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1、精品文档Passage1Among all the animals, theape is most like human beings. Both people and apes have the similar brainstructure, the similar nerve system, and the similar kind of blood.There are four kinds ofapes: the chimpanzee（黑猩猩）, the orangutan（猩猩）, the gorilla（大猩猩）, and the gibbon（长臂猿）. They live in
2、the deepforests and warm tropical regions of Africa and of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia.All apes are covered withbrown, reddish-brown, or black hair everywhere on their bodies except theirfaces, feet, and hands. Their hands each have four fingers and a thumb thathelps them grip things the way
3、 our thumbs help us. But they also have a thumbon each foot instead of a big toe. Thus they can hold things with their feet also.Having short, weak legs, apes do not walk on the ground very much. However,their arms are very strong. This enables them to swing from branches and travelvery quickly from
4、 tree to tree.These animals live insmall family groups that move from place to place in search of vegetables andfruits. They also eat eggs, small animals, nuts, and insects. When they aretired, they build nests in the trees. But they rarely sleep there for more thana night or two. Then they move on
5、to look for more food.There are some differencesamong the following three kids of apes. The gibbon is never more than threefeet high and weight only about fourteen pounds. The gorilla grows to be sixfeet tall and weight up to 600 pounds. The orangutan is smaller than thegorilla. It stands three to f
6、ive feet tall and weight up to 200 pounds.Chimpanzees are thesmartest of all apes. They can be taught to sit at a table and eat, to dressthemselves, and to do things that human children can do.56. What does the firstparagraph tell us?A. The ape looks like human beingsmost.B. People and the ape think
7、 alike.C. People and the ape behave alike.D. The ape is the most intellectualanimal in the world.57. Which of the followingsentences is TRUE?A. All apes are brown or black.B. All parts of apes bodies arecovered with hair.C. Apes have weak legs but verystrong arms.D. Apes arms are strong enough toswi
8、m.58. Apes build nests inthe trees but seldom sleep there for more than a night or two because _.A. They like to live in small familygroupsB. They like to move from place toplace in search of more foodC. They like to eat eggs, smallanimals, nuts and insectsD. it rains too often in the deepforests59.
9、 Among the three kindsof apes, _.A. the gorilla is the biggestB. the gibbon is only three feet highbut it is heavier than the orangutanC. the orangutan is smaller than thegorilla and cleverer than the gibbonD. the orangutan can stand up to agreat height, but others cannot60. The last paragraphtells
10、us that _.A. chimpanzees can do better thanhuman childrenB. chimpanzees can do many thingsthat human children cannot doC. human children can do many thingsthat chimpanzees cannot doD. the intelligence of chimpanzees issimilar to that of human children答案解析：Part V Reading Comprehension (20 points)Pass
11、age 156. A 解析 细节题。由文章首句可知，在自然界中，猿与人最相似。故选A。57. C 解析 细节题。由文章第三段倒数第二、三句可知，猿的腿短而无力，但手臂很强壮，故选C。倒数第一句说，强壮的手臂使得猿能够swing而不是swim，排除D。由该段第一、二句可排除A、B两项。58. B 解析 细节题。文章第四段指出，猿四处迁居以寻找蔬菜与水果，它们累了就在树上造窝，偶尔在窝里休息一两个晚上，然后继续迁移以找到更多的食物，所以B正确。59. A 解析 细节题。文章第五段指出，长臂猿（gibbon）高不足3英尺，重仅14磅；大猩猩（gorilla）高6英尺，重达600磅；猩猩（orangu
12、tan）高3至5英尺，重200磅。综合可知，A正确。60. D 解析 推断题。文章最后一段指出，黑猩猩是所有猿中最聪明的，可以做儿童能做的事情。由此推断，黑猩猩的智力与儿童的智力相似，故选D。Passage2Videodisc holds greatpromise of helping to meet the needs of American schoolchildren who haveproblems seeing, hearing, speaking, or socializing. Almost eleven percent ofthe students aged 321 inthi
13、s country have an impairment that affects their ability to benefit from aregular education program. Handicapped students require special educationbecause they are often markedly different from most children in one or more ofthe following ways: mentally retarded（发展迟缓的） learning-disabled, emotionallyd
14、isturbed, deaf, visually handicapped, physically handicapped, or other healthimpairments. The education of these handicapped children is rewarding butchallenging.A special educationstudent usually needs a longer period of time to acquire information.Repetitive teaching techniques are often beneficia
15、l, and indefatigable（孜孜不倦的） consistency on thepart of the teacher is frequently necessary. Interactive videodisc coursewarehas characteristics that can be capitalized upon to meet the challenges thatspecial education poses. A videodisc program is infinitely patient. Repetitionof any videodisc lesson
16、 can continue endlessly, and designers can assureabsolute consistency within a program. Most important, according to specialeducator William Healey of the University of Arizona, is thatvideodisc “adds an extra dimension of realism for children who need graphicrepresentations.”Healey explained that deafand mentally retarded children especially have difficulty grasping
