Among the most popular books being written today are those which are usually classified as science fiction. Hundreds of titles are published every year and are read by all kinds of people. Furthermore, some of the most successful films in recent years hav

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Among the most popular books being written today are those which are usually classified as science fiction. Hundreds of titles are published every year and are read by all kinds of people.
Furthermore, some of the most successful films in recent years have been based on science fiction stories.
It is often thought that science fiction is a fairly new development in literature, but it can be found in books written hundreds of years ago. These books were often concerned with the presentation of some form of ideal society, a theme which is still often found in modern stories.
Most of the classics of science fiction, however, have been written within the last hundred years. Books by writers such as Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, to mention just two well-known
authors, have been translated into many languages. Modern science fiction writers don't write about men from Mars or space adventure stories. They are more interested in predicting the results of technical developments on society and the human mind; or in imagining future world which are a reflection of the world which we live in now. Because of this their writing has obviously political undertones.
In an age where science fact frequently overtakes science fiction, the writers may find it difficult to keep ahead of scientific advances. Those who are sufficiently clear-sighted to see the way we are going, however, may provide a valuable lesson on how to deal with the problems which society will inevitably face as it tries to master its new technology.

The underlined word “overtakes”in the last paragraph means查看材料

A.takes the place of
B.is more meaningful than
C.develops more quickly than
D.develops more slowly than

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答案：C

解析：

文中最后一段第一句说“the writers may find it difficult to keep ahead of scientific ad.vances”．意思是说科幻小说家很难保持在科学进步的前端，所以可以推断应该是科学的发展太快了，故选C。

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第1题：

Passage Five

In every language there are two great classes of words which, taken together, consist of the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words with which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we learn, that is to say, from the members of our own family and from our familiar associates, and which we should know and use even if we could not read or write. They concern the common things of life, and are the goods in trade of all those who speak the language. Such words may be called "popular", since they belong to the whole people; and are not the exclusive possession of a limited class.

On the other hand, our language includes a large number of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is little occasion to use them at home or in the market-place. Our first acquaintance with them comes not from our mother's lips or from the talk of our school-mates, but from books that we read, lectures that we bear, or the more formal conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular topic in a style. raised above the habitual level of everyday life. Such words are called "learned". And the distinction between them and "popular" words is of great importance to a right understanding of the language.

51. One class of words can be learned ______.

A. through everyday life

B. without too much practice

C. from popular songs

D. with a dictionary in one's hand

正确答案：A
答案为A。根据第一段第二句，there are those words with which we become acquainted in daily conversation，which we learn作出该项选择。

第2题：

We should consider the students’ request___the school library provide more books on popular science.

A. that B. when

C. which D. where

正确答案：A

第3题：

We should consider the students’ requestthe school library provide more books on popular science.

A. thatB. whenC. which D. where

正确答案：A

第4题：

In spite of all stories of prosperity in the United States, not only does poverty exist there, but crimes of various types have been increasing at an alarming rate． Most acts of violence were committed by young people． 57% of the criminals arrested in 1979 were youths below 25 of age．
Everyone agrees that crime is partly a result of bad material conditions: poverty, lack of education,living without a settled home,being parentless,sufferings from other kinds of misfortune, etc．
There are also other factors than material conditions which are responsible for the sharp increase of crime rate． In the first place, some state laws provide a death penalty but some not．Secondly, the Constitution allows every citizen to carry weapons for his own protection． It is therefore possible and easy for anyone in the country to get a gun． Finally, there has been too much shown on TV and too much reported in newspaper of all kinds of crime, the details of which are so accurately described that even children know how to duplicate what they have seen or read．
All these have resulted in a high frequency of crimes committed both by professional criminals and by nonprofessional ones in murder, drug smuggling, robbery, etc．
The underlined word "penalty" is closest in meaning to__________ ．

A.punishment
B.trial
C.accusation
D.execution

答案：A

解析：

根据该句“In the first place，some state laws provide a death penalty but some not．”可知一些州有关于死刑的惩罚措施而另一些州没有。即penalty意为“处罚，惩罚”。

第5题：

Admiralty Notices to Mariners are published ______.

