Passage Three
The traffic lights were red when the driver reached them. To the surprise of his passenger, the ear did not slow down. Unexpectedly the passenger was thrown forward in the vehicle as the driver put on his brakes at the last moment. The car stopped just in time.
"Sorry, I didn't notice the light. I thought it was green until I saw that it was the top light which was shining."
This strange story is quite true. About ten men in every hundred are color blind in some way; women are luckier-- only about one in two hundred suffers from color blindness.
In some cases, a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all the same as green.
People often like one color more than others. Blue is the color of the sky and sea. Green makes us think of fields and trees. Red is the color of blood and makes some people think of danger. Black is the color of night. In the dark we cannot see what is around us so we are sometimes afraid of the unknown and do not like black as a color.
44. Among the traffic lights, red light is placed __.
A. at the bottom
B. in the middle
C. at the top
D. below the green light
参考答案：C
45. According to the passage, we can guess it is safer to take a car driven by a woman because __.
A. she drives the car more carefully
B. she sees the road more clearly
C. she can put on the brakes more quickly
D. she has less chance of being color blind
参考答案： D
46. One is considered as a color blind man if __.
A. he can see the difference between red and deep red
B. he can see the difference between blue and green
C. he can't tell the difference between orange and green
D. he thinks green is the same as blue
参考答案：C
47. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. Black stands for unhappiness.
B. Black makes people think of night.
C. Black makes people think of sorrow.
D. Black is the color of the mourning.
参考答案：B
Passage Four
On television all over the world there are programmes about the work of the police. They are popular because they are usually very exciting. In London there is a television programme called
"Police Five "--because it is on for five minutes once a week. A television reporter, Shaw Taylor, talks about crimes in the London area. He asks for public help. The police station needs the help of ordinary people because sometimes you or I have information that can be useful to the police.
Shaw Taylor shows pictures of paintings, jewellery (珠宝) and other things which thieves stole during the week. Sometimes he shows the car that the thieves escaped in. When people see men or things on the television programme which they may remember, they can tell the police where they saw them. With their help the police may catch more criminals.
Sometimes the police find a car or some money. Shaw Taylor shows them on television. The owners sometimes see them. Then they can telephone the police and say, "Thank you very much-- that's mine!"
48. The television programme is called "Police Five", because it is about the work of the police and __.
A. it is on for five times every seven days
B. it lasts five minutes a week
C. it begins at five in the afternoon
D. it is a programme about five policemen
参考答案：B
49. From the passage we know Shaw Taylor is __.
A. a popular TV reporter
B. a TV reporter few people know
C. a TV reporter ordinary people don't like
D. an unknown TV reporter
参考答案：A
50. The police station asks for public help because __.
A. ordinary people like the television programme
B. ordinary people are interested in pictures of paintings, jewellery, etc. C. the policemen can not catch the thieves themselves
D. ordinary people may help the policemen get useful information about the criminals
参考答案：D
51. When people see things stolen on the programme which they may remember, __.
A. they try to get the things back
B. they know their things have been stolen
C. they know their things are at the police station
D. they tell the police the whereabouts of the shown things
参考答案： D
Passage Five
There Pictures from outer space now show us how much land has changed on earth. These images are taken by Landsat 7, a government satellite. The satellites have been used for 27 years. They reveal the clear-cutting of forests in the northwestern part of the United States. Pictures show the loss of rain forests in South America.
NASA's Darrel Williams speaks about the Landsat 7 Project. He said that an eruption caused trees to burn up in a large forest. Fifteen years later, pinkish images from space show that the trees and plant life are growing again. Williams says that clear-cut areas easily show up in the pictures. He wants Americans to look at how much land is being cleared of forests in our country.
Satellites have provided other information about changes on earth. In the past ten years, more than four miles have shrunk from glaciers in Alaska. Landsat 7 received these computer images of Glacier Bay in Alaska.
Hurricanes Floyd and Irene have damaged the coastline in North Carolina. Runoff from farms and silt have gone into the. ocean according to satellite images. Loss of trees and forests have caused hotter summers in southern cities such as Atlanta, Georgia.
The Landsat 7 images are like pictures in a photo album. Instead of pictures of the family, the album shows changes around the globe in the past 25 years.
A new satellite, Terra, is going to be launched by NASA soon. It will be more advanced than Landsat 7 and will take important global pictures. Ocean temperatures and energy loss will be provided by Terra daily.
52. NASA can tell that vegetation is growing back because of __.
A. a bright, white light that is reflected
B. little tiny trees that are growing
C. vegetable gardens that are planted
D. a light, pinkish view from space
参考答案：D
53. Landsat 7 knows that Alaskan glaciers have shrunk because __.
A. sightseers have noted the changes
B. computer-animated views have shown the shrinkage
C. one of the glaciers was hit by a ship
D. the temperatures are much colder
参考答案：B
54. Silt and heavy run-off from farms in North Carolina were caused by __.
A. Hurricanes Irene and Floyd
B. Hurricanes Floyd and Carla
C. an eruption from a volcano
D. deforestation of trees
参考答案：A
55. Terra will be a better satellite because
A. no other country can make one like it
B. it is much cheaper to operate
C. it is more sophisticated than Landsat
D. Terra will show energy gains
参考答案：C
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