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第4部分：阅读理解（第31～45题，每题3分，共45分）
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。
第一篇 How to Be a Successful Businessperson
Have you ever wondered why some people are successful in business and others are not? Here’s a story about one successful businessperson. He started out washing dishes and today he owns 168 restaurants.
Zubair Kazi was born in Bhatkal, a small town in southwest India. His dream was to be an airplane pilot, and when he was 16 years old, he learned to fly a small plane.
At the age of 23 and with just a little money in his pocket, Mr. Kazi moved to the United States. He hoped to get a job in the airplane industry in California. Instead, he ended up working for a company that rented cars.
While Mr. Kazi was working at the car rental（租赁的）company, he frequently ate at a nearby KFC restaurant. To save money on food, he decided to get a job with KFC. For two months, he worked as a cook’s assistant. His job was to clean the kitchen and help the cook. “I didn’t like it,” Mr. Kazi says, “but I always did the best I could.”
One day, Mr. Kazi’s two coworkers failed to come to work. That day, Mr. Kazi did the work of all three people in the kitchen. This really impressed the owners of the restaurant. A few months later, the owners needed a manager for a new restaurant. They gave the job to Mr. Kazi. He worked hard as the manager and soon the restaurant was making a profit.
A few years later, Mr. Kazi heard about a restaurant that was losing money. The restaurant was dirty inside and the food was terrible. Mr. Kazi borrowed money from a bank and bought the restaurant. For the first six months, Mr. Kazi worked in the restaurant from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week. He and his wife cleaned up the restaurant, remodeled the front of the building, and improved the cooking. They also tried hard to please the customers. If someone had to wait more than ten minutes for their food, Mrs. Kazi gave them a free soda. Before long the restaurant was making a profit.
A year later, Mr. Kazi sold his restaurant for a profit. With the money he eared, he bought three more restaurants that were losing money. Again, he cleaned them up, improved the food, and retrained the employees. Before long these restaurants were making a profit, too.
Today Mr. Kazi owns 168 restaurants, but he isn’t planning to stop there. He’s looking for more poorly managed restaurants to buy, “I love it when I go to buy a restaurant and find it’s a mess,” Mr. Kazi says. “The only way it can go is up.”
31．When Mr. Kazi was young, his dream was to
A．be an airplane pilot.
B．sell cars.
C．own a restaurant.
D．become a good cook.
32．Mr. Kazi decided to work with KFC to
A．learn how to cook.
B．save money for a car.
C．save money on food.
D．learn how to run a restaurant.
33．Mr. Kazi became the manager of a new restaurant because
A．he worked very hard.
B．his co-workers praised him.
C．he was a good cook.
D．he knew how to run a restaurant.
34．To save a failing restaurant, Mr. Kazi did all the following things, EXCEPT to
A．advertise for it.
B．clean it up.
C．improve the food.
D．retrain the employees.
35．In the last paragraph, “it’s a mess” means
A．it’s small.
B．it’s profitable.
C．it’s dirty.
D．it’s cheap.
第二篇 The Book of Life
So far, scientists have named about 1.8 million living species（物种）, and that’s just a small part of what probably exists on Earth. With so many plants, animals, and other creatures covering the planet, it can be tough to figure out what type of spider is moving up your leg or what kind of bird is flying by.
A soon-to-be-launched Web site might help. An international team of researchers has announced the creation of a Web-based Encyclopedia（百科全书）of Life（EoL）. The project aims to catalog every species on Earth in a single, easy-to-use reference guide.
To get the encyclopedia started, the creators will use information from scientific databases（数据库）that already exist. And eventually, in special sections of the site, non-scientists with specialized（专门的）knowledge will get to join in. Bird-watchers, for example, will be able to input which birds they’ve seen and where. The technology for this kind of tool has only recently become available.
As the EoL develops, you might find it useful for school projects. The site will feature special pages for kids who are studying ecosystems（生态系统）in their neighborhoods. To make sure the encyclopedia is accurate, scientists will review much of the information added to it. People who visit the site will be able to choose to leave out pages that haven’t been reviewed.
Another convenient feature of the EoL is that you’ll be able to pick the level of detail you see to match your interests, age, and current knowledge. If you wanted to learn about bears for a science class report, for example, you could use the “novice” setting to get basic information about the animals. On the “expert” setting, on the other hand, you could get much more detailed information about the history, literature, and exploration of bears.
