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单选题Which of the following would best illustrate how a discarded fragment of papyrus might give us a more accurate picture of the dally lives of ancient Egyptians than a record intended to be permanent?A A poet such as Posidippus may have composed rough dr

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单选题
Which of the following would best illustrate how a discarded fragment of papyrus might give us a more accurate picture of the dally lives of ancient Egyptians than a record intended to be permanent?
A

A poet such as Posidippus may have composed rough drafts of his epigrams on papyrus fragments prior to writing them in their final form.

B

Grocery lists, which give insights into the diets of ancient people, would never be included in stone inscriptions but could be scribbled on scraps of papyrus.

C

The Hellenistic monarchs employed some of the finest historians of the Greek world to provide chronicles of their reigns.

D

Some papyrus fragments may have been used for purposes other than writing, such as binding wounds or wrapping small packages.

E

Stone inscriptions describing military events often embellish the truth to favor whoever is paying for the inscription.

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第1题:

共用题干
Who Want to Live Forever?
If your doctor could give you a drug that would let you live a healthy life for twice as long,would you take it?
The good news is that we may be drawing near to that date.Scientists have already extended the lives of flies,worms and mice in laboratories.Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least 140 years.
This seems a great idea.Think of how much more time we could spend chasing our dreams,spending time with our loved ones,watching our families grow and have families of their own.
"Longer life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes and promote long term thinking," says Dr.Gregory Stock of the University of California School of Public Health."It would also raise productivity by adding to the year we can work."
Longer lives don't just affect the people who live them.They also affect society as a whole."We have war,poverty,all sorts of issues around,and I don't think any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer,"says US bioethicist Daniel Callahan."The question is‘What will we get as a society?'I suspect it won't be a better society."
It would certainly be a very different society.People are already finding it more difficult to stay married.
Divorce rates are rising.What would happen to marriage in a society where people lived for 140 years?And what would happen to family life if 9 or 10 generations of the same family were all alive at the same time? Research into ageing may enable women to remain fertile for longer.And that raises the prospect of having 100-year-old parents,or brothers and sisters born 50 years apart.We think of an elder sibling as someone who can protect us and offer help and advice.That would be hard to do if that sibling came from a completely different generation.
Working life would also be affected,especially if the retirement age was lifted.More people would stay in work for longer.That would give us the benefits of age-skill,wisdom and good judgment.
On the other hand,more people working for longer would create greater competition for jobs.It would make it more difficult for younger people to find a job.Top posts would be dominated by the same few individuals,making career progress more difficult.And how easily would a 25 -year-old employee be able to communicate with a 1 25 -year-old boss?
Young people would be a smaller part of a society in which people lived to 140.It may be that such a society would place less importance on guiding and educating young people,and more on making life comfortable for the old.
And society would feel very different if more of its members were older.There would be more wisdom, but less energy.Young people like to move about.Old people like to sit still.Young people tend to act without thinking.Old people tend to think without acting.Young people are curious and like to cxperience different things.Old people are less enthusiastic about change.In fact,they are less,enthusiastic about everything.
The effect of anti一ageing technology is deeper than we might think.But as the science advances,we need to think about these changes now.
"If this could ever happen,then we'd better ask what kind of society we want to get,"says Daniel Callahan."We had better not go anywhere near it until we have figure those problems out."

An important feature of a society in which people live a long life is that______.
A:it places more emphasis on educating the young
B:it is both wise and energetic
C:it lacks the curiosity to experiment what is new
D:it welcomes changes

