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第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Watching television more than two hours a day early in life can lead to attention problems later in adolescence, according to a study released on Tuesday.
The roughly 40 percent increase in attention problems among heavy TV viewers was observed in both boys and girls. The link was established by a long-term study of the habits and behaviors of more than 1,000 children born in Dunedin, New Zealand, between April 1972 and March 1973.
The children aged 5 to 11 watched an average of 2.05 hours of weekday television. From age 13 to 15, time spent in front of the tube rose to an average of 3.1 hours a day.
"Those who watched more than two hours, and particularly those who watched more than three hours, of television per day during childhood had above-average symptoms（症状） of attention problems in adolescence," Carl Landhuis of the University of Otago in Dunedin wrote in his report, published in the journal Pediatrics.
Young children who watched a lot of television were more likely to continue the habit as they got older, but even if they did not the damage was done, the report said.
"This suggests that the effects of childhood viewing on attention may be long lasting," Landhuis wrote.
Landhuis offered several possible explanations for the relations.
One was that the rapid scene changes common to many TV programs may over stimulate（刺激）the developing brain of a young child, and could make reality seem boring by comparison. "Hence, children who watch a lot of television may become less patient of slower-paced and more mundane（世俗） tasks, such as school work," he wrote.
It was also possible that TV viewing may take the place of other activities that promote concentration, such as reading, games, sports and play, he said.
Previous studies have linked the forever habit of TV watching among children to obesity and so on, and another study in the same journal referred to the poor nutritional content of the overwhelming majority of food products advertised on the top-rated US. children's television shows.
Up to 98 percent of the TV ads promoting food products that were directed at children aged 2 through 11 "were high in either fat, sugar, or sodium," wrote Lisa Powell of the University of Illinois in Chicago.
56. The recent survey shows that _________.
A. watching TV can cause all kinds of diseases for children
B. TV sets have played an important part in our daily lives
C. Watching TV over 2 hours a day early in life can cause attention problems later in adolescence
D. watching TV has side effects on children’s future
57. People used to think that _________.
A. watching TV more than 2 hours every day did good to children’s health
B. the habit of TV watching among children could easily lead to obesity and diabetes
C. the children weren’t patient with their homework because of watching TV too much
D. it was very important for children to watching TV early in life
58. The underlined word “Hence” means _________.
A. In that case B. And yet C. On the contrary D. For this reason
59. In Landhuis’ opinion, _________.
A. attention problems caused by watching TV during childhood may be hard to get rid of
B. how to develop children’s attention problems is a lasting problem
C. the key of settling attention problems is not watching TV too much
D. there shouldn’t be many food products ads on children's television shows

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BRITAIN is a popular tourist place．But tours of the country have pros and cons．
GOOD NEWS
Free museums．No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities．
Pop music．Britain is the only country to rival (与…匹敌) the US on this score．
Black cabs．London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never enough of them at weekends or night．
Choice of food．Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants．
Fashion．Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too．
　　BAD NEWS
　　Poor service．“It’s part of the image of the place．People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton, of Luton University’s International Tourism Research Center．
　　Poor public transport．Trains and buses are promised to defeat the keenest tourists, although the over crowded London tube is inexplicably (难以理解的) popular．
Lack of languages．Speaking slowly and clearly may not get many foreign visitors very far, even in the tourist traps (圈套)．
　　Rain．Still in the number one complaint．
　　No air-conditioning．So that even splendidly hot summers become as unbearable as the downpours．
　　Overpriced hotels．The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark．
Licensing hours．Alcohol (酒) is in short supply after 11 pm even in “24-hour cities”．
72．What do tourists complain most?
A．Poor service． B．Poor public transport．
C．Rain D．Overpriced hotels．
73．What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the US through this passage?
A．Pop music in Britain is better than that in the US．
B．Pop music in Britain is as good as that in the US．
C．Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the US．
D．Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the US．
74．When is alcohol not able to get?
A．At 12: 00 pm B．At 10: 00 pm
C．At 11: 00 pm D．At 9: 00 pm
75．Which of the following is true according to the passage?
　　A．You have to pay to visit the museums.
B．It’s very cheap to travel by taxi there.
　　C．You cannot find Chinese food there.
D．The public transport is poor there.

