C. a farmer is more important than a professor D. work with hands is the most important 3. The purpose of education is _______.
A. to choose officials for the country B. to prepare children mainly for their future work C. to let everyone receive education fit for him D. to build a perfect world 4. The passage tells us about _______ of the education. A. the means
B. the system
C. the value
D. the type
【答案与解析】本文为论说文。作者认为教育不是目的，而是达到目的的一种手段而已。
1. D。细节题。文中说：it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. 但作者对这种说法提出了质疑(But we can already see…)，故D最佳。
2. A。推断题。根据we can live without education, but we die if we have no food.，我们可以推断出来，我们的社会需要各种各样的工作。
3. B。推断题。根据In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life 可知B为最佳答案。 4. C。推断题。根据文章第1段最后一句Our purpose is to fit them for life 以及 Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society 可知，短文主要是讲教育的价值问题。
八、政治类
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As I travel across China, I hope to learn as much as I can about the Chinese people, your history, and your dreams for the future and I hope to help the Chinese people understand more of America?s history, the lessons the American people have drawn from it, and the dreams we hold for the 21st century.
I believe both Chinese and Americans aspire(立志, 有热望) to many of the same things — to provide for our families, to teach our children, to build our communities, to protect our Earth, to shape our own futures, and pass brighter possibilities on to our children.
There may be those here and back in America who wonder whether closer ties and deeper friend ship between America and China are good. Clearly, the answer is yes. We have a powerful ability to help each other grow. We can learn much from each other. And as two great nations, we have a special responsibility to the future of the world. The steps we take over the next week can lead to far greater strides for our people in the years ahead.
Here in this city of your magnificent history, we must always remember that we, too, are ancestors(祖先). Someday our children and their children will ask if we did all we could to build just societies and a more peaceful world. Let our monument be their judgement that we did that. Let our progress include all people, with all their differences, moving toward a common destiny.
Let us give new meanings to the words written in the ancient Book of Rites, what you call the Li Shi: When the great way is followed, all under heaven will be equal.
1. It becomes clear from the passage that _______.
A. both China and America are the most powerful countries in the world B. both China and America should do something for the future of the world C. both China and America are great countries with a long history D. both China and America can provide their children with good education 2. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. America will encourage their children to learn the Chinese history. B. The speaker is in the city with the magnificent Chinese history. C. Both Chinese and Americans share some desires and interests. D. The speaker wants Chinese to understand more of American history. 3. The underlined word “here” used in Paragraph 3 refers to “_______”.
A. in the city B. on the platform C. at the ceremony(仪式) D. in China
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4. It can be inferred that the person who made the speech is a _______.
A. scientist
B. statesman
C. businessman
D. professor
【答案与解析】中美两国人民有许多相似之处，我们可以互相学习，共同发展，为未来世界做出我们应有的贡献。 1. B。主旨题。从第3段内容可以概括出本文主旨。
2. A。判断题。B、C、D三项内容都有涉及，惟独没有讲到美国将鼓励他们的孩子们学习中国历史。所以答案选A。
3. D。词义猜测题。作者是在中国演讲，他说的这里肯定是指“在中国”。
4. B。判断题。通读全文可知这应是一位美国政治家访问中国时所作的演讲，即选B。
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In exactly a year, the most important event since World War II. will take place in Europe—the start of the single European currency(货币).
For 40 years, Western European countries have been slowly changing their political and economic structure(经济结构). Their aim has been to replace the confusing and wasteful system of national currencies with a single, united economy. Now this process(过程) is entering its last period. In one year?s time, on 1 January 1999, member countries of the European Union(EU) will link their economies together. Three years later, in 2002, their national currencies will be replaced by a single, EU-wide currency, the “Euro”.
The single currency has taken a long time to arrive. It was first considered over ten years ago, when the EU set up the single market. This aimed to improve EU competitiveness in world markets by allowing for the free movement of people and goods throughout the Union. A single currency was accepted as the logical extension(合乎逻辑的延伸) to removal(移动) of these trade barriers(障碍).
