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44. A. offer B. teach C. train D. advise 45. A. way B. show C. scene D. act 四、阅读理解（共15小题，30分）
阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
A
There are many special hotels around the world. In Greenland, there is a hotel made out of ice. In Turkey, there is a cave hotel. And in Bolivia, there is the Salt Palace Hotel.
Thousands of years ago, the area around the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake. But over time, all the water disappeared. Today, the area has only two small lakes and two salt deserts.
In the early 1990s, a man named Juan Quesada built the hotel. He cut big blocks of salt from the desert and used the blocks to build it. Everything in the hotel is made out of salt; the walls, the roof, the tables, the chairs and the beds. The sun heats the wails and roof during the day. So the rooms stay warm at night, though it’s cold outside in the desert. The hotel has twelve rooms. A single room costs $40 a night, and a double room $60.
A sign on the hotel’s wall tells guests, \舔) the walls.\46. Where did the salt for the hotel come from? A. A cave. B. The lake. C. The salt desert. D. A salt field. 47. What did Juan Quesada do in the early 1990s?
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A. He discovered the desert. B. He visited the palace. C. He built the hotel. D. He worked as a tour guide. 48. What keeps the rooms in the Salt Palace Hotel warm at night? A. The water in the lake. B. The sand in the desert. C. The furniture in the rooms. D. The heat from the walls and roof. 49. What is the passage mainly about?
A. A large lake. B. A special hotel, C. A beautiful wall. D. A famous desert.
B
How often do you use your car? Can you use your car less often? Do you know the following facts in the UK?
·About 50% of all car journeys are just for fun. ·Over 80% people go to work by car. ·25% car journeys are under two miles. ·70% car journeys are under five miles. WALKING & CYCLING
Instead of using the car for short journeys, why not walk or ride a bicycle? Walking is a most popular form of exercise—it’s healthy and it can save you
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money. If you work nearby, try walking or cycling instead of driving. Walking your children to school gives them valuable road experience. BUSES
Bus companies are using new buses: some run on new fuels which produce less pollution; some have easier access for disabled and old people. There are special traffic lanes (行车道)to make bus journeys easier and more reliable. So do something to help solve the pollution problem—let the bus take you to work and your children to school. TRALNS
All car journeys, long or short, can be hard work. For some trips it is wiser to take the train. Leave your car at home and walk, cycle or take a bus to and from the station. Train travel is fast, safe and comfortable. Train tickets are not always expensive; some are quite cheap at discount.
50. How many of car journeys are just for fun in the UK? A. 25%. B. About 50%. C. 70%. D. Over 80%.
51. The writer believes that _______________________ can give children valuable road experience.
A. walking to school B. traveling by train
C. taking new fuel buses D. having car journeys for fun 52. What does the writer think of traveling by train? A. Tiring. B. Comfortable. C. Exciting. D. Awful.
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53. What is the main purpose of this passage? A. To advise people to use cars less often. B. To encourage people to travel by train. C. To teach people how to use the buses. D. To tell people to obey traffic rules.
C
Why don’t birds get lost on their long seasonal flights from one place to another? Scientists have puzzled over this question for many years. Now they’re beginning to see the light.
a warbler
Not long ago, experiments showed that birds rely on the sun to guide them during daylight hours. But what about birds that fly mainly by night?
Tests with man-made night sky with shining stars overhead have proved that certain night-flying birds are able to follow those stars in their long-distance flights.
One such bird—a warbler—had spent its lifetime in cage and had never flown under a natural sky. Yet it showed an inborn ability to use the stars as guidance. When the bird’s cage was placed under a man-made star-filled sky during their travelling, the bird tried to fly in the same direction as that taken by its outdoor cousins. Any change in the position of the make-believe stars caused a change in the direction of its flight.
Scientists think that warblers, when flying in daylight, use the sun for guidance. But the stars are also their most important means of navigation (导航). What do they do when the stars are hidden by clouds? The clever birds can find their way by such land-marks as mountain areas, coast lines, and river courses. But when
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it’s too dark to see these, the warblers just circle helplessly, unable to get their sense of direction.
54. The reason why birds don’t get lost on their seasonal flights A. is known by everyone B. is still unknown to scientists
C. has been known to scientists for many years D. has only recently been discovered by scientists
55. How did the warbler change its direction in the experiment? A. With its learning ability. B. With the help of other birds. C. With the help of the scientists. D. With the ability it was born with.
56. We can infer from the passage that a warbler is a bird A. raised for scientific experiments B. unable to fly under a natural sky C. born with a sense of direction D. taught to fly by scientists
D
Parents can usually tell if their children are lying to them, and so can teachers. Knowing if someone is lying can be useful. There are a number of behaviors that you can observe to help catch someone in a lie.
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