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5. Male smokers have a lower death rate from heart disease than female smokers
A. Right B.Wrong C. Not mentioned
6. Nicotine is poisonous.
A. Right B.Wrong C. Not mentioned
7. Filters and low tar tobacco make smoking safer.
A. Right B.Wrong C. Not mentioned
标准答案： B,A,B
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三、概括大意完成句子(8分)
Earthuqake
1 Every year earthquakes are responsible for a large number of deaths and a vast amount of destruction in various parts of the world. most of these damaging earthquakes occur either in a narrow belt which surrounds the Pacific Ocean or in a line which extends from Burma to the Alps in Europe. Some of the destruction is directly caused by the quake itself. An example of this is the collapse of buildings as a result of the quake itself. Other damage results from landslides or major fires which are initiated by the quake.
2 These are about a million quakes a year. Fortunately, however, not all of them are destructive. The intensity of an earthquake is measured on the Richter Scale, which goes from 0 upward. The highest scale recorded to date is 8.9. major damage generally occurs from quakes ranging upward from 6.0.
3 The actual cause of the quake itself is the breaking of rocks at or below the earths surface. This is produced by pressure which scientists believe may be due to a number of reasons, two of which are the expansion and contraction of the earths crust and continental drift.
4 In order to limit the damage and to prevent some of the suffering resulting from earthquakes, scientists are working on ways to enable accurate prediction. Special instruments are used to help people record, for example, shaking of the earth. Scientists are trying to find methods that will enable them to indicate the exact time, location and size of an earthquake.
5 Certain phenomena have been observed which are believed to be the signs of imminent earthquakes. These include strange behaviors of some animals, the changes in the content of mineral water, etc. The magnetic properties of rocks may also display special pattern before earthquakes happen.
标准答案： C,D,A,E
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5. Not all damage during an earthquake is caused by ____________.
6. Not all earthquakes are strong enough to cause ___________.
7. Scientists have been working hard to warn people of ____________.
8. Earthquakes can be predicted by observing ______________.
A. the quake itself
B. accurate prediction
C. damage of property and loss of lives
D. a possible earthquake
E. the unusual behaviors of some animals
F. the strong behaviors of human beings
标准答案： A,C,D,E
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四、阅读理解(45分)
New York -- the melting pot
Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of change of the city. In 1970, 18 percent of the city’s population was foreign-born. By 1995, the figure had risen to 33 percent, and another 20 percent were the US-born offsprings of immigrants. So immigrants and their children now form a majority of the city’s population.
Who are these New Yorkers? Why do they come here? Where are they form? (OK, time to drop the “they”. I’m one of them.) The last question at least is easy to answer: we come from everywhere . In the list of the top 20 source nations of those sending immigrants to New York between 1990 and 1994 are six countries in Asia, five in the Caribbean, four in Latin America, three in Europe, plus Israel and the former Soviet Union. And when we immigrants get here we roll up our sleeves. “If you’re not ready to work when you get to New York,” says a friend of mine, “you’d better hit the road.”
The mayor of New York once said, “Immigration continues to shape the unique character and drive the economic engine of New York City.” He believes that immigrants are at the heart of what makes New York great. In Europe, by contrast, it is much more common to hear politicians worry about the loss of “unity” that immigration brings to their societies. In the quarter century since 1970, the United States admitted about 12.5 million legal immigrants, and has absorbed them into its social structures with an ease beyond the imagination of other nations. Since these immigrants are purposeful and hard working, they will help America to make a fresh start in the next century.
练习：
1.The report issued by the Department of Planning of New York
A. put forward ways to control New York’s population.
B. concerned itself with the growth of New York’s population.
C. studied the structure of New York’s population.
D. suggested ways to increase New York’s population.
2. According to the second paragraph, which of the following is true of the immigrants in New York?
A. One can not find his place in New York unless he is ready to work.
B. They found life in New York harder than in their own countries.
C. Most of them have difficulty finding jobs.
D. One can live on welfare if he does not want to work.
3. The mayor of New York considers immigration to be
A. a big problem in the management of the city.
B. a push needed to develop the city.
C. a cause of disintegration of the city’s social structure.
D. an obstacle to the development of the city.
4. Where are the New Yorkers from?
A. Asia.
B. Europe.
C. All over the world.
D. Latin America.
5. What is the author’s attitude towards immigration to New York?
A. Negative.
B. Worried.
C. Indifferent.
D. Positive.
标准答案： C,A,B,C,D
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