Passage 1．
Tom worked in a factory and was busy all day long. One Sunday morning, he decided to go to a park to take a rest in the sunshine. After he got on a bus, Tom bought a ticket. Then he put the ticket in his cap and began to look for a seat. Soon he forgot where he had put the ticket. After a while, a ticket-inspector came to find out whether everybody had bought the ticket. When he asked Tom to show his ticket, Tom searched every pocket of his, but couldn‘t find it. He was fined (罚款) five dollars. Then he got off the bus, entered a park and seated himself on a chair. It was not until he took off his cap that he found where the ticket was, but it was too late.
6. After Tom got on the bus, he ＿＿＿ .（Ｃ） C. bought a ticket
7. Tom put the ticket ＿＿＿. （Ｃ） C. in his cap
8. ＿＿＿ came after a moment.（Ｂ） B. A ticket-inspector
9. Tom had to pay＿＿＿ dollars as a fine. （Ｂ） B. five
10. Tom found his ticket when he ＿＿＿. （Ｃ） C. took off his cap
Passage 2:
Do you forget to turn off the lights and heaters when you go out of a room? In 2040 it will not matter. They will turn themselves off and on again when you return. A sensor will detect the presence of a human and turn the system on, and when the human leave it will turn them off again.
The sensors will work through the central home computer, and they will do much more than just turn the fires and lights on and off for you. They will detect faulty electrical appliances, isolate them so that they cannot harm anyone, and then warn you that they need repair. They will detect fire and if you are out of the house, the computer will call the firemen. It will also call the police should the sensors detect an intruder. You will open the door using your personal card--- the one you use for shopping---maybe using a number known only to you.
11. The author intends to tell the readers that in year 2040＿＿. （Ｃ）
C. lights and heaters will switch on and off automatically.
12. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? ＿＿＿（Ｄ）
D. People will save trouble with the help of advanced technology.
13. According to the author, in 2040, new technology ＿.（Ｂ）
B. will free us from the keys we use today.
14. Thanks to computers, in 2040 people ＿＿. （Ｄ） D. will have more fun at home.
15. What is the best title for the passage? ＿＿（Ａ） A. Life in the Year 2040.
Passage 3:
Here is a piece of history. People don‘t learn it at school. In 1778, the Britain had the strongest navy in the world. They laughed at the small navy of America. At that time America
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wanted to be free from Britain. One American captain thought he would like to show the British that they were stronger than the Britain. On the night of April 24, 1778, Captain John Paul quietly brought his ship Ranger to White Haven, in the northeast of England. As soon as he reached White Haven he took a group of his men to one of the inns of the town. He went into it, and then had a drink with them. When all this was over, the Americans left White Haven and moved away. After that the British didn‘t say they had the strongest navy in the world. 6. Before 1778, whose navy is stronger?（Ｂ） B. The British
7. Where is the White Haven? （Ｃ） C. In the northeast of England
8. How did the American navy show the British that they were strong? （Ｃ） C. It was not mentioned.
9. Where did John Paul go after he reached the White Haven?（Ａ）
A. A small inn
10. After the night of April 24,1778, who has the strongest navy in the world? （Ｂ） B. The American
Passage 4:
One way that scientists learn man is by studying animals, such as mice and monkeys. The scientists in this laboratory are experimenting on mice. They are studying the relationship between diet and health. At this time, over one hundred experiments are being done in this laboratory.
In one of these experiments, the scientists are studying the relationship between the amount of food the mice eat and their health. The mice are in three groups. All three groups are receiving the same healthy diet. But the amount of food that each group is receiving is different. The first group is eating one cup of food each day, the second group is eating two cups, and the third group of mice is eating three cups.
After three years, the healthiest group is the one that is only eating one cup of food each day. The mice in this group are thinner than normal mice. But they are more active. Most of the day, they are running, playing with one another, and using the equipment in their cages. Also, they are living longer. Mice usually live for two years. Most of the mice in this group are still alive after three years.
The second group of mice is normal weight. They are healthy, too. They are active, but not as active as the thinner mice. But they are only living about two years, not the three years or more of the thinner mice.
The last group of mice is receiving more food than the other two groups. Most of the day, these mice are eating or sleeping. They are not very active. These mice are living longer than the scientists thought----about a year and a half. But they aren‘t as healthy. They‘re sick more often than the other two groups.
11.The scientists in the laboratory are studying the relationship between＿＿＿. （Ｂ）
B. the amount of the food the mice eat and their health. 12. ＿＿＿ receiving the most food.（Ｃ） C. The third group is D. The first two groups are
13. The first group is the thinnest because ＿＿＿.（Ｄ）
D. both B and C.
14. How long do normal mice live? ＿＿＿（Ｂ） B. Two years
15. What does the text tell us? （Ａ）
A. People who eat less and exercise more will live longer.
Passage 5:
President Abraham Lincoln often visited hospitals to talk with wounded(受伤的) soldiers during the Civil War. Once, doctors pointed out a young soldier who was near death and Lincoln went over to his beside.
―Is there anything I can do for you?‖ asked the President. The soldier obviously didn‘t recognize Lincoln, and with some effort he was able to say in a low voice,‖ Would you please write a letter to my mother?‖
A pen and paper were provided and the President carefully began writing down what the young man was able to say:‖ My dear mother, I was badly hurt while doing my duty. I‘m afraid I‘m not going to recover(痊愈). Don‘t grieve too much for me, please. Kiss Mary and John for me. May God bless you and father.‖
The soldier was too weak to continue, so Lincoln signed the letter for him and added,‖ Written for your son by Abraham Lincoln.‖
The young man asked to see the letter and was astonished when he discovered who had written it.‖ Are you really the President?‖ he asked.
―Yes, I am.‖ Lincoln replied quietly. Then he asked if there was anything else he could do.
―Would you please hold my hand?‖ the soldier asked.‖ It will help to see me through the send.‖
In the quiet room, the tall President took the boy‘s hand in his and spoke warm words of encouragement until death came.
6. Lincoln often visited hospitals ＿＿＿ .（Ｂ）
B. to see wounded soldiers and show his concern to them. 7. The soldier whom Lincoln talked with＿＿＿.（Ａ） A. didn‘t know Lincoln was standing before his bed until his death.
8. The soldier felt ＿＿＿ when he found it was Lincoln who wrote the letter for him.（Ｄ） D. surprised
9. Which of the following is true according to the passage?（Ｃ）
C. Lincoln knew the soldier was near death and to see him. 10. According to passage it can be seen that Lincoln＿＿. （Ｂ）
B. cared much about his soldiers.
Passage 6:
There was once a man in South America who had a parrot(鹦鹉)，a pet bird that could imitate(模拟)，human speech. The parrot was unique. There was no other bird like him in the whole world. He could learn to say any word except one. He could not say the name of his native town, Cotano. The man did everything he could to teach the parrot to say‖ Cotono‖ but he never succeeded. At first he was very gentle with the bird, but gradually he lost his temper.‖ You stupid bird! Why can‘t you learn to say that One word! Say ‗Cotano‘ or I‘ll kill you!‖ But the parrot would not say it . Many times , the man screamed(大声叫) , ―Say ‗Cotano‘ or
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I‘ll kill you!‖ But the bird would never repeat the name. Finally the man gave up. He picked up the parrot and threw him into the chicken house.‖ You are even more stupid than the chickens!‖
In the chicken house, there were four old chickens waiting to be killed for Sunday‘s dinner. The next morning, when he went out to the chicken house, the man opened the door. He was shocked by what he saw. He could not believe his eyes and ears. On the floor lay three dead chickens, the parrot was screaming at the fourth,‖ Say ‗Cotono‘ or I‘ll kill you!‖ 11. Why couldn‘t the parrot say the name of his native town?（D）
D. The reason is not mentioned in the story. 12. Why did the man lose his temper? （D）
D. Because the bird failed to say the name of the town. 13.Who killed the three chickens? （C） C. The pet bird
14. Why was the man shocked at the scene the next morning?（A）
A. The bird had finally understood his threat.
15. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? （A）
A. The man loved his parrot very much and always treated it kindly.
Passage 7:
Different weather makes people feel different. It influences people‘s health, intelligence and feelings. In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times. People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.
The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in 1983, scientists reported that IQ of a group of students was very high when a strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% below. The wind can help people have intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand, can make IQ lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year.
Weather also has a strong influence on people‘s feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold. They might feel unhappy during cold winter. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer.
Low air pressure may make people forgetful. People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low air pressure days. There is a kind of good weather for work and health. People feel better and became stronger at a temperature of about 10℃.
Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful, or unhappy today? It may be the weather‘s problem.
6. ＿＿＿ can have a bad influence on health.（Ａ） A. Hot and wet weather
7. People may be more intelligent when ＿ comes.（Ｃ） C. a wind
8. People may be forgetful ＿＿＿. （Ｃ） C. on low air pressure days.
9. In good weather of 18℃, ＿＿＿.（Ｄ）
D. People are in better health.
10. The writer wants to tell us that＿＿＿.（Ａ） A. weather influence people‘s life.
Passage 8:
My wealthy uncle was dying . He wanted to leave me his entire fortune, which was about half a million dollars. There was one condition,: I must be married before he died. If not, I wouldn‘t receive a cent.
I was not a greedy man, but I thought half a million dollars was a rather high price for keeping my freedom. I decided to make the great sacrifice. It was easier said than done. The doctor was certain my uncle would be dead within a fortnight(两周). That put me in a difficult position. You see, besides being forty years old, I was also ugly. I had no lady friends. I couldn‘t possibly advertise myself as wealthy until after my marriage. Advertise! What a good idea!
I ran an advertisement in one of the popular Sunday newspapers. To my surprise and joy, I received over a thousand replies. I spent hours opening the letters.
My heart sank. I couldn‘t possibly read all the letters. Times was running out. In despair, I burnt all the letters. No choice was better than a bad choice. In this dejected(灰心的) state of mind, I went to see a good friend. He was a waiter in a restaurant. I told him my problem. ―If you are really serious,‖ he said, ―I can recommend my sister. She‘s an excellent cook and a good housekeeper. She is all alone now.‖
― But is she interested in marriage?‖ I asked . 11. The writer wanted to marry because ＿＿＿.（Ｄ） D. half a million dollars was too much to lose.
12.His biggest problem in finding a wife was ＿＿＿.（Ｃ） C. that he was forty and ugly.
13. He burnt all the letters because＿＿＿.（Ａ） A. he couldn‘t read them.
14. He went to the restaurant ＿＿＿.（Ｂ） B. to get advice from his friend there.
Passage 9;
When we can see well, we don‘t think about our eyes very often. It is only when we can not see perfectly that we come to see how important our eyes are.
People who are nearsighted(近视) can only see things that are very close to their eyes. Many people who do a lot of close work, such as writing or reading, become nearsighted. Then they have to wear glassed in order to see distant things clearly.
People who are farsighted suffer from just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty reading a book if they hold it near. If they want to do much reading, they must get glassed too.
Eyes are very important and they are our friends. We should protect our eyes all the time.
6. We don‘t know that our eyes are of great importance until ＿＿. （Ｂ）
B. we cannot see clearly.
7. According to the passage, a ＿＿＿ is more likely to be nearsighted.（Ａ） A. teacher
8. A nearsighted person usually ＿＿＿. （Ｂ）
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B. wears glasses
9.People who are farsighted ＿＿＿. （Ａ） A. cannot do a lot of close work without glasses. 10. Eyes are very important to us because＿＿＿。（Ｃ） C. we cannot see anything without them.
Passage 10:
Jessie lived in the country, but one year she decided to visit the capital city to do some shopping and to see the sights. She staged at a hotel near the central market. She had seldom been to the city before, and was very excited about what she would find. On the first morning of her visit, as she walked from the hotel to the market , she passed a beggar. He was holding up a notice which said,‖ Blind from birth. Please give generously.‖
Jessie felt sorry for the blind beggar and she bent down and put a dollar coin into his bowl.
―Thank you,‖ he said.
