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The PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you my car keys, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the keys. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console. I believe that ten years from now, most new homes will have the systems that I’ve put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones I’ve put in today. I like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others. But I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new, and ask myself instead, “How will I live without them?” 71. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. How to develop a new system. B. The function of the PIN. C. A home for the future. D. Easy life in the future. 72. What’s the purpose when the writer wrote the fourth paragraph? A. To let readers know why his ideas are new. B. To let readers know how special his house is. C. To explain the importance of the PIN and the console. D. To explain more easily what the functions of the PIN and the console are. 73. The writer’s new house is different from ordinary ones mainly because _____. A. it has been controlled by computers B. you can make a telephone call anywhere C. it has your favorite music following you D. the writer is able to change his new idea into practice 74. What is the writer most likely to be according to the passage? A. An IT expert. B. A famous doctor. C. An idealist D. An experienced teacher. 75. What can’t be done in the writer’s new house? A. turns on the lights B. play music C. get a telephone call D. go swimming 阅读：DBCDA CCBBD CACCD CDAAD 第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A My mother was a household servant. Through her work, she observed that successful people spent a lot more time reading than they did watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and write book reports. She would mark them up with check marks. Years later we realized her marks were a ruse. My mother had only received a third-grade education. Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be anybody. When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys. I went form being an A- student to a B- student to a C-student, but I didn’t care. One night my mother came home and I complained about not having enough shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I make this week cleaning floors and bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all the shirts you want.” I was very pleased with that arrangement but once I got through allocating(分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, much less buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual(理智的) preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again. I dreamed of becoming a doctor when I was just a kid. And now I have achieved my dream. Over the years my mother’s changeless faith in God has inspired me, particularly when I found myself faced with my own medical illness. A few years ago I discovered I had a very serious cancer; I was told it might have spread to my spine(脊柱). My mother believed in God very much. She never worried. She said that God would never throw me away forever; there was no way that this was going to be a major problem. The abnormality in spine turned out to be not bad; I was able to have surgery and am cured. My story is really my mother’s story -a woman little formal education or worldly goods who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children. 56. The underlined word “ruse” in the first paragraph probably means . A. discovery B. success C. trick D. pleasure 57. When the author asked his mother to buy him shirts, she . A. advised him to earn money by himself B. asked him to try to manage their money C. persuaded him not to buy them patiently D. agreed to buy them for him immediately 58. What do we learn about the author? A. He now works as a doctor. B. He disliked watching TV as a kid. C. He received little formal education. D. He often did housework when young. 59. The underlined word “this” in the last but one paragraph refers to . A. God’s throwing me away B. my own medical illness C. the operation on my spine D. my mother’s changeless faith in God 60. In writing the passage, the author mainly shows us . A. the happy relationships in his family B. the benefits of reading for young children C. the importance of formal education for adults D. his mother’s great influence on his development B The American book Who Moved My Cheese(奶酪) has been a bestseller all over the world. It teaches people how to face changes in their lives. Now its author Spence Johnson has written a book just for teens. The book tells us that when facing change in our lives, like a new school or new friends, don’t be afraid. Instead, use this change to make a better life. The book gives an example of a change at school. A school is changing from having two terms to three terms because there are too many students. Several teens are talking about this. Most of them are unhappy and worried. But Chris is not. He laughs and tells a story about two mice, two “little people” and some cheese. The four are in a maze looking for the cheese. Here, cheese means something important in life, like moving to a new class or getting into college. But they find the cheese is gone. The mice realize that they can’t change what has happened and have to find more cheese. This means finding different dreams. The little people, however, can’t do this. They are afraid of change so they find no cheese. After Chris finishes the story, the friends understand one thing: to get more cheese, move in a new direction quickly. His friends understand how this can be used in the changes all teens face, such as doing well at school or having good relationships or just feeling good about yourself. 61.The book Who Moved My Cheese is _________. A. written all over the world B. read across the world C. sold only in America D. loved only by teens 62. What does the text mainly discuss? A. Never change in our life B. Change when you like to do C. Change with the changes D. Pay attention to the changes 63. The underlined word “four”(paragraph 3)refers to ______. A. Mice and little people B. students C. Cheese D. Readers 64. In our lives, we should learn from _________. A. mice B. little people C. Chris D. Spence Johnson 65. Which of the following statements is true? A. The author is Britain. B. There are three terms in every school. C. Most teens don’t understand Chris’ story. D. The book tells teens how to face changes in their lives. C Trip 1 Black Bear Count (责任编辑：admin) |