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A
A San Francisco self-service laundry(自助洗衣店)may be one of the world’s most unusual places to surf the Internet but a fashionable club on Moscow’s Red Square is definitely the most fashionable, according to a Yahoo survey of the globe’s best cybercafés(网吧).
The winners of the first Yahoo Mail Internet Café Awards were published on Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the world’s first cybercafé in London’s West End.
Among the top picks were the unusual Brain Wash in San Francisco, named as “the height of Internet café with self-service laundry” and Moscow’s Phlegmatic Dog, selected as Most Stylish with its “unique combination of comfort and hi-tech”. Taking the Best UK Internet Café award
was Café Curve in Brighton, southern England—“a must for anyone who likes style, comfort, typing and keeping in touch”. And the title of the world’s Most Remote Internet Café went to an internationally funded centre in Timbuktu, Mali.
The winners were chosen by a team of judges who considered travelers’ more than 1,000 nominations(提名) of cybercafés in 111 countries. The results have been collected in a Rough Guides e-book.
In the decade since London’s Café Cyberia first opened its doors in 1994, approximately 20,000 Internet cafés have sprung up in 171 countries, according to Yahoo Mail.
“Despite the fact that home and work Internet access is now commonplace, Internet cafés fulfil the same role as they did 10 years ago,” Eva Pascoe, a co-founder of Café Cyberia, said in a statement. “They are the post offices of the wired generation.”
1. The purpose of Yahoo Mail Internet Café Awards is______________ .
A. to honor the 10th anniversary of Yahoo
B. to celebrate the rapid development of Internet cafés
C. to mark the 10th anniversary of London’s Café Cyberia
D. to promote the most fashionable club
2. Which is not the correct match of the following cybercafés?
A. Café Curve in Brighton—the Best UK Internet Café award
B. the internationally funded centre in Timbuktu—the world’s Most Remote Internet Café
C. Moscow’s Phlegmatic Dog—the most fashionable
D. Brain Wash in San Francisco—combination of comfort and hi-tech
3. What does the sentence “They are the post offices of the wired generation.”imply?
A. Internet surfers communicate with each other on Internet rather than by posting letters.
B. Internet cafés start the same service as post offices.
C. Post offices and Internet cafés are of the same importance to surfers.
D. Post offices turn to be Internet cafés in e-mail times.
4. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Yahoo receives world’s best cybercafé title
B. Yahoo’s development in the past decade
C. Yahoo, one of the globe’s best cybercafés
D. Yahoo awards world’s best cybercafés
B
An Australian man has beaten 75 other contestants from around the world to win a race up the stairs of the world’s tallest building, Taipei 101.
Paul Crake, 30, ran up 91 floors containing 2,046 steps in 10 minutes, 29 seconds. Mr. Crake, who has won a similar race up the Empire State Building five times, won US$5,920 in prize money. The women’s race was won by Austrian Andrea Mayr, who finished in 12 minutes, 38 seconds and also won a $5,920 prize.
Austrian Rudolf Reitheiger, who beat Mr. Crake in this year’s Empire State Building race, came second in the men’s competition. Mr. Crake and Ms Mayr missed out the $30,000 on offer for completing the grueling(精疲力竭的) race in under 10 or 12 minutes respectively.
Taipei 101 is 508 metres tall and was finished in 2003, although Chinese developers have said Shanghai’s World Financial Centre will be taller when completed in 2007.
A further 1,001 people took part in a so-called “self-challenging” race up the Skyscraper.
The Sears Tower in Chicago, the CN tower in Toronto and the Azrieli tower in Tel Aviv have all held recent events.
Runners also race up the longest staircase in the world—the service staircase for the Niesenbahn railway near Spiez, Switzerland, which has 11,674 steps.
An event for the long-distance stairway runner also takes place in Radebeul, Germany, where competitors run up 397 stairs 100 times to equal the height of Mt Everest.
