第二部分:阅读理解(第一节 20小题; 第二节 5小题;每小题2分,满分50分)
第一节,阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
My grandfather was a teacher. He was the headmaster of a school for boys between thirteen and eighteen. I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart, because when I was young, he gave me presents, and seated me on his knee, and told me stories. But I believe the boys at his school were afraid of him.
At school, when he walked into a room full of noisy boys, there was silence at once. When he looked at a boy with a certain look in his eyes, the boy went red in the face, and looked down at his shoes. If a boy brought him poor, careless work that was not the best the boy could do, my grandfather would pick up the boy’s book and throw it across the room, shouting, “Do it all again, and bring it back to me in the morning!” If the boy was late, or if he forgot to bring the work, he had to do it again, and again, and yet again. My grandfather never forgot.
He was a very different man at school from the man I saw day by day in his own home.
1. I knew my grandfather was kind and gentle, because _________
A.he was a teacher.
B.he let me sit on his knee and told me stories.
C.he told me stories about how kind he was
D.he was the headmaster of a school
2. When he looked at a boy in a certain way, the boy ________
A.went red and could not return my grandfather’s look
B.looked back at my grandfather’s red face
C. looked at his shoes to see if they were dirty.
D. went red in the face because his shoes were dirty.
3.When he received poor work, my grandfather _______.
A.would become very angry.
B.threw the work on the floor, and shouted across the room
C.threw the book at the boy.
D.went red in the face
4.He was a different man at home because ________.
A.he didn’t get angry at home as he did at school.
B.he was not as gentle at home
C.he didn’t throw books about at school like he did at home
D.he did not get angry at home.
One night, as Diaz stepped off the train and onto a nearly empty platform, a teenage boy approached and pulled out a knife.
“He wanted my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, ‘Here you go ’” Diaz says.
As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you’re going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm.”
The robber looked at him puzzled, saying, “Why are you doing this?”
Diaz replied, “If you’re willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, then you must really need the money. I mean, all I wanted to do was get dinner and if you really want to join me…..”
Diaz says he and the teen went into a diner and sat in a booth.
“The manager comes by, the dishwashers come by, the waiters come by to say hi,” Diaz says.
The kid said, “You know everybody here. Do you own this place?”
“No, I just eat here a lot,” Dias said. “But you’re even nice to the dishwasher,” he said.
Diaz replied, “Well, haven’t you been taught you should be nice to everybody?”
“Yea, but I didn’t think people actually behaved that way,” the teen said.
When the bill arrived, Diaz said, “You’re going to have to pay for this bill because you have my money and I can’t pay for this. So if you give me my wallet back, I’ll gladly treat you.”
The teen returned it immediately. “I gave him $20…. I figure maybe it’ll help him.” Diaz says he asked for something in return--- the teen’s knife--- “and he gave it to me.”
Afterwards, when Diaz told his mother what happened, she said, “You’re the type of kid that if someone asked you for the time, you gave them your watch.”
“I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right. It’s as simple as it gets in this complicated world.”What did Diaz do to the teen?
A.He gave the teen a new wallet | B.He treated the teen to dinner |
C.He gave his coat to the teen | D.He taught the teen a lesson |
From the passage we can infer that the boy _______.
A.expressed his gratitude for Diaz’s kindness |
B.gave up the idea of robbing in the end |
C.wasn’t taught how to be nice to everybody |
D.gave the knife to Diaz in return for his forgiveness |
For what Diaz did, his mother showed an attitude of _______.
A.complaint | B.concern | C.criticism | D.praise |
By telling the story of Diaz, the author intends to tell us ______.
A.to keep calm in danger | B.not to go out alone at night |
C.to treat others kindly | D.not to harm others on purpose |
I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.
Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed(解散). As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible (负责任) for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized(强调) the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating(欺骗) themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously(认真地) about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.
Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.The story took place exactly __________ .
A.in the teacher’s office | B.in an exam room |
C.in the school | D.in the language lab |
The girl wanted to borrow a pen, because ___________ .
A.she had not brought a pen with her |
B.she had lost her own on her way to school |
C.there was something wrong with her own |
D.her own had been taken away by someone |
The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____________ .
A.to go on writing his paper | B.to stop whispering |
C.to leave the room immediately | D.to stay behind after the exam |
The thing(s) emphasized in her talk was (were) ___________ .
A.honesty | B.sense of duty | C.seriousness | D.all of the above |
The boy knew everything _____________ .
A.the moment he was asked to stay behind |
B.when the teacher started talking about honesty |
C.only some time later |
D.when he was walking out of the room |
Sometimes doing something for yourself - even shopping--can give others a lift. That's the case at charity shops and non-profit stores such as Ten Thousand Villages which helps provide skilled workmen with money in developing countries.
Their handicrafts(手工艺品) are sold throughout North America in 180 stores, 95 of them operated by Ten Thousand Villages.
"People come into the store because we have a lot of interesting things, but then they're drawn to us by the mission(慈善的行动) ," says organization spokeswoman Juanita Fox.
"It just feels good to be making a difference when you're buying something."
In the Alexandria, Virginia shop, generals display windows draw you in. They are filled with practical, attractive home furnishings in blue and white, all international in mood.
