1、4.The author of the text intends toUnit 5 Ca nada-“The True NorthI.閱讀理解The website Farmers O ” calls itself an online dating and friendshipfin der. The idea started in the mi nd of a man, Jerry Miller in Ohio. He won deredhow farmers could meet new people who understand the life of a farmer. Jerry M

2、iller is not a farmer buthe represe nts a lot of farmers.As he tells it, the idea for the site was planted when a farmer told him oneday that she was recen tly divorced and would like to date. But some one would in vite her to meet forc offee at nine o clock at night, when she had to start her day a

3、tfive the n ext morning.So, in 2005, Jerry Miller launched his website. You don t have to be a farmer to be on Farmers O . But you do have to have the good old-fashionedtraditional values of America s heartland.”in the United States or Canada to be a member of the site.Some services are free, but a

4、full membership costs fifty dollars for a year. Asof last week the sire listed more tha n 58,000 members. Many of them are farmers inthe United States. Others are students or workers involved in some way with agriculture. Jerry Millertells us about thirty marriages in the last year have resulted fro

5、m his website.through a group, Singles in Agriculture, which in 1986. Itorganizes gatherings that usually service. The purposeis to support educational and social activities that offerpeople a cha nee for frien dship. Its website, ” ,says there are m orethan l,000 membersacross the na

6、tion and as far away as France.I.Jerry Miller startedA.help farmersC.un dersta nd farmers2. What does the un derl ined sentence in Paragraph 2 in dicate?A. She dislikes city lifestyle.B. She prefers late ni ght coffee.C. Country life isn t well understood.D. It s tiring to get up early.3. Which of t

7、he follow ingis TRUE of sin gles in ”？A.Its services are free.B. It provides dat ing services.You also have to liveSomefarmers have also found lovewas formed as a non profitorga ni zati onend with a dance, but is not a datingFarmersO ” in order toB.support traditi onsD.represe nt farmers4.The

8、author of the text intends toC. Only farmers call become its members.D. Farmers in France can t ben efit from it.3A. advertise for the two websitesB. i ntroduce two websitesC. en courage social activitiesD. urge readers to help farmers5.It can be in ferred from the text that_.A. all farmers desire m

9、arriageB. farmers are easy to meet new peopleC. more farmers get divorced in the USAD. the Internet helpsimprove farmers social lifeEvery one hates to wait i n lin es. We get that an xious feeli ng that ourpreciouslife is slipping away while we re doing something so meaningless. But it s notalways t

10、he length of the wait we find so unbearable.Some people camp outside Apple st ores for anentire night just to get their hands on the latest product. But waiting 10 minu tes in a grocery store just tobuy a drink? Forget it.Our behavior whe n wait ing is only partly decided by the len gth of the wait.

11、“Often the psychology of queuing is more important than the statistics of the wait itself, ” no tes theMIT researcher Richard Lars on.One appare nt aspect of queu ing psychology is that we get bored whe n we wait in line. This issueis solved in many ways, from magaz ines in hospital wait ing rooms t

12、o mirrors in elevators so that wecan check our appeara nee.We really hate it when we expect a short wait and then get a long one. But studie s show that weare much more patient when we are given an idea of how long we llbe wait ing.Walt Disney Co knows this better tha n anyone else. It posts estimat

13、ed wait ing times for attractionsin its theme parks. But accord ing to Lars on , these times areoverestimated so that visitors get to the front of the queue more quickly than they expect. It keeps themhappy.But perhaps the biggest in flue nee on our feeli ngs about wait ing in a line has to do with

14、oursense of fair ness.When it comes to queues, the uni versallyack no wledged sta ndard is first come, first served. Any departure from this prin ciple is regarded as unfair and can lead to viole nt queue an ger.You ve probably experie need mild queue an ger yourself in fast food restaura nts, watch

15、 ingpeople in the other line zoom ahead of you, curs ing yourself for havi ng chosen the“wrong ” line. In order to solve this problem, the serpentine（蛇形） linewas inven ted. The serpe ntine line guides all customers into one big snakingqueue, separated by ropes or barriers. When you reach the head of

16、 the queue, you are directed to then ext available server, or teller, or customs official. The serpentine line isn t alwaysfaster than multi-lines before an array（排） of4cash registers. But it offers importa nt comfort: you absolutely n ever have to seesome one arrive after you and get served before

17、you.In life, wait ing is in evitable. But a better un dersta nding of the psychologyof wait ing can help make it a bit more bearable. When all else fails, bring a bookor a smartph one will also do.5n the 1st para., the author intends to tell us .A. why people are crazy about Apple s productsB. peopl

18、e waste their precious time in queu ingC. waiting time is not the only cause for people s hate in queuingD. the psychology is the real reas on why people hate to wait in lines6.Walt Disney Co makes people queu ing happily by .A. havi ng people queue in serpe ntine linesB. letting people know how lon