On the third day, however, Jessie did not have a dollar coin, she had only fifty cents, so she dropped this into the beggar‘s bowl.
―What have I done wrong?‖ the beggar said,‖ Why are you so stingy(吝啬) today?‖ Jessie was very surprised by what the beggar said.
―How do you know I haven‘t given you a dollar?‖ she said,‖ if you are blind you can‘t know what coin I put into your bowl.‖
―Ah,‖ explained the beggar,‖ the truth is I‘m not blind. I‘m just looking after this place for the regular beggar while he‘s on holiday.‖
―On holiday!‖ Jessie exclaimed.‖ And what exactly does your blind friend do on holiday?‖
―He goes into the country,‖ the man said,‖ and take photographs. He‘s a very good photographer.‖
11. Where was the beggar sitting?（Ａ） A. Between Jessie‘s hotel and the market. 12. On the first day--- （Ｂ）
B. Jessie gave the blind man some money. 13. On the third day, the blind man ---（Ｃ）
C. noticed that Jessie had only given him fifty cents. 14. Where did the regular beggar to on holiday? （Ａ） A. To the countryside.
15. The beggar Jessie gave money to ---.（Ｂ） B. is working for his beggar friend.
Passage 11:
In England, people like to talk about the weather because the weather does not always stay the same in one day. In the morning it is warm just like in spring and autumn. An hour later black clouds come, and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be clear; the sun will begin to shine; it will be summer at this time of day. In England , you can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter you can swim sometimes and in summer sometimes you should take warm clothes. In England , you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella with them when they go out in the morning though it is sunny, and you should not laugh at them. If you don‘t take an umbrella , you will regret later in the day.
6.The weather in England ＿＿＿. （Ａ） A. usually changes in one day.
7.In England , people usually take ＿＿＿with them.（Ｃ） C. umbrella
8. In summer in England , you sometimes should take ＿＿＿with you. （Ａ） A. warm clothes
9. Why people will regret later if they don‘t take an umbrella? （Ａ）
A. Because they will be caught by the rain.
10. In England, what people most like to take about is ＿＿. （Ａ）
A. an umbrella
Passage 12:
A Dog For Sale
A man walked into a pet shop one day with a large and very ugly dog. It had long hair, short legs, no tail and a very wet nose.
―Good morning, sir,‖ the owner of the pet shop said.‖ How can I help you?‖
― I want to sell this dog.‖
The pet shop owner looked at the dog and shook his head. ―I‘m sorry. I can‘t give you anything for that animal. No one will want to buy him.‖
―Why not?‖ asked the man.‖ He‘s clean, well-behaved and healthy.‖
―Look at him, sir,‖ said the pet shop owner. ― He hasn‘t got a tail, his legs are too short and his hair‘s too long. Who would want to buy such a dog?‖
―Well, I guess you‘re right,‖ the man said. ― But he can talk.‖
―What do you mean he can talk?‖ the pet shop owner asked.
―Yes, he can speak perfect English. Just listen.‖ The man answered.
The dog then spoke.
―It‘s true, sir.‖ he said . ― I am the world‘s greatest talking dog. I‘ve been to America and talked to the President at the White House in Washington. I‘ve talked to the Queen of England and the Emperor of Japan. Please buy me, sir. This man is very cruel to me. He makes me work too hard and doesn‘t feed me very well. He never takes me for a walk or gives me a bath. Sometimes he leaves me alone for weeks. I‘m so unhappy, sir. Please buy me and find a good home for me.‖
11. What did the dog owner want to do?（Ｂ） B. To sell his dog.
12. The pet shop owner didn‘t want to buy at first because the dog＿＿＿.（Ｃ） C. wasn‘t good-looking
13. The dog said that he ＿＿＿.（Ａ） A. had met and spoken to important people
14. The pet shop owner was delighted by ＿＿＿.（Ｄ） D. the animal‘s ability to talk
15. Why did the dog owner want to sell his dog?（Ｂ） B. Because he can earn a big sum of money by selling the dog.
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Passage 13:
Let me tell you a story about Bert and Mildred Bunbridge, who were very forgetful. For example, Mildred would forget to cook dinner, or Bert would go to work on Sunday, thinking it was Monday. One summer they were to take a long plane trip. What do you suppose happened? Well, they got to the airport with only ten minutes to spare. So time was short. They just had to buy some flight insurance first. After all, who knows what will happen on a plane flight? They quickly put some coins into a machine and out came their insurance policy(保险单).
― Who would get the money if we crash, I wonder.‖ Asked Mildred.
―My mother, of course,‖ her husband replied.
―We‘ll mail the policy to her. Now quick, give me a stamp, will you?‖ he said. ― The plane‘s going to take off in another minute.‖
Bert put the stamp on the envelope, dropped it in the mail box, and suddenly let out a cry. What happened, do you suppose? He had mailed their plane tickets to his mother!
7.Which of the following is true about Bert and Mildred according to this passage?（Ａ）
A. It was very easy for them to forget things.
8. What did they get after putting coins into a machine?（Ｄ） D. Flight insurance policy.
9. According to Bert and Mildred‘s decision, who would get the insurance money if their plane crashed? （Ｃ） C. Bert‘s mothers
10. When did Bert realize that he had put the plane tickets in the envelope? （Ｄ）
D. After he put the envelope into the mail box.
Passage 14:
If you like looking at more places or people , travel by bus. Buses don‘t go very fast in the centre of London. In general, London buses are red and double-deckers (双层汽车)。 They have a driver and a conductor.
When you have got on the bus, the conductor says, ― Tickets , please!‖ You say where you want to go; he tells you how much to pay, you pay him and he gives you a ticket. A lot of London bus drivers and conductors come from the west Indies.
There are other sorts of buses in London, too. The red single-decker buses have a driver but no conductor. You pay the same price for a short journey as for a long journey.
The green buses are called the Green Line. Those buses cross London, but they don‘t stop very often. They are mainly for people who live a little way out of London and who travel in and out.
6.When you＿＿＿ the bus, you pay the conductor and get a ticket.（Ａ） A. get on
7.The red double-decker buses have＿＿＿.（Ｂ） B. a conductor and a driver
8. There are＿＿＿ kinds of buses in London. （Ｂ） B. three
9. The correct statement is ＿＿＿. （Ａ）
A. many London bus conductors are from West Indies.
10. The green buses are mainly for people who＿＿＿.（Ｄ） D. live outside of London
Passage 15:
Today Newton is a very clean place. Many years ago, however, there were millions of rats in it. They attacked the cats and dogs. Sometimes a great number of them knocked down a man or woman walking home at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed many people.
The Government ordered everybody to kill rats. Most people were lazy, so they didn‘t kill many. The Government promised to pay some money for each dead rat. That made the people very happy. They killed thousands of rats everyday. A Government officer put all the dead rats in a big pile. Sometimes a man brought hundreds in one day.
After two weeks there were not many rats in the city, but people still brought many rats to the government offices. The Government officer thought that people were stealing dad rats from the pile. He ordered his men to dig a deep hole and put the rats in it, soon there were no more rats, and the Government didn‘t pay any more money. 11. Newton is a place which＿＿＿.（Ｃ） C. is very clean
12. When the Government first ordered the people to kill rats, the people＿＿＿. （Ｃ） C. were too lazy to kill many rats.
13. The people killed rats＿＿＿.（Ａ） A. to get money from the government
14. A deep hole was dug so that＿＿＿. （Ｃ） C. people would kill more rats
15. What‘s the best topic for this passage? （Ｃ） C. How Newton Became a Very Clean Place
Passage 16:
Rose was studying to be a doctor, but now she did not have much money. Her uncle Tom was rich. As he has no children, he loved Rose very much. He always gave her very good birthday presents.
When uncle Tom‘s birthday was coming, Rose wanted to buy something nice for him, but he was so rich, and she did not know what to get for him. She went from one shop to another in the town. At last she told a shop assistant her problem and asked for her help.
―I‘m sure you have many people with the same problem. What do you have for a man if he has already got everything?‖ Rose asked.
The shop assistant thought for a minute, and answered . ― Envy(嫉妒). Only envy.‖
6. Rose often got presents from her uncle because＿＿＿.（Ｃ）
C. he loved her very much.
7. Rose did not know what present she should buy for her uncle because ＿＿＿. （Ｃ） C. he had got everything D. he did not like a present
8. Rose went to different shops ＿＿＿.（Ａ） A. but did not find anything good
9. Rose asked the shop assistant to ＿＿＿.（Ｂ） B. tell her what to buy
10. The assistant ＿＿＿ Rose. （Ｂ）
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B. could not help
Passage 17:
How to apply for a free mailbox?
First you have to connect to the Internet and go to the home pages of the ICP providing free mailboxes. Then you will find an icon showing ―apply for a free mailbox‖. Click the icon, an agreement about the rules for using the free mailbox will appear. If you want to go on, click the icon‖ I agree‖. Then you have to fill in a form about your basic personal data, and the name and pin of the mailbox. The pin is the key to the mailbox. After finishing these, you will get a mailbox like this: your name @mail server ( For example: tvguide@mail.cctv.com.cn. ―The mailbox is separated into two parts by a separator ―@‖, which is read as ―at‖. The former part is the name of the mailbox. The latter is the domain name(域名) of the mail server. All mail to you will be received by the server and put into your mailbox you can read this mail on any computer in the world, as long as you have the name and pin of the mailbox.
11. If you want to sent or receive an e-mail , you should first＿＿＿.（Ａ）
A. apply for a mailbox
12. When you get a FREE mailbox, you can send an e-mail＿＿＿.（Ｄ）
D. without paying any money 13.Here is an e-mail address ―Johnbrown@mail.hx.zj.cn‖,what is the mailbox‘s name?（Ｃ）
C. Johnbrown
14. The writer mainly wants to tell us how to ＿＿＿ in this passage. （Ｃ）
C. apply for a free e-mail box
15.What does the underlined word ―pin‖ mean in this passage? （Ａ）
A. personal identification
Passage 18:
There are many kinds of ants in the world that always live in companies . They are the most hard-working creatures and most of them make their nests under ground. The small black ants that we see running back and forth in the grass are the same ants that bother us by coming to our picnics uninvited. They are not trying to be harmful, but are only doing the house keeping job they were made for.
They are nature‘s clean-up crew . One of these ants, scouting(搜索) in the grass , finds the trail of an injured beetle. In some mysterious way the news spreads. Soon there are two ants, then a few more. Then a dozen or more are running around the beetle. Enough ants will come to put an end to it.
Then the beetle is dead, the ants carry it away to their underground nests . They leave nothing in the grass but empty shell.
11. The ants that come to our picnic are ＿＿＿ .（Ｃ） C. doing their job
12. According to this passage, the black ant‘s job is to ＿＿＿.（Ｂ）
B. clean up the grass
13. As soon as an ant finds an injured insect , it ＿＿.（Ｄ）
D. let others ants know
14. More ants learn about the beetle ＿＿＿. （Ｃ） C. from other ants
15. The ants clean the grass by ＿＿＿.（Ａ） A. carrying away everything but the shell.
Passage 19:
Happiness is for everyone. You don‘t need to envy those people who have beautiful houses with large garden and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big house may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble in school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of you; when you get success , your friends will say congratulations to you. And when you do something nice to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness . If you notice a bit of them, you can see the happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because have something else that can‘t be bought with money. You meet with difficulties , you can loudly you are happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you can not always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转的) door. When it closes, it also opens . If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
6. These who have big houses may often feel ＿＿＿.（Ｂ） B. lonely
7. When you fall behind in your study in school, your teachers and classmate will ＿＿＿.（Ｃ） C. help you out
8. What will your friends say to you when you make great progress? （Ｂ）
B. Congratulations to you
9. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?（Ａ）
A. People who have cars would never like to walk in the open air.
10. Which of the following is the passage mainly about? （Ｂ）
B. Happiness
Passage 20:
In November 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt and some of his friends went on a hunting trip to Mississippi. After hours of searching , Roosevelt and his group had not come across any wild animals. Finally , the group did track down and surrounded a helpless bear. One of the guides asked the President to shoot the bear so he could win a hunting trophy(奖励)。 The President raised his riffle first and then put down his gun, letting the poor bear go. News reporters throughout the country reported the story, spreading Roosevelt‘s kind act.
