北大《36081002大学英语2第三组2019春》课程作业(答案)

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Each blank in the following passage is provided with four choices. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank (40%). ò"128ìa ??ìa1·?
(1)×éo?ìa
Miss Richards was a teacher at a school for boys and girls. She _1 chemistry and physics from the lowest to the highest classes in the school. Sometimes the new classes 2 rapidly, but sometimes they were very 3 , and then Miss Richards had to 4 things many times.
One year, the first class had been studying chemistry for several weeks when Miss Richards suddenly asked, ?°What is water? Who knows? 5__ up??±
There was silence for a few seconds, and Miss Richards felt sad, but then one boy raised his hand.
?°Yes, Dick??± said Miss Richards encouragingly. He was not one of the brightest children in the class, so she was glad that he could answer.
?°Water is a liquid which has no color until you wash your hands in it, Miss. Then it turns black,?± the boy replied with great confidence.
(2)×éo?ìa
I walked along the sea for about an hour until I began to feel hungry. It was seven. By that time, I was not far from a favourite restaurant of mine, where I often went to eat two or three times a week. I knew the owner well.
I went into the restaurant, which was already crowded, and ordered my meal. While I was waiting, I looked _6__ to see if I knew anyone in the restaurant. Then I saw a man sitting at a corner table near the door keeping looking in my direction (*1/2?ò), as if he knew me. I certainly didn?ˉt know him, for I never forgot a face. The man had a newspaper open in front of him. But I could see that he was keeping an 7 on me. When the waiter brought my soup, the man was clearly puzzled (??"ó) by the familiar (êì?¤) way that the waiter and I called each other. He became even more puzzled as time went on. He could see that I was well 8 in the restaurant. At last he got up and went into the kitchen. After a few minutes he came out again, 9 for his meal and left.
When I had finished, I called the owner of the restaurant over and asked him what the man had wanted. The owner told me he was a detective￡¨?ìì1/2￡(c). ?°Really??± I was surprised. ?°He was certainly 10 in me. But why??± I asked. ?°He followed you here because he thought you were a man he was looking for,?± the owner said. ?°When he came into the kitchen, he showed me a photo of the wanted man. He certainly looked like you! Of course, since we know you here, I told him that he had made a mistake.?± It?ˉs lucky I came to a restaurant where I am known, or I might have been arrested!
(3)×éo?ìa
These days it is found that school students hardly have any sports. Is it because they have no __11__ in sports? It may not be true. They often say they have much more important things to do.
What are these important things? Exams! They have to get themselves ready for all kinds of exams and tests in school. So many of them almost __12__ bookworms(êé′?×ó). In the past in the summer holidays, they could do everything they liked, but now they have to spend all their time preparing. So__13___ have kept them away from going in for sports.
Because of the pressure from their parents and teachers, they __14__ to work harder and spend most of their time on books. As for the students themselves, they don?ˉt want to fail the lessons because they want to further their studies. So it is necessary to give __15___ of their spare time to their studies and give up their school sports.
It?ˉs true a good education cannot go without physical training, the same is true, a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. Without a strong body, you can never do anything well, how can you make great success in life?
(4)×éo?ìa
A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After __16__ weeks the editor returned the story to her. The lady was __17__. She worte back to the editor:
?°Dear Sir,
Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. __18__ do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it. __19__ I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20. This was a test to see whether you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were __20__ pasted together. Is this the way you read all the stories that are sent to you??±
The editor wrote back:
?°Dear Madam,
At breakfast when I have an egg, I don?ˉt have to eat the whole egg in order to discover that it is bad.?±
(5)×éo?ìa
Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is in the __21__ of Europe. Near Greenland is another island. It is small. Its name is Iceland. Do you think that Greenland is green and warm? Do you think that Iceland is white with ice? If you do, you are __22___. Not many people live on the big island of Greenland. There __23__ more people in your hometown than in all of Greenland. That is because Greenland is not green. Greenland is __24__ . Most of the island is covered with lots of ice. The ice covering Greenland is higher than the world's tallest building. What __25___ Iceland? Is it colder than Greenland? No, it is not. Iceland has ice, but not so much ice as Greenland. It has a lot of hot springs(èa). They give out hot water and steam(?(r)????).The climate(??oò) is not as cold as Greenland. And there are a lot more people who live in Iceland.