答案:C
解析:
由文章第三段内容可知,延长寿命让人们可以有更多的时间追逐梦想、陪伴爱人、看到自己后代的成长。第四段最后一句又指出,延长寿命还可以使我们工作更久。仅B项的内容在文中没有提到。
由文章第六段前三句的内容可知,如今人们保持婚姻越来越困难,离婚率也在上升。故本题选A。
A、C、D三项的内容都在文章第九段有所涉及,只有B项在文中没有提到。故本题选B。
由文章第十段和第十一段的内容可知,老龄化社会中,社会更关注的是使老年人生活得更安逸,变得拥有更多智慧,但少了一些活力,且缺乏对新事物的好奇和改变的激情。故本题选C。
由文章最后一段的内容可知,Daniel Callahan认为,在没有搞清老龄化社会将带来的问题之前,最好不要急于向这方面发展。

第2题:

共用题干
Who Want to Live Forever?
If your doctor could give you a drug that would let you live a healthy life for twice as long,would you take it?
The good news is that we may be drawing near to that date.Scientists have already extended the lives of flies,worms and mice in laboratories.Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least 140 years.
This seems a great idea.Think of how much more time we could spend chasing our dreams,spending time with our loved ones,watching our families grow and have families of their own.
"Longer life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes and promote long term thinking," says Dr.Gregory Stock of the University of California School of Public Health."It would also raise productivity by adding to the year we can work."
Longer lives don't just affect the people who live them.They also affect society as a whole."We have war,poverty,all sorts of issues around,and I don't think any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer,"says US bioethicist Daniel Callahan."The question is‘What will we get as a society?'I suspect it won't be a better society."
It would certainly be a very different society.People are already finding it more difficult to stay married.
Divorce rates are rising.What would happen to marriage in a society where people lived for 140 years?And what would happen to family life if 9 or 10 generations of the same family were all alive at the same time? Research into ageing may enable women to remain fertile for longer.And that raises the prospect of having 100-year-old parents,or brothers and sisters born 50 years apart.We think of an elder sibling as someone who can protect us and offer help and advice.That would be hard to do if that sibling came from a completely different generation.
Working life would also be affected,especially if the retirement age was lifted.More people would stay in work for longer.That would give us the benefits of age-skill,wisdom and good judgment.
On the other hand,more people working for longer would create greater competition for jobs.It would make it more difficult for younger people to find a job.Top posts would be dominated by the same few individuals,making career progress more difficult.And how easily would a 25 -year-old employee be able to communicate with a 1 25 -year-old boss?
Young people would be a smaller part of a society in which people lived to 140.It may be that such a society would place less importance on guiding and educating young people,and more on making life comfortable for the old.
And society would feel very different if more of its members were older.There would be more wisdom, but less energy.Young people like to move about.Old people like to sit still.Young people tend to act without thinking.Old people tend to think without acting.Young people are curious and like to cxperience different things.Old people are less enthusiastic about change.In fact,they are less,enthusiastic about everything.
The effect of anti一ageing technology is deeper than we might think.But as the science advances,we need to think about these changes now.
"If this could ever happen,then we'd better ask what kind of society we want to get,"says Daniel Callahan."We had better not go anywhere near it until we have figure those problems out."

All of the following are possible effects living longer might have on working life EXCEPT______.
A:communication between employers and employees would be more difficult
B:more money would be used by employers in payment of their employees
C:the job market would be more competitive
D:it would be more difficult for young people to be promoted to top positions

答案:B
解析:
由文章第三段内容可知,延长寿命让人们可以有更多的时间追逐梦想、陪伴爱人、看到自己后代的成长。第四段最后一句又指出,延长寿命还可以使我们工作更久。仅B项的内容在文中没有提到。
由文章第六段前三句的内容可知,如今人们保持婚姻越来越困难,离婚率也在上升。故本题选A。
A、C、D三项的内容都在文章第九段有所涉及,只有B项在文中没有提到。故本题选B。
由文章第十段和第十一段的内容可知,老龄化社会中,社会更关注的是使老年人生活得更安逸,变得拥有更多智慧,但少了一些活力,且缺乏对新事物的好奇和改变的激情。故本题选C。
由文章最后一段的内容可知,Daniel Callahan认为,在没有搞清老龄化社会将带来的问题之前,最好不要急于向这方面发展。

第3题:

Jack ___ you more help, even though he was busy.

