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1、Section Learning about Language & Using Language.阅读理解AEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland，and has long been a favorite destination of tourists from all over the world，as well as an important cultural and political center.With its museums，shops，wonderful historic castle，and many pubs and restau
2、rants，there are many things for visitors to enjoy all year round.And of course，as it is in Scotland，there is a wide range of whiskies to try!However，there is more to Edinburgh than historic monuments and tourism.Each year，the Edinburgh Festival takes place in the city.In late summer，for three weeks，
3、the festival presents classical music，theatre，opera and dance at six major theatres and concert hallsand several smaller onesthroughout the city.Whatever your cultural tastes are，you are sure to find something to enjoy.Local talent is always represented at the Edinburgh Festival giving Scottish comp
4、osers and playwrights the opportunity to show their work and gain praises from a wider audience.In addition，orchestras(管弦乐队)and theatre companies come from all over the world to perform at the festival.Last year saw the arrival of orchestras from the United States and Germany.The festival has now be
5、come an important part of Scotlands economy as well as its culture.Last years festival gained over 130 million in Edinburgh alone，and across Scotland nearly 2,900 job exist as a direct result of the festival.The festival is so popular that it has become，in some ways，a victim(牺牲品)of its own success.T
6、he huge interest in performing there led to the setting up of a rival festival，the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.Fortunately，demand for live entertainment during the summer is so great that both festivals continue to develop.1What does the underlined sentence“.there is more to Edinburgh than historic mo
7、numents and tourism.”mean?AThere are more historic monuments and tourism.BThere are fewer historic monuments and tourism.CPeople can see many historic monuments and tourism.DEdinburgh is famous not only for its historic monuments，but also for many other things.2How many theatres and concert halls ar
8、e there in Edinburgh?AFive.BSix.CLess than six.DMore than six.3What has become an important part of Scotlands economy?AThe Edinburgh Festival.BThe Local talent.CThe festival and its culture.DThe orchestras.4Why are there two festivals，the Edinburgh Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival?ABecause
9、 people there need them.BBecause of the huge interest in performing there.CBecause one is not enough.DBecause the government requires them.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。重点介绍了苏格兰(英国的一部分，在不列颠王国的北部)的首府爱丁堡。从旅游业到文化艺术节到经济的发展，都给予了高度的评价。1D解析：句意猜测题。根据该句下文的解释以及本段最后一句“Whatever your cultural tastes are，you are sure to find som
10、ething to enjoy.”分析可知，爱丁堡不仅仅以旅游闻名，而且也以其他方面(如文化节)而闻名。2D解析：细节理解题。根据第三段关键信息“.at six major theatres and concert hallsand several smaller ones.”暗示，那里的theatres and concert halls有超过六家。3C解析：推理判断题。根据第六段第一句“The festival has now become an important part of Scotlands economy as well as its culture.”分析可知。4B解析：推理
11、判断题。根据最后一段第二句“The huge interest in performing there led to the setting up of a rival festival，the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.”分析可知。BMotherhood may make women smarter and may help prevent dementia(痴呆)in old age by bathing the brain in protective hormones(荷尔蒙)，U.S.researchers reported on Thursday.Tests
12、 on rats show that those who raise two or more litters_of_pups do considerably better in tests of memory and skills than rats who have no babies，and their brains show changes that suggest they may be protected against diseases such as Alzheimers(老年痴呆症)University of Richmond psychology professor Crai
13、g Kinsley believes his findings will translate into humans.“Our research shows that the hormones of pregnancy(怀孕)are protecting the brain，including estrogen(雌激素)，which we know has many neuroprotective(保护神经的)effects，”Kinsley said.“Its rat data but humans are mammals just like these animals are mammal
14、s，”he added in a telephone interview.“They go through pregnancy and hormonal changes.”Kinsley said he hoped public health officials and researchers will look to see if having had children protects a woman from Alzheimers and other forms of agerelated brain decline.“When people think about pregnancy，
15、they think about what happens to babies and the mother from the neck down，”said Kinsley，who presented his findings to the annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Orlando，Florida.“They do not realize that hormones are washing on the brain.If you look at female animals who have never gone thr
16、ough pregnancy，they act differently toward young.But if she goes through pregnancy，she will sacrifice her life for her infant that is a great change in her behavior that showed in genetic alterations(改变)to the brain.”5How do scientists know“Motherhood may make women smarter”？ASome researchers have told them.BMany women say so.CThey know it by e
