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III.阅读理解（共25小题，A节每小题2分，B节每小题1分；满分45分）
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
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The Channel Islands are a group of British-owned islands
lying in the English Channel(海峡), 10 to 30 miles off the
French coast, and 70 to 90 miles from the English coast. There are
ten islands with a total land area of 75 square miles and a total
population of 123,000. The three largest islands, Jersey,
Guernsey, and Alderney, have long been known for the fine breeds(品种)of
cattle that are raised on them and named after them.
In earliest known history the islands were considered
part of Normandy, which was part of France, but the ruler of
Normandy became king of England in 1066, and from then on the
islands were looked upon as British land. English control was
unbroken until World War II, when the Germans held the islands for
five years.
Although people on the islands speak both languages and
they are considered English, their customs are more French than
English.
51. Which of the following maps gives the right position of the
Channel Islands?
Br = Britain Fr = France Ch =
Channel Islands
52. Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney breeds of cattle are
__________.
A. considered best in England
B. named after their birthplaces
C. brought to the islands by the Germans
D. raised on well-known farms by the French
53. The Channel Islands have been continuously under British
rule since __________.
A. earliest known history
B. 1066
C. 1930s
D. the end of World War II
54. Why do people on the Channel Islands follow French way of
living?
A. Their islands used to be part of France.
B. Their islands are often visited by the French.
C. They came from France.
D. They speak French.
B
James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the
grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he
was 9. There, a school teacher asked the youth his name.
“J.C.” ,he replied.
She thought he had said “Jesse”, and he had a new
name.
Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school, he
went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time so as to
pay for his education. As a second-year student, in the Big Ten
games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the
Olympic Games a year later.
A week before the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell
down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not
exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car
that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the
suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event.
He did try, and the results are in the record book.
The stage was set for Owens' victory at the Olympic Games
in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded
as not only athletic（体育的）but also political. Hitler did
not congratulate any of the African-American winners.
“It was all right with me,” he said years later. “I
didn't go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway.”
Having returned from Berlin. He received no telephone
call from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he
was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before
his death.
Owens' Olympic victories made little difference to him.
He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and
accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles, and
dogs.
“Sure, it bothered（烦扰）me,” he said later.
“But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat.”
In time, however, his gold medals(奖牌)changed his
life. “They have kept me alive over the years,” he once said.
“Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard.”
55. Owens got his other name “Jesse” when __________.
A. he went to Ohio State University
B. his teacher made fun of him
C. his teacher took “J.C.” for “Jesse”
D. he won gold medals in the Big Ten meet
56. In the Big Ten meet, Owens __________.
A. hurt himself in the back
B. succeeded in setting many records
C. tried every sports event but failed
D. had to give up some events
57. We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly
in the US at that time because __________.
A. he was not of the right race
B. he was the son of a poor farmer
C. he didn't shake hands with Hitler
D. he didn't talk to the US president on the phone
58. When Owens says “They have kept me alive over the
years,” he means that the medals __________.
A. have been changed for money to help him live on
B. have made him famous in the US
C. have encouraged him to overcome difficulties in life
D. have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs
59. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A. Jesse Owens, a Great American Athlete
B. Golden Moment — a Life-time Struggle
C. Making a Living as a Sportsman
D. How to Be a Successful Athlete?
C
McGill Comedy Club
Important meeting today.
Discussions on putting on
Blazing Saddles.Union room
302, 3-4 pm. New
members(both actors and
non-actors, living and
dead )are welcome.
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History Students'
Association
Prof. Michael Cross of
Dalhousie University will
be speaking on“Unskilled
Labours on Rivers and
Canals in Upper Canada,
1820-1850:The Beginnings
of Class Struggle,”at 10
am in Leacock 230.
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Design Mirror Sale
All types and
sizes of
design mirrors
priced to
please . Sale
today in
Union room
108.
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McGill Teaching
Assistants' Association
A general meeting, for all
the TAs, will be held at 4
pm in Leacock 116 .
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Women's Union
Important.General Meeting at 6 pm,
Union
room 423. Speaker on “Importance of
deciding basic goals of the Women's
Union.”Everyone, old, new and those
interested, please attend.
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Film Society
Last meeting of the term
for all members. All
managers are required to be
present. 6:00 sharp, Union
room 434.
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Canadian University
Students Overseas
CUSO presents “Guess Who's Coming to
Breakfast”at 7 pm, Newman Centre,3484
Peel. Find out about CUSO here and
overseas. Everyone welcome.
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60. Where can you probably find this text?
A. In a school magazine
B. In a national paper.
C. In a guide book.
D. In a university daily newspaper.
61. If you are interested in arts, where would you go for a
visit?
A. Leacock 116. B. Union room
423.
C. Union room 108. D. Newman Centre,
3484 Peel.
62. Which of the following is the name of a play?
A. Blazing Saddles.
B. Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast.
C. Importance of deciding basic goals of the Women's Union.
D. Unskilled Labours on Rivers and Canals in Upper Canada,
1820 - 1850.
