day rocks than form great nuclear fleet set against them,\said a New York Times article.
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1. What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids? A . They are heavenly bodies similar in nature.
B . Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids. C . They are heavenly bodies different in composition. D . There are more asteroids than meteoroids.
正确答案:They are heavenly bodies similar in nature.
题目详解:根据第二段中\versions of the meteoroids that race across the night sky \对小行星基本特点的描述，判断出与选项中的\are heavenly bodies similar in nature\含义相关。
2. What do scientists say about the collision of an asteroid with Earth? A . Such a collision might occur once every 25 years.
B . Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected. C . It is very unlikely but the danger exists.
D . Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur
正确答案:It is very unlikely but the danger exists.
题目详解:根据第二段中\on a collision course with Earth 和第5段中 strike Earth once every 500,000 years\的提示,可以判断与选项中的\It is very unlikely but the danger exists\含义相关。
3. What do people think of the suggestion of using nuclear weapons to alter the course of asteroids?
A . It may create more problems than it might solve.
B . It is a waste of money because a collision of asteroids with Earth is very unlikely
C . Further research should be done before it is proved applicable. D . It sounds practical but it may not solve the problem.
正确答案:It may create more problems than it might solve.
题目详解:依据第六段中\than…; less to fear than…可能采取的措施比问题本身更加严重\的提示,可以判断与选项中的\may create more problems than it might solve\含义相关。
4. We can conclude from the passage that________.
A . workable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth
B . asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near future C . workable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth
D . while pushing asteroids off course nuclear weapons would destroy the world 正确答案:workable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth
题目详解:依据第五段中\pretty rare---but if one did fall, it would be the end
of the world 听起来非常遥远，但一旦发生，地球即刻毁灭\的提示，判断与选项中的\kable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth\含义相关。
5. Which of the following best describes the author's tone in this passage? A . Optimistic B . Critical. C . Objective. D . Arbitrary.
正确答案:Objective.
题目详解:在整篇文章中提供的事实和描述的方式，可以看出作者仅仅客观地叙述了整个事件，并没有附加任何评论观点，由此，可以判断与选项中的\含义相关。 Education is one of the key words of our time. A man without an education, many of us believe, is an unfortunate victim of unfortunate circumstances deprived of one of the greatest twenty-first century opportunities. Convinced of the importance of education, modern states \in institutions of learning to get back \in the form of a large group of enlightened young men and women who are potential leaders. Education, with its cycles of instruction so carefully worked out, punctuated by textbooks ---those purchasable wells of wisdom ---what would civilization be like without its benefits?
So much is certain: that we would have doctors and preachers, lawyers and defendants, marriages and births; but our spiritual outlook would be different. We would lay less stress on \and figures\and more on a good memory, on applied psychology, and on the capacity of a man to get along with his fellow citizens. If our educational system were fashioned after its bookless past we would have the most democratic form of \imaginable. Among the people whom we like to call savages all knowledge inherited by tradition is shared by all; it is taught to every member of the tribe so that in this respect everybody is equally equipped for life. It is the ideal condition of the \start\which only our most progressive forms of modem education try to regain. In primitive cultures the obligation to seek and to receive the traditional instruction is binding to all. There are no \－ if the term can be applied to peoples without a script---while our own compulsory school attendance became law in Germany in 1642, in France in 1806, and in England in 1967, and is still non- existent in a number of \nations. This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the \few\during the past centuries.
Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means. All are entitled to an equal start. There is none of the hurry which, in our society, often hampers the full development of a growing personality. There, a child grows up under the ever-present attention of his parents; therefore the jungles and the savages know of no \delinquency\No necessity of making a living away from home results in neglect of children, and no father is confronted with his inability to \an education for his child.
________________________________________ 1. The best title for this passage is _____. A . Education Investment and Its Returns B . The Significance of Education C . Education in the Wilderness
D . Educational: A Comparison of Its Past and Its Present
正确答案:Educational: A Comparison of Its Past and Its Present
题目详解:依据第一段文章中作者用把没有受过教育得人称之为%unfortunate victim of unfortunate circumstances deprived of one of the greatest twenty-first century opportunities\（一个在二十一世纪被剥夺了一次最重要的机会的不利情况下的受害者），以及\nlightened young men and women who are potential leaders\（有希望成为领导者的年轻人称之为\社会对教育投资的回报\），和\worked out, punctuated by textbooks, purchasable wells of wisdom\（精心设计，以教课书体现出来的，可以购买到的）等语言说明了教育的重要性以及现代教育的特点，等提示，判断出与选项中的 \A Comparison of Its Past and Its Present\含义相符。
2. The phrase \of\in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by _____. A . prevented from B . derived from C . disposed of D . dispossessed of
正确答案:dispossessed of
题目详解:根据问题中的\of\的提示，从第1段第2句中?an unfortunate victim of unfortunate circumstances?表示的含义，判断出选项中的\of\符合题意。 3. The author seems_____.