Once inside though, it's clear that this isn't just another import store. On the wall behind the cash register is the following note:
"Ten Thousand Villagers provides necessary, fair income to Third World people by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America. Your Buying Makes a Difference. "
The store was opened in 1994 as part of a network of shops across the USA run by the Mennonite Church, which is based in Akron, Pennsylvania.
Currently, 60,000 skilled workmen from 32 countries provide goods to the stores, with all proceeds (收益) re-invested in the organization.
Management of the Alexandria shop is overseen by an all-volunteer board of directors. More than 40 additional volunteers help doing everything from working the register to unpacking stock.
Maria Yannopoulos got involved after visiting a store and getting to know another volunteer. "Since we are non-profit, we are really looking for value because the more we sell, the more jobs we can create. Giving someone job rather than charity helps in so many ways. "The underlined part "give others a lift" in the first paragraph means ______.
A.offer other a ride in a car |
B.take others up and down in another floor |
C.make others think of plans |
D.make others more pleased |
A large number of people visit Ten Thousand Villagers because _______.
A.they are fond of traveling around |
B.they can find something interesting |
C.they can enjoy the wonderful foods |
D.they want to learn how to farm in the fields |
What can we learn from the note mentioned in this passage?
A. Goods sold at Ten Thousand Villages are expensive.
B. Stories about Ten Thousand Villages are interesting.
C. What the purpose of the shop is.
D. Goods from the Third World are better than those from the USA.From the last paragraph we can learn that ________.
A.American volunteers like to run shops |
B.American shops are mostly operated by volunteers |
C.Volunteers often offer goods to their friends as presents |
D.Shopping can also be a kind of charity |
Want a glance of the future of health care? Take a look at the way the various networks of people about patient care are being connected to one another, and how this new connectivity is being exploited to deliver medicine to the patient —no matter where he or she may be.
Online doctors offering advice based on normal symptoms(症状) are the most obvious example. Increasingly, however, remote diagnosis(远程诊断) will be based on real physiological data(生理数据) from the actual patient. A group from the University of Kentucky has shown that by using personal data assistance plus a mobile phone, it is perfectly practical to send a patient’s important signs over the telephone. With this kind of equipment, the cry asking whether there was a doctor in the house could well be a thing of the past.
Other medical technology groups are working on applying telemedicine to rural (countryside) care. And at least one team wants to use telemedicine as a tool for disaster need—especially after earthquakes. On the whole, the trend is towards providing global access to medical data and experts’ opinions.
But there is one problem. Bandwidth(宽带) is the limiting factor for sending complex(复杂的) medical pictures around the world — CT photos being one of the biggest bandwidth users. Communication satellites may be able to deal with the short-term needs during disasters such as earthquakes or wars. But medicine is looking towards both the second-generation Internet and third-generation mobile phones for the future of remote medical service.
Doctors have met to discuss computer-based tools for medical diagnosis, training and telemedicine. With the falling price of broadband communications, the new technologies should start a new time when telemedicine and the sharing of medical information, experts’ opinions and diagnosis are common. The writer chiefly talks about _______.
A.the use of telemedicine | B.the on-lined doctors |
C.medical care and treatment | D.communication improvement |
The basis of remote diagnosis will be _______.
A.personal data assistance |
B.some words of a patient |
C.real physiological information |
D.medical pictures from the Internet |
Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
A.Patients don’t need doctors in hospitals any more. |
B.It is impossible to send a patient’s signs over the telephone. |
C.Many teams use telemedicine dealing with disasters now. |
D.Broadband communications will become cheaper in the future. |
The “problem” in the fourth paragraph refers to the fact that _______.
A.bandwidth isn’t big enough to send complex medical pictures |
B.the second-generation of Internet has not become popular yet |
C.communication satellites can only deal with short-term needs |
D.there is not enough equipment for spreading the medical care |
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
HONG KONG
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS
ARRIVING IN HONG KONG
During your stay outside Hong Kong, you may have been exposed to certain infectious(感染) diseases without your knowledge.
In case you develop any symptom(症状) such as fever, chills, skin rash, diarrhea or vomiting within 14 days of your arrival in Hong Kong, you should consult a doctor or attend an accident & emergency department or general outpatient clinic. Please bring along this card.
CHIEF PORT HEALTH OFFICE
The Port Health Office
Their staff is glad to answer your questions about travel health.
Please inquire at:
--Hong Kong Island
18 F, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Rd. East, Wanchai.
Tel: 2961 8840
-- Kowloon
Room 905, Government Offices, Canton Road
Tel: 2368 3361According to the passage, you may get some infectious diseases _______.
A.when arriving in Hong Kong |
B.before you understand them |
C.within 2 weeks of your arriving in Hong Kong |
D.before arriving in Hong Kong |
If you find any symptom, which of the following places is not the place where you should go?
A.The hospital. | B.The accident & emergency department. |
C.The Port Health Office. | D.The clinic. |
Where can a foreigner read this kind of notice?
A.At the Customs. |
B.At hospital. |
C.On 18 F, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Rd. East, Wanchai |
D.In Room 905, Government Offices, Canton Road, Kowloon. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Skin rash is an infectious disease. |
B.There are two Departments of Health, one in Hong Kong Island and the other in Kowloon. |
C.You may have some trouble without this card when you go to hospital. |
D.It is very possible that you get some infectious disease but you don't know it. |