第二部分 阅读理解(1)
Passage 1
We’ve talked about snails (蜗牛) and their slow move. But much of the time snails don’t move at all. They are in their shells (壳) —sleeping.
Hot sun will dry out a snail?s body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into his shell. A snail will die in a heavy rain. So when it rains, a snail does the same thing, too. A snail can sleep for as long as it needs to. It spends all the winter months in its shell, asleep.
In the spring the snail wakes up. Its body, about three inches long, comes out from the shell. When hungry, the snail looks for food. Its eyes, at the end of the top feelers (触角), are very weak. But its sense (感觉) of smell is very strong. It helps the snail to find food and the new greens.
A snail’s mouth is no bigger than the point of a pin (大头针). Yet it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are very small, and you can?t see them. If you put a snail in a hard paper box, it will eat its way out! And if a snail wears out its teeth, it will grow new ones.
我们已经谈论过蜗牛和他们的缓慢移动.但大多数时间蜗牛根本不动. 它们在它们的壳里睡觉.
火热的太阳会晒干蜗牛的身体.因此有一点点阳光的迹象时,蜗牛就把身体缩进壳里. 蜗牛会死在大雨中，因此当下雨时，蜗牛也会做同样的事情.(把身体缩进壳里)。蜗牛能够需要睡多久就睡多久，它花费整个冬季呆在壳里睡眠。
在春季，蜗牛苏醒了，它的身体,从壳里伸出来大概三英寸长,当饿的时候蜗牛会寻找食物，它的眼睛位于顶部触角的末端，视力非常弱，但它的嗅觉非常强，嗅觉帮助蜗牛找到食物和新的绿色物品。
蜗牛的嘴巴还没有大头针尖大，然而它却有256,000个牙齿。这些牙齿很小，你看不见它们，如果你把蜗牛放在一个硬纸盒里，它会用牙齿咬出一条路来。如果蜗牛的牙齿掉了，它将会长出新牙。
1. A snail moves more slowly at night . 蜗牛在晚上爬的更慢。
A：T B：F
2. In the sentence “A snail draws its body into its shell”, the word “draw” means to pull. 在句子“A snail draws its body into its shell”中的单词“draw”意思是拉动
A：T B：F
3. From the story, we know a snail can?t see well. 从故事我们可以知道蜗牛不能看的很清楚。
A：T B：F
4. A snail goes to sleep when it is put into a paper box. 放在纸盒里的蜗牛会睡觉。
A：T B：F
5. The snail?s teeth can?t be worn out. 蜗牛的牙齿不能被破损。
A：T B：F
KEY:BAABB
Passage 2
My husband and I got married in 1981 and for the first ten years of our marriage I was very happy to stay home and raise our three children. Then four years ago, our youngest child went to school and I thought I might go back to work.
My husband was very supportive and helped me to make my decision. He emphasized all of the things I can do around the house, and said he thought I could be a great success in business. After several weeks of looking for a job, I found my present job, which is working for a small public relations firm. At first, my husband was very proud of me and would tell his friends, “My clever little wife can run that company she?s working for.”
But as his joking statement approached truth, my husband stopped talking to me about my job. I have received several promotions and pay increases, and I?m now making more money than he is. I can buy my own clothes and a new car. Because of our joined incomes, my husband and I can do many things we had always dreamed of doing, but we don?t do these things because he is very unhappy.
We fight about little things and my husband is very critical of me in front of our friends. For the first time in our marriage, I think it is possible that our marriage may come to an end.
I love my husband very much, and I don?t want him to feel inferior, but I also love my job. I think I can be a good wife and a working woman, but I don?t know how. Who can give me some advice? Will I have to choose one or the other or can I keep both my husband and my new career?
