高中英语阅读理解

On the coast of Brazil lies its most famous city Rio de Janeiro. Rio is a beautiful place to visit. It is full of exciting parades, historical architecture and natural beauty.
The most famous time of year in Rio is the spring when the samba schools organize a giant parade of dance, music and costumes. Samba is a type of fast Brazilian music, which is perfect for dancing. The carnival lasts two days and over 20 samba schools perform, a total of 70,000 people in brightly coloured costumes, all dancing and singing! It is a magnificent spectacle and millions of people watch the carnival on television around the world.
Rio de Janeiro is a religious city and it is full of churches. Some, like the former Imperial Church, were built over 400 years ago while others, like the Metropolitan Cathedral, are very modern. The Metropolitan Cathedral was built in 1976 and is so large that 20,000 people can stand inside at one time!
Another important religious site in Rio is the Corcovado hill. On the top of the hill, along with a small church, stands a 30-metre high statue of Jesus with his arms stretched out. From this point you can see every part of the city.
Brazilian carnival is_________.

A．a type of Brazilian music

B．a parade of 70,000 people dancing and singing

C．a parade of millions of people on television

D．the name of a samba school

The Metropolitan Cathedral___________.

A．was built 400 years ago	B．is on Corcovado Hill
C．is a religious city	D．was built in 1976

The Corcovado Hill is famous for__________.

A．the samba parade

B．the beautiful view of the city

C．the statue of Jesus

D．the small church

Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.
The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.
Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.
But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.
There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just how much unnecessary material is collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.
What does the underlined phrase “over-consumption” refer to?

A．Using too much packaging.

B．Recycling too many wastes.

C．Making more products than necessary.

D．Having more material than is needed.

The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _______.

A．the tendency of cutting household waste

B．the increase of packaging recycling

C．the rapid growth of super markets

D．the fact of packaging overuse

What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A．Unpackaged products are of bad quality.

B．Supermarkets care more about packaging.

C．It is improper to judge quality by packaging.

D．Other products are better packaged than food.

What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Fighting wastefulness is difficult.

B．Needless material is mostly recycled.

C．People like collecting recyclable waste.

D．The author is proud of their consumer culture.

Jeanne Calment, a French woman, became a record breaker on 17 October of 1995, when at the age of 120 years and 238 days, she became the longest-lived human being on record. A Japanese man died in 1986 at the age of 120 years and 237 days.
Jeanne Calment lives in a small old people’s home in the south of France; her husband, her only child and her grandson have all died. She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair, but her doctor describes her as being more like a 90-year-old in good health than someone of 120. She still has a lively sense of humor. When asked on her 120th birthday what she expected of the future, she replied: A very short one. She also remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her.
So what is the key to a long life? According to some doctors, diet, exercise and no smoking are the three important factors. Jeanne Calment has followed two of the tips. She has always eaten a healthy diet, and she used to do exercise every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115. However, until recently she drank two glasses of strong red wine a day, and she does smoke (now only a little). Besides, Jeanne Calment might have got very good genes from her parents. Her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to 86.
A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death. It must have seemed a good move at the time, but so far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house. Every year on her birthday Jeanne Calment sends him a card saying:
Sorry, I’m still alive!
How does Jeanne Calment feel about her old age?

A．She is miserable and unhappy.

B．She is cheerful and humorous.

C．She would like to live much longer.

D．She feels she is going to die very soon.

Jeanne Calment owes her good health and long life to _______.

A．smoking only a little every day

B．her giving up smoking and drinking

C．drinking two glasses of strong red wine every day

D．the good genes from her parents, a healthy diet and some exercise

Which of the following could best replace the word “move” in the fourth paragraph?

A．deal

B．trick

C．march

D．sport

Why does Jeanne Calment say “Sorry, I’m still alive” to the local lawyer every year on her birthday?

A．Because she had an agreement at 80 with the lawyer which was to her advantage.

B．Because she has asked the lawyer to pay her more rent than they first agreed.

C．Because the lawyer has paid her much more money than the value of the house.

D．Because the house she sold to the lawyer isn’t worth the money he has already paid.