1. Mr. Crake, the winner of “Taipei 101”race, has taken part in Empire State Building race for at least_______.
A. 5 times B. 6 times
C. 10 times D. 12 times
2. If Mr. Crake had finished “Taipei 101”race_______earlier, he would have got________the amount of the prize money.
A. more than half a minute; over 5 times
B. less than 29 seconds; over 5 times
C. more than thirty seconds; nearly 5 times
D. less than 29 seconds; nearly 5 times
3. Which of the following events has the longest race distance according to the text?
A. Taipei 101 race.
B. Niesenbahn railway staircase race.
C. Radebeul stairway race.
D. Empire State building race.
4. We can infer from the text that_______________
A. Tallest building races are very popular in Australia.
B. Taipei 101 is the most popular place for “Tower-running” races.
C. “Tower-running” races take place up the tallest buildings and structures across the world.
D. The distance of “tallest building”races across the world is usually the same.
C
Zurich of Switzerland is the city with the highest quality of life in 2006, while Baghdad, for the third year running, has the lowest, a survey published by human resource company Mercer on Monday shows. Zurich, Geneva and Vancouver made the top three in the list while Bangui in the Central African Republic and Brazzaville, the capital of Congo Republic, joined Baghdad in the bottom three.
Almost half the top 30 scoring cities are in Western Europe. In this region, Vienna follows Zurich and Geneva in 4th position. Other highly-rated cities include Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich in positions 6, 7 and 8 respectively. Athens remains the lowest scoring city in Western Europe, standing at position 79.
Chicago is one of the biggest climbers in the rankings since 2005, rising to 41st from 52nd due to reduced crime rates, while Cairo is one of the biggest fallers, sliding nine places to 131st out of 215 cities. “(This was) due to political turmoil and terrorist attacks in the city and surrounding area,” Mercer said.
Asia-Pacific Auckland and Wellington have both moved up the rankings from 8th to 5th and 14th to 12th places respectively, while Sydney remains at position 9. In Asia, Singapore ranks 34th followed by Tokyo, Japan’s highest scoring city, at position 35. Hong Kong’s modern and efficient infrastructure, including its airport which is considered one of the best in the world, has pushed it up from 70th to 68th position. The top-ranking city in China’s mainland is Shanghai in 103rd place.
“Beijing and Shanghai are on the rise and should experience rapid improvements in quality of living in the coming years. This is mainly due to greater international investment driven by lower cost of labour and manufacturing expertise,” explained Mr. Slagin Parakatil, Senior Researcher at Mercer.
1. It can be inferred that Dusseldorf,Frankfurt and Munich are .
A. European cities
B. on the different continents
C. American cities
D. the highest scoring cities
2. Which of the following cities in Asia is the best place to live in according to the survey?
A. Singapore. B. Tokyo.
C. Hong Kong. D. Shanghai.
3. Which of the following is not the possible quality-of-life factor?
A. Political Stability.B. Transportation.
C. Environment.D. Population.
4. Which is the correct order of the following cities according to their position on the list?
A. Zurich, Vienna, Chicago, Cairo,Shanghai, Baghdad.
B. Geneva, Vienna, Sydney, Wellington,Hong Kong, Bangui.
C. Vancouver, Sydney, Auckland, Tokyo,Hong Kong, Brazzaville.
D. Zurich, Munich, Singapore, Cairo,Athens, Baghdad.
D
One of Britain’s leading fee-paying schools, Wellington College, is to offer classes on happiness to fight against the negative influences in society caused by materialism(功利主义) and celebrity obsession(名誉崇拜), its headteacher announced.
Wellington school was founded in 1853 and currently has 750 boys aged 13 to 18 and 50 girls aged 16 plus. Fees range from 6,132 pounds per term for day pupils to 7,665 pounds per term for boarders.
“We are introducing classes on happiness,” said Anthony Seldon, master of Wellington College. “We have been focusing too much on academics(学术) and missing something far more important.”
A psychologist will oversee a pilot project teaching “happiness lessons” from the start of the next academic year. Pupils aged 14 to 16 will be given one lesson a week, learning skills such as how to manage relationships, physical and mental health, negative emotions and how to achieve one’s ambitions.
The college’s religious education staff will teach the course as a complement to, rather than a substitute for, usual religious education classes, said Seldon, who is also a political critic and author.
“To me, the most important job of any school is to turn out young men and women who are happy and secure(可靠的),” explained Seldon. “Celebrity, money and possessions are too often the touchstones(试金石) for teenagers and yet these are not where happiness lies. Our children need to know that as societies become richer, they don’t become happier—a fact regularly shown by social science research.”
