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Today, air travel is far safer than driving a car on a busy motor-way．But still there is a danger that grows every year．Airliners get larger and larger．Some airplanes can carry over 300 passengers．And the air itself becomes more and more crowded．If one large airliner struck into another in midair,600 lives could be lost．
From the moment an airliner takes off to the moment it lands, every movement is watched on radar screens．Air traffic controllers tell the pilot exactly when to turn, when to climb, and when to come down．The air traffic controllers around a busy airport like London-Heathrow may deal with 2,500 planes a day．Not all of them actually land at the airport．Any plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there．Even a small mistake on their part could cause a terrible accident．
Recently such a disaster almost happened．Two large jets were flying towards the airport．One was carrying 69 passengers from Toronto, the other 176 passengers from Chicago．An air traffic controller noticed on his radar screen that the two planes were too close to each other．He ordered one to turn to the right and to climb．But he made a mistake．He ordered the wrong plane to do this．So, instead of turning away from the second plane, the first plane turned towards it．Fifteen seconds later it flew directly in front of the second plane. They avoided(避免)each other by the smallest part of a second. The distance between them was less than that of a large swimming pool. This is an example of the danger that grows every year．
1. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. From the moment an airliner takes off to the moment it lands, not every movement is watched on radar screens．
B. Some planes that fly near the airport come under the orders of the controllers there.
C. A small mistake on their part could not cause a terrible accident．
D. Traveling by car is more dangerous than by air．
2. The air traffic controllers of an airport _______．
A. control all the planes flying near the airport
B. give orders to planes leaving the airport
C. only deal with the planes that want to land there
D. are allowed to handle 250 planes a day
3. How many dangers have been mentioned in the passage?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four
4.In the last paragraph, the underlined word “disaster” probably means __________.
A. great harm, loss or damage
B. great help
C. great benefit
D. great interest
5. The example in the passage is to show that _______．
A. air traffic controllers are often careless.
B. air traffic controllers should pay much attention to avoiding accidents.
C. it is difficult for airplanes to avoid terrible accidents.
D. two planes should not fly too close to each other.
【答案解析】
本文围绕空中旅行这一学生熟悉的话题进行描写。主要叙述飞行中的危险，空中飞行对飞行员的要求以及如何应对可能出现的飞行事故。阅读本文后，相信对您空中飞行知识等一定会有更全面的了解。
1.D细节理解题。从文中第一句话“Today, air travel is far safer than driving a car on a busy motor-way．” 不难看出，选项D正确。
2.A细节理解题。从第二段“Any plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there．”中，不难发现，选项A正确。
3.C细节归纳题。
危险一： Airliners get larger and larger．…600 lives could be lost．
危险二：从第二段中的句子 “The air traffic controllers around a busy airport like London-Heathrow may deal with 2，500 planes a day．Not all of them actually land at the airport．”，不难看出，heavy traffic 也是危险因素。
危险三：从第二段中的句子“Even a small mistake on their part could cause a terrible accident．”可知：如果机场控制人员粗心，也是危险的。
4.A猜词悟义题。Disaster表示“灾难”，结合上下文所给的例句，不难得出答案。
5.B推理判断题。the example目的在于说明第二段“Any plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there．Even a small mistake on their part could cause a terrible accident．”“任何在机场附近飞行的飞机都在那儿的机场控制人员的控制下。即使他们所犯的小错误，也可以导致一场可怕的事故。”由此说明机场控制人员工作时应当特别小心。
B
The hotel habits of business travelers have been studied for the third year by the worldwide hotel chain Novotel, which has several hotels in China. The Novotel in Beijing is one of the city's most popular hotels.
The survey of Novotel hotels throws up some interesting facts about behavior of businessmen and businesswomen when they are away from home. Women pilfer (小偷小摸)souvenirs (纪念品) from their hotel rooms as men raid the bars in the refrigerators in their rooms, the hotel study found. It discovered that women are more likely to take a souvenir from their hotel rooms than men, and a man, more often than a woman, will have the biggest mini-bar bill for drinks used in their rooms.
