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阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
A
Hereisacollectionofsomeoftheeccentric(古怪的)lawsintheworld.Wecanlaugh,wecangasp,wecanonlywonder……
1.Thinkbeforeyouchew
InSingapore,chewinggumisprohibited.Thisrulewasintroducedbecauseofthehighcostanddifficultyinremovingstuckchewinggumfrompublicpremises.Inparticular,chewinggumstuckontheMassRapidTransittraindoorsstoppedthetrainfrommoving.Ithappenedafewtimesandthosewereafewtimestoomany.
2.Lightenup
DriversinDenmarkaresupposedtodrivevehicleswiththeirheadlightson.You’dthinkthislawwouldapplytonightdrivingbutitdoesn’t.Itisconsideredessentialduringthedayaswellortheymayfaceafineofupto﹩100.StudieshaveshownthatthishashelpedalottoavoidroadaccidentsinDenmark.
3.Tofail﹥tojail
InBangladeshi,children15andoldercanbeputinjailforcheatingontheirfinalexaminations.Everyyear,Bangladeshigovernmenttakesstrongmeasurestostopcheatingandcarriesoutamassivemediacampaigntoforewarnstudentsthroughprintandtelevision.
4.Sue(控告)thempants!
InFrance,itisstillagainstthelawforwomentowearpants.Thelawreportedlyhasbeenonthebookssince1800.Itwasamendedseveraltimes:
oncein1892toallowwomentosporttrouserswhileridinghorsesandagainin1909topermittheladiestowearpantswhileonbicycles.
5.Thelawwithaflaw
InGeorgianobicycleshallbeequipped,modified,oralteredinsuchawayastocausethepedalinitslowermostpositiontobemorethan12inchesabovetheground,norshallanybicyclebeoperatedifsoequipped.Thequestionis:
Whowouldridesuchabike?
6.OneTwoThreeGo!
InMassachusettsatawake(守丧),mournersmayeatnomorethanthreesandwiches.Itisoneofthoselawsthatwaswritteninbooksandneverremovedsincethen.Badmanners,onemightconsiderit,butinMassachusettsitisacriminaloffense.
21.Howmanylawsarementionedinthepassage?
A.TwoB.ThreeC.SixD.Five
22.Inwhichcountryischewinggumnotallowed?
A.SingaporeB.AmericaC.FranceD.China
23.WhichisNottrueaccordingtothepassage?
A.InBangladesh,children15andyoungercanbeputinjailforcheating.
B.InGeorgianobicycleshallbeequipped.
C.InFranceitisstillagainstthelawforwomentowearpants.
D.DriversinDenmarkaresupposedtodrivevehicleswiththeirheadlightson.
B
Notallmemoriesaresweet.Somepeoplespendalltheirlivestryingtoforgetbadexperiences.Violenceandtrafficaccidentscanleavepeoplewithterriblephysicalandemotionalscars.Oftentheyrelivetheseexperiencesinnightmares.
NowAmericanresearchersthinktheyareclosetodevelopingapill,whichwillhelppeopleforgetbadmemories.Thepillisdesignedtobetakenimmediatelyafterafrighteningexperience.Theyhopeitmightreduce,orpossiblywipeout,theeffectofpainfulmemories.
InNovember,expertstestedadrugonpeopleintheUSandFrance.Thedrugstopsthebodyreleasingchemicalsthatfixmemoriesinthebrain.Sofartheresearchhassuggestedthatonlytheemotionaleffectsofmemoriesmaybereduced,notthatthememoriesarewipedout.Theyarenotsuretowhatdegreepeople’smemoriesareaffected.
Theresearchhascausedagreatdealofargument.Somethinkitisabadidea,whileotherssupportit.
Supporterssayitcouldleadtopillsthatpreventortreatsoldiers’troublingmemoriesafterwar.
Theysaythattherearemanypeoplewhosufferfromterriblememories.
Butthosewhoareagainsttheresearchsaythatmaybethepillscanchangepeople’smemoriesandchangingmemoriesisverydangerousbecausememoriesgiveusouridentity.Theyalsohelpusallavoidthemistakesofthepast.
“Allofuscanthinkofbadeventsinourlivesthatwereterribleatthetimebutmakeuswhoweare.I’mnotsurewewanttowipethosememoriesout.”SaidRebccaDresser,amedicalethicist.
24.Thepassageismainlyabout
A.anewmedicalinventionB.anewresearchonthepill-
C.awayofwipingoutpainfulmemoriesD.anargumentabouttheresearchonthepill
25.Thedrugtestedonpeoplecan
A.causethebraintofixmemories
B.stoppeoplerememberingbadexperiences
C.preventbodyproducingcertainchemicals
D.wipeouttheemotionaleffectofmemories
26.Wecaninferfromthepassagethat
A.peopledoubttheeffectofthepills
B.thepillswillcertainlystoppeople’semotionalmemories
C.takingthepillwilldoharmtopeople’sphysicalhealth
D.thepillhasalreadybeenproducedandusedbythepublicintheUS
27.WhichofthefollowingdoesRebeccaDresseragreewithinthelastparagraph?
A.Somememoriescanruinpeople’slives.
B.Peoplewanttogetridofbadmemories.
C.Experiencingbadeventsmakesusdifferentfromothers.
