第四部分：閱讀理解（每題3分，共45分）
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題，每道題后面有4個選項。請仔細閱讀短文并根據(jù)短文回答其后面的問題，從4個選項中選擇1個答案涂在答題卡相應的位置上。
第1篇
Common-cold Sense
You can't beat it，but you don't have to join it.Maybe it got the name “common cold” because it's more common in winter.The fact is，though，being cold doesn't have anything to do with getting one 3.Colds are caused by the spread of rhinoviruses，and，at least SO far，medical science is better at telling you how to avoid getting one than how to get rid of one.
Children are the most common way cold viruses are spread to adults，because they have more colds than adults — an average of about eight per year.Why do kids seem SO much more easily to get colds than their parents？ Simple.They haven't had the opportunity to become immune to many cold viruses.
There are more than 1 50 different cold viruses，and you never have the same one twice.Being infected by one makes you immune to it — but only it.
Colds are usually spread by direct contact，not sneezing or coughing.From another person's hand to your hand and then to your nose or eyes is the most common route.。The highest concentration of cold viruses anywhere is found under the thumbnails of a boy，although the viruses Can survive for hours on skin or other smooth surfaces.
Hygiene is your best defense.Wash your hands frequently.preferably with a disinfectant soap，especially when children in your household have colds.
But even careful hygiene won't ward off.every cold.So，what works when a coughing，sneezing，runny nose strikes？
The old prescription of two aspirins，lots of water，and bed rest is a good place to start.But you'11 also find some of the folk remedies…worth Wing.Hot mixtures of sugar（or honey），lemon，and water have real benefits.
詞匯 ：
rhinovirus n.鼻病毒
virus n.病毒
immune adj.免疫的，有免疫力的
preferably adv.更可取地，更好地
disinfectant n.消毒劑，殺菌劑
prescription n.（1）訣竅（2）處方，藥方
infect vt.傳染，侵染，感染
sneeze vi.打噴嚏
remedy n.治療，治療法，藥品
thumbnail n.拇指甲
1.Accordingtothe essay，you may have a cold because
A）the weather is too cold.
B）the spread of rhinoviruses gets people infected.
C）another person's coughing passes the cold to you
D）you wash your hands too often.
2.The best way to keep yourself from getting colds is
A）to keep yourself clean.
B）to use a disinfectant soap.
C）to take two aspirins every day.
D）to drink lots of water.
3.Children have more colds because
A）they are usually infected about eight times each year.
B）they are not immune to many cold viruses yet.
C）they never wash their hands So that their thumbnails are dirty.
D）they don't 1ike eating lemon.
4.When you are having a cold，
A）it is always the same kind of cold that you had last time.
B）it may be the same kind of cold that you had last time.
C）it is certainly not the same kind of cold that you had last time.
D）it is probably not the same kind of cold that you had last time.
5.When one is having a cold， he may often have a11 the following symptoms EXCEPT
A）coughing.
B）having a sore throat.
C）having a runny nose.
D）having a stomachache.
第2篇
Urban Rainforest
On the west side of the island of Manhattan in New Y0rk City，tree by tree，leaf by leaf， a 2，500 square foot sector of the Central African Republic's Dzanga Ndoki Rainforest has been transported to，or recreated at，the American Museum of Natural History's new hall of biodiversity.When the hall opens this May， visitors will visit one of the world's biggest and most accurate reproduction of one of nature's most threatened creations.
To bring the rainforest to New Y0rk.a team of nearly two dozen scientists—the largest collecting expedition the museum has ever organised for an exhibit — spent five weeks in the African rainforest collecting soil，plants，and leaves；recording and documenting species；studying trees；shooting videotape and still photos；and interviewing local people.“This area has been explored very little，” says Hoel Cracraft who estimates that the museum will eventually collect 150 to 180 mammals，more than 300 species of birds，hundreds of butterflies，and hundreds of thousands，if not 111illions，of organisms.The exhibition may even have produced a special prize - scientists suspect they have uncovered several new species.
To give the forest a sense of realness，the back wall of the exhibit is an enormous videoscreen，sounds will come out from hidden speakers.and plans even call for forest smells.Computer controls will vary the effects so that no two walkthroughs will ever be exactly the same.
