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1、On Earth, goes one theory, water was released as steam from molten basalts （玄武岩） over time, eventually forming bodies of water. “An understanding of whether the Moon was dry or wet will help us understand how water appeared on Earth,” Dr. Sharp said. 1. A new study indicates thaton the moon. A. ther

2、e is plenty of waterB. water is unlikely to exist C. water existed in the pastD. there is a little water now2. The author would like to tell usthrough the sixth paragraph. A. why there is no water on the MoonB. how the Moon was formed C. when the Earth struck the MoonD. where the Moon orbited 3. Wha

3、t does the underlined word “this” stand for in the second paragraph? A. Neither hydrogen nor water on the Moon. B. Too much chlorine isotopes on the Moon. C. Not being much hydrogen, no water on the Moon. D. More chlorine exists on the Moon than Earth. 4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according

4、 to the passage?A. Zachary D. Sharp, a scientist of New Mexico was in charge of the new study. B. Chlorine isotopes are 25 times in lunar larger than Earth. C. The more abundant chloride, the shorter hydrogen and water. D. The new study is beneficial to understand how water appeared on Earth. 5. Wha

5、t can we learn from the passage?A. There are enough water on the Earth. B. Hydrogen chloride easily escaped from the Moons surface. C. The Earth had significant levels of hydrogen. D. Water on the Earth is directly from molten basalts. 【参考答案】8. BBCBC阅读理解-ALONDON Britain awoke on Easter Monday to a p

6、eriod of mourning for the Queen Mother, who died over the weekend after a life spanning a century of noisy and evident change. The 101-year-old royal matriarch died in her sleep last Saturday with Queen Elizabeth, her elder and only surviving daughter, at her bedside. For a woman who was one of the

7、best-known figures in Britain for more than 80 years from the era of tinted portraits on tin biscuit boxes and cigarette cards to the age of the Internet, the Queen Mother remained an enigmatic（不可思议的） and elusive（躲避的） figure. She achieved such a respect through aeons（永世, 亿万年） of, first, fawning and,

8、 later, intrusive media fascination, by remaining almost entirely silent. Her private thoughts were never paraded（炫耀） in public. What the public saw was a charming and benign elderly lady, adept at winning the admiration of press photographers, whom she always favoured with a particular smile. CHINA

9、s third unmanned spacecraft, Shenzhou , landed safely in central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Monday afternoon, after orbiting the earth 108 times in slightly less than a week. The craft, which lifted off from Jiuquan in Gansu Province last Monday night, landed after successfully conducting a ch

10、ain of flight and scientific experiments over a period of 162 hours. A powerful earthquake jolted Taiwan, killing five construction workers, authorities（官方） said. Over 200 injuries ware reported across the island, mostly minor, as a result of Sundays 7.5-magnitude quake. The quake was centred off Hu

11、alien, 180 kilometres east of Taipei. It struck at 2:53 pm and lasted for nearly a minute.1.Which of the following statements is true according to the news? A. The Queen Mother died on Easter Monday alone. B. The Queen Mother was an attractive person in her political life. C. The British people felt

12、 sorry for the death of the Queen Mother. D. The Queen Mother was suffering a lot when she was dying.答案解析：答案为C。本题为推理题。由第二段首句 “She achieved such a respect through aeons of,”可推断，皇太后赢得了永世的尊重，人们对她的去世会感到遗憾。故C选项正确。由第一段第二句话 “The 101-year-old royal matriarch died in her sleep last Saturday with Queen Elizab

13、eth, her elder and only surviving daughter, at her bedside.” 可知，皇太后在安睡中去世，当时女儿伊丽莎白女王陪在她的床边，故A、D选项错误。由第二段后面的内容 “Her private thoughts were never paraded in public. What the public saw was a charming and benign elderly lady, adept at winning the admiration of press photographers, whom she always favour

