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科目: 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解

Do you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? The average women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s. Since researches have shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent than women. Right? Wrong. Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size. Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain. The brain consists of “grey matter” and “white matter”. While men have more of the latter, the amount of “thinking” brain is almost exactly the same in both sexes.
It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women. This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time. When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time.
There are other important differences between two sexes. As white matter is the key to spatial(空間的) tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things. “A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher. That may explain one of life’s great mysteries—why men refuse to ask for directions … and women often need to!
The differences begin when fetuses(胎兒) are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children as young as one. A boy would try to climb a barrier (障礙物) before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others. These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills. It may all go back to our ancestors, among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research. www. .com
If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t. “The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it.” says a biologist

  1. 1.

    Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?

    1. A.
      Women’s brain is 10% less than men’s
    2. B.
      Grey matter plays the same role as white matter
    3. C.
      Grey matter controls thinking in the brain
    4. D.
      Both sexes have the same amount of white matter
  2. 2.

    What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?

    1. A.
      Women prefer doing many things at a time
    2. B.
      Men do better dealing with one job at a time
    3. C.
      Women do not need to tell directions
    4. D.
      Men have weaker spatial abilities
  3. 3.

    Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph?

    1. A.
      Young boys may be stronger than young girls
    2. B.
      More women take up jobs requiring speech skills
    3. C.
      Women may have stronger feelings than men
    4. D.
      Our ancestors needed more spatial skills
  4. 4.

    What is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage?

    1. A.
      Defensive
    2. B.
      Persuasive
    3. C.
      Supportive
    4. D.
      Objective

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The famous American gorilla(大猩猩) expert Diane Fossey had a completely new way to study gorillas — she pretended to be one of them. She copied their actions and way of life — eating plants and getting down on her hands and knees to walk the way a gorilla does. It was a new relationship.
Diane Fossey was murdered in Rwanda in 1985 and her story was made into the popular film Gorillas in the Mist. It was a long way from King Kong, which is about a gorilla as a monster (a frightening animal), and helped to show a new idea: the real monster is man, while the gorilla is to be admired.
Today there are thought to be around 48,000 lowland gorillas and maybe 400—450 mountain gorillas in the wild. From the Congo in West Africa, to Rwanda and Uganda further east, they are endangered by hunting and by the cutting down of their forest homes.
Some time ago, I found in my letterbox a little magazine from the World Wide Fund for Nature. It had two photos side by side. One was of a young gorilla. “This is a species of mammal(哺乳類(lèi)動(dòng)物),” said the words below it. “It is being destroyed by man. We must save it for our own good.” The other photo showed a human baby. The words also read, “This is a species of mammal,” but then went on: “It is the most destructive(破壞性的) on earth. We must retrain it for its own good.”

  1. 1.

    The text mainly talks about _____.

    1. A.
      Diane Fossey
    2. B.
      the gorillas in Rwanda
    3. C.
      the protection of the gorillas
    4. D.
      the film Gorillas in the Mist
  2. 2.

    We can learn from the text that _____.

    1. A.
      Gorillas in the mist was based Fossey’s experiences
    2. B.
      Lowland gorillas live longer than mountain gorillas
    3. C.
      King Kong showed us that a gorilla is admirable
    4. D.
      Diane Fossey was murdered by a gorilla
  3. 3.

    What message can we get from the two photos in the magazine?

    1. A.
      Gorillas are man’s close friends.
    2. B.
      Both man and the gorilla need to be saved.
    3. C.
      Young gorillas are as lovely as human babies.
    4. D.
      Man should live peacefully with the gorilla.

