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　　阅读理解Nick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal.He works 60

　　hours a week.He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office.He’s been a doctor for ten years.

　　Dr Petrels gives his patients good medical advices.But he

　　doesn’t just tell his patients when to do.He also sings to them on television.Dr Petrels has his own TV show.The show is in Italia，English and French.The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice.He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language.After that，he sings another song.

　　Dr Petrels produces and performs in his own show every week.The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing.His dream is to perform in Las Vegas.His favorite songs are love songs，and he has a compact disk of love songs that he wrote.Dr Petrels says，“I always love to sing.All my problems are gone when I sing.”But when Dr Petrels was young，his father didn’t want him to be a singer，so he went to a medical school.

　　Some people tell Dr Petrels he can help people more as a doctor.But Dr Petrels says he helps people when he sings，too.“I like to make people smile.Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile.Medicine and entertainment (娱乐)both try to do the same thing.They try to make people feel good.”

　　【语篇解读】　这篇文章描绘了蒙特利尔一个有趣的医生，他不但给病人治病，还在自己的节目中为病人唱歌，给他们带来欢笑。

　　1．Dr Petrels works 60 hours a week，because he________.

　　A．gives his patients medical advices B．takes care of 159 patients a week

　　C．sings on televisionD．has his own TV show

　　解析：　细节理解题。第一段告诉我们“He takes care of 159 patients a week，所以他每周工作60个小时。

　　答案：　B

　　2．Why is Dr Petrels called a singing doctor?

　　A．Because he has been a doctor for ten years.

　　B．Because he always loves singing.

　　C．Because he is popular with his patients.

　　D．Because he also sings to his patients on TV.

　　解析：　细节理解题。由第二段的“He also sings to them on television.”我们可得知他被称为a singing doctor的原因。

　　答案：　D

　　3．In his TV show，Dr Petrels________.

　　A．sings and gives medical advices

　　B．sings about different diseases

　　C．starts to explain diseases with a song

　　D．sings love songs he wrote

　　解析：　细节理解题。根据第二段的“The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice.”我们可以知道Dr Petrels在他的节目中干些什么。

　　答案：　A

　　4．Dr Petrels’ show is popular________.

　　A．in Las VegasB．at medical school

　　C．with people who like his singingD．with patients in Montreal

　　解析：　细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing.”可推知答案为C。Dr Petrels受欢迎不只限于Las Vegas和他的病人。

　　答案：　C

　　5．Dr Petrels says he likes to________.

　　A．help people sing

　　B．make people feel better

　　C．do the same thing

　　D．make difficult people smile

　　解析：　细节理解题。最后一句“They try to make people feel good.”告诉我们Dr Petrels想干什么。

　　答案：　B阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　A three-mile-long fishhook-shaped piece of land in the middle of Chesapeake Bay, Tangier Island has always been a community set apart from the mainland．

　　These days, the island's 500-plus residents, who mostly use golf cars as transportation on the village's narrow roads and who don't allow the public consumption of alcohol, have managed to preserve their traditional culture．

　　Probably the most striking example of their heritage is the islanders' unique way of speaking．

　　David L．Shores, a linguist （话言学家） who was born on Tangier Island,

　　has found out the reason why the speech of Tangier Island strikes outsiders as strange．

　　According to Shores, the islanders pronounce their vowels louder and longer, which causes common words to sound different when spoken by Tangier natives．

　　Some, scholars have said the natives of Tangier speak an old form of English that goes back to the time of Queen F．Elizabeth I．Shores doesn't buy into that theory． "It's not Eliza- bethan English by any means," he says．" I doubt if anyone could trace it to that, because the variety of English at that time were great．"

　　Bruce Gordy, a Tangier native and a former teacher at the island's only school, has made a list of 350 strange expressions and words that he says are used and undertook only by the islanders．But Gordy clones’ think it's the strange vocabulary that puzzles outsiders most when hearing Tangier residents speak．

　　．

　　"I think what confuses t．hem is the fact that we are ' talking backwards a lot．,"

　　he say's．

　　He offers an example．"If somebody's stupid, you know what I say?" Gordy says．" I'm saying he's smart, but the way I say it makes everyone know I’m emphasizing he's stupid

　　Both Gordy and Shores believe Tangier's isolation （孤立）has led to the islanders' unusual way of speaking．