It now takes years for scientists to collect all the data they need to describe and analyze species. The creators of the Encyclopedia of Life hope that their new tool will speed that process.
36．“Spider” and “bird” mentioned in paragraph 1 are examples to illustrate
A．animals are people’s friends.
B．there are numerous living species on Earth.
C．it is easy to see spiders and birds.
D．there are many types of spiders and birds.
37．The goal of the creation of the EoL is to
A．collect enough data to analyze the living species on Earth.
B．enlarge an existing website of the living species on Earth.
C．work out an easy-to-use catalog of every living species on Earth.
D．add new information to the existing databases of the living species on Earth.
38．At the starting stage the EoL will get information from
A．all the Web sites available.
B．the existing scientific databases.
C．databases built up by its creators.
D．non-scientists with specialized knowledge.
39．The word “novice” in paragraph 5 could be best replaced by
A．scientist.
B．beginner.
C．creator.
D．expert.
40．Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．The EoL will be beneficial to school kids with its development.
B．Scientists have cataloged only a small part of the living species on Earth.
C．People with different interests and knowledge will in a way find the EoL useful.
D．Scientists will review every piece of the information added to the EoL.
第三篇 Weaving with Light
In the Sierra Madre mountain range of west central Mexico, the native Huichol people live much the way their ancestors did—Without electricity. That’s because it’s too expensive to string power lines to the remote mountain areas where they live. To help support themselves, the Huichol create beautiful artwork. They sell their art in cities hundreds of miles away from their villages. And without electricity—at home or on the road, they can only work during daylight hours. When it gets dark, they must stop whatever they’re doing.
Now, a team of scientists, designers, and architects is using new technologies to provide the Huichol with light after the sun sets. The scientists’ technique involves weaving tiny electronic crystals into fabrics that can be made into clothes, bags, or other items.
By collecting the sun’s energy during the day, these lightweight fabrics provide bright white light at night. Their inventors have named the fabrics “Portable”（轻便的）Lights. ‘‘Portable Lights have the potential to transform the lives of people without electricity around the world.
At the core of Portable Lights technology are devices called high-brightness light-emitting diodes（高亮度发光二级管）or HB LEDs. These tiny lights appear in digital clocks, televisions, and streetlights.
LEDs are completely different from the light bulbs（灯泡）. Most of those glass bulbs belong to a type called incandescent lights（白炽灯）. Inside, electricity heats a metal coil（线圈）to about 2,200 degrees Celsius. At that temperature, bulbs give off light we can see. Ninety percent of energy produced by incandescent lights, however, is heat —and invisible. With all that wasted energy, bulbs burn out quickly. They are also easily broken.
LEDs, on the other hand, are like tiny pieces of rock made up of molecules that are arranged in a crystal structure. When an electric current passes through an LED, the crystal structure produces light. Unlike incandescent bulbs, they can produce light of various colors. Within an LED, the type of molecules and their particular arrangement determines what color is produced.
41．The Huichol don’t use electricity because
A．it is too difficult for them to change their lifestyles.
B．they know nothing about it.
C．it costs too much to string power lines.
D．they don’t need it.
42．To make a living, the Huichol create artwork and
A．sell it to tourists in their villages.
B．sell it in cities far away from their villages.
C．display it in their village museums.
D．keep it in their homes to attract tourists.
43．The central part of the Portable Lights technology is
A．glass bulbs.
B．digital clocks.
C．incandescent lights.
D．HB LEDs.
44．All of the following are disadvantages of incandescent lights EXCEPT that
A．they are not bright enough.
B．they burn out quickly.
C．they are easily broken.
D．they waste most of the energy produced.
45．LEDs are different from light bulbs in that
A．LEDs are made up of tiny pieces of rock.
B．LEDs can send out light of different colors.
C．LEDs belong to incandescent lights.
D．LEDs look like crystals.
| 重点单词 | 查看全部解释 | |||
| celebrated | ['selibreitid] | 联想记忆 | ||
| illustrate | ['iləstreit] | 联想记忆 | ||
| harbor | ['hɑ:bə] | |||
| crystal | ['kristl] | |||
| produce | [prə'dju:s] | 联想记忆 | ||
| shade | [ʃeid] | 联想记忆 | ||
| exploration | [.eksplɔ:'reiʃən] | 联想记忆 | ||
| spiral | ['spaiərəl] | |||
| endure | [in'djuə] | 联想记忆 | ||
| greenhouse | ['gri:nhaus] |
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