Not long after this report, a famous cartoonist names Clifford Benyman draw a cartoon based on Roosevelt‘s rescue of the bear. When a store owner in Brooklyn saw the
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cartoon, he decided to make toy bears to sell in his shop. He asked the President Roosevelt for permission to use the name ―Teddy‘s Bear‖ for his toys, as a reminder of the bear Roosevelt had set free.
Nowadays, everyone knows these toys as Teddy Bears, but few people knew that they were named after President and his friends ―Teddy‖ Roosevelt.
11. Roosevelt and his friends went to Mississippi for ＿＿＿ in November 1902.（Ｄ） D. hunting
12. The reason that one guide asked Roosevelt to shoot the bear was ＿＿＿.（Ｃ）
C. the president could get the hunting prize.
13. The news reporter‘s reported the story about Roosevelt for ＿＿＿.（Ｂ）
B. the president‘s kindness
14. ＿＿ knew how the toy was named Teddy‘s Bear. （Ｃ） C Few people D. Everyone
15.According to the whole passage, the toy Teddy‘s Bear is named after ＿＿＿. （Ｄ） D. President Roosevelt
Passage 21:
In the last 500 years, nothing about people----not their clothes ideas , or languages---has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500‘s . And although is was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London , shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.
The potato is also from the new world . Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the ― potatoes famine‖ of 1845-1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their motherland and move to America.
There are many other foods that have traveled from South American to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world‘s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa . It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400‘s.
According to an Arabic legend ,coffee was discovered when a person named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried to and experienced the wide-awake feeling that one-third of the world‘s population now starts the day with . 13.Thousands of Irish people starved during the ― potatoes famine‖ because＿＿＿.（Ａ）
A. they were so dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat anything else.
14. Which country is the largest coffee producer? （Ａ） A. Brazil
15. Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?（Ｂ） B. Coffee is native to Colombia
Passage 22:
Two clever children---Peter,11, and his sister, Karen,9 , found a stolen car in woods near Saikung yesterday morning. The pleased owner, Mrs. Judy Roberts , said that she would take the children out of to dinner to show her thanks.
The two children were studying at Sai Kung Primary School. They were walking along a path on their way to school when they noticed a car covered with branches which were pulled down from a tree. The children were a bit surprised because very few people parked their cars there. They looked inside the car but there was nobody in it.
What did the children do then? They made a note of the type of the car and its color. Peter also wrote down the number of the car. When they got to school, they told their teacher what they had seen. The matter was reported to the police station.
After the police collected some important information, Mrs. J. Rober was traced.
― I lost my car two days ago and I have been very sad . I‘m glad to have it found now. I really have to thank Peter and Karen and I will take them out to dinner . I‘m also going to write to the headmaster of Sai Kung Primary School to speak highly of the teachers .‖ Mrs. Roberts said.
Peter and Karen‘s teachers were proud of these two small detectives. ― Peter and Karen are not only good students but also responsible members of the society,‖ the headmaster, Mr. Smith said.
6. The children were surprised to see the car because＿（Ａ）. A. people did not usually park a car there.
7. The matter was reported to the police station. ―The matter‖ refers to (指代) ＿＿＿。（Ｂ） B. the discovery of the car
8. Mrs. J. Roberts was traced . The word ―traced‖ means＿＿＿. （Ｂ） B. found
9. Mrs. Roberts wrote to Mr. Smith to ＿＿＿.（Ｄ） D. praise the teachers of Sai Kung Primary School 10. The best title for the passage is ＿＿＿.（Ｃ） C. Two Little ― Detectives‖
Passage 23:
I began to smoke when I was in high school. My parents didn‘t care much. They both smoked, and my elder brother did, too. In school, the teachers talked against smoking, but the cigarette advertisements were so exciting. The men in the ads were so good-looking and so successful, and the women were well, they were beautiful and sophisticated.
I read a book called how to stop smoking. The writer said that smoking wastes time, and that cigarettes costs lot of money. Ten years later, everyone began to hear about the negative effects of cigarette smoke: lung disease, cancer, and heart problems. After that, there was a health warning on every pack of cigarettes.
Then two events made me think of giving up smoking. First, I started to cough. I thought it was just a cold, but it didn‘t get better. Second , my brother got lung cancer. He got sicker and sicker. My brother and I used to smoke cigarettes together over twenty years, and we smoked our last cigarettes together the day before he died. I sat with
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him in his hospital room, and I decided to quit. ― No more cigarettes, ever.‖ I said to myself.
However, it was very hard to stop. I tried several times to quit on my own---without success. Finally, I ran out of excuses----I might say my excuses went up in smoke. I joined the ―stop smoking‖ program at the local hospital, which also ended up in failure.
11. what is the author‘s main problem?（Ｃ） C. He tried to give up smoking but failed.
12. What did the cigarette advertisement Not tell the audience when the author was young?（Ｂ） B. Smoking is dangerous.
13. The disadvantages of smoking in the book the author read do NOT include that ＿＿＿. （Ｃ） C. it has negative effects on people‘s health
14. The author did all he could to give up smoking EXCEPT＿＿＿.（Ｄ）
D. buying some medicines for quitting smoking
15.What does the last paragraph in the passage try to tell us?（Ａ）
A. Smoking is hard to give up
Passage 24:
Peter arrived home and discovered that he had forgotten his door key. He rang the bell, but nobody came to open the door. He rang again, and waited , but still there was no answer. He walked around the house to see if he could find an open window. But they were al closed. It was beginning to rain and he did not know what to do. Dorothy, his wife, had obviously gone out, and he did not know where she had gone, or when she would return. He waited for half an hour. Still nobody came. Finally feeling wet and could be angry, he picked up a big stone and threw it through the kitchen window and was climbing through it. When he heard the front door open, his wife came back. 11. What happened to Peter one day?（Ａ） A. He didn‘t take his door key with him 12. What was the weather like? （Ｃ） C. It was raining
13. What did he do at last to get into his house?（Ａ） A. He threw a big stone through a window. 14. When did his wife come back?（Ｂ）
B. His wife came back after he had broken the kitchen window.
15. Peter walked around the house to see if he could find that ＿＿＿. （Ａ） A. a window was open
Passage 25:
When John and Victoria falls arrived in New York from London for a one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had neither planned to buy a house of their own nor planned to buy lots of furniture. They were going to rent a house either with furniture or they would buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new way that more and more people were using in settling down in new places. The renting of home furnishings-beds, tables, dishes, and so on, has become one of the fastest growing businesses in the United States.
What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? Many kinds of people do:
international business people, government officials , airline (航空公司) workers , young married couples---people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city( or country) to another. They are saved the trouble and cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find that they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.
One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But they don‘t like to tell people about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.
14. One reason that people rent home furnishings is that＿＿＿.（C）
C. they don‘t have to move their furniture all the time
15. To the family who have a large, beautiful home of their own, renting furniture is ＿＿＿.（B） B. a secret
Passage 26:
Air is all around us. It is around us as we walk and play From the time we were born, air is all around on every side. When we sit down , it is around us. We live in air. All living things need air. Living things cannot live without air. When we are working or running, we need more air. When we are asleep , we need less air, We live in air, but we can‘t see it. We can feel it when it is moving. Moving air is called wind. How can you make it move? Here is one way. Hold an open book in your hands in front of your face. Close it quickly. What you feel is the air.
6. When we are asleep, we also need ＿＿＿ air.（A） A. a little
7. When we go to bed, air is ＿＿＿.（C） C. around us
8. If there is no air, we can only live＿＿＿. （C） C. for a few minutes
9. When air moves , it is called ＿＿＿.（B） B. wind
10. We can ＿＿＿ air when it moves. （A） A. feel
Passage 27:
Breaking the News
A very old lady won a million dollars in a lottery(彩票) . Her son and his wife heard the news on the radio ―How are we going to tell your mother?‖ the wife asked. ― The shock might kill her.‖
― That‘s true,‖ the son said . ― Perhaps we‘d better speak to her doctor about it. He‘ll know how to break (告诉) the news to her gently.‖
They explained the situation to the old lady‘s doctor.
― I‘m glad you told me,‖ he said, ― A shock, even a happy one, could give her a heart attack. Leave it to me. I‘ll find a way of breaking the news to her.‖
He thought about the problem for several days , then decided what he would say . He called on (拜访) the old
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lady and sat by her beside. He took her hand in his. ― Let‘s play a game, my dear,‖ he said. ― ‗ Let‘s Pretend‘ game.‖
―Oh , yes,‖ the old lady said. ― I love ‗Let‘s Pretend‘ game.‖
― Good. I‘ll ask you a question first,‖ the doctor said.‖ Then you can tell me one.‖
He pretended to think for a few minutes. Then he said, ― Tell me, what would you do if you won a million dollars in the lottery?‖ ― Oh, that‘s an easy one,‖ the old lady said. ― I‘d give most of it to you, doctor, because you have been so good to me all these years. Doctor!‖
But the doctor was now lying on the floor. He had died of shock.
11. Why didn‘t the man and his wife tell his mother the good news immediately?（B）
B. They didn‘t want her to die of (死于) shock 12. They doctor was worried that the news （D） D. would bring on(引发) a heart attack
13. The doctor went to the old lady‘s house （C） C. to tell her the news
14. Why was the doctor lying on the floor? （D） D. He had died of shock
15. Which of the following is NOT true? （D）
D. The doctor envied(羡慕) the old lady‘s money and was killed by her.
Passage 28:
A lawyer, an artist and a musician got lost in the woods . At last they came to a farmer‘s house and asked if he could let them stay for the night.
―Sure,‖ the farmer said. ― But I‘ve got room for only two of you in the house. The other one will have to sleep in the barn（牲畜棚） with the animals, and the smell is very hard there.‖ ―I‘ll sleep in the barn,‖ the artist said .
Half an hour later, a knock was heard on the farmer‘s door, and there stood the artist, saying, ― I can‘t take the smell.‖ ―All right,‖ said the lawyer, ―I‘ll sleep in the barn.‖ And he went off.
After a while there was another knock on the door. ―I felt terrible with the smell from the bad food,‖ the lawyer said in an angry way.
― You‘ve two sissies(女人气的男子),‖ said the musician. ―I‘ll sleep in the barn.‖
Thirty minutes later, came another knock . When they opened the door, there stood all the animals from the barn.
6. The lawyer, artist and musician came to a farmer‘s house because they ＿＿ .（A）
A. couldn‘t find their way in the woods
7. One of them had to sleep in the barn for the reason that ＿＿. （A）
A. the farmer didn‘t have enough room for the three of them.
8. The artist wanted to sleep in the barn as he ＿＿.（C） C. didn‘t think that the smell was so terrible
9. From the story we see that the musician was ＿＿. （C） C. clever
10. They saw all the animals standing in front of the door because ＿＿.（B）
B. the musician drove them out of the barn.
Passage 29:
After retiring from 30 years of teaching, Ethell Pepper could easily have decided to sit and relax and enjoy a peaceful retirement . But that kind of life is not for Ethell Pepper. ― I just wanted to do something different . If you are going to participate in life, do it. Don‘t just sit down and look out of the window.‖ She says. At 60, she decided to become one of the pioneer participants in a program at the University of California. The program offers campus housing and classes to people over sixty. She enrolled in a class called Human Relationships and a Diverse Society. ― I taught my minority students in my English and drama classes in high school for 20 years. But in this course, I found out a lot about other cultures that I didn‘t know them. One of the more important lessons that I‘m learning is to perceive, not to judge.‖ Older adults can add to the educational resources of university by bringing with them a lot of valuable experience. Their presence on campus helps break some long believes on aging. Young students may have fears of growing older. But that kind of fear can be reduced as they see that older people can be active, healthy , and continue to contribute to society. The younger students can begin to see aging as a natural part of living.