　　． Now, the economy of Tangier Island is moving away from its tradition of crabbing and fishing as the number of crabs and oysters in the bay declines．More residents are finding work on tugboats（掩船）or looking for jobs on the mainland．

　　" Of course the sons and daughters went with their dad out crabbing． You don't go with your dad on the tugboat．That's not going to preserve Tangier culture, "Gordy says．

　　．According to the text, Tangier Island

　　A．has been discovered recently

　　B．is a fast developing x-pillage

　　C．is a land of golf lovers

　　D．has a small population

　　．In Shores' opinion,

　　the language the islanders speak

　　A．can't be called English in fact

　　B．is unique in its pronunciation system

　　C．can never be understood by outsiders

　　D．shares some similarities with Elizabethan English

　　3．What's Gordy's attitude towards the preservation of Tangier culture'?

　　A．Confident．

　　B．Satisfied C．Concerned．

　　D．Angry．

　　—3、DBC

　　阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

　　Going on a road trip? The St. Louis Arch, Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge are great tourist sites. But if you prefer offbeat destinations(目的地), check out the following roadside attractions.

　　World's Largest Ball of Paint

　　Alexandria, Ind.

　　In 1977, Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere. Starting with a baseball as center, he painted layer after layer of paint day after day, year after year. The ball weighs more than 1,300 pounds, with more than 20,000 coats of paint,” which is recognized by Guinness World Records. Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history.

　　The Museum of Dirt

　　Boston, Mass.

　　The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson. Labeled(贴有标签的) glass bottles contain such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Best of all, the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap: It's free.

　　Mount Horeb Mustard Museum

　　Mount Horeb, Wis.

　　It's heaven for hotdog lovers! This museum claims to have the world's largest collection of prepared mustard (芥末). Its more than 4,100 bottles of spices come from 60 nations, including Turkey and China. Visitors learn the history of mustard, from how it's made to how it's advertised and sold. The museum's creator, Barry Levenson, loves mustard so much that he even puts it on ice cream!

　　Paper House

　　Rockport, Mass.

　　Swedish immigrant (移民) Ellis Stenman was much ahead of his time in 1922, when he started to build a two-room house almost entirely out of newspaper. At the time, people didn't give much –if any--thought to recycling paper. The house is framed with wood, but the walls are made of 215 layers(层) of newspaper.

　　64. The underlined word “offbeat” in the first paragraph has the same meaning

　　as

　　.

　　A. great

　　B. foreign

　　C. unusual

　　D. historical

　　65. If you want to add your own work to what you visit, you may choose

　　.

　　A. World's Largest Ball of Paint

　　B. The Museum of Dirt

　　C. Mount Horeb Mustard Museum

　　D. Paper House

　　66. Which of the following is true of Barry Levenson according to the text?

　　A. No spices but mustard can be found in his museum.

　　B. He travels around the world to collect mustard.

　　C. Mustard is advertised and sold in his museum.

　　D. In a way, he shows much preference for mustard.

　　阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

　　A Book Review — The Snake­Stone

　　by Berlie Doherty

　　The setting: Urban England (the cities), but also rural England (the countryside) including remote English villages.

　　The theme: The main theme is a teenage search of self­discovery, in this case the search for a mother from whom the hero was separated at an early age. Its other concerns are love, getting on with others ，being persistent and courageous and trying to deal with doubts, troubles and worries. As the book moves to a close, James' swimming coach says to him: ‘You are not like a kid obeying instructions any more. You are diving like a young man who knows where he is going.’

　　The characters: James is the hero of the story. He is a championship diver, and has a comfortable life with his foster parents(养父母)．Yet he also has the qualities to take him on a long journey to find his birth mother. The other characters in The Snake­Stone, James' parents, his diving instructor, best friend, the villagers, people he meets on his journey, are pictured realistically.

　　The turning point：The turning point in the story comes while James' foster parents are away in London, and he wonders about the identity of his birth mother. The only clue he has is a fossil, ‘the snake stone’ which she left behind along with a note on which she had written，‘Take good care of Sammie.’ It was written on a torn envelope with parts of an address still there.

　　The journey：Instead of going to London, James decides to find his birth mother. With help from his geography teacher, James sets out for the remote country village where his mother might be found. James has painful, challenging, but also humorous and happy travels. The mother he finally meets, Anne, has a minor yet powerful voice in the novel. He comes to understand why she left him at a stranger's door fifteen years before. Although the meeting is not long, it leaves him with a feeling of completeness. As a journey of self­discovery The Snake­Stone also provides its readers with a happy ending. Its hero says, on returning to his foster parents, ‘I was home.’

