African elephants have been slaughtered at alarming rate over the past decade, largely because they are the primary source of the world's ivory. Their population has been dwindled from 1.3 million in 1979 to just 625,000 today, and the rate of killing has been accelerating in recent years because many of the older, bigger tusked animals have already been destroyed. \"The poachers now must kill times as many elephants to get the same quantity of ivory,\" explained Curtis Bohlen, Senior vice president of the World Wildlife Fund.
Though its record on the environment has been spotty so far, the government last week took the lead in a major conservation issue by imposing a ban on ivory imports into the US. The move came just four days after a consortium of conservation groups, including the World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation International, called for that kind of action, and it made the US the first nation to forbid imports of both raw and finished ivory. The ban, says Bohlen, sends a very clear message to the ivory poachers that the game is over.
In the past African nations have resisted an ivory ban, but increasingly they realised that the decimation of the elephant herds poses a serious threat to their tourist business. Last month Tanzania and several other African countries called for an amendment to the 102nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species that would make the ivory trade illegal worldwide. The amendment is expected to be approved at an October meeting in Geneva and to go into effect next January. But between now and then, conversationists contend, poachers may go on a rampage, killing elephants wholesale, so nations should unilaterally forbid imports right away. The US government brought that argument, and by week's end the twelve nation European Community had followed with its own ban.
1.Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A) African Elephants and the Ivory Trade. B) A Bid to Save the Elephant. C) The Poachers.
D) Elephants In Danger.
2.According to the passage, \"dwindle\" means ____. A) decreaseB) enlargeC) weakenD) elimilate
3.Since many of the older, bigger- tusked animals have already been destroyed, what did the poacher do? A) They gave up poaching.
B) They killed more elephants to get the same quantity of ivory. C) To them, game is over.
D) They realized it was illegal to slaughter elephants. 4.Why did the African nations welcome an ivory ban? A) The rate of killing has been accelerating.
B) The US government forbids imports of both raw and finished ivory.
C) They realised that the killing of elephants is a serious threat to their tourist business. D) African people advocated an ivory ban. 5.What's the author's attitude?
A) Subjective. B) Neutral.C) Possimistic. D) Active.
答案与解析： 1.B。
下面哪个是最佳标题。标题。把握中心大意。文章首先提到非洲象所面临的困境，接着提到国际组织及美国的反应--禁止象牙进口来拯救大象，终结偷猎行为。由此可见B是最佳选择。
2.A。
根据原文，文中第一段出现的\"dwindle\"的意思是：本题测试词义，根据上下文，猜测某个词在文中的意思。根据原文可知，大象的数量在急剧减少，而表示\"减少\"之意的，答案A最合适。 3.B。
既然成年的，有大的象牙的大象已经越来越少，偷猎者将来取什么措施?细节题，在文中相应的段落就能找到答案。文中提到\"The poachers now must kill times as many elephants to get the same quantity of ivory\".由此可知，答案B是最佳答案。 4.C。
为什么非洲国家最终欢迎禁止象牙进口?细节题。在文中相应位置即可找到答案。文中有\"...but increasingly they realised that the decimation of the elephant herds poses a serious threat to their tourist business.\"由此可知答案C是对的。 5.B。
文中作者的态度是什么?态度题。须通篇考虑。文中作者只是叙述事实，并没有表示赞成或反对。因此最佳选择是B。
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The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration went back to 1621. In that year a special feast was prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The colonists who had settled there had left England because they felt denied of religious freedom. They came to the new land and faced difficulties in coming across the ocean.
The ship which carried them was called the Mayflower. The North Atlantic was difficult to travel. There were bad storms. They were assisted in learning to live in the new land by the Indians who inhabited the region. The Puritans, as they were called, had much to be thankful for. Their religious practices were no longer a source of criticism by the government. They learned to adjust their farming habits to the climate and soil. When they selected the fourth Thursday of Novemb
er for their Thanksgiving celebration, they invited their neighbors, the Indians, to join them in dinner and a prayer of gratitude for the new life. They recalled the group of 102 men, women, and children who left England. They remembered their dead who did not live to see the shores of Massachusetts.They reflected on the 65 days‟ journey, which tested their strength.
1.The tradition of a day of Thanksgiving is ______. A)100 years old B)200 years old C)300 years old D)400 years old
2.Why had they left England? A)Because of religious problems.