Men leave cleaner hotel rooms---men were voted tidier travelers than women by staff (员工)and manager at the international chain of hotels--- but they make noisier guests, usually caused by watching the television with the sound turned loudly.
It is almost always the male guest who is caught naked (赤裸的)outside his room, often through mistaking the door to the hallway for the one to the bathroom.
It found the most popular time for dinner was 7 p.m.---7:30 p.m., although men were likely to dine in the restaurant while women preferred room service. A Caesar salad was the most popular choice of all women diners surveyed, while men preferred to choose a steak if eating in their room.
But in two matters, both sexes were on an equal footing: men and women were equally forthright (直截了当的)when it came to asking for an upgrade (上升) to a better room, and it is almost standard business practice these days for both men and women on business trips to be carrying a laptop computer with them.
6.Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A. Novotel began to study the hotel habits of business travels three years ago.
B. Novotel has several hotels in Beijing.
C. It's natural that business travelers carry a laptop computer with them.
D. Both men and women would like a better room.
7.What does the underlined word "throw up" mean in paragraph 2?
A. discovers B. proves
C. provides D. employs
8.According to the survey, _________.
A. the male guests are always naked outside the room on purpose
B. the male guests spend more money on food and often dine in the restaurant
C. The female guests are dirtier and noisier than the male guests
D. the female guests are more likely to take souvenirs home from their hotel rooms
9.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. It's not allowed in Novotel to watch TV with the loud sound.
B. Staff and manager in the hotel dislike women, because they are so dirty.
C. Men never have dinner in the room.
D. The survey was made with the guests unknown.
10.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Difference between men and women.
B. Difference between businessmen and businesswomen.
C. Difference in the hotel rooms between men and women.
D. Difference in behavior between businessmen and businesswomen.
【答案解析】
本文主要内容如下：世界著名的连锁旅馆Novotel对男女商人在外旅行居住旅馆时所偷走的物品、生活习惯等异同进行了分析。
6.B细节理解题。第一段说Novotel在中国有几个hotel,在北京的是最受欢迎的城市旅馆中的一个。
7.A猜词悟义题。根据 “The survey of Novotel hotels throws up some interesting facts about behavior of businessmen and businesswomen when they are away from home.”所提供的上下文语境可以得出throw up表示“发现”的意思，与some interesting facts前后的意思一致。
8.D细节理解题。根据调查，女性客人更可能从旅馆的房间里拿走东西。依据是第二段后半部分：It discovered that women are more likely to take a souvenir from their hotel room than men.
9.D推理判断题。本题可以用排除法。A应该去掉not, B中的dislike和C中的never使用的不恰当。
10.C主旨归纳题。文章描述通过调查而发现的男女在离家住旅馆的区别：women---pilfer souvenir, dirty, room service, like eating salad; men---have the biggest mini-bar bill, noisy, naked, dine in a restaurant, like eating steak.
C
The above chart shows Japanese direct investment in Asian countries or areas(A,B,C,D and E from 1951 till 2003. The value of Japanese investment in manufacturing was roughly the same in Hong Kong,China and in ChinaMainland, but in commerce and services Hong Kong was over China by seventy billion. In resources development, Japan didn't show interest in Singapore and even smaller attention was paid to Taiwan,China, which received exactly one third as much money as Singapore. In total, the biggest investment by Japan was made in Indonesia.
11.We learn from the passage that the "A "in the chart stands for _____.
A. China Mainland B. Singapore
C. Indonesia D. Hong Kong
12.In total, Japan invested about 70 billion dollars more in Hong Kong than in ____.
A. Singapore B. Indonesia
C. Taiwan D. China
13.Japanese investment in resources development in Singapore was _____times that in Taiwan.
A. three B. four
C. five D. six
14.In manufacturing, Indonesia ranked ________.
A. first B. second
C. third D. fourth
15.According to the chart, we know _______ attracted Japan most.
