2. B。细节题。根据 Our constant aim is to help our guests enjoy the park 可知他们的不变目标是让游客在迪斯尼乐园玩得开心，由此可见 B 为正确答案。
3. A。细节题。根据第2段Here, they learn about the company?s history… “they” 指的是迪斯尼员工；再者答案B(第1段)、答案C(第3段)、答案D(第4段)都是对的，故选 A。
4. D。主旨题。阅读全文可知本文从开始的总体服务描述到员工岗前培训、特殊工种训练、经理层每年一周的亲身体会无不显示了迪斯尼在使游客满意方面给予了高度重视，故选答案D。
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Some English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings and different endings, such as import, export, report and transport. All these words, you can see, have the same “port”, which come from the Latin word, meaning “to carry” or “to move” from one place to another. And according to the bit at the beginning, which we call the prefix the meaning changes. “Import” means “to carry in” or “to bring into a country”, “export”, “ex” means “out of”, so this word means “to carry out of the country”, “re” means “back”, so the “report” means “to tell somebody, to bring back information to somebody”, “transport”, “trans” means “across” and it means “to carry across one place to another”.
Let?s look at the following words: supporter, reporter, importer and exporter. You can see that in this case these words are nouns which are made up of the verbs plus a suffix, thus meaning a person who completes the verb. So supporter means somebody who supports. A reporter is somebody who reports. Importer is somebody who imports and exporter is somebody who exports, and so on.
1. In the first sentence the word “part” means _______.
A. different beginnings and different endings B. the same part that has several meanings C. the root of the word D. the same root that has different meanings 2. By adding a prefix or a suffix to a root, we can get a word which has _______. A. the meaning of a Latin word 3. We can get a noun _______.
A. just by adding “er” to verbs B. by changing a prefix C. only by adding “er” to a root D. by adding a suffix to a verb
4. According to the passage, if we talk about a man of refinement, you may guess that he must be _______. A. a man having good manners and education B. a person who should be educated C. somebody having bad manners D. a person punished by somebody else (1—4 CBDA)
【答案解析】短文介绍了英语构词法的有关知识。
1. C。词义猜测题。从Some English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings and different endings 可知，part 应是词根，而不是前缀或后缀。
2. B。细节题。根据 And according to the bit at the beginning, which we call the prefix the meaning changes. 可推知，词根加上不同的前、后缀，可得到不同的意义。A和C的说法太片面。
3. D。细节题。根据 You can see that in this case these words are nouns which are made up of the verbs plus a suffix, thus meaning a person who completes the verb.可知，在动词后加上一个后缀，就变成了名词。
4. A。推断题。文中说在动词后加上一个后缀，就变成了名词。refine是动词，本意为“净化，精炼，纯净”，加上后缀 -ment 后变成了名词，故A最佳。
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Americans have contributed to many art forms, but jazz, a type of music, is one that was not started in the United States. Blacks, who sang and played the music of their homeland, created jazz.
Jazz is a mixture of the music of Africa, the work songs the slaves sang, and religious(宗教) music. Improvisation is an important part of jazz. This means that the musicians make the music up as they go along, or create the music on the spot. This is why a jazz song might sound a little different each time it is played.
Jazz bands formed in the late 1800s. They played in bars and clubs in many towns and cities of the South, especially New Orleans. New Orleans is an international seaport, and people from all over the world came to New Orleans to hear jazz.
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B. a different meaning
C. the meaning of “in” or “out of” D. a lot of meanings
Jazz became more and more popular. By the 1920s, jazz was popular all over the United States. By the 1940s, you could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars, but in concert halls as well. Today, people from all over the world play jazz. Jazz musicians from the United States, Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe meet and share their music at festivals on every continent. In this way jazz continues to grow and change.
1. What can be the best title of the passage? A. American art forms
B. The development of jazz
C. The music of black Americans D. The birthplace of jazz 2. Which of the following is true?
A. Jazz is now popular all over the world B. Jazz is now a kind of religious music
C. Jazz is now played only in bars and clubs D. Jazz is now played in the same way as before 3. From the text it can be inferred that ______.
