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科目： 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

Several interesting American museums tell about health subjects. One is the Doctor Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry. It is at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. That is where the first college in the world to train dentists began. The museum tells about the history of the medical treatment of teeth. Visitors can see some frightening devices that once were used to remove infected (受感染的) teeth. They also can see sets of teeth made of animal bone. They were made for a famous American -- the first President, George Washington.
Most people do not consider a visit to the dentist their idea of a good time. However, the director of the museum says he wanted to make the museum a fun place to visit. He says he also wants to teach visitors about the importance of taking care of their teeth.
Another museum collects devices that help people hear. The Kenneth W. Berger Hearing Aid Museum is at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. The museum has more than three-thousand hearing aids from around the world. They include old and strange devices. Some hearing aids were made to look like other objects. That is because in the past many people did not want anyone to know they were wearing a hearing aid

  1. 1.

    It is common for people to think it uneasy to pay a visit to ____

    1. A.
      the University of Maryland
    2. B.
      the Museum of Dentistry
    3. C.
      the Hearing Aid Museum
    4. D.
      the dentist
  2. 2.

    The text mainly tells about _____

    1. A.
      museums in the US
    2. B.
      interesting American museums
    3. C.
      American museums with health subjects
    4. D.
      the history of the medical treatment of teeth
  3. 3.

    What do we learn about George Washington from the text?

    1. A.
      He once visited the National Museum of Dentistry
    2. B.
      He considered the Museum of Dentistry a fun place to visit
    3. C.
      His artificial teeth were collected in the National Museum of Dentistry
    4. D.
      His teeth seemed to be made of animal bone
  4. 4.

    The underlined word “devices” in the first and last paragraph probably means _____

    1. A.
      museums
    2. B.
      strategies
    3. C.
      hearing aids
    4. D.
      tools

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IMAGINE if there was a device that could do everything for you – wake you up every morning, chat with you and type your e-mails.
The piece of technology in question would be smart, able to tell you about the weather and where the nearest restaurants are.
The good thing is you no longer need to wonder, because something like this already exists. And its name is Siri.
Siri is a voice recognition application designed for Apple products and the concept has been around for almost a year.
When Siri first came out it could only speak English, but now it has “l(fā)earned” lots of new languages, including Chinese, Cantonese and Taiwanese, reported The Wall Street Journal. So, you can give it orders in your mother tongue.
But how could a cell phone or a computer “hear” what you are saying and understand it? This is all because of voice recognition technology.
When you speak, your voice creates vibrations (振動) in the air – a bit like waves in the water when you throw a rock into the lake. The microphone receives the vibrations and the computer changes them into digital data that is then divided into many parts. They are analyzed one by one to see what pronunciations each part stands for. The computer then puts these pronunciations together into possible words according to its built-in dictionary.
But figuring out the words is far from enough; building words into meaningful sentences is the most difficult part. The computer has to compare what it hears to a large library of known phrases and sentences to determine what the user is saying.
However, people don’t always talk in the most standard way and sometimes make grammatical mistakes. This is why traditional voice recognition software always requires you to remember keywords and to speak in a certain way.
Fortunately, Siri isn’t like that. It’s not just “voice recognition”; it’s “natural language understanding (NLU)”. You can ask it things like “Do I need an umbrella today?” and it will know that you are asking about the weather, according to ABC News.
“The key thing is NLU – understanding what you mean and what you want,” Neil Grant from Nuance, a software company in the US, told The Guardian. “Historically, you had to learn a huge long list of commands . As NLU progresses, you can say what you want in a way that’s natural to you.”

  1. 1.

    What is the function of the first two paragraphs?

    1. A.
      To show that invention usually results from need
    2. B.
      To clear doubts about voice recognition technology
    3. C.
      To introduce something that offers these helpful services
    4. D.
      To show how the voice recognition works
  2. 2.

    Which step is the most complicated in the process of voice recognition according to the article?

    1. A.
      Changing the received vibrations into digital data
    2. B.
      Analyzing the digital data to see what pronunciations it represents
    3. C.
      Putting the pronunciations together into possible words
    4. D.
      Figuring out meaningful sentences based on the words
  3. 3.

    How can you get Siri to respond according to the article?