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Nate suffered a hard blow when he lost his job．His boss had spoken rudely, “Your services are no longer needed.” Nate left the building filled with despair．By the time he reached home, he was in a deep depression．When he entered his house, he blurted out to his wife Sophia, “I lost my job．I am a complete, utter failure.” A tense silence followed．Then a smile crept across Sophia’s face．“What great news!” she responded.
“Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write.”
“But I have no job and no prospect of a job,” YC he objected, completely without hope．“If I struggle to be an author, then what will we live on? Where will the money come from?” Sophia took her husband by the hand and led him to the kitchen．Opening a drawer, she took out a box that was full of cash．“Where on earth did you get this?” Nate gasped．“To whom does it belong?”
“It’s ours!” Sophia replied．“I always knew that one day you would become a great writer if only you were given the chance．From the money you gave me for housekeeping every week, I have saved as much as I could so you would have your chance．Now there is enough to last us a whole year.”
What a surprise! What encouragement! What a wife! The unemployed husband did concentrate on writing that year, and the novel he wrote became a literary masterpiece．The book is The Scarlet Letter．Sophia had an even greater achievement, and she turned Nathaniel Hawthorne from a poor clerk into a world famous master．
68．Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph?
A．Sophia was very disappointed to hear the news
B．Nate was too sad to speak any more
C．Sophia was thinking of how to encourage Nate
D．Neither husband nor wife had any idea what to do
69．Sophia saved money because _______________________．
A．she knew her husband would lose his job one day
B．she knew their life would be in difficulty
C．she was very careful with money
D．she was trying to help her husband in every possible way
70．From the passage we can know that Sophia was __________________________．
A．kind and brave B．careful and encouraging
C．friendly and warm-hearted D．honest and determined
71．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Sophia’s Achievement B．A Great Writer’s Struggle to Success
C．Great Encouragement in Hard Times D．Failure is the Mother of Success

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Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture (湿度,水分) from food helps to store it, and that the easiest way to do this is to expose the food to sun and wind.
All foods including water—cabbage and other leaf vegetables contains as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean (瘦的) meat 75% and fish, anything from 80% to 60%, depending on how fatty it is．If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria which cause food to go bad is controlled.
Nowadays most foods are dried mechanically．The conventional method of such dehydration (脱水) is to put food in chambers (室) through which hot air is blown at temperature of about 110℃ at entry to about 43℃ at exit．This is the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, mincemeat and fish.
Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and eggs may be dried by pouring them over a heated steel cylinder (圆筒), then put them into a chamber through which a current of hot air passes．In the first process, the dried material comes off the roller as a thin film which is then broken up into small, though still relatively flakes (薄片)．In the second process it falls to the bottom of the chamber as small powder．Where recognizable pieces of meat and vegetables are required, as in soup, the ingredients (成分) are dried separately and then mixed.
Dried foods take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans or frozen, and they do not need to be stored in special conditions．For these reasons they are convenient to the climbers, explorers and soldiers in battle, who have little storage space．They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to cook them.
64．It can be inferred from the passage that _______________________.
A．the fattier fish contain as much water as the lean one
B．the fattier the fish is, the more water it may contain
C．a fatty fish holds less water than a lean one
D．the water content of fish has nothing to do with the content of their fat
65．The underlined word “conventional” in Paragraph 3 can most probably be replaced by _______.
A．particular B．scientific C．usual D．special
66．Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about drying food?
A．The removal of water in food helps prevent it from going rotten.
B．The open-air method of drying food has been known for hundreds of years.
C．In the course of dehydration, the temperature of hot current coming from entry to exit is gradually going up.
D．The process of drying liquids is much more complex than that of drying solid food.
67．The last paragraph mainly talks about ____________________.
A．the reason why housewives like dried food
B．the general convenience of dried food
C．the methods of storing food
D．the advantages of dried, canned and frozen food

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Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart．Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists．
Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon．The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper．The Beldon Post:
FIRE AT SEABREEZE
Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom．The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire．We say again to all our visitors： “Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed.” This was Beldon’s first hotel fire for five years．
The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one：
ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE
Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel．An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire．The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels．When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield．
What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident．There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August: that is one fact．Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel．
Now what do you think of the rest of the “news” ?
60．Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?
A．Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer．
B．A fire broke out night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer．
C．It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers．
D．Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter．
61．Which of the following are probably facts?
a．The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel．
b．A cigarette started the fire．
c．An old lamp started the fire．
d．The fire broke out at night．
e．There has never been a fire in Canfield．
A．b and c B．a and d C．c and e D．a and c
62．The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _____________．
A．hotels in Beldon often catch fire
B．hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fire
C．this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel
D．Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe
63．The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that _______．
A．the bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze Hotel
B．the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place
C．the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things
D．such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years

A．a travel guide	B．a newspaper
C．a textbook	D．a novel

A． standing on the river bank	B．swimming in the river
C．watching the crocodile	D．fishing in the water

A．brave	B．diligent
C．quick	D．humorous