1、【
单选题
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[1分]
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Once a week.
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Twice a week.
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Three times a week.
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Four times a week.
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2、【
单选题
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[1分]
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He left his notes at home.
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He doesn’t know where his notes are.
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He doesn’t want to lend his notes to the woman.
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He agrees to lend her his notes.
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3、【
单选题
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[1分]
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He will go in spite of the cold weather.
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He won’t go since he is not feeling well.
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He will go when he feels better.
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He won’t go as he hasn’t finished his work.
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4、【
单选题
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[1分]
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Check the timetable.
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Go to the railway station earlier.
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Travel on a later train.
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Cancel the trip earlier.
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5、【
单选题
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[1分]
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In New York.
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In Boston.
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In Newport.
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In Washington.
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6、【
单选题
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[1分]
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A clerk at the airport information desk.
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A clerk at the railway station information desk.
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A policeman.
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A taxi-driver.
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7、【
单选题
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[1分]
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A guest and a receptionist.
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A passenger and an air hostess.
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A customer and a shop assistant.
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A guest and a waitress.
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8、【
单选题
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[1分]
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He’s better.
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He’s feeling worse.
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He’s sick in bed.
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He has recovered.
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9、【
单选题
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[1分]
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The man didn’t want the woman to have her hair cut.
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The woman followed the man’s advice.
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The woman is wearing long hair now.
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The man didn’t care if the woman had her hair cut or not.
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10、【
单选题
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[1分]
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He will return from Paris in two weeks.
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He is studying French in Paris.
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He is having a vacation in Paris.
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He is planning to go back to Paris in a year.
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11、【
单选题
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[1分]
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Washing plates.
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Clearing tables.
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Shining shoes.
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Sweeping the floor.
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12、【
单选题
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[1分]
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He must work six days a week.
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He should never be late for work.
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He must study hard in his spare time.
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He should not bring his friends to the restaurant.
答案:
13、【
单选题
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[1分]
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To pay him for his work.
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To let him have 3 meals a day in the restaurant.
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To give his friends free drinks.
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To allow him to have more free time.
答案:
14、【
单选题
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[1分]
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Because the boy was not a full-time worker.
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Because the boy had made some mistakes.
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Because he thought the boy had failed to meet his requirements.
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Because he thought it was his son who should pay him.
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15、【
单选题
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[1分]
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Watching traditional plays.
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Visiting the magnificent libraries.
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Boating on the river.
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Cycling in narrow streets.
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16、【
单选题
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[1分]
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There are many visitors there.
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There are many students there.
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There are many old streets there.
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There are many bicycles there.
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17、【
单选题
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[1分]
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He thinks the city is too crowded.
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He likes the place very much.
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He thinks the streets are too narrow.
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He admires the comfortable life of the students there.
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18、【
单选题
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[1分]
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He was good at writing about interesting people.
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It was much easier to write stories about people.
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He believed that people are always easier to learn about other people.
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He thought people played an important role in world events.
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19、【
单选题
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[1分]
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Action.
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World News.
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Enterprise.
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Faces and places.
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20、【
单选题
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[1分]
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He is a sportsman.
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He is an actor.
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He is a photographer.
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He is a publisher.
答案:
21、【
单选题
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The author uses the example of the robot in space exploration to tell us ________.
[1分]
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the differences between robots and men
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the reason why men need to sleep
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about the need for robots to save power
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about the danger of men working at night
答案:
22、【
单选题
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Evolution has programmed man to sleep at night chiefly to help him ________.
[1分]
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maintain a regular pattern of life
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prevent trouble that comes looking for him
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avoid danger and inefficient labor
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restore his bodily functions
答案:
23、【
单选题
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According to the author, we cannot sleep well when we ________.
[1分]
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are worrying about our safety
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are overworked
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are in a tent
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are away from home
答案:
24、【
单选题
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Cats sleep much more than horses do partly because cats ________.
[1分]
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need more time for restoration
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are unlikely to be attackers
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are more active than horses when they are awake
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spend less time eating to get enough energy
答案:
25、【
单选题
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Which of the following is the main idea of the passage? ________.