在1981年我丈夫和我结婚了，婚后十年，我很乐意留在家中抚养我们的三个孩子。
然后在四年前，我们最小的孩子上学了，我想我可能会去工作。
我的丈夫非常支持我，帮助我作出了我的决定。他强调我能做好所有的家务，并说他想我能在商业上取得伟大成功。
经过几周找工作，我找了我目前的工作，为一家小型公关公司工作。起初，我的丈夫为我感到非常自豪，并会告诉他的朋友们，“我聪明的妻子可以胜任公司的工作了。”
但是当他开玩笑的话基本是事实后，我的丈夫就不再谈论我的工作。我已经几次获得升职和加薪，我现在赚的钱比他要多很多。我可以给自己买衣服和一辆新车。因为我们收入增加，我丈夫和我可以做很多事情，我们曾经梦寐以求的事情，但我们没有做这些事情，因为他很不高兴。
我和丈夫经常为小事吵架，并且丈夫在我们的朋友面前老挑我毛病。在我们的婚姻中，我第一次认为感觉到我们的婚姻可能走到了尽头。
我非常爱我的丈夫，我不想让他感到自卑，但我也热爱我的工作。我觉得我能成为一个好妻子和一个有工作的女人，但是我不知道怎么做。谁可以给我一些建议吗？我要选择其中一个，或者我可以同时拥有我的丈夫和我的事业？
1.The passage most probably written around 1996. 写这篇文章可能在1996年左右。 A：T B：F
2.The husband was supportive, for he took over what she used to do at home.丈夫是支持她的，因为他在家代替她做家务。 A：T B：F
3.Her husband stopped talking to her about her job when her career was approaching success. 当她事业取得成功时，她的丈夫不再跟她谈论她的工作。 A：T B：F
4.As she was making more money, She could buy many clothes and a new house. 她赚了很多钱，她买了很多衣服和一套新房子。 A：T B：F
5.The difficult position a working woman is in is a choice between job and marriage.这个女人的困扰是她工作和丈夫间的抉择。 A：T B：F KEY:ABABA
Passage 3
Mr Jones and Mr Brown work in the same office.One day Mr Jones says to Mr Brown, “I will have a small party at our house on Monday evening. Would you and your wife like to come?” Mr Brown says, “Thank you very much. I?d love to, but let me ask my wife first.” So Mr Brown goes to the other room and telephones his wife. Then he comes back and looks very worried. “What?s the matter?” asks Mr Jones. “Is you wife there at home?” “No,” answers Mr Brown. “She isn?t there. My small son answers the telephone. I say to him, ?Is your mother there, David?? and he answers ?No, she isn?t in the house.? Where is she?? I ask, ?She is somewhere outside.? What?s she doing?? ?She is looking for me.?”
琼斯先生和布朗先生在同一间办公室里办公。有一天琼斯先生对布朗先生说：“我周一晚上将在我们家举行一个小型聚会，你和你的太太能来吗？”布朗先生答道：“非常感谢，我很乐意，但是我得先问一下我太太。所以布朗先生到一间房给妻子打电话。然后他回到办公室，看起来很忧虑。“怎么了？”琼斯先生关心的问道，“你太太不在家吗？”“是的”，布朗先生答道，“她不在家。我的小儿子接的电话，我问他‘妈妈在不？’他说，‘她不在房里。’我又问道，‘去哪儿了？’他说，‘她出去了’。我又问，‘去干什么了？’儿子说妈妈去找自己了。”
1．There is a party at Mr Jones’s house on Monday evening. 周一晚上琼斯先生家里有个聚会。 A：T B：F
2．Mr Jones asks Mr Brown and his wife to go to the party. 琼斯先生邀请布朗先生和他太太参加聚会。
A：T B：F
3．The telephone is in Mr Brown’s office. 电话在布朗先生的办公室。 A：T B：F
4．Mr Brown speaks to Mrs Brown on the telephone. 布朗先生在电话上和太太交谈了。 A：T B：F
5．Mrs Brown is looking for her son. 布朗太太正在找她的儿子。 A：T B：F KEY:AABBA
Passage 4
Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all, so she was very pleased when her noisy neighbor moved out. A young man moved in. And Miss Grey thought the man seemed to be quiet.
But at three o'clock the next morning, the noise of a dog woke her up. She thought she had never heard a dog there before. It must be the young man's dog. So she telephoned the young man, said something bad about the dog and then hung up the telephone before he could answer. Nothing more happened until three o'clock the next morning. Then Miss Grey's telephone rang, and when she answered, a voice said, \say that I haven't a dog.