A. manufacturing
B. resources development
C. commerce and services
D. others
【答案解析】
本文主要围绕日本、中国、新加坡、印度尼西亚、台湾和香港在制造业、资源开发、商业、服务业等方面的数据进行对比，考查学生理解图表和结合文字叙述摄取有关信息的能力。
11.D推理判断题。根据图表有关的数据和短文中的句子“，…but in commerce and services Hong Kong was over China by seventy billion.” 89520与19520刚好与上文一致。
12.D推理判断题。根据图表total有关的数据A 为98490而E为28320，它们相差约70 billion。
13.A推理判断题。根据短文Japan didn’t show interest in Singapore and even smaller attention was paid to Taiwan, which received exactly one third as much money as Singapore.我们知道C为120,是新加坡，而B为40是台湾，刚好是1/3。
14.A细节理解题。从manufacturing一栏看，最高的数量为Indonesia,刚好与短文的最后一句一致。
15.C推理判断题。从commerce and services有关的表格数据看，占了总数的最大值。且香港和中国大陆在这一方面的金额最大。
D
The temperature of the sun is over 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit at the surface, but it rises to perhaps more than 16 million degrees Fahrenheit at the center. The sun is so much hotter than the earth that matter can exist only as a gas, except at the core, that is, the center. In the core of the sun, the pressures are so great against the gases that, in spite of the high temperature, there may be a small solid core. However, no one really knows, since the center of the sun can never be directly observed.
Scientists do know that the sun is divided into five layers (层). Starting at the outside and going down into the sun, the layers are the corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convection zone, and finally the core. The first three layers are regarded as the sun’s atmosphere. But since the sun has no solid surface, it is hard to tell where the atmosphere ends and the body of the sun begins.
The sun's first layer from the outside begins about 10,000 miles above the visible surface and goes outward for millions of miles. This is the only part of the sun that can be seen during the eclipse (日食)such as the one in March, 1997. At any other time, the corona can be seen only when special parts are used on cameras and telescopes to shut out the burning light of the sun’s rays.
The corona rays are made of gases streaming outward at great speeds and reaching a temperature of more than 2 million degrees Fahrenheit. The rays of gas thin out as they reach the space around the planets. By the time the sun's rays reach the earth, they are weak and invisible.
16.There may be a solid core at the center of the sun ________.
A. because of the high temperature
B. in spite of the great pressure
C. for the temperature is not high enough
D. because the pressures are great
17.With what topic is the passage mainly concerned?
A. How the sun developed.
B. The layers of the sun.
C. The high temperature of the sun.
D. The great pressures of the sun.
18. All of the following are parts of the sun's atmosphere except the _______.
A. photosphere B. corona
C. chromo sphere D. convection zone
19.According to the passage, as the corona rays reach the planets, they become _______.
A. clearer B. cooler
C. weaker D. darker
20.The paragraphs following the passage will probably discuss _______.
A. the remaining layers of the sun
B. the development of the sun to its present form
C. the rays from other planets
D. the outer stars of the universe
【答案解析】
本文谈到太阳的温度、太阳的五层构造以及太阳光的一些特点。阅读本文后，你将会对太阳的有关知识有更深的了解。
16.D细节理解题。根据第一段中的句子the pressures are so great against the gases that, in spite of the high temperature, there may be a small solid core.可以看出原因是压力过大。
17.B主旨推断题。本文的第2、3、4三个段落都是在讲述the layers of the sun这个中心问题。
18.D细节推断题。文中写到太阳分为五层：the corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convection zone and the core.但the first three layers are regarded as the sun’s atmosphere.所以D项convection zone不包括在内。
19.C细节推断题。根据最后一段的最后两句中的The rays of gas thin out as they reach the space around the planets.可以知道 “thin”在这里的意思为“变弱”。而且By the time the sun’s rays reach the earth, they are weak and invisible.