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To Whom It May Concern:
My husband and I got married in 1965 and for the first ten years of our marriage I was very happy to stay home and raise our three children. Then four years ago, our youngest child went to school and I thought I might go back to work.
My husband was very supportive and helped me to make my decision. He emphasized all of the things I can do around the house, and said he thought I could be a great success in business.
After several weeks of job-hunting I found my present job, which is working for a small public relations firm. At first, my husband was very proud of me and would tell his friends , "My clever little wife can run that company she's working for."
But as his joking remark approached reality, my husband stopped talking to me about my job.I have received several promotions and pay increases , and I am now making more money than he is. I can buy my own clothes and a new car. Because of our combined incomes, my husband and I can do many things that we had always dreamed of doing , but we don't do these things because he is very unhappy.
We fight about little things and my husband is very critical of me in front of our friends. For the first time in our marriage, I think there is a possibility that our marriage may come to an end.
I love my husband very much, and I don't want him to feel inferior, but I also love my job.I think I can be a good wife and a working woman, but I don't know how .Can you give me some advice? Will I have to choose one or the other or can I keep both my husband and my new career?
Please help."Distressed"

  1. 1.

    The letter was most probable written ________.

    1. A.
      in 1975
    2. B.
      around 1980
    3. C.
      four years ago
    4. D.
      in 1965
  2. 2.

    Her husband ________ when she first found her present job.

    1. A.
      was very critical of her
    2. B.
      felt disappointed
    3. C.
      was proud of her
    4. D.
      was happy but critical
  3. 3.

    What does the underlined word "promotion" mean?

    1. A.
      scolding
    2. B.
      criticism
    3. C.
      prize
    4. D.
      advancement
  4. 4.

    As her income increased, ________.

    1. A.
      she found a gap emerged between her and her husband
    2. B.
      she bought more clothes and a house
    3. C.
      she did the many things she and her husband dreamed of
    4. D.
      she felt very proud of herself

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When I was twenty-seven years old, I was a clerk in San Francisco. I was alone in the world, and had nothing to depend on but my brain and a clean reputation.
My time was my own after the afternoon board on Saturdays, and I would spend the time on a little sailboat on the bay. One day I sailed too far, and was carried out to sea. At nightfall, when hope was almost lost, I was picked up by a small boat, which headed for London. It was a long and stormy journey, and they made me earn my passage as a common sailor. When I stepped on land in London, my clothes were ragged and shabby, and I only had a dollar in my pocket. This money fed and sheltered me for 24 hours. During the next 24 hours I went without food and shelter.
About ten o’clock on the following morning, tired and hungry, I was walking along Portland Place, when a passing child, threw a big pear into the rubbish can. I stopped, of course, and stared at that muddy treasure. My mouth watered for it. My whole body begged for it. But every time I made a move to get it, some passing eyes noticed my purpose, and of course I straightened up, looked calm, and pretended that I hadn’t been thinking about the pear at all. The same thing kept happening and happening, and I couldn’t get the pear. I was just getting desperate enough to face all the shame and get the pear, when a window behind me was opened, and a gentleman said, “Step in here, please.”

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, the young man _______.

    1. A.
      had a great reputation for his good work
    2. B.
      worked as a common sailor during the journey
    3. C.
      was carried out to sea on purpose by a small boat
    4. D.
      had nothing left in his pocket after landing in London
  2. 2.

    Why didn’t the man pick up the pear at once?

    1. A.
      Because a gentleman stopped him and let him in.
    2. B.
      Because he was not so hungry that he could wait.
    3. C.
      Because the child was watching the pear.
    4. D.
      Because he didn’t want others to take him as a beggar.
  3. 3.

    The underlined word “desperate” means “_______”.

    1. A.
      driven by great need or pain to do something
    2. B.
      being afraid of doing something for a certain reason
    3. C.
      enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure or joy
    4. D.
      feeling sorry or sad about something