Towards evening, Jennifer was walking on the beach with a gentle breeze blowing through her hair. Looking up at the golden red sun ball, she was surprised by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls flying up above in the sky.
The atmosphere relaxed her. This was what she needed. “It’s getting late,” she thought, “I must go home. My parents will be wondering where I am.” She wondered how her parents would react when she got home after the three days she was missing. She kept on walking, directing herself to bungalow 163, where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and silently. Just in a few hundred meters, she would have been safe in her house.
It was really getting dark now. She wished she had her favorite coat on. It might keep her really warm. She imagined having it with her. This thought dissipated(消散) when she finally saw her front door. It seemed different. Nobody had taken care of the outside garden for a few days. She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now…
She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen and saw a note written by her father, “Dear Ellen, there’s some coffee ready; I went looking.” But where was Ellen? On the right side of the hallway was her parents’ room. She went in and saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, was sleeping. Her face looked so tired, as if she hadn’t slept for days. She was really pale. Jennifer would have wanted to wake her up, but she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer woke up something was different. She wasn’t in her mother’s room and she wasn’t wearing the old clothes she ran away in. She was in her cozy bed in her pajamas(睡衣).
It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice. “Are you feeling better now, dear?
You know you got us very, very scared.”
The author mentions the views of the beach in Para. 1 in order to __________.

A．tell us the time of the story

B．show Jennifer’s eased mind

C．show Jennifer’s loneliness

D．indicate the beauty of nature

Jennifer decided to go home because __________.

A．it was getting cold

B．she realized her parents were worried

C．she began to miss her parents

D．she knew nobody would take care of the garden

What can we infer from the passage?

A．Jennifer went home to fetch her favorite coat.

B．Jennifer’s father was so worried that he couldn’t take care of the outside garden.

C．Jennifer understood why the outside garden was left uncared for.

D．Jennifer’s father used to be too strict with her.

Which of the following shows the change of Jennifer’s feeling?

A．Relaxed→Lonely→Tired→Upset.

B．Angry→Relaxed→Fearful→Comfortable.

C．Fearful→Relaxed→Cheerful→Lonely.

D．Relaxed→Anxious→Shocked→Comfortable.

There is a problem discussed by people about whether parents should hit their children? Or should they ever beat them?
Research suggests many of us are likely to respond “no”, and public support for spanking（打屁股）has been falling over the years. But surveys also show that 75 percent to nearly 90 percent of parents admit to spanking their child at least once.
I was raised in a zero-tolerance home for disrespect, and my parents often turned to physical punishment. And, no, I don’t feel I was damaged by it.
Nothing is more annoying than watching ill-mannered behavior from children.
But there is data to suggest that a return to old-school spanking isn't the answer.
Two years ago, Newsweek reported that it had found data suggesting that teens whose parents used physical punishment were more likely to become aggressive.
Murray Straus, professor at the University of New Hampshire in America, has studied the topic of children and spanking for decades. He said that children who were physically punished have lower IQs than their peers. It may be that children with lower IQs were more likely to get spanked, but the punishment may have been counterproductive（反作用的）to their mental development, as well.
Some researchers make the argument that occasional open-handed smacks（用巴掌打）on the bottom are not only harmless but can have some benefit.
Last year, Marjorie Gunnoe, a psychologist at Calvin College, studied teens who have never been spanked. There are a greater number of children growing up without ever having been physically punished. Gunnoe’s research suggests they don’t turn out any better than those who were sometimes spanked.
There are some parents who simply cannot control their tempers（脾气）. But I still believe that the best parents are the ones who are able to offer fair and firm discipline without ever turning to physical punishment.
According to the first three paragraphs, the author was probably hit by her parents when __________.

A．they were dissatisfied with her grade

B．they cannot control their temper

C．she showed no respect for the elder

D．their discipline turns out to be not strict enough

According to Murray Straus, children who are physically punished __________.

A．are less aggressive toward others when they get older

B．may develop lower IQs than their peers

C．benefit from occasional spanking

D．have slower physical development

The author seems to agree that __________.