B)To establish a new religion.C)To learn farming. D)Because of the Indians.
3.The Mayflower was ______ . A)the city they left from B)the city they arrived at
C)the ship they travelled in D)the name of Indian chief 4.The Indians had ______. A)made life difficult for them B)helped them to adjust C)taken their land
D)been too afraid to talk to them
4.The climate and soil in Massachusetts are ______. A)similar to that of England
B)different from that of England C)similar to that of Plymouth
D)different from that of Plymouth
答案与解析：
1. C。
此题主要考查时间的推算。从文章的一开头便可得知。The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration went back to 1621.(美国感恩节庆祝传统可追溯到1621年。)也就是说，从1621年到现在已有300多年的历史。从四个选择中可以看出只有C才是正确答案。 2. A。
他们（指殖民地开拓者）为什么要离开英国？此题是一直接推理题，需要抓住关键词语进行判断。
他们（殖民地开拓者）为什么要离开英国？A）因为宗教问题。B）为了创建一个新的宗教。C）为了学习务农。D）由于印第安人的缘故。短文的第三句话说：The colonists who had settled there had left England because they felt denied of religious freedom.(这些定居下来的开拓者离开英国是因为他们感到他们的宗教自由被否定了。)，从此不难看出，A为本题正确答案。 3.C。
五月花指什么？此题答案明显，为细节题。The Mayflower是：A）他们所离开的城市。B）他们到达的城市。C）他们乘坐的船只。D）印第安人首领的名字。殖民地开拓者离开英国到新大陆，穿过北大西洋，历经千辛万苦，靠的是什么？主要是船只。The Mayflower 就是他们由英国到新大陆所乘坐的船只 ，故C为正确答案。 4. B。
开拓者到达新大陆后遇到的主要问题是如何生存，如何适应，那么，印第安人他们做了什么呢？此题也是细节题，根据关键词语进行推断。开拓者到达新大陆后遇到的主要问题是如何适应当地生活，如保能够生存下去。那么印第安人帮助他们做了什么呢？A）给他们的生活造成了困难。B）帮助他们适应生活。C）抢走了他们的土地。D）他们（印第安人）太害怕不敢和他们谈话。在短文中：They were assisted in learning to live in the new land by the Indians who inhabited the region .（他们得到了住在当地的印第安人的帮助，学习如何在新大陆上生活。）由此可知，B为正确答案。 5. B。
马萨诸塞州的气候和土壤是怎样。此题考查考生的间接推理能力，根据常识进行推理。马萨诸塞州的气候和土壤是：A）和英国的一样。B）和英国的不一样。C）和普利茅斯的气候一样。D）和普利茅斯的气候不一样。从一个国度到另一个国度，风土人情，生活环境气候条件各不相同。从文中可以看出，马萨诸塞州的气候和土壤和英国的是不一样的；They learned to adjust their farming habits to the climate and soil.（他们学习调整适应气候和土壤的耕作习惯。）如果英国的气候和土壤和马萨诸塞州的一样的话，他们就没有必要去调整，去适应。由此看出，这里的气候和土壤和英国的是不同的，故B为正确答案。
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Unlike any earlier building complex anywhere in the world, Rockefeller in New York City was built, not as a place where people could live, but as a city in which they could work. It was the biggest building project of its kind, a city within a city, and of the forerunner of projects that have sprung up all over the world. 30 architects, 120 draftsmen, and hundreds of other artists and technicians were employed just to draft the plans. Before the buildings could be erected,229 old buildings had to be emptied of 4,000 tenants and razed. Just to buy up the leases took over two years and cost over $6,000,000. The unusual shape and setbacks of the 70-story RCA building resulted primarily from practical considerations such as lighting, the movement of people and the
building‟s services. The lower concourse and basement level were set aside for shops. A sunken plaza, complete with gardens and fountains, was designed to provide access to these shops. Today the plaza, which is used for ice-skating in winter and dining and dancing in summer , is one of the centre's most popular attractions. 1.Which of the following statement is the main idea of the passage? A) The pleasant work environment.
B) The purpose of the RCA building setbacks. C) The recreational facilities at Rockefeller.
D) The architectural significance of Rockefeller centre.