11. What did Ethell do when she was 68?（D） D. She entered university
12. How long did Ethell teach minority students? （D） D. 30 years
13. Why did Ethell go back to college again?（B）
B. Because she wanted to do something different and continue her study
14. What do elderly people contribute to the university? They ＿＿. （B）
B. bring a great deal of useful experience to the university. 15. What‘s the most important lesson Ethell is learning?（C） C. She is learning to perceive, not to judge
Passage 30:
When my fifteen-year-old son does speak, he often says one of the two things, either ―Okay‖ or ―No problem‖.
―No problem‖ has been my son‘s philosophy of life. Whenever you asked him how he was doing in school, he always said ―No problem‖. But the fact was he had failed every course. He had even failed English. ― How can you fail English?‖ ―Yeah,‖ he said.
Hoping to see an answer that he had something to do with question, I said again. ― Please tell me how can you fail English?‖
― I don‘t know, Dad,‖ he said.
―Son, you didn‘t really fail English, did you? Because you can understand people who speak English, can‘t you? And when you talk , they can understand you, can‘t they?‖ I got angrier. ―All you need is maybe leaving you out in the wilderness with no food or money in the middle of winter. Just a dollar to make a collect call saying that you‘re ready to study.‖
―No problem,‖ he said. 6. The son ＿＿.（A）
A. tells his father nothing about his study.
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7. How is the son doing with his lessons?（B） B. Not so well
8. The father and the son‘s native language is ＿＿. （B） B. English
9. What‘s the real reason for the son‘s failure in his lessons according to the father? （B）
B. He doesn‘t work hard at his lessons.
10. Which of the following statement is NOT true according to the passage? （A）
A. The father is going to sent his son to the wildness.
Passage 31:
Madison Avenue in New York is a well-known place in the U.S. It is the place where many advertising companies have their offices. And advertising is one of the biggest businesses in America.
The same kinds of things are produced and sold by many different companies in the U.S. Many different companies sell cars; many others sell oil . Many different companies sell clothes, tires , and so on. Each company wants the public to buy its products . By advertising these companies make the public interested in what they want to sell
Each company pays advertisers to tell the public about its products. Suppose a company has a new breakfast cereal (谷类食物) that it wants to sell. In an advertising office an Madison Avenue plans are made for telling the public about this product. The advertising company takes beautiful pictures of people eating the cereal. These pictures appear in newspapers or magazines , and also on TV.
Here is an example of a TV advertisement telling the public about a new breakfast cereal.
It shows a well-known basketball player eating a big bowl of WAKE-UPS. We know it is WAKE-UPS because the box is beside him on the table.
Basketball player: I always start my day with WAKE-UPS, the cereal made especially for people like me. I have to have good health. WAKE-UPS can make me strong . If you want to be strong and have good health, eat WAKE-UPS every morning!
11. Madison Avenue is well-known because＿＿.（C） C. there are many advertising companies there.
12.In order to persuade the public to buy its products, a company should ＿＿.（D） D. advertise its products.
13. If a company wants to sell a new breakfast cereal, it ＿＿ .（A）
A. will have to pay an advertiser to make advertising plans. 14. MAKE-UPS is ＿＿.（A） A. the name of a breakfast cereal.
15. The best title for this text is ＿＿.（D） D. The Big Business of Advertising
Passage 32:
Two years ago, my husband bought me a bike . If you live in a town, it is often faster than a car and you don‘t have to worry about parking. You leave it anywhere. As it has a seat at the back and a basket at the front. I can take my little daughter to school, to the library, to the shops, the weather.
I use it most in summer when, the weather is warm and dry. It can be very unpleasant in winter when it is cold and the rain is heavy.
You must, of course, be careful on a bicycle. Accidents are not the only problem, though. One day I went shopping and came back to find my front wheel missing. It was a long walk to the bicycle shop. Now I have three strong locks.
My husband uses my bicycle sometimes for short journeys. He says it is better than waiting for a bus. He still uses his car for longer journeys, but I think that all day‘s sitting down is making him fat and lazy. On my bicycle I get a lot of exercises and fresh air, and this makes me feel a lot younger.
11. The writer‘s husband bought her ＿ two years ago.（A） A. a new car
12. A bike is better than a car because ＿＿.（B） B. it is often faster in a town
13. The writer often uses her bike＿＿.（C） C. in summer
14. You must be ＿＿ when you ride a bike , for there are some problems. （A） A. careful
15. Riding a bike ＿ and it can make you feel younger. （A）
A. is a good exercise
Passage 33:
Life in secondary school is interesting but busy. The students wear uniforms (校服) and go to school five days a week. There are six periods every day , and each period is 45 minutes long. The timetable is very full. They have two hour‘s homework every night and sometimes it takes much longer. My son goes to school by bike at 7:00 in the morning and usually gets home at 5:30 in the afternoon. Each of the student wants to be the top student and gets high marks in the exam.
Their school has beautiful houses and a big playground. They usually play ball games on it after class. The students hope the headmaster and teachers will treat them like grown-up people.
6. The students in secondary school wear ＿＿.（A） A. the same dress
7. The students have ＿＿ periods every day. （A） A. six
8. The students in this school do their homework for nearly ＿＿ every day.（B） B. two hours or more
9. The author‘s son goes to school ＿＿ in the morning. （A） A. at 7:00
10. The students expect that the headmaster and teachers will ＿＿.（C）
C. regard them as grown-ups
Passage 34:
Dear Mrs.Huggett,
You may remember that we have discussed the noise your children made while practicing their musical instruments. You agreed to make sure that they would stop practicing in the evening. You can imagine my surprise, then , when I realized that nothing had changed and the situation was continuing as
before. I find it difficult to stay in the house and I invent any excuse to go out for the evening to be away from the terrible noise. Much as I think music, I had had enough , and to be frank, I am not prepared to put up with the situation any more.
I think it is high time you realized your responsibilities as a member of the community, and I must warn you that unless you do something about the situation I will be forced to take legal action.
I have sent a copy of this letter to my lawyer.
Yours sincerely, R.G.Barge
6. Mr. Barge feels angry because ＿＿. D. Mrs. Huggett has broken her promise.
7. Which of the following statements is true about Mr. Barge according to the passage?（B）
B. Mr. Barge likes music but he doesn‘t like the noise 8. Mr. Barge is prepared to ＿＿ . （D）
D. take Mrs. Huggett to court if the situation continues.
9. Mrs. Huggett agreed to stop her children practicing in the evenings ＿＿.（A）
A. before Mr. Barge wrote her this letter
10. Which of the following statements is true about Mrs. Huggett according to the passage?（B）
B. She is a member who doesn‘t keep her promise
Passage 35:
In 1896, Einstein went to Zurich(苏黎世) to study Physics. There he met a girl from Hungry. They studied in the same class and the same interest in physics brought them together and they became good friends. Before long they fell in love. In 1903, when Einstein was 24, he merried Marits, who was 4 years older than he.
After their marriage, Einstein devoted himself to the research of the great theory. To give her husband more help, Marits gave up her own work, and became a good wife and assistant. She tried her best to encourage him whenever possible. She was sure that her husband would succeed. They often discussed the theory while walking outside or sitting together in the room. They even did that in their letters when one of them was away from their home.
In 1914, Einstein moved to Berlin and settled down there. At that time his theory proved to be correct and he had became famous all over the world. But it was not long before the First World War broke out. Marits as well as her two sons, who was on holiday in Switzerland couldn‘t come back to Berlin any more. The war not only stopped Einstein‘s work but also broke up the warm, happy family. In 1919, Einstein and Marits had to get divorced(离婚)。
11． From this passage , we can see that Marits was ＿＿ when married.（D） D.28
12. We can learn from the passage that Marits ＿＿.（A） A. greatly helped Einstein with his research work 13. The last paragraph mainly tells us ＿＿. （A） A. Why Einstein and Marits got divorced.
14. Why did Einstein and Marits get divorced?（B）
B. Because the war stopped Marits from coming back to Berlin.
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15. The writer wanted to tell us that ＿＿. （D）
D. we should remember Marits when talking about Einstein‘s theory.
Passage 36:
In recent years, progress in medical technology has made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New medicines and machines are being developed every day to extend life. However, some people, including some doctors, do not support these life-extending ways, and they say that people should have the right to die when they want. They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself, and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become very bad. They say that people should be allowed to die with respect and to decide when they want to die.
Others say that life under any conditions is better than death. They also say that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible.
So the argument goes on and on without any clear answer.
6. The best title of this passage is ＿＿.（B） B. Life and Death
7. People can now live longer than in the past. It is because of ＿＿.（A）
A. the progress of medical technology.
8. According to the writer‘s idea, ＿＿.（D） D. none of the above.
9. The expression ― life-extending ways‖ in this passage means＿＿.（C）
C. ways to make people live longer.
10. Which of the following is true according to the passage? （A）
A. The argument hadn‘t ended yet.
Passage 37:
Many years ago there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something for people of this town. But first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help. In the center of the main road into the town he placed a very large stone. Then he hid behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
― Who put his stone in the center of the road?‖ said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued his way.
Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone in the center of the road but none of them tried to remove it. Later in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone and said, ―The night will b e very dark. Some neighbor will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.‖ The young man then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his strength to remove it . How great was his surprise at last when, under the stone, he found a bag of money and a piece of paper with these words: ―This money is for the first honest man who removes this stone from the road.‖
11. What did the rich man want to find out?（C） C. If the people of the town were worthy of his help.
12. What did he put in the centre of the road? （A） A. A very large stone
13. Which of the following statements is true? （C） C. Most people did nothing but complaining.
14. What did the young man find under the stone?（D） D. Both A and B
15. A very rich man wanted to do something for ＿＿. （D） D. the people of the town.
Passage 38:
The moon looks near, but it is very far away. It is 380,000 kilometers away from our earth. Man now can go to the moon in a spaceship. It takes more than three days to get to the moon. A spaceship flies at about eleven kilometers a second.
In 1969 two Americans got to the moon in a spaceship. They got out the spaceship and walked for a few minutes. It is too hot in the day and too cold at night. And there is no air or water on the moon. We all know living things need water and air.
Everything on the moon is much lighter than on the earth. Walking on the moon is just like jumping and flying. A person can jump much higher on the moon than on the earth.
6. It is ＿＿ from us to the moon.（B） B. very far
7. It takes ＿＿ to reach the moon by spaceship.（A） A. over three days
8. There is ＿＿ life on the moon.（D） D. no
9. It is ＿＿ on the moon. （B） B. very hot during the day
10. Everything on the earth is much ＿＿ than on the moon. （D） D. lighter
Passage 39:
Now, you‘ll be coming here to brush up your English, so you‘ll want to make as much conversation as possible. Whatever you do , don‘t stay in a place full of overseas students, especially if they come from our country. This if fatal. Don‘t believe all the stories you hear about how unfriendly the English are. It‘s just that many of them are a little shy, and they have this idea about minding their own business. In a train, or restaurant, for example, or anywhere also they will talk to you; but you must break the ice first. Then see them talk! Any subject will do---the weather, their dogs, food, pardon me, not any subject. Don‘t be nosy(爱打听的) about their private life, their incomes and expenditures , or their ages . These English worship (尊重) their privacy. Avoid religion too. The best place to talk is in pubs, but as you are a girl, go with someone else, and don‘t go to the pubs in Piccadilly, Leicester Square and so on. Find one near where you are living and go there regularly. Someone‘s bound to talk to you. Oh! Make sure to let them see you are a foreigner. Pretend to have difficulty in ordering , or something. That should be easy enough.