A．parents should determine whether a child needs to be smacked or not

B．children who have been spanked tend to behave better than those who haven't

C．physical punishment should be the last resort （手段）of any parent

D．good parents discipline their children in a fair and reasonable way

Perhaps Joe Cheng has become popular with thousands of fans and has been chased by girls and middles students. But do you know his resume(简历)?
Yes. Joe Cheng, who plays the most popular boy in high school in the popular Taiwanese drama “It Started with a Kiss.”
Although thousands of girls have fallen in love with him for his cute smile and strong body, Cheng, 27, doesn’t want to rest on his good looks. He made the move from modeling to acting six years ago, and now he is trying another career－this time, to be a singer. Cheng worked on his first album, “Joe Cheng’s Day”, for a year. It came out on September 7.
Apart from recording his CD, Cheng has been practicing dance moves for his music video. Given his height, 188cm, this was not an easy job. “I had bad dreams about dancing,” he said.
Cheng’s life has had many ups and downs. His parents divorced when he was in primary school and he has lived with his father ever since. After dropping out of high school, he took on all kinds of jobs before being spotted by a scout（星探）for a modeling agency. Cheng said his key to life is “keeping a positive outlook and making the most out of life.”
Cheng admitted that he got bad grades when he was in high school. But he was still very popular at school. “Being very active in the students union, I was elected president. I liked to organize parties and field trips, so many teachers and students knew me,” he said.
Cheng once dreamed of becoming a cartoonist, and he regrets that he never did it. Now he hopes his teenage fans can learn from his life. “When you are in school, just focus on studies,” Cheng said. “Every young heart is eager to explore the world outside. But take your time. Finish your studies first.”
Which of the following can be the best title for this text?

A．Finish Your Study First.

B．Life Is Full of Ups and Downs.

C．He Has It All, but Still Has Regrets.

D．The Key to Success.

What career didn’t Joe Cheng try?

A．Acting in some dramas.	B．Dancing for an agency.
C．Modeling for an agency.	D．Recording his own CDs.

The underlined word “outlook” in Paragraph 4 means __________.

A．attitude

B．scene

C．fame

D．appearance

Which of the correct order of these events?
a. Joe Cheng dropped out of high school.
b. Joe Cheng worked on his first album, “Joe Cheng’s Day”.
c. Joe Cheng’s parents divorced.
d. Joe Cheng played the most popular boy in “It started with a Kiss”.
e. Joe Cheng worked in a modeling agency.

A．acedb

B．caebd

C．caedb

D．Acebd

I travel a lot, and I find out different “styles” of directions every time 1 ask “How can I get to the post office?”
Foreign tourists are often confused in Japan because most streets there don’t have names; in Japan, people use landmarks in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”
In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”
People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They don’t know.
It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, ‘Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I don’t know.” People in Yucatan believe that “I don’t know” is impolite, They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!
When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place they usually _________

A．describe the place carefully

B．refer to recognizable buildings and places

C．show him a map of the place

D．tell him the names of the streets

Which is the place where people measure distance in time?

A．New York.	B．Kansas.
C．Los Angeles.	D．Iowa.

People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer ________

A．in order to save time	B．as a test
C．for fun	D．so as to be polite

What can we infer from the text?

A．It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.

B．People have similar understandings of politeness.

C．It’s important for travelers to understand cultural differences.

D．New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.

Can you imagine a world without the Internet? It’s surprising to think about it.
Now, China has more than 162 million Internet users, according to the China Internet Network Information Centre. This is the second highest number of user in the world after the United States. Today, 66%of Chinese “netizens （网民）” are teenagers. “They spend about thirteen hours every week online,” said Qian Hulin, an Internet expert(专家). Doctor Song in Beijing Xuanwu Hospital said about 14% of Chinese netizens who are teens often lasted over ten hours to play online games.
The main reasons why teenagers surf the Web are to search for information, to communicate with others and to have fun. On the Internet, teenagers can find out almost anything. And surfing the Web can help students with their homework and widen their knowledge.
Li Dong, a teacher at No. 41 Middle School in Shijiazhuang, likes her students to use the Internet. “When we talk in class, students who surf the Net usually know more background information than the others,” she said.
In addition, people can use the Internet to write letters or stories and send emails. Many teens keep in touch with their friends online. It is cheaper than phoning somebody far away and also much quicker.
_______ has the most Internet users in the world according to the article.

A．China

B．America

C．Canada

D．Russia

There are about _______ Chinese netizens to surf about 13 hours every week.

A．107 million old	B．22.7 million old
C．107 million young	D．22.7 million young

Song said some teenagers continued _______ more than ten hours.

A．playing online games

B．searching for information

C．chatting with their friends

D．sending emails to others

Li Dong in No. 41 Middle School likes her students to use the Internet because she ______.

A．thinks surfing the net can help students spend less time on homework

B．thinks her students can get more background information than the others

C．wants her students to talk to her about their hobbies and interests

D．wants to know what her students do and think about at home

Which way is the cheapest and quickest to learn something about friends far away?

A．Giving them a call.

B．Going to see them.

C．Writing a letter to them.

D．Sending emails to them.

Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
In 1954, life magazine published(刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.
He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.
Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.

