2023年英語考點版經(jīng)典之作

第一部分交際用語1.－Ｈeｌlo,mayＩtaｌktotheheａdmaｓｔｅrnｏｗ?－C_Ａ.Ｓoｒrｙ,youcａn’tB.No,youcan’tC.sｏｒry,ｈeisbusyatｔhemoment2.–WhatｋiｎｄofＴＶprｏｇｒａｍdoyoｕｌiｋeｂest?－－AA.It’shａrdtｏｓay,acｔually

B.Iｏnlywａt(yī)chthemａt(yī)weekｅndＣ．Ｉ’mｔoｏbusytosay3．-Oh,sorryｔｏbotheｒｙou．-CA.Ｏh,Idｏn’tknoｗB．No，ｙoucaｎ’tＣ.Ｔhat’ｓokａｙ4.－Canyouturnｄowｎtheradio,ｐｌeasｅ?-Ａ.A.I’msｏrｒy,Ididn’ｔrｅaｌizeiｔwasthaｔloudB.Ｐl(wèi)easｅforｇｉvemeC.I’ｌlｋｅepiｔdoｗｎnｅxtｔime５．--ＷouldyｏumｉｎｄiｆIｏpｅnthewｉnｄowfｏrabetterｖiew?－-ＣA．That’sfｉｎｅ,thａnkyｏu

B．Yes，pｌｅaｓeC．Ofcｏｕrseｎoｔ6.–Helｌo,coulｄIspeaktｏDonpleasｅ?

--BＡ.Ｗhoａrｅyou

B.Who’ｓspｅaking?C．ＡｒeｙoｕＪａne

７.--MayIknｏｗyouｒaｄdress?

－-AA.Sｕrｅ.Heｒeyouare

B.IｈavenoideaC.It’ｓfarｆromhｅre８.—Ｈｏｗ’sthemｏvie?Ｉｎtereｓtｉnｇ?—BA．IwａssｅaｔeｄfarawａyinｔhｅcｏｒneｒＢ.Fａｒｆrom.Ｉｓhoulｄhavestaｙｅdhomewａt(yī)ｃhingTV

C.Itｗasｓhowｎlａｔeuｎtiｌｍidｎight９.—Whａt(yī)iｆｍycｏmputｅrdoesn’twork?

—BＡ.I’ｍnotgoodａｔcoｍputer

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10.－-Let’stakｅawalｋ.

--CA.Yeｓ,let’s

B.Oh,thaｎｋｓ

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Ｂ.Ｎｏpｒｏblemaｔall

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B.Itｌｏokscｏｍfｏrｔablｅ

C．No,tｈeprice’sreａｓoｎable13.－Wouｌdyoｕliketｏhａveｄinnerwitｈusｔhｉｓeｖening?－B.A.Idon’ｔkｎoｗB.Ｓｏrry，butthiseｖｅｎｉngIｈavetｏgotｏthｅaｉrportｔoｍeeｔｍyｐarｅntsＣ.No，Ｉcaｎ’t1４．–Ｗell,Maｒｙ，ｈoｗareｙｏu?--C.A.I’ｍgoｏdB.I’mpleasedC.I’mfine

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B．Thaｔ’ｓavｅrygooｄideａC.ＮeitheｒdoI1７.IｔhinktheInｔerneｔisvｅryhｅlpful.-－___＿__＿＿A＿_＿___＿____.A.Ｙeｓ,sodoI.B.That’saｖerygｏodideaC.ＮeｉtherdoＩ

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—

C

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D

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B

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C

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B

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C.You’ｒesoconsiderateD.Nｏ,thｅpｒicｅ’sreａsｏnable第二部分

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D.He’sｂeenｔakeｎ7４.-－-Whichdoｙouｌｉkebetter，reａｌmovｉes＿?Ｄ?_ｃａrtoonｓ?--Ipreｆeｒcartoons

____realｍoｖｉｅs.A.ａｎd,ｔhan

B.ｏr,ｔhａn

C.ａnd,and

D.ｏr,to7５.Whａt(yī)afoｏｌIhａｖebeen！Why＿_Ｂ__Ｉthiｎｋoftｈａt(yī)bｅｆore??Ａ.don’t

B.dｉdn’ｔ

Ｃ.not

D.ｄｏ７６.Wｅｍｕsｔmａkeadifｆerｅncｅbetween__Ａ__＿languaｇeand＿_＿＿_ｌａｎguagｅ.

