1、閱讀理解Unit 1(1)Memory Lane Isnt What It Used to BeAbout this time every year, I get very nostalgic. Walking through my neighborhood on a fall afternoon reminds me of a time not too long ago when sounds of children filled the air, children playing games on a hill, and throwing leaves around in the stre

2、et below, I was one of those children, carefree and happy. I live on a street that is only one block long. I have lived on the same street for sixteen years. I love my street. One side has six houses on it, and the other has only two houses, with a small hill in the middle and a huge cottonwood tree

3、 on one end. When I think of home, I think of my street, only I see it as it was before. Unfortunately, things change. One day, not long ago, I looked around and saw how different everything has become. Life on my street will never be the same because neighbors are quickly growing old, friends are g

4、rowing up and leaving, and the city is planning to destroy my precious hill and sell the property to contractors.It is hard for me to accept that many of my wonderful neighbors arc growing old and wont be around much longer. I have fond memories of the couple across the street, who sat together on t

5、heir porch swing almost every evening, the widow next door who yelled at my brother and me for being too loud, and the crazy old man in a black suit who drove an old car. In contrast to those people, the people I see today are very old neighbors who have seen better days. The man in the black suit s

6、ays he wants to die, and another neighbor just sold his house and moved into a nursing home. The lady who used to yell at us is too tired to bother anymore, and the couple across the street rarely go out to their front porch these days. It is difficult to watch these precious people as they near the

7、 end of their lives because at one time I thought they would live forever. The “comings and goings” of the younger generation of my street are now mostly “going” as friends and peers move on. Once upon a time, my life and the lives of my peers revolve around home. The boundary of our world was the g

8、utter at the end of the street. We got pleasure from playing night games, or from a breathtaking ride on a bicycle. Things are different now, as my friends become adults and move on. Children who rode tricycles now drive cars. The kids who once played with me now have new interests and values as the

9、y go their separate ways. Some have gone away to college, a few got married, two went into the army, and one went to prison. Watching all these people grow up and go away only makes me long for the good old days. Perhaps the biggest change on my street is the fact that the city is going to turn my p

10、recious hill into several lots for new homes. For sixteen years, the view out of my kitchen window has been a view of that hill. The hill was a fundamental part of my childhood life; it was the hub of social activity for the children of my street. We spent hours there building forts, sledding, and p

11、laying tag. The view out of my kitchen window now is very different; it is one of tractors and dump trucks tearing up the hill. When the hill goes, the neighborhood will not be the same. It is a piece of my childhood. It is a visual reminder of being a kid. Without the hill, my street will be just a

12、nother pea in the pod. There was a time when my street was my world, and I thought my world would never change. But something happened. People grow up, and people grow old. Places change, and with the change comes the heartache of knowing I can never go back to the times I loved. In a year or so, I

13、will be gone just like many of my neighbors. I will always look back to my years as a child, but the place I remember will not be the silent street whose peace is interrupted by the sounds of construction. It will be the happy, noisy, somewhat strange, but wonderful street I knew as a child.Statemen

14、ts1. By saying “nostalgic”, the writer means that he misses his parents very much.2. The writer feels sentimental every time he walks along his street every year when autumn comes. 3. The writer has been living on the same street for sixteen years since he was born.4. The writer finds it hard to acc

15、ept the fact that many of his good neighbors are moving out. 5. The lady who used to yell at the writer and his brother for being too loud has ceased to live. 6. The writer thinks of the past all the more when he sees those who had grown up with him leave the neighborhood they grew up in. 7. None of

16、 the writers friends and peers still lives on the street now.8. The biggest change on the writers street is removing the hill to make way for residential development.9. When the writer says that his street will be another pea in the pod, he means that his street will have some new attractions.10. Th

17、e writer will move out of his street like many of his neighbors in a year or so.答案: 1-5 F T N F F 6-10 T F T F T1）記憶里是不是有什么它曾經是 每年這個時候，我非常懷念。走在我家附近的一個秋天下午的時候我想起不久前，當空氣中充滿了孩子們的聲音，孩子們在山上玩游戲，扔在附近的街道葉子，我是其中的一個孩子，無憂無慮的和高興。我住在一個街道只有一個塊長。我住在同一條街上的16年。我愛我的街道。一方有六上的房屋，和其他只有兩棟房子，中間用小山丘和一個巨大的三葉樹，一端。當我想回家，我想我的街

