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The greatest recent changes have ,been in the lives of women ,During the twentieth century there was an unusual shortening of the time of a woman’s life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties ,and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old ,By the time the youngest was fifteen ,the mother would have been id her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years ,during which custom ,chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work, Today women marry younger and have fewer children Usually a woman ‘s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty－five and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty Even while she has the care of children ,her work is lightened by household appliances （家用电器）and convenience foods.
This important change in women’s way of life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’ s economic position Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity and most of them took a full－time job However ,when they married ,they usually left work at once and never returned to it ,Today the school－leaving age is sixteen ,many girls stay at school after that age ,and though women tend to marry younger ,more married women stay at work at leas until shortly before their first child is born Very many more after wads ,return to full or part-time work Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage ,with both husband and wife accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfaction of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more e-qually in providing the money and running the home ,according to the abilities and inter-est of each them.
1．According to the passage ,around the year1990 most women married
A．at about twenty-five
B．In their early fifties
C．as soon as possible after they were fifteen
D．at any age from fifteen to forty－five
2．We are told that in an average family about1990 .
A．many children died before they were five
B．the youngest child would be fifteen
C．seven of eight children lived to be more than five
D．four of five children died when they were five.
3．When she was over fifty ,the late 19th century mother .
A．would expect to work until she died
B．was usually expected to take up paid employment
C．would he healthy enough to take up paid employment.
D．was unlikely to find a job even if she now likely.
4．Many girls ,the passage says ,are now likely to .
A．marry so that they can get a job
B．Leave school as soon as they can
C．give up their jobs for good after they are married
D．continue working until they are going to have a baby
5．According to the passage ,it is now quite usual for women to .
A．stay at hone after leaving school
B．marry men younger than themselves
C．start working again later in life
D．Marry while still at school
KEY: 1－5 ADDDC
高考英语阅读训练（012）
Language learning begins with listening. Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and later starters are often long listeners .Most children will“obey”spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word“obey”is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child .Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.
Any attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spo-ken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises ,and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as particularly ex-pressive as delight, pain ,friendliness, and so on But since these can’t be said to show the baby;s intention to communicate ,they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language ,It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment ,and that by six months theyare able to add new words to their store This self-imitation（摸仿）leads on to deliberate （有意的）imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imita-tions can be considered as speech.
It is a problem we need to get out teeth into. The meaning of a word depends on what a word depends on what a particular person means by it in a particular situation; and it is clear that what a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the world .Thus the use .at seven months .of “mama”as a greeting for his mother cannot be dismissed as a meaning-less sound simply because he also uses it at another times for his father ,his dog ,or any-thing else he likes. Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself ,I doubt ,however whether anything is gained when parents take advantage of this ability in an attempt to teach new sounds .
1．Before children start speaking .
A．they need equal amount of listening
B．they need different amounts of listening
C．they are all eager to cooperate with the adults by obey spoken instructions
D．they can’t understand and obey the adult ‘s oral instructions
2．Children who start speaking late .
A．may have problems with their listening
B．Probably do not hear enough language spoken around them
C．Usually pay close attention to what they hear
D．Often take a long tine in learning to listen properly
3．A baby’s first noises are .
A．an expression of his moods and feelings
B．an early form of language
C．a sign that he means to tell you something
D．An imitation of the speech of adults.
4．The problem of deciding at what point a baby’ imitations can be considered as
speech …
A．is important because words have different meanings for different people
B．is not especially important because the changeover takes place gradually
C．is one that should be properly understood because the meaning of words changes with age.
D．Is one that should be completely ignored（忽略）because children’s use of words is of-ten
meaningless .
5．The speaker implies .
A．parents can never hope to teach their children new sounds.
B．children no longer imitate people after they begin to speak
C．Children who are good at imitating learn new words more quickly
D．even after they have learnt to speak ,children still enjoy imitating
KEY: 1-5 BDABD
高考英语阅读训练（013）
This is John Roberts reporting from Cardiff The result of the match which finished at four this afternoon between France and Wales was a draw. Neither side scored .The Dutch referee（裁判）did not allow the one goal which France managed to kick The reason for this was that a French player was unfortunately off side .So both teams went home disap-pointed with the game They particularly admired the French forwards ,who were always fast and often threatened the Welsh defense .Once it looked as if the Welsh goalkeeper was in serious trouble. He dived to his right to save a shot from the French centre forward and crashed his head against the goal post ,A doctor examined him and he soon began to play a-gain .Of course the large ,friendly crowd cheered for him Wales will certainly welcome an-other visit from this splendid team.