A.might have given

B.might give

C.may have given

D.may give


正确答案: A

第4题:

共用题干
第一篇

Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity.It may be walking,cycling or swimming,or in winter,skating or skiing. It may be a game of some kind of football,hockey,golf, or tennis.It may be mountaineering.
Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment.Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship,and to take risks on high mountains?This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.
Mountaineering is a sport and not a game.There are no manmade rules,as there are for such games as golf and football.There are,of course,rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore,but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people.Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.
If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports,we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a"team game".We should be mistaken in this.There are,it is true,no "matches " between "teams"of climbers,but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend,there is obviously teamwork.
The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man.He has to fight the forces of nature.His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.
A mountain climber continues to improve the skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty,and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties.But it is not unusual for a man of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps.They may take more time than younger men,but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort,and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

Choose the best title for the passage:_________
A:Mountaineering Is Different from Golf and Football
B:Mountaineering Is More Attractive than Other Sports
C:Mountaineering
D:Mountain Climbers

答案:C
解析:
推断题。根据第二段第二句:Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship , and to take risks on high mountains?为什么那些男男女女们愿意忍受寒冷和艰辛去高山上冒险呢? 由此可以推断登山运动会涉及辛苦、身体上的风险和寒冷。
推断题。根据第三段第一、二句:Mountaineering is a sport and not a game.There are no manmade rules , as there are for such games as golf and football.登山是一项运动,而不是一种比赛。没有像高尔夫和橄榄球那种类型的比赛所具备的人为制定的规则。由此可知运动和比赛的区别是和规则有关系。
推断题。根据第四段最后一句中提到的:...when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend , there is obviously teamwork.但是当登山者们在悬崖峭壁上被维系他们生命的同一根绳子所联结的时候,显然需要团队合作。可以推断出登山时队员们彼此依赖,有很强的团队性,可以称之为一种团体运动。
推断题。根据倒数第二段第二句:He has to兔ht the forces of nature.他必须和大自然的力量作斗争,fight和compete against表达同样的意思。
主旨题。本文的主要内容就是介绍登山运动。

第5题:

共用题干
第一篇

If your doctor could give you a drug that would let you live a healthy life for twice as long, would you take it?
The good news is that we may be drawing near to that date.Scientists have already extended the lives of flies,worms and mice in laboratories. Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least 140 years.This seems a great idea. Think of how much more time we could spend chasing our dreams,spending time with our loved ones,watching our families grow and have families of their own.
"Longer life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes and promote long term thinking,"says Dr Gregory Stock of the University of California School of Public Health."It would also raise productivity by adding to the year we can work."
Longer lives don't just affect the people who live them. They also affect society as a whole. "We have war,poverty,all sorts of issues around,and I don't think any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer,"says US bioethicist Daniel Callahan,"The question is what we will get as a society?I suspect it won't be a better society."
It would certainly be a very different society. People are already finding it more difficult to stay married. Divorce rates are rising. What would happen to marriage in a society where people lived for 140 years? And what would happen to family life if 9 or 10 generations of the same family were all alive at the same time?
Research into ageing may enable women to remain fertile for longer. And that raises the prospect of having 100-year-old parents,or brothers and sisters born 50 years apart. We think of an elder sibling as someone who can protect us and offer help and advice. That would be hard to do if that sibling came from a completely different generation.
Working life would also be affected,especially if the retirement age was lifted.More people would stay in work for longer. That would give us the benefits of age一skill,wisdom and good judgment.
On the other hand,more people working for longer would create greater competition for jobs. It would make it more difficult for younger people to find a job. Top posts would be dominated by the same few individuals,making career progress more difficult. And how easily would a 25-year-old employee be able to communicate with a 125-year-old boss?
Young people would be a smaller part of a society in which people lived to 140.It may be that such a society would place less importance on guiding and educating young people,and more on making life comfortable for the old.
And society would feel very different if more of its members were older. There would be more wisdom,but less energy.Young people like to move about. Old people like to sit still.Young people tend to act without thinking.Old people tend to think without acting.Young people are curious and like to experience different things.Old people are less enthusiastic about change.In fact,they are less enthusiastic about everything.
The effect of anti-ageing technology is deeper than we might think.But as the science advances,we need to think about these changes now."If this could ever happen,then we'd better ask what kind of society we want to get,"says Daniel Callahan."We had better not go anywhere near it until we have figure those problems out."