    1. A.
      You can speak in a natural way as you would to a person
    2. B.
      You can only speak English and Chinese
    3. C.
      You have to say things in a certain way
    4. D.
      You have to remember keywords and speak specific commands
  4. 4.

    What can be concluded from the article?

    1. A.
      Siri can record and save what you say frequently into a computer dictionary
    2. B.
      Siri will fail to understand what you say if you make grammatical mistakes
    3. C.
      The biggest advantage of Siri is that it’s NLU is rather than just voice recognition
    4. D.
      Since first applied to Apple products a year ago, Siri has made great improvements
  5. 5.

    The text is mainly about ________

    1. A.
      the convenience of future life
    2. B.
      an introduction to the Apple products
    3. C.
      the working system of voice recognition
    4. D.
      the introduction to Siri

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John Davis doesn’t use his GPS system in his car. Instead of guiding the direction, the Delaware farmer uses it to determine where and how much fertilizer to use on the crops on his 4,000-acre family-owned farm. Technological advances like that last year helped Davis and other Ohio farmers set a record for corn product. Ohio's corn crop in 2009 totaled 546 million bushels(蒲式耳), despite a cooler and wetter than normal spring, a dry summer and a delayed, wet harvest. Davis said. “I knew it would be a good crop, but it was much better than we expected.”
A farmer can map his fields on GPS, spotting where soil turned out to be least fertile（肥沃的） and using more fertilizer the next year in those areas where corn didn’t grow as well.
Although Ohio farmers produced more corn, it was grown on less land than in the past years. Total area used for corn in Ohio was 3.35 million acres, about the same as in 2008 but down from 3.85 million acres in 2007, said Dwayne Siekman, director of the Ohio Corn Growers Association. “When you look at the total number of acres in Ohio used for corn, it’s clear that farmers are able to do more with less,” he said. “American farmers can grow five times more corn on 20 percent less land than they did in the 1930s, saying that modern farming techniques are necessary for a growing demand in the world today.” That technology includes using improved seeds that can withstand(忍受) greater temperature extremes and pests, Siekman said.
Farmers aren't the only ones who benefit. Consumers(消費者) do, too, as food costs reduce in the face of “enough supplies of corn,” said Fred Yoder, who runs a 1,500-acre corn, soybean and wheat farm in Plain City. “This is the best, highest-producing corn crop that I've raised in 30 years,” he said

  1. 1.

    Most people usually use the GPS system for ______

    1. A.
      driving their cars
    2. B.
      telling the position
    3. C.
      mending the car
    4. D.
      supplying the sunshine
  2. 2.

    The farmers in Ohio use GPS to ______

    1. A.
      check if the soil is fertile in some areas
    2. B.
      control the rain of the place
    3. C.
      water the crops if the weather is dry
    4. D.
      draw the map of all the crops
  3. 3.

    Why did Ohio farmers produce more corn?

    1. A.
      Because they expanded more land to grow corn
    2. B.
      Because they turned to technological advances
    3. C.
      Because they used more and more fertilizer
    4. D.
      Because they supplies themselves with more money
  4. 4.

    From the passage, we can know _____.

    1. A.
      John Davis hadn’t expected a good harvest
    2. B.
      farmers grew less land than in the 1930s
    3. C.
      improved seeds cost much more money
    4. D.
      the output of corn in the same field is increased

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Some novels simply entertain and others contain a powerful message in the story line and characters. In his first novel, A Wind In Montana, Mitch Davies tells a story about young adults and how they accept responsibility for their lives.
A Wind in Montana is a great tale of two teenagers, Rory Coleman and Victoria Beach, high school students at the same school, who struggle to make the right decision for themselves. As each of them nears adulthood, they become more concerned with the future and set goals that will bring them happiness and a sense of achievement.
Without any advice from his parents, Rory chooses to pursue (追求) a profession in chemistry, applies for a chemistry scholarship, and determines to do everything he can to achieve it. Along the path, Rory finds that even though he has a plan, there are obstacles (障礙) that could prevent him from realizing his goals. Victoria’s struggles are different from Rory’s. Although her father has decided that she should become a professional musician, Victoria has other plans for her life. Together, Rory and Victoria attempt to follow their dreams, despite the obstacles in their paths. A Wind In Montana contains a lesson for all teens about to enter adulthood — that disappointment and setbacks (挫折) are going to occur no matter how determined they are and that they need to develop skills along the way that will help them deal with them effectively.
Mitch Davies’ book stands out among today’s teen books that deal with imaginary situations. A Wind In Montana is a real story about real people facing real-life situations. It’s entertaining and also helps readers think about their own lives and offers various ways to handle situations that may arise

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, both Rory and Victoria ____

    1. A.
      get along well with others
    2. B.
      pursue a profession in chemistry
    3. C.
      follow their parents’ advice
    4. D.
      have a strong sense of self
  2. 2.