A.ｓｐoken,ｗriｔｔenB.spｅakｉng,ｗｒitteｎ

C.sｐeａking,writing

D.ｓｐｅaｋ，wriｔe７7．We_＿_A__＿＿evｅrｙdayｗhｅnwｅwｅrｅｃhildｒｅｎ.A.usedｔｏsｗim

B.uｓｅdtosｗimmｉnｇ

C.usｅtoswim

Ｄ.uｓｅｔosｗｉmming７8.Youmustｅｘpｌain__C_＿?howtheｙｓucceｅdｅd____＿ｔhｅexｐeｒiment．A．ofus,fｏrB．a(chǎn)tｕs,at

C．ｔous,ｉn

D.forus,to79.Ｙoｕloｏk__＿D_＿__.What_____＿yoｕ________?A．ｔiｒe,dｉd…do

B.tｉrinｇ，have…done

Ｃ.tired，ｄo…ｄo

D.tired,haｖe…bｅeｎdｏｉng第三部分閱讀理解?短文理解1CAABB?ThｅｒehaｖｅbeｅnchangeｓｉnallsortsofdiffeｒｅntaｒeａｓofＢrｉtiｓｈsｏｃieｔy.ＩnｒecenｔyeａrｓinthｅUKweｈavｅhａdavｅｒyｌargeinｃrｅaseiｎthｅｎumberofcｏuｐleswhoｇｅｔdivorceｄ．?Ａftｅr1９６9ａndtheDiｖorceLaｗRefoｒｍActwｅhadavｅryraｐidinｃreaseｉnｔｈenuｍｂeｒofｄivｏｒceｓ．Therateinｃrｅaseｄsteadiｌyandiｎrecentyearshａｓincｒｅａseｄmｕchmoreｒapｉｄly．Butthｅrearealsoquiteａｌotoｆpｅopleｗhｏdoａctuaｌｌygetmarrieｄ.AtpresｅｎｔthemarrｉagerateinthｅUＫｉsａboｕｔ70ｐerceｎt,wｈｉchhasgonedoｗnsｉncｅtheｎｕmberｏｆｐeoplewhoｍarｒyhaｓgoneｄｏwnｑuiteａloｔintheｌａst20yｅaｒｓ,buｔmoｒｅsiｇｎiｆｉcantlyiｎthelａst10years.Quitehighproportionsｏfpeoplenoｗlivetogｅｔherwｉthｏｕtmａrryinｇ,aｎd,foｒexample，4０perceｎtｏｆchｉldrｅnbornｉntｈｅUKａｒeboｒnｔocoｕplｅｓwhoareｎ'tmarｒiedorarｅｂｏrｎtolonｅｐarents.Ｔherearequｉtealａrgeｎｕmｂerｏｆlonepａrｅnｔfamilｉes,90percentoｆｔｈeseareheadedｂｙaｗomaｎｒathｅrthanａman.

ＴｈeaveragefaｍｉｌysizeｎowｉnｔhｅＵKiｓ1.8ｃｈｉldｒeｎperｃoupｌe,whichmeａｎsｔhatｔhｅre'sbeｅnｑｕitｅadeclinｅｉｎthebirthｒateiｎｔｈｅUKalonｇwithothｅrＥuropeaｎcｏｕnｔｒｉes.

1．Ｗｈatｄｏeｓthepaｓsagemainｌydiscuｓs?_＿＿_C__＿__?A.Tｈedeclininｇdｉｖorｃerａt(yī)einｔheUK.?Ｂ.TrendsinｍａrriageanddivorceiｎtheUＫ.?Ｃ.TｈeinｃreasiｎｇｄivｏｒcerateiｎtheUK.

2.Ｄuringｔｈelasttenyears,__＿_A__＿＿.?A．tｈeｍaｒｒｉａgerａt(yī)eｈasgonedownｍｏrｅrａｐidlyiｎtheUK

B．themａrrｉageratｅhａｓgoｎeupalotiｎtheUK

C.40%oｆchiｌdrenweｒebｏrntounwedcｏuplesiｎｔｈeＵK

3.Accordingｔｏtｈepassａge,tｈecohabitationrateintｈeUＫtｅndstｏ_＿__Ａ____.

A.soar(急劇上升)

B．nｏｔmeｎtioｎedintheｐassagｅ?C.staｙｓｔabｌe?4.Accordingｔotheｐａssaｇe,ｗhｉcｈｏｆｔｈefoｌlｏwingｓtatemenｔｓiｓNOTｔrｕe?_＿B__?A．Theｍaｒriagｅrateｈasｇoｎeｄowninｒｅceｎtyｅａｒs.?B.Thehｉｇｈesｔdivｏrceratｅwasaround１９6９.?C．Themaｒriagｅｒateiｓｃｕｒrentｌy7０peｒcｅnt.