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the things that living longer might enable an individual to do?
A:Spending more time with his family.
B:Having more education.
C:Realizing more dreams.
D:Working longer.

答案:B
解析:
文章详细描述了长寿使我们能够做到的事,选项A、C、D都提到了,仅有选项B,即“长寿可以让人更多地接受教育”没有提到,因此选B。
文章第五段提到“现在人们已经觉得维持婚姻很困难”,这暗示了人们目前的婚姻关系已经十分脆弱、不稳定。因此选项A是正确的。
文章第八段讲到了寿命延长、退休推迟可能带来的种种问题,但并没有提到雇主需要更多的钱来支付员工的工资。因此选择B项。
文章第九段和第十段详细描述了人们长寿的话会出现的社会问题。选项中仅有C项的表述是正确的。
最后一段中提到Callahan认为在搞清楚长寿社会会给我们带来哪些问题之前,最好不要急着搞杭衰老的技术,由此可见他对此是持保留的观点。

第6题:

共用题干
Who Want to Live Forever?
If your doctor could give you a drug that would let you live a healthy life for twice as long,would you take it?
The good news is that we may be drawing near to that date.Scientists have already extended the lives of flies,worms and mice in laboratories.Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least 140 years.
This seems a great idea.Think of how much more time we could spend chasing our dreams,spending time with our loved ones,watching our families grow and have families of their own.
"Longer life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes and promote long term thinking," says Dr.Gregory Stock of the University of California School of Public Health."It would also raise productivity by adding to the year we can work."
Longer lives don't just affect the people who live them.They also affect society as a whole."We have war,poverty,all sorts of issues around,and I don't think any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer,"says US bioethicist Daniel Callahan."The question is‘What will we get as a society?'I suspect it won't be a better society."
It would certainly be a very different society.People are already finding it more difficult to stay married.
Divorce rates are rising.What would happen to marriage in a society where people lived for 140 years?And what would happen to family life if 9 or 10 generations of the same family were all alive at the same time? Research into ageing may enable women to remain fertile for longer.And that raises the prospect of having 100-year-old parents,or brothers and sisters born 50 years apart.We think of an elder sibling as someone who can protect us and offer help and advice.That would be hard to do if that sibling came from a completely different generation.
Working life would also be affected,especially if the retirement age was lifted.More people would stay in work for longer.That would give us the benefits of age-skill,wisdom and good judgment.
On the other hand,more people working for longer would create greater competition for jobs.It would make it more difficult for younger people to find a job.Top posts would be dominated by the same few individuals,making career progress more difficult.And how easily would a 25 -year-old employee be able to communicate with a 1 25 -year-old boss?
Young people would be a smaller part of a society in which people lived to 140.It may be that such a society would place less importance on guiding and educating young people,and more on making life comfortable for the old.
And society would feel very different if more of its members were older.There would be more wisdom, but less energy.Young people like to move about.Old people like to sit still.Young people tend to act without thinking.Old people tend to think without acting.Young people are curious and like to cxperience different things.Old people are less enthusiastic about change.In fact,they are less,enthusiastic about everything.
The effect of anti一ageing technology is deeper than we might think.But as the science advances,we need to think about these changes now.
"If this could ever happen,then we'd better ask what kind of society we want to get,"says Daniel Callahan."We had better not go anywhere near it until we have figure those problems out."