(6)×éo?ìa
Do you know how to study __26__ and make your study more effective ( óDD§μ?)???We all know that Chinese students usually study very hard for long??__27__, This is very good ,but it doesn?ˉt__28__a lot ,for an effective student must have enough sleep ,enough food and enough rest and __29__. Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. It?ˉs good for your__30__.
(7)×éo?ìa
There was once a millionaire who loved money than anything else in the world. He didn?ˉt know exactly how much he had, so he took on a little girl to count all his money for him.
It __31__ the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty-two million dollars, he was wild with joy and asked, ?° How much pay do you want??± He thought that because she was only a child, he could cheat her into taking a very small amount of money.
The girl said, ?°well, I worked for six days, so I think you should pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that, just give me the amount you give me the day before, multiplied by itself.
The __32__ thought that in this way he would only have to give her a __33__ dollars. What a __34__ little girl! So immediately, he __35__ his lawyer sign up the contract, fearing that she would change her mind.
On the first day the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, two pennies times two pennies, or four pennies.
Each day after that, he gave her the number of pennies he had given her the day before, multiplied by itself. And by the sixth day, the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.
(8)×éo?ìa
Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by air. He liked sitting __36__ a window when he was flying, so he got onto the plane, he looked for a window seat. He found all of them taken except one. There was a young man seated beside it, and Robinson was surprised that he had not taken the one by the window. Anyhow, he went towards it.
When he reached it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it, written __37__ large letters, saying, ?°This seat is kept for proper balance. Thank you.?± Mr. Robinson had never seen such a notice before, but he thought the plane must be carrying something particularly heavy in its room which made it necessary to have the passengers properly balance. So he walked on and found another empty seat, not beside the window __38_ .
Two or three other people __39__ to sit in the window seat next to the young man, but they also read the notice and went on. Then when the plane was nearly full a very beautiful girl stepped into the plane. The young man, who was watching the passengers coming in, __40__ took the notice off the seat beside him, and by this means succeeded in having a pretty companion during the whole trip.
Reading Comprehension. The passage is followed by some questions which ask you either to choose the best answers or to decide whether it is true or false (60%). ò"1212ìa ??ìa1·?
(1)×éo?ìa
As the heat of the summer almost kills the people, people there have found their place to cool themselves down.
Thousands of Chinese holidaymakers ran into a big problem when they finally escaped the heat at a wonderful water park?athey had no way to escape each other.Up to 10,000 people went into the water park?aknown as the 'Dead Sea' of China ?a during a spell of high temperatures in Daying County, in China?ˉs Sichuan province.
With so many people using inflatables(?é3?????) to float around the pool, there is no hope of doing any swimming or diving. But that didn?ˉt prevent the holidaymakers from having a little fun, as they played with each other, took photos and enjoyed the socializing(é?1/2"), they didn?ˉt hate being crowded.It can hold up to 10,000 visitors at once and more than a million people visit every summer, according to its owners.
The man-made 'sea' was created using rich salt resources in the region and has 43 different minerals and microelements(?￠á??a??).Because it has more than 22 per cent of salt, swimmers float freely on the surface - much as they do in the Dead Sea in the Middle East.
When they?ˉre not in the crowded￡¨óμ1/4*μ?￡(c) pool, visitors can relax at a spa, take a swing on a golf course or sit back and watch foreign cheerleaders who entertain the crowds.
(2)×éo?ìa
A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes￡?a person came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch: ?°It?ˉs 8￡o05,?±he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up again because a second person was knocking at the window. ?°Sir￡?do you know the time??± he asked. The driver looked at his watch again and told him it was half past eight.
????In this way￡?the driver thought he could not have a good rest￡?so he wrote a short note(?1/2ì?)and stuck(ìù)it on the window for all to see. It said￡??°I don't know the time.?±
????Again￡?he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later￡?a third person came and began to knock at the window￡??°Hey,sir,?±he said. ?°It?ˉs a quarter to nine.?±
(3)×éo?ìa
"Tiny Times 4" is being made again after Taiwan-born actor Ko Chen-tung, also known as Kai Ko, were not allowed to act in the film because his taking drug.
Guo Jingming, the director of the successful "Tiny Times", said that he may have to cut KaiKo out of the next film after the drug charge came to light.
