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In the US，many people attend New Year parties．They drink champagne，dance，and cheer at the stroke of midnight．Fireworks，which in olden times scared away evil spirits，are very popular throughout the US．US residents often make one or more New Year's resolutions，such as promising to quit smoking，lose weight，stop drinking．Most of these resolutions last little longer than a month．
In the southern US，many people eat black-eyed peas for good luck in the new year．In Mexico and Venezuela，many people wear red or yellow underwear for good luck．In Brazil，residents wear white clothes for good luck，and in China，they wear red clothes and give children red envelopes with money in them．In Iran，people wear brand new clothes on the first day of the new year．
In Scotland，homeowners open the front door at midnight to let in the new year，and open the back door to let out the old year．In Switzerland，people kiss each other three times at midnight．In Spain people eat 12grapes-one per chime-as the clock chimes midnight．In Japan，they ring a bell 108times to get rid of the 108bad desires that people have．In Korea，they ring a bell 33times in honor of 33ancient soldiers．

63．How do Americans celebrate their New Year？
A．They kiss each three times at the stroke after midnight．D
B．They use fireworks to scare away evil spirits．
C．Men and women make New Year's plans together．
D．Many people attend New Year parties．
64．The underlined word"resolutions"in Paragraph 2probably meansD．
A．beliefs     B．solutions     C．principles         D．promises
65．In which countries is red regarded as a lucky color？B
A．Mexico and Brazil．                    B．Mexico and China．
C．Venezuela and Brazil．                 D．China and Iran．
66．The best title for the passage would be"C"．
A．Different customs around the world
B．New activities in America and Europe
C．New Year celebrations around the world
D．Different countries have different customs．

分析 作者講述了不同國家，不同文化，會以不同的方式慶祝新年．

解答 63-66DDBC
63   D      細節(jié)題．由第二段第一句"In the US，many people attend New Year parties．"可知很多美國人參加新年晚會，故選D．
64    D    猜測詞義題．由劃線詞所在句"US residents often make one or more New Year's resolutions，such as promising to quit smoking，lose weight，stop drinking．"可知 resolution 包括 quit smoking、lose weight、stop drinking 等，四個選項中只有D項能夠概括，且由該句中 promising 可知D項正確．A項"信仰"，B項"解決方案"，C項"原則"，均不符合文意，故正確答案為D．
65    B         細節(jié)題．由第三段第二句"In Mexico and Venezuela，many people wear red or yellow underwear for good luck．"和第三段第三句"…in China，they wear red clothes and give children red envelopes with money in them．"可知在中國和墨西哥紅色是幸運色，故選B．
66    C      主旨題．文章主要介紹了世界各地不同的慶祝新年的方式，C項符合文意，所以C項正確．A項，文章雖然涉及不同的風俗，但文中提到的不同的風俗是慶祝新年的一部分，不是文章主要內(nèi)容，所以A項正確．B項，太片面，不是文章主要內(nèi)容，所以B項錯誤．D項，文章主要講新年慶祝，不是風俗，所以D項錯誤．故正確答案為C．

點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．

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2．Charlie，a master carpenter（木匠），was very well respected in his community．Everyone knew that if they wanted the best，they would call on him．Of course that meant that Charlie would never be rich．His fellow carpenters always told him that if you used inferior（劣質(zhì)的）materials and cheap labor then you could make a lot of money．Charlie would not hear of it．
One day，John，the richest man in town came to Charlie．He said that he had just bought the best piece of land in town．It overlooked the entire city．He was going to Europe for 4months and wanted Charlie to build him the best house in town．"Spare no expense and give me the best．"
Charlie thought about this and decided finally he would make some money．He did not get his usual great carpenters and fine materials from his normal suppliers．He built the house and covered up the flaws（瑕疵）．After 4months he had spent about 50%of what he usually spends on a house．
John came back from Europe and immediately called Charlie and asked him to meet him at the house．When they met，John asked him if he had used the finest materials and spared no expense．Charlie said absolutely．John said that he was glad．He paid Charlie，then told him that he knew he was not rich and had always struggled．So he wanted to reward Charlie for all of his years of service to the community by giving Charlie this house．
There are many times in our lives where we let down a little bit．When you do，you never know what is going to happen．

50．What is the main idea of the first paragraph？C
A．Charlie was an honest and respected master carpenter．
B．Charlie was a very foolish master carpenter．
C．Charlie was a good but stubborn master carpenter．
D．Charlie was a carpenter who would never be rich．
51．What does the underlined phrase"spare no expense"in the second paragraph mean？B
A．to spend no money
B．to spend all the money necessary
C．to give not enough money
D．to waste no money
52．From Paragraph 3we can learnC．
A．Charlie did as the rich man told him
B．the house was well built
C．Charlie kept some of the money to himself
D．the house was only half finished after 4months
53．When Charlie heard that he would be given the house he must have feltB
A．happy    B．regretful    C．1ucky   D．satisfied
54．What can we learn from the passage？D
A．A good carpenter shouldn't earn money from his labor．
B．A carpenter shouldn't earn a rich man's money．
C．The richest man often punished carpenters．
D．One should always he honest．

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3．Michael Fish may soon be replaced as a weather forecaster by the shark （鯊魚）．
Research by a British biology student suggests that sharks could be used to predict storms．Lauren Smith，24，is close to completing her study on shark's ability to sense pressure．If her studies prove the theory，scientists may be able to monitor the behavior of sharks to predict bad weather．
Miss Smith had previously studied the behavior of lemon sharks in the Bahamas．
She then used their close relatives，lesser spotted dogfish，for further research at Aberdeen University．
Her work---thought to be the first of its kind to test the pressure theory----resulted from the observation that juvenile blacktip sharks off Florida moved into deeper water ahead of a violent storm in 2001．
Miss Smith said："I've always been crazy about traveling and diving and this led me to an interest in sharks．"
"I was delighted to have been able to research in the area for my degree．I know there's so much more we need to understand----but it certainly opens the way to more research．"
It has been discovered that a shark senses pressure using hair cells in its balance system．
At the Bimini Shark Lab in the Bahamas，Miss Smith fixed hi-tech sensors to sharks to record pressure and temperature，while also tracking them using GPS （Global Positioning System） technology．
In Aberdeen，she was able to study the effects of tidal （潮汐的） and temperature changes on dogfish----none of which were harmed．She also used a special lab which can mimic （模擬） oceanic pressure changes caused by weather fronts．
She is due to complete her study and graduate later this year．She says she will be looking for a job which will give her the chance to enrich her experience of shark research．
72．The passage is most probably taken fromB．
A．a(chǎn) short-story collection
B．a(chǎn) popular science magazine
C．a(chǎn) research paper
D．a(chǎn) personal diary
73．What do we learn from the first four paragraphs of the passage？A
A．Sharks may be used to predict bad weather．
B．Sharks'behavior can be controlled．
C．Michael Fish is not fit for his job．
D．Lauren Smith will become a weather forecaster．
74．Lauren Smith conducted her research byD．
A．removing hair cells from a shark's balance system
B．measuring the air pressure of weather fronts
C．recording sharks'body temperature
D．monitoring sharks'reaction to weather changes
75．What is the passage mainly about？B
A．A popular way of forecasting weather．
B．A new research effort in predicting storms．
C．Biologists'interest in the secrets of sharks．
D．Lauren Smith's devotion to scientific research．

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