2．Brian arrived at the San Francisco airport two hours before the flight to Paris．He was wearing three shirts，a jacket，two pairs of socks，a pair of shorts，and two pairs of jeans．He was carrying one small backpack，which was very full，but he didn't have any other luggage．Brian needed to meet a man named Tony before he checked in for his flight．He found Tony near the Air France counter．Tony gave him a round-trip ticket and a small package．
"Give this package to Jean-Paul at the airport in Paris．He will have a sign with your name on it．I think you can find him easily，"Tony said．"You don't have any luggage，right？"
"Only this backpack，"Brian answered．"You said I could bring one carry-on bag．"
"That's right，one carry-on bag is fine．Have a good trip．"
"Thanks．"
      Is Brian a criminal （犯罪）？Not at all．He is an air courier．And he paid only $110 for the round-trip ticket to Paris．Air couriers get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries．Businesses sometimes，need to get Packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next day．Often，the only way they can do this is to use an air-courier company．It is not cheap for a business to send  a package with an air courier，but it is quick．
     Every year about 80，000 people worldwide travel as air couriers．The number of tickets for courier travel is growing by about 10 percent a year．However，air-courier travel isn't for everyone．But if you have very little money，can be flexible （靈活的） about your travel plans，and don't mind wearing the same clothes for a week，it can be a great way to take a vacation!

26．Why was Brian wearing so many clothes for his travel？C
     A．Because they were the uniform for air couriers．
     B．Because that made him easier to be recognized．
     C．Because his backpack had no room for his clothes，
     D．because he did not have any luggage with him．
27．An air courier is a person whoD   
     A．manages a business company in foreign countries
     B．organizes international flights for tourists
     C．travels around the world with cheap tickets
     D．delivers papers and packages to foreign countries
28，Businesses choose the air-courier service becauseC    
     A．it costs less                     B．it is flexible
     C．it saves time                     D．it grows fast
29．One of the disadvantages of traveling as an air courier is that heA    
     A．cannot decide when and where to travel
     B．cannot take any luggage with him
     C．has to wear two pairs of jeans
     D．saves little money from the travel
30．Which would be the best title for the passage？D
     A．Activities of a Law-breaker
     B．An Ideal Way to Travel
     C．No Air-courier Travel
     D．A Developing Business．

分析 文章說明了一個(gè)新型的職業(yè)--航空投送員．航空投送員可以享受相當(dāng)便宜機(jī)票優(yōu)惠，因?yàn)樗麄兊闹饕氊?zé)是及時(shí)的給跨國公司投送重要的包裹或文件．

解答 26-30 CDCAD
26題答案是C．推理判斷題．由第一自然段中的He was carrying one small backpack，which was very full．一句可知他背著一個(gè)滿滿的背包．故選C．
27題答案是D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．由第六自然段中的Air courier get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries．航空快遞員機(jī)票優(yōu)惠是因?yàn)樗麄儼阎匾陌臀募䦷У酵鈬蔬xD．
28題答案是C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)It is not cheap for a business to send  a package with an air courier，but it is quick．可知航空快遞速度快，節(jié)約時(shí)間．故選C．
29題答案是A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)But if you have very little money，can be flexible （靈活的） about your travel plans，and don't mind wearing the same clothes for a week，it can be a great way to take a vacation!可知需要旅行計(jì)劃靈活，即不能自行決定何時(shí)去往何處．故選A．
30題答案是D．主旨大意題．本文大意是介紹一個(gè)新型的職業(yè)--航空投送員，故本題選D．

點(diǎn)評 本文是政治經(jīng)濟(jì)類閱讀理解．做這類題材閱讀理解時(shí)要求考生對文章通讀一遍，做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．