1. Wellington school is to offer students classes on happiness because______.
A. students want to learn more about materialism and celebrity obsession
B. students have poor knowledge about materialism and celebrity obsession
C. students are often unhappy about the courses taught at school
D. the school wants to smooth away the bad effects caused by materialism and celebrity obsession
2. Which statement is true according to the text?
A. Wellington College has been focusing much attention on happiness lessons.
B. Science research shows that the richer people are, the happier they will become.
C. British teenagers often judge things by celebrity, money and possessions.
D. Happiness lessons will take the place of religious education classes in college.
3. In happiness lessons, students learn the following except______.
A. how to get along with others
B. how to become wealthy and famous
C. how to get rid of negative emotion
D. how to keep healthy both in physical and mental ways
4. The passage mainly talks about______.
A. new classes on happiness for British students
B. something about Willington College
C. the British education system
D. British teenagers’ attitude to life
参考答案及详解:
A
这是一篇时尚类阅读材料｡自1994年世界第一家网吧开张以来,数以万计的网吧如雨后春笋般出现｡最近雅虎组织评审组根据旅游者的提名从1000多家网吧中评选出最佳网吧｡
1. 选C｡细节题｡短文第二段提到:周三,第一届雅虎邮箱杯网吧奖的获奖名单公布,以纪念位于伦敦西区的世界上第一家网吧创立10周年｡在短文的第五段提到这家网吧就是伦敦咖啡馆网吧(London’s Café Cyberia)｡结合两处信息可得答案｡
2. 选D｡事实归纳题｡短文第三段提到:位于英国南部布赖顿的“咖啡曲线”网吧获得了英国最佳网吧奖;莫斯科“冷淡的狗”网吧因其“舒适和高科技的独特结合”获得了最佳时尚奖;由国际合作出资在马里通布图建立的一个网络中心赢得了世界上“最偏僻的网吧”的称号｡由此可知A､B､C配对是正确的｡旧金山的“洗脑店”被称为“网吧和自助洗衣店的最高峰”,而不是“舒适和高科技的结合”｡
3. 选A｡推测题｡此句的意义是“它们(网吧)是网络一代的邮局”｡上文语境提到:尽管现在互联网在家庭和工作中已经很普遍了,网吧仍在扮演着和10年前同样的角色｡综合上述信息可知:上网的人常在网上互相交流,而不是用传统寄信的方式｡
4. 选D｡主旨题｡短文第一､二段指出了全文的中心｡雅虎关于全球最佳网吧的调查显示,旧金山的一家自助洗衣店也许是世界上最不寻常的网吧之一,而位于莫斯科红场的时尚俱乐部绝对是世界上最时尚的网吧｡举行此次评奖活动以纪念位于伦敦西区的世界上第一家网吧创立10周年｡由此可知全文最佳标题应为:雅虎评选全球最佳网吧｡
B
这是一篇体育类阅读材料｡登高比赛风靡全球,谁是最快征服世界第一高楼的人?最近一场国际登高赛在世界第一高楼台北101大厦举行,一位澳大利亚选手击败了来自世界各地的75位竞争者成为本次比赛的冠军｡
1. 选B｡数字推算题｡克勒克先生曾5次获得帝国大厦登高赛冠军”和第三段“奥地利人鲁道夫·赖特格尔在男子组比赛中屈居第二,他曾经在今年的帝国大厦登高赛中战胜过克勒克”两句的内容说明他至少参加过6次帝国大厦登高赛｡