11. The writer suggests that they had better not stay in a place where there are ＿＿.（D） D. a lot of overseas students
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12. According to the passage, we should believe ＿ .（C） C. the English mostly friendly
13. We can talk about anything with English except . （C） C. their incomes
14.According to the passage, which of the following facts is TRUE? （B）
B. We can talk about something with the English in a train. 15. The best place to talk to the English is ＿＿.（C） C. in a pub
Passage 40:
All big cities are quite similar. Living in a modern Asian city is not very different from living in an American city. However, the same cannot be said about living on farms. In many parts of the world, farmers and their families live in villages or towns. In the United States , each family lives on its own fields. Instead of traveling to the fields every morning , American farmers stay on their land throughout the week. They travel to the nearest town on Saturday for shopping or on Sunday for church. The children ride on buses to large schools for all the farm families living in the area. In some areas, there are small schools for a few families and the children.
Of course, life keeps changing for everyone including farmers. Today there are cars, goods and televisions . And of course there are modern machines for farming, All of these have changed farm life.
For many years, farming in America was often a lonely living. Farmers had to deal with their own problems, instead of getting help from others. They now have learned to try new methods , and trust their own ideas instead of following old days.
6. All big cities‘ life is ＿＿. （A） A. nearly the same
7. American farmers stay on their land ＿＿. （A） A. all the time
8. Which of the following is NOT true?（B）
B. The farmers have to go to church besides on Sundays. 9. In the last sentence of the passage, the word ―means‖ ＿＿. （A） A. ways
10. What would be the best title for this passage?（D） D. Farm Life in the United States
Passage 41:
One day a bookseller(书商) let a big box of books fall on his foot. ―Go to see the doctor,‖ said his wife. ―No,‖ he said. ―I‘ll wait until the doctor comes into the shop next time. Then I‘ll ask him about my foot. If I go to see him, I‘ll have to pay him.‖
On the next day the doctor came into the shop for some books. When the bookseller was getting them ready, he told the doctor about his bad foot. The doctor looked at it.
―You must put that foot in hot water every night. Then you must put something on it,‖ said the doctor.
He took out a piece of paper and wrote on it. ―Buy this and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night,‖ he said.
―Thank you,‖ said the bookseller. ―And now, sir, here are your books.‖
―How much?‖ said the doctor. ―Two pounds‖,
―Good,‖ said the doctor. ―I shall not have to pay you anything.‖
―Why?‖ asked the bookseller.
―I told you about your foot. I want two pounds for that. If people come to my house, I ask them to pay me one pound for a small thing like that. But when I go to their house, I want two pounds. And I came here, didn‘t I?‖
11.What happened to the bookseller one day?（B） B. His foot was wounded by a box of books
12. The bookseller‘s wife asked him ＿＿.（C） C. to go to see the doctor
13.The bookseller didn‘t take his wife‘s advice because＿＿.（D）
D. he didn‘t want to pay the doctor C. nothing
15. The bookseller paid ＿＿ money for seeing the doctor in the end.（A） A. more
Passage 42:
We were sorry that we had to ask the young man to leave the job. It was not that he was unpopular with the other people in the office. Everyone liked him. Nor was it that he was incapable. He had plenty of abilities . The problem was that so much of his work was unsatisfactory, it wasn‘t good enough . Sometimes he would leave a job unfinished , and never come back to complete it. Other times his writing would be so illegible that you couldn‘t read it. Or he might disappear from the office for an hour or so with no explanation of where he had been. Once or twice he sat unoccupied (不做事) for a while, doing nothing at all, until someone noticed him and gave him some work . I supposed he felt that we had mistreated him that we had not been fair to him. But I didn‘t think we had misjudged him. We didn‘t make up our minds until we had given him every chance to show what he could do. However, I confessed that it made me uncomfortable to tell him that he had lost his job. A person sent replace him the next week.
6. From the passage, the young man was asked to leave the job because____.（C） A. he was unpopular
C. he was irresponsible(不负责的)
7. In the passage ―illegible‖ (in Line5) refers to ____.（A） A. difficult or impossible to read
8. We learn from the passage that the author did the following Except ____.（A） A. misjudging the young man
9. The author felt ____ to tell the young man he had lost the job.（D）
D. uncomfortable
10. ____ will take the young man‘s place next week.（B） B. a person recommended by an employment agency
Passage 43:
More than 6000 children were expelled(开除) from US schools last year for bringing guns and bombs to school, the US Department of Education said on May8.
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The department gave a report to the expulsions (开除) as saying hand guns accounted for 58 percent of the 6093 expulsions in 1996-1997, against 7 percent for rifles or shotguns and 35 percent fro other types of firearms.
―The report is a clear sign that our nation‘s public schools are cracking down on students (who bring guns to school,‖ Education Secretary Richard Riley said in a statement. ― We need to be tough—minded about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keeping our children safe.‖
In March 1997 , an 11 years old boy and 13 years old boy using handguns and rifles shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In October, two were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a Mississippi school. Two months later, a 14 years old boy killed three high school students and wounded five in Dasucah, Kentucky.
Most of the expulsions, 56 percents , were from high school, which have students from about age 13. 34 percent were from junior high schools and 9 percent were from elementary schools, the report said.
11. From the first paragraph, we can infer that in the US schools ____ .（C） C. safety is a problem
12. The report from the US Department of Education shows that ____.（D）
D. guns are out of control in the US schools
13. The main idea of Paragraph 4 shows US ____.（A） A. some examples of shooting in US schools
14. How many students were shot dead in 1997 in US schools?（A） A. 10
15. From this passage we know that ____.（C） C. every American citizen can own guns
Passage 44:
Most Americans believe that good education is quite necessary to democracy and social progress. Even during their colonial time the settlers attached great importance to setting up schools for their children, because these puritans were firm believers in education. They tried hard to establish enough schools for their children. The schools were not only to teach children how to read, write and calculate but also to train clergymen. The first college, Harvard, was set up in Massachusetts in 1636. Soon after, the colonial government passed a law requiring every town of more than 40 families to have a school and school master. By the mid-eighteenth century several well-known colleges were founded, including Columbia in New York and Princeton in New Jersey. They were used to train young people.
Education did not develop very fast in the South where big plantation owners did not want to build schools for the children of the poor workers and slaves. Children from rich families usually went to England for higher education. This was one the reasons why the South developed more slowly than the North.
Colonial schools laid the foundation for America educational system in which all the American schools were left to the care of communities or local authority.
Compulsory education has been carried out and primary and secondary education has been open to American children free of charge for many years. 6.
Education in most Americans' eyes is _____.（A）
A. quite necessary for social development and democracy 7.Which of the following was not a task of school?（D） D To send children to British universities.
8.The south America developed slowly because _____.（D） D education developed quite slowly in the south
9.American educational system was built _____.（A） A on the basis of colonial educational system
10.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? （A）
A Princeton University was founded around 1750s.
Passage 45:
Worldwide fame burst upon Albert Einstein on November 7, 1919, when British astronomers announced they had found the first confirmation of Einstein's general relativity theory. Einstein had already become known in scientific circles because of his two astonishing theories: the Special Theory of Relativity, published in 1905 when he was only twenty-six and a minor clerk in the Swiss patent office, and the General Theory of Relativity, advanced between 1913 and 1915. He was considered so brilliant by other scientists that in 1914 he was invited to join the prestigious Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences and to become head of the research branch at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. He accepted the offer and moved to Berlin.
11.Why did Einstein become famous on November 7, 1919?（D）
D Scientist had conclusive proof of the General Theory of Relativity.
12.Einstein's general relativity theory was first presented to the scientific community in_____. （C） C1915
13.The passage implies that before the Special Theory of Relativity was published, Einstein was_____.（C） C unknown in scientific circles
14.According to the passage, Albert Einstein was NOT_____.（B）
B famous at the age of 25
15.How does the author seem to feel about Albert Einstein?（C）
C Impressed.
Passage 46:
Grandma was a wonderful story-teller, and she had a set of priceless, individually tailored stores with which American grandparents of her day brought up children. There was the story of the little boys who had been taught complete, quick obedience(服从). One day when they were out on the grassy plain, their father shouted, ― Fall down on your faces!‖ They did, and the terrible grassland fire swept over them and they weren‘t hurt. There was also the story of three boys at school, each of whom received a cake sent from home. One saved his, and the mice ate it; one ate all of his , and he got sick, and who do you think had the best ?---why, of course, the one who shared his cake with his friends.
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6. What‘s the main idea of this passage?（D）
D. The grandma‘s stories helped teach the children morals and good manners.
Passage 47:
When Bill was very young, they had been in love. Many nights they had spent walking, talking together. Then something not very important had come between them, and they didn‘t speak . Inpulsively( 冲动之下), she had married a man she thought she loved. Bill went away , bitter about women. Yesterday, walking across Washington Square, she saw him for the first time in years.
―Bill Valker,‖ she said. He stopped. At first he did not recognize her , to him she liked so old. ― Mary!‖ Unconsciously, she lifted her face as though wanting a kiss, but he held out his hand. She took it, ―I live in New York now‖, she said. ― Oh‖—smiling politely . Then a little frown (皱眉) came quickly between his eyes. ― Always wondered what happened to you, Bill.‖ ―I‘m a lawyer. Nice firm, way downtown‖, ―Married yet?‖ ― Sure. Two kids.‖
A great many people went past them through the park. It was late afternoon. Nearly sunset. Cold.
― And your husband?‖ he asked her, ― We have three children. I work in Columbia.‖
― You‘re looking very….‖( he wanted to say old) ―…well,‖ he said.
She understood. She had been older than he in Ohio. ― We live on Central Park West.‖ She said. ― Come and see us sometime.‖
―Sure,‖ he replied, ― You and your husband must have dinner with my family some night. Any night. Incille and I‘d love to have you.‖
The leaves fell slowly from the trees in the square. Fell without wind . She felt a little sick.
― We‘d love it,‖ she answered , ― There‘s my bus,‖ she said. He held out his hand. ―Good-bye.‖
―When …‖ she wanted to say , but the bus was ready to pull off. Suddenly she shrieked very loudly, ― Good-bye!‖
11. Mary and Bill broke up because _____.（D） D. Nothing important.
Passage 48:
If you‘ve been joining in chat room conversations, or trading e-mail with net pals, you have become one of the millions who write in a special , short form of English.
Throughout the world, every night children and their elders are ― talking‖ online---many of them are talking at the same time.
It‘s fast: trying talking to six people once. It‘s convenient: three or four woods per change . It takes cleverness, concentration and quick fingers.
And it requires very simple language. There‘s neither time no space for explanations. Why waste precious time telling six friends you have to leave for a moment to take care of your little brother when BRB(=be right back ) will do?
Want to enter a conversation? Just type PMFJI (= pardon me foe jumping in ).
Interested in whom you‘re talking to ? Type A/S/L, the common request to know your pal‘s age, sex and location. You may get 15/M/NY as a reply from your pal.
If something makes you laugh, say you‘re OTF(= on the floor), or LOL,(laughing out loud), or join the two into ROTFL (= rolling on the floor laughing ).
And when it‘s time to get back to work or go to bed , you type GTG(=got to go ) or TTYL,(= talk to you later).
People want to write as fast as possible, and they want to get their ideas across as quickly as they can. Capital letters are left in the dust, except when expressing feeling , as it takes more time to hold down the ―shift‖ key and use capitals. Punctuation is going too.
6.When people are online, they talk by -----.（D） D. making use of an especially short form of English.
7. The Internet makes many people in the world-----.（A） A. talking at the same time
8. The sentence ― There‘s neither time nor space for explanations ― means that ____.（C）
C. people online have to express themselves in a simple way.
9. If you get 19/M/HK as an answer to your A/S/L, it means -____.（B）
B. you are talking to a boy 19 years old and he lives in Hong Kong.
10. Which of the following is a way to save online time? A. People seldom use capital letters or punctuation marks.
Passage 49:
It is now commonly known that AIDS is a deadly disease . It does great damage to human being‘s immune system(免疫系统)， weakening resistance to disease and leading to death due to utter weakness. To this day , there are no existing drugs, that can kill the AIDS virus . It is a deadly battle between science and AIDS.
This is only one side of the story. Although it cannot be cured, AIDS is preventable . For those who have not caught the disease, the knowledge of preventive measures seems to be the most powerful weapon at hand.