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In a country that defines itself by ideals, not by shared blood, who should be allowed to come to work and live here? In the wake of the Sept.11 attacks these questions have never seemed more pressing.
On Dec.11, 2001, as part of the effort to increase homeland security, federal and local authorities in 14 states staged “Operation Safe Travel”---raids on airports to arrest employees with false identification.In Salt Lake City there were 69 arrests.But those captures were anything but terrorists, most of them illegal immigrants from Central or South America.Authorities said the undocumented workers’ illegal status made them open to blackmail(訛詐)by terrorists.
Many immigrants in Salt Lake City were angered by the arrests and said they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods.Mayor Anderson said those feelings were justified to a certain extent.“We’re saying we want you to work in these places, we’re going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are, and then when it’s convenient for us, or when we can try to make a point in terms of national security, especially after Sept.11, then you’re disposable.They are whole families being uprooted for all of the wrong reasons,” Anderson said.
If Sept.11 had never happened, the airport workers would not have been arrested and could have gone on quietly living in America, probably indefinitely.Ana Castro, a manager at a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop at the airport had been working 10 years with the same false Social Security card when she was arrested in the December airport raid.Now she and her family are living under the threat of deportation(驅(qū)逐出境).Castro’s case is currently waiting to be settled.While she awaits the outcome, the government has granted her permission to work here and she has returned to her job at Ben & Jerry’s.

  1. 1.

    How did the immigrants in Salt Lake City feel about “Operation Safe Travel”?

    1. A.
      Guilty
    2. B.
      Offended
    3. C.
      Disappointed
    4. D.
      Discouraged
  2. 2.

    Undocumented workers became the target of “Operation Safe Travel” because ____.

    1. A.
      evidence was found that they were potential terrorists
    2. B.
      most of them worked at airports under threat of terrorists
    3. C.
      terrorists might take advantage of their illegal status
    4. D.
      they were reportedly helping hide terrorists around the airport
  3. 3.

    By saying “…we’re going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are”, Mayor Anderson means “______”.

    1. A.
      there are other ways of enforcing the law
    2. B.
      we will examine the laws in a different way
    3. C.
      we will turn a blind eye to your illegal status
    4. D.
      the existing laws must not be ignored

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科目: 來(lái)源: 題型:閱讀理解

Communications technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth.The first study to compare honesty across a range of communication media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails.The fact that emails are automatically recorded—and can come back to puzzle you---appears to be the key to the finding.
Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week.In it they noted the number of conversations or email exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and confessed to how many lies they told.Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each medium.He found that lies made up 14 per cent of emails, 21 percent of instant messages, 27 per cent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 percent of phone calls.
His results to be presented at the conference on human-computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists.Some expected emailers to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, the indirect contact of emailing would make it easier to lie.Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practiced at that form of communication.
But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time.People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says.This is why fewer lies appear in email than on the phone.
People are also more likely to lie in real time---in an instant message or phone call, say---than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock.He found many lies are spontaneous(脫口而出) responses to an unexpected demand, such as: “Do you like my dress?”
Hancock hopes his research will help companies work out the best ways for their employees to communicate.For instance, the phone might be the best medium for sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth.But, given his result, work assessment where honesty is a priority, might be best done using email.

  1. 1.

    Hancock’s study focuses on _______.

    1. A.
      the consequences of lying in various communications media
    2. B.
      the success of communications technologies in conveying ideas
    3. C.
      people are less likely to lie in instant messages
    4. D.
      people’s honesty levels across a range of communications media
  2. 2.

    Hancock’s research finding surprised those who believed that _____.

    1. A.
      people are less likely to lie instant messages
    2. B.
      people are unlikely to lie in face-to-face interactions
    3. C.
      people are most likely to lie in email communication
    4. D.
      people are twice as likely to lie in phone conversations
  3. 3.

    According to the passage, why are people more likely to tell the truth through certain media of communication?

    1. A.
      They are afraid of leaving behind traces of their lies
    2. B.
      They believe that honesty is the best policy
    3. C.
      They tend to be relaxed wh en using those media
    4. D.
      They are most practised at those forms of communication
  4. 4.