1．This passage is .
A．a piece of sports news broadcast over radio
B．a piece of sports news in a newspaper
C．An advertisement about sports
D．An assay about sports
2．The word “draw”in this passage means ?
A．an act of puling
B．Taking money from a bank
C．a state in which neither side wins
D．Making pictures with a pencil or a pen
3．Which of the following sentence is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A．The French team is a visiting team while the Welsh team is the home team.
B．The Welsh goalkeeper was brave and he didn’t quit the match even after he had his head Seriously injured in the game.
C．People liked the French forwards for they were very active on the field.
D．A French player did kick a goal but the referee refused to admit it.
KEY: 1-3 ACB
高考英语阅读训练（014）
There are several ways you can find out about the countries and places you wish to visit .You can talk to friends who have travelled to the places. Or you can to and see a colour film Or you can read travel books.
It would seem that there are three kinds of travel books The first are those that give a personal ,subjective （主观的）account of travels which the author has actually made himself .if they are informative and have a good index （索引）then they can be useful to you when you are planning your travels .The second kind are those books whose purpose is to give a purely objective （客观的）description of things to be done and seen If a well-read ,cultured person has written such a book then it is even more useful .It can be sorted as a selected guide book The third kind are those books which are called“a guide”to some place or other ,If they are good ,they will, in addition to their factual information ,give an analysis or an explanation Like the first kind they can be inspiring and interesting .But their basic purpose is to help the reader who wishes to plan in the most practical way.
Whatever kind of travel book you choose you must make sure that it does not describe everything as “wonderful”,“excellent”or “magical”。You must also note its date of publi-cation because travel is a very practical affair and many things change quickly in the twenty –first century Finally ,you should make sure that the contents are well presented and easy to find.
1．This passage is about 。
A．how to travel B．how to buy travel books
C．how to read a travel book D．travel books
2．The following travel books may be of use when you plan your travels except .
A．the book written by some people who have had the same travel experience themselves
B．the book which tells you what is worth doing and seeing based on the facts
C．the book in which a lot of big adjectives are used to draw your attention
D．the book which offers you a lot of useful information like a tour guide
3．The date of the publication must be noticed because .
A．the world is changing and so are the places you are going to visit
B．the price of the book is always changing
C．the author of the book may be different
D．the contents of the book are always the same
KEY: 1-3 DCA
高考英语阅读训练（015）
The United States is not the only country affected by the“computer revolution”,All the major countries of the world have computers ,and the developing countries have also realized that computers play a big part in their economic development.
Usually what one sees is a machine that looks like a typewriter ;it is called a computer terminal（终端）But computers are also used in unseen ways For example they determine how much tine there should be between traffic signals to prevent traffic problems and to keep millions of cars moving in an orderly flow When you buy a car ,a factory process （过程）that is controlled by a computer enables you to obtain a car with your own choice of colours and special features （特征）in just a few weeks’ time In medical laboratories ,com-puters have reduced the mistakes in testing ,and they have saved doctors’ countless hours of work Before long ,medical histories of all Americans will be kept in computer “banks”.If a person becomes ill far from his home ,local doctors will be able to get his medical record immediately ,In science the computer has performed in minutes experiments which would have required thousands of hours of work by human hands and minds.
Most experts agree that computers are necessary to solve the problems of increasing population ,city living ,and public affairs Without computers, the jobs of solving these problems would require millions of workers to do tons of paperwork Before any computer can work on any problem, it must be told what to do Someone must program the computer ,step―by―step. At first this was done by having the programmer write out his instructions in the form of numbers which would be“understood”by the machine ,Within a short time, attempts were made to perform a system that would enable humans to communicate programmer could use words that had meanings for him ,and another program in the ma-chine would translate the words into the computer’s number system.
Without special training ,in is impossible to under stand exactly how a computer does int work however ,many people without scientific training use computers in their daily lives .In some American schools for example young children are being taught by comput-ers for part of the school day.
The use of computers in school has worried some Americans There are those who fear is will remove human element（成分）from teacher-student relationships .On the other hand there are educators who consider computer program a valuable means of freeing teachers from the more boring and tiring tasks ,thus enabling them to spend more time with a single student.
In education ,as in business and industry science and medicine ,computers play an important part in almost every type of operation the future will bring major advances in computer technology ,which will aid man in his efforts to improve the world.
1．Operators of computers should give instructions to work in the form of program .
A．young children B．Experienced operators
C．Common readers D．Scientists in the computer field
2．Operators of computers should give instructions to work in the form of program .
