一Let's bounce a ball.——（）

听力原文： One winter day in 1891, a class at the training school in Massachusetts, USA, went into the gym for their daily exercises. Since the football season had ended, most of the young man felt they were in for a boring time. But their teacher James Nasmyth had other ideas. He had been working for a long time on a new game that would have the excitement of American football. Nasmyth showed the men a basket he had hung at each end of the gym and explained that they were going to use around European football At first, everybody try to throw ball into the basket no matter where he was standing .Pass ! Pass! Nasmyth kept shouting, blowing his whistle to stop the excited players. Slowly, they began to understand what was wanted of them. The problem with the new game, which was soon called basketball, was getting the ball out of the basket. They used ordinary fruit baskets with bottoms, and the ball, of course, stayed inside. At first, someone had to clime up every time a basket was scored. It was several years before someone came up with the idea of removing the bottom of the basket and letting the ball fall through. There have been many changes in the rules since then and basketball has become one of the world's most popular sports.

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A．He took them to watch a basketball game.

B．He trained them to play European football.

C．He let them compete in getting balls out of a basket.

D．He taught them to play an exciting new game.

Reading Comprehension 阅读理解

从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案。

Let's look at another example of how people's communication patterns differ: the way people converse. Some foreigners have observed that when Americans carry on a conversation, it seems as if they are having a Ping-Pong game. One person has the ball and then hits it to the other side of the table. The other player hits the ball back and the game continues. If one person doesn't return the ball, then the conversation stops. Each part of the conversation follows this pattern: the greeting and the opening, the discussion of a topic, and the closing and farewell. If either person talks too much, the other may become impatient and feel that he is dominating the conversation. Similarly, if one person doesn't say enough or ask enough questions to keep the conversation going, the conversation stops.

Many North Americans, are impatient with culturally different conversation styles simply because the styles are unfamiliar. For example, to many North Americans it seems that some Latin Americans dominate conversations, or hold the ball too long. Speaking of her co-workers from several Latin American countries, one North American woman said, “I just find it difficult to cut in. They seem to take such a long time to express themselves. They give you a lot of unnecessary details.” When she talked with them, she became tense, because she found it so hard to participate. Yet she also noted that when they talked to each other, nobody seemed uncomfortable or left out.

The North American woman didn't know how to interrupt the Latin American conversations because North American ways of listening and breaking in are very different. She had been taught to listen politely until the other person finished talking. (Once again, there are gender (性别) differences; it has been observed that men tend to interrupt women more than women interrupt men. )When the North American woman did what was “natural” or “normal” for her (i. e. , listen politely without interrupting), she was not comfortable in the conversation with the Latin Americans. The result was that she became more passive in her conversations with her co-workers. The differences between the unspoken rules of conversation of each cultural group interfered with their on-the-job relationship.

26、When North Americans converse together, each one of the group is supposed to_______________.

A.participate in the talk

B.play Ping-Pong games

C.interrupt the speaker

D.dominate the conversation

27、When North Americans converse with the Latin Americans, the North Americans would feel_______________.

A.involved

B.left out

C.comfortable

D.relaxed

28、To the North Americans, the Latin Americans are_______________.

A.polite

B.communicative

C.dominant

D.familiar

29、We can infer from this passage that_______________.

A.people from different cultures cannot communicate with each other

B.different conversational styles may affect people's relationships

C.men are more talkative than women

D.North Americans' conversational habits are better than those of Latin Americans'

30、The best title for this passage is_______________.

A.Different Conversation Styles

B.Different Conversation Topics

C.Different Conversation Processes

D.Different Conversation Effects

the gym for their daily exercises. Since the football season had ended, most of young men felt they were in for a boring time. But their teacher, James Naismith, had other ideas. He had been working for a long time on the new game that would have the excitement of American football. Naismith showed the men a basket he had hung at each end of the gym, and explained that they were going to use a round European football. At first everybody tried to throw the ball into the basket no matter where he was standing. “Pass! Pass!” Naismith kept shouting, blowing his whistle to stop the excited players. Slowly, they began to understand what was wanted of them. The problem with the new game, which was soon called “basketball”, was getting the ball out of the basket. They used ordinary baskets, with bottoms, and the ball, of course, stayed inside. At first, someone had to climb up every time when a basket was scored. It was several years before someone came up with the idea of removing the bottom of the basket and letting the ball fall through. There have been many changes in the rules since then, and basketball had become one of the world’s most popular sports.

1、 When did the story happen？

AIn spring

BIn summer

CIn fall

DIn winter

2、 What did Naismith do to entertain his students one day？

AHe taught them to play an exciting new game

BHe took them to watch a basketball game

CHe trained them to play European football

DHe let them compete in getting balls out of a basket

3、 According to the write, what was the problem with the new game？

AThe players had difficulty understanding the complex rules

BThe players found the basket too high to reach

CThe players soon found the game boring

DThe players had trouble getting the ball out of the basket

4、 How was the problem with the new game solved？

ABy alerting the size of the basket

BBy simplifying the complex rules

CBy removing the bottom of the basket

DBy lowering the position of the basket

5、 Which kind of ball was used in basketball games at first？

AVolleyball

BSoftball

CAmerican football

DBritish football

一Shall we do something？

一Let's go to see a film.

A. Right

B. Wrong

A.A.Yes, let ' s !

B.B. Yes, tomorrow is fine

C.C.Yes, we shall!

一 Why don't we go and get coffee somewhere？

—____.

A.No,let’s go to the coffee shop on the corner.

B.I’d like to,but l’ve got to get to the bank before it closes.

C.Are you doing anything on Saturday？

A.Y.是

B.N.否

Even if you are a good high-jumper, you can jump only about seven feet off the ground. You cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard. The pull of the earth is called gravity.

You can easily find out the pull of the earth. If you weigh yourself, you will know how much gravity is pulling you.

Since there is gravity, water runs down hill. When you throw a ball into the air, it falls back down. Because of gravity, you do not fall off the earth as it whirls(旋转) around.

Then, can we get away from the earth and go far out into space？ Now you can do it, because spaceships have been invented. Then spaceship will go so fast that it can escape the earth’s gravity and carry you into space.

(1) In this passage, the word “gravity” means_______.

A.the pull of everything.

B.the force of attraction(吸引) among objects.

C.the force which attracts objects towards the centre of the earth

D.the force which attracts the earth towards the sun.

(2) When you slip you always fall to the ground because_______.

A.the earth always turns round.

B.the earth has gravity

C.the earth’s gravity is greater than your weight.

D.you are careless.

(3) Gravity is strong that_______.

A.it can throw a ball into the air.

B.it makes you jump only seven feet.

C.it can let you fly away from the earth.

D.it can keep everything on earth.

(4) Because of gravity,_______.

A.water flows everything.

B.we can go everywhere by ship.

C.water always flows downwards.

D.fish can live in water.

(5) We can get away from the earth by spaceship because_______.

A.the spaceship goes very fast.

B.the earth can’t pull the spaceship.

C.the spaceship has a strong force.

D.the spaceship can jump higher than other things.

A.Y.是

B.N.否