    It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

    1. A.
      honesty should be encouraged in interpersonal communications
    2. B.
      suitable media should be chosen for different communication purposes
    3. C.
      more employers will use emails to communicate with their employees
    4. D.
      email is now the dominant medium of communication within a company

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On the first day of class, Mr Whiteson gave us a lecture about a creature(生物) called cattytiger, a kind of cat-like animal that completely disappeared during the Ice Age. He passed round a skull (頭骨) as he talked, and we all felt interested and took notes while listening. Later, we had a test about that.
When he returned my paper, I was very, very surprised. There was a very large cross through each of my answers. And so it was with everyone else’s in our class. What had happened? Everyone was wondering and couldn’t wait to get the answer.
Very simple, Mr Whiteson explained. He had made up all that story about the cattytiger. There had never been such an animal. So why none of us noticed that and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers?
Needless to say, we got very angry. What kind of teacher was this?
We should have guessed it out, Mr Whiteson said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattytiger skull (in fact, a cat’s), hadn’t he been telling us that it completely disappeared during the Ice Age? Clearly he was telling a lie. But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. We should learn something from this. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct.

  1. 1.

    We failed in the test because we didn’t________.

    1. A.
      take notes while listening
    2. B.
      show interest in what Mr Whiteson said
    3. C.
      listen to the teacher carefully
    4. D.
      think carefully
  2. 2.

    We got angry because________.

    1. A.
      Mr Whiteson didn’t tell us the truth about cattytiger
    2. B.
      we failed in the test
    3. C.
      we didn’t know why he played the joke on us
    4. D.
      there was no cattytiger
  3. 3.

    Mr Whiteson gave us a special lesson________.

    1. A.
      to show his special way of teaching
    2. B.
      to play a joke on us
    3. C.
      to help us learn our lessons better
    4. D.
      so that we would no longer believe him
  4. 4.

    Mr Whiteson meant that________.

    1. A.
      teachers couldn’t make any mistakes
    2. B.
      textbooks might be wrong sometimes
    3. C.
      we should speak up if we thought our teacher or the textbook was wrong
    4. D.
      we shouldn’t believe our teachers because sometimes they might tell lies

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Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route—through the boot(行李箱).
Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch(溝渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”
Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.
Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”
It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.”
His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦傷), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.

  1. 1.

    What is the best title for this newspaper article?

    1. A.
      The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman
    2. B.
      Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route
    3. C.
      Driver Escapes Through Car Boot
    4. D.
      The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident
  2. 2.

    Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?

    1. A.
      The hammer.
    2. B.
      The coin.
    3. C.
      The screw.
    4. D.
      The horn.
  3. 3.

    Which statement is true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down.
    2. B.
      Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.
    3. C.
      Mr. Johnson’s car accident was partly due to the slippery road.
    4. D.
      Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat.
  4. 4.

    “Finally it gave” (Paragraph 5) means that _______. 

    1. A.
      Luckily the door was torn away in the end
    2. B.
      At last the wrench went broken
    3. C.
      The lock came open after all his efforts
    4. D.
      The chance was lost at the last minute
  5. 5.

    It may be inferred from the passage that _______. 

    1. A.
      the ditch was along a quiet country road
    2. B.
      the accident happened on a clear warm day
    3. C.
      the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch
    4. D.
      Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended

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Ban Fur? Then Why Not Leather?
Much to the displeasure of some local businesses, the City Council in West Hollywood, California, voted without opposition last week to ban the sale of fur products. Should laws be involved in this issue? Is it unfair to ban sales of fur, but not sales of leather and hides (獸皮)?
Animals Do Not Have Rights
By Tibor R. Machan
My view is that animals do not have basic rights. It is a matter of ethics (倫理學(xué)) and not of the laws of human societies. If animals had such rights as human beings do, they would have to be held responsible for killing fellow animals in the wild. That way of thinking about animals makes a category mistake. Using animals, including their fur or organs, to improve people's lives is acceptable.
A Small Step Against Cruelty
By Kate Carter
Both fur and leather are the skins of dead animals. Why should we think that the lovable furry ones deserve more of a life than the less pleasing ones? Some say leather is  less cruel because it's a byproduct (副產(chǎn)品) of the meat industry. But this isn't really true. Some cheap leather may be a byproduct of the meat industry, but often it's the other way round. In South Africa, where there is a developing market for ostrich(鴕鳥(niǎo))farms, the skins account for roughly 80 percent of the slaughtered (宰殺)birds' value, a mere 20 percent of which comes from the meat.
"Who" Are You Wearing?
By Marc Bekoff
West Hollywood's ban is a move in the right direction. However, we must work to ban the sales of leather and hides, too. Furs come from animals who are attacked to become clothing, while some leather and hides come from slaughterhouse(屠宰場(chǎng)) animals. We must remember that when people choose to wear fur, leather and hides, they are wearing formering conscious beings. So it's a matter of who they are wearing, not what they are wearing because these animals must be referred to as who and not what or that.