A.every day

B.every week

C.every month

D.every year

正确答案：B

第6题：

It's hard to believe that some old textbooks ( ) ten years ago ( ) in our university today.

A、publishing/ are been used

B、published/ are using

C、published/ are being used

D、having been published/ are being used

参考答案：B

第7题：

I．单项选择， (15分)

( )1． Nowadays science fiction isn’t as ___________ as cartoons among teenagers．

A．popular

B．more popular

C． less popular

D． the most popular

正确答案：A

第8题：

Which the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The United Nations says about 50 million acres of rain forests are cut down every year.

B. Luckily people and the mass media all paid special attention to the depletion of rain forests.

C. The author thought the oceans' survival is questionable.

D. People have stopped cutting down rain forests because of the opposition of most people.

正确答案：B

此题为三误一正的细节题。见第二段的第一句Unlike some environmental issues，rain forests’depletion has fortunately received significant public and media attention。

第9题：

In spite of all stories of prosperity in the United States, not only does poverty exist there, but crimes of various types have been increasing at an alarming rate． Most acts of violence were committed by young people． 57% of the criminals arrested in 1979 were youths below 25 of age．
Everyone agrees that crime is partly a result of bad material conditions: poverty, lack of education,living without a settled home,being parentless,sufferings from other kinds of misfortune, etc．
There are also other factors than material conditions which are responsible for the sharp increase of crime rate． In the first place, some state laws provide a death penalty but some not．Secondly, the Constitution allows every citizen to carry weapons for his own protection． It is therefore possible and easy for anyone in the country to get a gun． Finally, there has been too much shown on TV and too much reported in newspaper of all kinds of crime, the details of which are so accurately described that even children know how to duplicate what they have seen or read．
All these have resulted in a high frequency of crimes committed both by professional criminals and by nonprofessional ones in murder, drug smuggling, robbery, etc．
?Besides bad material conditions, __________also leads to the sharp increase of crime rate．

A.poverty
B.being parentless
C.lack of education
D.easy access to guns

答案：D

解析：

根据第三段”the Constitution allows every citizen to carry weapons for his own protection．”可知，由于宪法允许使用枪支，从而造成了不断增长的高犯罪率。由此可知除了不良的环境外，枪支的使用也催生了犯罪率的增长。

第10题：

In spite of all stories of prosperity in the United States, not only does poverty exist there, but crimes of various types have been increasing at an alarming rate． Most acts of violence were committed by young people． 57% of the criminals arrested in 1979 were youths below 25 of age．
Everyone agrees that crime is partly a result of bad material conditions: poverty, lack of education,living without a settled home,being parentless,sufferings from other kinds of misfortune, etc．
There are also other factors than material conditions which are responsible for the sharp increase of crime rate． In the first place, some state laws provide a death penalty but some not．Secondly, the Constitution allows every citizen to carry weapons for his own protection． It is therefore possible and easy for anyone in the country to get a gun． Finally, there has been too much shown on TV and too much reported in newspaper of all kinds of crime, the details of which are so accurately described that even children know how to duplicate what they have seen or read．
All these have resulted in a high frequency of crimes committed both by professional criminals and by nonprofessional ones in murder, drug smuggling, robbery, etc．
?The author is worried about the fact that__________．

A.children may imitate what they have seen or read about crime
B.the more prosperous the United States is, the higher the crime rate becomes
C.citizens carrying guns will be punished
D.all the state laws will be punished

答案：A

解析：

根据第三段“even children know how to duplicate what they have seen or read．”可知，作者最担心的是孩子们可能会模仿他们看到或读到的有关犯罪的行为。所以答案选A。

Among the most popular books being written today are those which are usually classified as science fiction. Hundreds of titles are published every year and are read by all kinds of people.

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