Which of the following is implied in the sixth paragraph?
A:Marriages in the US today are quite unstable.
B:More and more people in the US today want to get married.
C:Living longer would make it easier for people to maintain their marital ties.
D:If people live longer,they would stay in marriage longer.

答案:A
解析:
由文章第三段内容可知,延长寿命让人们可以有更多的时间追逐梦想、陪伴爱人、看到自己后代的成长。第四段最后一句又指出,延长寿命还可以使我们工作更久。仅B项的内容在文中没有提到。
由文章第六段前三句的内容可知,如今人们保持婚姻越来越困难,离婚率也在上升。故本题选A。
A、C、D三项的内容都在文章第九段有所涉及,只有B项在文中没有提到。故本题选B。
由文章第十段和第十一段的内容可知,老龄化社会中,社会更关注的是使老年人生活得更安逸,变得拥有更多智慧,但少了一些活力,且缺乏对新事物的好奇和改变的激情。故本题选C。
由文章最后一段的内容可知,Daniel Callahan认为,在没有搞清老龄化社会将带来的问题之前,最好不要急于向这方面发展。

第7题:

共用题干
第一篇

If your doctor could give you a drug that would let you live a healthy life for twice as long, would you take it?
The good news is that we may be drawing near to that date.Scientists have already extended the lives of flies,worms and mice in laboratories. Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least 140 years.This seems a great idea. Think of how much more time we could spend chasing our dreams,spending time with our loved ones,watching our families grow and have families of their own.
"Longer life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes and promote long term thinking,"says Dr Gregory Stock of the University of California School of Public Health."It would also raise productivity by adding to the year we can work."
Longer lives don't just affect the people who live them. They also affect society as a whole. "We have war,poverty,all sorts of issues around,and I don't think any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer,"says US bioethicist Daniel Callahan,"The question is what we will get as a society?I suspect it won't be a better society."
It would certainly be a very different society. People are already finding it more difficult to stay married. Divorce rates are rising. What would happen to marriage in a society where people lived for 140 years? And what would happen to family life if 9 or 10 generations of the same family were all alive at the same time?
Research into ageing may enable women to remain fertile for longer. And that raises the prospect of having 100-year-old parents,or brothers and sisters born 50 years apart. We think of an elder sibling as someone who can protect us and offer help and advice. That would be hard to do if that sibling came from a completely different generation.
Working life would also be affected,especially if the retirement age was lifted.More people would stay in work for longer. That would give us the benefits of age一skill,wisdom and good judgment.
On the other hand,more people working for longer would create greater competition for jobs. It would make it more difficult for younger people to find a job. Top posts would be dominated by the same few individuals,making career progress more difficult. And how easily would a 25-year-old employee be able to communicate with a 125-year-old boss?
Young people would be a smaller part of a society in which people lived to 140.It may be that such a society would place less importance on guiding and educating young people,and more on making life comfortable for the old.
And society would feel very different if more of its members were older. There would be more wisdom,but less energy.Young people like to move about. Old people like to sit still.Young people tend to act without thinking.Old people tend to think without acting.Young people are curious and like to experience different things.Old people are less enthusiastic about change.In fact,they are less enthusiastic about everything.
The effect of anti-ageing technology is deeper than we might think.But as the science advances,we need to think about these changes now."If this could ever happen,then we'd better ask what kind of society we want to get,"says Daniel Callahan."We had better not go anywhere near it until we have figure those problems out."

Which of the following best describes Callahan's attitude to anti-ageing technology?
A:Optimistic.
B:Pessimistic.
C:Reserved.
D:Negative.