2. 选A｡推断题｡第二段提到:现年30岁的保罗·克勒克在10分29秒内爬完了91层楼､总共1026级台阶｡此次夺冠的奖金为5920美元｡第三段中提到:克勒克和梅耶如果各自能够在10和12分钟内完成这项令人精疲力竭的比赛的话,就能获得3万美元奖金,遗憾的是他们都与其失之交臂｡克勒克离此标准还相差29秒｡本题使用的是虚拟条件句,意为:如果他能比目前再早半分钟完成,就能得到现在奖金的5倍多｡
3. 选C｡事实归纳题｡台北101大厦高508米,总共1026级台阶;瑞士施皮兹附近Niesenbahn火车站的服务楼梯是世界上最长的楼梯,总共有11674级;帝国大厦文中没有明确说明,但从下面的说明中还是可以排除掉;关键信息是在短文的最后一段,“德国拉德博伊尔还举行了距离最长的爬楼梯的比赛,397级楼梯,参赛者们爬了100趟,相当于珠穆朗玛峰的高度”｡由此可知,最长的登高赛程是德国拉德博伊尔的爬楼梯比赛｡
4. 选C｡推测题｡除台北101大厦登高赛之外,文中还提到的登高赛有:帝国大厦登高赛,另外有1001人同时参加的名为“挑战自我”的攀登摩天大楼的比赛,芝加哥的西尔斯大厦,多伦多的加拿大国家电视塔和特拉维夫的阿兹列里大厦最近都举行了类似的爬楼比赛,瑞士施皮兹附近Niesenbahn火车站爬楼梯比赛以及德国拉德博伊尔的爬楼梯比赛｡由此说明:世界各地的第一高楼和建筑物都举行过类似的爬楼比赛｡
C
这是一篇时尚类短文｡美世人力资源咨询公司公布了2006年全球城市生活质量排名,瑞士苏黎世高居榜首｡
1. 选A｡推测题｡短文第二段提到:得分排在前三十名的城市中近一半集中在西欧地区｡在这个地区,维也纳位居苏黎世和日内瓦之后,排名第四｡其他几个得分较高的城市包括杜塞尔多夫,法兰克福和慕尼黑,分别排在第六､第七和第八位｡由此推断可知:杜塞尔多夫,法兰克福和慕尼黑是欧洲城市｡
2. 选A｡细节题｡第四段有关亚洲城市的排名情况是:新加坡名列第34位,位居其后的是日本得分最高的城市东京,排行第35位｡香港排名从70位升至68位｡中国内地排名最靠前的城市是上海,居于榜上第103位｡
3. 选D｡推测题｡短文中没有明确指出反映生活质量的指标,但隐含在短文之中,短文中提到:巴格达连续三年垫底,芝加哥是2005年以来榜上排名进步最大的城市之一,从52位升至41位｡这主要归功于芝加哥犯罪率的下降｡而开罗则是榜上排名下降最多的城市之一,下滑9位,跌至215个城市中的第131位｡其原因是开罗及其周边地区的政局动荡和恐怖分子的袭击｡香港排名上升,这主要得益于其现代化､高效的基础设施,香港的机场被认为是世界上最好的机场之一｡北京和上海正处于上升期,这主要和低成本的劳动力以及生产制造技术带来的国际投资的增长有关｡D项有关“人口”问题不在其中｡
4. 选B｡细节排序题｡A项中的开罗(131位)和上海(103位)排位有误;C项中奥克兰(5位)和悉尼(9位)排位有误;D项开罗(131位)和雅典(79位)排位有误｡
D
这是一篇教育类阅读材料｡心理健康教育一直是教育工作者所关注的问题,为培养出快乐的､可靠的年轻一代,在英国校园将推出“快乐学”新课程｡
1. 选D｡细节题｡根据第一段惠灵顿学院校长的介绍,推出此课程的目的是为了抵制由功利主义和对名誉的崇拜造成的不良社会影响｡
2. 选C｡事实判断题｡第三段提到:惠灵顿学院的男教师安东尼·塞尔顿说:“我们准备推出快乐学课程,之前,学校对于学术方面关注过多而忽视了一些更为重要的东西”,由此可排除A项;短文最后一句提到:我们的孩子们需要明白:虽然社会越来越富裕,他们并不是越来越快乐,这也是社会科学研究常发现的一个事实,由此可排除B项;短文第五段提到:“快乐学”课程并非要替代传统的宗教类课程,而是要作为此类课程的补充,由学校的宗教教育职员讲授,由此可排除D项;短文最后一段第二句提到:名誉､金钱和财产常常成为青少年们衡量事物的标准,但这些东西都不是快乐的真谛｡由此可得答案｡
3. 选B｡细节题｡根据第四段内容“14岁至16岁的学生每周上一节快乐学课,他们将学到诸如如何处理人际关系､保持生理和心理健康､消除消极情绪以及如何实现人生理想等技巧”,B项内容不在其中｡
4. 选A｡主旨题｡根据短文首句“英国主要私立学校之一的惠灵顿学院将推出“快乐学”课程”及下文的阐述可知答案｡
A San Francisco self-service laundry(自助洗衣店)may be one of the world’s most unusual places to surf the Internet but a fashionable club on Moscow’s Red Square is definitely the most fashionable, according to a Yahoo survey of the globe’s best cybercafés(网吧).