5．Tｈelａstpaｒａgraphteｌｌsus__＿＿B__＿＿．?Ａ.thebirｔｈｒａt(yī)ｅｉntheUKiｓｉncreａsｉnｇａｔthemomeｎt

B.tｈebiｒthrａt(yī)eintheUKisｄecreasingｒａｐｉdｌｙnoｗ?C.tｈｅｂiｒthrateｉnotherEuropeaｎｃountrieｓkeepsincreaｓinｇ?短文理解2ACBCC?Peoｐｌｅaｌlｏverｔｈeworｌｄｔｏｄayarebeginnｉngtｏｈearaｎｄlearnｍorｅandmｏreaboｕttheprｏblemｏfpollutioｎ.Pｏllutioniｓcauｓedeiｔherｂyman’sreleaseoｆcoｍｐｌetelynewandofｔenartifｉcｉaｌ(人造的)subｓｔａncｅｓintoｔheenｖironmｅｎｔ,oｒbｙｒeｌｅasiｎggrｅatlyｉncreaｓｅdａmountｓｏfanatuｒalsｕbstancｅ(物質），sｕｃhasoilfromoｉltankersintotheｓea．?Whａt(yī)ｅvｅriｔｓundｅrlyingｒeasoｎs,thereｉsnodoubtthaｔmuchofthepｏｌlutｉｏncａｕｓedcｏｕldbecontrollediｆｏｎlycoｍpanｉes,indｉvｉduａlsaｎdgｏvｅrｎmeｎtswｏuｌdmakemoreefforts.Ｉnthehomethereｉsａnoｂviｏuｓnｅedtｏcoｎｔrｏllitteraｎｄｗａｓｔe.Fooｄcomeswrａpｐeduｐｔhｒｅeoffoｕrtimesｉnｐackagesthatallhavetobeｄisposedｏf;ｄrinksarｅｉncrｅａsinglｙsoldinbottleｓortinsｗhichｃaｎ’tｂｅreused．Thisnotonlycaｕsesａlitｔerｐrobｌem,ｂｕｔalｓoisagｒeatwasｔeofrｅｓourceｓ,interｍsofｇｌａss,meｔaｌandpaｐer.Ａdvｅｒtisiｎgｈaｓhelpedthｉsprｏcｅsｓｂyperｓuadｉngmaｎｙofusnotｏnｌytobuythingswｅｎeithｅrwaｎｔnorneed,ｂutalsotothrｏｗａwａｙmuｃhｏfwhaｔwedｏbuｙ．Pollutionanｄwastｅcombinｅtobeapｒｏbｌeｍeｖeryonecanhｅlptoｓolｖeｂycｕtｔiｎｇｏuｔunnecessarｙｂuyｉng,excｅｓsusｅandcａｒelessdｉsｐosal(解決)oftｈeprｏｄuｃtｓwｅｕseinouｒｄaｉlｙlivｅｓ.

1.Tｈeｍaiｎcauseｏfpollｕｔｉonis____A______.?A．theｒｅleaseofarｔificialoｒnaturａlsuｂstancesintotheenvironmeｎt

B.theｐｒoductｉoｎofｎeｗｉndｕstｒiａlgｏｏds?C.incrｅaｓｅdaｍountsｏfａnaturaｌsubｓtance

2.Muchｏfthepollutioｎcouldｂｅconｔrｏlledifonｌy_＿_＿_C_____．

A.farｍerswｏulduseｌessartｉｆiｃialfｅrtilｉｚｅrs

B．goverｎmeｎtswｏulｄtakeeｆｆecｔｉvemeａsｕres?C.allsｉdeｓcｏncｅｒnedwouｌdmaｋemｏreeffoｒts

３.Fooｄpａｃkages,bｏttlesａnｄtｉnsfordrｉnｋscａｎcausｅ＿____B_____.

A.airanｄwａt(yī)erpoｌlｕtion

B.botｈaｌitterpｒobｌemandawaｓｔerｏｆｒeｓｏurces?Ｃ．topａyfoｒtheｓervicｅ

4．Ｗhichofthefollowiｎgｃａnnｏthｅlｐｓolvｉngｔｈeprobｌemofｐｏllution?＿＿C＿_?A.Cuttｉngoutuｎnecessａrybuｙiｎg.

B.Redｕcｅexcｅssｕse?C．Eatｉng.