Ko was arrested(′t2?) along with fellow famous actor Jaycee Chan, son of Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan. The two were detained(±"3/4Dá?) in Beijing after they were found taking drug at a foot massage parlor(??×?"á?íêò).
Administration of Radio, Film and Television has banned mainland TV and production companies from working with those famous people having criminal(·?×?) records.
Except the next "Tiny Times," Ko will also reportedly be removed from "Monster Hunt," the live-action opening of Chinese director Raman Hui, who co-helmed "Shrek the Third." The director has changed the main actor Ko with Jing Boran. Ko has already lost deals with Canon, KFC and Quaker Oats, among others.
(4)×éo?ìa
In Japan there are many holidays and other great days.We can tell only a few here.
????The fifth birthday of a boy is a great day in the family.The boy puts on a shirt like the one his father wears.It is an important moment in his life and means that he must now be a manly little boy like his father.He must smile when he has pain(ì?í′)or trouble.He must carry on.
????The day a girl becomes seven years old is a big day in the family.She may now wear a sash(?ü′?)like the one her mother wears.Her friends and her mother's friends come and drink tea and eat cakes.It means that the girl must now be a womanly little girl and help in the home.
????One of the great holidays in Japan is the Emperor's(ìì"ê)birthday.Instead of school there are picnics￡?games￡?sports and speeches(?Y1/22)￡? as we have on our fourth of July in America.
(5)×éo?ìa
Before the terrible news came to the family, they lived a peaceful life. Xu Zhuojing is the only child in the family and everyone likes her. She is clever and nice. She told her parents that she likes to play the violin. Though it is a bit expensive, her parents promise her to learn to play in an organization near their house.
Unfortunately, Xu Zhuojing?ˉs mother got breast cancer, which made the family more worse off. They couldn?ˉt afford(??μ??e) the expensive fees of the treatment(??á?) so her father began to go out to look for more jobs. Her father was a driver and often went on business, and he could only earn 3000 yuan a month, which was far enough away to pay for the medicine and her school fees. To let her daughter learn to play the violin, Xu Zhuojing?ˉs mother decided to stay at home for treatment.Realizing that she must be independent, Xu Zhuojing offered to do most of the housework and take care of her mother. She worked more harder than before, and she practised playing the violin although she was tired. Finally, she got the first prize in the National Children?ˉs Violin Solo Performance in 2012.
(6)×éo?ìa
Do you know how to play a game called ?°Musical Chairs?±? It is easy to play and most people enjoy it. All you need are some chairs, some people and some way of making music. You may use a piano or any other musical instrument, if someone can play it. You may use a tape recorder. You can even use a radio.
????Put the chairs in a row. The chairs may be put in twos, back to back. A better way is to have the chairs in one row with each chair facing in the opposite direction to the chair next to it.
????The game is easy. When the music starts, the players walk round the chairs. Everyone goes in the same direction, of course, they should walk in time to the music. If the music is fast they should walk quickly. If the music is slow, they should walk slowly.
????The person playing music cannot see the people in the game. When the music stops, the players try to sit on the chairs. If a person cannot find a chair to sit on, he drops out. Then, before the music starts again, one chair must be taken away. When the music stops again, one more player will be out.
????At last, there will be two players and one chair. The one who sits on the chair when the music stops is the winner.
(7)×éo?ìa
August 2,Thursday was a frightening day for Luo, who was a 2-year-old daughter called Xiao Wen?ˉs mother. Luo took Xiao Wen to visited her friends in a factory.
When she was away to go to the toilet, her daughter played by herself at the floor. Unfortunately, she found her daughter nowhere to see after she came back. Then she remembered that she could check by the video monitor￡¨êó?μ1/4à??￡(c) at the gate of the factory. The video showed that at around 8:50 a.m. a woman walked into the factory and took away Xiaowen when the girl was playing on the stairs on the second floor. Then Luo, the mother discovered the woman in a narrow back street, and she immediately took off her high-heels shoes and ran after the woman. Finally she caught up with her and got her daughter back. Still recovering from the fright, Luo said: "Although I have seen many movies on marketing children, I now realize how terrible it is to lose a baby."
According to police, the woman has a history of mental illness. She took pills every day and she slipped away from the hospital when the nurse looked after the other patients.
(8)×éo?ìa
Now satellites are helping to forecast(?¤±¨) the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere (′ó??), because this is where the weather forms (D?3é). They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists(???ó?§1/4ò) can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.
????Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.
????So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead (ìá?°).
(9)×éo?ìa
Xiao Nan is a 10-year-old sister in her family, living with her younger brother, Xiao Yuan, 5, and yonger sister, Xiao Xiang, 7. She lives in an unfortunate family. Her brother was badly ill when he was born and the family had spent all the money to save him. What?ˉs worse, her mother passed away three years ago. Because of that, her father went out for work from morning till late into night. Every morning at 6, Xiao Xiang and her elder sister often sell newspapers in their community. If they are lucky enough, they can make 15 yuan during the morning by selling more than 30 copies.
When her mother died, Xiao Nan take the responsibility to look after her sister and brother. Sometimes they wake up at midnight to look for their mother because they miss their mother very much, Xiao Nan will comfort them. Because she is the eldest, she must be tougher than any other friends at her age.
With the help of the community, her father set up a store near their house so that he can make a living and take care of his children. Though Xiao Nan is only 10, she can help her father with the business and look after her brother and sister. She hope that the family can stay together and that is her dream.
(10)×éo?ìa
Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays.
????He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. ?°Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting.?±
?????°This sounds a good idea,?± he thought. ?°I?ˉll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They?ˉll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming.?±
????He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm.
????But four days later, he returned home.
?????°What was wrong with West Hill Farm??± his best friend, Ed, asked him. ?°Didn?ˉt you enjoy country life??±
?????°Country life was very good,?± Henry said. ?°But there was another problem.?±
?????°Oh. What??±
?????°Well,?± he said, ?°the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner.?±
?????°What?ˉs wrong with that??± Ed asked. ?°Fresh meat is the best.?±
?????°I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.?±
?????°Lucky you!?±
?????°You don?ˉt understand,?± Henry said. ?°on the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.?±
?????°A different meat every day,?± Ed said loudly, ?°and you are complaining!?±
?????°Let me finish,?± Henry said. ?°on the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn?ˉt dare (?ò)stay for dinner!?±
(11)×éo?ìa
Not many years ago, some farmers were worried because hawks were taking many of their chicken. The farmers didn?ˉt know what to do. Finally they went to the country officials and asked for help.
?????°Kill the hawks,?± the officials said, ?°We will even pay for them,?± so the farmers began to think of ways to kill the hawks.
????The farmers killed many hawks. They no longer had to worry about their chickens. But they now had a new worry. Field mice were eating up a lot of the farmers?ˉ grain.
????How did this happen?
????Hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. They eat more field mice than chickens. But the farmers didn?ˉt know this. When they killed a lot of hawks, they changed the balance.
????When people move into a new place, they often destroy many wild plants. Often these plants are food for the animals. If the animals can?ˉt find enough plants to eat, they will starve or have to leave the place.
????In one part of the USA, for example the deer there like to eat a certain kind of wild roses. The mountain lions there eat the deer. The number of deer, mountain lions and wild roses doesn?ˉt change much if people leave things as they are.
????But people killed many mountain lions in order to protect the deer. Soon there were so many deer that they ate up all the wild roses. Then the deer began to eat the green leaves of young trees. These trees were important to the farmers. So the farmers thought of ways to protect their trees. Now the deer had nothing to eat, and many of them died. This was another lesson from nature.
????To keep the balance of nature is important for us to remember.
(12)×éo?ìa
More than 6000 children were expelled(?a3y) from US schools last year for bringing guns and bombs to school, the US Department of Education said on May 8.
????The department gave a report on the expulsions as saying handguns accounted for 58 per cent of the 6093 expulsions in 1996?a97, against 7 per cent for rifles(21/2?1) or shotguns and 35 per cent for other types of firearms.
?????°The report is a clear sign that our nation?ˉs public schools are cracking down(??3í)?± on students who bring guns to school, ?°Education Secretry Richard Riey said in a statement. ?°We need to be tough-minded(1/4á??μ?) about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe.?±
????In March 1997, a 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old using hand-guns and rifles shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In October, two were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a Missisippi school. Two months later, a 14-year-old boy killed three high school students and wounded five in Daducab, Kentucky.
?????°Most of the expulsions(?a3y), 56 per cent, were from high schools, which have students from about age 13, 34 per cent were from junior high schools and 9 per cent were from elementary schools.?± The report said.
