1、1. (10分)阅读理解 One Monday morning, I was waiting at the bus stop in Harvard Square. It was very cold, about -8. I just missed the bus, so I had to stand there on such a cold day, waiting for the next bus to go to the hospital. My mind was full of anxiety. Why didnt I leave two minutes earlier? What wo
2、uld go wrong with my husbands operation (手术)?Will I get to him before it starts?Among the others at the bus stop was a woman who was about 50 years old. She wore an old hat, an old pair of boots and a dark coat, but she had no gloves (手套). Another woman who looked younger came to the older woman and
3、 said, Your hands must be very cold. You will get frostbite (生冻疮) in this weather if you dont wear gloves. With these words, she dropped her heavy bag to the ground. After a while, she took out a pair of purple gloves from her bag, took the older womans hands and gently placed a glove on each hand.
4、Thank you. Youre so kind. The old woman said again and again.I was deeply moved (感动) by this act of kindness. A moment ago, I was feeling sorry for myself, but now I felt hopeful and optimistic (乐观). I thought in this world there were still many people in trouble who were in great need of our help.A
5、 few days later, I went to buy 5 pairs of bright purple gloves in a shop and put them in my bag, just in case (以防) I might run into someone in need on a cold day.(1)The story probably happened in _. A . springB . summerC . autumnD . winter(2)From this passage, we can infer(推断) that_. A . the writers
6、 husband was a doctor in a hospitalB . the older woman was watching a play that morningC . the younger woman was selfishD . the writer wanted to give her love to other people in need(3)The best title (标题) for this passage is _. A . Harvard SquareB . Look After YourselfC . An OperationD . A Pair of P
7、urple Gloves2. (10分)阅读理解 When you are in England, you must be very careful in the street because the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street, you must look to the right first and then the left. If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop. People on foot can cross the road care
8、fully. If the traffic lights are green, the traffic can go and people on foot mustnt cross. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from work, the streets are very busy.When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful too. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. Have
9、a look first, or you will go the wrong way. In many English cities, there are big buses with two floors. You can sit on the second floor. From there you can see the city well. It is very interesting.(1)When you are in England, you must be more careful in the street because _.A . there are many cars
10、and buses on the roadB . there are no traffic lightsC . the buses and cars move on the leftD . people on foot may cross the road(2)In England, before you cross a street, you must look to _ first and then. A . the right; the leftB . the left; the rightC . the front; the backD . the back; the front(3)
11、If the traffic lights are green _ can go and _mustnt cross. A . people on foot; the trafficB . the traffic; people on bikesC . buses: carsD . the traffic; people on foot(4)In England, you must always remember that the traffic _. A . is busyB . moves on the leftC . moves on the rightD . is never busy
12、3. (10分)阅读理解 Some people claim they never forget a face. But what does that saying mean? Is there really no limit to the number of faces a person can remember? A new study at the University of York in England has found that, on average, people can remember as many as 5,000 faces.The study is the fir
13、st time that scientists have been able to put a number to the abilities of humans to recognize faces. The research team tested people on how many faces they could remember from their personal lives and in the media. They also tested them to see how many famous faces they recognized. Rob Jenkins work
14、s in the psychology department at the University of York. He said the researchers study centered on the number of faces people actually know. He said the researchers were not able to discover whether there is a limit on how many faces the brain can handle.In the study, people spent one hour writing
15、down as many faces from their personal lives as possible. At first, they found it easy to come up with many faces. But by the end of the hour, they found it harder to think of new ones. Their change in speed let the researchers estimate when they would have run out of faces completely.The results showed that these people knew between 1,000 and 10,000 faces. Jenkins exp
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