A．which are introduced in turn into computers
B．Through which computers could process“language”
C．Which could tell computers what to do and how to do
D．All of the above
3．The arguments for computer program used in education were that .
A．computers like toys would attract much attention of school children
B．there are lots of buttons which you can press for doing anything at your will
C．computer program would take the place of teachers ,turning a school into a computer world
D．Computers could give teachers the opportunity to spare time to deal with students re-
spectively.
4．Which of the following best express the main idea of this passage?
A．The world will enjoy the beautiful picture of the computers.
B．Computer technology will change the human life
C．Computer would work freely in the future
D．Computer would work with a great memory－storage and at highest speed.
KEY: 1－4 BDAB
高考英语阅读训练（016）
Advertising is a highly developed twentieth-century industry. The development of radio, television, cinema, magazines and newspapers has gone hand in hand with the development of advertising. Why is advertising so popular? Is it a waste of money? It has been proved again and again that ?repeated advertising increases product sales. Since it increases production, the price can be reduced. Therefore advertising, instead of making a product more expensive, makes it cheaper.
Advertising is now a scientific business. Once managers would say jokingly, " I know that half of what I spend on advertising is wasted, but I don't know which half." Now, all parts of an advertising programme are properly measured and researched.
What makes a good advertisement? There have been major changes in advertising in the past sixty years.. People read advertisements partly for information and partly for pleasure. Today's advertisements often start with a question, or a puzzle, with the purpose of attracting the reader's attention. Of course, most advertisements contain information. But this is usually contained in a text that is interesting and often funny. Humour is very important. Sometimes advertisements tell a story, or the story may be continued over a number of advertisements. However, there is a danger in this. It is possible that the reader or viewer will remember the advertisement but not the name of the product.
1. The purpose of advertising is ____.
A. to increase product sales
B. to make a product much better
C. to spend more money
D. to reduce the production
2. Which of the following can be used in place of the underlined phrase "hand in hand" ?
A. Here and there. B. Again and again.
C. As usual. D. At the same time.
3. What is meant by what managers said in the second paragraph?
A. A11 the money on advertising was wasted.
B. Not all the advertisements were well designed.
C.A11 the managers knew about advertising then.
D. Managers spent no money on advertising.
4. What does the writer think of advertising?
A. Useless. B. Unnecessary. C. Important. D. Wasteful.
KEY: 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C
高考英语阅读训练（017）
Three men ran after a robber into East Putney Station, London, after he hit and kicked an old woman, but were turned back at the gate because they had no tickets. This was what the Central Court stated this morning.
They were refused the use of a telephone to call the police, so they bought platform tickets. When they went into the station, they caught the robber, a youth of 21. One of the men had to go outside to make a 999 call.
Mr Justice Stevenson said the incident ought to be brought to the attention of the railway officials. He sent the robber to prison for five years.
Terry Tailor earlier had admitted his attack to Mrs Percy, aged 67, with the purpose of robbing her.
1. What did the three men want to do inside the station?
A. To catch the train. B. To help Mrs Percy. C. To catch the robber. D. To escape from the police.
2. Which of the following is the right order according to the story?
a. They were stopped at the gate.
b. An old lady was attacked near a railway station.
c. Three men ran after the robber in order to catch him.
d. He was sent to prison for five years,
e. The robber admitted he had attacked the old lady.
A. b, a, c, d, e B. b, c, a, e, d C. b, c, a, d, e D. a, b, c, d, e
3. According to the judge, _____ ought to have a good thinking about the incident.
A. railway officials B. the policemen C. Mrs Percy D. Terry Tailor
4. Where do you think this passage might be taken from ?
A. A magazine . B. A diary. C. A story book. D. A newspaper.
KEY: 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D
高考英语阅读训练（018）
Learning online should make use of a number of Internet tools: e-mail lets you exchange letters between continents very cheaply and almost immediately. Large groups of people can share their discussions by using electronic lists to send every letter to everyone on the list. Electronic magazines bring you up-to-date topics, such as news, arts, and sports. Search engines allow you to look for anything you want on the Internet, including the holdings of major libraries. In a chat room you can have a real-time written talk. Audio and video bring the world to your computer -— you can listen to the world's radio stations, watch the evening news from another continent. And in an online conference you can even talk to your teacher and fellow students abroad.
Do you have e-mail? How much do you communicate with your friends over the Internet? Internet, the newest child in technology, is like a modern communication highway. It's also a kind of super-shop, almost anything you can buy in a store -— you can get it through Internet, without leaving home at all.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Internet. B. Radio stations. C. Magazines. D. Libraries.