D.Thepillwillreducepeople’ssufferingsfrombadmemories.
C
Witharound100studentsscheduledtobeinthat9:
00amMondaymorninglecture,itisnosurprisethatalmost20peopleactuallymakeittotheclassandonly10ofthemarestillawakeafterthefirst15minutes;
itisnotevenasurprisethatmostofthemarestillintheirpyjamas(睡衣).Obviously,studentsareterribleatadjustingtheirsleepcyclestotheirdailyschedule.
Allhumanbeingspossessabodyclock.Alongwithotheralerting(警报)systems,thisgovernsthesleep/wakecycleandisthereforeoneofthemainprocesseswhichgovernsleepbehaviour.Typically,thepreferredsleep/wakecycleisdelayedinadolescents,whichleadstomanystudentsnotfeelingsleepyuntilmuchlaterintheevenings.Thistypicalsleeppatternisusuallyreferredtoasthe“nightowl”scheduleofsleep.
Thisisopposedtothe“earlybird”schedule,andisakindofdisorderwheretheindividualtendstostayupmuchpastmidnight.Suchapersonhasgreatdifficultyinwakingupinthemornings.Researchsuggeststhatnightowlsfeelmostalertandfunctionbestintheeveningsandatnight.Researchfindingshaveshownthatabout20percentofpeoplecanbeclassifiedas“nightowls”andonly10percentcanbeclassifiedas“earlybirds”——theother70percentareinthemiddle.Althoughthisisclearlynottrueforallstudents,fortheoneswhoaretruenightowlsthisgivesthemanexcellentexcuseformissingtheirlectureswhichunfortunatelyfallbeforemidday.
28.WhatdoestheauthorstressinParagraph1?
A.Manystudentsareabsentfromclass.
B.StudentsareverytiredonMondaymornings.
C.Studentsdonotadjusttheirsleeppatternswell.
D.StudentsarenotwellpreparedforclassonMondays.
29.WhichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtoParagraph2?
A.Moststudentsprefertogetuplateinthemorning.
B.Studentsdon’tsleepwellbecauseofalertingsystems.
C.One’sbodyclockgovernsthesleep/wakecycleindependently.
D.Adolescents’delayedsleep/wakecycleisn’tthepreferredpattern.
30.Whichofthefollowingisclosestinmeaningtotheunderlinedword“classified”?
A.CriticizedB.GroupedC.OrganizedD.Named
31.Whatdoesthetextmainlytalkabout?
A.Functionsofthebodyclock.B.The“nightowl”phenomenon.
C.Humanbeings’sleepbehaviour.D.Theschoolscheduleof“earlybirds”.
D
ThesurprisingexperimentIamabouttodescribeprovesthatairisallaroundyouandthatitpressesdownuponyou.Airpressureisapowerfulforce.Whenyouswimunderwater,youcanfeelwaterpushingonyourbody.Theairallaroundyoudoesthesame.However,yourbodyissousedtoitthatyoudonotnoticethis.Thepressureiscausedbyalayerofaircalledtheatmosphere.ThislayersurroundstheEarth,extendingtoaboutfivekilometersabovetheEarth’ssurface.
Thefollowingexperimentisaneasyonethatyoucandoathome.Butmakesurethatyouaresupervised,becauseyouwillneedtousematches.Nowfortheexperiment!
Whatyouneed
●Ahard-boiledeggwithouttheshell
●Abottlewithaneckslightlysmallerthantheegg
●Apieceofpaper
●Amatch
Method
Checkthattheeggwillsitfirmlyontheneckofthebottle.
Tearthepaperintostripsandputthestripsintothebottle.
Lightthepaperbydroppingaburningmatchintothebottle.
Quicklysittheeggontheneckofthebottle.
Result
Astonishingly,theeggwillbesuckedintothebottle.Yourfriendswillbeamazedwhenyoushowthemtheexperiment.Butbecarefulwhenyouhandlematches.
Whyithappened
Asthepaperburns,itneedsoxygenandusesuptheoxygen(air)inthebottle.Theeggactsasasealintheneckofthebottle,sonomoreaircangetinside.Thisreducestheairpressureinsidethebottle.Theairpressuremustequalize,somoreairfromoutsidemustenterthebottle.Theoutsideairpressesagainsttheeggandthentheeggispushedintothebottle!
Thisprovesthatairisallaroundandthatitispressingdownonus.
32.Whyistheretheneedtotakecarewhenyouaredoingtheexperiment?
A.Thebottlecouldbreak.
B.Youneedtolightthepaperwithamatch.
C.Theeggneedstobeshelled.
D.Theegghastobeperfectlyplacedontheneckofthebottle.
33.Intheexperiment,theburninginsidethebottlecan.
A.equalizetheairpressureinsideandoutside
B.makeasealintheneckofthebottle
C.finishuptheoxygeninsidethebottle
D.Producemoreoxygeninsidethebottle
34.Howdidtheegggetintothebottle?
A.Theoxygeninsidethebottlesuckedtheeggin.
B.Itbecamesoftwithouttheshell.
C.Theneckofthebottlewaswideenough.
D.Theoutsideairpressureforceditintothebottle.
35.Theexperimentiscarriedouttoprove.
A.waterp