  1. 1.

    What is the passage mainly about?

    1. A.
      West Hollywood's ban on fur products.
    2. B.
      Differences between fur and leather sales.
    3. C.
      The government's role in protecting animals.
    4. D.
      The ecological imbalance in West Hollywood.
  2. 2.

    Tibor R. Machan seems to believe that         .

    1. A.
      laws should be passed to protect animals
    2. B.
      humans are respornsible for killing animals
    3. C.
      it is not reasonable to use animals to improve life
    4. D.
      animals and humans aren't supposed to share equal rights
  3. 3.

    What is Kate Carter's opinion about wearing fur and wearing leather?

    1. A.
      Both are decided by the meat industry.
    2. B.
      There is little distinction (區(qū)別) between them.
    3. C.
      Wearing fur is generally more acceptable.
    4. D.
      Wearing leather is cheaper than wearing fur.
  4. 4.

    What is Marc Bekoff’s attitude towards sales of fur?

    1. A.
      Sympathetic.
    2. B.
      Careless.
    3. C.
      Tolerant.
    4. D.
      Opposed.

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By Road Around the World
Nickname: Walker
Email: ragwani@hotmail.com
When to travel: May 2011-Aug 2011
Who am I: I am 55. From my childhood, have this dream to go around the world by hitch hiking. However this is now changed and I want to go by road.
My travel plans: Going throughout the world and study various people, culture, habits.
Who am I looking for: A female companion, and she must have similar interest as me.
Just for fun
Nickname: Stream
Email: qrutta@yahoo.co.uk
When to travel: Jan 2011-Dec 2011
Who am I: Young slim girl, looking to see Asia with anyone who wants to travel.
My travel plans: I most prefer a white man in his late30’s to have fun with me as he travels either on business or leisure trips
Whom am I looking for: Someone who is honest, friendly; good sense of humor, adventurous.
22yr old Australian looking for travel companion
Nickname: Angela
Email: alyssia_europe@hotmail.com
When to travel: March 2011
Who am I: a lovely girl, with fun, honest, caring.
My travel plans: I will be traveling to Europe cities, then the world!
Who am I looking for:  An extremely fun and entertaining male/female, middle-aged, someone that I can enjoy every travel moment with.
★Fun and maybe more
Nickname: Sunnygirl
Email: sunnygirl2008@yahoo.com
When to travel: Jun2011-Aug2011
Who am I: Slender African girl in her late 20’s. Quite charming, loving, pretty,fun to be with.
My travel plans: Nothing in mind for sure, just looking to come with you.
Whom am I looking for: Looking for a white male between 40-50 years, someone who is full of energy and lively.

  1. 1.

    What way would Walker like to choose for his travel this time?

    1. A.
      By plane.
    2. B.
      By road.
    3. C.
      By water.
    4. D.
      By hitch hiking.
  2. 2.

    Stream will probably travel to ______ according to the ad.

    1. A.
      France
    2. B.
      Egypt
    3. C.
      Japan
    4. D.
      Australia
  3. 3.

    Who’s to travel for the shortest time with a companion?

    1. A.
      Sunny girl
    2. B.
      Angela
    3. C.
      Stream
    4. D.
      Walker
  4. 4.

    A middle-aged man wants to travel from June to August in 2011, he should send an email to _______ to find a travel companion.

    1. A.
      sunnygirl@yahoo.com
    2. B.
      alyssia_europe@hotmail.com
    3. C.
      qrutta@yahoo.co.uk
    4. D.
      ragwani@hotmail.com

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