Shakespeare once called the English countryside “the precious stone set in the silver sea”- and he is not the last to sing high praises of its beauty and historical charm(魅力).
The countryside is particularly beautiful during the summer, especially in August and September. As one travels the countryside, you’ll find more of its treasures: so many plants and animals, romantic castles(浪漫的城堡), secret gardens, and villages so unchanged in the last decades that they seem to have been caught under a fairy’ s spell.
Must-sees include Derbyshire, called “the heart of England” and home to the National Park. The great peaks were the muse（創(chuàng)作靈感）of the Bronte sisters (and if you love the book Jane Eyre, you can visit North Lees hall, where the real Eyre family once lived).
History lovers will enjoy a visit to Lincoln city (its most famous son is Lord Alfred Tennyson). It is also known for its cathedral(大教堂), the charming tea shops, a small castle. One would never guess its violent past—built by Romans, it was once a center for arrow(箭) making.
Harry Potter fans shouldn’t miss a visit to Alnwick, which is better recognized as the “Hogswarth” in the movies.
Let’s not leave out the Wessex region, where one can see one of England’s greatest mysteries, Stone Henge. You can also go to the City of Bath, which has been famous for its medicines springs since the Roman times. Other popular tractions include Salisbury Cathedral, and landscaped(景色優(yōu)美的) gardens of Stourhead, and the cobbled(用鵝卵石鋪的) streets of Shaftesbury. This is also home to Oxford, one of the world’s most famous universities.
Art lovers will also like a visit to East Anglia, whose landscapes inspired the painter Constable (he was born in Dedham village). This is also home of the University City of Cambridge, and the famous architectural(建筑上的) attraction, King’s College Chapel. Be sure to visit the aircraft museum of Duxford.
小題1:What was Shakespeare’s attitude towards the English countryside?
A．Uninterested.B．Dissatisfied(不滿意的).
C．Surprised.D．Admiring.
小題2:According to the text, Lincoln city________.
A．produced arrows in the past
B．will be enjoyed by music lovers
C．was the place where the Eyre family once lived
D．has one of the world’ s most famous universities
小題3:When traveling in the countryside, Harry Potter fans are advised to visit ________.
A．the Wessex region B．Derbyshire C．YorkshireD．Alnwick
小題4:The text is most probably taken from ________.
A．a(chǎn) travel guide
B．a(chǎn) book review(書評)
C．a(chǎn) history paper
D．a(chǎn) newspaper report

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析: 英國的鄉(xiāng)村極具魅力，不僅莎士比亞把英國的鄉(xiāng)村稱為“鑲嵌在碧波上的寶石”，而且還有很多人們?nèi)ジ桧炠潛P英國鄉(xiāng)村的美景。在本文中，作者向人們介紹了英國鄉(xiāng)村一些可以參觀的地方，比如巴斯市（the City of Bath）、還有《哈利波特》中霍格沃茨魔法學(xué)校的主要取景場地安尼克古堡。
小題1:D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第一段莎士比亞對英國鄉(xiāng)村的稱呼“the precious stone set in the silver sea”-以及and he is not the last to sing high praises of its beauty and historical charm可以判斷莎士比亞是喜歡英國鄉(xiāng)村的，故答案選D。
小題2:A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通過文章第四段末句 it was once a center for arrow(箭) making.可知Linclon city是造箭中心，故答案選A。
小題3:D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第五段內(nèi)容Harry Potter fans shouldn’t miss a visit to Alnwick,….可知哈利波特的粉絲們被建議去Alnwick，故答案選D。
小題4:A推理判斷題。文章介紹了英國鄉(xiāng)村的幾處游覽勝地，比如the Wessex region 、Alnwick等，而且通過文中出現(xiàn)的you can visit….., Art lovers will also like a visit to East Anglia,等也可以判斷這是一篇介紹旅游目的地的文章，故答案選A。
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A．A Great Biology Researcher
B．Plants Recognize Their Siblings
C．Plants’ Roots and Secretions
D．A Research on Plants
小題2:What encouraged Bais to study the sibling recognition?
A．Sea rocket.
B．Plants’ sensing system.
C．Biedrzycki’s thesis project.
D．Dudley’s study.
小題3:What does the underlined word “painstaking” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A．Important.B．Adventurous.
C．Careful.D．Hard­working.
小題4:What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．The local garden center should be blamed when plants can’t grow well.
B．The local garden center often sells low quality seeds to customers.
C．Plants in the home garden can’t grow well because of the germ and seeds.
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D．something useless which slows progress.
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B．wanted to reopen the train line
C．thought it would bring them money
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B．is covered with trees
C．didn’t change at all
D．became a natural countryside
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A．It is situated above ground level.
B．Only part of the line remains.
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小題1:Jack brought the couple their food very fast because[_______________.
A．the manager asked him to do soB．he respected the elderly
C．the couple wanted him to do soD．he wanted more pay
小題2:When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became[____________.
A．nervousB．satisfied
C．unhappyD．excited
小題3:In Jack’s hometown,______________.
A．people dislike being called “old”
B．people are proud of being old
C．many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
D．the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants
小題4:After this experience, Jack___________.