Since the discovery of the first AIDS patient in 1985, the number of HIV carriers(艾滋病毒携带者) has been on an alarming rise in China and statistics show that young people are the more likely victims of AIDS. Nationwide there are 214 million people between ages of 13 and 22 , most of whom are students. If no measures are taken to protect these young people, it is almost certain that the threat of AIDS will be real to them. There has been a great deal of misinformation concerning the transmission of AIDS.
One of the most misleading myths (神话) is that AIDS can be transmitted by casual physical contact such as kissing , shaking hands or sharing food containers. Surveys and investigations conducted in some universities show that half of those people questioned are not clear about how AIDS is transmitted , not to mention how it is prevented.
11.. Why does the passage say that AIDS is a deadly disease?（C）
C. Because we haven‘t found a sure cure for the disease yet. 12. By ― This is only one side of the story ― (Para 2.) the author suggests that ____ .（C）
C. although we can‘t cure AIDS, we can manage to prevent
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against it
13. According to the passage, what has happened in China since the first AIDS patient in 1985?（A）
A. More and more people have become HIV carriers.
14. Surveys carried out in some universities show that ____.（D）
D. many students have no idea how people become AIDS victims.
15. Which of the following may be the proper for the passage?（B）
B. AIDS----A Deadly AIDS Passage 50:
Down the entrance hall of the school walk four eight-grade students. Each one is carrying a small basket with a single egg inside. Soon more students join them----each one of them is also carrying a basket with an egg. The eggs in a basket are part of a new school program that helps young people understand that having a baby is a great duty.
At the beginning of the program, the teacher puts the students in pairs----one girl and one boy. Each pair gets an egg, which they must take care of for two weeks. For those fourteen days , the students have to take care of the eggs as though they were real babies. Students whose eggs get broken have to start the two weeks all over again with a new egg.
One person in each pair must have the egg with him or her at all times---twenty ---four hours a day. At no time can they let the egg be out of sight. ―If a teacher catches you without your egg, ―said one student, ―she makes you go get it . They are really strict.‖ The teachers also make the students spend half an hour each day sitting with the egg and just watching it. That can get pretty boring. But it is also something that parents spend a lot of time doing.
Children say that the program has helped them understand the duties involved in having a child. ―It also really hard,‖ said one student, ―You had to think all the time about the egg.‖
6. The purpose of the program is to help students grasp the idea of ________.（B） B. bringing up a baby
7. At the beginning ________.（B）
B. four students in all were interested in the program
8. In the third line of paragraph 2,‖ they‖ refers to ________ （C） C. eggs
9. Why should the students in the program spend half an hour each day sitting with an egg and just watching it? （C） C. Because only in this way can students understand parents in taking care of children.
10. From the last paragraph , we can infer that________.（D）
D. the program is of help to children‘s understanding of parents
Passage 51:
Technology today has stolen away our voices and robbed our children of memories. I‘ve been keeping count of how often people sing around the house these days. The fact is , they don‘t.
My earliest memories are of my mother crooning lullabies
as she rocked each infant in turn. She said she ―didn‘t have a singing voice.‖ But her low, wavering alto will always mean comfort to me. Every time I have sat through the night with a feverish baby or held a preschooler through a nightmare, the melodies returned, words appearing and disappearing like fragments of a dream but held together by the hum of love.
Today, young mothers are routinely presented with Lullaby tapes at the baby shower. When baby cries, the idea goes, they will be able to switch on the high-tech audio system and the little one will drift off----the voices of strangers in his ears, perfectly on pitch. If I had my way, new parents would learn the songs themselves, throw out their stereos, and give their child the gift of their own sleepy voices through the midnight hours. These days, when we go on a trip, my daughters
take along tiny personal stereos and headphones. They are lost in their private worlds , and I can‘t help wishing that at least here, in the car my girls would be obliged to listen to their mother‘s voice raised in lost-words-again, sure-I‘m –out –of—tune songs that they might then pass down to another generation . Those sophisticated earphones have robbed them of something I think every kid should carry from childhood car trips into adulthood.
11.Which of the following can not describe mother‘s lullaby according to the writer?（D）
D. It‘s less beautiful than recorded music
12. What do young mothers often do now?（A） A. They prefer lullaby tapes to comfort the baby
13. What does the sentence ― the little one will drift off‖(para.3) mean?（C）
C. The baby will slowly fall asleep
14. What‘s the writer‘s attitude towards lullaby tapes and high-tech audio system?（B） B. negative
15. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?（A）
A. Children will have wonderful memories if their mothers sing lullaby to them instead of using tapes.
passage 52:
A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée(未婚妻). The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond … but all these things were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiancée. He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what had happened to him.
The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him. The manager pointed to the center of the shop. To his great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many
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pieces. The manager said: ―When the servant enters the room, he will drop it.‖
On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was very excited.
Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was horror on everybody‘s face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was packed separately.
6. The story took place __________.（B） B. in England
7. Which of the following is true?（A）
A. The young man‘s family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich
8. Why did the young man want to buy a present for the girl?（C）
C Her birthday was coming soon
9. Why did the shop manager come to talk to the young man?（B）
B. He looked pale and sad
10. On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man was excited because __________ .（D）
D. he was not sure whether his trick would be seen through
Passage 53:
One morning when we had been riding on our bikes for five hours, we came to a bridge where the railway crossed a pond. For 30 feet where was nothing but the widely-spaced wooden sleepers under our wheels, and nothing to stop us falling into the streaming pond below if we lost our balance. Right under the bridge lay the body of a dead cow. I watched Mat as he came near to the bridge and rode straight over, without ever , showing down. I stopped.
―What‘s up?‖ he cried out from the other side.
―I‘m not riding over that thing. If I slip, I‘ll be in there with that cow,‖ ―There‘s nothing to it. I just did it, didn‘t I?‖
―You‘re stronger and taller. My feet don‘t touch the ground. You do it for me!‖ Mat said strength didn‘t come into it and rode off. I knew he would give me at least an hour before coming to help. The sun burned my face, and sweat ran off my forehead. Try myself rather wait for Mat to help. I rode back to get a good run-up and over I went. Mat was that right: all the difficulties were in the mind.
11. Which of the following about the bridge is a danger to the girl? __________（A）
A. There was a 30 foot drop to the water below 12. She stopped as she __________.（B） B. suddenly saw the dead cow below 13. Mat believed that __________.（D）
D. there was no difference between them in strength
14. Mat rode away leaving the girl because he __________（B）
B. felt she should overcome her fear by herself
15. What made the girl finally decide to ride across the bridge? __________（C）
C. She knew she couldn‘t stay where she was any longer
Passage 54:
In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the film maker Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney‘s Cartoon(动画片) film for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash‘s voice, he said, ― Stop!. That‘s our duck!‘
The duck was the now- famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in the film the Wise Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat and bore his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year he became a star after an eight-minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience liked him because he was lazy and greedy, and they loved his voice when he became angry with Mickey‘s eight nephews. Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn‘t a goody-goody like Mickey.
In the 1930s, 40s and 50s Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational films about the place of the USA in the world and safety in the home. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared--- there were no more new cartoons.
Clarence Nash died in February , 1985. But today‘s children can still see the old cartoons on television and hear that famous voice.
6. Who made Donald Duck film?（C） C. Walt Disney
7. When was the first Donald Duck film made?（B） B. In 1934
8. Who was Clarence Nash ? （B） B. Donald Duck‘s voice
9. The underlined word ― audience‖ in the second paragraph means -----.（D）
D. the people who watch a film at a cinema.
10. The underline word ― goody-goody‖ in the second paragraph means a person who---（D） D. dislike to be faulty in behavior
Passage 55:
No one knows who made the first ice cream. Some people think that water ices and milk ices may have been made by the Chinese between three thousand and four thousand years ago. In time, the dish reached India. The Indians, in turn, may have passed on the secret to the Arabs and Persians. The Persians called their dish Sharbat, from which our word sherbet(关冻果子露) comes.
Marco Polo, an Italian who traveled widely in the thirteen century, noted that he found the Chinese had long been making ices out of fruit juices and milk. From the fourteenth century on, ices became popular, first in Venice and then throughout Italy. In 1533, when Catherine de Medicis left Italy to marry the future King Henry II of France, she took her cooks with her. They made desserts the French had never tasted before. Among them was ―ice cream‖. For each day of the wedding festivities Catherine‘s cooks prepared a different flavor of her favorite dessert---―ice cream.‖
At first ice cream was a luxury in France. Only rich people had money to buy it . Then, in 1660, a young man from Sicily, Francisco Procopio, arrived in Paris. He opened
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a shop that sold ice cream at prices people could afford. Procopio‘s ―ice-cream parlor‖ became so popular that other shops were opened.
About 1640, King Charles I introduced ice cream to England. He had heard it was popular in Italy and France. He served ice cream for dessert at a banquet. The surprise dish was a great success. The King ordered his cook to keep the recipe for ice cream a secret. Charles felt that only royalty should serve the dessert. But the secret soon leaked out. Ice cream quickly became popular in England too.
6. This passage is mainly about ________.（D） D. the history of ice cream
7. Marco Polo‘s remark shows that he traveled in ________.（A） A. China
8. Ice cream was known in France untill________.（A） A. 1533
9. Ice cream was introduced to England by ________.（C） C. King Charles I
10. What will be probably discussed in the paragraphs following this passage? （C）
C. Development of ice cream in England
Passage56:
My Aunt Edith was a widow( 寡妇) of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart disease.
Aunt Edith didn‘t accept defeat easily. She began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well- known heart surgeon( 外科医生), Dr. Michael DeBakey, of Houston, Texas. He had saved the life of someone with the same disease. The article said his fees were very high; Aunt Edith couldn‘t possibly pay them. But could he tell her of someone whose fees she could pay? So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years; he little- girl dream of traveling and seeing the world . There wasn‘t a word of self-pity- ---only warmth, and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.
A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didn‘t wait to come in ; she stood in the hall and read aloud.
Four beautiful letter moved me very deeply. If you can come to Houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation.
6. Aunt Edith _______ when she knew she had a very serious heart disease.（B） B. didn‘t lose hope
Passage 57:
Sydney, the capital of New South Wales , has a populations of more than three million. It is not only Australia‘s oldest and largest city but also its chief manufacturing centre and business port as well as the largest centre for selling wool in the world.
Besides, Sydney is also a city with 30 golden beaches nearly. In Sydney if you say you are going skiing, it often means water-skiing. If you are going to Kosciusko, you are probably going snow-skiing.
The harbour of Sydney is spanned(横跨) by the famous arch and overlooked by the dramatic Sydney Opera House. The Opera House has great white curving( 弧形的) roofs and is described as one of the greatest buildings in the 20th century.
There are old classic buildings in Sydney as well, such as St. James Church, Hyde Park Barracks and Parliament House. Of course there are also modern skyscrapers.
It is estimated that by the end of the 20th century there will be five million people living in the metropolitan of Sydney.
11. Sydney is certainly _______ .（D）
D. selling more wool than any other place in the world. Passage 58
Laws have been written to govern the use of American national Flag, and to ensure proper respect for the flag. Custom has also governed the common practice in regard to its use. All the armed services have precise regulations on how to display the national flag. This may vary somewhat from the general rules. The national flag should be raised and lowered by hand. Do not raise the flag while it is folded , Unfold the flag first , and then hoist it quickly to the top of the flagpole. Lower it slowly and with dignity. Place no objects on or over the flag. Do not use the flag as part of a costume or athletic uniform.