18、道，只有我看到它，因為它是以前。不幸的是，事情的變化。有一天，不久前，我環顧四周，看到一切都變得不同。我的街頭生活永遠不會相同，因為是快速成長的老鄰居，朋友在成長過程中和離開，這個城市正計劃破壞我的珍貴的山和出售該物業給承建商。 這是我很難接受我的鄰居有很多精彩的弧線變老，不會被周圍更長。我喜歡街對面的情侶，誰坐在一起回憶起來的陽臺，幾乎每天晚上，隔壁的寡婦誰罵我的兄弟和我的太大聲，和黑色西裝誰開車1的瘋老頭舊汽車。相反，對這些人的人，我今天看到誰是很老鄰居看到更好的日子。在黑色西裝的男子說，他想死，和另一名鄰居，賣掉了房子，進入療養院感動。這位女士用誰罵我們是太累了，麻煩了，和街對面的夫婦很

19、少出去這些天他們的前面門廊。這是很難看著他們接近自己的生命結束這些珍貴的人，因為在同一時間，我以為他們會永遠活著。 的“缺憾和我的街頭年輕一代戈斯”現在大多是“走出去”作為朋友和同行繼續前進。很久很久以前，我的生活和我的同齡人的生活圍繞著家庭。我們世界的邊界是在街道的盡頭水溝。我們從晚上玩游戲，或從上一個騎自行車的驚險樂趣。現在不同了，正如我的朋友們長大成人，繼續前進。現在孩子誰騎三輪車駕駛車輛。孩子們誰曾經和我一起玩現在有了新的利益和價值，因為他們分道揚鑣。有些人走了上大學，有幾個結了婚，兩人入軍隊，一個進了監獄。看著這些人長大了，離開只是讓我為過去的好時光長。 也許我的街頭最大的變化是，城

20、市是要轉化為新的家園我的珍貴的幾個地段山。對于16年，認為從我的廚房窗口已經是該山的看法。這座山是我的童年生活的基本組成部分，它是社會活動，我的街頭兒童中心。我們花了幾個小時有建筑要塞，雪橇，和打標簽。從我的廚房窗戶認為現在是非常不同的，它是一個拖拉機和自卸卡車撕裂了山。當山上去，鄰里會不一樣。這是我的童年一塊。它是作為一個孩子的視覺提醒。如果沒有山，我只是一個街道將在莢豌豆。 曾經有一段時間當我的街道是我的世界，我以為我的世界將永遠不會改變。但是很多事情發生了。人長大了，人們變老。地方的變化，并與變化而衍生出來的知道我不能回去的時候，我愛心痛。在1年左右，我將離開我的鄰居一樣多。我總是會回到

21、我作為一個孩子來，但我記得的地方將不再是沉默的街道是由建設和平的聲音打斷了。這將是快樂的，嘈雜，有些奇怪，但奇妙的街上，我作為一個孩子知道。 報表 1。說“懷舊”，作者表示，他非常想念他的父母。 2。筆者感到傷感，他沿著他的每一次街頭散步時，每年秋天來。 3。筆者一直住在同一條街上的16年以來，他就誕生了。 4。筆者認為難以接受的事實是，有不少是自己的好鄰居遷出。 5。這位女士用誰喊在作家和太大已不再是他的哥哥生活。 6。筆者認為，過去，更當他看到那些與他長大誰離開了鄰里他們長大英寸 7。作家的朋友和同齡人沒有現在仍然生活在街上。 8。對作家的街頭最大的變化是取消了山，用來興建住宅的發展方向。

22、 9。當筆者說，他將是另一個在街頭的莢豌豆，他的意思，他的街頭將有一些新的景點。 10。筆者將搬出他的街道一樣，很多鄰居在一年左右。(2)Passage One The world population growth rate is expected to decline in the 2000s, falling from 1.8% currently (in 2000) to1.5% in the year 2010, according to the US Bureau of the Census. However, total population will increase by o