A．some school children could not read

B．many children's books were interesting

C．children wanted to learn to read

D．a writer for children was wanted

People like his books because the books ______.

A．are cheap and easy to get

B．were written in different languages

C．are easy and interesting to read

D．were written with invented words

He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.

A．50

B．53

C．56

D．87

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.

B．Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.

C．The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children.

D．His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.

From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.

A．won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death

B．sold millions of his books himself worldwide

C．changed American children's way of reading

D．wrote the largest number of books in the world

The weather is getting hotter. You are thirsty playing basketball or riding home from school. A cold drink may be just the thing. But be careful what you are drinking. Something that looks cool may not be good for your health.
There are plenty of "energy drinks" on the market. Most of them have beautiful colors and cool names. The lists on them tell you they are helpful to your health. Sounds great!
But after a careful check you may find that most energy drinks have lots of caffeine (咖啡因) in them. These drinks are especially aimed at young people, students, busy people and sports players. Makers sometimes say their drinks make you better at sports and can keep you awake. But be careful not to drink too much.
Caffeine makes your heart beat fast. Because of this, the International Olympic Committee has limited( 限制) its use. Caffeine in most energy drinks is at least as strong as that in a cup of coffee or tea. Possible health dangers have something to do with energy drinks. Just one box of energy drink can make you nervous, have difficulty sleeping and can even cause heart problems. Scientists say that teenagers should be discouraged from taking drinks with a lot of caffeine in them.
Many people like drinking energy drinks because of the following EXCEPT that ________.

A．they have beautiful colors and cool names

B．they have lots of caffeine

C．they can keep them awake and better at sports

D．they are said to be helpful to health

The main reason for people not to drink too much energy drinks is that they may cause _____.

A．heart problems	B．nervousness
C．sleeping difficulty	D．possible health dangers

The underlined word "discouraged" can be replaced(替换) with "________".

A．encouraged

B．stopped

C．helped

D．disliked

From the passage we can know that _________.

A．advertisements are important in getting people to buy energy drinks

B．energy drinks are helpful to teenagers' study

C．sports players need to drink a lot of energy drinks

D．energy drinks are especially aimed at teenagers

Which of the following can be the best title(标题) of the passage?

A．What's the Use of Energy Drinks?

B．Who Can Drink Energy Drinks

C．What's That in Energy Drinks?

D．Why Can't We Buy Energy Drinks?

Ticket Prices for Shanghai Expo
Time Types	Pre-sale（预售）Ⅰ Mar. 27，2009 ～Jun. 30，2009	Pre-sale Ⅱ Jul. 1，2009 ～Dec. 31，2009	Pre-sale Ⅲ Jan. 1，2010 ～Apr. 30，2010	Expo Session（期间）May. 1，2010 ～Oct. 31，2010
Peak Day Ticket （指定日门票）	￥170	￥180	￥190	￥200
Standard Day Ticket （平日门票）	￥130	￥140	￥150	￥160
3-Day Ticket	N/A（无）	￥400
7-Day Ticket	￥900
Evening Ticket	N/A	￥90

41．If Joe wanted to buy the cheapest ticket for Peak Day，he could book（预定）one during       ．

A．Pre - sale Ⅰ	B．Pre – sale Ⅱ
C．Pre – sale Ⅲ	D．Expo Session

On March 1，2010，Sue bought two Standard Day tickets for her parents.
She paid      for them.

A．￥380

B．￥300

C．￥260

D．￥180

It cost Thomas ￥160 to get a ticket for Standard Day.He probably bought it on       ．

A．April 23，2009	B．August l，2009
C．February 2，2010	D．May 20，2010

Kathy spent 900 yuan on a ticket for Shanghai Expo．Her visit can last        days．

A．one

B．three

C．seven

D．ten

Visitors to Shanghai Expo could buy         tickets only after May 1，2010．

A．morning	B．afternoon
C．evening	D．midnight

The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “I’m sorry, I can’t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”
“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”
“I can’t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”
I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all your people do?”
“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”
“So when it goes down, you go down with it.”
“That’s good, sir.”
“How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.
“I have no idea. Sometimes it’s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There’s no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it’s down it won’t answer us.”
After the girl told me they had no backup(备用) computer, I said. “Let’s forget the computer. What about your planes? They’re still flying, aren’t they?”
“I couldn’t tell without asking the computer.”
“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he’s flying to Washington, ” I suggested.
“I wouldn’t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn’t’t take you if you didn’t’t have a ticket.”
“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?”
“I wouldn’t know,” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only ‘IT’ knows. ‘IT’ can’t tell me.
By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.
The best title for the article is _______.