20.A主旨推断题。因为文中第二段介绍过太阳分为五层，而第3、4段只介绍了太阳的最外层，所以接下来很可能介绍的是太阳的其他部分。
From the moment an airliner takes off to the moment it lands, every movement is watched on radar screens．Air traffic controllers tell the pilot exactly when to turn, when to climb, and when to come down．The air traffic controllers around a busy airport like London-Heathrow may deal with 2,500 planes a day．Not all of them actually land at the airport．Any plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there．Even a small mistake on their part could cause a terrible accident．
Recently such a disaster almost happened．Two large jets were flying towards the airport．One was carrying 69 passengers from Toronto, the other 176 passengers from Chicago．An air traffic controller noticed on his radar screen that the two planes were too close to each other．He ordered one to turn to the right and to climb．But he made a mistake．He ordered the wrong plane to do this．So, instead of turning away from the second plane, the first plane turned towards it．Fifteen seconds later it flew directly in front of the second plane. They avoided(避免)each other by the smallest part of a second. The distance between them was less than that of a large swimming pool. This is an example of the danger that grows every year．
1. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. From the moment an airliner takes off to the moment it lands, not every movement is watched on radar screens．
B. Some planes that fly near the airport come under the orders of the controllers there.
C. A small mistake on their part could not cause a terrible accident．
D. Traveling by car is more dangerous than by air．
2. The air traffic controllers of an airport _______．
A. control all the planes flying near the airport
B. give orders to planes leaving the airport
C. only deal with the planes that want to land there
D. are allowed to handle 250 planes a day
3. How many dangers have been mentioned in the passage?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four
4.In the last paragraph, the underlined word “disaster” probably means __________.
A. great harm, loss or damage
B. great help
C. great benefit
D. great interest
5. The example in the passage is to show that _______．
A. air traffic controllers are often careless.
B. air traffic controllers should pay much attention to avoiding accidents.
C. it is difficult for airplanes to avoid terrible accidents.
D. two planes should not fly too close to each other.
【答案解析】
本文围绕空中旅行这一学生熟悉的话题进行描写。主要叙述飞行中的危险，空中飞行对飞行员的要求以及如何应对可能出现的飞行事故。阅读本文后，相信对您空中飞行知识等一定会有更全面的了解。
1.D细节理解题。从文中第一句话“Today, air travel is far safer than driving a car on a busy motor-way．” 不难看出，选项D正确。
2.A细节理解题。从第二段“Any plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there．”中，不难发现，选项A正确。
3.C细节归纳题。
危险一： Airliners get larger and larger．…600 lives could be lost．
危险二：从第二段中的句子 “The air traffic controllers around a busy airport like London-Heathrow may deal with 2，500 planes a day．Not all of them actually land at the airport．”，不难看出，heavy traffic 也是危险因素。
危险三：从第二段中的句子“Even a small mistake on their part could cause a terrible accident．”可知：如果机场控制人员粗心，也是危险的。
4.A猜词悟义题。Disaster表示“灾难”，结合上下文所给的例句，不难得出答案。
5.B推理判断题。the example目的在于说明第二段“Any plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there．Even a small mistake on their part could cause a terrible accident．”“任何在机场附近飞行的飞机都在那儿的机场控制人员的控制下。即使他们所犯的小错误，也可以导致一场可怕的事故。”由此说明机场控制人员工作时应当特别小心。
B
The hotel habits of business travelers have been studied for the third year by the worldwide hotel chain Novotel, which has several hotels in China. The Novotel in Beijing is one of the city's most popular hotels.
The survey of Novotel hotels throws up some interesting facts about behavior of businessmen and businesswomen when they are away from home. Women pilfer (小偷小摸)souvenirs (纪念品) from their hotel rooms as men raid the bars in the refrigerators in their rooms, the hotel study found. It discovered that women are more likely to take a souvenir from their hotel rooms than men, and a man, more often than a woman, will have the biggest mini-bar bill for drinks used in their rooms.