2.From the passage we know, Rockefeller centre was originally planed to serve as what kind of complex? A) Commercial. B) Recreational. C) Housing. D) Tourist.
3.Which of the following is true about Rockefeller centre? A) It was patterned after an ancient design. B) It has been imitated numerous times.
C) All shopkeepers were required to take two-year leases. D) 4,000 tenants are located in the complex.
4.According to the passage, what does the shape of the RCA building reflect ? A) Architectural creativity. B) City regulation.
C) Practical considerations. D) Decreased space needs.
5.The sunken plaza at Rockefeller centre was originally designed as ____. A) an entrance of shops B) an ice-skating rink C) a restaurant
D) a tourist attraction
答案与解析： 1.D
文章的中心思想是什么。主旨题。文章开头、结尾中可见Rockefeller Center 非同寻常，并起着重要作用，吸引着许多人，可知D正确。 2.A
Rockefeller Center最初作为一种什么建筑群存在。判断题。文中229 old buildings had to be emptied of 4000 tenants and razed .可见A 正确。从文章开头“not as a place where people could live”可知B不正确。C和D未提到。 3.B
根据短文，下面关于Rockefeller 中心的叙述哪种不正确。判断题。文章中间部分讲“…building resulted primarily from practical conside rations such as…”所以B正确。A文中未提到，C说all the shopkeepers 要租两年文中不能推出，文中只是说在建之前4000个佃户要腾房，并不指他们都主进建筑群中，所以D不正确 4.C
Rockefeller 建筑反映了哪种建筑形式。句意理解题。文中倒数第四句”…from practical
considerations such as …”可知C正确。A建筑创新、B城市规划、D减少空间都不合题意。 5.A
下陷的Rockefeller 广场最初设计的目的是____。细节理解题。文章中倒数第二句”A sunken plaza ,complete with gardens and fountains, was designed to provide access to these shops .” 可知A正确。B说作为滑冰场这是现在的用途，C和D都不合题意。
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When a heart-lung machine was invented that could take over the job of the heart, put oxygen into the blood and keep the circulation going during surgery, surgeons could stop the heart while they were cutting and suturing. Recently, in certain cases, some surgeons have begun operating without the pump while the heart continues to beat.
\"The benefits of off-pump surgery are tremendous for patients who meet the criteria for this procedure,\" says
Dr. Jim Zellner with the Alliance of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgeons. \"There is less need for blood products, less chance of complications during and after surgery, earlier recovery and earlier return to regular activity.\"
Seawood Murray feels he was led by God to find Dr. Zellner and Memorial Hospital and to have off-pump surgery.A veteran of the United States Navy as a nuclear weapons security officer and commanding officer of a mine assembly group for more than 31 years, Seawood has never complained about stress or pain. He saw three tours of duty off the coast of Vietnam. However, after suffering from chest pain for almost a year and being
misdiagnosed with chronic heartburn, Seawood knew something was seriously wrong. At the Veteran's hospital in Murfreesboro, he learned he had heart disease and was told to come back in six weeks.
\"I didn't want to wait that long and asked for a referral to The Chattanooga Heart Institute,\" Seawood says. \"Dr. Noel Hunt found that 40% of my heart was not getting the amount of blood it needed to operate properly.\" Four days later, Seawood was undergoing off-pump triple bypass surgery at Memorial Hospital under the hand of Dr. Zellner.
\"I was sitting up that evening, walking around the second day and feeling good enough to go home the third day, but I stayed till the fourth morning,\" Seawood says. \"Two others who had on-pump bypass surgery the same day I had mine off-pump were barely walking when I left.\"
1. How do surgeons usually operate on a heart-attacker according to the passage? A) They operate without a pump.
B) They operate with a heart-lung machine. C) They operate by stopping the heart.
D) They operate with nothing but cutting and suturing.
2. Which of the following statements is NOT the benefit of off-pump surgery? A) The heart-attack patients will be recovered in one day.
B) There are fewer chances for heart-attack patients to suffer from other new diseases during the course of hear attack.
C) Off-pump surgery needs fewer blood products. D) The heart-attack patients will be well again earlier. 3. What's wrong with Seawood Murray? A) He suffered from chronic heartburn. B) He suffered from heart attack.
C) He had three tours of duty off the coast of Vietnam. D) His heart couldn't get blood it needed to operate.