    The third paragraph is mainly about ____

    1. A.
      the popularity of A Wind In Montana
    2. B.
      the content of A Wind in Montana
    3. C.
      Mitch Davies’ writing style
    4. D.
      Mitch Davies’ achievements
  3. 3.

    Unlike other teen books, A Wind In Montana ____

    1. A.
      deals with some imaginary situations
    2. B.
      is based on real-life experiences
    3. C.
      focuses on responsibilities teens should take
    4. D.
      discusses the future of young adults
  4. 4.

    The purpose of the passage is ____

    1. A.
      to speak highly of an author
    2. B.
      to report a piece of news
    3. C.
      to review a book
    4. D.
      to collect materials for a book

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I have always loved kids. However, the children here at Shanti Bhavan are unlike any that I have ever met. They have a strong drive and determination and are thankful for the wonderful opportunity they have been given. While at Shanti Bhavan, I taught 3rd graders writing, language, and literature, 8th, 9th, and 10th graders public speaking, 9th and 10th graders basketball, and piano lessons. I found teaching the children was the most rewarding experience of my life. They are really fast learners and really have an interest in knowledge. It was easy to get on with such polite, well-mannered, and hard-working students. They dream big and I only hope that I can continue to be a part of helping them achieve their goals.
As far as my day-to-day living went, I was perfectly comfortable here and came to consider it as a second home. My room was clean and comfortable and the staff could not have been nicer.
In addition, I really appreciated the support of all the teachers. They were so welcoming and kind that it truly cleared away my fears and culture shock. They often gave me advice and befriended me and I owe much to them for their warmth.
I honestly feel that Shanti Bhavan is the most beautiful place on earth. It has love and learning, and I am very sad to be leaving. I am looking forward to my return to this newly found family as soon as possible. Thank you so much Miss Beena and Mrs. Law for all of your love and support. The experience that I worked with them will always come into my mind. This has been the greatest experience of my life

  1. 1.

    What can we learn from the first paragraph?

    1. A.
      Kids liked basketball lessons best
    2. B.
      Kids at Shanti Bhavan helped the author a lot
    3. C.
      The author is a fast learner and dreams big
    4. D.
      The author taught different lessons at the same time
  2. 2.

    What does the author think of the students at Shanti Bhavan?

    1. A.
      Generous
    2. B.
      Clever
    3. C.
      Brave
    4. D.
      Funny
  3. 3.

    Which of the following words can best describe the author’s day-to-day living at Shanti Bhavan?

    1. A.
      Lonely
    2. B.
      Simple
    3. C.
      Disappointed
    4. D.
      Comfortable
  4. 4.

    Which of the following statements is TRUE?

    1. A.
      The author will come back soon
    2. B.
      The author has decided to settle at Shanti Bhavan
    3. C.
      The author once felt uneasy at Shanti Bhavan
    4. D.
      The author was forced to come to Shanti Bhavan at first

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When you run, you put force that is equal to three times your body weight on your feet. The human foot contains twenty muscles. This means that there is a lot that can go wrong when you run.
Most sports have some kind of running or jumping So experts at many shoe companies work hard to design good sport shoes. First, a designer enters a plan for a shoe into a computer .Engineers then improve the design. A second computer designs a model for the shoe. Then a few pairs are made. Next, the shoe is tested.
Different kinds of sports shoes are made for different uses. Some are made to help marathon(馬拉松) runners save energy during a race. Some are made for the stop-and-go kind of running tennis players. But all sport shoes have one thing in common: they are designed to help people’s feet comfortable during sports. Today, nearly every sport has its own special shoe designed for just the kind of running that sport needs

  1. 1.