Each blank in the following passage is provided with four choices. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank (40%). ò"128ìa ??ìa1·?
(1)×éo?ìa
Miss Richards was a teacher at a school for boys and girls. She _1 chemistry and physics from the lowest to the highest classes in the school. Sometimes the new classes 2 rapidly, but sometimes they were very 3 , and then Miss Richards had to 4 things many times.
One year, the first class had been studying chemistry for several weeks when Miss Richards suddenly asked, ?°What is water? Who knows? 5__ up??±
There was silence for a few seconds, and Miss Richards felt sad, but then one boy raised his hand.
?°Yes, Dick??± said Miss Richards encouragingly. He was not one of the brightest children in the class, so she was glad that he could answer.
?°Water is a liquid which has no color until you wash your hands in it, Miss. Then it turns black,?± the boy replied with great confidence.
(2)×éo?ìa
I walked along the sea for about an hour until I began to feel hungry. It was seven. By that time, I was not far from a favourite restaurant of mine, where I often went to eat two or three times a week. I knew the owner well.
I went into the restaurant, which was already crowded, and ordered my meal. While I was waiting, I looked _6__ to see if I knew anyone in the restaurant. Then I saw a man sitting at a corner table near the door keeping looking in my direction (*1/2?ò), as if he knew me. I certainly didn?ˉt know him, for I never forgot a face. The man had a newspaper open in front of him. But I could see that he was keeping an 7 on me. When the waiter brought my soup, the man was clearly puzzled (??"ó) by the familiar (êì?¤) way that the waiter and I called each other. He became even more puzzled as time went on. He could see that I was well 8 in the restaurant. At last he got up and went into the kitchen. After a few minutes he came out again, 9 for his meal and left.
When I had finished, I called the owner of the restaurant over and asked him what the man had wanted. The owner told me he was a detective￡¨?ìì1/2￡(c). ?°Really??± I was surprised. ?°He was certainly 10 in me. But why??± I asked. ?°He followed you here because he thought you were a man he was looking for,?± the owner said. ?°When he came into the kitchen, he showed me a photo of the wanted man. He certainly looked like you! Of course, since we know you here, I told him that he had made a mistake.?± It?ˉs lucky I came to a restaurant where I am known, or I might have been arrested!
(3)×éo?ìa
These days it is found that school students hardly have any sports. Is it because they have no __11__ in sports? It may not be true. They often say they have much more important things to do.
What are these important things? Exams! They have to get themselves ready for all kinds of exams and tests in school. So many of them almost __12__ bookworms(êé′?×ó). In the past in the summer holidays, they could do everything they liked, but now they have to spend all their time preparing. So__13___ have kept them away from going in for sports.
Because of the pressure from their parents and teachers, they __14__ to work harder and spend most of their time on books. As for the students themselves, they don?ˉt want to fail the lessons because they want to further their studies. So it is necessary to give __15___ of their spare time to their studies and give up their school sports.
It?ˉs true a good education cannot go without physical training, the same is true, a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. Without a strong body, you can never do anything well, how can you make great success in life?
(4)×éo?ìa
A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After __16__ weeks the editor returned the story to her. The lady was __17__. She worte back to the editor:
?°Dear Sir,
Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. __18__ do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it. __19__ I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20. This was a test to see whether you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were __20__ pasted together. Is this the way you read all the stories that are sent to you??±
The editor wrote back:
?°Dear Madam,
At breakfast when I have an egg, I don?ˉt have to eat the whole egg in order to discover that it is bad.?±
(5)×éo?ìa
Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is in the __21__ of Europe. Near Greenland is another island. It is small. Its name is Iceland. Do you think that Greenland is green and warm? Do you think that Iceland is white with ice? If you do, you are __22___. Not many people live on the big island of Greenland. There __23__ more people in your hometown than in all of Greenland. That is because Greenland is not green. Greenland is __24__ . Most of the island is covered with lots of ice. The ice covering Greenland is higher than the world's tallest building. What __25___ Iceland? Is it colder than Greenland? No, it is not. Iceland has ice, but not so much ice as Greenland. It has a lot of hot springs(èa). They give out hot water and steam(?(r)????).The climate(??oò) is not as cold as Greenland. And there are a lot more people who live in Iceland.