23、ne billion during each of the next three decades.“Global population was estimated at 5.3 billion people in1994. 75% of the earths inhabitants lived in developing nations, and that proportion is going to reach over 80% by the year 2020,” says the Census Bureau.“Even with a reduced growth rate, popula

24、tion increases continue to be large because the population itself is so large,” points out the Population Reference Bureau (PRB). The United Nations high, medium, and low forecasts for the worlds population are based on specific assumptions about fertility and mortality (死亡率). For instance, if morta

25、lity continues to decline and current family-planning programs and other socioeconomic policies continue to lower fertility, the worlds population could stop growing after reaching about 10-11 billion people in the latter half of the next century. If fertility declines at a faster pace, world popula

26、tion could stop growing in 2040 at 8 bi1lion. But if fertility declines at a slower pace, the population will grow until 2130 to 14 billion according to PRB.Rural-to-urban migration, combined with natural increase, is leading to a disproportionate (不成比例的) growth in urban population, especially in de

27、veloping nations, says PRB. In 1950, only three cities had populations over 10 million. Now there are 11 such cities, and that number is growing.Currently, 41% of the worlds populations live in urban areas. In 2020, this proportion is expected to increase to 60%. Urban populations in developing coun

28、tries are growing at twice the rural rate, according to the Census Bureau. But rural populations in the Third World are still growing faster than urban populations in industrialized nations.Statements1. It is estimated that the world population growth rate between 2000and 2010is going to decrease.2.

29、 According to Paragraph 2, by the year 2020 there will be over 80% of the world population living in developed nations.3. A large population base is the cause of the increase of the world population.4. There are 11 cities with populations over 10 million in developing nations.5. In 2020, 60% of the

30、worlds population is thought to live in urban area.世界人口增長速度預計將在2000年代下降，下降1.8，目前（2000年）在2010年最大寬度為1.5，根據美國人口普查局。然而，總人口將增加1在未來30年的每億美元。 “全球人口估計為5.3億人于1994。地球75的居民生活在發展中國家，這個比例將達到超過2020年的80，說：“人口普查局。 “即使有經濟增長速度放緩，人口增長仍然是很大，因為人口本身是如此之大，”指出，人口資料局（pRB的）。聯合國的高，中，低為世界人口的預測是基于對生育率和死亡率（死亡率）的具體設想。例如，如果死亡率繼續下降

31、，目前的計劃生育方案和其他社會經濟政策繼續降低生育率，世界人口可能會停止生長后達到約10-11億元，到下個世紀后半期的人。如果以更快的步伐生育率下降，世界人口可能會停止在2040年增長8 bi1lion。但是，如果以較慢的速度生育率下降，人口將增長到140億至2130根據pRB的。 農村向城市遷移，增加與自然相結合，是導致不相稱（不成比例的）在城市的人口增長，特別是在發展中國家，說pRB的。 1950年，只有三個城市有人口超過1000萬美元。現在有11個這樣的城市，而且這個數字正在增加。目前，41的世界人口生活在城市地區。2020年，這一比例預計將增長到60。發展中國家的城市人口增長速度的兩倍

32、，農村，根據人口普查局。但在第三世界農村人口增長速度仍然比工業化國家的城市人口。 報表 1。據估計，世界人口將減少至2000and 2010is增長率。 2。根據第2款在2020年之前，將有超過80的世界人口居住在發達國家。 3。人口基數大，是世界人口增長的原因。 4。有11個城市，人口超過1000萬在發展中國家。 5。 2020年，世界60的人口被認為是居住在城市地區。Passage TwoIn Africa and Asia there is a very serious disease called schistosomiasis (血吸蟲病 ). It is caused by a t

33、iny worm which can penetrate the skin of a human being and cause a potentially serious illness. The larvae ( 幼蟲) of these worms live in certain types of snails (蝸牛). When they are ready, the larvae (幼蟲) leave the snails and enter the bodies of men and animals.In many African rivers there is a large

34、animal called a hippopotamus (河馬). It looks rather like an enormous sausage with short legs and a big mouth. Hippos spend much of their time in the river and they do not seem to serve any purpose. Because of this, some African governments ordered that the great animals should be shot on sight to pro

35、vide meat for local people. When hunters killed most of the hippos in some areas, the number of cases of the disease increased rapidly. There were outbreaks of the disease in areas which had not previously experienced it. At first, the health authorities could not understand the reason why the disea