    The first in making a new shoe is to ________

    1. A.
      make a computer
    2. B.
      put a design plan into a computer
    3. C.
      design a shoe model
    4. D.
      test several pairs
  2. 2.

    Why are good sport shoes welcome to people?

    1. A.
      Because they are comfortable to wear
    2. B.
      Because they help to develop leg muscles
    3. C.
      Because they help to change body weight
    4. D.
      Because they are both good and cheap
  3. 3.

    What is not talked about in the passage?

    1. A.
      The number of the bones of human muscles
    2. B.
      The design for a shoe model
    3. C.
      The materials of sport shoes
    4. D.
      The effect of shoes upon sports
  4. 4.

    How many steps are there in the making of a shoe?

    1. A.
      Three
    2. B.
      Four
    3. C.
      Five
    4. D.
      Six
  5. 5.

    Different kinds of sport shoes ________

    1. A.
      are made in different shoe companies
    2. B.
      are designed for people of the different weight
    3. C.
      are of the same price
    4. D.
      meet the needs of different sportsmen

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Future history books might record that we were robbed of the use of our eyes ,In our hurry to get from one place to another, we fail to see anything on the way, Air travel gives you a bird’s –eye view of the world ---or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way, When you travel by car or train , you are moving so quickly that you do not see the countryside clearly , Car drivers are forever thinking about going on and on; they never want to stop, Is it the great motorways ,that attract them, or what? And as for sea travel ,it hardly deserves mention ,It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song：’I joined the navy to see the world ,and what did I see? I saw the sea’. You mention the place names in the world like EI Dorado, Kabul and someone is sure to say‘I’ve been there’meaning ,‘I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else.’
When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing :you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place, But actual arrival ,when it is achieved , is meaningless , You want to move on again . By traveling like this, you suspend （中止）all experience; the present stops being a reality：you might just as well be dead.
The traveler on foot, on the other hand , lives constantly in the present, For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes, He experiences, the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body, At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical tiredness, Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travelers

  1. 1.

    The underlined words “get in your way”in Paragraph I can be replaced, by        

    1. A.
      block your sights
    2. B.
      expend your range of vision
    3. C.
      prevent you from going out of the plane halfway
    4. D.
      make your travel continue
  2. 2.

    What does the author think of the travelers mentioned in Paragraph 1?

    1. A.
      They get a good view of the landscape
    2. B.
      They make full use of their eyes
    3. C.
      They fail to see the scenery with their heart
    4. D.
      They are eager to see everything on the way
  3. 3.

    Why does “the present”mean “nothing ”when we travel at high speeds?

    1. A.
      Because we change our aims all the time
    2. B.
      Because we are eager to go to another place
    3. C.
      Because we are looking forward to the future life
    4. D.
      Because we cannot enjoy the experience we have had
  4. 4.

    What will the author most probably advise us to do?

    1. A.
      To go hiking in the mountain
    2. B.
      To travel at a high speed
    3. C.
      To travel by car or train
    4. D.
      To go around the world
  5. 5.

    What would be the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      Different travelers
    2. B.
      The use of eyes
    3. C.
      Ways of traveling
    4. D.
      True traveling

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About 21,000 young people in 17 American States don’t attend classes in school buildings. Instead, they receive their elementary (初等) and high school education by working at home on computers . The Center for Education Reform says the United States has 67 public “cyberschools,” and that is about twice as many as two years ago.
The money for students to attend a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they live. Some educators say cyberschools receive money that should support traditional public schools . They also say it is difficult to know if students are learning well.
Other educators praise this new form of education for letting students work at their own speed. These people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schools . They say learning at home by computers ends long bus rides for children who live far from school.
Whatever the judgment of cyberschools , they are getting more and more popular.
For example , a new cyberschool called Commonwealth Connections Academy will take in students this fall. It will serve children in the state of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteen.
Children get free equipment for their online education. This includes a computer, a printer, books and technical services. Parents and students talk with teachers by telephones or by sending emails through their computers when necessary.
Students at cyberschools usually do not know one another. But 56 such students who finished studies at Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter school recently met for the first time. They were guests of honor at their graduation

  1. 1.

    What do we know from the text about students of a cyberschool?

