night," he said.
"Thank you," said the bookseller. "And now, sir, here are your books. "
"How much?" said the doctor.
"Two pounds. "
"Good," said the doctor. "I shall not have to pay you anything. "
"Why?" asked the bookseller.
"I told you about your foot. I want two pounds for that. If people come to my house, I ask them to pay one pound for a small thing like that. But when I go to their houses, I want two pounds. And I came here, didn't I?"
4六、What happened to the bookseller one day?（2 分）
A．He lost a box of books.
B．His foot was wounded by a box of books.
C．He lent the doctor a box of books.
D．He sold out all his books.
我的谜底：B
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4七、The bookseller's wife asked him _________.（2 分）
A．to go out for some medicine
B．to send somebody for a doctor
C．to go to see the doctor
D．to wait for the doctor to come
我的谜底：C
得分：2分
4八、The bookseller didn't take his wife's advice because________ .（2 分）
A．he was afraid of the doctor
B．he didn't like to take medicine
C．he couldn't walk by himself
D．he didn't want to pay the doctor
我的谜底：D
得分：2分
4九、The doctor paid ________ for the books.（2 分）
A．one pound
B．two pounds
C．nothing
D．something
我的谜底：C
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50、The bookseller paid ________ money for seeing the doctor in the end.（2 分）
A．more
B．less
C．the same amount of