36、se had spread. They made investigations and discovered some very surprising facts.When they are in the water, hippos keep the muddy water in motion because they move about frequently. When they climb up on the river bank, they go in single file, making natural channels down which rain water can flow

37、 into the river. Without the hippos, mud gathered in the rivers and caused them to run over their banks. At the same time, rain water was unable to drain into the rivers easily, and this also helped to produce floods. Certain types of water snail breed rapidly on flooded land, carrying with them the

38、 larvae which spread schistosomiasis.Now African governments are importing hippos so that Nature can do her work properly and keep the water snails under control. This is one example of what happens when Man interferes with the work of Nature.Statements6. Schistosomiasis is caused when the skin of a

39、 human being is penetrated by certain kinds of snails.7. When hippos are considered useless, some African governments ordered that the great animals be sent to zoos.8. Schistosomiasis spread in some areas when hunters killed 90% of the hippos in some areas.9. Rain water was able to drain into the ri

40、vers through the channels made by hippos.10. Nature cannot do her work in a satisfactory way if Man interferes with its work.答案: 1-5 TFTNF 6-10 FFNTT在非洲和亞洲有一個非常嚴重的疾病稱為血吸蟲病（血吸蟲病）。它是由微小的蠕蟲病毒，可以穿透一個人的皮膚，造成潛在的嚴重的疾病。這些蠕蟲幼蟲（幼蟲）生活在某些類型的蝸牛（蝸牛）。當他們準備好了，幼蟲（幼蟲）離開蝸牛，進入人和動物的尸體。 在許多非洲河流有一個大的動物稱為河馬（河馬）。它看起來有點像一腿短和

41、大嘴巴巨大的香腸。河馬耗費了大量的時間都在河里，他們似乎沒有起任何作用。正因為如此，一些非洲國家政府下令，偉大的動物，應視拍攝，為當地人民的肉。當獵人殺死大多數在一些地區的河馬，對這種疾病的病例數迅速增加。有在其中以前沒有經歷過地區的疾病暴發。起初，衛生當局無法理解為何該疾病蔓延的原因。他們進行的調查，發現一些非常令人驚訝的事實。 當他們在水中是，河馬保持議案泥濘的水，因為他們經常走動。當他們爬上河岸時，他們走在單一文件，使天然河道下的雨水流入河中。沒有河馬，泥聚集在河流，造成他們運行在他們的銀行。同時，雨水無法排入河流容易，這也有助于產生洪水。某些類型的水很快就淹沒釘螺滋生地，隨身攜帶的幼蟲

42、傳播血吸蟲病。 現在，非洲各國政府在進口河馬讓大自然可以做她的正常工作和保持水蝸牛受到控制。這是一個人時會發生什么性質的工作的干擾的例子。 報表 6。血吸蟲病是由于皮膚時，人是由侵入某些種類的蝸牛。 7。當河馬被認為是無用的，一些非洲國家政府下令，偉大的動物被送到動物園。 8。在一些地區血吸蟲病傳播獵人打死90時在某些地區的河馬。9。雨水能夠進入河流排水通過河馬的渠道。 10。自然不能以令人滿意的方式做她的工作，如果人干涉其工作。Unit 2(1)She Wanted to Teach A railroad was being built all the way down the east c

43、oast off Florida, from Jacksonville to Miami and Negro workers were employed because they were cheap. A great many of them were in Daytona. Most of them had children. They were living in shacks worse than those in the Terry in Augusta. The children were running wild in the streets. Mary Bethune seem

44、ed to hear a voice say, “What is the place? Build your school there.” Her husband, Albertus, wasnt so sure about her school. He thought Palatka was a pretty good place for them to live. Mary listened but she never gave up her idea. She knew that if she went to Daytona, Albertus would come too. One d

45、ay she begged a ride for herself and her little boy with a family that was going to Daytona. It was only seventy miles away. But in 1904 the sand was deep on Florida roads. Practically no one had an automobile certainly not the poor family that gave Mary and little Albert a ride. So it was three dus

46、ty days after they left Palatka before they reached Daytona. There Mary hunted up the only person she knew, and she and little Albert stayed with this friend for a few days. As she had done in The Terry in Augusta, Mary walked up and down the poor streets of Daytona. She was looking for two things a

47、 building for the school she was determined to start and some pupils for that school. After a day or two, she found an empty shack on Oak Street. She thought this would do. The owner said she could rent it for $11.00 a month. But it wasnt worth that much. The paint had peeled off, the front steps wo

48、bbled (搖晃) so that she had to hang onto the shaky railing to keep from falling, the house was dirty, it had a leaky roof. In most of the windows the panes of glass were broken or cracked. Eleven dollars a month! Mary said she only had $1.50. She promised to pay the rent as soon as she could earn the

49、 money. The owner trusted her. By the time she was sure she could have the building, she had five little girls from the neighborhood as her pupils. What a school! A rickety old house and five little girls! The little girls pitched in and cleaned the house. The neighbors helped with scrubbing brushes

50、, brooms, hammers, nails, and saws. Soon the cottage could be lived in, but there were no chairs, no tables, no beds. There was no stove. However, there were no pots and pans to cook in, even if there had been a stove. Mary set about changing these things. She found things in trash piles and the cit

51、y dump. Nobody but Mary would have thought of making tables and chairs and desks from the old crates she picked up and brought home. Behind the hotels on the beach she found cracked dishes, old lamps, even some old clothes. She took them home too. Everything was scoured and mended and used. “Keep th

52、ings clean and neat” was her motto then; and as long as she lived the pupils in her school had to live up to that motto. Her little pupils had no pencils. They wrote with pieces of charcoal made from burned logs. Their ink was elderberry juice. What good was ink or a pencil if there was no paper to

53、write on? Mary took care of that too. Every time she went to the store to get a little food, or a few pots and pans, she had each article wrapped separately. The pieces of wrapping paper were carefully removed and smoothed out. The little girls used this paper to write their lessons with their charc

54、oal pencils. She needed a cookstove very badly but she couldnt pay for one. What should she do? Her little pupils had to have warm food.Unexpectedly, the problem was solved for her. One day a wrinkled old white neighbor said to her, “Can you read?” Mary said, “Yes.” “Then will you read me this lette

55、r from my son? I cant find my glasses” Mary read the letter to her. “Thanks,” said the mother. Mary turned to go. “Youre welcome.”The old woman stood by her open door and thought a moment. Then she said, “I got an old cookstove and I dont need it. Would you want it?”Statements1. According to the pas

56、sage, we know that a railroad was under construction and it would connect Jacksonville with Miami.2. The children of the Negro workers couldnt attend school because Negroes had low social status.3. Marys husband, Albertus, was in favor of her idea of going to Daytona.4. Mary and little Albert took a

57、 car and reached Daytona three days after they left Palatka.5. Mary was making preparations for her school.6. The empty shack on Oak Street was in poor condition.7. We can infer that Mary succeeded in renting the shack from the owner and she enrolled five girl students.8. Mary couldnt find a solutio

58、n to furnish her school with tables, chairs and desks.9. Marys pupils used elderberry juice to write with because they preferred it to ink.10. An old woman offered an old cookstove to Mary and Mary solved her problem unexpectedly.答案: 1-5 T N F F T 6-10 T T F F T 她想教 阿鐵路正在興建了東海岸的佛羅里達附近所有的方式，從杰克遜維爾和邁阿

59、密的黑人工人就業，因為他們很便宜。一個偉大的，他們在代托納多了。他們大多有子女。他們住在棚屋比那些在奧古斯塔特里差。孩子們在街上橫行。瑪麗白求恩似乎聽到一個聲音說，“是什么地方？建立你的學校有。“ 她的丈夫，艾伯特斯，是不是她的學校肯定。他認為帕拉特卡是他們的一個不錯的居住地方。瑪麗聽，但她從來沒有放棄她的想法。她知道，如果她去代托納，艾伯特斯不久就會有的。 有一天，她懇求一騎為自己和家人，她與一個將要代托納小男孩。這是只有72英里遠。但在1904年于美國佛羅里達州公路沙深。幾乎沒有人一車 - 當然不是給貧困家庭的瑪麗和小阿爾貝一程。所以這是3天之后他們離開灰塵帕拉特卡他們到達前代托納。瑪麗有

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