第一部分 开篇语

　　第二部分 主要考点梳理

　　题一

　　David McConnell sold books from door to door. Housewives(家庭主妇)were not interested in the books. Usually before he had enough time to say anything about his books, the women closed their doors. But he didn’t give up. McConnell decided to bring each of them a present, a small bottle of perfume(香水)made by himself. He soon found that the women liked the perfume better than the books. He stopped selling books to sell perfume instead and started his own company “Avon”, which is a great success.

　　When you do nothing, you learn nothing. But when you try, even though you are not successful, you will learn what doesn’t work and that puts you closer to what will work. It doesn’t matter how many times you are not successful. It does matter that you will be successful one day.

　　Edison was not on the way to success until people bought his first invention. Success once is enough for Edison. And the same for you—success once is enough.

　　( ) 1. McConnell was successful as a book-seller.

　　( ) 2. McConnell hoped those women would buy his books if he brought them each a present.

　　( ) 3. If you do nothing at all, you will never be successful.

　　( ) 4. Edison was successful at the very beginning.

　　( ) 5. The writer encouraged us to try as much as we can.

　　题二

　　---事实细节型

　　Cool tricks

　　During his training, mercer learned to carry out 60 different commands. Shea now uses them to tell mercer what she needs as she goes about her day. “under” tells mercer to go under something, such as a desk, and lie down. “car” tells him get into a vehicle. Shea’s favorite command is “lap ”,which tell Mercer to put his front paw across his lap. At school mercer carries Shea’ backpack and helps her order her lunch.

　　1. According to the passage ,Shea’s cool tricks include the following EXCEPT_____.

　　A. Commanding Mercer to lie down.

　　B. Commanding Mercer to get into a car .

　　C. Telling mercer to open her backpack.

　　D. Telling mercer to put his front paw across his lap.

　　The human body is a living machine, and like all machines, it needs fuel to supply it with energy. That is the food we eat. But how much do we need to stay healthy? The energy value of food is usually measured in calories. A calorie is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1kg of water by 1℃. The number of calories people need per day is different, as the chart shows…

　　____ calories are required to raise the temperature of 5kg of water from 35℃to 90℃.

　　A. 55 B. 175 C. 325 D. 275

　　Which statement is TRUE according to the chart above?

　　A. A child aged 8 requires more than 3 times the amount of calories that a baby does.

　　B. A boy aged 16 requires nearly twice the amount of calories that a boy aged 8 does.

　　C. An office worker requires the same amount of calories per day as a woman feeding a baby does.

　　D. A farmer requires nearly 1.5 times the amount of calories that an office worker does.

　　题三

　　根据文章内容判断正误

　　Fred telephoned his wife. “I’ve got two free tickets for the theatre tonight,” he told her. “Meet me outside the office. We’ll have something to eat and then go on to the theatre.”Fred’s wife was very pleased. They hadn’t been to the theatre for a long time. She met her husband as he told her. They had dinner and got to the theatre just in time.

　　At the entrance Fred took out his wallet to get the tickets. “It’s very strange,” he said. “They aren’t here!” “Try your pockets,” said his wife. But the tickets weren’t there, either.

　　Then Fred looked very embarrassed (尴尬). “What’s the matter?” asked his wife. “Well,” Fred said, “I remember what I did with my tickets. I put them in my bag. But because I wasn’t going home, I left it in the office!”

　　根据文章内容判断正误

　　( ) 1. One day, Fred was given the tickets for the theatre.

　　( ) 2. Fred and his wife went to the theatre quite often.

　　( ) 3. Fred wanted to meet his wife in a restaurant.

　　( ) 4. They reached the theatre neither late nor early.

　　( ) 5. Then Fred couldn’t find his tickets and remembered what he had done with the tickets.

　　题四 词义推断题

　　主要提问方式是：

　　Hong sold pens, books and tapes to make money. “Many people looked down on me for that.” Hong remembered. “But I didn’t care.”

　　The underline word “that” here refers to ____.

　　A. working for money B. sending medicine home C. his crazy father D. his adopted sister

　　Not long after that ,she became mute too. From then on, her world was silent.

　　The underlined word “ mute ” here means ____.

　　A. unable to speak B. unhealthy C. frustrated D. not clever

　　If you have planted seeds, you can expect too many plants to come out. You have to clear some away, so that the plants left will have room to grow. This is called thinning.

　　The Chinese for “thinning” (in the fourth paragraph) is “______”.

　　A. 拔苗　 B.间苗　 C.除草　 D.育苗

　　第四部分 结束语

　　讲义参考答案: 第二部分 主要考点梳理

　　题一 答案：F T T F T 题二 答案：CDC 题三 答案：T F F T T 题四 答案：AAB