A．When the Computer Is Down

B．The Most Frightening Words

C．The Computer of the Airport

D．A different travel

What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?

A．She could sell a ticket.

B．She could write out a ticket.

C．She could answer the passengers’ questions.

D．She could do nothing.

Why do you think they had not a backup computer?

A．Because it was easy down

B．Because it was not relied on .

C．Because it was not useful.

D．Because it was very expensive.

The last paragraph suggests that _______.

A．a modern computer won’t be down.

B．computers can take the place of humans

C．sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people

D．there will be great changes in computers

What kind of feeling did passengers have when the computer was down?

A．upset	B．determined
C．encouraged	D．happy

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If you are an English beginner, you’d better choose________.

A．General English	B．High School ESL
C．Night Classes	D．Academic English

Which course would be helpful for students who want to take the IELTS exam?

A．Course 1.	B．Course 2.
C．Course 3.	D．Course 4.

How much will you pay if you spend two weeks taking the High School ESL course?

A．$ 200.

B．$ 300.

C．$ 500.

D．$ 600.

What can we learn from One on One according to the passage?

A．Its lessons are given in the morning.

B．It’s especially designed for English beginners.

C．It’s more expensive than the other courses.

D．Its lessons are designed to only improve writing skills.

If you are only free in the morning, you may choose________.

A．Course 1 or Course 5	B．Course 3 or Course 4
C．Course 2 or Course 4	D．Course 1 or Course 3

Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five, he gave￡12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground.
As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening,” he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.
The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.
Johnson became a rich man through ___________.

A．doing business	B．making whisky
C．cheating	D．buying and selling land

The gift of money to the school suggests (暗示) that Johnson ___________.

A．had no children

B．was a strange man

C．was very warm-hearted and fond of children

D．wanted people to know how rich he was

Many people wrote to Johnson to find out ___________.

A．what kind of whisky he had

B．how to live longer

C．how to become wealthy

D．what to inject in his neck

The newspaperman ___________.

A．should have reported what Johnson had told him

B．shouldn’t have asked Johnson what injection he had

C．was eager to live a long life

D．should have found out what Johnson really meant

When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that ________.

A．he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening

B．he needn’t an injection in the neck

C．a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well

D．there was something wrong with his neck

Our planet is home to about seven billion people. Since the 1990s, population experts have predicted the number would grow to nine billion before it begins to slow down and possibly decrease.
But a new report predicts the world’s population is likely to increase to almost 11 billion by 2100. Based on the most modern statistical tools, the new report makes use of government records and considers expert predictions, including death rates, birthrates and international migration, or people moving across borders. The report says during the rest of this century, Africa's population will grow from about 3.5 billion to 5.1 billion over the next 85 years
John is director of the United Nations Population Division. He says that in the past, researchers thought population growth in Africa would be similar to that of other areas. They expected slower growth rates as birth control use became more widespread. But he says those ideas were wrong.
“The level of contraception use has continued to increase but slowly — more slowly than expected, and birthrate therefore has been falling less rapidly than expected, and the population therefore continues to grow somewhat more rapidly than we expected.The new findings are based on a joint research project of the United Nations and the University of Washington.
The researchers believe the population of Asia will reach five billion by 2050. That is up from the current 4.4 billion. And then begin to decline. The researchers also believe that North America, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean area will have a total population of below one billion.
John says the pressure of feeding the rising population is likely to be less than that might be expected.
“The relatively good news is that the world has been winning the race between population growth and food production. If you look back historically over the last 50 years, certainly for the world as a whole and for many, most individual countries and regions, the increase in food production has outpaced the increase of population.‖”
Which area will experience the largest increase in population at the end of the century?

A．Asia.

B．Africa.

C．Europe.

D．North America.

“Contraception use‖ in the fourth paragraph refers to ________.

A．a method of expert predictions

B．a way of avoiding growth in population

C．a joint research into the rising population

D．a potential technology for food production

Why is the pressure of feeding the rising population less than expected according to John?

A．Expert predictions are not exactly like what the facts happen.

B．Birthrates have always been falling less rapidly than we expected.

C．The population grows less rapidly than population experts expected.

D．The increase in food production has outpaced the increase of population.

What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The world’s population will increase constantly.

B．The population of Asia will rise by 5 billion by 2050.

C．John is optimistic about feeding the rising population.

D．Population growth in Africa was much slower than expected.