(6)×éo?ìa
Do you know how to study __26__ and make your study more effective ( óDD§μ?)???We all know that Chinese students usually study very hard for long??__27__, This is very good ,but it doesn?ˉt__28__a lot ,for an effective student must have enough sleep ,enough food and enough rest and __29__. Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. It?ˉs good for your__30__.
(7)×éo?ìa
There was once a millionaire who loved money than anything else in the world. He didn?ˉt know exactly how much he had, so he took on a little girl to count all his money for him.
It __31__ the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty-two million dollars, he was wild with joy and asked, ?° How much pay do you want??± He thought that because she was only a child, he could cheat her into taking a very small amount of money.
The girl said, ?°well, I worked for six days, so I think you should pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that, just give me the amount you give me the day before, multiplied by itself.
The __32__ thought that in this way he would only have to give her a __33__ dollars. What a __34__ little girl! So immediately, he __35__ his lawyer sign up the contract, fearing that she would change her mind.
On the first day the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, two pennies times two pennies, or four pennies.
Each day after that, he gave her the number of pennies he had given her the day before, multiplied by itself. And by the sixth day, the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.
(8)×éo?ìa
Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by air. He liked sitting __36__ a window when he was flying, so he got onto the plane, he looked for a window seat. He found all of them taken except one. There was a young man seated beside it, and Robinson was surprised that he had not taken the one by the window. Anyhow, he went towards it.
When he reached it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it, written __37__ large letters, saying, ?°This seat is kept for proper balance. Thank you.?± Mr. Robinson had never seen such a notice before, but he thought the plane must be carrying something particularly heavy in its room which made it necessary to have the passengers properly balance. So he walked on and found another empty seat, not beside the window __38_ .
Two or three other people __39__ to sit in the window seat next to the young man, but they also read the notice and went on. Then when the plane was nearly full a very beautiful girl stepped into the plane. The young man, who was watching the passengers coming in, __40__ took the notice off the seat beside him, and by this means succeeded in having a pretty companion during the whole trip.
Reading Comprehension. The passage is followed by some questions which ask you either to choose the best answers or to decide whether it is true or false (60%). ò"1212ìa ??ìa1·?
(1)×éo?ìa
As the heat of the summer almost kills the people, people there have found their place to cool themselves down.
Thousands of Chinese holidaymakers ran into a big problem when they finally escaped the heat at a wonderful water park?athey had no way to escape each other.Up to 10,000 people went into the water park?aknown as the 'Dead Sea' of China ?a during a spell of high temperatures in Daying County, in China?ˉs Sichuan province.
With so many people using inflatables(?é3?????) to float around the pool, there is no hope of doing any swimming or diving. But that didn?ˉt prevent the holidaymakers from having a little fun, as they played with each other, took photos and enjoyed the socializing(é?1/2"), they didn?ˉt hate being crowded.It can hold up to 10,000 visitors at once and more than a million people visit every summer, according to its owners.
The man-made 'sea' was created using rich salt resources in the region and has 43 different minerals and microelements(?￠á??a??).Because it has more than 22 per cent of salt, swimmers float freely on the surface - much as they do in the Dead Sea in the Middle East.
When they?ˉre not in the crowded￡¨óμ1/4*μ?￡(c) pool, visitors can relax at a spa, take a swing on a golf course or sit back and watch foreign cheerleaders who entertain the crowds.
(2)×éo?ìa
A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes￡?a person came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch: ?°It?ˉs 8￡o05,?±he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up again because a second person was knocking at the window. ?°Sir￡?do you know the time??± he asked. The driver looked at his watch again and told him it was half past eight.
????In this way￡?the driver thought he could not have a good rest￡?so he wrote a short note(?1/2ì?)and stuck(ìù)it on the window for all to see. It said￡??°I don't know the time.?±
????Again￡?he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later￡?a third person came and began to knock at the window￡??°Hey,sir,?±he said. ?°It?ˉs a quarter to nine.?±
(3)×éo?ìa
"Tiny Times 4" is being made again after Taiwan-born actor Ko Chen-tung, also known as Kai Ko, were not allowed to act in the film because his taking drug.
Guo Jingming, the director of the successful "Tiny Times", said that he may have to cut KaiKo out of the next film after the drug charge came to light.
