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2012年1月1日开始，我省车船税征收标准作出调整。调整后的车船使用税，乘用车将分为7个梯度按照排量进行征税，其中，排量在1．0升及以下的征收金额不变，仍为240元；1．0升至1．6升（含）的有所降低，为360元；4．0升以上排气量的年基准税额高达5280元，增加了4800元。这一政策的调整主要在于：（　 ）

①交通拥堵情况加剧                          ②调整汽车产品结构

③汽车销量增长过快                          ④树立绿色消费意识

A．①③

B．①②

C．②④

D．③④

In most people’s opinion, the tiger is not an animal that we would ordinarily think of as being chicken. However, one tiger, which lives in an English zoo, turned out to be more cowardly( 胆小的) than his keepers could ever have imagined.

Tanvir, a two-year-old Bengal tiger, got stuck at the top of a new 5m-high activity tower in the zoo, after climbing it for the first time.

The wooden tower had been designed to provide mental exercise for Tanvir by testing his ability of dealing with troublesome situations, but after climbing it in just a few seconds, he lost his courage when it came to coming back down. Tanvir went on to spend nearly two days at the top of the tower trying to collect the courage to attempt to get down.

A spokesperson for the zoo said that several days before Tanvir had taken half an hour to get down a lower tower only 1.5m high, and the taller tower had clearly been too much challenging for him.

“Every time he got to the edge, he looked out, put a paw over, and thought, ‘no, I cannot make it!’”laughed Samantha Cordrey, Tanvir’s keeper. In the end Tanvir’s hunger defeated his fear, and after almost 48 hours he made his way down. Burying himself in a big meal just like a hungry pig, Tanvir seemed to forget such a shameful experience for a while.

It appears that his experience would not be the worst in Tanvir’s life if he continued to act like a chicken. It is not known whether he will take courage to go back up his exercise tower again.

The whole episode(插曲) only serves to show the difficulties faced by zoo staff in creating environments that will improve animals’ living ability in enclosed space.

小题1:When speaking of Tanvir’s shameful experience, Samantha Cordrey might feel it was_____.

A．funny

B．surprising

C．exciting

D．unbelievable小题2:What made Tanvir get down the 5m-high activity tower at last?

A．The coldness of the weather.

B．The direction from his keepers.

C．The sufferings of being hungry

D．The fear of being alone小题3: Why does the author say “this experience would not be the worst in Tanvir’s life if…”(Paragraph 6)?

A．Because Tanvir’s keepers will design more difficult exercise for him.

B．Because Tanvir is so cowardly that he has little courage to meet greater

challenges.

C．Because Tanvir’s bad health will bring him much trouble in practice.

D．Because Tanvir is always careless and often causes trouble by accident.小题4: The zoo designed the 5m-high activity tower to______.

A．make Tanvir become brave

B．improve Tanvir’s performance skills

C．let tourists watch Tanvir better

D．improve Tanvir’s living ability

为了预防电击（触电），电气设备的金属外壳须接地，最好是埋设接地电阻很小专用地线。

阅读理解。

     When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg for a few

coins, do you hurry on, not knowing what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly hand over some money?

What should our attitude to beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad

stories. It must be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems cruel not

to give some money to beggars.

     Certainly, most of the world's great religions (宗教) order us to be open-hearted and share what we

have with those less fortunate than ourselves.But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally (道德

方面) right in the old days,when one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed

help,is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars. Let us look at their arguments.

     First, some believe that many city beggars dress up on purpose to look pitiable and actually make a good

living from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil (恶行). Secondly, there is the worry

that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs.Thirdly,there is the opinion that there is no real

excuse for begging. One might be poor,but that is no reason for losing one's sense of pride and

self-dependence.

     Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be dealt with by the government rather than ordinary

people. Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and receive help.

     It is hard to come to any final conclusion; there are various cases and we must deal with them differently.

A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the

moral goodness of the giver.

1. What is mainly discussed in the passage?

A. Moral deeds of people.

B. Religious activities of the church.

C. Moral goodness of the giver.

D. Arguments on giving to beggars.

2. What can we infer from the sentence "But has the world changed?" in the second paragraph?

A. People no longer know who suffers misfortune in the village.

B. Some people will not do what was morally right in the past.

C. We don't meet with those who need help any more.

D. Now it is the government's duty to help the beggars.

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Some people dress up to pretend to be beggars.

B. Some beggars want money to help their children go to school.

C. Some beggars use the money to buy drugs.

D. Some beggars have no excuse for begging.

4. In the last paragraph,the writer thinks that it is hard to come to any final conclusion, because _____.

A. the cases can be so different

B. there are so many beggars

C. there is so much money wasted

D. there are so many different arguments

Cultural responses to modernization often manifest themselves in the mass media. For example, Aldous Huxley, in Brave New World, created a fictional world in which he cautioned readers that modern science and technology posed a threat to individual dignity. Charlie Chaplin’s film Modern Times, set in a futuristic manufacturing plant, also told the story of the dehumanizing impact of modernization and machinery. Writers and artists, in their criticisms of the modern world, often point to technology’s ability to alienate people from one another, capitalism’s tendency to foster greed, and government’s inclination to create bureaucracies that oppress rather than help people.

Among the major values of the modern period, four typically manifest themselves in the cultural environment: celebrating the individual, believing in rational order, working efficiently, and rejecting tradition. These values of the modern period were originally embodied in the printing press and later in newspapers and magazines. The print media encouraged the vision of individual writers, publishers, and readers who circulated new ideas. Whereas the premodern period was guided by p beliefs in a natural or divine order, becoming modern meant elevating individual self-expression to a central position. Along with democratic breakthroughs, however, individualism and the Industrial Revolution triggered modern forms of hierarchy, in which certain individuals and groups achieved higher standing in the social order. For example, those who managed commercial enterprises gained more control over the economic ladder, while an intellectual class of modern experts, who mastered specialized realms of knowledge, gained increasing power over the nation’s social, political, and cultural agendas.

To be modern also meant to value the capacity of organized, scientific minds to solve problems efficiently. Progressive thinkers maintained that the printing press, the telegraph, and the railroad in combination with a scientific attitude would foster a new type of informed society. At the core of this society, the printed mass media, particularly newspapers, would educate the citizenry, helping to build and maintain an organized social framework. Journalists strove for the premodern ideal through a more fact-based and efficient approach to reporting. They discarded decorative writing and championed a lean look. Modern front-page news de-emphasized description, commentary, and historical context. The lead sentences that reported a presidential press conference began to look similar, whether they were on the front page in Tupelo, Mississippi, or Wahpeton, North Dakota. Just as modern architecture made many American skylines look alike, the front pages of newspapers began to resemble one another.

Finally, to be modern meant to throw off the rigid rules of the past, to break with tradition. Modern journalism became captivated by timely and immediate events. As a result, the more standardized forms of front-page journalism, on the one hand, championed facts and current events while efficiently meeting deadlines. But on the other hand, modern newspapers often failed to take a historical perspective or to analyze sufficiently the ideas underlying these events.

All of the following are the major values of the modern world EXCEPT（）

A.individual self-expression

B. social order and discipline

C.the efficient solutions to problems

D.the repudiation of tradition