1. The single European currency is called _______. A. pound
B. franc
C. EU
D. Euro
2. The single currency is _______. A. earlier than the single market
B. as early as the single market
C. later than the single market D. as late as the single market 3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. After the EU set up the single market, people in the EU can able to move freely throughout the union. B. Setting up the single market is the most important event in Europe after World War II. C. The Euro will take the place of currencies of the member countries in the EU. D. The USA is not a member of the EU. 4. Which is the best title of this passage?
A. The Euro B. The EU C. The Single Market D. How to Use the Euro
【答案与解析】本文讲述的是第2次世界大战后最重要的一件事——统一欧洲货币。
1. D。细节题。根据第2段最后一句…their national currencies will be replaced by a single, EU-wide currency, the “Euro”可知道答案为D。
2. C。语义理解题。因为The single currency has taken a long time to arrive. It was first considered over ten years ago, when the EU set up the single market。
3. B。判断题。从文章内容看，A、Ｃ项已明显提及，D项虽没直接提到，但根据常识可以判断出它是正确的，只有B项内容没提到。
4. A。主旨题。综合文章内容，再结合A、B、C、D四个选项来判断，只有A项正确。
九、历史类
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According to the census(统计) of 1800, the United States of America contained 5, 308, 483 persons. In the same year the British Islands contained upwards of fifteen million; the French Republic, more than twenty-seven million. Nearly one-fifth of
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the American people were Negro slaves; the true political population made up of four and a half million free whites, or less than one million able-bodied males (men), on whose shoulders fell the burden (heavy load) of a continent. Even after two centuries of struggle the land was still untamed; forest covered every area, except here and there a small piece of cultivated soil — where crops were grown; the minerals lay undisturbed in their rocky beds, and more than two-thirds of the people stayed close to the seaboard within fifty miles of tidewater, where alone the wants of civilized life could be supplied.
1. The underlined word untamed in the passage means _______. A. not polluted B. natural or wild C. looked after by people 2. In 1800, the population of the United States was about _______. A. one-fifth the size of the population of the French Republic B. one-seventh the size of the population of the French Republic C. thirty-three percent of the size of the population of the French Republic D. twenty-five percent of the size of the population of the French Republic 【答案与解析】本文讲述了19世纪初期美国历史地理概况。
1. B。词义猜测题。根据文章中的 …except here and there a small piece of cultivated soil — where… 可知这里讲的土地是开垦了的，而except 后的内容与前面的内容是相对的，因此呆以推出 untamed 的意思是“未开发的”、“荒芜的”。
根据构词法知识un-前缀构成一个否定意义，tamed 在这里是“开垦的，开发的”等意思，故可推出untamed是“未开发的，荒芜的”意思。
2. A。推断题。根据the United States of America contained 5, 308, 483 persons. …the French Republic, more than twenty-seven million.可以推出美国当时的人口约为法国人口的五分之一。
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A very rapid increase in the number of ships sailing between American and European ports began almost immediately after the end of the War of 1812 in order to meet the new need for the regular rapid transportation of mail, light cargoes(货物), and passengers. It was the increase in emigration(移民) to America that for the first time made the carrying of passengers across the Atlantic more profitable(可赚钱的) than the transportation of heavy cargoes. A new type of sailing ship, the packet(邮船), appeared to meet this new demand, and the demand very soon resulted in strong competition among several packet lines. The earliest of these was the Black Ball Line set up in New York in 1816, only a year after the end of the war. The service of this famous line started with four of the new fast packets, each of 400 to 500 tons: the Pacific, the Amity, the James Cooper, and the William Thompson. During the first twenty years of service, the average time from New York to Liverpool was 23 days and the average trip back to New York took 40 days. By the middle of the century packets had increased in size to between 900 and 1, 000 tons and their speed had increased. The Red Jackel once sailed from New York to Liverpool in 13 days, 11.5 hours. The Mary Whiteridge took 4.5 hours off this record on a run from Baltimore to Liverpool. Such speeds were far greater than the average of from 19 to 21 days to Liverpool and from 30 to 35 homeward to New York, but the packets had still set a new standard for transoceanic travel. No wonder that steamships, the first of which tried to compete with the packets in 1838, only began to replace them in the 1850s.
