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用心 爱心 专心1 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 2020 小题 每小题小题 每小题 2 2 分 满分分 满分 4040 分分 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的四个选项中 选出最佳选项 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的四个选项中 选出最佳选项 A Foulsham House is a fine stone house of the 1790s It stands high above the River Byre in twenty five hectares 公顷 of the best farmland in the south west Smithson built the house and the story goes that George the young Prince 王子 of Wales fell in love with the beautiful lady Kitty Wake at one of the first Lord Foulsham s wild parties Many great men have ridden on the hills about Foulsham House and many fine ladies have taken tea in the Green Room The house has eight bedrooms three bathrooms two living rooms and a dinning room with a real Adam fireplace The gentleman s library has a view over the park and the river that is quite without equal All rooms are light and airy with good high windows and wood floors At the back of the house in the buildings in which the third Lond Foulsham kept the borses which made him famous there is garage space for four cars In many other ways this house of the 1790s meets the needs of the 1970s If you wish to know more about Foulsham House write to Harvery Platt Longford on floors and beds and in libraries offices and museums 59 The purpose of this article is to A warn us of the wickedness of napping B explain the danger of sleepines 用心 爱心 专心3 C discuss the side effects of napping D convince the readers of the necessity of napping 60 The American sleep debt Linel 2 Para 3 is the result of A the traditional misconception the Americans have about sleep B the sleep policy of the Clinton Administration C the rapid development of American industry D the Americans worry about the danger of sleepiness 61 The second sentence of the last paragraph tells us that it is A preferable to have a sound sleep before a night shift B good practice to eat something light before we go to bed C essential to make up for lost sleep D natural to take a nap whenever we fee the need for it C Meet the new Volvo 460 Volvo with so much going for it you ll find it very easy to get into the driving seat You will love the feel of this car even before you ve turned the key Standard features on all models include adjustable steering column 可调整方向盘支撑杆 heated seats electric sunroof On the GLE and Turbo models there are electric windows heated door mirrors and power assisted steering The level of comfort and equipment is extravagant 豪华的 even by Volvo s generous standards More comforting still is the knowledge that all this luxury 奢移 is designed around Volvo s rigid adherence 严格确保 to safety But the real excitement starts when the engine starts The 460 is a stylish performer Smooth responsive and very lively particularly the Turbo version This car drives like a dream And while getting into the driving seat is easy getting out is another matter At the end of your test drive you won t want an open door 62 What s the purpose of this passage A To invite you to meet the new Volvo 460 用心 爱心 专心4 B To tell you how to drive a car C To give you some information about Volvo 460 D To introduce the new Volvo 460 and invite you to buy it 63 What s the most important feature 特点 of the new Volvo 460 A The feel of this car B A stylish performer C Rigid adherence to safety D The level of comfort and equipment 64 What do the last two sentences want to say A An open road is more important than an open door B People don t want an open door but an open road C People don t want to leave the car after the test drive D People decide to buy the car after the test drive 65 What s the best title for this passage A The New Volvo 460 A Test Drive Isn t Enough B The New Volvo 460 Your Best Choice C The New Volvo 460 Drives Like a Dream D The New Volvo 460 The Real Excitement D The World Trade Organization WTO founded on January 1 1995 aims to encourage international trade to flow as possible making sure that trade agreements are respected and that any disputes 争端 can be settled In the five years since its founding the WTO has become well known as one of the world s most powerful economic organizations taking its place alongside the World Bank and International Monetary Fund 用心 爱心 专心5 The system of global rules for international trade however dates back half a century to 11948 when the Ceneral Agreement on Tariffs 关税 and Trade GATT was formed after World War As time went by it became clear that the GATT had two major drawbacks the limited areas of trade it covered and the lack of an effective system to settle disputes After seven years of trade talks ending in 1994 the so called Uruguay Round finally gave birth to the WTO complete with an effective system to settle disputes and new rules covering trade in services and intellectual property 知 识产权 Even after seven years of talks and 22 500 pages of agreements there were still problems especially the difficult to deal with areas of agriculture