５.Whaｔｄoestheunｄerlinedword“l(fā)itｔer”meａｎinparagraph２?_＿C__?Ａ.Ｂitsofwastthinｇｓ

B.seriｏusprｏbｌem?C.ｉndustrialpolｌuｔioｎ?短文理解３

ACBＣB?Aｆuｎnytｈｉnghａppeｎｅdonthewaｙtothecｏmmuniｃationrｅvolｕtiｏn:westｏppedtalkinｇtoeachothｅr.

Iwasｗalｋingiｎtｈｅparkwithａfrｉenｄrecently,ａndhismobｉｌephoneranｇ,interruptingouｒconvｅｒｓation.Therewｅwere,walｋingａndtalkｉngonａｂｅauｔｉｆulsunｎydayand–poof!–ＩwaｓcuｔoffasifIｈadbecomeabsenｔｆｒomthecoｎverｓaｔｉoｎ.

Tｈeparkwasｆilledwitｈpｅｏｐlｅｔaｌkingｏnｔｈeirｃelｌpｈoneｓ．Ｔheｙｗｅｒeｐａssiｎgpeｏｐlewitｈouｔlｏokiｎgａt(yī)ｔhem，sａyinｇhｅlｌｏ,ｎotｉcinｇｔｈeirｂａｂiesorsｔoppinｇｔｏｐａt(yī)theｉrdｏｇｓ.Ｉｔseeｍｓthattheliｍitleｓselecｔronｉｃvoiceispreｆｅｒrｅdtohumanｃontａct.?

Thetｅlｅphoｎeusedtoｃｏｎneｃtｙoutotheaｂsｅnt．Nｏwiｔmakespeoｐlｅｆeelaｂsent.RｅcentlyＩwasｉnaｃarｗｉthtｈｒeefriends.Thedriveｒhuｓhedtheresｔofusｂecausｅｈｅｃouldｎoｔheａrｔｈｅｐerｓononｔheothｅrｅｎｄｏfhisceｌｌphｏne．Ｔhereｗeｗere,ｆoｕrfｒｉenｄsdrｉvingdｏwｎthehｉｇhwａy,unablｅｔｏtａlkｔoeａchotheｒbecausｅoｆthesmalｌthｉngｄesｉgnｅｄtｏmaｋecommunicatｉoneaｓier．?

Whyｉｓｉｔｔｈａt(yī)themoｒｅｃoｎnectedweget,tｈemorediｓconｎｅｃtedIfeel?Everｙａｄvａｎｃeincomｍｕnicaｔionsｔeｃhnｏｌｏgyｉsasetbaｃk(退步)toｔhｅclｏsｅnｅｓｓofhuｍanintｅractiｏn.Witｈe-ｍaｉlanｄinsｔａntmessaｇeoｖertheInｔｅrnｅt,ｗecanｎoｗcommｕnicatｅwithoｕtsｅeiｎgｏrtalkiｎｇｔooneanotｈer．Withvｏiｃemail,youcanmakeenｔireconverｓatiｏnswｉtｈｏｕtevｅrreaｃhingａnyoｎe.Iｆｍymomhａｓaqueｓtioｎ,Ijustｌeavetｈeanｓwｅroｎherｍａchine．

Asaｌmosｔevｅryｃoｎtactbetweeｎhｕｍanbeingsgetsautomatｉｃ，tｈｅemoｔioｎalｄｉｓｔａｎｃeｉnｄｅｘgoｅｓup.Pumpinggasattheｓtatiｏｎ？Whyｓaygooｄ-ｍorningtoｔhｅａssistantwhｅnｙoucanswipeyoucredｉtcａｒdatthepumｐandsaｖeｙｏｕｒｓeｌfthebｏthｅrofhumａnconｔact?Makingadｅｐositａt(yī)thebank?WhytalktotheclerｋｗhoｌivesinthenｅiｇｈboｒhｏodwheｎｙoucanpuｔｙｏuｒcａrdintotheATM？

Moreaｎdmore,Ifｉndｍｙｓelfhｉｄｉｎgbehinde-mａｉltｏdoａjobmｅanｔfoｒcoｎｖersaｔiｏnｏrbeiｎｇrelieｖedthatvoicemａｉlpｉckeduｐbｅcauseIdidｎ’treaｌlｙｈaｖｅｔimｅtotalk．Ｔhetechnoloｇyｄevoｔedtoｈelｐingmｅkeｅpinｔoucｈiｓmakingmeｌonelｉｅr.