The winners of the first Yahoo Mail Internet Café Awards were published on Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the world’s first cybercafé in London’s West End.
Among the top picks were the unusual Brain Wash in San Francisco, named as “the height of Internet café with self-service laundry” and Moscow’s Phlegmatic Dog, selected as Most Stylish with its “unique combination of comfort and hi-tech”. Taking the Best UK Internet Café award
was Café Curve in Brighton, southern England—“a must for anyone who likes style, comfort, typing and keeping in touch”. And the title of the world’s Most Remote Internet Café went to an internationally funded centre in Timbuktu, Mali.
The winners were chosen by a team of judges who considered travelers’ more than 1,000 nominations(提名) of cybercafés in 111 countries. The results have been collected in a Rough Guides e-book.
In the decade since London’s Café Cyberia first opened its doors in 1994, approximately 20,000 Internet cafés have sprung up in 171 countries, according to Yahoo Mail.
“Despite the fact that home and work Internet access is now commonplace, Internet cafés fulfil the same role as they did 10 years ago,” Eva Pascoe, a co-founder of Café Cyberia, said in a statement. “They are the post offices of the wired generation.”
1. The purpose of Yahoo Mail Internet Café Awards is______________ .
A. to honor the 10th anniversary of Yahoo
B. to celebrate the rapid development of Internet cafés
C. to mark the 10th anniversary of London’s Café Cyberia
D. to promote the most fashionable club
2. Which is not the correct match of the following cybercafés?
A. Café Curve in Brighton—the Best UK Internet Café award
B. the internationally funded centre in Timbuktu—the world’s Most Remote Internet Café
C. Moscow’s Phlegmatic Dog—the most fashionable
D. Brain Wash in San Francisco—combination of comfort and hi-tech
3. What does the sentence “They are the post offices of the wired generation.”imply?
A. Internet surfers communicate with each other on Internet rather than by posting letters.
B. Internet cafés start the same service as post offices.
C. Post offices and Internet cafés are of the same importance to surfers.
D. Post offices turn to be Internet cafés in e-mail times.
4. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Yahoo receives world’s best cybercafé title
B. Yahoo’s development in the past decade
C. Yahoo, one of the globe’s best cybercafés
D. Yahoo awards world’s best cybercafés
B
An Australian man has beaten 75 other contestants from around the world to win a race up the stairs of the world’s tallest building, Taipei 101.
Paul Crake, 30, ran up 91 floors containing 2,046 steps in 10 minutes, 29 seconds. Mr. Crake, who has won a similar race up the Empire State Building five times, won US$5,920 in prize money. The women’s race was won by Austrian Andrea Mayr, who finished in 12 minutes, 38 seconds and also won a $5,920 prize.
Austrian Rudolf Reitheiger, who beat Mr. Crake in this year’s Empire State Building race, came second in the men’s competition. Mr. Crake and Ms Mayr missed out the $30,000 on offer for completing the grueling(精疲力竭的) race in under 10 or 12 minutes respectively.
Taipei 101 is 508 metres tall and was finished in 2003, although Chinese developers have said Shanghai’s World Financial Centre will be taller when completed in 2007.
A further 1,001 people took part in a so-called “self-challenging” race up the Skyscraper.
The Sears Tower in Chicago, the CN tower in Toronto and the Azrieli tower in Tel Aviv have all held recent events.
Runners also race up the longest staircase in the world—the service staircase for the Niesenbahn railway near Spiez, Switzerland, which has 11,674 steps.
An event for the long-distance stairway runner also takes place in Radebeul, Germany, where competitors run up 397 stairs 100 times to equal the height of Mt Everest.
