英语阅读（七）
(A)
Casablanca, Sep. 24
A flash flood swept across the coastal plain about 100 miles southwest of here, killing hundreds of Moroccans in a market place yesterday morning.
Reports from the area said 218 bodies had been counted, and many of the people were missing.
The flood followed heavy rains, which filled the coastal plain and dry river beds and caused them to overflow. The flood crest, several feet high, hit the village of Khemis Nagua at midmorning yesterday as farmers from the surrounding area joined town people in an open market place.
The roaring waters swept the village’s living places, the market sheds(棚子), shoppers, cattle and farm tools for miles across the plain.
The flood was over almost as soon as it started, the reports said, as the crest swept out to sea. Rescue workers quickly moved into the area from Safi , about 25 miles further south.
1．It can be learnt from the text that ______.
A．the news report is from Khemis Nagua
B．the flood didn’t last long
C．hundreds of Moroccans were saved
D．Casablanca is city in Africa
2．The report mainly tells the public about ______.
A．how the flood swept the coastal plain
B．why the terrible flood took place
C．the flash flood in fall
D．a rescue attempt
3．The underlined word “crest” means ______.
A．top of a large wave
B．waters
C．flash flood
D．the flow of blood
4．According to the text, which of the following maps may be correct?
(KN=Khemis Nagua C=Casablanca S=Safi)
A．B．C．D．
(B)
The subject of this year’s Kunming International Expo(博览会) is “man and nature walking hand in hand into the 21st Century”. When the UK was asked to take part, it seemed natural to build a garden. Now the British Garden will be a central part when Expo opens on May 1.
David Patterson , the Curator(馆长) of the Department of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh, is leading the team now putting the finishing couches to the garden．The Royal Botanic Gardens were chosen for a very good reason. They have the largest collection of Chinese plants in the world outside China.
“Ever since people in Britain started gardening for pleasure they have used Chinese plants,” Patterson told English Corner. “There are probably Chinese flowers in nearly every garden in Britain． This is a good chance to give something back.”
The garden has been carefully designed to mix traditional(传统) British skills with the local Chinese environment. David Patterson describes the garden as “formal but gentle”. It contains a raised flower bed, a summer house and a lot of local trees. The garden is contained behind a wall of local, yellow stone. It is intended to be a place of serious thinking and quiet enjoyment.
“You could say that we’ve painted a picture,” said David Patterson. “And we have designed the garden to continue for a long time, so that the people of Kunming will be able to enjoy it long after the Expo is over.”
5．Visitors to the Kunming International Expo will most probably feel ______.
A．man is the master of nature
B．man quite agrees with nature
C．nature is a helping hand to man
D．China has a long history of gardening
6．The underlined expression “putting the finishing touches to the garden” here means ______.
A．starting building the garden
B．examining the main body of the garden
C．doing the last part of the work to the garden
D．completing the design of garden
7．In the British Garden you will feel ______.
A．nothing familiar B．everything British
C．excited and noisy D．quiet and happy
8．The passage is mainly ______.
A．an introduction to the British Garden
B．an explanation of the design of the British Garden
C．a high praise for the Chinese gardening
D．a short talk on this year’s Kunming International Expo
(C)
9．The cheapest price of a room for a couple is ______ in ______ in Boswell.
A．$35; the First Hotel B．$30; the Osaka Hotel
C．$18; the Fairview Hotel D．$15; the Orchard Hotel
10．The number of the rooms in the best hotels in Boswell is ______.
A．120 B．470 C．450 D．240
11．If a Japanese traveller likes to eat in a French restaurant, ______ is the right place for him to go to.
A．233 Edward Road B．1264 Venning Road
C．222 Edward Road D．129 North Road
12．Which hotel faces the Orchard Hotel?
A．The First Hotel B．The Osaka Hotel.
C．The Fairview Hotel D．No, hotel
(D)
Daily at this we shall speak to you about America and the war. The news may be good or bed. We shall tell you the truth.
—The Voice of America
February 24, 1942
Those words were from the Voice of America’s first broadcast during World WarⅡ. Today more than 80 million listeners tune in every day. The broadcast network is the largest in the world and reaches millions of listeners in Africa in English, French, Hausa , Portuguese, and Swahili. The program is broadcast in Spanish and Portuguese for Central and South America. The Middle East receives its news in Arabic and Parsi. South Asia picks up signals in Bengali, Hindi, and Urdu. The Russian - language service is on 14 hour a day.
All of the broadcasts come from the Voice of America headquarters(总部) in Washington D . C. Visitors can push a red button outside any of the twenty-five glass-walled studios and listen t the broadcast, in Hindi, that Indian citizens are listening to at that very moment in India.
In addition to news broadcasts, the Voice of America sents out interviews and a wide variety of programs. For example, special broadcasts in easy English are written for students of English as a foreign language. Among the most popular features(特色) of the Voice of America are the musical programs which offer every kind of music from Bach to rock.
The Voice of America is the official voice of the United States government, but it presents opposing opinions as well. To give an objective analysis(客观分析) of the news, the station gets advice from newspapers, news services, reporters, and correspondents(通讯员) from all over the world.
13．According to the text, the Voice of America broadcast ______ during World WarⅡ。
A．only good news B．only bad news
C．the real news D．uncertain news
14．It can be inferred that South Asian people speak ______.
A．Arabic and Chinese B．Swahili and Spanish
C．Hindi and Parsi D．Hindi, Urdu and Bengali
15．If the visitors want to listen to the broadcast in Hindi, they ______.
A．need to understand 25 languages
B．need to push a button
C．have to learn English
D．have to be Indian citizens
16．From the text we know that ______.
A．the Voice of America presents different kinds of opinions
B．it was during the World WarⅡthat the Voice of America started broadcasting
C．not only newspaper but also news services ask the Voice of America for help
D．the most popular program presented by the Voice of America is English course
(E)
We find that bright children are seldom held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary(相反), both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming（按能力分班）pupils. It does not consider the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright children. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be the bottom of the top grade.
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual(智力的) ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We care much about the development of all the pupils’ abilities to the full, not just their study ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching does good to all these aspects of learning.
In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the chance to learn to work together, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to deal with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze(分析) and evaluate(评价) and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.
Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual(个人的) tasks, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some class teaching when this is proper. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this well. An advanced pupil can do advanced work and it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to achieve this goal.
17．By “held back” (Line) the writer means “______”.
A．made to remain in the same class
B．forced to study in the lower class
C．drawn away from their studies
D．prevented from advancing
18．The writer argues that what a teacher mainly cares about should be the development of the student’s ______.
A．personal qualities and social skills
B．total personality
C．learning ability and communicative skills
D．intellectual ability
19．The writer’s purpose of writing this passage is to ______.
A．argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class
B．advise pair work and group work for classroom activity
C．offer advice on the proper use of the library
D．tell up the importance of proper formal classroom teaching
20．What would be the best title for the text ？
A．Pair work B．Group work
C．Mixed-ability teaching D．Individual tasks
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