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They claim they want to dress as they please．But they all wear the same clothes．They set off in new directions in music．But somehow they all end up crowded round listening to the same record．Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it．They have come out of their cocoon （蠶繭）-into a larger cocoon．
It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way．Industry has firmly carved out （創(chuàng)造出） a teenage market．These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be．And many of today's parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children．All this adds up to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path．
But the barrier is worth climbing over．The path is worth following．You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records．You may have some thoughts that you don't care to share at once with your classmates．Well，go to it．Find yourself．Be yourself．Popularity will come-with the people who respect you for who you are．That's the only kind of popularity that really counts．

72．This passage is meant toC．
  A．tell readers how to be popular among people around them
  B．suggest people how to understand and respect each other
  C．encourage teenagers to learn to make their choices and decisions
  D．suggest parents how to guide and teach their teenage children
73．According to the author，many children are said to be rebelling，but actually most of themB．
  A．a(chǎn)re very much afraid of being kept alone
  B．a(chǎn)re not courageous and confident enough
  C．a(chǎn)re not very popular among their classmates
  D．a(chǎn)re good at striking out boldly on their own
74．The expression"to award high marks for the popularity of their children"can be understood as"D"．
  A．to generously reward their children when they do better than others
  B．to expect their children to become top students at the teenage market
  C．to give prizes to their children when they do well in their tests
  D．to pay much attention to whether their children are popular
75．It can be inferred from the passage thatB．
  A．a(chǎn)dvertisements are trying to help teenagers to find themselves
  B．most teenagers are actually not rebelling at all in a real sense
  C．a(chǎn)dvertisements are always misleading in carving out a teenage market
  D．most teenagers manage to become popular by dressing as they please．

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11．A weather map is an important tool for geographers．A succession of three or four maps presents a continuous picture of weather changes．Weather forecasters are able to determine the speed of air masses and fronts（冷暖空氣團(tuán)接觸的鋒）to determine whether an individual pressure area is deepening or becoming shallow and whether a front is increasing or decreasing in intensity．They are also able to determine whether an air mass is retaining its original characteristics or taking on those of the surface over which it is moving．Thus，a most significant function of the map is to reveal a synoptic picture of conditions in the atmosphere at a given time．
All students of geography should be able to interpret a weather map accurately．Weather maps contain an enormous amount of information about weather conditions existing at the time of observation over a large geographical area．They reveal in a few minutes what otherwise would take hours to describe．The United States Weather Bureau issues information about approaching storms，floods，frosts，droughts，and all climatic conditions in general．Twice a month it issues a 30-day"outlook"which is a rough guide to weather conditions likely to occur over broad areas of the United States．These 30-day outlooks are based upon an analysis of the upper air levels which often set the stage for the development of air masses，fronts，and storms．
Considerable effort is being exerted today to achieve more accurate weather predictions．With the use of electronic instruments and earth satellites，enormous gains have taken place recently in identifying and tracking storms over regions which have but few meteorological stations （氣象站）．Extensive experiments are also in progress for weather modification（改變）studies．But the limitations of modification have prevented meteorological results except in the seeding of super-cooled，upslope mountainous winds which have produced additional orographic （山岳形態(tài)的） precipitation on the windward side of mountain ranges．Nevertheless，they have provided a clearer understanding of the fundamentals of weather elements．
 
72．By reading weather maps，students majoring in geography canC．
A．design a project of weather modification
B．interpret the weather condition before the time of observation 
C．obtain data on atmospheric conditions over a wide area 
D．survey ever-changing fronts in local meteorological stations
73．A thirty-day forecast is determined by examiningB．
A．daily weather maps              
B．upper air levels
C．satellite reports                   
D．changing fronts
74．The observation of weather conditions by satellites is advantageous becauseD
A．electronic instruments are used
B．it enables man to alter the weather
C．it makes weather prediction more time-consuming
D．information not obtained readily otherwise can be gained
75．At the present time，experiments are being conducted inA．
A．controlling and influencing weather
B．determining density of pressure groups
C.30-day"outlooks"
D．predicting storms．

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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：填空題

12．祝賀你考試取得很大進(jìn)步！
Congratulationsto you onmaking great progress in the examination．

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