Iownａmobilephone，anATMcarｄ，ａvｏice-maｉltｅｌephｏne,anｄaｎｅ-maｉlaccount.Giｖinｇｔhemupｉsｎ’tachoice.Ｔheyaregreatforwhattheyａreinteｎｄedtodo.It’stheiｒunintｅndedｒesultsthａt(yī)mａkemeupset.Whaｔgoodiｓalltｈiｓgeｅ-wｈiztecｈnologyiftｈeｒeisnooneiｎthｅｒｏomtohearｙｏucryingｏｕｔ“Ｇeewｈｉz”?

１.Theaｕｔｈｏr’sｅxpｅriencｅofwaｌｋinｇinaparkｗithａfrｉendrｅcentlyｍadehimfｅｅl＿__＿＿＿A_＿＿___＿.

A．unｈappy

B．funｎy

Ｃ．

wonｄerful?２.Ａccordingｔotｈeaｕｔｈoｒ,hｕmａncｏｎtacｔinａｐarkmeａns___＿＿Ｃ____＿__.

A．ｌookingatｅachoｔｈerandsaｙｉnｇhｅｌlowhｅｎｐａssing?B.noticingｔｈeirbabiｅｓａｎdstoppｉｎgtopatｔheirｄｏgｓ?C.bothAaｎdB?３.Ａccｏrdｉngtotｈｅauthｏr,thｅmoｒeconｎeｃtｅdwｅgetｉncｏmｍunicationstｅｃｈｎology，the_____B___＿_＿weare.?A.ｍoreａutomatic

B.ｍｏreｄｉｓconneｃted

C.ｃloser?4.Whａt(yī)aretｈｅexampleｓｔhｅａｕthorgivestoexplaｉｎhiｓideathａt(yī)eｖeryadvaｎｃeiｎcommuniｃaｔｉonstｅchnoｌogyisaseｔbacktｏthｅclosenessｏfhumanｉntｅｒactiｏn?＿＿Ｃ_

?A．Withｅ-maｉlａndinstａntmｅssａｇeｏvertheInｔｅrnet,ｗｅcannoｗcｏmmｕnicatｅwｉtｈｏｕtｓeeinｇortaｌｋingtｏonｅanothｅr.?B.Wｉthvoicemａｉl,youcanｍaｋeeｎtirecｏnvｅｒsatiｏnswiｔhoｕteverreaｃhinganyone.

C.Alｌofthｅaｂｏve.?5.Whaｔistheuｎｉntendeｄmuniｃaｔioｎｔeｃhnｏloｇy,acｃordingtoｔheａuthor?__＿B___

A．Itmakesｃoｍmunicａｔioｎeaｓiｅrandconversaｔｉｏnpossibｌeeｖeryｗherｅ.?Ｂ.Itactualｌyｃreａｔｅsaｄistancebeｔｗeｅnpeopｌeｉnsteａdofｂｒｉnginｇtheｍtogｅtｈer.

C．Itmakｅsｈuｍaｎcoｎtactｓlimitlｅｓｓwithelectｒonｉcvｏｉcｅseverｙwheｒe?短文理解4CBCＡC?Ｓｏｍeｐｅopleｔhiｎkｔheyhaveanａnsｗertothetrｏublesｏfaｕtomobilecrowdinganｄｄirｔyａirinlarｇecｉtiｅs．Theirａnsｗerｉｓｔhebicyclｅ，or“biｋe”.?Iｎagreaｔmaｎyｃｉtｉeｓ，hｕｎｄredsｏｆpeｏｐleridebｉｃｙclｅstoｗｏrｋeｖerｙday．InNewYｏrkCｉtｙ,soｍebikerｉdｅｒshaveｅvenformedagroupcalｌedBｉkeｆoraＢeｔterCｉty.Tｈeyclaiｍｔｈａt(yī)ifmｏrｅpｅoplerodebiｃyclｅｓtoｗoｒktｈerewouldbefewerautomｏbilesintheｄownｔownsectioｎoｆthｅcityanｄthｅｒeforｅlesｓdirtyairfromｃarengｉneｓ.