1. Mr. Crake, the winner of “Taipei 101”race, has taken part in Empire State Building race for at least_______.
A. 5 times B. 6 times
C. 10 times D. 12 times
2. If Mr. Crake had finished “Taipei 101”race_______earlier, he would have got________the amount of the prize money.
A. more than half a minute; over 5 times
B. less than 29 seconds; over 5 times
C. more than thirty seconds; nearly 5 times
D. less than 29 seconds; nearly 5 times
3. Which of the following events has the longest race distance according to the text?
A. Taipei 101 race.
B. Niesenbahn railway staircase race.
C. Radebeul stairway race.
D. Empire State building race.
4. We can infer from the text that_______________
A. Tallest building races are very popular in Australia.
B. Taipei 101 is the most popular place for “Tower-running” races.
C. “Tower-running” races take place up the tallest buildings and structures across the world.
D. The distance of “tallest building”races across the world is usually the same.
C
Zurich of Switzerland is the city with the highest quality of life in 2006, while Baghdad, for the third year running, has the lowest, a survey published by human resource company Mercer on Monday shows. Zurich, Geneva and Vancouver made the top three in the list while Bangui in the Central African Republic and Brazzaville, the capital of Congo Republic, joined Baghdad in the bottom three.
Almost half the top 30 scoring cities are in Western Europe. In this region, Vienna follows Zurich and Geneva in 4th position. Other highly-rated cities include Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich in positions 6, 7 and 8 respectively. Athens remains the lowest scoring city in Western Europe, standing at position 79.
Chicago is one of the biggest climbers in the rankings since 2005, rising to 41st from 52nd due to reduced crime rates, while Cairo is one of the biggest fallers, sliding nine places to 131st out of 215 cities. “(This was) due to political turmoil and terrorist attacks in the city and surrounding area,” Mercer said.
Asia-Pacific Auckland and Wellington have both moved up the rankings from 8th to 5th and 14th to 12th places respectively, while Sydney remains at position 9. In Asia, Singapore ranks 34th followed by Tokyo, Japan’s highest scoring city, at position 35. Hong Kong’s modern and efficient infrastructure, including its airport which is considered one of the best in the world, has pushed it up from 70th to 68th position. The top-ranking city in China’s mainland is Shanghai in 103rd place.
“Beijing and Shanghai are on the rise and should experience rapid improvements in quality of living in the coming years. This is mainly due to greater international investment driven by lower cost of labour and manufacturing expertise,” explained Mr. Slagin Parakatil, Senior Researcher at Mercer.
1. It can be inferred that Dusseldorf,Frankfurt and Munich are .
A. European cities
B. on the different continents
C. American cities
D. the highest scoring cities
2. Which of the following cities in Asia is the best place to live in according to the survey?
A. Singapore. B. Tokyo.
C. Hong Kong. D. Shanghai.
3. Which of the following is not the possible quality-of-life factor?
A. Political Stability.B. Transportation.
C. Environment.D. Population.
4. Which is the correct order of the following cities according to their position on the list?
A. Zurich, Vienna, Chicago, Cairo,Shanghai, Baghdad.
B. Geneva, Vienna, Sydney, Wellington,Hong Kong, Bangui.
C. Vancouver, Sydney, Auckland, Tokyo,Hong Kong, Brazzaville.
D. Zurich, Munich, Singapore, Cairo,Athens, Baghdad.
D
One of Britain’s leading fee-paying schools, Wellington College, is to offer classes on happiness to fight against the negative influences in society caused by materialism(功利主义) and celebrity obsession(名誉崇拜), its headteacher announced.
Wellington school was founded in 1853 and currently has 750 boys aged 13 to 18 and 50 girls aged 16 plus. Fees range from 6,132 pounds per term for day pupils to 7,665 pounds per term for boarders.
“We are introducing classes on happiness,” said Anthony Seldon, master of Wellington College. “We have been focusing too much on academics(学术) and missing something far more important.”
A psychologist will oversee a pilot project teaching “happiness lessons” from the start of the next academic year. Pupils aged 14 to 16 will be given one lesson a week, learning skills such as how to manage relationships, physical and mental health, negative emotions and how to achieve one’s ambitions.
The college’s religious education staff will teach the course as a complement to, rather than a substitute for, usual religious education classes, said Seldon, who is also a political critic and author.
“To me, the most important job of any school is to turn out young men and women who are happy and secure(可靠的),” explained Seldon. “Celebrity, money and possessions are too often the touchstones(试金石) for teenagers and yet these are not where happiness lies. Our children need to know that as societies become richer, they don’t become happier—a fact regularly shown by social science research.”
