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The Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and hundreds of others. The San Diego Museum, in California, organized the art show. It included about three hundred Doctor Strong’s original(最早的) drawings and some of his writings. Most of Doctor Strong’s books, although written in a funny way, have serious messages. For example, in Mc Elligot’s Pool, he describes the danger of pollution. He discusses the arms race in The Butter Battle Book, written in nineteen eighty-four. Doctor Strong is almost eighty-four years old now. He says he never planned to write stories just for children. He says he writes stories that interest people of all ages. He says he uses easy words so that everyone, even a child, can understand. 49. Alfred Strong is a famous _______ in the United States. A. doctor B. artist C. writer D. reader 50. Doctor Strong first became famous in _______. A. his eighties when an art show was travelling around the United States B. his fifties when his drawings and writings were published C. nineteen eighty-four when his book Mc Elligot’s Pool was published D. his thirties when his first book was published 51. Doctor Strong’s books are very popular in America because _______. A. they are stories about animals such as cats, elephants and so on B. they are written in easy words with colorful pictures C. he organized the art show in California D. they are written in a funny way 52. His purpose in writing many such books is_______. A. to show his original pictures and drawings B. to organize a special art show of his own C. to make his readers laugh or smile when they read his books D. not only to interest people but to expose (uncover) some serious social problems D If you wish to become a better reader, here are four important things to remember about reading rate: ● Knowing why you are reading or what you are reading to find out will often help you to know whether to read rapidly or slowly. ● Some things should be read slowly throughout. Examples are directions for making or doing something, arithmetic problems, science and history books, which are full of important information. You must read such things slowly to remember each important step and understand each important ideas. ● Some things should be read rapidly throughout. Examples are simple stories meant for enjoyment, news letters from friends, pieces of news from local, or home-town, papers, telling what is happening to friends and neighbors. ● In some of your reading, you must change your speed from fast to slow and slow to fast, as you go along. You will need to read certain pages rapidly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas which must be remembered. 53. The underlined word "rate" in the first sentence means _______. A. fast B. slow C. speed D. skill 54. Which should be read slowly according to the passage? A. Stories for enjoyment B. Arithmetic problems C. Letters from friends D. News from hometown newspapers 55. How fast should we read? A. The faster, the better. B. The more slowly, the better. C. Neither too fast nor too slow. D. It depends on what we are reading. 56. According to the passage which of the following is NOT true? A. Read slowly when you are reading something important to you. B. Read fast when you are reading something unimportant to you. C. Read the materials that you are interested in slowly. D. Read the materials that you are interested in fast. E Before the earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province, 38-year-old Sarah Bexell was working to develop a new environmental consciousness(意识)among Chinese people and to encourage them to protect wildlife and habitat-in particular, that of the giant panda. Bexell, an American who is the director of conservation education at the Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding. Bexell has spent a lot of time teaching young people the value of protecting the environment. “The younger generation in China can afford to care,” Bexell said before the earthquake. “They’re not starving. They have food, good jobs, and access to education.” Now, Bexell worries about the people she has been working with and who are up in the mountains. She doesn’t know whether they and their families are safe. And she knows the work to which she is devoted has become more urgent(急迫的)during the immediate crisis. Bexell and her Chinese colleagues have been trying to spread the message that the tourist boom, population growth, and pillaging(掠夺)of resources form terrible threats to the environment. There are stories of pandas wandering out of the forest and into villages. This is a troubling sign for what should be a rare species. To make matters worse, there are fears that with the earthquake and landslides, bamboo could massively die off. That’s the main food source for the giant pandas, whose habitat was already damaged. In April, Bexell took Block way up a twisting mountain road into the Longxi-Hongkou National Nature Reserve. The reserve was set up in 1997 to protect the giant panda and its habitat. It was very near the epicenter(震中)of the earthquake, so this area suffered severe damage. 57.Bexell is devoted to________ in Sichuan Province. A.protecting giant pandas B.environment-protection education C.research on people’s lives D.research on the environment after earthquakes 58.The main threats to the wildlife and the environment are the following EXCEPT ________. A.population growth B.tourist development C.bamboo’s massive death because of bad weather D.the overuse of resources 59.The meaning of the underlined word “habitat” in paragraph 7 is _________. A.低地 B. 山地 C.高地 D.栖息地 60.According to what Bexell says, ________. A.we should care for animals since we have enough food and clothing B.many young people in China are usually selfish C.rich people should spend more on young people’s education D.animal and environmental protection needs a lot of money and time 第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白出的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 W: Did you watch television last night, Charles? M: Yes, I did. 61 . W: There was a good football game. Did you see it? M: No, I didn’t. I wanted to. 62 . W: What a pity! It was quite exciting. 63 . M: How did it finish? W: 64 . What was the film like? M: It was quite good, but I missed the beginning of it because I had to eat first. W: 65 M: No, she didn’t. After half an hour she stopped watching and started to read a book. A. But my wife preferred to see the old film. B. I went to the cinema last night. C. It finished in a draw平局. D. Was there anything that interested you, Laura? E. Did your wife enjoy it? F. Both teams played very well. G. No one liked it. (责任编辑：admin) |