Ko was arrested(′t2?) along with fellow famous actor Jaycee Chan, son of Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan. The two were detained(±"3/4Dá?) in Beijing after they were found taking drug at a foot massage parlor(??×?"á?íêò).
Administration of Radio, Film and Television has banned mainland TV and production companies from working with those famous people having criminal(·?×?) records.
Except the next "Tiny Times," Ko will also reportedly be removed from "Monster Hunt," the live-action opening of Chinese director Raman Hui, who co-helmed "Shrek the Third." The director has changed the main actor Ko with Jing Boran. Ko has already lost deals with Canon, KFC and Quaker Oats, among others.
(4)×éo?ìa
In Japan there are many holidays and other great days.We can tell only a few here.
????The fifth birthday of a boy is a great day in the family.The boy puts on a shirt like the one his father wears.It is an important moment in his life and means that he must now be a manly little boy like his father.He must smile when he has pain(ì?í′)or trouble.He must carry on.
????The day a girl becomes seven years old is a big day in the family.She may now wear a sash(?ü′?)like the one her mother wears.Her friends and her mother's friends come and drink tea and eat cakes.It means that the girl must now be a womanly little girl and help in the home.
????One of the great holidays in Japan is the Emperor's(ìì"ê)birthday.Instead of school there are picnics￡?games￡?sports and speeches(?Y1/22)￡? as we have on our fourth of July in America.
(5)×éo?ìa
Before the terrible news came to the family, they lived a peaceful life. Xu Zhuojing is the only child in the family and everyone likes her. She is clever and nice. She told her parents that she likes to play the violin. Though it is a bit expensive, her parents promise her to learn to play in an organization near their house.
Unfortunately, Xu Zhuojing?ˉs mother got breast cancer, which made the family more worse off. They couldn?ˉt afford(??μ??e) the expensive fees of the treatment(??á?) so her father began to go out to look for more jobs. Her father was a driver and often went on business, and he could only earn 3000 yuan a month, which was far enough away to pay for the medicine and her school fees. To let her daughter learn to play the violin, Xu Zhuojing?ˉs mother decided to stay at home for treatment.Realizing that she must be independent, Xu Zhuojing offered to do most of the housework and take care of her mother. She worked more harder than before, and she practised playing the violin although she was tired. Finally, she got the first prize in the National Children?ˉs Violin Solo Performance in 2012.
(6)×éo?ìa
Do you know how to play a game called ?°Musical Chairs?±? It is easy to play and most people enjoy it. All you need are some chairs, some people and some way of making music. You may use a piano or any other musical instrument, if someone can play it. You may use a tape recorder. You can even use a radio.
????Put the chairs in a row. The chairs may be put in twos, back to back. A better way is to have the chairs in one row with each chair facing in the opposite direction to the chair next to it.
????The game is easy. When the music starts, the players walk round the chairs. Everyone goes in the same direction, of course, they should walk in time to the music. If the music is fast they should walk quickly. If the music is slow, they should walk slowly.
????The person playing music cannot see the people in the game. When the music stops, the players try to sit on the chairs. If a person cannot find a chair to sit on, he drops out. Then, before the music starts again, one chair must be taken away. When the music stops again, one more player will be out.
????At last, there will be two players and one chair. The one who sits on the chair when the music stops is the winner.
(7)×éo?ìa
August 2,Thursday was a frightening day for Luo, who was a 2-year-old daughter called Xiao Wen?ˉs mother. Luo took Xiao Wen to visited her friends in a factory.
When she was away to go to the toilet, her daughter played by herself at the floor. Unfortunately, she found her daughter nowhere to see after she came back. Then she remembered that she could check by the video monitor￡¨êó?μ1/4à??￡(c) at the gate of the factory. The video showed that at around 8:50 a.m. a woman walked into the factory and took away Xiaowen when the girl was playing on the stairs on the second floor. Then Luo, the mother discovered the woman in a narrow back street, and she immediately took off her high-heels shoes and ran after the woman. Finally she caught up with her and got her daughter back. Still recovering from the fright, Luo said: "Although I have seen many movies on marketing children, I now realize how terrible it is to lose a baby."
According to police, the woman has a history of mental illness. She took pills every day and she slipped away from the hospital when the nurse looked after the other patients.
(8)×éo?ìa
Now satellites are helping to forecast(?¤±¨) the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere (′ó??), because this is where the weather forms (D?3é). They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists(???ó?§1/4ò) can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.
????Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.
????So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead (ìá?°).
(9)×éo?ìa
Xiao Nan is a 10-year-old sister in her family, living with her younger brother, Xiao Yuan, 5, and yonger sister, Xiao Xiang, 7. She lives in an unfortunate family. Her brother was badly ill when he was born and the family had spent all the money to save him. What?ˉs worse, her mother passed away three years ago. Because of that, her father went out for work from morning till late into night. Every morning at 6, Xiao Xiang and her elder sister often sell newspapers in their community. If they are lucky enough, they can make 15 yuan during the morning by selling more than 30 copies.
When her mother died, Xiao Nan take the responsibility to look after her sister and brother. Sometimes they wake up at midnight to look for their mother because they miss their mother very much, Xiao Nan will comfort them. Because she is the eldest, she must be tougher than any other friends at her age.
With the help of the community, her father set up a store near their house so that he can make a living and take care of his children. Though Xiao Nan is only 10, she can help her father with the business and look after her brother and sister. She hope that the family can stay together and that is her dream.
(10)×éo?ìa
Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays.
????He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. ?°Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting.?±
?????°This sounds a good idea,?± he thought. ?°I?ˉll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They?ˉll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming.?±
????He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm.
????But four days later, he returned home.
?????°What was wrong with West Hill Farm??± his best friend, Ed, asked him. ?°Didn?ˉt you enjoy country life??±
?????°Country life was very good,?± Henry said. ?°But there was another problem.?±
?????°Oh. What??±
?????°Well,?± he said, ?°the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner.?±
?????°What?ˉs wrong with that??± Ed asked. ?°Fresh meat is the best.?±
?????°I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.?±
?????°Lucky you!?±
?????°You don?ˉt understand,?± Henry said. ?°on the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.?±
?????°A different meat every day,?± Ed said loudly, ?°and you are complaining!?±
?????°Let me finish,?± Henry said. ?°on the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn?ˉt dare (?ò)stay for dinner!?±
(11)×éo?ìa
Not many years ago, some farmers were worried because hawks were taking many of their chicken. The farmers didn?ˉt know what to do. Finally they went to the country officials and asked for help.
?????°Kill the hawks,?± the officials said, ?°We will even pay for them,?± so the farmers began to think of ways to kill the hawks.
????The farmers killed many hawks. They no longer had to worry about their chickens. But they now had a new worry. Field mice were eating up a lot of the farmers?ˉ grain.
????How did this happen?
????Hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. They eat more field mice than chickens. But the farmers didn?ˉt know this. When they killed a lot of hawks, they changed the balance.
????When people move into a new place, they often destroy many wild plants. Often these plants are food for the animals. If the animals can?ˉt find enough plants to eat, they will starve or have to leave the place.
????In one part of the USA, for example the deer there like to eat a certain kind of wild roses. The mountain lions there eat the deer. The number of deer, mountain lions and wild roses doesn?ˉt change much if people leave things as they are.
????But people killed many mountain lions in order to protect the deer. Soon there were so many deer that they ate up all the wild roses. Then the deer began to eat the green leaves of young trees. These trees were important to the farmers. So the farmers thought of ways to protect their trees. Now the deer had nothing to eat, and many of them died. This was another lesson from nature.
????To keep the balance of nature is important for us to remember.
(12)×éo?ìa
More than 6000 children were expelled(?a3y) from US schools last year for bringing guns and bombs to school, the US Department of Education said on May 8.
????The department gave a report on the expulsions as saying handguns accounted for 58 per cent of the 6093 expulsions in 1996?a97, against 7 per cent for rifles(21/2?1) or shotguns and 35 per cent for other types of firearms.
?????°The report is a clear sign that our nation?ˉs public schools are cracking down(??3í)?± on students who bring guns to school, ?°Education Secretry Richard Riey said in a statement. ?°We need to be tough-minded(1/4á??μ?) about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe.?±
????In March 1997, a 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old using hand-guns and rifles shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In October, two were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a Missisippi school. Two months later, a 14-year-old boy killed three high school students and wounded five in Daducab, Kentucky.
?????°Most of the expulsions(?a3y), 56 per cent, were from high schools, which have students from about age 13, 34 per cent were from junior high schools and 9 per cent were from elementary schools.?± The report said.

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