1. Wellington school is to offer students classes on happiness because______.
A. students want to learn more about materialism and celebrity obsession
B. students have poor knowledge about materialism and celebrity obsession
C. students are often unhappy about the courses taught at school
D. the school wants to smooth away the bad effects caused by materialism and celebrity obsession
2. Which statement is true according to the text?
A. Wellington College has been focusing much attention on happiness lessons.
B. Science research shows that the richer people are, the happier they will become.
C. British teenagers often judge things by celebrity, money and possessions.
D. Happiness lessons will take the place of religious education classes in college.
3. In happiness lessons, students learn the following except______.
A. how to get along with others
B. how to become wealthy and famous
C. how to get rid of negative emotion
D. how to keep healthy both in physical and mental ways
4. The passage mainly talks about______.
A. new classes on happiness for British students
B. something about Willington College
C. the British education system
D. British teenagers’ attitude to life
参考答案及详解:
A
这是一篇时尚类阅读材料｡自1994年世界第一家网吧开张以来,数以万计的网吧如雨后春笋般出现｡最近雅虎组织评审组根据旅游者的提名从1000多家网吧中评选出最佳网吧｡
1. 选C｡细节题｡短文第二段提到:周三,第一届雅虎邮箱杯网吧奖的获奖名单公布,以纪念位于伦敦西区的世界上第一家网吧创立10周年｡在短文的第五段提到这家网吧就是伦敦咖啡馆网吧(London’s Café Cyberia)｡结合两处信息可得答案｡
2. 选D｡事实归纳题｡短文第三段提到:位于英国南部布赖顿的“咖啡曲线”网吧获得了英国最佳网吧奖;莫斯科“冷淡的狗”网吧因其“舒适和高科技的独特结合”获得了最佳时尚奖;由国际合作出资在马里通布图建立的一个网络中心赢得了世界上“最偏僻的网吧”的称号｡由此可知A､B､C配对是正确的｡旧金山的“洗脑店”被称为“网吧和自助洗衣店的最高峰”,而不是“舒适和高科技的结合”｡
3. 选A｡推测题｡此句的意义是“它们(网吧)是网络一代的邮局”｡上文语境提到:尽管现在互联网在家庭和工作中已经很普遍了,网吧仍在扮演着和10年前同样的角色｡综合上述信息可知:上网的人常在网上互相交流,而不是用传统寄信的方式｡
4. 选D｡主旨题｡短文第一､二段指出了全文的中心｡雅虎关于全球最佳网吧的调查显示,旧金山的一家自助洗衣店也许是世界上最不寻常的网吧之一,而位于莫斯科红场的时尚俱乐部绝对是世界上最时尚的网吧｡举行此次评奖活动以纪念位于伦敦西区的世界上第一家网吧创立10周年｡由此可知全文最佳标题应为:雅虎评选全球最佳网吧｡
B
这是一篇体育类阅读材料｡登高比赛风靡全球,谁是最快征服世界第一高楼的人?最近一场国际登高赛在世界第一高楼台北101大厦举行,一位澳大利亚选手击败了来自世界各地的75位竞争者成为本次比赛的冠军｡