Do not print it upon cushions , handkerchiefs, paper napkins or boxes. A federal law provides that the trademark can not be registered if it comprises the flag , or badgers of the US. When the flag is used to unveil a statue or monument , it shouldn‘t serve as a covering of the object to be unveiled. If it is displayed on such occasions , do not allow the flag to fall to the ground , but let it be carried high up in the air to form a feature of the ceremony. Take every precaution to prevent the flag from soiled. It should not be allowed to touch the ground or floor , nor to brush against objects. 11.How do Americans ensure proper respect for the national flag?（A）
A. By making laws.
12.What is the regulation regarding the raising of the American National Flag?（B）
B. It should be raised quickly by hand.
13.How should the American National Flag be displayed at an unveiling ceremony? （D）
D. It should be carried high up in the air.
14.what do we learn about the use of the American National Flag? （C）
C. There are precise regulations and customs to be followed. 15.What is Americans‘ attitude towards their National Flag? （B）
B. Respect
Passage 59
It has been reported that in colleges across the United States , the daytime serial drama known as the soap opera has suddenly become ―in‖. Between the hours of 11a.m. and 4:30p.m. ,college television lounges are filled with soap opera fans who can‘t wait to see the next episode in the lives of their favorite characters.
Actually , soaps are more than a college favorite ; they are a youth favorite. When school is out , high-school students are in front of their TV sets. One young working woman
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admitted that she turned down a higher paying job rather than give up watching her favorite serials. During the 1960‘s , it was uncommon for young people to watch soap operas. The moon of the sixties was very different from now. It was a time of seriousness, and talk was about social issues of great importance.
Now , seriousness has been replaced by fun. Young people want to be happy. It may seem strange that they should turn to soap opera , which is known for showing trouble in people‘ lives. But soap opera is enjoyment. Young people can identify with the soap opera character , who like college-age viewer , is looking for happy love , and probably not finding it. And soap opera gives young people a chance to feel close to people without having to bear any responsibility for their problems. 16.What is soap opera?（C）
C. The daytime serial dramas on TV.
17.What can be the best titles of the passage? （C） C. Soap opera fans
18.Which are not the reason why the soap opera suddenly becomes ―in‖ according to the passage?（D）
D. Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles.
19.What can we learn from the passage? （C）
C. Young viewers have turned themselves from the seriousness of sixties to enjoyment now.
20.What message does the author want to convey to us? （B）
B. The people‘s favorites to drama works change along with the times.
Passage 60
How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words , the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men , unlike animals , somehow invented certain sounds to express thought and feelings , actions and things ,so that they could communicate with each other ; and that later they agreed upon certain signs , called letters , which could be combined to present those sounds , and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters , we call words.
The power of words , then , lies in their associations-the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience ; and the longer we live , the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past ; and the more we read and learn , the more the number of words that mean something increases.
Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all , the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately ,or they will make our speech silly and vulgar. 21.The origin of language is ______ （D） D. a problem not yet solved
22.What is true about words? （C） C. They are simply sounds
23.The real power of words lies in their ____ （D）
D. representative function
24.By ―association‖ , the author means _____ （B） B. a joining of ideas in the mind
25.Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true （A）
A. He is no more than a master of words
Passage 61
No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon（外科医生） and part of it taken out．Today，however，we needn't worry about feeling pain during the operation． The sick person falls into a kind of sleep，and when he awakes， the operation is finished． But these happy conditions are fairly new． It is not many years since a man who had to have operation felt all its pain．
Long ago，operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything． The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him． He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off， and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched． Soon after 1770，Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called ―laughing gas‖．Laughing gas became known in America．Young men and women went to parties to try it．Most of them spent their time laughing，but one man at a party，Horace Wells，noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas．He decided to make an experiment on himself．He asked a friend to help him． Wells took some of the gas， and his friend pulled out one of Well's teeth． Wells felt no pain at all．
As he didn't know enough about laughing gas， he gave a man less gas than he should have．The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out．
Wells tried again，but this time he gave too much of the gas，and the man died．Wells never forgot this terrible event．
1． It is ＿＿＿＿ since a man being operated felt all the pain．（C）
C． few years 2． Long ago， when the sick man was operated on，he ＿＿＿＿． （C）
C． could feel all the pain
3． Using the laughing gas， the people did not seem to ＿＿＿＿． （B） B． feel pain
4． If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on, he ＿＿. （C） C． still felt pain
5． One who took too much of the laughing gas ＿＿＿． （B） B． would die
Passage 62
Barbara Jordan, one of the most respected lawyers and politicians in the United States, was the first black woman from the South to be elected to Congress.
She was born in Houston, Texas, on February 21, 1936. Right from the start, she set high standards for herself in school．
In high school, Miss Jordan decided to become a lawyer．At Texas Southern University she studied political
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science and history and graduated in 1956 at the top of her class．By 1959 she had earned a law degree from Boston University．
Miss Jordan began practicing law at her parents‘ dining room table．Three years later she opened her own office. The restless Miss Jordan first broke into politics in 1966，becoming the first black woman elected to the Texas senate. After an impressive record as a state senator, she entered the national scene．
In 1972 she won a seat in the U．S．House Of Representatives．During her time in office she was devoted to helping minorities，the poor, and the elderly．―My approach is to respect the humanity of everybody，‖she once said. That‘ just the way Barbara Jordan was．
1．Miss Jordan decided to become a lawyer________.（B） B. when she was in high school 2．What did she study at Boston University?________. （B） B．Law
3. The word ―restless‖ in Paragraph5 means in its sentence_______．（D）
D. not satisfied with the life she was living and wanting to have some new experience
4．In her political life she won _______in 1972．（D） D．a seat in the U．S．Congress 5．Miss Jordan was the first black woman_________. （B） B．from the South to be elected to Congress
Passage 63
Many a young person tell me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people，but I also explain that there's a big difference between being a writer and writing．In most cases they are dreaming of wealth and fame，not the long hours alone at a typewriter. ―You‘ve got to want to write,‖ I say to them, ―not want to be a writer.‖
The reality is that writing is a lonely，private and poor-paying affair only a few writers were kissed by fortune, however there are thousands more whose work is never rewarded．When I did a 20-year career in the U．S．Coast Guard lo become a freelance writer, I had no proposals at all. What I did have was a friend who found me in my room in a New York department building. I didn‘t even care that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used typewriter and felt like a good writer.
After a year I still hadn‘t got a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that I hardly made enough to eat．But I knew 1 wanted to write．I had dreamed about it for years．I wasn't going to be one of those people who did wondering ―What if‖. I would keep putting my dream to the test，even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure．
This is the Shadow land of hope，and anyone with a dream must learn to live there．
1l. The passage is meant to_______．（A）
A．warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience 12．What can be concluded from the passage? _______.（D） D．The chances for a writer t0 become successful are small
13．Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing career? _______．（B）
B．Because he hadn't seen a change for the better
14．The word ―people‖ in the sentence―…people who did wondering…‘‘in Paragraph 3 refers to those _______．（A） A．who think a lot without making a decision
15.―Shadowland '‘in the last sentence refers to_______．（C） C．the state of uncertainty before one's final goal is reached
Passage 64
I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The ad. in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9 o‘clock to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unluckily, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes.
Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for 15 minutes waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip, so I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly 20 minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was not cheap, but I felt it would be worth it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.
1. The writer may be _______. B a clerk
2. Where did he learn that there would be a concert last Friday? _______.C From the newspaper
3. He tried to go to the theatre every day but only managed to get there _______.C Twice
4. He failed to get the ticket on Friday because _______. B the tickets had been sold out
5. The word \"relieved\" in the last sentence means _______. A \"pleased\"
Passage 65
Everyone knows what a needle is. Of course there are needles for sewing machines, needles for injection, you name it. But few people think of the wonder a needle works in the hands of those who practice acupuncture.
During the past ten years of so, I have been suffering from a terrible headache. It seems to be getting from bad to worse these days. Last night I got a sudden pain in my head. It was so terrible that I could hardly bear it. Although I swallowed all kinds of pain-killers, I didn‘t feel any better. It seemed that there was nothing I could do but phone for a doctor. One of our neighbors happened to be with us. He was not a doctor, but he timidly offered his help, saying ―Do you mind if I tried acupuncture on you? These needles may possibly do you some good.‖ I agreed. In a moment, he had taken out
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a few needles from his purse. Without a moment‘s delay, he people even go on two or three holidays a year.
fixed a few needles into the skin on my head here and there. There are two types of holidaymakers. The first kind always Before long, I felt thoroughly relieved. goes to the seaside when they go on holiday. Their one and Just then, the doctor sped through my house and said, only aim is to have a good time by sunbathing and putting ―Where is our patient?‖ their feet up. They are not a bit interested in local ―Sorry, Doctor, You are too late. It‘s killed!‖ I answered in specialties(特产). At mealtimes, if they can get a plate of delight. British ―fish and chips‖, they‘re more than happy! They It‘s a miracle, isn‘t it? spend their days in the sunshine and their evenings getting drunk, then sleep soundly. If this sort of person forgets to 1. The word ''name'' in the first paragraph means to B pack the suntan oil, he or she will undoubtedly come home name as many kinds of needle as you can think of as red as a lobster(龙虾).
2. The underlined phrase ―from bad to worse‖ in the second The other type of holidaymakers goes to every country to paragraph refers to the man's increase their knowledge of foreign lands. They make use of . C headache the chance to travel to improve their world knowledge. For 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according them, going on holiday is educational. Consequently, this to the passage? sort of travelers will move from place to place every few A. The neighbor fixed needles on his own head. days. If they visit lots of places in a short span of time, there 4. \"You are too late. It's killed.\" means that . is no way that they can get a proper feel of a place or fully C. before the doctor came the man's headache was already appreciate the local food and wine. cured. Whichever type of holiday chosen, everybody has the same 5. The passage tells us that . aim: to put their work to the back of their minds, have as C. the effect of acupuncture on the man was unbelievable. much fun as possible and come home happy and relaxed. Passage 66 1. The aim of the first type of holidaymakers is ________. A Wang Yani was born in 1975 in Gongcheng, China. Even all of fhe relow
when she was a baby, she loved to draw lines everywhere. 2. Why do the second sort of holidaymakers keep on moving Seeing this, her father decided to help her. He gave her paint, from place to place? C They want to see more of the brushes and paper. She practiced hard and improved very outside world.
quickly. Soon her lines became flowers, trees and animals. 3. If a person visits too many places in a short time, _____. Some of her pictures were shown in an art exhibition in D. he won't get a true impression of any place Shanghai at the age of 4. 4. One thing is common for all holidaymakers. That is By age six, Yani had made over 4,000 paintings. She loved _____. B they want to relax themselves
to draw animals, especially monkeys and cats. Although her 5. Which may be the best title for this passage? B father was good at drawing, he didn‘t give her any art Two Types of Holidaymakers lessons. He even stopped painting his own pictures. Instead,
he often took the little girl to parks and zoos to get ideas for Passage 68
her work. In this way, Yani developed her own style of The first English window was just a narrow opening in the painting with bright colours. All he pictures were different wall. It was cut long, so that it would let in as much light as from others. possible, and it is narrow in order to keep out the bad At the age of 8, one of her monkey paintings was made into weather. However, the narrow opening lit in more wind than a Chinese stamp. Later, she started to draw pictures of light. This is why it was called ―the wind‘s eye‖. The word country scenery and people. And when she was just 14, she window itself comes from two old Norway(挪威) words for became the youngest person to have personal shows in wind and eye. Washington D. C. and many other cities around the world. Before windows were used, the ancient halls and castles of Northern Europe and Britain were dark and smoky. Their 1. Wang Yani' s pictures were first shown ______. great rooms were high, with only a hole in the roof to let out B in Shanghai the smoke from the cooking fires.
2. She was especially good at drawing ______ before she As time went on, people wanted more light and air in their was eight. rooms. They made the wind‘s eye wider so as to let in air A monkeys and cats and light as much as possible. They spread canvas(帆布) 3. Why did her father take her to zoos and parks? across the window to keep out the bad weather. D Because he wanted the girl to get ideas for her work.