4. What did Dr. Zellner do for Seawood Murray's disease? A) Dr. Zellner gave him a surgery with a heart-lung machine.. B) Dr. Zellner diagnosed his disease as chronic heartburn. C) Dr. Zellner gave him an off-pump triple bypass surgery. D) Dr. Zellner referred him to another hospital. 5. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A) Seawood Murray could hardly walk four days after the surgery. B) Seawood Murray got recovered more slowly than other patients.
C) Seawood Murray felt well and went home the third day after the surgery. D) Seawood Murray went home the fourth day after the surgery.
答案与解析： 1.B。
根据这段文章的内容，外科医生一般用什么给心脏病人做手术？细节推理题。从第一段的句子When a heart-lung machine was invented ..., surgeons could stop the heart ...Recently,...some surgeons have begun operating without the pump.... 中可得出答案。 2.A
下面的哪一项陈述不是无泵手术的好处？判断推理题。从第二段的句子...less need for blood products, less chance of complications ..., earlier recovery and earlier return to regular activity.（输血更少，手术期间和手术后患并发症的可能性小，康复更快，也能使患者更快地恢复正常活动。）中可得出B）、C）、D）是无泵手术的好处。而文章中最后一段的句子...“I was sitting up at evening, walking around the second day and feeling good enough to go home the third day, but I stayed till the fourth morning,”中得出无泵手术病人不可能在一天内康复。故答案为A）。 3.B
Seawood Murray患了什么病？判断推理题。从第五段的句子However, after suffering from chest pain ...he learned he had heart disease .... 中可得出答案。 4.C
Zellner医生给Seawood Murray做了什么？细节推理题。从倒数第二段的句子... Seawood was undergoing off-pump triple bypass
surgery ...under the hand of Dr. Zellner.（做了一个无泵三重旁通管手术）中可得出答案。 5.D
从文章中最后一段可得知什么？判断推理题。从最后一段的句子“手术后的当天晚上坐起来，第二天走动，第三天感觉良好觉得可以回家，但第四天上午才回家，在我做无泵手术的同一天，其他两个做有泵手术的病人在我离开时几乎不能走动。”中可得推出答案。
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According to Forrester Research, 8.6 million online shoppers access the Internet via a high-speed connection, compared to 12 million using dial-up. Taken alone, those findings are hardly groundbreaking. What's noteworthy is the rest of the picture that emerges from that study: Those broadband users are younger, richer, and better
informed than their narrowband counterparts. They spend more time and money online and are more likely to buy customized products and services. So why hasn't the Internet become the focus for broadband companies seeking to establish relationships with a demographic that has demonstrated a preference for their product? Simply put, until recently, their attempts fell flat.
Just over a year ago, our agency launched an online performance-based e-marketing campaign to promote a broadband service. Despite engaging creative and a compelling offer, it met with resounding silence. Six months later, the response was only marginally better.
So we were only cautiously optimistic two months later when we launched another campaign for the same advertiser, using the same offer. This time, it was a success. Response rates tripled and the customer acquisition cost dropped from $300 to under $100. Clearly, the floodgates have opened and the most sought-after consumers are rushing through to broadband. And while the surge in response wasn't a complete surprise given the emphasis placed on marketing broadband services, it was enough to make us curious about what other factors were at play.
What we discovered was a scenario where so many people have experienced broadband's superiority at work, school, and even in friends' homes that they know what they're missing.
According to U.S. News & World Report, some 20 million households nationwide now have broadband, with another 100,000 signing up each week. That saturation has created a market of increasingly discontent dial-up subscribers for broadband co mpanies to reach.
Imagine the impact when — as dial-up users impatiently wait for Web pages to load — an ad pops up
promising lightning-fast access. Their response starts an on going relationship managed through newsletters and other e-mail communications designed to keep them informed about value-added services, special promotions, etc.
Not only is it a demographic pre-disposed to online CRM, it is also one that is far from oversold. In fact, less than one-third of U.S. households will subscribe to a broadband service by 2006. And as services designed
specifically for broadband increase and support for dial-up declines, the 42 percent of Internet users who said they
didn't need broadband will become receptive to a well-focused CRM program.
But it won't last forever. While the window of opportunity to reach broadband buyers online is open, it's not likely to stay that way. Broadband may be the current heir apparent for connectivity, but wireless has given every indication it will be a sleeper hit, emerging from nowhere to take the top spot.