A. New Orleans is the place where jazz was first produced B. the American people are all jazz lovers C. jazz is merely sung by the black when working D. jazz may become more popular as time goes on 4. It took about ______ years to make jazz popular in the United States. A. 200
B. 120
C. 80
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【答案解析】本文讲述了爵士音乐的发展史。 1. B。主旨题。纵观全文可得出此答案。
2. A。细节题。根据 Today, people from all over the world play jazz 可推知此题答案为A。 3. D。推断题。根据In this way jazz continues to grow and change 可以得知。
4. D。细节题。根据两个关键语句 Jazz bands formed in the late 1800s. 和 By the 1920s, jazz was popular all over the United States 可推知此题答案为D。
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Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?
Firstly, it is important to report news stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories to those on TV.
Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People don?t want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be \planes landing safely; instead they print stories about plane accidents.
Another factor(因素) is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.
1. According to the passage, how do people learn about news stories in the world now? A. They carry news stories and tell others from place to place on foot or by horse. B. They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes.
C. They watch TV or read newspapers. D. They listen to the radio every day. 2. The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports it that _______. A. people can learn more about the same news story from a newspaper B. people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaper
C. people can read news stories in other countries D. people can read news stories about their own country
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3. To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about? A. Two. B. Three. C. Five. D. Six.
4. According to the passage, which of the following can you most possibly watch on TV? A. You often play football with your friends after school. B. Your teacher has got a cold.
C. A tiger in the city zoo has run out and hasn?t been caught. D. The bike in front of your house is lost. 5. Which of the following is Not true in this passage?
A. News stories on the front page of every country are always the same. B. People like to read interesting and unusual news.
C. Not only TV but also newspapers can help people to learn what is happening around the world. D. Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life for more than three hundred years.
【答案与解析】本文讲述了现代社会人们获取news的不同方式以及构成一个新闻故事应具备的要素。
1. C。如今人们如何了解世界上的新闻故事呢？由文章第1段最后一句Billions of people learn...，可推知人们通过看电视或读报纸的方式获知新闻。
2. A。电视新闻报道和报纸新闻报道有什么不同呢？文章第3段说Yet, newspapers give more about the same story，可推知答案是A。
3. B。文章的3、4、5段叙述了三个因素。因此选B。
4. C。你在电视上最可能看到的是什么？文章第4段说新闻报道的是不寻常和有趣的事，很多新闻看起来往往报道的是坏的消息和一些危险的事情。由此段可知A、B、D项都不具备新闻的要素。
5. A。根据文章最后一段可知中国报纸和英国、法国、美国等的报纸在头版报道的内容上常常不同。根据此段可知A选项是错误的。
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You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes(撞击) through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead.
Of course he is not dead. With any luck he is not even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks.
There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress(床垫). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft plastic.
But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman?s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff(悬崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute(降落伞)failed to open, and he was killed.
In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stunt girls too!
1. Stuntmen are those who _______.
A. often dress up as actors B. prefer to lead dangerous lives
C. often perform seemingly dangerous actions D. often fight each other for their lives 2. Stuntmen earn their living by _______. A. playing their dirty tricks
B. selling their special skills
C. jumping out of high windows D. jumping from fast moving trains 3. When a stuntman falls from a high building, ________. A. he needs little protection
B. he will be covered with a mattress
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C. his life is endangered D. his safety is generally all right
D. Carefulness
4. Which of the following is the main factor(因素)of a successful performance? A. Strength B. Exactness C. Speed
5. What can be inferred from the author?s example of the Norwegian stuntman?
A. Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman. B. The percentage of serious accidents is high. C. Parachutes must be of good quality. D. The cliff is too high.
【答案与解析】当你从电影、电视上看到诸如人从很高的窗户摔出、从快速行驶的列车上跳下、撞击汽车等一系列惊险动作时，千万不要以为那是演员真实表演的，其实那都是由特技演员代演的。
1. C。判断题。从第2段内容可以做出正确判断。
2. B。判断题。通读全文可知，stuntmen 是具有特别技能的人，由此可知答案为B。
3. D。语义理解题。从第3段第4句话they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress(床垫). 可以肯定答案是D。
4. B。语义理解题。从第4段中的…careful timing 可以做出正确判断。
5. A。判断题。根据第5段中的They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed 可知答案为A。
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The yearly Academy Awards ceremony was once a private affair. Now, because of television, it is very much a public affair. Hundreds of people gather in Hollywood to see the Oscars presented to outstanding(杰出的) actors, and others involved(参与) in the motion picture industry. Millions more watch on television.