Men leave cleaner hotel rooms---men were voted tidier travelers than women by staff (员工)and manager at the international chain of hotels--- but they make noisier guests, usually caused by watching the television with the sound turned loudly.
It is almost always the male guest who is caught naked (赤裸的)outside his room, often through mistaking the door to the hallway for the one to the bathroom.
It found the most popular time for dinner was 7 p.m.---7:30 p.m., although men were likely to dine in the restaurant while women preferred room service. A Caesar salad was the most popular choice of all women diners surveyed, while men preferred to choose a steak if eating in their room.
But in two matters, both sexes were on an equal footing: men and women were equally forthright (直截了当的)when it came to asking for an upgrade (上升) to a better room, and it is almost standard business practice these days for both men and women on business trips to be carrying a laptop computer with them.
6.Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A. Novotel began to study the hotel habits of business travels three years ago.
B. Novotel has several hotels in Beijing.
C. It's natural that business travelers carry a laptop computer with them.
D. Both men and women would like a better room.
7.What does the underlined word "throw up" mean in paragraph 2?
A. discovers B. proves
C. provides D. employs
8.According to the survey, _________.
A. the male guests are always naked outside the room on purpose
B. the male guests spend more money on food and often dine in the restaurant
C. The female guests are dirtier and noisier than the male guests
D. the female guests are more likely to take souvenirs home from their hotel rooms
9.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. It's not allowed in Novotel to watch TV with the loud sound.
B. Staff and manager in the hotel dislike women, because they are so dirty.
C. Men never have dinner in the room.
D. The survey was made with the guests unknown.
10.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Difference between men and women.
B. Difference between businessmen and businesswomen.
C. Difference in the hotel rooms between men and women.
D. Difference in behavior between businessmen and businesswomen.
【答案解析】
本文主要内容如下：世界著名的连锁旅馆Novotel对男女商人在外旅行居住旅馆时所偷走的物品、生活习惯等异同进行了分析。
6.B细节理解题。第一段说Novotel在中国有几个hotel,在北京的是最受欢迎的城市旅馆中的一个。
7.A猜词悟义题。根据 “The survey of Novotel hotels throws up some interesting facts about behavior of businessmen and businesswomen when they are away from home.”所提供的上下文语境可以得出throw up表示“发现”的意思，与some interesting facts前后的意思一致。
8.D细节理解题。根据调查，女性客人更可能从旅馆的房间里拿走东西。依据是第二段后半部分：It discovered that women are more likely to take a souvenir from their hotel room than men.
9.D推理判断题。本题可以用排除法。A应该去掉not, B中的dislike和C中的never使用的不恰当。
10.C主旨归纳题。文章描述通过调查而发现的男女在离家住旅馆的区别：women---pilfer souvenir, dirty, room service, like eating salad; men---have the biggest mini-bar bill, noisy, naked, dine in a restaurant, like eating steak.
C
The above chart shows Japanese direct investment in Asian countries or areas(A,B,C,D and E from 1951 till 2003. The value of Japanese investment in manufacturing was roughly the same in Hong Kong,China and in ChinaMainland, but in commerce and services Hong Kong was over China by seventy billion. In resources development, Japan didn't show interest in Singapore and even smaller attention was paid to Taiwan,China, which received exactly one third as much money as Singapore. In total, the biggest investment by Japan was made in Indonesia.
11.We learn from the passage that the "A "in the chart stands for _____.
A. China Mainland B. Singapore
C. Indonesia D. Hong Kong
12.In total, Japan invested about 70 billion dollars more in Hong Kong than in ____.
A. Singapore B. Indonesia
C. Taiwan D. China
13.Japanese investment in resources development in Singapore was _____times that in Taiwan.
A. three B. four
C. five D. six
14.In manufacturing, Indonesia ranked ________.
A. first B. second
C. third D. fourth
15.According to the chart, we know _______ attracted Japan most.