After the team returned to New York.the forest was reproduced with the help of the computer Computer modelling programmes plotted distances and special relationships.Artists studied photos and brought what they saw to 1ife.Plaster trees were made.Recreated animals began to stand in the rainforest of the hall.Flying creatures will hang from the ceiling.The 1ight in the forest—one of the exhibit's cleverest re-creations—will seem real.Long tube 1ights will have the correct colour and temperature to produce a natural effect.The plants and animals exhibited throughout the hall exist naturally in a perfect balance—remove one.and the whole is imperfect if not endangered.The exhibit is proof to the hope that the world's rainforests will never exist solely as a carefully preserved artifact.
詞匯：
biodiversity n.生物多樣性
document v.紀實性地描述
mammal n.哺乳類 動物
organism n.微生物
exhibit n.展品
walkthrough n.開拍前的排練，預排
plot v.為……設定
plaster n.熟石膏
artifact n.人工制品
1. What is this passage mainly about？
A） The history of the American Museum of Natural History.
B）The reproduction of the rainforest at a New York museum.
C）Visitors' interest in the rainforest reproduction at a New York museum
D）Saving rainforests in the Central African Republic.
2.How did the museum collect the data in the Central African Republic？
A）It sent a large team of scientists there.
B）It cooperated with many African scientists.
C）It recruited local people to collect mammals，etc.。
D）It sent cameramen to shoot videotapes.
3.To give the forest a sense of realness.all the following are used EXCEPT that
A）hidden loudspeakers are used to produce forest sound.
B）a huge videoscreen is put up on the back wall.
C）special equipment is employed to produce forest smells.
D）the forest is surrounded by front and back walls.
4.What is the main theme of the last paragraph？
A）The layout of the rainforest exhibition.
B）The balance between animals and plants.
C）The clever design of lighting.
D）Preservation of the rainforest exhibition as an artifact
5.What does the last sentence of the passage most probably mean？
A）The rainforest in the Central African Republic will be preserved forever.
B）The well-designed exhibit will be preserved as an artifact.
C）The exhibit reflects the hope that natural rainforests will be well preserved
D）The exhibit of the rainforest in the museum is the sole one in the world.
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題，每道題后面有4個選項。請仔細閱讀短文并根據(jù)短文回答其后面的問題，從4個選項中選擇1個答案涂在答題卡相應的位置上。
第1篇
Common-cold Sense
You can't beat it，but you don't have to join it.Maybe it got the name “common cold” because it's more common in winter.The fact is，though，being cold doesn't have anything to do with getting one 3.Colds are caused by the spread of rhinoviruses，and，at least SO far，medical science is better at telling you how to avoid getting one than how to get rid of one.
Children are the most common way cold viruses are spread to adults，because they have more colds than adults — an average of about eight per year.Why do kids seem SO much more easily to get colds than their parents？ Simple.They haven't had the opportunity to become immune to many cold viruses.
There are more than 1 50 different cold viruses，and you never have the same one twice.Being infected by one makes you immune to it — but only it.
Colds are usually spread by direct contact，not sneezing or coughing.From another person's hand to your hand and then to your nose or eyes is the most common route.。The highest concentration of cold viruses anywhere is found under the thumbnails of a boy，although the viruses Can survive for hours on skin or other smooth surfaces.
Hygiene is your best defense.Wash your hands frequently.preferably with a disinfectant soap，especially when children in your household have colds.
But even careful hygiene won't ward off.every cold.So，what works when a coughing，sneezing，runny nose strikes？
The old prescription of two aspirins，lots of water，and bed rest is a good place to start.But you'11 also find some of the folk remedies…worth Wing.Hot mixtures of sugar（or honey），lemon，and water have real benefits.
詞匯 ：
rhinovirus n.鼻病毒
virus n.病毒
immune adj.免疫的，有免疫力的
preferably adv.更可取地，更好地
disinfectant n.消毒劑，殺菌劑
prescription n.（1）訣竅（2）處方，藥方
infect vt.傳染，侵染，感染
sneeze vi.打噴嚏
remedy n.治療，治療法，藥品
thumbnail n.拇指甲
1.Accordingtothe essay，you may have a cold because
A）the weather is too cold.
B）the spread of rhinoviruses gets people infected.