A . positive about our present educational instruction B . against the education in the very early historic times C . quite happy to see an equal start for everyone
D . in favor of the educational practice in primitive cultures
正确答案:in favor of the educational practice in primitive cultures
题目详解:依据第二段作者通过教育对培养\and preachers, lawyers and defendants\、\marriages and births（婚姻和人类的发展）\与\outlook （精神生活）\的比较，和\lay less stress on…more on…（与其说是依赖于书本知识还不如说是依赖于'a good memory, on applied psychology, and on the capacity of a man '好的记忆力、应用知识、生存的能力）\说明了\bookless past（没有书本的过去）\就是\the most democratic form of \imaginable（可想象到的最广泛的教育）\的提示，看出与选项中的\favor of the educational practice in primitive cultures\含义相符。 4. The passage implies that ______.
A . every country invests heavily in education
B . everyone today has an equal opportunity in education
C . we are not very certain whether preachers are necessary or not
D . some families now can hardly afford to send their children to school
正确答案:some families now can hardly afford to send their children to school
题目详解:依据最后一段中\the wilderness, not a matter of monetary means（过去的教育\不存在钱的问题\）\、\our society，often hampers the full development of a growing personality（阻碍了孩子的全面发展）\的比较看出作者赞同的是，并通过\father is confronted with his inability to \an education for \的提示，判断出选项中的\families now can hardly afford to send their children to school\符合题意。 5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? A . One without education today has few opportunities.
B . Compulsory schooling is a legal obligation in several countries now. C . Our spiritual outlook is better now than before. D . Our spiritual outlook is better now than before.
正确答案:Compulsory schooling is a legal obligation in several countries now.
题目详解:依据第三段作者通过描述了现代教育要恢复的是\start（均等的教育机会）（比较上文中的'every member of the tribe'和本段的' is binding to all' ）\，过去的的教育目标是\no \（即'peoples without a script 没有书本知识的人）'\和现在的'our own compulsory school attendance（义务教育）'在文明国家\law、is still non- existent\说明了\long it was before we deemed it necessary （很久以前就认识到了教育的必要性）\的提示，判断出选项中的 \schooling is a legal obligation in several countries now\符合题意。
Where do pesticides fit into the picture of environmental disease? We have seen that they now pollute soil, water and food, that they have the power to make our streams fishless and our garden and woodlands silent and bird less. Man, however much he may like to pretend the contrary, is part of nature. Can he escape a pollution that is now so thoroughly distributed throughout our world?
We know that even single exposures to these chemicals, if the amount is large enough, can cause extremely severe poisoning. But this is not the major problem. The sudden illness or death of farmers, farm workers, and others exposed to sufficient quantities of pesticides is very sad and should not occur. For the pollution as a whole, we must be more concerned with the delayed effects of absorbing small amounts of the pesticides that invisibly pollute our world.
Responsible public health officials have pointed out that the biological effects of chemicals are cumulative over long periods of time, and that the danger to the individual may depend on the sum of exposures received throughout his lifetime. For these very reasons the danger is easily ignored. It is human nature to shake off what may seem to us a threat of future disaster. \are naturally most impressed by diseases which have obvious signs,\says a wise physician. Dr.ReneDubos, \some of their worst enemies slowly approach them unnoticed.\ ________________________________________
1. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the sentence \…is part of nature.\1, Line 3)?
A . Man appears indifferent to what happens in nature.
B . Man can escape his responsibilities for environmental effects of protection.
C . Man can avoid the effects of environmental pollution. D . Man acts as if he does not belong to nature.
正确答案:Man acts as if he does not belong to nature.
题目详解:根据问题中?Which of the following is closest in meaning to?的提示，从第1段最后一句中?However much …to pretend the contrary. Can he escape a pollution that is now so thoroughly?提供的信息判断，与选项中的 \acts as if he does not belong to nature\含义相关。
2. What is the author's attitude towards the environmental effects of pesticides? A . Indifferent. B . Pessimistic. C . Concerned. D . Defensive.
正确答案:Concerned.
题目详解:根据问题中?attitude towards the environmental effects of pesticides?的提示，从第一段的第一句中?Where do pesticides fit into the picture of environmental disease 在什么情况下，杀虫剂才能起到治理环境疾病的作用??提供的信息判断，与选项中的 \cerned\含义相关。
3. In the author's view, the sudden death caused by exposure to large amounts of pesticides ______.
A . now occurs most frequently among all accidental deaths
B . is not the worst of the negative consequences resulting from use of pesticides C . is unavoidable because people can't do without pesticides in farming D . has sharply increased so as to become the center of public attention
正确答案:is not the worst of the negative consequences resulting from use of pesticides
题目详解:根据问题中?the sudden death caused by exposure to large amounts of pesticides?的提示，从第2段第2句中?The sudden illness or death … very sad and should not occur.?提供的信息判断，与选项中的 \not the worst of the negative consequences resulting from use of pesticides\含义相关。
4. People tend to ignore the delayed effects of exposure to chemicals because ______________.
A . humans are capable of withstanding small amounts of poisoning B . the present is more important for them than the future C . the danger does not become apparent immediately
D . limited exposure to them does little harm to people's health
正确答案:the danger does not become apparent immediately
题目详解:根据问题中?tend to ignore the delayed effects of exposure to chemicals?的提示，从第3段第2句中?cumulative over long periods of time, and that the danger to the individual … the sum of exposures received throughout his lifetime. …the danger is easily ignored?提供的信息判断，与选项中的 \danger does not become apparent immediately\含义相关。
5. It can be concluded from Dr. Dubos' remarks that _________.