　　61. What is the main theme of the novel?

　　A. Life with foster parents.

　　B. Life in the world of diving.

　　C. A journey of self­discovery.

　　D. A travel around the country.

　　62. What do the coach's words in Paragraph 2 suggest?

　　A. James is a successful diver.

　　B. James is a hopeful swimmer.

　　C. James is an outgoing young man.

　　D. James is an independent young man.

　　63. The snake stone in the novel is________.

　　A. a stone with an address on it

　　B. a clue left by the birth mother

　　C. a gift from the swimming coach

　　D. a fossil left by the foster parents

　　64. Which of the following is true about the novel?

　　A. The story has a sad ending.

　　B. The story takes place in the city of London.

　　C. The characters are vividly described.

　　D. The turning point comes after the hero meets his birth mother.

　　65. It can be concluded that James' journey is ________.

　　A. worthwhile

　　B. boring

　　C. comfortable

　　D. disappointing

　　【要点综述】本文为一篇应用文，主要介绍了一本书的背景、主题、人物、故事的转折点以及人物的旅途等信息。

　　61. C　细节理解题。由第二段第一句“The main theme is a teenage search of self­discovery…”可知本书的主题是自我发现的旅程。

　　62. D　推理判断题。由第二段教练的话“You are not like a kid obeying instructions any more. You are diving like a young man who knows where he is going.”可知詹姆斯不像小孩，而是像一个知道自己方向的年轻人，由此可推断出他是一个独立的年轻人。

　　63. B　细节理解题。由第四段“The only clue he has is a fossil, ‘the snake stone’ which she left behind along with a note on…with parts of an address still there.”的叙述可知这块石头是他亲生母亲留下的线索。

　　64. C　细节理解题。由第三段最后一句“…are pictured realistically.”可知故事逼真地介绍了里面的角色。vividly与realistically意思一致。

　　65. A　推理判断题。由最后一段第三句“James has painful, challenging, but also humorous and happy travels.”及全文叙述可知詹姆斯的旅途是值得的。

　　阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。You've probably heard about sports coaches, fitness coaches, voice and music teachers, career counselors, psychiatrists(精神病医师) and other specialists who teach skills and help us cope with daily life.

　　But there's a rapidly growing kind of professional who does a little bit of everything. She or he is called a “ life coach ”. People who are at crossroads in their lives, and corporations that want to give certain employees a career boost, are turning to them for help.

　　The idea that one person’s success story can change other people’s lives for the better goes back at least to the 1930s. Dale Carnegie’s famous self-improvement program “How to Win Friends and Influence People” came along soon thereafter.

　　But this new style of life coaches includes more than enthusiastic speakers or writers. They use their own experiences in business, sports, military service, or psychotherapy (心理疗法)to help others make critical life decisions.

　　They often give their approach a slogan, such as “energy coaching” or “fearless living” or “working yourself happy”.

　　Dave Lakhani in Boise, Idaho, for instance, works with salespeople to develop what he calls a “road map”. He says an ongoing relationship with a coach is like having a personal fitness trainer for one’s career and life outside work.

　　Lakhani’s Bold Approach coaching firm also donates some of its time to help people who are anything but successful---including battered women and struggling single mothers.

　　But others in the so-called “helping professions” are not thrilled about the life-coaching movement. They say that anyone, trained or untrained, can call himself or herself a life coach, and that slick(华而不实的) promoters who mess with people’s lives can do more harm than good.

　　1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

　　A. Working Yourself Happy.

　　B. Life Coaches Help with Tough Decisions.

　　C. How to Cope with Daily Life with Life Coaches.

　　D. The Life-Coaching Movement.

　　2. The underlined phrase “life coach” in Paragraph 2 means“_______”.

　　A. The career counselor who teaches skills

　　B. The psychiatrist who helps us cope with daily life

　　C. The fitness coach who teaches us lessons

　　D. The specialist who helps us make important life decisions

　　3.The last paragraph is mainly about__________.

　　A. the introductions of life coach

　　B. the disagreements of life coach

　　C. the effects of life coach

　　D. the experiences of life coach

　　4.What is the author’s attitude towards life coaches?

　　A. Cautious．

　　B. Approving．

　　C. Casual．

　　D. Disapproving．

　　参考答案1—4、BDBA