格蕾小姐住在一个小房子里。她很老了，不喜欢噪音，所以当她吵闹的邻居搬出去之后，她很高兴。之后有个年轻人搬进去了，格蕾小姐觉得这个人看起来挺安静的。但是第二天早上的凌晨三点钟，一只狗的叫声把她吵醒了。她以前从来都没有听到过狗叫声。这一定是那个年轻人的狗。所以她给那个年轻人打电话，抱怨了一下那条狗，然后在他来不及回答之前，格蕾小姐就挂断了电话。期间什么也没发生，直到次日早上的凌晨三点。格蕾小姐的电话响了，她接了，电话里传出一个声音，“你24小时前打了我电话，现在我给你电话是想告诉你我没有狗。”
1. Miss Grey felt sorry when her noisy neighbor moved out. 格蕾小姐的邻居搬出去后，她觉得难过。
A：T B：F
2. Mi8s Grey's new neighbor was as noisy as the old one. 格蕾小姐的新邻居和以前的邻居一样，吵闹不堪。
A：T B：F
3. Some noise woke her up in the early morning. 凌晨时候她被一些声音吵醒了。 A：T B：F
4. She thought the new neighbor had brought a dog with him. 她认为是她的新邻居养了一条狗。
A：T B：F
5. The young man rang up Miss Grey in the early morning, because he wanted to punish her. 那个年轻人凌晨时分给格蕾小姐打电话，因为他想惩罚她。 A：T B：F Key: BBAAA
Passage 5
Let's watch the weather forecast on television. We may go to Scotland, we may go to Wales or London. We can decide after the forecast.
\morning, and here is the weather forecast for tomorrow. Northern Scotland will be cold, and there may be snow over High Ground. In the north of England it will be a wet day and rain will move into Wales and the Midlands during the afternoon. East Anglia（英格兰） will be
generally dry, and it will be a bright clear day with sunshine, but it may rain during the evening. In the southwest it may be foggy during the morning, but the afternoon will be clear. It may be windy later in the day.\
让我们来看一看电视上的天气预报。我们可以去苏格兰,我们可以去威尔士或伦敦。我们可以听完天气预报后做决定。
“早上好,这里是明天的天气预报。苏格兰北部将会很冷,会有大雪覆盖。在英格兰的北部,这将是一个下雨天，雨水会到下午转移到威尔士中部地区。East Anglia将普遍乾燥,这将是一个阳光明媚的晴天,但在晚间可能会下雨。在西南部地区清晨可能会有雾气,但在下午会放晴，当天晚些时候会有刮风。”
1.The speaker is planning to go traveling within the country. 说话者正计划在这个国家去旅行。
A：T B：F
2.The speaker can fly to Northern Scotland tomorrow morning, because it won't be foggy there tomorrow. 说话者可以明天早上飞往苏格兰北部，因为它明天不会有浓雾。 A：T B：F
3.It will be a bright clear day in East Auglia tomorrow. 明天East Anglia是晴朗的一天。
A：T B：F
4.The forecast mainly tells us the whole country will have fine weather tomorrow. 天气预报主要告诉我们明天整个国家都将有好的天气。 A：T B：F
5.You can infer from the passage that none of the places offers ideal weather tomorrow for travel. 可以推断，明天天气不适合去旅游。 A：T B：F Key: AABBA
Passage 6
A guide dog is a dog especially trained to guide a blind person. Dogs chosen for such training must show good disposition, intelligence, physical fitness and sense of responsibility.
At the age of fourteen months, a guide dog begins an intensive course that lasts three to five months. It becomes accustomed to the leather harness and stiff leather handle it will wear when guiding its blind owner. The dog learns to watch the traffic and to cross the street safely. It also learns to obey such commands as \that might lead its owner into danger.
The most important part of the training course is a fourweek program in which the dog and its future owner learn to work together. However, many blind people are unsuited by personality to work with dogs. Only a tenth of the blind find a guide dog useful.
导盲犬训练是将一只狗经过特别训练后用于引导盲人。这种训练选择的狗必须表现出良好的性格、智力、体能和责任感。
在十四个月大,导盲犬的密集课程就开始了,为期三至五个月。它变得习惯于皮革吊带和