D
Fish Ears Tell Fish Tales
Fish have ears. Really. They're quite small and have no
opening to the outside world carrying sound through the body. For
the past seven years, Simon Thorrold, a university professor, has
been examining fish ears, small round ear bones called otoliths.
As fish grow, so do their otoliths. Each day, their otoliths
gain a ring of calcium carbonate(碳酸钙).By looking through a
microscope(显微镜)and counting these rings, Thorrold can
determine the exact age of a young fish. As a fish gets older, its
otoliths no longer get daily rings. Instead, they get yearly
rings, which can also be counted, giving information about the
fish's age, just like the growth rings of a tree.
Ring counting is nothing new to fish scientists. But
Thorrold has turned to a new direction. They're examining the
chemical elements(元素)of each otolith ring.
The daily ring gives us the time, but chemistry tells us
about the environment in which the fish swam on any given day.
These elements tell us about the chemistry of the water that the
fish was in. It also says something about water temperature, which
determines how much of these elements will gather within each
otolith ring.
Thorrold can tell, for example, if a fish spent time in the
open ocean before entering the less salty water of coastal areas.
He can basically tell where fish are spending their time at any
given stage of history.
In tne case of the Atlantic croaker, a popular saltwater
food fish, Thorrold and his assistant have successfully followed
the travelling of young fish from mid-ocean to the coast, a
journey of many hundreds of miles.
This is important to managers in the fish industry, who know
nearly nothing about the whereabouts of the young fish for most
food fish in the ocean. Eager to learn about his technology, fish
scientists are now lending Thorrold their ears.
63. What can we learn about fish ears from the text?
A. They are small soft rings.
B. They are not seen from the outside.
C. They are openings only on food fish.
D. They are not used to receive sound.
64. Why does the writer compare the fish to trees?
A. Trees gain a growth ring each day.
B. Trees also have otoliths.
C. Their growth rings are very small.
D. They both have growth rings.
65. Why is it important to study the chemistry of otolith
rings?
A. The elements of the otoliths can tell the history of the
sea.
B. Chemical contents of otoliths can tell how fast fish can
swim.
C. We can know more about fish and their living environment.
D. Scientists can know exactly how old a fish is.
66. How would you understand “fish scientists are now lending
their ears”?
A. They are very interested in Thorrold's research findings.
B. They want to know where they can find fish.
C. They lend their fish for chemical studies.
D. They wonder if Thorrold can find growth rings from their
ears.
E
The United States: Fliers may want to have
their tickets in hand before catching their planes, but the
airline companies are doing everything they can to bring forward
cost-saving ticketless flight- no paper needed, just a ticket
number and a photo ID(带照片的身份证). Anyone who buys a
Northwest E-ticket through the airline's computer service by June
16 will get an award(奖励). Next time you fly, you can buy
another ticket for a friend for $99, good anywhere in the US or
Canada through Feb. 12, 2000, along with the lowest ticket prices.
Some airlines offer extra frequent-flier miles for the ticketless
crowd. And there are rising punishments for paper lovers.
American, Northwest, United, and last week， US Airways have
raised the cost for lost-ticket replacement(替换)to $70 from
either $60 or $50 . The airlines insist that the increase in price
is not meant to push travelers toward E-tickets but only covers
the increasing cost of replacing and tracking a missing ticket.
67. Why is the new ticketless flight introduced?
A. It is cheaper for air travelers.
B. It helps reduce the cost for airlines.
C. It can use computer to plan air traveling.
D. It helps prevent fliers from losing their tickets.
68. To encourage people to take ticketless flights, the
airlines ___________.
A. sell their tickets for $99 from June to February the
following year
B. let travelers go to both the US and Canada with the
same tickets
C. allow each traveler to have an extra $99 ticket for a
friend of theirs
D. offer ticketless travelers free miles to fly in the US
69. Who are the paper lovers mentioned in the text?
A. People who like to have paper airplane tickets.
B. People who love paper products of various kinds.
C. People who travel with paper on a plane.
D. People who have lost their ticket and buy a second
one.
70. The airline companies say that they have raised the
lost-ticket replacement price in order to ____________.
A. attract travelers to take ticketless flights
B. punish those who insist on using paper tickets
C. do better than other airline companies
D. pay for the work to deal with lost tickets
B)根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Charley: Come on, Steve. 71
Steve: Wait a minute. 72
Charley: O.K.
Steve: By the way, can we give any sister a ride home
tonight?
Charley: Sure. 73
Steve: Yeah. She wants to take some pictures.
Charley: 74
Steve: Yeah. She'd like to work for a newspaper someday.
Charley: But I think it might be difficult for her to
succeed. 75
A. Well, she always enjoys sports games, doesn't she?
B. I didn't know Eva was interested in photography.
C. There are a lot of photographers out there.
D. You mean she's coming to the game, too?
E. I just have to close up the shop.
F. Eva's closing the door.
G. It's time to go.
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