2. What is the quickest and cheapest way of getting in touch with your friend abroad?
A. By telegraph. B. By air-mail. C. By e-mail. D. By telephone.
3. Which of the following will you choose if you want to hold a meeting over the Internet?
A. Chat room. B. Search engines. C. Online conference. D. Electronic lists.
4. Where does the writer suggest we might work?
A. In the office. B. At home. C. At the library. D. In the store.
KEY: 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. B
高考英语阅读训练（019）
Flying Saucers
In 1947 the pilot of a small aeroplane saw nine strange objects in the sky over Washing-ton in the USA. He said that they looked like saucers. Newspapers printed his story un-der the headline "Flying Saucers".
Since then, all over the world, people have reported seeing similar strange objects. No one knows what they are or where they come from. Some people say that they do not exist, but many others say that they have seen them. Usually people on the ground have seen them but not always. Airline pilots also have reported seeing them and so have astro-nauts ── the men who fly in spaceships.
Perhaps some people saw them only in their imagination. Perhaps some people made a mistake. But airline pilots and astro-nauts do not usually make mistakes of this kind. Captain Ed Mitchell, who was the sixth man to walk on the moon, said in 1974 that he believes that some "flying saucers" are real. Many other people now believe that these strange flying objects are visiting the earth from other worlds in space.
"They have come to look at us," they say. The American government tried to find out more about these objects. It listened to a great many people who said they had seen them. But the Government Committee could not decide on what the objects were. It called them UFOs, which is short for "Unidentified Flying Objects".
Some say they have seen people in the fly-ing saucers! In 1964, a driver of a police car in New Mexico saw a UFO landing a mile away. When he reached it, there were two small figures standing near it. They looked like little men. When he reported on his radio, they got inside the object and flew away.
In 1973 two men were out fishing in Mississippi. They say they saw a UFO shaped like an egg. There were three creatures like men but their skins were silver in colour. They had no eyes, and their mouths were just slits (裂缝). Their noses and ears were pointed. They made the fishermen get inside the UFO for a while. Then the creatures photographed them and took them to the place where they had been fishing.
There are many other similar stories. Some are probably untrue but some may be true. No one knows.
1. ___ took pictures of the two fishermen.
A. The creatures in a UFO
B. A driver of a police car
C. A pilot of a plane
D. Captain Ed Mitchell
2. The American government tried to ____.
A. look for the flying objects
B. know where the objects come from
C. learn more about UFOs
D. report more about UFOs
3. According to the passage, the name "flying saucers" was first used by ____.
A. a pilot of a small plane
B. an official in Washington
C. an editor of a newspaper
D. the man who flies in saucers
4. The purpose of this passage is to tell us _.
A. the shape of UFOs B. how to observe UFOs
C. the danger of UFOs D. what we know about UFOs
5. It is implied in the passage that the author
A. does not believe at all about the exis-tence of UFOs
B. believes that UFOs are real objects flying in the sky
C. is not sure whether there are UFOs or not
D. thinks UFOs come from other planets
Key: 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. C
高考英语阅读训练（020）
Britons Learn to Forgive
LEEDS, England ─ A Leeds University psychology (心理学) professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.
"The hatred we hold within us is a can-cer," Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.
More than 70 people have become mem-bers in Hart's first 20-week workshop in Lon-don ─ a course he says is the first of its kind in the world.
These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian-born Hart.
The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight.
The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hate in these peo-ple. "People have lots of negative attitudes to-wards forgiveness," he said. "People confuse (把……混淆) forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one."
Hart and his team have created instruc-tions to provide the training needed.
"The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with," said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project.
Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people "want to get free of the past".
1. From this passage we know that ______.
A. high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hatred
B. high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professors
C. without hatred, people will have less trouble connected with blood and heart
D. people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies
2. If you are angry with somebody, you should
A. try your best to defeat him or her
B. never meet him or her again
C. persuade him or her to have a talk with you
D. relax yourself by not thinking of him or her any more
3. In Hart's first 20-week workshop, people there can ___.
A. meet their enemies
B. change their minds
C. enjoy the professor's speech
D. learn how to quarrel with others
4. If you are a member in Hart' s workshop, you'll ______.
A. pay much money to Hart
B. go to the workshop every night
C. attend a gathering twice a month
D. pour out everything stored in your mind
5. The author wrote this passage in order to
A. persuade us to go to Hart's workshop
B. tell us the news about Hart's workshop
C. tell us how to run a workshop like Hart's
D. help us to look at various kinds of angers
Key: 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. B