14、ed with a particular smile.”可知，她的个人思想从未在公众面前炫耀过，公众看到的总是面带微笑的她在媒体照片中出现，故可推断，她并未从政，故B选项错误。2.It can be inferred that _.A. the craft landed in central Inner Mongolia unexpectedlyB. it took the craft at least 2 hours to orbit the earth onceC. the Chinese scientists did a lot of experiments in spaceD. Chi

15、na was successful in sending an unmanned spacecraft into space答案为D。本题为推断题。由第三段的第一句话 “CHINAs third unmanned spacecraft, Shenzhou , landed safely in central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Monday afternoon, ” 可知，无人飞船已经安全着陆，故D选项正确，A选项错误。B选项未提及；由首句的关键词 “unmanned”可推断，无人宇宙飞船上面不会有科学家在太空中做实验，故C选项错误。3. The

16、third news mainly talks about the _ in Taiwan. A. political matters B. social problems C. unexpected damage D. construction workers第三则新闻报道台湾发生了地震，属于没有预料到的灾害，故C选项正确。社会生活类阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The round-the-clock （24小时不断的）availability that cell phones have brought to peopl

17、es lives may be taking a toll on family life, a new study suggests. The study, which followed more than 1, 300 adults over 2 years, found that those who consistently used a mobile phone throughout the study period were more likely to report negative“spillover”between work and home lifeand, in turn,

18、less satisfaction with their family life. Spillover essentially （本质上）means that the line between work and home begins to become unclear. Work life may invade home life when a parent is taking job-related calls at home, for instanceor family issues may start to take up work time. For example, a child

19、 may call mom at work, telling her “microwave exploded”,explained Noelle Chesley, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the author of the study. The problem with cell phones seems to be that they are allowing for ever more spillover between work and home. T

20、his may be especially true for working women, the study found. Among men, consistent use of mobile phones seemed to allow more work issues to creep （潜入）into family time. But for women, the spillover tended to go in both directions. Being “connected”meant that work cut into home time, and family issu

21、es came into work life. Cell phones seem to be opening more lines for stressful exchanges among family members. But there may be ways to control the spillover, according to Chesley. Employers, she said, could look at their policies on contacting employees after working hours to make sure their expec

22、tations are“reasonable”. For their part, employees could decide that cell phones go off during family time, Chesley said. 1. The underlined phrase“taking a toll on”in Paragraph 1 probably means _.A. explainingB. protectingC. extendingD. damaging2. What is the purpose of offering the example“microwav

23、e exploded”in Paragraph 2?A. To show the microwave is of poor quality. B. To indicate how dependent the child is. C. To indicate family issues affect work hours. D. To show work time creeps into family life. 3. As a result of negative“spillover”, people will feel _.A. less satisfied with their famil

24、y lifeB. less satisfied with their workC. angry with their troublesome childrenD. unwilling to get married at an early age4. According to Chesley, what is the best solution to the problem caused by cellphones?A. Refuse to use cell phones. B. Separate work hours from family time. C. Ignore coming cal

25、ls during family time. D. Encourage women to stay at home. 5. We can learn from the passage that _.A. spillover makes the line between work and home unclearB. cell phones seem to be convenient to familiesC. cell phones affect men as much as womenD. we can do nothing to solve the problem【参考答案】30.DCAB

26、 阅读理解-BJune 26, 2000 the Human Genome（基因组） Project, a great $3 billion, 15-year task aimed at drawing the genetic（遗传的） map of humans, is now more than 90 percent completed. The scientific and medical communities（团体） are very excited about the chances genetic research provides for getting rid of dise

27、ases and prolonging（延长） human life. But those communities and policy（政策） makers also are careful about the scientific door they are opening as the project uncovers the mysteries of life. For the last few years, the genetic advances in the developing field of biotechnology（生物技术） have provides materia

28、l for all kinds of work, but the developments of modern science in unlocking the secrets of the human genetic code（密码） have opened a world of possibilities for human health, as well as for the popular imagination. While European and Japanese researchers are making rapid progress in decoding（解码） human DN