It all began on May 16, 1929, when 270 men and women sat down to dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. There was no secret about the winners. The names of the winners had been known for months. Janet Gaynor, for example, had won as Best Actress. Douglas Fairbanks presented her with the famous gold statue(塑像). The little statue was not then called Oscar. Like a new actor, Oscar was unknown. About six years later, it somehow got that renowned name. A number of explanations have been offered for its origin(由来), but nobody knows the true story for certain.
Nowadays the results of the Oscar voting are kept secret. Only two people know the winners before the names are announced at the ceremony. The counting of votes is not done by one group of people but by different groups. Nobody except two members of an accounting(计票) company sees the final results.
The information is not kept in open files(卷宗). Winners? names are placed in closed envelopes. The accountants each carry a complete set of envelopes to the ceremony. One set is simply a spare to be used in case something happens to the other one.
1. As used in paragraph 2, renowned means _________. A. strange
B. wonderful
C. much-disliked
D. famous
2. May 16, 1929 marks _________.
A. Douglas Fairbanks? first winning of an Academy Award B. The first time Oscar got its name
C. The first time the Awards were kept secret D. Janet Gaynor?s recognition as Best Actress 3. Two sets of envelopes are prepared for the ceremony _________. A. one for New York, one for Hollywood B. in order to be perfectly safe
C. one for the ceremony, one for the newspapers D. just because that is the custom (1—3 DDB)
【答案与解析】本文介绍了Oscar奖的起源和发展。
1. D。词义猜测题。上文说Oscar was unknown，而此句说About six years later, it somehow got that renowned name，由此可推知此题答案为D。
2. D。细节题。根据文章第2段第4句Janet Gaynor, for example, had won as Best Actress可推知此题答案为D。 3. B。推断题。根据文章最后一句One set is simply a spare to be used in case something happens to the other one 可推知此题答案为B。
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Laptop(便携式) computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.
Westlake College in Virginian, each of the 1 500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use email to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees — anywhere at all!
Because of the many changes in computer technology, laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students not only to the Internet, but also to libraries and other resources. State highest-education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials also are testing laptop programs at other universities, too.
At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we?re giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”
1. The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to _______. A. use for their schoolwork B. access the Internet C. work at home D. connect them to libraries
2. Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks? A. They don?t really talk. B. They use the computer language. C. Laptops have speakers. D. None of the above reasons is correct. 3. Which of the following is true about Westlake College?
A. All teachers use computers. B. 1 500 students have laptops.
C. It is an old college in America. D. Students there can do everything.
4. “A window on the world” in the last paragraph means that students can _______. A. attend lectures on information technology B. travel around the world C. get information from around the world D. have feel laptops 5. Which of the following is a laptop computer? 有图：见《英语周报》精粹（高中版）P65页 【答案与解析】本文主要讲叙手提电脑非常受欢迎。
1. A。细节题。从文中第 2 段最后两句可知此题答案A。
2. A。细节题。他们是通过发送E-mail来传达各自的信息，并不是真正地“说”，所以答案选A。 3. C。细节题。由第 2 段第 2 句…a 110-year-old college可知C 项正确。 4. C。推断题。A window on the world意为“了解世界的窗口”，由此可知学生通过手提电脑可获取来自全世界的很多信息，故答案选C。
5. B。
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Bambi is a tasty book. Tasty not only for children but for those who are no longer so fortunate. For delicacy of perception(感觉细腻) and truth I hardly know any story of animals that can stand besides this life study of a forest deer. Felix Salten is a poet. He falls in love with nature deeply, and he loves animals. I do not, as a rule, like the method which places human words in the mouths of dumb(哑的) creatures, and it is the victory of this book that, behind the conversation, one feels the real feelings of the creatures who speak. Clear and inspiring, and in places very moving, it is a little masterpiece(杰作).
I read it in galley proof(校样) on the way from Paris to Calais. As I finished each sheet I handed it to my wife, who read, and handed it to my nephews. For three hours the four of us read in this way in silent absorption(专注). Those who know what it is to read books in galley proof, and have experienced channel (隧道)crossings, will realize that few books will stand such a test. Bambi is one of them.
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