1. The fastest transatlantic voyage by a packet mentioned by the author was from _______.
A. Liverpool to New York B. New York to Liverpool C. Baltimore to Liverpool D. Liverpool to Baltimore 2. According to the author, in which decade(十年) of the 19th century did a steamship first attempt to compete with the transatlantic packets?
A. The 1820s. B. The 1850s. C. The 1840s. D. The 1830s. 3. Which of the following was most important in the development of the fast packets? A. The increase in the number of people who wanted to go to America.
B. The increase in the number of people who wanted to go to Europe after the War of 1812. C. The increased demand for the transportation of all kinds of cargoes. D. The increased volume of mail.
4. The time of the fastest transatlantic crossing mentioned by the author was 13 days and _______. A. 11.5 hours B.7 hours C. 7.5 hours D. 4.5 hours
【答案与解释】1812年战争后，从欧洲去美国的人数大幅度增加，使得横渡大西洋往返于欧美的航运额急剧上升。
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D. not destroyed
为满足需求，赢得市场，邮船出现了并且航速也在不断提高。
1. C。细节题。根据 The Mary Whiteridge took 4.5 hours off this record on a run from Baltimore to Liverpool 可知答案。 2. D。细节题。从最后一句话中的 …the first of which tried to compete with the packets in 1838… 可知答案。 3. A。主旨题。从文章第 2 句话 It was the increase in emigration to America that… 可知答案。
4. B。推断题。根据 The Red Jackel once sailed from New York to Liverpool in 13 days, 11.5 hours. The Mary Whiteridge took 4.5 hours off this record on a run from Baltimore to Liverpool. 可得出结果。
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The kings of ancient Egypt planned strong tombs to keep their bodies safe after death and to hold their treasure. The Great Pyramids along the Nile are on its West Bank. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising sun to the beginning of life and the setting sun to the end of life. This is why their dead bodies were buried on the West Bank of the Nile.
The people of Mexico also built pyramids. They did not build the pyramids for tombs. They used to build a pyramid and then a temple on top of it. The pyramids of Mexico are not as high as the pyramids of Egypt, but they are bigger. Each of the pyramids has a wide stairway(楼梯) that goes from the bottom to the top.
The biggest pyramid in Mexico is almost 2,000 years old. Scientists think it took 10,000 men more than ten years to build it. On the top they built a temple of the sun. The temple is no longer there, but people still call it the Pyramid of the Sun. Near it is another huge pyramid, the Pyramid of the Moon.
1. In ancient Mexico pyramids were built _______. A. in honour of the gods B. for the king?s tombs C. to hold the king?s treasure D. as places of interest 2. Which pyramid was built at least 2,000 years ago?
A. The Great Pyramid. B. The Pyramid of the Sun. C. None of the pyramids. D. The Pyramid of the moon. 3. Which of the following is true?
A. The pyramids of Mexico are as big as those of Egypt. B. The pyramids of Egypt are less high than those of Mexico. C. The pyramids of Mexico are just the same as those of Egypt. D. The pyramids of Mexico are quite different from those of Egypt.
4. According to this passage which of the following would be most probably a Mexico pyramid? 有图：见《英语周报》精粹（高中版）P92页 5. The Great Pyramids were built on the west bank of the Nile, because _______.
