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34、    There were once many sheiks（阿拉伯的酋长）who wanted to marry Queen Maura, for she was one of the most beautiful and powerful queens of Arabia.

    However, she did not like most of the sheiks, and soon there were only three left on her list of possible husbands.

    These three sheiks were all equally young and handsome, rich and strong.

    It was very hard for the Queen to choose the best one.

    One evening, she disguised herself and went to where the three sheiks were having their evening meal.

    She asked them to give her something to eat.

    The first sheik gave her some stale（不新鲜的）food left over from the day before.

    The second sheik gave her a tough piece of old camel's tail.

    The third sheik, whose name was Hakim, gave her some of the most tender（嫩的）and tasty meat.

    After the meal, Queen Maura left the sheiks' camp.

    The next day, she invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace.

    She told her servants to give each sheik what he had given her the evening before.

    Hakim, who received a plate of tender and tasty meat, would not eat it unless the other two sheiks could share it with him.

    Queen Maura was now certain which of the sheiks she wanted to marry.

    "Hakim is the most generous of you," she told them, "so I want to marry him and he will become king."

 

(1)、The queen was looking for a husband. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：A

 

(2)、The Queen disguised herself because she didn't want to be recognized by the sheiks. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：A

 

(3)、She gave the sheiks some stale food to eat the next evening. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：B

 

(4)、Hakim wanted to eat his meal because it was very tasty. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：B

 

(5)、The Queen finally decided to marry Hakim the next evening after the meal. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：A

 

35、    Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.

    King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's idea of non-violent resistance. Having received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston University, he became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all people, and delivered his best known speech "I Have a Dream" before the Lincoln Memorial. The "dream" is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later.

    Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther King's honor. He lives in people's hearts forever.

 

(1)、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：A

 

(2)、Martin Luther King was a black minister only. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：B

 

(3)、Martin Luther King's Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：A

 

(4)、The underlined word "delivered" in the second paragraph could be replaced by "gave".___________

A：T

B：F

答案：A

 

(5)、The best title for this passage is "Civil Rights Law".___________

A：T

B：F

答案：B

 

36、    If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometers. These great forests are the oceans of trees. There are thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals.

    However, the world's forests are getting smaller all the time. We are cutting down the trees because we need wood, and we need more farmland. Some people say that there will not be any forests like these in 20 or 30 years. What will happen if they disappear?

    If we cut down our forests, a lot of plants and animals will disappear from the world. In a lot of places the new farmland will soon look like the old deserts. Crops will not grow there. It will not rain very often, and the weather will get very hot. Perhaps the climate of the world will change. This will be dangerous for everyone in the world. That is why we must take care of our forests.

 

(1)、The passage mainly tells us about the importance of taking care of plants. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：A

 

(2)、Forests are homes for different kinds of animals. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：A

 

(3)、The need for more wood and more land help to protect our forests. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：B

 

(4)、We'll have more and greater forestsn in 20 or 30 years in some people's view. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：B

 

(5)、The writer thinks it necessary to protect the forests. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：A

 

37、    As price and building costs keep rising, the "do-it-yourself" (DIY) trend in the U.S. continue to grow.

    "We needed furniture for our living room," says John Ross, "and we just didn't have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs." John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high.

    The Rosses took a 2-week course for $ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.

    Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $ 420. "I was deeply upset about it. Now I've finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself."

    John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a "do-it-yourselfer", you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don't have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.

 

(1)、We can learn from the passage that many newly married couple find it hard to pay for what they need. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：A

 

(2)、John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to run a DIY shop. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：B

 

(3)、When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim makes shoes in his home. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：B

 

(4)、Jim Hatfield decided to become a "do-it-yourselfer" when his car repairs cost too much. ___________

A：T

B：F

答案：A

 

(5)、The possible title for the passage is "You Can Do It Too".___________

A：T

B：F

答案：A