In short, the time for broadband companies to establish online customer relationships is now — before the window slams shut.
1. What is NOT mentioned as the result of Forrester Research in the first paragraph? A) A lot of online shoppers access the Internet by broadband. B) Broadband users get more information than the dial-up users.
C) It is probable for broadband users to buy the products specially made for them.
D) It is the first time for people to find out the number of broadband and narrowband users. 2. What did the online performance-based e-marketing campaign bring at first? A) The promotion of a broadband service. B) Cautious responses. C) No response at all.
D) Some marginal responses.
3. Why did another campaign become a success later? A) Because the agency has used a compelling offer.
B) Because people have enjoyed the broadband's advantages in their daily life. C) Because the agency has spent a lot of money on the advertisements. D) Because people become curious about the broadband. 4. It can be inferred from the passage that____. A) Few is likely to use dial-up in the future.
B) Broadband companies should establish online customer relationships now. C) About 20 million households nationwide now have broadband. D) People design more services specially for broadband. 5. What is the main idea of this passage?
A) How Forrester Research got the valuable information. B) Why people want to use broadband.
C) How broadband services find success in online CRM. D) Broadband services have great influence on people.
答案与解析： 1.D
第一段的Forrester 调查结果中没有提到的是什么？判断推理题。A）许多网上购物者是通过宽带上网的。B）宽带网用户比拨号上网用户得到信息更多，C）宽带网用户更可能使用定做的产品，这些都在文章的第一段被提到，故不是答案。 2.C
基于网络的网上购物运动首先没有得到的是什么？细节推理题。A）改善了宽带网业务，B）小心的回应，D）一些无关紧要的回应，这些都不是基于网络的网上购物运动首先获得的结果，故不是答案。 3.B
后来另一次运动之所以成功的原因是什么。
判断推理题。从4、5、6段中可得知A）、C）、D）中的内容与原文不符。 4.A
这段文章可以推论出____。判断推理题。B）、C）、D）中的信息可以直接在文章中找到不属于推论，故不是答案。文章提到越来越多的拨号上网用户感到不满而转用宽带，宽带将是继拨号上网后流行的网络连接方式。故A）为正确答案。 5.C
这篇文章的大意是什么？主旨大意题。文章阐述了扩展宽带网业务是如何从失败走向成功的过程。
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions, the basis for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory.
Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It not only includes \"remembering\" things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involves any change in the way an animal
typically behaves. Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed (嗅出)something suspicious in the grain pile.
Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instant access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 \"words\"—string of alphabetic or numerical characters—ready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information that the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.
The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a person's memory is in terms of words and combinations of words. But while language greatly expands the number and the king of things a person can remember, it also requires a huge memory capacity. It may well be this capacity that distinguishes humans, setting them apart from other animals. 57. Which of the following is TRUE about memory?
[A] It helps us perceive things happening around us every day. [B] It is based on the decisions we made in the past. [C] It is rooted in our past habits and skills.
[D] It connects our past experiences with the present.
58. According to the passage, memory is helpful in one's life in the following aspects EXCEPT that ________.
[A] it involves a change in one's behavior [B] it keeps information for later use
[C] it warns people not to do things repeatedly
[D] it enables one to remember events that happened in the past
59. What is the author's view about computers and human beings in terms of intelligence? [A] Computers have better memory than a child does. [B] Computers are as intelligent as a teenager is.
[C] Computers can understand as many as 100,000 words. [D] Human beings are far superior to computers.
60. What is the major characteristic of man's memory capacity according to the author? [A] It can be expanded by language. [C] It may keep all the information in the past.
[B] It can remember all the combined words. [D] It may change what has been stored in it. 61. Human beings make themselves different from other animals by _______. [A] having the ability to perceive danger [B] having a far greater memory capacity
[C] having the ability to recognize faces and places on sight [D] having the ability to draw on past experiences
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based in the following passage.
\"Family\" is of course an elastic word. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of \"family\" in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family— hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life. For both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving one's parents and starting one's own life. The man's first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife's to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her
financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and theirs alone. Neither the wife's parents nor the husband's, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them—they are their own masters.
