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1、11阅读理解专项练习一:1When families gather for Christmas dinner, some will stick to formal traditions dating back tograndmas generation. Their tables will be set with the good dishes and silver, and the dress codewill be Sunday best. But in many other homes, this china-and-silver elegance has given way to a
2、stoneware (粗陶) and stainless informality, with dresses assuming an equally casual-Friday look. For hosts andguests, the change means greater simplicity and comfort. For makers of fine china in Britain, itspells economic hard times. Last week Royal Doulton, the largest employer in Stoke-on-Trent, ann
3、ounced that it is eliminating 1,000 jobs - one-fifth of its total workforce. That brings to more than 4, 000 the number of positions lost in 18 months in the pottery (陶瓷) region. Wedgwood and other pottery factories made cuts earlier. Although a strong pound and weak markets in Asia play a role in t
4、he downsizing, the layoffs inStoke have their roots in earthshaking social shifts. A spokesman for Royal Doulton admitted that thecompany has been somewhat slow in catching up with the trend toward casual dining. Families eat together less often, he explained, and more people eat alone, either becau
5、se they are single or they eat infront of television. Even dinner parties, if they happen at all, have gone casual. In a time of long work hours anddemanding family schedules, busy hosts insist, rightly, that its better to share a takeout pizzaon paper plates in the family room than to wait for the
6、perfect moment or a real dinner party.Too often, the perfect moment never comes. Iron a fine-patterned tablecloth? Forget it. Polish thesilver? Who has time? Yet the loss of formality has its down side. The fine points of etiquette (礼节) that childrenmight once have learned at the table by observatio
7、n or instruction from parents and grandparents( Chew with your mouth closed. Keep your elbows off the table. ) must be picked up else-where. Some companies now offer etiquette seminars for employees who may be able professionally but inexperienced socially.72. Why do people tend to follow the trend
8、to casual dining? A. Family members need more time to relax. B. Busy schedules leave people no time for formality. C. People prefer to live a comfortable life. D. Young people wont follow the etiquette of the older generation.73. It can be learned from the passage that Royal Doulton is . A. a seller
9、 of stainless steel tableware B. a dealer in stoneware C. a pottery chain store D. a producer of fine China74. The main cause of the layoffs in the pottery industry is . A. the increased value of the pound B. the worsening economy in Asia C. the change in peoples way of life D. the fierce competitio
10、n at home and abroad75. Formal table manners, though less popular than before in current Social life, . A. are still a must on certain occasions B. are certain to return sooner or later C. are still being taught by parents at homeD. can help improve personal relationships2When Johnny Cash sings, peo
11、ple listen. His big, deep voice rumbles out of radios and juke-boxes across North America. His records sell by the million. Country-music fans everywhere, knowhis big hits. They love songs like Hey Porter, Ring of Fire, and Folsom Prison Blue. Johnny Cash sings about a hundred concerts a year. Peopl
12、e like what they hear-and whatthey see, too. Rugged and big-shouldered, the singer stands six-two without his black boots on.Hes a two-hundred-pound package of muscle and talent. And that scar(疤痕)on his cheek? Itsa bullet(子弹)hole, of course! In the minds of most people, Johnny Cash is Mr Tough( viol
13、ent) Guy. Hes an ex-drug addict (上瘾者)who was once put in prison. His grandmother was an Indian. To keep from starving he once had to live on wild rabbits killed from forty feet away with a knife. Some people say heeven killed a man. In fact, most of the Johnny Cash story is just that-a story. True,
14、years ago he had a drughabit for a short time. He popped pills. But he never used heroin or other hard drugs. Some-times hed go wild and get locked up for a few hours . But he never served a prison sentence.Theres no Indian blood in his veins. Hes been a killer only in song. As for the bullet hole,i
15、ts an old scar left by a doctor who opened a cyst(囊肿). People who know Johnny Cash well say hes a gentle guy, a generous guy-anything buta tough guy. How did the stories get started? Some of them, like the story about the Indiangrandmother, he made up long ago to add excitement to his career. Others
16、 , like the bullethole , simply got started. Now theres little the singer can do to change peoples minds. Theyjust want to believe it, he says. 56. Johnny Cash is a favorite of many . A. opera lovers B. country music fans C. hard-rock fans D. jazz music lovers 57. In truth, Johnny Cash . A. invented
17、 the Indian grandmother B. used to kill rabbits for a living C. had a bullet hole on his cheek D. served a long prison sentence 58. In his private life, Johnny Cash is, . A. much wilder than he looks B. much smaller than he is on stage C. much tougher than he is in public D. much more gentle than mo
18、st people suppose 59. The passage shows us that many people believe . A. only what they see B. what they are sure is true C. only what they hear D. what they find interesting B3Do dogs understand us? Be careful what you say around your dog. It might understand more than you think. A border collie na
19、med Rico recognizes the names of about 200 objects, say researchers in Germany. The dog also appears to be able to learn new words as easily as a 3-year-old child. Its word-learning skills are as good as those of a parrot or chimpanzee(黑猩猩). In one experiment, the researchers took all 200 items that
20、 Rico is supposed to know and divided them into 20 groups of 10 objects. Then the owner told the dog to go and fetch one of the items and bring it back. In four tests, Rico got 37 out of 40 commands right. As the dog couldnt see anyone to get clues, the scientists believe Rico must understand the me
21、anings of certain words. In another experiment, the scientists took one toy that Rico had never seen before and put it in a room with seven toys whose names the dog already knew. The owner then told Rico to fetch the object, using a word the dog had never heard before. The correct object was chosen
22、in seven out of l0 tests, suggesting that the dog had workedout the answer by process of elimination(排除法). A month later, Rico remembered half of the new names, which is even more impressive. Rico is thought to be smarter than the average dog. For one thing, Rico is a border collie, a breed (品种)know
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