and services which the member nations agreed to revise in 2000 The WTO with its head office in Geneva has 135 members with 30 more waiting to join 66 From the passage we know that the GATT stopped working A soon after World War ended B a little more than 50 years after World War C just in the year 1994 D seven years before the Uruguay Round talk 67 Compared with the GATT the WTO A didn t pay enough attention to services and intellectual property B got its members to sign the agreements more easily C has got too many areas of international trade to deal with to work effectively D can do better to settle disputes in more areas of International trade 68 In the new century the WTO will A take the place of the World Bank and international Monetary Fund B have more members and settle more problems C make complete new rules in every area of international trade 用心 爱心 专心6 D have new rules covering trade in services and intellectual property 69 The underlined word drawbacks means A changes B weak points C strong points D improvements E Convenience Foods Instead of buying only fresh foods Americans nowadays buy many more convenience foods These are foods which are ready partly or completely prepared Many of them are frozen such as frozen dinner heated serve French fries and frozen pizzas There are also many canned convenience foods such as ready made spaghetti soups stews and vegetables Convenience foods save time and trouble They are popular with people who are busy or who don t like to cook or wash dishes But they often cost more than fresh unprepared foods and may contain man made additives Also many people feel they don t taste as good as home cooked foods Health Food and Coops In the 1960s a back to the earth movement was started by young people in the United States The movement was a reaction against the harmful effects of technology From the movement came a new understanding for food and health Many people now prefer natural and organic 有机物 foods to the prepared foods sold in health food stores and in food co ops which are small stores where customers help manage the store In co ops food is usually not packaged Customers bring their own bags and jars and take their food out of boxes or basket The Diet Craze 节食热 These days Americans are more and more concerned with their weight Perhaps as many as 70 million Americans are on weight dollar business American supermarkets sell a variety of diet foods such as diet soft drinks diet candy and diet salad dressings Dieters also spend money on diet pills exercise machines and jogging suits 健美服 Each year dozens of new diets are 用心 爱心 专心7 popularized They have such names as the Miracle 奇效的 Diet the Nine day Wonder Diet and the East 24 hour Diet There is even one called the lce Cream Diet which advises dieters to eat only ice cream for lunch and dinner For dieters who can not lose weight on their own there are many well organized diet groups which offer help and encouragement 70 Generally speaking convenience foods in America A are shipped from foreign countries B are made by farmers on farms C are popular with some people D are better than fresh ones 71 From the fourth paragraph we can find that A the diet craze in the US is unnecessary B rich American people should offer their money to the poor C businessmen are getting much money from the diet craze D fat Americans are too foolish to take too much food 72 What s the writer s opinion on American diets A They are all effective to people B They are of no effect to people C The Ice Cream Diet is the best D Not all of them are believable F Most of the people who appear most often in the history books are great conquerors 征服者 and generals and soldiers while the people who really helped civilization 文明 forward are often never mentioned at all We do not know who first set a broken leg or made a seaworthy boat or calculated 计算 the length of the year but we know all about the killers and destroyers People think a great deal of them so much so that on all the highest pillars 柱子 in the great cities of the world you will find the figure 用心 爱心 专心8 of a conqueror or a general or a soldier And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are those that have beaten in the battle the greatest number of other countries and ruled over them as conquerors It is just possible they are but they are not the most civilized Animals fight so do savages 野蛮人 so to be good at fighting is to be good in the way in which an animal or a savage is good but it is not to be civilized Even being good at getting other people to fight for you and telling them how to do it most efficiently this after all is what conquerors and generals have done is not being civilized People fight to settle quarrels Fighting means killing and civilized people ought to be able to find some way of settling their quarrels rather than by seeing which side can kill off the greater number of the other side and then saying that the side which has killed most has won and not only has won but because it has w