A. manufacturing
B. resources development
C. commerce and services
D. others
【答案解析】
本文主要围绕日本、中国、新加坡、印度尼西亚、台湾和香港在制造业、资源开发、商业、服务业等方面的数据进行对比，考查学生理解图表和结合文字叙述摄取有关信息的能力。
11.D推理判断题。根据图表有关的数据和短文中的句子“，…but in commerce and services Hong Kong was over China by seventy billion.” 89520与19520刚好与上文一致。
12.D推理判断题。根据图表total有关的数据A 为98490而E为28320，它们相差约70 billion。
13.A推理判断题。根据短文Japan didn’t show interest in Singapore and even smaller attention was paid to Taiwan, which received exactly one third as much money as Singapore.我们知道C为120,是新加坡，而B为40是台湾，刚好是1/3。
14.A细节理解题。从manufacturing一栏看，最高的数量为Indonesia,刚好与短文的最后一句一致。
15.C推理判断题。从commerce and services有关的表格数据看，占了总数的最大值。且香港和中国大陆在这一方面的金额最大。
D
The temperature of the sun is over 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit at the surface, but it rises to perhaps more than 16 million degrees Fahrenheit at the center. The sun is so much hotter than the earth that matter can exist only as a gas, except at the core, that is, the center. In the core of the sun, the pressures are so great against the gases that, in spite of the high temperature, there may be a small solid core. However, no one really knows, since the center of the sun can never be directly observed.
Scientists do know that the sun is divided into five layers (层). Starting at the outside and going down into the sun, the layers are the corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convection zone, and finally the core. The first three layers are regarded as the sun’s atmosphere. But since the sun has no solid surface, it is hard to tell where the atmosphere ends and the body of the sun begins.
The sun's first layer from the outside begins about 10,000 miles above the visible surface and goes outward for millions of miles. This is the only part of the sun that can be seen during the eclipse (日食)such as the one in March, 1997. At any other time, the corona can be seen only when special parts are used on cameras and telescopes to shut out the burning light of the sun’s rays.
The corona rays are made of gases streaming outward at great speeds and reaching a temperature of more than 2 million degrees Fahrenheit. The rays of gas thin out as they reach the space around the planets. By the time the sun's rays reach the earth, they are weak and invisible.
16.There may be a solid core at the center of the sun ________.
A. because of the high temperature
B. in spite of the great pressure
C. for the temperature is not high enough
D. because the pressures are great
17.With what topic is the passage mainly concerned?
A. How the sun developed.
B. The layers of the sun.
C. The high temperature of the sun.
D. The great pressures of the sun.
18. All of the following are parts of the sun's atmosphere except the _______.
A. photosphere B. corona
C. chromo sphere D. convection zone
19.According to the passage, as the corona rays reach the planets, they become _______.
A. clearer B. cooler
C. weaker D. darker
20.The paragraphs following the passage will probably discuss _______.
A. the remaining layers of the sun
B. the development of the sun to its present form
C. the rays from other planets
D. the outer stars of the universe
【答案解析】
本文谈到太阳的温度、太阳的五层构造以及太阳光的一些特点。阅读本文后，你将会对太阳的有关知识有更深的了解。
16.D细节理解题。根据第一段中的句子the pressures are so great against the gases that, in spite of the high temperature, there may be a small solid core.可以看出原因是压力过大。
17.B主旨推断题。本文的第2、3、4三个段落都是在讲述the layers of the sun这个中心问题。
18.D细节推断题。文中写到太阳分为五层：the corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convection zone and the core.但the first three layers are regarded as the sun’s atmosphere.所以D项convection zone不包括在内。
19.C细节推断题。根据最后一段的最后两句中的The rays of gas thin out as they reach the space around the planets.可以知道 “thin”在这里的意思为“变弱”。而且By the time the sun’s rays reach the earth, they are weak and invisible.
20.A主旨推断题。因为文中第二段介绍过太阳分为五层，而第3、4段只介绍了太阳的最外层，所以接下来很可能介绍的是太阳的其他部分。