C）another person's coughing passes the cold to you
D）you wash your hands too often.
2.The best way to keep yourself from getting colds is
A）to keep yourself clean.
B）to use a disinfectant soap.
C）to take two aspirins every day.
D）to drink lots of water.
3.Children have more colds because
A）they are usually infected about eight times each year.
B）they are not immune to many cold viruses yet.
C）they never wash their hands So that their thumbnails are dirty.
D）they don't 1ike eating lemon.
4.When you are having a cold，
A）it is always the same kind of cold that you had last time.
B）it may be the same kind of cold that you had last time.
C）it is certainly not the same kind of cold that you had last time.
D）it is probably not the same kind of cold that you had last time.
5.When one is having a cold， he may often have a11 the following symptoms EXCEPT
A）coughing.
B）having a sore throat.
C）having a runny nose.
D）having a stomachache.
第2篇
Urban Rainforest
On the west side of the island of Manhattan in New Y0rk City，tree by tree，leaf by leaf， a 2，500 square foot sector of the Central African Republic's Dzanga Ndoki Rainforest has been transported to，or recreated at，the American Museum of Natural History's new hall of biodiversity.When the hall opens this May， visitors will visit one of the world's biggest and most accurate reproduction of one of nature's most threatened creations.
To bring the rainforest to New Y0rk.a team of nearly two dozen scientists—the largest collecting expedition the museum has ever organised for an exhibit — spent five weeks in the African rainforest collecting soil，plants，and leaves；recording and documenting species；studying trees；shooting videotape and still photos；and interviewing local people.“This area has been explored very little，” says Hoel Cracraft who estimates that the museum will eventually collect 150 to 180 mammals，more than 300 species of birds，hundreds of butterflies，and hundreds of thousands，if not 111illions，of organisms.The exhibition may even have produced a special prize - scientists suspect they have uncovered several new species.
To give the forest a sense of realness，the back wall of the exhibit is an enormous videoscreen，sounds will come out from hidden speakers.and plans even call for forest smells.Computer controls will vary the effects so that no two walkthroughs will ever be exactly the same.
After the team returned to New York.the forest was reproduced with the help of the computer Computer modelling programmes plotted distances and special relationships.Artists studied photos and brought what they saw to 1ife.Plaster trees were made.Recreated animals began to stand in the rainforest of the hall.Flying creatures will hang from the ceiling.The 1ight in the forest—one of the exhibit's cleverest re-creations—will seem real.Long tube 1ights will have the correct colour and temperature to produce a natural effect.The plants and animals exhibited throughout the hall exist naturally in a perfect balance—remove one.and the whole is imperfect if not endangered.The exhibit is proof to the hope that the world's rainforests will never exist solely as a carefully preserved artifact.
詞匯：
biodiversity n.生物多樣性
document v.紀實性地描述
mammal n.哺乳類 動物
organism n.微生物
exhibit n.展品
walkthrough n.開拍前的排練，預排
plot v.為……設定
plaster n.熟石膏
artifact n.人工制品
1. What is this passage mainly about？
A） The history of the American Museum of Natural History.
B）The reproduction of the rainforest at a New York museum.
C）Visitors' interest in the rainforest reproduction at a New York museum
D）Saving rainforests in the Central African Republic.
2.How did the museum collect the data in the Central African Republic？
A）It sent a large team of scientists there.
B）It cooperated with many African scientists.
C）It recruited local people to collect mammals，etc.。
D）It sent cameramen to shoot videotapes.
3.To give the forest a sense of realness.all the following are used EXCEPT that
A）hidden loudspeakers are used to produce forest sound.
B）a huge videoscreen is put up on the back wall.
C）special equipment is employed to produce forest smells.
D）the forest is surrounded by front and back walls.
4.What is the main theme of the last paragraph？
A）The layout of the rainforest exhibition.
B）The balance between animals and plants.
C）The clever design of lighting.
D）Preservation of the rainforest exhibition as an artifact
5.What does the last sentence of the passage most probably mean？
A）The rainforest in the Central African Republic will be preserved forever.
B）The well-designed exhibit will be preserved as an artifact.
C）The exhibit reflects the hope that natural rainforests will be well preserved
D）The exhibit of the rainforest in the museum is the sole one in the world.