答案:C
解析:
文章详细描述了长寿使我们能够做到的事,选项A、C、D都提到了,仅有选项B,即“长寿可以让人更多地接受教育”没有提到,因此选B。
文章第五段提到“现在人们已经觉得维持婚姻很困难”,这暗示了人们目前的婚姻关系已经十分脆弱、不稳定。因此选项A是正确的。
文章第八段讲到了寿命延长、退休推迟可能带来的种种问题,但并没有提到雇主需要更多的钱来支付员工的工资。因此选择B项。
文章第九段和第十段详细描述了人们长寿的话会出现的社会问题。选项中仅有C项的表述是正确的。
最后一段中提到Callahan认为在搞清楚长寿社会会给我们带来哪些问题之前,最好不要急着搞杭衰老的技术,由此可见他对此是持保留的观点。

第8题:

Interviews are part of most people' s working life. Here are some handy tips on how to do your best at interviews.

Interviews are part of most people' s working life. Here are some handy tips on how to do your best at interviews.

Don' t mistakenly think that your interviewers want to know about you. They are interested only in that small part of you that can or can' t do the job they have advertised.

sadly , many of us are so flattered by questions such as "Tell me about your strengths" that we take it as an invitation to chatter and make fools of ourselves.

Never think that lots of enthusiasm is enough. sit down with a pen , paper and the job description ,and work out the skills and qualities they are looking for.

Itemize your technical or professional skills as they match the requirements of the job. Then recall an incident to illustrate each of these skills. When you have done this

, you will be in a position to begin justifying your ability and suitability.

Remember that very few questions are lightly asked.

If your interviewers are interviewing more than a couple of candidates , they have probably worked up a list of eight to ten questions to put to each person. In well-organized businesses , they will be making marks in their notebooks as you give your replies. An imprecise answer will show that you do not appreciate the value of the question. s0 think through how you can give strong

, specific answers to questions such as "Can you work well in a team or on your own or in a small business?"

Avoid giving them reasons to exclude you. You want to appear the sort of person who will help out in a crisis. make the tea sometimes even if it is not your job. be tolerant of others. whatever their age ,sex , race or religion ,

and be easy to manage. Don't attack your previous employer as it suggests you might attack your now one.

Try asking them a few questions. If you ask what sort of projects you would be likely to start work on ,you might then get back some very useful feedback. If they start opening Up

to you , you can get into a more equal conversation and may have an opportunity to show that you can deal with the sort of situation they are describing.

31. The passage is to show the applicant how to ( )

A. prepare for a job interview

B. do their best at a job interview

C. impress the interviewers at a job interview

32. The applicant should not attack his previous boss at the interview because ( )

A. the interviewer and the applicant' s previous boss may be birds of a feather

B. a man who speaks ill of somebody else in the back is not reliable and trustworthy

C. the interviewer may think that, if one attacks his previous employer now , he might attack his new one later

33. Why is it good for the applicant to ask the interviewer a few questions? ( )

A. He can have more chance of demonstrating his ability.

B. He can learn more about the interviewer' s likes and dislikes.

C. He can make the interview run in the way in his favor.

34. According to the passage , which of the following is true? ( )

A. Y ou should answer every question raised by the interviewer as thoroughly as possible.

B. You should try your best to flatter the interviewer and never disagree with him.

C. It is foolish to take the question "Tell me about your strengths" as an invitation to chatter.

35. It can be inferred from the passage that ( )

A. interviewers always want to know as many as possible about the applicant

B. a careful analysis of your qualifications will better prepare you for the interview

C. one should give more attention to questions like ‘Can you work well in a team?"


参考答案:


31. B 32. C 33. A 34. C 35. B


第9题:

共用题干
第一篇

Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity.It may be walking,cycling or swimming,or in winter,skating or skiing. It may be a game of some kind of football,hockey,golf, or tennis.It may be mountaineering.
Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment.Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship,and to take risks on high mountains?This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.
Mountaineering is a sport and not a game.There are no manmade rules,as there are for such games as golf and football.There are,of course,rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore,but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people.Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.
If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports,we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a"team game".We should be mistaken in this.There are,it is true,no "matches " between "teams"of climbers,but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend,there is obviously teamwork.
The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man.He has to fight the forces of nature.His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.
A mountain climber continues to improve the skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty,and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties.But it is not unusual for a man of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps.They may take more time than younger men,but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort,and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