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B．made friends with the couple
C．no longer respected the elderly
D．changed his way with older people
小題5:Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.
B．Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.
C．The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.
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B．He is very supportive.
C．He is strongly against it.
D．He considers it as a pleasant experience.
小題4:Pinto will most likely agree that _____.
A．parents should let teens own their credit cards earlier
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But Emma is a student of the humanities(人文) at a small college. She’s an American Studies major with a（an） ______ on the politics and culture of food. For quite a while, I think her field of study is so fashionable right now that I’m not the least bit ______ she will find a good job. Yet the more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve decided to be honest. “I’m not sure what Emma is going to do,” I now say. “But she’s gotten a great education and has really found her ______. — and I know those things will serve her well over the _____ of her life.”
Nowadays, more and more universities and colleges are being ______ by the salaries of their recent graduates. In this climate, ______ your kid to study the humanities, seems, at best, unwise or, at worst, unconcerned with ______ a living. But a college is not a vocational(職業(yè)) school. And promoting STEM subjects should not be society’s only answer to helping the next generation grow in a competitive world.
From the beginning, we never urged Emma to ______ a college or a major with an eye on its expected return on money, ______ more and more families are doing. To Emma, what really ______ will be something that we may not be able to measure for quite a long time: Emma’s ______ to the world and how happy she is in it.
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A．searchB．considerC．getD．pick
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An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow(烏鴉) rested on their window.
The father asked his son, “What is this?”
The son replied “It is a crow.”
After a few seconds the father asked his son the second time, “What is this?”
The son said, “Father, I just now told you; it is a crow.”
After a little while, the old man again asked his son the third time, “What is this?”
At this time some expression of anger was felt in the son’s tone when he said to his father, “It is a crow, a crow.”
A little later, the father again asked his son the fourth time, “What is it?”
This time the son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? Although I have told you so many times? It is a crow. Are you not able to understand this?”
A little later the father went to his room and came back with an old diary which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his  son to read that page. The following words were written in it:
Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa. When a crow was sitting on the window, my son asked me 23 times what it was, and   I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel angered. I rather felt affection for my innocent(單純的) child.
So ……
If your parents reach old age, do not look at them as a burden, but be kind to them. Be considerate to your parents.
小題1:How many times did the father asked his son the same question?
A．Twice.B．Three times.
C．Tour times.D．Twenty-three times.
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A．the son’s foolishnessB．the father’s loneliness
C．the father’s love for his sonD．the son’s curiosity
小題3:After reading the diary, the son most probably felt_________.
A．very disappointedB．even angrier
C．rather happyD．deeply ashamed
小題4:What lesson should we learn from the passage?
A．We should be considerate to our parents.
B．It’s important to be a great father.
C．We should form the habit of keeping a diary.
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Why do we laugh and get amusement from so many different things，from puns (雙關(guān)語) to pratfalls? Why are some things funny to some people and not to others? How is that while a successful joke can cause pleasure，a sick one can cause serious harm?
Over the centuries，various scholars have attempted to produce a universally agreed-upon theory of humor．Plato and Aristotle introduced the superiority(優(yōu)越感) theory，the idea that people laugh at the misfortune of others．Their theory seems to explain teasing，but it doesn’t work well for knock-knock jokes．Sigmund Freud argued for his relief theory，the concept that humor is a way for people to release psychological tension and reveal their inner fears and desires．His theory works well for dirty jokes，less well for most puns．
The majority of humor expels today agree with the incongruity theory，the idea that humor arises when there’s a gap between what people expect to happen and what actually happens．Incongruity has a lot going for it — jokes with unexpected funny lines，for example，fit well．But scientists have found that in comedy，unexpectedness is overvalued．
With the goal of developing a new，more satisfactory explanation，I produced “the gentle violation(違背)theory”，the idea that humor arises when something seems wrong or threatening，but is actually OK or safe．A dirty joke，for example，trades on moral or social violations，but it’s only going to get a laugh if the person listening is open enough to consider the subject OK to talk about．Similarly，puns can be seen as linguistic violations that still make grammatical sense．
And while most humor theories have struggled to account for tickling (撓癢癢)，or just avoided the phenomenon altogether，my theory accounts for even this kind of laughter．Tickling involves violating someone’s physical space in a gentle way．People can’t tickle themselves — because it isn’t a violation．
小題1:What is the author’s attitude towards Plato and Aristotle’s theory?
A．Critical．B．ApprovingC．uncaringD．Unclear
小題2:According to Sigmund Freud’s theory，we can infer that __________ .
A．people will laugh when they see others suffer
B．telling dirty jokes is a relief of one’s nervous feelings ’
C．unexpectedness can explain how humor works
D．tickling doesn’t involve psychological tension
小題3:According to the author，why are some things funny to some people but not to others?
A．Because the sense of humor varies greatly from person to person．
B．Because people have different expectations for the same thing．
C．Because some people lack the sense of safety deep in their heart．
D．Because people’s understanding of violation is different．
小題4:What is the author’s main purpose of writing this passage?
A．To draw people’s attention to the research of humor．
B．To criticize people’s misconceptions about humor．
C．To explain what exactly causes people to laugh．
D．To prove the sense of humor can be developed．

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