Forseverａlyｅarｓthisgrouｐhasｂeentryingｔogetthecｉｔygｏvernmenttｏhelｐbｉkeｒidｅrs.Fｏｒeｘamｐlｅ,theywantthecｉｔyｔodrawbiｃyｃlelanesonｓomeｏfｔheｍaｉnstreets,ｂｅｃaｕseｗheｎbikｅｒｉｄersｈavetoｕsetｈesamelaneｓａｓcarｓ,therｅａreaccｉdents.BｉkeforaBetterＣitｙfeｅｌsthａt(yī)iftherewｅrespecｉaｌｌaneｓmorｅpeｏpleｗｏuｌdｕｓebikｅs.?Butnobｉcｙcleｌanｅsｈａveｂeeｎdｒawn．Notｅｖeryoneｔhｉｎksitisａｇoｏdiｄea-theyｓaｙitwillslowｔraｆfic.Soｍestoreｏwnersontｈｅmａｉnstreetssaｙｔhatiｆtｈｅreiｓlessｔraffｉc,ｔheｙｗｉlｌhaveleｓsｂｕsinｅsｓ.Ａｎdｍoｓtｐeoｐlelｉvｅtoofａrｆroｍdowntowｎtoｔraｖｅlｂybikｅ.

Tｈｅcitygｏvernmｅｎthaｓnotyetｄecidedｗhattodo.Ｉｔwａntsｔokeｅｐeveryｏneｈapｐy．Oｎlyｏnwｅｅkends,CentralParkisclosｅdｔocars,ａndｔheｒoadsmaybｅusedbybicｙclｅsonly.BｕtBikeｆｏraBｅｔterＣｉtysａｙsthatthisiｓｎotｅｎｏuｇhaｎdｋeeｐｓｆｉghｔingｔoｇｅｔｂicyclelanesdoｗｎtowｎ.?１.Accordｉngｔotheｐassage,bｉcｙcles____＿_C_＿_＿＿＿.?A．a(chǎn)reｍｏｒecoｎｖenienｔｔhancars?B．a(chǎn)ｒesaｆｅrtrafficｔoｏｌsthaｎcaｒｓ

C.ａrethｅsolutioｎtosomｅciｔｙproｂlｅｍｓ?2．Ｔhｅiｄｅaｏfｓpeciａlbｉcyｃｌelanesiｓmoｓｔfavoredby__＿_Ｂ____＿.

A．ｔhｅｃitygｏvｅrnmenｔ

Ｂ.sｏmebiｋｅｒiderｓ

C.sｏｍestｏrｅｏwnerｓ

3.“Bicyclelanｅs”intｈethｉrｄpaｒagraphｐrobablyｍｅａnｓ_____C__＿____．

A.roadsｆorｂicyclｅsonly

B．rｏadsｆuｌlｏfbicycles

Ｃ.sｐｅcialｐartsoｆthｅroadfｏｒbicyｃｌerｉderｓonly?4．Ｗhicｈofthefoｌlｏwinｇisnottrueａccordiｎgtotheｐassａge?_＿_Ａ___

A.ＩnNｅwＹorkCiｔy,ｍanypeopｌｅuseｂｉkesastheyhavespｅcｉａllanes?B．Soｍeｔimｅsacciｄenｔｓmayocｃurwｈencaｒsanｄbikesareonthｅsaｍelanes．?C.TheCentraｌParｋiscｌosedtoｃarsｏnｗeeｋeｎds.?5.Theｂesttｉtｌefｏrthｉspａssaｇeis______C_____＿.

A.TｒaｆficＣｒowdinginＮewYorkCｉtｙ

B.SpeｃiａｌLanesfｏrＰasｓｅnｇｅrs?C.ＳolutiontoTraffiｃＰrobleminNewＹork

短文理解5ＡBBAC?BenjaminDisｒaｅli,thｅfamousnineｔeenｔhｃeｎtｕｒｙｐriｍeminisｔｅr,ｓaid,“Ｌondonisnoｔacitｙ,

-itisanａt(yī)iｏｎ．”Ｔodａｙtｈisｉsaｎunｄｅrstａt(yī)emeｎt；Loｎｄoｎ,wｉthitsvastrａnｇeoｆｄiffｅrentｅthnic?gｒouｐs,isawｏrlｄ.

Ceｒtａinlｙ，Lｏndoｎｉsｔｈemｏstcultｕrａlｌyｄivｅｒsecitｙintheworld.

ＴhｅｃitｙwaｓｆoundedbythｅＲomansandsincethenｎeｗaｒｒｉvaｌshaｖeconstａntlyａｄdedtoｉtscharacterandprｏsｐeriｔy.

?Within1０yｅars40％ofLｏndonersｗiｌlｂefromｅｔhnicminorｉtygroｕｐs，incluｄingｔhegｒowiｎｇnumberｏfLondonerｓofmｉxedetｈnicorｉｇin,bｕtmｏstofthemwiｌlhaveｂeenbｏrnｉnＢrｉｔａin.

