Have you ever had travel problems because your airplane was late? It is a common problem and it is getting worse. Airport delays make people angry and cost the country billions in lost work time.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the government agency that oversees air travel. They studied the problem of airline delays.
They found eleven major problems and suggested eleven ways to fix them. Some of the problems are caused because different regions of the country do things differently. The regions don't talk to each other enough. Some of them need new computers.
Also, more planes are flying. A strong economy has more people using airplanes to get around. Airplanes are a form of mass transportation now, like trains and buses were in the past. More planes in the airport cause delays.
The airport in San Francisco is a good example. It is growing fast. Many people go through San Francisco to get to other places around the world. Ron Wilson of the San Francisco International Airport says, “If you've got 18 flights that all want to take off at 8：00 am and you're on the 18th plane in line, you're going to be 40 minutes late.”
Weather is another main reason for delays. Weather causes about 70% of delays. Fog or freezing rain can cause delays.
The first thing the FAA wants to do is take control away from the regions during heavy traffic times and bad weather. A national center would make decisions on things that affect the whole country. The FAA also wants to put more distance between planes in the sky when the weather is bad. This rule could cause even more delays.
The FAA knows that their solutions will not solve the problems with airport delays. But, they hope to make things better. There are just too many planes, too few traffic controllers, and not enough new technology.
小題1:FAA found that some of the delay problems are caused by ________ between two regions.
A．different languages
B．technical misunderstanding
C．misunderstanding of the rules
D．lack of communication
小題2:Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a reason for airline delays?
A．A growing number of flights.
B．Bad weather.
C．A growing population.
D．Lack of new technology
小題3:From the passage we can infer that ________.
A．FAA is a national center which controls all the flight matters
B．FAA has taken control to solve airport delays
C．in San Francisco, each plane will delay about 40 minutes
D．safety rules during bad weather may cause more delays
小題4:Which of the statements best gives the idea of the passage?
A．FAA should make decisions to stop airport delays.
B．Airport delays are on the rise.
C．Travel problems cost billions in lost work time.
D．FAA has taken control of air traffic nationwide.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B