[1分]
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Evolution has equipped all creatures with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking.
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The study of sleep is an important part of the evolutionary theory.
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Sleeping patterns must be taken into consideration in the designing of robots.
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The sleeping pattern of a living creature is determined by the food it eats.
答案:
26、【
单选题
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According to the author, being a father ________.
[1分]
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brings a feeling of excitement to some men
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has a different meaning for those who have daughters
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makes some men feel proud and others uneasy
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means nothing but more responsibilities
答案:
27、【
单选题
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It is stated in the passage that ________.
[1分]
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some parents are not prepared to have a child
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young couples do not like children at all
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working couples do not have much time to take care of their children
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many parents look forward to having a boy as their first child
答案:
28、【
单选题
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In the second paragraph, the author ________.
[1分]
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criticizes fathers for not taking enough responsibilities in bringing up their children
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excuses the American writers for ignoring the difficulties of being a father
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supports the idea that the chief role of a father is to earn money for the family
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complains about the lack of social programs to help husbands adjust themselves to being a father
答案:
29、【
单选题
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The transition to the mother’s role requires that the wife ________.
[1分]
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change her life style in a highly innovative way
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make a complete change in her everyday life to deal with the new situation
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stay at home to take care of the baby
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help her husband in his resocialization process
答案:
30、【
单选题
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Some writers argue that with respect to the change of roles, fathers, compared with mothers, ________.
[1分]
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have to shoulder more burdens
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have to make more difficult adaptations
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have an easier job to do
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can usually do a better job
答案:
31、【
单选题
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Reading as a kind of conversation between the reader and the text becomes conscious only when ________.
[1分]
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the reader’s expectations agree with what is said in the text
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the reader has trouble understanding what the author says
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the reader asks questions and gets answers
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the reader understands a text very well
答案:
32、【
单选题
】
At a lower level of comprehension, readers tend to ________.
[1分]
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read a text slowly
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read without thinking hard
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interpret a text in their own way
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concentrate on the meaning of words only
答案:
33、【
单选题
】
A “process” conversation has to do with ________.
[1分]
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the application of reading strategies
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matching our expectations with the meaning of a text
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the development of our ability to check the details
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determining the main idea of a text
答案:
34、【
单选题
】
According to the passage, it is of great importance for readers at a higher level to maintain a balance between ________.
[1分]
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conscious and unconscious levels of comprehension
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the reader’s expectations and the meaning of a text
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lower and higher levels of comprehension
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interpreting and criticizing a text
答案:
35、【
单选题
】
If we want to develop our reading ability at an advanced level, we should ________.
[1分]
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learn to use different approaches in reading different texts
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make our reading process more conscious
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pay more attention to the content of a text
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take a critical attitude towards the author’s idea
答案:
36、【
单选题
】
According to the author, in the area of the Central Valley, ________.
[1分]
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rains usually come without thunder and lightning
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it is usually dry in April
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children pay no attention to natural phenomena
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parents are not interested in thunder and lightning
答案:
37、【
单选题
】
We believe that lightning is a downward notion because ________.
[1分]
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we were taught so by our parents from our childhood
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we are deceived by our sense of vision
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it is a common natural phenomenon
、
it is a truth proved by science
答案:
38、【
单选题
】
What is TRUE about lightning according to the passage?
[1分]
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Only a small number of lightning flashes occur on earth.
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Lightning travels 5 minutes faster than thunder.
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Lightning flashes usually jump from one cloud to another.
、
There are far more lightning strikes occurring on earth than we imagine.
答案:
39、【
单选题
】
The word “activity” (Para. 3, Line 3) is most closely related to the word(s) ________.
[1分]
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“cloud”
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“lightning strikes”
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“lightning flashes”
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“thunderstorms”
答案:
40、【
单选题
】
It can be concluded from the passage that ________.
[1分]
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we should not believe what we see or hear
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things moving downward are more noticeable
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people often have wrong concepts about ordinary phenomena
、
adults are not as good as children in observing certain natural phenomena
答案: