英语阅读(六)
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The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world．Only the Pacific and the Atlantic are larger．More than one-fifth of all the world's water supply is in the Indian Ocean．
The Indian Ocean touches four different continents．To the south is Antarctica and to the east is Oceania． Africa lies to the west．There are Several important islands in the Indian Ocean，including Madagascar（马达加斯加），the largest one，which is near Africa，and Sri Lanka（斯里兰卡）， which is near India． There is also d group of islands called the Seychelles（塞舌尔） near the African coast．
The Indian Ocean is particularly important to the countries in the southeast Asia．Strong winds from the Indian Ocean bring warm weather and heavy rains which are necessary for growing food．
1．We may conclude that____．
A． India is larger than Australia
B．Madagascar is larger than Sri Lanka
C．the Indian Ocean is larger than the Atlantic Ocean
D．Madagascar and Sri Lanka are two of the most important islands near Africa
2．People in the countries in Southeast Asia____．
A．are very rich
B．are very poor
C．benefit（得到利益）a lot from the Indian Ocean
D．suffered a lot from the weather
3．Which of the following statements is not true？
A．The Indian Ocean supplies about twenty percent of water to the world
B．The Indian Ocean is surrounded by four continents．
C．Sri Lanka lies beyond the Indian Ocean．
D．People in Southeast Asia probably live on rice．
4．According to the map，which of the following is correct？
A．（1）Sri Lanka （2）Madagascar （3）the Seychelles
B．（1）Sri Lanka （2）the Seychelles （3）Madagascar
C．（1）Madagascar （2）Sri Lanka （3）the Seychelles
D．（1）Madagascar （2）the Seychelles （3）Sri Lanka
B
Mrs．Durham made so little money that it was impossible to support her two daughters with her small income．At first she depended on government assistance （援助）， but she soon realized that the only way she could take care of herself and her children was to get a good-paying job．
But how could she do that？Mrs．Durham had stopped high school in order to get married， so she did not have enough education for a high-Paying job．Now that she had to support her family by herself，she needed a job that paid more than the lowest wage and she needed it right away．
Fortunately，she heard about a program in the United States called W．O．W．， which stands for Wider Opportunities for Women，and attended a truck-driving course．Before taking the course Mrs．Durham had only driven her husband's truck a few times；never did she imagine that one day she would be driving a truck for a living．After three months Sandy Durham completed the course and soon passed the test for her license（执照）．Now she earns＄19．01 an hour， which is almost four times what she used to make．As a singly parent，Sandy Durham needs the money to buy clothes for her two daughters， make repairs on her home， and buy food for the family．If she were still cooking hamburgers in a fast-food restaurant，she could not afford to take care of her family on her own and would still be on welfare．
5．To be on Welfare means to____．
A． be well off B．be wealthy
C．depend on government assistance D．live alone
6．Why did she have to support her family by herself？Because her husband had____．
A．put an end to their marriage by law
B．gone abroad
C．fallen in love With another woman
D． been devoted to his work
7．Choose the correct order according to the time．
a． Her husband left her．
b． She drove her husband's truck．
c． She left high school．
d．She got a much better job．
e．She entered for a truck-driving course．
f．She lifted herself out of poverty（贫困）．
g． She was told about W．O．W．
A．f，a，c，b，e，d，g
B．c，b，g，a，e，d，f
C．g，d，f，c，e，b，a
D．c，b，a，g，e，d，f
8． The passage suggests that in America____．
A． women depend on husbands
B．lots of women live by themselves
C．women like driving trucks
D．the government gives welfare to poor women
C
Because we can feel that things are heavy， we think of“weight” as being a fixed quality in an object， but it is not really fixed at all．If you could take a one- pound packet of butter 4000 miles out from the earth， it would weigh only a quarter of a pound．
Why would things weigh only a quarter as much as they do at the surface ot the earth if we took them 4000 miles out into space？The reason is this： All objects have a natural gravity（引力）for all other objects；this is called gravitational（万有引力） attraction．But this power of attraction between two objects gets weaker as they get farther apart．When the butter Was at the surface of the earth．It was 4000 miles from the centre．When we took the butter 4000 miles out，it Was 8000 miles from the centre，which is twice the distance．
If you double the distance between two objects，their gravitational attraction decreases（减少）“two times two”．If you take the distance three times far away，it gets nine times weaker（three times three）．If you take it tour times as far away，it gets sixteen times weaker （four times four） and so on．