A. the bodies of the kings? and treasure could be safer B. the ancient Egyptians compared death to the sunset
C. the ancient Egyptians compared death to the sun D. the ancient Egyptians wished the kings to come back to life in west
【答案与解析】本文主要讲古埃及人和墨西哥人建的金字塔。
1. A。细节题。从第2段 They used to build a pyramid and then a temple on top of it 可知他们建金字塔是为了在上面建一座寺庙，所以此题答案选A。
2. B。细节题。从文章最后一段“最大的金字塔建于2000多年以前?人们仍然把其叫做太阳塔”可知答案选B。 3. D。判断题。从 The pyramids of Mexico are not as high as the pyramids of Egypt, but they are bigger可知A、B和C项错误，故答案选D。
4. D。判断题。墨西哥人建的金字塔顶上会有一座寺庙，在D图片的顶端有一图标，故答案选D。 5. B。细节题。从 The ancient Egyptians compared…the setting sun to the end of life可知答案为B。
十、地理类
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The total area of the United States is some 9.4 million square kilometers, which makes it the fourth largest country in the world. Its mainland covers a distance of nearly 5,000 kilometers from east to west, and about 2,500 kilometers from south to north. Surrounded by three oceans and the Gulf of Mexico, it has a long coastline(海岸线) of about 20 000 kilometers, which makes it one of the countries with the longest coastline in the world.
The United States lies in the south of North America and its southern tip reaches the subtropical zone(亚热带). On the north the country shares more than 6,000 kilometers of land border with Canada which runs approximately(大约) along the 49th parallel(纬线) in the west part and then across the four of the five Great Lakes before turning to the northeast. The border between the United States and Canada is open and undefended.
The southern land neighbour of the United States is Mexico with which it shares a common border of some 3,000 kilometers. The coast area of the Gulf of Mexico is the most important oil-producing region(地区) in the United States.
To the west of the mainland is the Pacific across which the United States trades(贸易) its products for goods from the Far East. To the east of the country lies the Atlantic which witnessed(目睹) large numbers of European immigrants(移民) sailing to their American colonies(殖民地). The Atlantic is still the most important sea route from the United States to Europe and the Middle East.
1. This passage is mainly about the _______ of the United States. A. name B. size and position C. population D. coastline 2. The United States is _______.
A. the largest country in the world B. a country with the longest coastline
C. in the North of South America D. mainly between the subtropical zone and the 49th parallel 3. The most important oil-producing region of the United States is in _______.
A. the land border with Canada B. the south C. the coast area of the Pacific D. Mexico 4. The five Great Lakes belong to _______.
A. Canada B. Mexico C. the United States D. England
5. The people of the United States were mostly immigrants from _______. A. Europe B. the Atlantic C. the Far East D. the Middle East
6. Which of the drawings below gives the correct position and shape of the United States? (P=Pacific; GM=the Gulf of Mexico; C=Canada; M=Mexico; A=Atlantic) 有图：见《高考英语模拟试题集注》P115页 【答案与解析】本文主要讲了美国的大陆面积以及其优越的地理位置。 1. B。主旨题。根据文章内容可知此题选B。
2. D。推断题。美国是世界第四大国，故A项错误；由文中第1段最后一句可知是和三大洋以及墨西哥湾一起组成世界最长的海岸线，故B项错误；从第2段第1句 The United States lies in the south of North America… 可知 C 项错误，故答案选 D。
3. B。推断题。根据 The southern land neighbour… 和 The coast area of the Gulf of Mexico is the most important oil-producing region(地区) in the United States可知墨西哥湾沿海岸是美国最重要的石油产地，故此题答案为B。但不能选D(墨西哥)。
4. C。细节题。从文中第2段第2句可知此题选C。
5. A。细节题。从 …large numbers of European immigrants(移民) sailing to their American colonies 可知答案为A。 6. B。推断题。从文中美国的地理位置“北边是Canada，南边是Mexico”和大陆面积“东西约5 000千米，南北约2 500千米”可知答案选B。
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Eclipse of the sun (日食)
Beginning around ten past eight, most part of our country can see an annular(环状的) eclipse of the sun today.
Generally, the umbra(本影) of the moon does not reach the earth?s surface; however, because of the eccentricity(偏心) of the moon?s orbit(轨迹) sometimes the umbra of the moon?s shadow extends to the earth?s surface. Then a total eclipse of the
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