Readers of novels like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times marriage among wealthy families was arranged by the girl's parents, that is, it was the parents' duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents' home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry(嫁妆). It is very different today. Most girls of today get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results: a girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry. 62. What does the author mean by \"'Family' is of course an elastic word\"? [A] Different families have different ways of life. [B] Different definitions could be given to the word. [C] Different nations have different families. [D] Different times produce different families.(
Passage One
57. D 推断题。由文章第一段可知，在我们过去的经验中可以找到对日常各种看法的理解、我们做决定的基础、我们习惯的根源以及我们所掌握的技能，而所有这些经验都通过记忆和现在联系在了一起，所以D正确。
58. C 细节题。本题可采用排除法。A、B、D三项在文章第二、三段中均有提及，而原文中并没有提出C(记忆告诫人们不要重复做事情)，故选C。
59. D 推断题。由文章第三段中的...teenager probably recognizes... 100,000 words... this is but a fraction of the total amount of information that the teenager has stored 可知，电脑与青少年都有10万单词的记忆量，但对于青少年来说，这只占大脑信息存储量的一小部分，言外之意是人脑优于电脑，所以D正确。
60. B 细节题。文章最后一段第三句明确指出，语言可以极大地扩展人类记忆事物的数量和种类，第四句又说这一特点使人有别于动物，由此可知这是人类记忆力的主要特点，所以A正确。
61. B 细节题。由文章最后一句指出人类强大的记忆力使人区别于其他动物，故选B。 Passage Two
62. B 语义题。本题主要考查从下文猜测词义的能力，即对elastic的理解。由下文But引出的并列句可猜测出英国人对家庭的概念不同于其他国家的人，由此推断，不同人对家庭的定义是不一样的，因此B正确。elastic原意为“有弹性的，非固定不变的”，而该句意为“„家庭‟是一个有多种含义的词”。
63. C 细节题。由文章第二段第三句可知，在英国家庭中，男人是女人的财政支柱(responsible for her financial support), 女人负责管家，所以C正确。 64. A 推断题。由文章第二段最后一句可知，没有任何人能干涉夫妻俩的事——他们是自己的主人，由此可知，家里的事由夫妻俩做主，所以A正确。
65. C 推断题。由文章第三段可知，《傲慢与偏见》讲述了当时的婚姻状况——有钱人的婚姻都由女方的父母做主，这是当时英国社会生活的一个方面，所以C正确。
66. D 推断题。文章第三段谈到了过去和现在的女孩在决定婚姻中地位的不同，并指出现在的女孩结婚前经济就可以独立，婚姻自由，由此可知，她们的社会地位比以前有了很大提高，所以D正确。
Now let us look at how we read. When we read a printed text, our eyes move across a page in short, jerky movement. We recognize words usually when our eyes are still when they fixate. Each time they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the recognition span or the visual span. The length of time ofr which the eyes stop ---the duration of the fixation ----varies considerably from person to person. It also vaies within any one person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text. Furthermore, it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness.
Unfortunately, in the past, many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the printed page. As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visual aspects of reading, numerous exercises have been devised to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation. For instance, in some exercises, words are flashed on to a screen for, say, a tenth or a twentieth of a second. One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point, taking in the words on either side. Such word patterns are often constructed in the shape of rather steep pyramids so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive fixation. All these exercises are very clever, but it‟s one thing to improve a person‟s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently. Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words. Consequently, for these reasons, many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training, especially since any approach which
trains a person to read isolated words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text. Q:
1. The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following facts except ________ . A. one‟s familiarity with the text B. one‟s purpose in reading C. the length of a group of words D. lighting and tiredness
2. The author may believe that reading ______.
A. requires a reader to take in more words at each fixation B. requires a reader to see words more quickly C. demands an deeply-participating mind D. demands more mind than eyes
3 What does the author mean by saying “but it‟s one thing to improve a person‟s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently.” in the second parapraph? A. The ability to see words is not needed when an efficient reading is conducted.
B. The reading exercises mentioned can‟t help to improve both the ability to see and to comprehend words.
C. The reading exercises mentioned can‟t help to improve an efficient reading.
D. The reading exercises mentioned has done a great job to improve one‟s ability to see words. 4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each time.
B. Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye training. C. The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading. D.The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text. 5. The tune of the author in writing this article is ________ A critical B neutral C prssimistic D optimistic
【答案及详解】 答案：CCCDA
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