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第一節短文理解
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的[A]、[B]、[C]和[D]四個選項中，選出最佳選項，並在答題卡上將該項塗黑。
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Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe(訂閱) to as many as two or three newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?
Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings--battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown (****) or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen.
Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radios, television and film guides, book reviews, stories and, of course, advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is worth the money, for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who produce newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertise- ments makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.
Newspapers often have information on gardening, cooking and fashion as well as a small but very popular section on jokes and cartoons( 漫畫 ).
21. What is the text about?
A. Advertisements are the most important part in newspapers.
B. It introduces newspapers past and today and its contents.
C. There is a lot of useful information on newspapers.
D. People like newspapers very much.
22. The habit of reading newspapers is________.
A. uncommon in the world
B. not popular in U. S. A.
C. widespread in the world
D. found among a few families
23. The section on jokes and cartoons is________.
A. read only by children
B. of no value
C. not helpful
D. read by many people
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"New York City is not America. " That's what American friends are sure to you when you ar- rive. "You must see Boston, visit Niagara Falls, go to Virginia, fly down to Florida, and so on; but first, of course, you will want to see New York. It is not the capital city of the United States(that is Washington, D.C. , where the President lives) or even the capital city of New York State(that is Albany), but many people call it 'the greatest city on earth'."
The five parts, or boroughs, of New York City are Manhattan, Queen, Bronz, Richmond and Brooklyn. Although Manhattan is not all of New York, it is the heart of the city. It is an island, which is only about 13 miles long and 2 miles wide. From the air its shape looks like a long finger, and from the sea it's just like the picture we all know. Those tall, straight buildings--the skyscrap- ers-packed so close together on that island of rocks are sometimes seen in the distance through a veil of early morning mist. You have imagined it so often that now it's difficult to believe this beautiful sight is real, and unless your heart is as hard as a stone, excitement will lake it beat a lit- tle aps "greatest", "tallest", "longest", "biggest", "brightest", are words you will find most often in the city guide books.
many places in America are mentioned in this passage besides New York City?
A.6.
B.4.
C.7.
D.5.
25. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. Manhattan is the centre of New York City.
B. New York City is made up of five parts.
C. New York looks like a long finger from the air.
D. Manhattan is an island.
26. In the second paragraph, "excitement will make it beat a little faster" here "it" refers to________.
A. this beautiful sight
B. you
C. your heart
D. New York City
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Pepys and his wife Jane had asked some friends to dinner on Sunday, September 2nd, 1666. They were up very late on the Saturday evening, getting everything ready for the next day, and while they were busy they saw the glow(微弱的光) of a fire start in the sky. By 3 o'clock on the Sunday moning, its glow had become so bright that Jane woke her husband to watch . Pepys slipped on his dressing-gown and went to the window to watch it. It seemed fairly far away, and after a time he went back to bed. When he got up in the morning, it looked, though the fire was dying down, as though he could still see some flames. So he set to work to tidy his room and put his things back where he wanted them.
While he was doing this, Jane came in to say that she had heard the fire was a bad one; hundreds of houses had been burned down in the night and the fire was still burning. Pepys went out to see for himself. He went to the Tower of London and climbed upon a high part of the build- ing so that he could see what was happening. From there, Pepys could see that it was, indeed, a bad fire and that even the houses on London Bridge were burning. The man of the Tower told him that the fire had started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane(小巷) ; the baker's house had caught fire from the over-beated oven(烤箱)and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrow lane. So the Great Fire of London, a fire that lasted nearly five days, destroyed most of the old city and ended, as it is said, at Pie Corner.
27. What is the passage about?
A. The Great Fire of London.
B. Who was the first to discover the fire.
C. What Pepys was doing during the fire.
D. The losses caused by the fire.
were up very late because______.
A. it was Sunday morning
B. they were not very sleepy
C. they were preparing for the dinner
D. they saw the great fire start
29. In the sentence" Pepys slipped on his dressing-gown. "" slip on" means________.
A. to be wearing
B. to be pushing
take off
put on
30. Why did the flames spread quickly?
A. The oven became very hot.
B. The houses were close together.
C. The baker did nothing to stop it.
D. The baker's house was burning quickly.
閱讀第一節短文理解
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篇章分析
本文是一篇說明文。文章開始提出問題：人們為什麼讀報?接著介紹了過去的`報紙，然後說明了報紙上有很多資訊，其中說明了報紙上廣告的價值。
答案及解析
21.B
【題型】主旨題
【解析】本文首先介紹了過去和現在的報紙，緊接著說了報紙的內容，可知選B是最符合題意的。
22.C
【題型】推斷題
【解析】根據文章第一句Almost every family buys at least one copy of anewspaper every day.可知，看報紙的習慣在世界上很廣泛。
23.D
【題型】細節題
【解析】由文章最後一段…but very popular section on jokes arid car-toons.可知，笑話和漫畫很受歡迎，因此推斷有很多人看。
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篇章分析
本文是一篇描述地理的文章。第一段借朋友之口說明紐約城極好，第二段則重點說明了紐約城的中心區域一曼哈頓。
答案及解析
24.A
【題型】細節題
【解析】除了New York City，文中還提到了Boston，Niagara Falls，Virginia，Washington，D.C.和Albany。一共6個地方。
25.C【題型】細節題
【解析】由文章第二段一、二、三句可知，A、B、D項均正確。由第四句From the air its shape looks like a long finger.可知是Manhattan lookslike a long finger from the air，而非New York。
26.C
【題型】語義題
【解析】由文中…and unless your heart is as hard as a stone，excitementwill make it beat a little faster.可知，it是指your heart。
Text 3
篇章分析
本文是一篇記敘文，講述了l666年在倫敦發生的一場大火。文章從一對夫婦Pepys和Jane的經歷寫這場大火。由於這對夫婦家離大火發生處很遠，因此開始時只能看到微弱的火光。第二天早上妻子Jane告訴丈夫發生了大火，並且燒燬了很多房子.而大火還在燃燒。Pepys於是找一個高點觀望，看到很多房子被燒燬。大火是由一個麵包師的烤箱起火引起的0t
答案及解析
27.A
【題型】主旨題
【解析】通過對文章的分析，可知本文記敘了倫敦的大火。而B、C、D三項文中只是提到，而非文章主旨，故不能選擇。
28.C
【題型】細節題
【解析】題幹問“他們晚上待到很晚是為了_______”。由第一段第二句They were up very late on the Saturday evening，getting everything readyfor the next day…可知是為第二天的宴會做準備。
29.D
【題型】語義題
【解析】由下文…and went to the window to watch it.可知要去窗戶那兒看火光，要穿上睡衣才行。to be wearing表示穿著的狀態;to takeoff“脫下”;to be pushing“正在推”，均不符合文義。
30.B
【題型】推斷題
【解析】題幹問“大火為什麼迅速蔓延?”由文章第二段倒數第二句…and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrowlane.中的“narrow lane”可推知，這是一個狹窄的小巷，房子一定捱得很緊。
