36. Which of the following statements about monsoon is true?
A) Monsoon makes the temperature 5℃to 18℃lower.
B) Monsoon blowing from May to August brings rain.
C) Monsoon goes from Siberia and the Mongolia Plateau.
D) Monsoon causes dry and cold summer in the country.
37. The word "current" in the first paragraph most probably means "_____"
A) a body of onward running water
B) a tendency, movement, or course
C) a mass of continuous moving gas
D) a flow of electric charge
38. There is a great difference in climate from region to region in China because _____
A) China is so large in size and complicated in landform
B) it‟s very hot in summer and extremely cold in winter
C) the northern part has no summer and southern no winter
D) China lies in temperate zone under the influence of monsoon
39. According to the passage, the southern part of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau_____.
A) has a long summer and short winter
B) is hot in the day and cold in the night
C) is cold in winter but hot in summer
D) is neither very hot nor very cold
40. This passage most likely taken from _____.
A) a column in an evening newspaper
B) an article from a news magazine
C) an advertisement from a booklet
D) a section of a geographic book
36．
【答案】B
【题型】判理题
【解析】题干意为“下列哪个关于季风的说法是正确的?”从文章第一段我们得知季风有两类：一类来自西伯利亚和蒙古高原，一类来自海洋，各有不同特点。
A、C、D项都没有说清楚是哪种季风，应排除，故选B。
37．
【答案】C
【题型】释义题
【解析】题干意为“第一段中的单词…current‟的意思可能是______。
”从“currents”之后的“thus rain”(从而形成雨)，可推出“currents”具有形成雨的功能，根据常识，气流形成雨，得出currents的意思是“不断移动的气流”。
故选C。
38．
【答案】A
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“中国各个地区的气候差异很大是因为______。
”从文章第二段句首“Great differences in climate are found from region to region owing to China‟S extensive territory and complex topography(地形)”可以得出，气候差异的原因是领土广阔且地形复杂，故选A。
39．
【答案】D
【解析】题干意为“根据文章可知，云贵高原南部______。
”从文章中”the southern part of the Yurman-Guizhou Plateau is spring-like all the year”，我们可以断定：云贵高原南部四季如春——既不太冷，也不太热，故选D。
40．
【答案】D
【题型】推理题
【解析】题干意为“这篇文章可能摘自——。
”整个文章说的都是关于中国的气候及不同地区的不同气候，从而推断可能出现在地理课本上，故选D。
【题型】细节题
1. From the passage, why did the Pilgrims sail to America?
A) To seek a place for freedom of worship.
B) To seek for food.
C) To seek for new land.
D) To avoid starvation and epidemics.
2. Why did people decide to fix a day of thanksgiving to the Lord?
A) Because they want to celebrate the end of a two-month tiring voyage.
B) Because they want to thank God for the big harvest, which is so important for them to survive.
C) Because they want to have some entertainment.
D) Because they have a new holiday.
3. When does Thanksgiving Day fall?
A) It falls on Oct 30.
B) It falls on Dec 24.
C) It falls on March 21.
D) It falls on the fourth Thursday of November.
4. What is the best and most attractive food on Thanksgiving dinner table?
A) plum pudding.
B) cranberry juice and squash.
C) roast turkey and pumpkin pie.
D) apples, oranges, chestnuts.
5. What is the meaning of …observe‟ in the fourth paragraph?
A) Watch carefully.
B) Obey.
C) Celebrate.
D) Notice.
1．
【答案】A
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“从文章中可知，为什么朝圣者要航行到美国?”从第二段“…seeking a place where they could have freedom of worship”可以得到答案，故选A。
2．
【答案】B
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“为什么人们决定要确定一个日子来感谢上帝?”从第四段“Knowing tha t their lives…And therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the Lord be fixed．”可以得到答案，故选B。
3．
【答案】D
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“感恩节定在了哪一天?”从第四段“President of the United States declared the fourth Thurs．day of November as Thanksgiving Day ever y year”可以得到答案，故选D。
4．
【答案】C
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“什么是感恩节晚餐桌上最好的、最吸引人的食物?”从最后一段“The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie．”可以得到答案，故选C。
5．
【答案】C
【题型】释义题
【解析】题干意为“第四段中的…observe‟是什么意思?”找到原句“the celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been observed on that date until today．”通过上下文可以猜测observe在这里是“庆祝“的意思，故选C。
1. The function that broadband technology has on the new digital economy is ______.
A) further
B) critical
C) costly
D) global
2. H0w much does a user pay if he has broadband technology installed?
A) It depends on the length of time.