19、g they will wait exactlyC. maki ng people queue shorter tha n they are in formedD. offeri ng people magaz ines to read whe n wait ing in lines 7.Serpe ntine line is inven ted to .A. make the waiti ng line move fasterB. guara ntee the first-come-first-served prin cipleC. solve the problem of feeli ng

20、 bored in queu ingD. guide all customers into one big snaking queue8.The main purpose of the passage is .A. to explain the advantages of serpentine lineB. to introduce ways of saving time in queuingC. to offer an expla nati on of the psychology of queu ingD. to an alyze the psychology of people queu

21、 ing for Apple productsn.語法填空People visit other coun tries for 丄(variety ) reas ons.Sometravel on bus in ess;2_travel to visit interesting places 3 are only found in other countries, such as the Taj Mahal in India, the temples of Thailand, or the Pyramids at Giza.4 you go, and for whatever reas on,

22、it is importa nt to be safe. A tourist canattract a lot of attention fromlocal people. While the majority of people you llmeet whe n travelli ng are sure to be frien dly and 5_ (welcome) , there are dan gerstheft being the most com mon. J ust as in your home coun try, do not expect every one you mee

23、t to befriendly and helpful.is important to prepare for your trip in advanee,and to take precautions(警惕) while you 7_ (travel ).As you prepare 8 your trip,make sure you have the right paperwork. You don t wantto get to your destinationonly _9_ (find ) you have the wrong visa, or worse, thatyour pass

24、port is about to expire(至 U 期).Also, make sure you travel with propermedical in sura nee, so that if you are sick or injured duri ng your travel, you will be able to get treatment. If you want to drive while you are abroad, make sure you have 10 intern atio nal driver s licenee.川.短文改錯Dear Patti,5I m

25、 writing to you for some advice on my studies. As you know it, football isa very popular sport in the world and I am attracting to it and I have fallen inlove with it, which makes me feel so crazy. I have bee n spe nt lots of time doing many things related toit, like watchi ng football matches, read

26、i ng n ewspapers and magaz in es, and search ing for the Webfor more in formati on about football. As the result, it has certa inly disturbed my no rmal study. ThoughI know to be a football fan is myhobby and mymajor objective is to learn more knowledges in school, Ican t concentrate my lessons and

27、gradually I am tired of them. I am still a senior two middle schoolstude nt, so I ll have my own bus in ess even whe n I g row up, so I am not likely to do a job in the fieldof football. But now I can t stop myself intogetti ng in volved further with football.So I feel verydepress ing and want to kn

28、owhow to deal with the contradiction between my studies and hobbies.Sin cerely yours,Li Mi ng答案I.閱讀理解A語篇導讀：鄉村生活的作息規律讓農民的社交生活受到了限制，受此啟發，專門為農民創辦的網絡約會與交友的網站應運而生。1. A 推理判斷題。Jerry Miller是在聽完一位女性農民的苦衷后才創辦了這個網站，以便為農民網上約會和交友提供方便，由此可推斷他創辦網站的目的是幫助農民。2. C 句意理解題。有人邀請她在晚上九點喝咖啡，可是她必須在第二天早上五點起床，由此 可推斷鄉村生活沒有被很好地理解。

29、3. A 正誤判斷題。根據最后一段第1 句中的a non profit orga nizati on”可知這是一個非營利性機構，它創辦的網站提供的是免費服務。4. B 作者意圖題。作者只是客觀地介紹了Jerry Miller 創辦的網站，順便提及了另外一個網站，并沒有發表自己的觀點，所以作者意在對兩個網站進行介紹。5. D 推理判斷題。由文中介紹的這兩個關于農民社交的網站可推知因特網有助于提高農民的 社交生活。B語篇導讀：這是一篇講述排隊心理的文章，文章說明了影響排隊心理的一些原因以及一些解決辦法。5. 【解析】細節理解題。由第一段But it s not always the length

30、of the wait we findso un bearable ”可知排隊時間不是人們憎恨排隊的唯一原因。【答案】C6. 【解析】細節理解題。由第五段 these times are overestimated so that visitors getto the front of the queue more quickly tha n they expect. It keeps them happy.”可知。【答案】C7. 【解析】細節理解題。由倒數第二、三段中的the universallyacknowledged standardis first come, first served”和“ you absolutely n ever have to see some one arrive6after you and get served before you” 可知。【答案】B8. 【解析】主旨大意題。由文章最后一段可知。【答案】Cn.語法填空【答案】. .various 2.others 3.that/which 4.Wherever 5.welcomi ng6t7.are travelli ng 8.for 9.to find 10.an川.短文改錯Dear Patti,I m writi