    1. A.
      They have to take long bus rides to school
    2. B.
      They study at home rather than in classrooms
    3. C.
      They receive money from traditional public schools
    4. D.
      They do well in traditional school programs
  2. 2.

    What is a problem with cyberschools?

    1. A.
      Their equipment costs a lot of money
    2. B.
      They get little support from the state government
    3. C.
      It is hard to know students’ progress in learning
    4. D.
      The students find it hard to make friends
  3. 3.

    Cyberschools are getting popular because

    1. A.
      they are less expensive for students
    2. B.
      their students can work at their own speed
    3. C.
      their graduates are more successful in society
    4. D.
      they serve students in a wider age range
  4. 4.

    We can infer that the author of the text is _________

    1. A.
      unprejudiced(無偏見的) in his description of cryberschools
    2. B.
      excited about the future of cryberschools
    3. C.
      doubtful about the quality of cryberschools
    4. D.
      disappointed at the development of cryberschools

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The most frightening words in the English language are “our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “I’m sorry, I can’t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”
“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”
“I can’t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.” I looked down at the counter and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do you do?”
“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”
“So when it goes down, you go down with it.”
“That’s right, sir.”
“How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.
“I have no idea. Sometimes it’s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There is no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it’s down, it won’t answer us.”
After the girl told me they had no backup computer, I said, “Let’s forget the computer. What about your planes? They are still flying, aren’t they?”
“I can’t tell without asking the computer.”
“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he’s flying to Washington.” I suggested.
“I wouldn’t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn’t take you if you didn’t have a ticket.”
“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?”
“I wouldn’t know,” she said, pointing at the desk screen. “Only IT knows. It can’t tell me.”
By this time there were quite a few people standing in line. The words soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage

  1. 1.

    The word “down” in the sentence ‘Our computer is down.’ means _____________

    1. A.
      falling
    2. B.
      downcast
    3. C.
      drop
    4. D.
      dead
  2. 2.

    The best title of the article is _________

    1. A.
      Asking the Computer
    2. B.
      The Computer of the Airport
    3. C.
      The Most Frightening Words
    4. D.
      When the Computer Is Down
  3. 3.

    What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?

    1. A.
      She could answer the passengers’ questions
    2. B.
      She could do nothing
    3. C.
      She could sell a ticket
    4. D.
      She could write out a ticket

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A holiday is any day when people lay aside their ordinary duties and cares. The word came from Old English. At first, holidays honored some holy events or persons. People in Great Britain and other countries speak of holidays as Americans speak of vacations.
Every nation has its special holidays. China observes New Year’s Day (January 1), May Day and National Day as legal (法定的)holidays , as it was on Oct.1,1949 that the People’s Republic of China was founded. The Chinese have long celebrated the Chinese lunar year. In the United States, congress has declared several days as legal holidays such as New Year’s Day (January 1), Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, Washington’s birthday, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day and so on. Some holidays celebrated special events in the development of a country, such as Greece’s Independence Day, Italy’s Liberation Day and India’s Independence Day.
In the United States, banks and schools usually close on a legal holiday. When such a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is usually observed. Schools and organizations often observe days known as traditional holidays, although schools and business do not close then. Those holidays include Valentine’s Day and Halloween

  1. 1.

    From the passage we know that China’s National Day is _______

    1. A.
      January1
    2. B.
      May 1
    3. C.
      October1
    4. D.
      December25
  2. 2.

    In the sentence “China observes New Year’s Day (January 1)’’, observe means ______

    1. A.
      praises
    2. B.
      spends
    3. C.
      celebrates
    4. D.
      cares
  3. 3.

    From the passage we can infer that _______

    1. A.
      Chinese will no longer observe the Spring Festival
    2. B.
      students don’t have to go to school on any holiday
    3. C.
      Chinese and Americans share at least one holiday
    4. D.
      Americans can easily draw money from banks on legal days
  4. 4.

    Which of the following holidays has nothing to do with a country’s development?

    1. A.
      China’s National Day
    2. B.
      Valentine’s Day
    3. C.
      Italy’s liberation Day
    4. D.
      Independence Day
  5. 5.

    If a legal holiday falls on Sunday in the USA, people usually celebrate on ______

    1. A.
      Sunday
    2. B.
      the following
    3. C.
      the following Monday
    4. D.
      the following Tuesday

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