1. 选B｡数字推算题｡克勒克先生曾5次获得帝国大厦登高赛冠军”和第三段“奥地利人鲁道夫·赖特格尔在男子组比赛中屈居第二,他曾经在今年的帝国大厦登高赛中战胜过克勒克”两句的内容说明他至少参加过6次帝国大厦登高赛｡
2. 选A｡推断题｡第二段提到:现年30岁的保罗·克勒克在10分29秒内爬完了91层楼､总共1026级台阶｡此次夺冠的奖金为5920美元｡第三段中提到:克勒克和梅耶如果各自能够在10和12分钟内完成这项令人精疲力竭的比赛的话,就能获得3万美元奖金,遗憾的是他们都与其失之交臂｡克勒克离此标准还相差29秒｡本题使用的是虚拟条件句,意为:如果他能比目前再早半分钟完成,就能得到现在奖金的5倍多｡
3. 选C｡事实归纳题｡台北101大厦高508米,总共1026级台阶;瑞士施皮兹附近Niesenbahn火车站的服务楼梯是世界上最长的楼梯,总共有11674级;帝国大厦文中没有明确说明,但从下面的说明中还是可以排除掉;关键信息是在短文的最后一段,“德国拉德博伊尔还举行了距离最长的爬楼梯的比赛,397级楼梯,参赛者们爬了100趟,相当于珠穆朗玛峰的高度”｡由此可知,最长的登高赛程是德国拉德博伊尔的爬楼梯比赛｡
4. 选C｡推测题｡除台北101大厦登高赛之外,文中还提到的登高赛有:帝国大厦登高赛,另外有1001人同时参加的名为“挑战自我”的攀登摩天大楼的比赛,芝加哥的西尔斯大厦,多伦多的加拿大国家电视塔和特拉维夫的阿兹列里大厦最近都举行了类似的爬楼比赛,瑞士施皮兹附近Niesenbahn火车站爬楼梯比赛以及德国拉德博伊尔的爬楼梯比赛｡由此说明:世界各地的第一高楼和建筑物都举行过类似的爬楼比赛｡
C
这是一篇时尚类短文｡美世人力资源咨询公司公布了2006年全球城市生活质量排名,瑞士苏黎世高居榜首｡
1. 选A｡推测题｡短文第二段提到:得分排在前三十名的城市中近一半集中在西欧地区｡在这个地区,维也纳位居苏黎世和日内瓦之后,排名第四｡其他几个得分较高的城市包括杜塞尔多夫,法兰克福和慕尼黑,分别排在第六､第七和第八位｡由此推断可知:杜塞尔多夫,法兰克福和慕尼黑是欧洲城市｡
2. 选A｡细节题｡第四段有关亚洲城市的排名情况是:新加坡名列第34位,位居其后的是日本得分最高的城市东京,排行第35位｡香港排名从70位升至68位｡中国内地排名最靠前的城市是上海,居于榜上第103位｡
3. 选D｡推测题｡短文中没有明确指出反映生活质量的指标,但隐含在短文之中,短文中提到:巴格达连续三年垫底,芝加哥是2005年以来榜上排名进步最大的城市之一,从52位升至41位｡这主要归功于芝加哥犯罪率的下降｡而开罗则是榜上排名下降最多的城市之一,下滑9位,跌至215个城市中的第131位｡其原因是开罗及其周边地区的政局动荡和恐怖分子的袭击｡香港排名上升,这主要得益于其现代化､高效的基础设施,香港的机场被认为是世界上最好的机场之一｡北京和上海正处于上升期,这主要和低成本的劳动力以及生产制造技术带来的国际投资的增长有关｡D项有关“人口”问题不在其中｡
4. 选B｡细节排序题｡A项中的开罗(131位)和上海(103位)排位有误;C项中奥克兰(5位)和悉尼(9位)排位有误;D项开罗(131位)和雅典(79位)排位有误｡
D
这是一篇教育类阅读材料｡心理健康教育一直是教育工作者所关注的问题,为培养出快乐的､可靠的年轻一代,在英国校园将推出“快乐学”新课程｡
1. 选D｡细节题｡根据第一段惠灵顿学院校长的介绍,推出此课程的目的是为了抵制由功利主义和对名誉的崇拜造成的不良社会影响｡
2. 选C｡事实判断题｡第三段提到:惠灵顿学院的男教师安东尼·塞尔顿说:“我们准备推出快乐学课程,之前,学校对于学术方面关注过多而忽视了一些更为重要的东西”,由此可排除A项;短文最后一句提到:我们的孩子们需要明白:虽然社会越来越富裕,他们并不是越来越快乐,这也是社会科学研究常发现的一个事实,由此可排除B项;短文第五段提到:“快乐学”课程并非要替代传统的宗教类课程,而是要作为此类课程的补充,由学校的宗教教育职员讲授,由此可排除D项;短文最后一段第二句提到:名誉､金钱和财产常常成为青少年们衡量事物的标准,但这些东西都不是快乐的真谛｡由此可得答案｡
3. 选B｡细节题｡根据第四段内容“14岁至16岁的学生每周上一节快乐学课,他们将学到诸如如何处理人际关系､保持生理和心理健康､消除消极情绪以及如何实现人生理想等技巧”,B项内容不在其中｡
4. 选A｡主旨题｡根据短文首句“英国主要私立学校之一的惠灵顿学院将推出“快乐学”课程”及下文的阐述可知答案｡