小題1:答案：D　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段倒數(shù)第二句“The regions don't talk to each other enough.”可知，兩個地區(qū)由于缺乏溝通也是造成飛機延誤的一個原因。
小題2:答案：C　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第三段最后一句提及“缺乏新技術(shù)”是飛機延誤的一個原因；第四段提及“飛機航班的增加”也是延誤的一個原因，第六段提及天氣也是飛機延誤的一個重要原因，四個選項中C項沒有提到。
小題3:答案：D　推理判斷題。由倒數(shù)第二段最后兩句可知，F(xiàn)AA制定安全規(guī)定之后，在不好的天氣會造成更多的飛機延誤。
小題4:答案：B　主旨大意題。文章羅列了飛機延誤的幾個原因，故由此可知飛機延誤的情況在增加。
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The locals knew nothing about me，____ slowly，they started teaching me the ____ of being a neighbor.They dropped off blankets，candles，and tools，and began ____ around to chat.They started to teach me a belief in a ___ American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of ___.
What I had believed in，all those things I thought were ____ for a civilized life，were nonexistent in this place.____ on the mountain，my most valuable possessions were my ____ with my neighbors.
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小題1:
A．separatelyB．equally
C．violentlyD．naturally
小題2:
A．offB．a(chǎn)part
C．overD．out
小題3:
A．crossedB．left
C．touredD．searched
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A．fullestB．largest
C．fairestD．cheapest
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)tB．through
C．overD．round
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A．occupiedB．a(chǎn)bandoned
C．emptiedD．robbed
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A．turnedB．a(chǎn)pproached
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小題8:
A．butB．a(chǎn)lthough
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C．natureD．a(chǎn)rt
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My name is Amanda. I am nine years old. I have a        at school. Can you help me? I have a special      . Due to the way I walk and talk, kids often        me. I just want one        when no one plays jokes on me.
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And from that day on, the little boy always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.
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Liang Kun, 26, had to resign from his job at a trading company in Guangzhou last week after discussing his income with colleagues during a lunch break. “I didn't realize it was such a serious issue until a senior member of staff went to find the boss, asking why I got a higher salary than her，” said Liang. “Then our HR told me that according to the employee handbook it is forbidden to talk about salary in the office.” HR expert Yang also reminds us that paychecks are your own business. It is unwise to share this information with others, no matter how close you are.
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A．show his admiration for her
B．make an argument with her
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B．To advise office workers to be aware of the image they project.
C．To make you believe that communication in the office is complicated.
D．To warn you to be careful of invisible trouble while talking about your privacy to colleagues.
小題4:Which would be the best title for the text?
A．At Work, Keep It to Yourself
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Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed, took the chess board and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up before I even got a chance to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company. But why did he never look at me? 
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Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one—without any words—can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear that listens. 
小題1:When he first met the author, David_________. 
A．felt a little excitedB．walked stubbornly
C．looked a little nervousD．showed up with his teacher
小題2:As a psychologist, the author __________.
A．was uncertain about psychologyB．was ready to listen to David
C．was able to describe David’s problemD．was sure of solving David’s problem
小題3:David enjoyed being with the author because he____________.
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B．wanted to ask the author for advice
C．liked the children’s drawing in the office
D．beat the author many times in the chess game
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A．He recovered after months of treatment.
B．He liked biking before he lost his family.
C．He went into university soon after starting to talk.
D．He got friends in school before he met the author.
小題5:What made David change?
A．His teacher’s help.
B．His exchange of letters with the author.
C．The author’s friendship.
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Hemingway was raised in Illinois. After high school he reported for The Kansas City Star, before leaving for the Italian front to enlist with the World War I ambulance drivers. In 1918, he was seriously wounded and returned home. In 1922, he married Hadley Richardson. The couple moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign journalist. Advised and encouraged by other American writers in Paris—F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, he began to see his work appear in print there, and in 1925 his first important book, a collection of stories called In Our Time, was published. A year later, he published The Sun Also Rises, a novel with which he scored his first solid success. The writing of books occupied Hemingway for most of the postwar years. He remained based in Paris, but he traveled widely for bullfighting(斗牛), fishing, and hunting that by then had become part of his life and formed the background for much of his writing. Hemingway’s love of Spain and bullfighting resulted in Death in the Afternoon (1932). His position as a master of short fiction had been advanced by Men Without Women in 1927. The harvest of Hemingway’s considerable experience of Spain in war and peace was the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940). In the public view, however, the novel A Farewell to Arms (1929) overshadowed such works.
Shortly after he published The Old Man and the Sea in 1952, Hemingway went to Africa, where he was almost killed in a plane crash that left him in pain or ill-health for much of the rest of his life. Hemingway lived in Florida and Cuba during the 1930s and 1940s, but in 1959 he moved from Cuba to Ketchum, Idaho, where ended his life in the summer of 1961.
小題1:Which best arranges Hemingway’s works in the correct order of time?
a. A Farewell to Arms       b. Men Without Women
c. The Old Man and the Sea  d. Death in the Afternoon
e. The Sun Also Rises       f. For Whom the Bell Tolls
A．e, a, b, f, d, cB．e, b, a, d, f, c
C．b, a, d, f, e, cD．b, d, a, e, c, f
小題2:The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 probably means that A Farewell to Arms         .
A．was thought to be better than other works of Hemingway’s
B．was considered to make a show in Hemingway’s life
C．was only as excellent as the other works of Hemingway’s
D．was believed to be among the worst works of Hemingway’s
小題3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Hemingway must have spent his childhood in Italy.
B. Hemingway was an energetic writer with a wide interest.
C. Hemingway’s first book In Our Time was published before 1925.
D Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature just before his death.
小題4:It can be concluded from the passage that           .
A．Hemingway produced most of his works in Africa
B．Hemingway led a very happy life in his last few years
C．most of Hemingway’s works were based on his life experience
D．Hemingway’s writing style affected the life of later generations

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One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square,       Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face        first into the mud. David        her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom”      , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more      since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a       danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having        of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked       .
　　One day, David's teacher announced  a        homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an       ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
　　An idea        David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I        your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.
　　“        the sharp end would scratch(劃破) floors,” Susan said.
　　“No, Mom, I       make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off  the button and the        returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father        as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the       . Happily Susan cried out, “It        !”
In July 1999, David was      national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate      .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his cane is becoming well accepted.
小題1:
A．WhereB．whileC．whenD．then
小題2:
A．fellB．touchedC．layD．dropped
小題3:
A．stood byB．rushed toC．looked atD．ran around
小題4:
A．FirmlyB．EasilyC．QuicklyD．Shakily
小題5:
A．slowlyB．frequentlyC．freelyD．heavily
小題6:
A．hidingB．certainlyC．possible D．waiting
小題7:
A．methodB．diseaseC．troubleD．hope
小題8:
A．few B．littleC．much D．more
小題9:
A．usefulB．strangeC．commonD．special
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)ppearanceB．inventionC．experienceD．experiment
小題11:
A．remindedB．encouragedC．occurred D．hit
小題12:
A．fastenedB．stuckC．fixedD．tied
小題13:
A．So B．AndC．ForD．But
小題14:
A．mightB．wouldC．didD．need
小題15:
A．penB．hand C．cane D．nail
小題16:
A．watchedB．supportedC．noticedD．helped
小題17:
A．street B．iceC．yard D．square
小題18:
A．worksB．operates C．succeeds D．helps
小題19:
A．declaredB．received C．wonD．praised
小題20:
A．more slowlyB．more carefullyC．more clearlyD．faster

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