So this is one first things we need to remember：the weight of an object in space is not the same as its weight on the surface of the earth．
9．Which Of the following is right？
A． A thing has the same weight everywhere in space．
B．‘Weight’is a fixed quality in an object．
C．‘Weight’is not a quality on an object．
D．A thing's weight changes with its place in space．
10． A 450 pound man-made satellite is sent to the place 2000 miles out from the earth．Its weight is about____．
A．200 pounds B．a half pounds
C．100 pounds D．300 pounds
11．If we make the distance between objects five times as far away，____．
A．it gets twenty-five times weaker
B．their weight gets twenty-five times weaker
C．their gravity gets twenty-five times weaker
D．their gravity increases twenty-five times weaker
12． After reading this passage，we should remember that we know the usual weight of a thing，____．
A．because it is on the surface of the earth
B． because it is weighed
C． because it is in space
D．because it is not far away from the earth
D
I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare（野兔） and the tortoise（乌龟）．At the end I said，“Son，remember：Slow and steady wins the race．Don't you think there's something to learn from the tortoise？”
He opened his eyes wide．“Do you mean next time when I'm entering the 60-metre race I should wish Billy and Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway？”
I was surprised．“But the tortoise didn't wish the hare would fall asleep．”
“He must have wished that，” Sonny said，“Otherwise how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare？He hew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did．”
“He didn't have such a wish．” I insisted．“He won the race by perseverance（毅力）， by pushing on steadily．”
Sonny thought for a While．“That's a lie，” he said．“He won the race because he was lucky．If the hare hadn't happened to fall asleep， the tortoise would never have won the race．He could be as steady as you like， or a hundred times steadier，but he'd never have won the race！That's for sure．”
13． The writer argued with is son because____．
A． he liked tortoises while his son liked hares
B．they disagreed about whether the tortoise was stupid
C．he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn't
D．he tried to teach his son the moral（道德） lesson of the story but the son refused it．
14．Sonny believed that the tortoise____．
A． won the race by his effort
B．took a risk（冒险）by agreeing to the race
C．was not given a fair chance in the race
D． in fact did not win the race
15．According to the passage，Who do you think learned a lesson？
A．The tortoise． B．The hare．
C．Sonny． D．Sonny's father．
E
Started in 1636．Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United states．Yale，Princeton， Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard．They were all started before the American Revolution that made the thirteen colonies（殖民地） into states．
In the early years，these schools Were much alike（相似）．Only young men attended college．All the students studied the same subjects，and everyone learned Latin， Greek and Hebrew( 希伯来语）．Little was known about science then，and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world．When the students graduated most of them became ministers or teachers．
In 1782，Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors．Later，lawyers could receive their training in Harvard's law school．In 1825，Harvard began teaching modern languages， such as French and German，as well as Latin and Greek．Soon it began teaching American history．
As knowledge increased， Harvard and the other colleges began to teach many new subjects．Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them．
Special colleges for women were started．New state universities began to teach subjects，such as farming， engineering， and business．Today，there are many different kinds of colleges and universities．Most of them are divided into smaller institutes that deal with special fields of learning．There is so much to learn that one kind of school cannot offer it at all．
16． The oldest university in the United States is____．
A．Dartmouth B．Columbia
C．Princeton D．Harvard
17．The passage does not say so， but it makes you think that____．
A．universities have changed over the years
B．today all students study to become teachers or ministers
C．all colleges and universities are the same
D． they were much alike in the early years
18．As knowledge increased，colleges began to teach ____ ．
A． everything that was known
B．many new subjects
C．Latin，Greek and Hebrew
D．French and German
19．On the whole，this passage is about____．
A．how colleges have changed
B．how to start a university
C．the American Revolution
D．the World famous College in America
20．which statement does the passage lead you to believe？
A．There is more to learn today than in 1636．
B．The early schools are still much alike．
C．Every student studies Latin，Greek and Hebrew．
D．They began to teach foreign language in 1825．
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