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Superstitions had their origins (起源于) in ______.
A．commands from the "Gods"
B．fear of the unknown
C．evidence of what had actually happened
D．careful studies
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Are you superstitious？ No, of course not. Do you believe in magic (魔法), and luck charms (护身符), and elves or gremlins (小精灵) ？ Certainly not, but if I should greet you with the usual How's business？" You'll answer "Oh, just so-so" although your business is profiting greatly. When you are successful in some venture you might say you were just lucky. And yet, you know it was probably due to your a bility and hard work. Why？ Sometimes you knock on wood because wood was once a tree and there is a primitive belief that protective gods inhabit trees and knocking on wood attracts their attention so they may be credited with your successes.
If I should sneeze, only the strongest of you could refrain(克制而不) from saying "God bless you". Why bless this unsanitary (不讲究卫生的) habit？ Our ancestors believed that a sneeze opened the body to invasion by devils, and invoking (召唤) the name of God made the devils get out in a hurry. You may not realize it, but you express this same "devil invasion" when you say, "Whatever can have gotten into that child？" or "I wonder what possessed me to do that？"
Although they may no longer be believed, evidences of superstitions that have had their origins in the primitive fear of the unknown still exist in modern language and gestures.
The author ______.
A．believe that most people are superstitious
B．believe that very few people are superstitious
C．believes that there are still some evidences of superstitions in what we say and what we do
D．is superstitious
Only after they had performed hundreds of experiments did they succeed in (solve) ______the problem.
__________ had I closed the door__________ somebody started knocking on it．
A.As soon as；then
B.Although；yet
C.No sooner；than
D.If；then
No sooner ______ they started to work.
A．had they got to the plant then
B．had they got to the plant than
C．had they got to the plant when
D．they had got to the plant than
Why was the businessman not satisfied with his secretary？
A．He had given the same speech three times.
B．His speech lasted for an hour.
C．He had made three speeches.
D．The speech was not well written.
Black cats are generally considered lucky in Britain, even though they are 【B17】 witchcraft. It is 【B18】 lucky if a black cat crosses your path — although in America the exact opposite belief prevails. Finally, a commonly held superstition is that of touching wood 【B19】 luck. This measure is most often taken if you think you have said something that is tempting fate, such as "my car has never 【B20】 , touch wood？"
【B1】
A．broadly
B．widely
C．quickly
D．speedily
Legend has it that the first English colonists (殖民者) in Massachusetts (马萨诸塞州) started the custom. According to the story, the Pilgrims~ first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow many crops, and without fresh food, half of the colonists died from disease. The following spring the Indians taught them how to grow corn. In the autumn of 1621, bountiful crops of corn, beans and pumpkins were harvested. The colonists had much to be thankful for, so a feast was planned. They invited their Indian friends to join them in a large feast to share in the bounties (慷慨) of the land. This is the first Thanksgiving.
The traditional foods of the big Thanksgiving Day meal include roast turkey, cranberries, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, and Indian bread puddings.
Since the day is set aside for giving thanks, it has also become a traditional family day. Large dinners with many relatives are common throughout America on this special day.
When was the Thanksgiving Day tradition begun？
A．In the 17(上标)th century.
B．On Thursday.
C．Last November.
D．In the 16(上标)th eentury.
回答题。
When a 13-year-old Virginia girl started sneezing, her parents thought it was merely a cold．Butwhen the sneezes continued for hours, they called in a doctor．Nearly two months later the girl wasstill sneezing, thousands of times a day, and her case had attracted worldwide attention．
Hundreds of suggestions, ranging from" put a clothes pin on her nose"to "have her stand on herhead" poured in．But nothing did any good．Finally, she was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital whereDr．Leo Kanner, one of the world&39;s top authorities on sneezing, solved the baffling (难以理解的)problem with great speed．
He used neither drugs nor surgery, curiously enough, the clue for the treatment was found in anancient superstition about the amazing bodily reaction we call the sneeze．It was all in her mind, hesaid,a view which Aristotle, some 3,000 years earlier, would have agreed with heartily．
Dr．Kanner simply gave a modem psychological interpretation to the ancient belief that too muchsneezing was an indication that the spirit was troubled; and he began to treat the girl accordingly．
"Less than two days in a hospital room,a plan for better scholastic and vocational adjustment,and reassurance about her unreasonable fear of tuberculosis quickly changed her from a sneezer to anex-sneezer," he reported．
Sneezing has always been a subject of wonder, awe and puzzlement．Dr．Kanner has collectedthousands of superstitions concerning it．The most universal one is the custom of begging for theblessing of God when a person sneezes--a practice Dr．Kanner traces back to the ancient belief that asneeze was an indication that the sneezer was possessed of an evil spirit．Strangely, people over theworld still continue the custom with the traditional, "God bless you" or its equivalent．
When scientists look at the sneeze, they see a remarkable mechanism which, without any con-scious help from you, takes on a job that has to be done．When you need to sneeze you sneeze, thisbeing nature&39; s clever way of getting rid of an annoying object from the nose．The object may be justsome dust in the nose which nature is striving to remove．
The girl sneezed continuously because she__________． 查看材料
A.was ill
B.was mentally ill
C.had heavy mental burden
D.had attracted world-wide attention
Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (75 points)
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
Passage One
Early in November 1965, New York was blacked out by an electricity failure (停电). The Mayor promised that it would not happen again. Pessimists (悲观主义者) were certain that it would happen again within five years. In July 1977, there was a repeat performance which produced a serious disorder throughout the city. At that time the city was in one of its worst heat waves.
In 1965, there was little crime during the darkness, and fewer than a hundred people were arrested. In 1977, hundreds of stores were broken into and looted (劫掠). Nearly 4,000 people were arrested but far more disappeared into the darkness of the night. The number of policeman available was far from enough and some looters even carry guns.
Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windows. Banks and most business remained closed the next day. The blackout started at 9:30 P.M., when lightning hit and knocked out supply cables. Many stores were thus caught by surprise. For twenty-four hours, New York realized how helpless it was without electricity.
31. According to the first paragraph, who were right: the authorities or the pessimists？
A. The authorities.
B. The pessimists.
C. Both.
D. Neither.
just with homework.Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (“光盘行动”).The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food.“Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat？ Please don’t waste food.” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.The Clean Your Plate Campaign began on the Internet in January.It calls on people to reduce food waste.China in these years had serious problems with wasted food.CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.Chinese people are well known for being hospitable (好客的) and generous(大方的).Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food.Luckily, the campaign has got the support of many.In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner give the guests who have eaten all that they ordered a sticker (贴花).People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers.More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers (剩饭剩菜) home.To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time.It’s important that everyone does their bit, just like Qi.Did you finish your meals today？
6.What did the 11 tudents do in the winter vacation？ ()
A.The helped each other with homework
B.They opened a restaurant together
C.They volunteered for a campaign
D.They collected money from customers in restaurants
7.In this passage the underlined word “call on” means ______.
A.打电话
B.号召
C.拜访
D.叫喊
8.The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to _____.
A.do volunteer work
B.work part time in restaurants
C.cut down on food waste
D.wash your plates after dinner
9.From Paragraphs 4-5, we learn that _____.
A.wasting food is a serious problem in China
B.Chinese people waste the most food in the world
C.Chinese people want to show off th at they are rich
D.most Chinese people are afraid of losing face at the table
10.What did the restaurant in Beijing do to support the campaign？ ()
A.The owner would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food.
B.It offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times
C.It gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes
D.It encouraged customers to take leftovers home
