1、單選題
[閱讀判斷]Now， there are about 24 million microcomputers in use in the United States —— one for every 10 citizens. It is estimated that by 1996， 61 percent of American managers will be using some sort of electronic work station.
Q： At present about 10% of American citizens possess a microcomputer.
A.True
B.False
C.Not Given
正確答案：A
答案解析：答案選A。本段一開頭就說到目前在美國大約有二千四百萬臺微型電子計算機在使用中，平均每十人就擁有一臺。因此本題的表述是正確的。
2、
單選題
[閱讀判斷]The people of Kiribati are afraid that one day in the not-too-distant future， their country will disappear from the face of the earth - literally. Several times this year， the Pacific island nation has been flooded by a sudden high tide.
Q： The people of Kiribati worry that one day their country will be taken away by a sudden high tide.
A.True
B.False
C.Not Given
正確答案：A
答案解析：答案選A。該題目說的是：Kiribati的人民擔(dān)心他們的國家將被突發(fā)的洪水淹沒。該題源于第一句：Kiribati的國民擔(dān)心在近期的某一天，他們的國家將會地球上面消失by a sudden high tide。
1、單選題
[填句補文] Although the researchers have only just made the technical details of the microscope public， it is already on sale. It is currently the size of a refrigerator and takes several minutes to scan a circuit， but Xiao and Schrag are working ________.
A.to take tiny chips we require
B.to making chips any smaller
C.to shrink it to the size of a desktop computer and cut the scanning time to 30 seconds
D.of conducting electricity
正確答案：C
答案解析：這部分所說的體積的減小和所需時間的縮短恰好與前半句中提到的冰箱大小的體積和所需數(shù)分鐘的時間形成了對比。即：目前它大約像冰箱那么大，而且要用幾分鐘掃描一個電路，但是他們正在努力使它縮小到臺式計算機那么大，把掃描時間縮短到30秒。
2、單選題
[閱讀選擇]You can't change your energy cycle， but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help， Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day， rise before your usual hour. This won't change your cycle， but you'll get up steam and work better at your low point.
If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning， he should _______.
A.change his energy cycle
B.overcome his laziness
C.get up earlier than usual
D.go to bed earlier
正確答案：C
答案解析：本題要求讀者找出本段中的最后兩句，并聯(lián)系本段開頭兩句的意思，作出正確判斷。本段開頭說，“雖然你無法改變自己的能量周期，但你可以使你的生活適合這一周期。Dr. Kleitman認(rèn)為經(jīng)常性的行為(對你的能量周期)能起作用?！弊詈髢删溆终f，“…rise before your usual hour…work better at your low point.”(“如果你在上午處于能量的低潮，但你有重要的工作要在上午做，那么你就要比平時早起。這并不改變你的周期，但你可以在低潮時得到能量，工作得更好。”)因此選項C是正確答案。
1、單選題
[閱讀選擇]In the next stage， from three to five years old， curiosity knows no bounds. Every type of suitable toy should be made available to the child， for trying out， experimenting and learning， for discovering his own particular ability. Bricks and jigsaws(七巧板) and construction toys; painting， scribbling(涂鴉) and making things; Sand and water play; toys for imaginative and pretending play; the first social games for learning to play and get on with others.
We learn from the passage that a child has boundless curiosity______.
A.when he is two.
B.when he is around four.
C.when he is six.
D.when he is eight.
正確答案：B
答案解析：根據(jù)In the next stage, from three to five years old, curiosity knows no bounds可以得出答案是B。
2、
單選題
[閱讀選擇]But even if every large city purified and reused its water， we still would not have enough. Where could we turn next? To the oceans! All we‘d have to do to make use of the vast amount of sea-water is —— remove the salt. This salt-removing process is already in use in many parts of the world.
According to the passage， sea-water can be turned into fresh water by_____
A.heating it up.
B.treating it with chemicals.
C.taking salt out of it.
D.drying it up.
正確答案：C
答案解析：海水之所以不能飲用就是因為它是咸的。答題依據(jù)是本段的remove the salt即take salt out。