Mountaineering compete against________.
A:nature
B:each other
C:other teams
D:international standards

答案:A
解析:
推断题。根据第二段第二句:Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship , and to take risks on high mountains?为什么那些男男女女们愿意忍受寒冷和艰辛去高山上冒险呢? 由此可以推断登山运动会涉及辛苦、身体上的风险和寒冷。
推断题。根据第三段第一、二句:Mountaineering is a sport and not a game.There are no manmade rules , as there are for such games as golf and football.登山是一项运动,而不是一种比赛。没有像高尔夫和橄榄球那种类型的比赛所具备的人为制定的规则。由此可知运动和比赛的区别是和规则有关系。
推断题。根据第四段最后一句中提到的:...when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend , there is obviously teamwork.但是当登山者们在悬崖峭壁上被维系他们生命的同一根绳子所联结的时候,显然需要团队合作。可以推断出登山时队员们彼此依赖,有很强的团队性,可以称之为一种团体运动。
推断题。根据倒数第二段第二句:He has to兔ht the forces of nature.他必须和大自然的力量作斗争,fight和compete against表达同样的意思。
主旨题。本文的主要内容就是介绍登山运动。

第10题:

共用题干
So Many"Earths"
The Milky Way(银河)contains billions of Earth-sized planets that could support life.That's the finding of a new study.It draws on data that came from NASA's top planet-hunting telescope.
A mechanical failure recently put that Kepler space telescope out of service.Kepler had played a big role in creating a census of planets orbiting some 170,000 stars.Its data have been helping astronomers predict how common planets are in our galaxy.The telescope focused on hunting planets that might have conditions similar to those on Earth.
The authors of a study,published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,conclude that between 14 and 30 out of every 100 stars,with a mass and temperature similar to the Sun,may host a planet that could support life as we know it.Such a planet would have a diameter at least as large as Earth's,but no more than twice that big.The planet also would have to orbit in a star's habitable zone.That's where the surface temperature would allow any water to exist as a liquid.
The new estimate of how many planets might fit these conditions comes from studying more than 42,000 stars and identifying suitable worlds orbiting them.The scientists used those numbers to extrapolate(推算) to the rest of the stars that the telescope could not see.
The estimate is rough,the authors admit.If applied to the solar system,it would define as habitable a zone starting as close to the Sun as Venus and running to as far away as Mars.Neither planet is Earthlike (although either might have been in the distant past).Using tighter limits,the researchers estimate that between 4 and 8 out of every 100 sunlike stars could host an Earth-sized world.These are ones that would take 200 to 400 days to complete a yearly orbit.
Four out of every 100 sunlike stars doesn't sound like a big number.It would mean,however,that the Milky Way could host more than a billion Earth-sized planets with a chance for life.

The estimate of the number of planets that could support life is not very accurate.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

答案:A
解析:
本篇文章只在第二段第一句表明,近来一次机械故障使开普勒太空望远镜不再为我们服务,并没有提到开普勒太空望远镜为我们服务了多少年。
第二段最后一句表明,开普勒太空望远镜主要寻找与地球有相似环境的星球。
第三段第二句表明,可让生命存在的星球的直径至少与地球的直径一样大,但不会超过地球直径的两倍。由此可推测出其不会比地球小,因此题干表述错误。
第三段第三、四句表明,适合生命存在的星球必须与它所环绕的恒星有一个合适的距离,以保证星球表面的温度允许液态水存在,而地球正是适合人类居住的星球,而且地球是绕着太阳运行的。
第四段第一句表明,这项新评估源于对超过4.2万颗星球的分析,而非源于对17万颗星球的分析。
第五段第一句表明,研究者承认这项评估是粗糙的,即不精确的。
文章第一段指出,这次的调查结果是新的发现,但通篇文章并未提到这是对可能有生命存在的星球的首次研究。

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