B) It depends on the times of dial-up.
C) He pays at a fixed monthly rate.
D) He pays a lot of money.
3. Compared with the modem speed the broadband technology can transmit data ______.
A) at up to forty times of ordinary speed
B) much more faster
C) at a high speed
D) within a second
4. Who can take advantage of the broadband technology according to the passage?
A) Family members.
B) College students.
C) Both home owners and businessmen.
D) Only businessmen and their partners.
5. With the broadband technology companies can have all their operations done______.
A) during the work days.
B) during the whole week
C) online
D) offline
【答案】B
【题型】推理题
【解析】题于意为“宽带技术在新数字经济中发挥的作用是___。
”从文中“Broadband technology is seen as the key to the new digital economy．”可知，宽带技术被看作新数字经济的关键所在。
由此可推断出宽带技术在新数字经济中发挥了至关重要的作用，故选B。
2．
【答案】C
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“一个安装宽带的人需要付多少钱，?”从文章第四段句首“Broadband is used for high speed Internet connections at a fixed monthly rate”可以得出，使用者每月所付宽带费是固定的，即at a fixed monthly rate，故选C。
3．
【答案】A
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“和通常调解器的速度相比，宽带技术可以传输数据的速度____。
”从文章中“…capable of carrying data up to 40 times conventional modem speeds”得知，新的传播方式是通常的四十倍，故选A。
4．【答案】C
【题型】推理题
【解析】题干意为“通过文章可知，谁可以利用宽带技术?”文章倒数第二段介绍了宽带对家庭的好处，而文章倒数第一段介绍了宽带对商务的好处，从而可以推出宽带对家庭用户和商务用户都有利，故选C。
5．
【答案】C
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“使用宽带技术，公司的整个操作都可以在____进行。
”从文章最后一句“Entire operations can go online”(整个操作都可在网上进行)一句即可得出答案，故选C。
1. What kind of the course is E244?
A) It‟s a composition one.
B) It‟s a conversational one.
C) It‟s for listening skill.
D) It‟s a grammar one.
2. The purpose of this course is to make the students ______.
A) remember those unknown words
B) know various rules of English grammar
C) learn how to write their term papers
D) express themselves fluently and effectively in English
3. How long will the course take?
A) 5 weeks.
B) 10 weeks.
C) One month.
D) Two months.
4. Which topic will not be held during the study?
A) Education.
B) Politics.
C) Culture
D) Business.
5. It‟s very importa nt for those who take E244 to______.
A) talk as much as they can
B) prepare the course before the class
C) look up every unknown word and phrase
D) recite each lesson
1．
【答案】B
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“E244是一种什么样的课程?”由文章第一段“Welcome to the Franklin Business Institute E244 Conversational English class”可以知道答案，故选B。
2．
【答案】D
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“这个课程的目的是为了使学生___。
”由文章第一段“The object of this course is to le arn how to converse fluently and effectively in English”可以知道，本课程的目的是为了培养学生流利、高效的交流能力，故选D。
3．
【答案】B
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“这个课程将持续多久?”从文章第一段“For the next 10 weeks we will finely tune your skills in the art of debating and role-playing”可以知道，接下来的10周就是课程的时间，故选B。
4．
【答案】B
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干意为“在学习中不讨论哪种话题?”从文章第二段“Numerous discussions on a wide variety of subjects will be held，including topics in business，fiction，travel，differences between Western and Chinese Culture，education and life experience”可以看出，学习讨论的主题包括商务、小说、旅行、中西文化差异、教育以
及生活经历方面，但不包括政治，故选B。
5．
【答案】A
【题型】判断题
【解析】题干意为“对参加E244课程的人很重要的是____。
”对于学员来说重要的事情在文章第三段提到了：It is very important that you talk as much as you can．而其他几项都没有提到，故选A。
