D. 20
Passage3:House prices in England increases sharply between 1971 and 1972. The following record shows how much a house in London had risen in price since 1955.
Take No.29 Smith Terrace for example. In 1955, Jane Grey sold it for £ 2000. Mrs Bowena
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Black bought it next for £ 4900 and sold it nine years later to Green White for £22590. Four years later, in 1972, the house was valued at £ 30000.
1)The price of the house in 1972 was _______ as high as that in 1955.
A.Twice
B. About three times
C. Ten times
D. Fifteen times
5. 归纳主旨要义（中心思想）(P73)
阅读理解首先是对文章中心思想的理解，这就要求考生归纳全文的中心思想或某段的段落大意。这类题的题干中一般含有main/general /central idea / topic / subject/ mainly 等字眼。解答这类试题时，应注意以下几点：
寻找主题句是解题的关键。主题句通常在文首、文末或首尾呼应，有时在句中，也可能没有主题句，这时需要对文章进行归纳。寻找主题句有以下四个巧门：
1）段落中出现转折时，该句很可能就是主题句。
2）作者有意反复重复的观点通常是主旨；反复出现的词语，一般为体现文章主旨的关键词。3）首段出现疑问句时，对该问题的回答很可能就是文章的主旨。
4）提出文章主旨时常伴有的文字提示有therefore, thus, but, however, in fact, in short 等等。因此，这些词后的内容很可能就是文章主旨。如，Passage1
“People who talk and sing to plants are not foolish," says Arnold Braymar, a government agriculture expert. "In fact, singing and talking to plants makes them grow better." The reason is quite simple--- when we sing or talk to pants, we breathe out carbon dioxide which plants need to live on and grow strong. Plants take in the carbon dioxide through their pores(毛细孔）during the sunlight hours and produce oxygen which people need much. Singing and talking is effective, however, only during the daytime. Bedtime lullabies(催眠曲）will not help plants to sleep better or grow faster.
1) Which sentence best expresses the main idea?
A. Doctors are worried about people who connect with nature.
B. Plants and flowers should not be left in bedrooms at night.
C. The practice of singing and talking to plants can be justified scientifically.
D. Plants must be placed away from people.
2)The topic of this paragraph should be _______
A.Tell Me More
B. Carbon dioxide, please
C. People Are Funny
D. Let's Clear the Air Passage2:Moscow, Russia(Space news)---"The computer is a better chess player," insisted V iktor Prozorov, the loser. "It seemed as if it were laughing after every good move. I know I should have beaten it for the sake of mankind, but I just couldn't win," he announced and shook his head sadly. Prozorov's disappointment was shared by several grand masters who were present, some of whom were so upset that they shouted at the machine. Many chess players said that this meant the end of chess championships(锦标赛）around the world, since the fun had been taken out of the game.
The computer walked--- or rather, rolled--- away with 5,000 dollars in prize money and limited its remarks to a set of noises and lights.
Which of the following best gives the main idea of this news paper article?
A. 5,000 dollars goes to a computer!
B. New invention: a laughing computer!
C. World's best chess player beaten!
D. Computer defeats man in chess!
Passage3: Songs play an important role when teaching English online. Songs that are famous around the world are especially suitable for students who want to improve their spoken English. They give the student a different and fun way of learning new vocabulary, grammar and
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pronunciation while practice his spoken English through singing or reading the lyrics(歌词）out loud.
When introducing the song,...
The first paragraph is mainly about ______.
A.Ways to learn English songs online.
B. Those who are advised to learn English online
C. The way of learning English without a teacher.
D. The role of songs when learning English online.
6. 选择文章标题(P82)
给文章选择一个恰当的标题（title) 几乎是必考题。要正确选出标题，必须首先要理解文章大意，明确文章主旨。一篇文章必须会有一个主旨。选择时，要仔细推敲各个选项，排除错误选项，缩小选择范围，从而选出最佳答案。错误选项指的是：
（1）断章取义：虽含文中的某些单词，但文章所谈内容与此无关。
（2）范围太窄：概括不前面，只是某个细节或某部分的内容。
（3）范围太宽：所表达的内容超出文章阐述的内容。
（4）无中生有：即文章中未提到，或找不任何依据的信息。如，Passage1 On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi'an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel hall before though they lived in "the kingdom of bicycles".
Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi'an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.