ChilｄreｎofCaribbｅan-ChinesemａｒｒiageswillgｏtoｓchoolwithcｈｉｌdrenoｆＲｕssian-Ｉrishcoｕｐles．NoneofthemwｉllbeEnglishｂutallofthemwｉlｌbｅLondonerｓ.

MosｔofBｒiｔain'sｅthnｉcmｉｎoｒｉｔyreｓidentｓｌiveiｎtｈeｃaｐｉtａl,sｐeaｋingｏveｒ3０0langｕagｅs.

NｅarｌｙallｏftheAfｒicanpoｐulａt(yī)ionandｍaｎyｏftｈeCariｂbeanpopｕlationｏｆBrｉtaiｎliveｉnLｏndｏn（８3％and58%ｒespectiｖeｌｙ);３9%oｆtｈｅChｉneseｐopulationｏfBrｉtainａnd36%oftｈeAsianpopulａt(yī)ioｎofBritａiｎｌｉｖeinLoｎdon.

ＴhelａｒgestmigｒａntcｏｍｍuｎiｔｙisｆroｍtheIｒisｈRepublｉcｗｉtｈ256,0０0peoｐle,３.8%oｆthetotａlpopulaｔiｏnｏfＬｏｎdoｎ.

Thｅｒearｅanestimａt(yī)ed330,000reｆuｇｅesanｄasylumseekeｒsｌiｖingｉnLondon，withmｏstreｃｅntarrivaｌｓcoｍingｆｒomEastｅｒnEuｒoｐe,NorｔｈＡfriｃaanｄKurdｉstan.?Ｙｏunｇpeople,inpａrticuｌar,areskｉlｌeｄatdｅaｌｉｎgwithalargenuｍberofdifferentａｎdhybridcultures．

Thｅythemｓelvesoftｅnhavesｅveraｌｄifferenｔetｈｎicidentitiessincetｈｅirparｅｎtsaｎdｇrandparenｔｓmaycoｍｅfrｏｍｓeveralｄifｆｅrentｂackgｒoｕndｓandtheｉrｆriｅndsandｐaｒｔnersｄｏａｌso．Theyare“skilｌｅdcross－cuｌturaltraｖｅllerｓ”wiｔｈoｕtleavingtheｉrhome－toｗｎ．

１.Whｙｄｏeｓtｈeｗriteｒtｈiｎkｔhａt(yī)BeｎjaminＤisraelｉ’ｓstateｍeｎtiｓanunderｓtateｍenｔ?

BeｃaｕsｅheｔhiｎksＬondonｉｓ____Ａ＿＿＿__.

A.

aｍiniａt(yī)ureｗoｒｌdthankstoｉtｓgreatcuｌｔuralｄivｅrsｉty?Ｂ.

ｅｖｅｎlargｅrｔhansｏmｅcountrieｓintｈｅｗoｒｌd

?C.

ｎotanaｔionatａｌl

2．ＬonｄonisregａrdeｄasｔhｅmｏstcultｕrallｙdiveｒseｃityinthewoｒldｄuetotｈeｆoｌlowiｎgｆａｃtsEＸCEPTｔhat___＿B___＿＿.

A.ｗithｉn10ｙears４０％Ｌonｄoｎｅrsｗillbeｆrｏmetｈnｉcmiｎｏritygroups?B.manyyoungpｅoｐｌeareiｍmｉｇraｎｔsfrｏｍｄifferentbａckgｒｏuｎds?C.Lｏｎdｏnaccommodatｅsaboｕｔ3３0，000rｅfugeｅｓａｎdasylumseekｅrsfrommａｎyotheｒcountrｉeｓ

3.Eｔhnicminoｒityｇroｕｐswillmakeup___＿B_＿__＿oftheＬoｎdonpｏpulａt(yī)iｏnｉｎtheｆｕturｅ.

A．36％

B.40％

Ｃ.39%

?4．ThelaｓtpａraｇraｐhmａｉｎlytｅllｓuｓinLondoｎ___A＿____．

A.ｙoungｐeopleｆｅeｌａt(yī)easewｉｔhalargenuｍberofdiｖｅrsｉfｉｅｄcｕlturｅs?B.younｇpeｏplearerａｉｓedｉnamulｔiculturａlenvｉrｏｎment?C.ｙｏｕngpeoｐlefindiｔhardtoadapttheｍselvesｔoｈｙbridcultｕres?5.Thｅpaｓｓaｇemａiｎlyｄｅalswｉth__＿_Ｃ_____．?A.theａdｖantageofhybｒidcｕｌturesinLondon?B．thｅcompoｓｉtiｏnofthepopｕlationinLonｄon?C．theculｔuｒaldiｖerｓｉtｙｉnLｏndｏｎ

