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阅读理解专题
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二、阅读理解（本大题15不胜负荷小题,每小题2.5分,共37.5分）
每小题给出四个选项中只有一个是正确的,请将下列各题的正确答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the eleventh largest nation in Europe. England, Wales and Scotland make up the island of Great Britain, which takes up most of the Britain Isles. Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are mountainous. The highe
st mountain is Ben Nevis in Scotland. Plains and valleys cover much of England. The British climate is mild.
About 58 million people live in the United Kingdom. Few other countries are so crowded. Four out of five people live in cities such as Belfast, Glasgow, and London. London is the capital. Great Britain grows half of the food it needs. Its industries help to pay for the food that is bought from abroad. The United Kingdom manufactures a wide range of goods. Service industries, such as tourism, that provide rvices rather than producing goods, are increasing. Traditional industries, such as coal mining, are declining.
11. There are many mountains in ______________.
A. myzoneNorthern Ireland, Scotland and England
B. 交通工具的英文England, Wales and Scotland
C. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
D. Northern Ireland, Wales and England
12. In the United Kingdom, about __________people live in big cities.
A. 58 million B. 48.8 million
C. 38.8 million D. half
13. According to the passage, which of the statements is true?
美式英语听力A. Great Britain grows all of the food it needs.
B. The United Kingdom manufactures a narrow range of goods.
C. The speed of tourism in UK is increasing faster than producing goods.
D. The coal mining is also increasing fast.
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Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a
Nobel Prize winner.
Born in September, 1897, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies’ two daughters. Along with nine other children who parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her mother was one of the teachers. She finished her high school education at the College of Sevigne in Paris.
At the age of 17 Irene entered the University of Paris to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics. When World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using X-ray facilities(设备) to help save the lives of wounded soldiers. Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in France and Belgium. Her rvices were recognized in the form of a Military’s Medal by the French government.
In 1918, Irene became her mother’s assistant at the Curie Institute. In December 1924, Frederic Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taught him the techniques required for his work. They soon fell in love and were married in 1926. Their daughter Helene was born in
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1927 and their son Pierre five years later.
Like her mother, Irene combined family and career. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize, along with her husband, in 1935. Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia becau of her work with radioactivity(辐射能). Irene Joliot-Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956.
14. When did Irene Curie go to the University of Paris?
A. In 1897 B. In 1914
C. In 1918 D. In 1924
15. Who was not a winner of Nobel Prize?
A. Marie Curie B. Irene Curie
C. Frederic Joliet D. Helene Joliot
16. Which of the following about Irene Curie is not true?
A. She was the elder child of Marie Curie’s
bob marley新加坡留学B. She got a Military’s Medal becau of her rvices to save the wounded
C. She met her husband at the Curie institute in 1924
D. She developed leukemia but was cured
17. Which part in the newspaper may the passage come from?
A. People B. Society
C. Culture D. History
C
Owning a smartphone may not be as smart as you think. It may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are…but it also turns you into a workaholic, it ems.
A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day. Rearchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.
The study by technology retailer Pixmania reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours but a further two hours is spent responding to or nding work emails, or making work calls. More than 90 percent of office workers have email-enabled phones, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day. Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers confess(承认) they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they make work emails and calls outside their normal working hours. The average time for first checking emails is between and , with more than a third checking their first emails in this period, and a quarter checking them between and midnight.
Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said, “The ability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smartphones invaluable for many people. However, there are drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, ven days a week, and smartphones mean that people literally cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become , the more is expected of us in a work capacity(容量).”
