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42、Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was
答案：A
(5)、The best title for this passage is \ A：T B：F
答案：B
strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's idea of non-violent
resistance. Having received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston University, he 43、A public house which was recently bought by Mr. James is up for sale. He is going became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in to sell it because it is haunted (闹鬼的). He told me that he could not go to sleep one 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington . to night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. The next morning, he found fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all people, and delivered his that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Though Mr. best known speech \James had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost (鬼) must have drunk Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later.
the night before. When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink,
Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white he shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept it even if he and the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a gives it away. federal holiday in Luther King's honor. He lives in people's hearts forever. (1)、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old. A：T B：F 答案：A
(2)、Martin Luther King was a black minister only. A：T B：F 答案：B
(3)、Martin Luther King's Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years. A：T B：F 答案：A
(1)、Mr. James was the owner of the public house. A：T B：F 答案：A
(2)、Mr. James had not turned off the lights that night. A：T B：F 答案：B
(3)、Mr. James built the house. A：T B：F 答案：B
(4)、Mr. James found sixty empty bottles.
(4)、The underlined word \in the second paragraph could be replaced by \ A：T B：F A：T B：F
答案：B
(5)、The writer of the passage believes Mr. James' story. A：T B：F 答案：B
44、Great changes have been made in family life because of science and industry.
(4)、Grandparents will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future. A：T B：F 答案：B
(5)、Large families cannot fit in with a highly industrialized society. A：T B：F
In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children.
答案：A In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often, too,
uncles and aunts lived nearby. But when industry became more important than agriculture 45、My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it and I in American life, families became smaller because industry requires workers who are ready washed a lot of things.
and able to move off the land and to move again whenever necessary. And large families Everything worked well, but I found one of my husband's socks missing. I looked everywhere can not be moved from place to place as smaller families can. So, at present people tend for it, but I couldn't find it anywhere. to have smaller families.
The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students
In the future, because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to came in. I greeted them first and then told them what we were going to do that day. move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller. The typical family may When I turned around to write on the blackboard, the class broke out a roar! remain childless and consists only of a man and a woman. A small number of families may They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the take child raising as their chief work. At the same time they may also raise other people's headmaster would be into seeing all this. children, leaving those families free to move from job to job.
I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided
(1)、The passage discusses influence of science and industry on American families. to pay no attention to them and I continued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, A：T B：F 答案：A
they roared even more.
Finally, the teacher who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter
(2)、Families of the past, the present and the future are described in the passage. was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too! A：T B：F 答案：A
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(3)、People no longer want to have children. So that's how I found my husband's missing sock. A：T B：F 答案：B
\well,\I said to the class. \just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static (静止的) electricity.\
(1)、The writer was a teacher. A：T B：F 答案：A
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They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. \
(2)、When the writer turned around to write on the blackboard, the class began to laugh backward\loudly. A：T B：F 答案：A
eleven.\
\was not to leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never liked mirrors.
(3)、She couldn't find one of her husband's socks, because her husband had taken it away. (1)、Tom went into the station cafe because Mike asked him to have a cup of tea. A：T B：F 答案：B
A：T B：F 答案：B
(4)、The teacher from the next room laughed, because he found a sock on the back of the (2)、Tom and Mike talked while drinking. writer's skirt. A：T B：F 答案：A
(5)、The students told her about the laughing. A：T B：F 答案：B
46、Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would
A：T B：F
not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were
答案：A
standing in line, others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their
(5)、Tom arrived in Paris on time.
teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around, but there was no place for
A：T B：F
him to sit.
答案：B
He walked into the station cafe. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty
to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror on the wall. Just then, 47、My Aunt Edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what Mike, one of Tom's workmates came in and sat with Tom.
was then thought to be a very serious heart disease. A：T B：F 答案：A
(3)、When Tom looked at the clock in the mirror, it's actually half past twelve. A：T B：F 答案：A
(4)、From the story we know that when we look at a clock in a mirror, we will find it's going backward.
Aunt Edith didn't accept defeat easily. She began studying medical reports in the reply. library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, Dr. Michael A：T B：F DeBakey, of Houston, Texas. He had saved the life of someone with the same disease. The 答案：A
article said his fees were very high; Aunt Edith couldn't possibly pay them. But could (5)、Michael DeBakey mainly told Aunt Edith in the letter that her disease was so serious he tell her of someone whose fees she could pay
that he couldn't cure her.
So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live: her A：T B：F
three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years; her little-girl 答案：B
dream of traveling and seeing the world. There wasn't a word of self-pity－only warmth
48、People often say that the Englishman's home is his castle. They mean that the home
and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.
is very important and personal. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats,
A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didn't wait to come in; she stood in
and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them personal, and change
the hall and read aloud:
them in any way they like. Most houses have a garden, even if it is a small one, and the
Your beautiful letter moved me very deeply. If you can come to Houston, there garden is usually loved. The house and the garden are the private space of a person. In
will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation.
a crowded city a person knows that he or she has a private space which is only for himself
Signed :Michael DeBakey
or herself and for invited friends.
(1)、Aunt Edith stopped working as a secretary when she knew she had a very serious heart
People usually like to mark their space. If you are on the beach you may have spread
disease.
your towels around you; in the rain you may have put your coat or small bag on the seat
A：T B：F
beside you; in a library you may spread your books around you.
答案：B
Once I was traveling on a train to London. I was on a section for four people and
(2)、From the story we can see Aunt Edith accepted defeat easily.
there was a table between us. The man opposite to me had his briefcase on the table. There
A：T B：F
was no space on my side of the table at all. I was unhappy. I thought he thought that
答案：B
he owned the whole table. I had been reading a book about nonverbal （非语言的）
(3)、In Aunt Edith's letter to the doctor, she showed she was warm, humorous and enjoying
communication so I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his case! When I
living.
did this he suddenly became angry and his eyes nearly popped out （突出）of his head.
A：T B：F
I had taken up his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off in order to read them.
答案：A
He immediately moved his case to his side of the table.
(4)、When Aunt Edith mailed her letter, she didn't expect the doctor would give her a
(1)、The home matters greatly to Englishmen. A：T B：F 答案：A
(2)、The British can own private space like the house and the garden. A：T B：F 答案：A
and unhappy that the manager asked what had happened to him.
The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: \servant enters the room, he will drop it.\
On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was very excited.
(3)、According to Paragraph 2, if you spread your books around you in a library, it means Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered you want to tell others the space belongs to you. A：T B：F 答案：A
the room, he dropped it. There was horror on everybody's face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was packed separately. (1)、The story took place in the United States.
(4)、The man opposite to the writer showed that he owned the whole table by reading a A：T B：F book.
A：T B：F 答案：B
(5)、The writer tried to get back his space by moving the case off the table. A：T B：F 答案：B
49、A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became
答案：B
his fiancée （未婚妻）. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted
(4)、The shop manager came to talk to the young man, because he was poorly dressed.
to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but
A：T B：F
he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next morning he went to
答案：B
a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond… but all these things
(5)、On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man was excited because the girl was in
were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful
love with him.
vase. That was a suitable present for his fiancée. He had been looking at the vase for
A：T B：F
half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad
答案：B 答案：B
(2)、The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich, according to the passage. A：T B：F 答案：A
(3)、The young man wanted to buy a present as a Christmas gift for the girl. A：T B：F