短文理解６ＣＡCDＤ

Whｏwilｌstageｔhegames??ＰｒepaｒiｎｇfoｒtheＯlympｉcsGamesｉｓaｈuｇｅunｄeｒｔaking.Jｕstliketheatｈletes,ｔhehoｓtciｔyｓpeｎdsｙｅarsgｅttingreadyfｏｒｔheevent.BeｆoredecｉdiｎgwhichｃiｔｙwiｌlhosｔｔheOｌympicGames,thｅIntｅrｎaｔｉonalＯｌympｉcCommitteｅ（ＩOC)hastoexamｉnebidｓｆromallovertｈewoｒld．Ｂiddinｇforthegaｍesｂegｉnsabｏｕttｅnｙｅａｒsｉｎadvａnce.Wiｔｈoｕtpreparingａveｒyｓtｒongｂid1,acitｙwillnｏｔwiｎthecompetitiｏｎtｏhostｔhegames．Beｉjiｎｇwａｓcｈosenfoｒthe２023gamesfromfｉvｅbiｄdｅｒs—Ｏsaka,Paｒis，TorｏｎｔoａnｄIstaｎbuｌ．2?Whydoｅsｉttakesｏlｏｎｇtopｒeparｅ?

Bｕilｄiｎgｔheiｎfrasｔrucｔurｅcoｓtshugeａmountｓｏfmｏneｙ.HoldiｎgthｅWorldＣupｉn２023iｎJapａｎaｎd?SoｕthＫｏｒea,forexaｍpｌe，mｅanｔthaｔtennewstadｉumshadｔｏbebuilt,aｓweｌlasｍａｎyｈotelｓａnｄaｎimprovedtrａnsｐortsｙsｔｅm.IｎＢeｉjing,afterｗiｎningtｈｅｂｉｄthegｏｖｅrnmentｂegａnｍajorcoｎｓtructionprｏjects—tｈeextensｉonｏftheunderground，ｔheimｐrovementoftheaiｒportandｔhebuｉldｉngofｎewmoｔoｒｗays3.EaｃhｈostciｔymustalsobuilｄａｎOlympｉcvilｌaｇeforthｅaｔｈletes.Ｂｙplantｉnｇtrｅesandcｒｅatinｇｐａｒｋｓ,theｃｉtybecｏmesmｏreattracｔivｅfoｒtｏｕｒists．?WhyｄocounｔrｉｅswaｎｔtｏhostthｅＯlympicＧamｅs？

Ｈosｔinｇｔｈegameｓhasａmaｊｏｒeｆfectontheeｃonｏmｙaｎdbringsｉnternaｔiｏｎalprestigetothecoｕntrｙ.Ｔｈｏｕsandsandｔhouｓanｄsｏfvisｉｔorsｃomeｔothegamesａｎdtｈｅhｏstcｉtｉesａｒepeｒmａｎentlｙｉｍprｏveｄ.

1．BiddinｇfortheOｌｙmpｉｃGaｍesusuａｌlｙｓtaｒts__＿__Ｃ＿__＿__befoｒethｅｇamｅsaｒerｅａllｙhｅld.?A.twoyearsB.

eｉghtyeａｒs

C．tenyears?2.短文理解7FFTTNG?ThｅancienｔOlympicＧaｍeswerｅpartofaｒeligiｏuｓfestivalinhonoｕｒｏｆtheＧreekgoｄZeus,thｅｆatheroｆallGrｅｅｋgodsａndｇoddｅｓseｓ.ThｅfestｉｖalａndｇａmeswｅｒｅheｌdinＯlｙｍpia,areligiｏｕｓｓanctuary.TheａｔhｌeteｓｃaｍｅｔoOｌymｐiafromallpartsoftheＧrｅeｋwｏrld,ｆｒoｍasｆaraｓSpainintｈewestanｄTuｒkeyｉｎtｈeｅast.

ThｅａnｃｉenｔOlympicGａmeｓbegaｎiｎtheyear７76ＢＣｗhｅｎKｏroibｏs，acookfｒomthｅｃitｙofEｌis，wonａ20０－metｒe-longrace．Ｔｈeytookplaceｆorａｐerｉｏdof617yeａrsuntｉlthｅlastgamｅswerｅheｌdinAD３93.

Inthｅanciｅｎｔｇames,athletｅsreceｉvedprｉzesworｔhｌａrgｅamountsof