4. When did Yani have her personal shows in Washington D. 1. The first English window was a . B narrow opening C.? in the wall D At the age of 14. 2. The window got its name . A. from two old Norway 5. Which of the following is true? words for wind and eye A She had a style of painting with bright colours. 3. In the ancient halls of Britain, smoke went out through . D. a hole in the roof Passage 67 4. People made the wind's eyes wider mainly to . A. let Nowadays there are more and more ways of going on in air and light as much as possible
holiday. More and more people go abroad every year. Some 5. What is the best title for the passage? C The
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Passage 69
When weather is hot, you go to a lake or an ocean. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel cool. Why? The sun makes the earth hot, but it cannot make the weather very hot. Although, the air over the earth becomes hot, the air over the water stays cool. The hot air over the earth rises. Then the cool air over the water moves in and takes the place of the hot air. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel the cool air when it moves in .You feel the wind, and the wind makes you feel cool.
Of course, scientists cannot answer all of our questions. If we ask, ―Why is the ocean full of salt?‖ scientists will say that the salt comes form rocks. When a rock gets very hot or very cold, it cracks. Rain falls into the cracks. The rain then carries the salt into the earth and into the rivers. The rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask, ―What happens to the salt in the ocean? The ocean does not get more salty every year.‖ Scientists are not sure about the answer o this question.
We know a lot about our world. But there are still many answers that we do not have, and we are curious.
6. The main idea of the passage is ____________.
A. people feel cool when they are near a lake or an ocean
7. You feel cool when you are near a lake or an ocean because ________.
D. cool air from the water moves towards the land 8. Now scientists know _______.
A. what makes people feel cool near a lake or an ocean in summer
9. A rock cracks when _________. D. either B or C
10. People are always curious about the world around them because ___________.
C. there are answers they do not have
Passage 70
Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it. The old man couldn‘t come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he said to the waiters, ― Take some fish to my horse.‖ The waiter and the people were very surprised.
The waiter said, ― A horse doesn‘t eat fish.‖ The old man told the waiter, ― This horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too.‖ So the waiter brought the horse some fish. All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the waiter came back and said, ― Your horse didn‘t eat any fish.‖ The old man said, ― All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I‘ll eat it.‖
6. The old man felt very cold because ______________. C. he had traveled in the heavy rain 7. The people in the restaurant all ran out because ________________.
B. they wanted to see the horse eating fish
8. Indeed, the horse can neither ___________ nor ___________ nor __________. C. sing … dance … eat fish
9. All the people in the restaurant rushed out __________ but ___________.
D. to see the horse eat fish … the old man
10. Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse? Because _______.
C. he wanted to sit by the fire, but wasn’t able to do so at first
Passage 71
Places to stay in Britain are as varied as the places you visit. Whatever your budget is , the choice ------- from basic barn to small hotel, from tiny cottage to grand castle ----- is all part of fun. Hostels
Cheap, good – value hostels are aimed at all types of like – minded travelers, who prefer value over luxury and you don‘t have to be young or single to use them. Britain‘s independent hostels and backpackers hostels also offer a great welcome. Facilities and prices vary, especially in rural areas, where some hostels are a little more than a bunkhouse (临时住房) while others are remarkably comfortable ------ almost like bargain hotels. Youth Hotels
Founded many years ago to ― help all , especially young people of limited means, to a greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside‖, the Youth Hotels Association is still going strong in the 21st century . The network of 230 hotels is a perfect gateway for exploring Britain‘s towns and countryside. B&Bs
The B&B ( bed and breakfast) is a great Britain institution. In essence you get a room in somebody‘s house, and small B&Bs may only have one guest room, so you‘ll really feel like part of the family. Larger B&Bs may have four or five rooms and more facilities, but just as warm as a welcome. In country areas your B&B might be in a village or an isolated farm surrounded by fields. Prices reflect facilities; and usually run from around ￡12 to ￡20 per person. City B&Bs charge about ￡30 per person, although they’re often cheaper as you go further out to the suburbs. Pubs & Inns
As well as selling drinking and meals, Britain‘s pubs and inns sometimes offer B&B , particularly in country areas. Staying a night or two can be great fun and puts you at the heart of the local community.
Rates range from around ￡15 to ￡25 per person. Pubs are more likely to have single rooms.
11. In this passage the author mainly ____________. A. tells us where to stay while visiting Britain 12. ________ are mainly built for young visitors. B. Youth Hotels
13. If you travel alone and want to know better about family life in Britain, you‘d better stay in _ ___________.
A. Pubs & Inns B. Youth Hotels C. Hostels D. B & B s
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14. If you are interested in traveling with your friends but only with limited means, where is the better place for you to stay? _____________. C. Hostels
15. Which of the following is NOT true according to the last part of the passage?
A. Pubs and inns usually provide visitors bed and breakfast
Passage 72
Cars are lots of fun, but they could also be dangerous. We have to be careful when we drive them or ride in them.
It‘s always a good idea to put on your seat belt when you‘re in a car. Why? Think about this example: You put an egg on a skateboard and give it a push. If the skateboard hits a stone, it will stop, but the egg won‘t. It will fly through the air, hit the ground and break.
Now, think what would happen if you tied the egg to the skateboard. When the skateboard hits a stone, the egg won‘t go flying, it will stay safely on the skateboard
Volvo, a famous Swedish car maker, was the first to use seat belts in 1849.
Air bags are also very important for car safety, because sometimes a seat belt isn‘t enough. If the car is going really fast and runs into something, seat belt could even hurt the people who wear them.
Most newer cars have air bags in front of and next to the seats. When a car hits something, its air bags will come out quickly--- in less than one second ---- to keep the people inside safe.
6. The passage mainly tells us ____________.
C. two important ways to keep safe in cars
7. The writer gives the example of the egg to _______________.
A. show why it is important to wear a seat belt when in a car
8. Seat belts can make cars safer because ______________ C. they can help us stay safely on the seats
9. Air bags are also important for cars because they ____________.
B. work together with seat belts to keep us safe 10. The best title for this passage is ________________. B. Make Yourself Safe in Cars
Passage 73
In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day
In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.
When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them
If you don‘t take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret later in the day.
6. Why do people in England often talk about the weather? A. Because they may have four seasons in one day.
7. From the story we know that when ________ come, there is a heavy rain. B. black clouds
8. The sentence ― People can also have summer in winter.‖ Means ―it is sometimes too ______in winter.‖ A. warm
9. In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because ____________. B. it often rains in England
10. The best title for this passage is ___________. C. The Weather in England
Passage 74
As long as the sun shines, the earth will not run out of energy. The sun pours more energy on earth than we can ever use. Most of that energy comes to us as heat and light. Energy from the sun is called solar energy.
Anything to do with the sun is called ―solar‖. The word began with the Roman word for the sun and their god of the sun, who was called Sol. Solar energy is a safe kind of energy. It doesn‘t make pollution or have dangerous leftovers. That is why scientists and investors are experimenting with ways of harnessing (治理利用) the sun to do some of the jobs fossil fuels have been doing.
But to make the sun do work like that, they have to solve some problems. They have to collect the sun‘s energy. Collecting sunshine is not easy, unless you are a plant. Sunshine is not easy to store, either. You can‘t fill a tank with it or put it in the wood box. You can not move it through a pipe or a wire. You can not just turn it on.
6. What form does most of solar energy take to reach us? D. Both A and B. 7. Where does the word ―solar‖ come from? B. Roman.
8. Which of the following is NOT true of solar energy? C. It may cause pollution to the air. .
9. What are the problems facing scientists who want to use solar energy?
D. Both A and B. 10. What is the writer‘s purpose of writing the passage? A. To give a brief introduction to solar energy.
Passage 75
Linda and David have traveled by air from London to Sydney, Australia. Linda has promised her mother that she will ring her to let her know that they have arrived safely. This is something she had done ever since she was a child. David thinks it is a good idea to ring so far, to spend too much, and to say so little.
“ If there were an accident.‖ He says , ― They‘d know soon enough. Bad news travels fast.‖
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But Linda has promised that she would ring. ― However,‖ she says, ―is doesn‘t cost much when you just think that it‘s the other side of the world. It‘s only six pence per second. “If you‘re on that telephone for less than one minute, I‘ll eat my hat.‖ David says, ―And one minute‘s nearly four pounds.‖
“That‘s no more than you‘d pay for a new hat,‖ Linda answers.
She has asked the man at the hotel desk to get her the number. The telephone rings. Linda picks it up. “Hello, Mum, Is that you?‖ She says.
“Six pence per second,‖ David reminds her.
“Hello, love,‖ It is Mrs. Lee , Linda‘s mother , speaking from London. ― I can hear you very clearly just like you are in the next room. It‘ s a better line than when you called me from your office. Do you remember? I shouted at that time, and still you couldn‘t hear me sometimes.‖
“ Yes, Mum.‖ Linda puts in. ― I just wanted to ring to …‖ “ I remember how you rang when you went to Betty‘s house to eat, when you were a little girl. And then when you …‖ Mrs. Lee is a great talker. “ Nearly four pounds.‖ says David.
Linda tries to tell her mother that it is time to say goodbye. “Yes, all right,‖ says Mrs. Lee , ― But you will write, won‘t you, as you did when you were at work …‖
Once again, Mrs, Lee talks about the past, and there is no stopping off.
At last, Linda cuts her mother short, promises to write, and rings off.
“ There! That wasn‘t long, was it?‖
“ Four pounds, ninety pence.‖ David answers. ― And you didn‘t even say that we‘ve arrived.‖ 6. Linda is telephoning home to _____.
B. say that she and David have arrived safely 7. Linda does not think it expensive to ring, because _______.
B. it is even more expensive to buy a new hat 8. David says, ― Nearly four pounds,‖ because _________. A. he wants to remind Linda of the cost of the call 9. Mrs. Lee goes on talking for so long because _________. B. she likes talking 10. Linda stopped her mother by _________. D. promising to write, and ringing off
Passage 76
Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.
One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one‘s own.
Then , in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one‘s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs
which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature.
Some people, however, take no interest in country things; for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinema and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight‘s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want; the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night
11. Which of the following statements is NOT true? ___________
B. All the people who work in London prefer to live in the country. 12. With the same money needed for _______, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country. D. renting a small flat without a garden 13. When the garden is in blossom, that one _________ has been rewarded.
B. having spent time working in the garden 14. People who think happiness lies in the city life would feel that ______ if they had to live outside London. C. their life was worthless
15. The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to _______. C. escape from
Passage 77
A million tourists go to Barcelona every year. They want to see Antonio Gaude‘s church. This unusual church has a strange history. Gaude was born in Spain in 1852. He had to work and study at the same time. He often missed classes because he had to work, but one day he designed a very unusual show-case for an exhibition in Paris. People began to give him work. He designed houses, offices and gardens. They were all very unusual . He was soon rich and famous. Then a rich bookseller said, ―Will you build a church for the poor people of Barcelona? I will pay. I will build schools and workshops, too. They will help the people.‖ ―I will do it,‖ said Gaudi. He worked for forty years, but he could not finish the church. It was too big. He needed $10,000,000. He gave all his money to the church. He was poor again when he died in 1926, and only the front of the church was finished. But architects, engineers and tourists from all over the world come to see it. It is very strange, very modern and very revolutionary.
6. Which of the following titles best fits the passage?
A. Barcelona----- a Famous City B. A Strange History of An Unusual Church C. A Poor Architect‘s Unusual Works D. Antonio Gaudi‘s Life
7. Which of the following is NOT true?
C. People all over the world admire the architect very much. 8. Gaudi sometimes missed classes because ____________. B. he had to work at the same time 9. The church is unusual because ______________. D. all of the above 10. According to the passage, Gaudi ____________.
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D. both B and C
Passage 78
Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old. One day he went to the cinema. It is the first time for him to do that. He bought a ticket and then went in. But after two or three minutes he came out, bought a second ticket and went in again. After a few minutes he came out again and bought a third ticket. Two or three minutes later he came out and asked for another ticket. Then the girl in the ticket office asked him. ―Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?‖ Tom answered, ― No, I have no friend here. But a big boy always stops me at the door and tears(撕) my ticket to pieces.”
6. Tom wanted to buy ______ when the girl asked him. C. the fourth ticket
7. The big boy stopped Tom at the door because __________.
A. it was the big boy‘s job
8. The big boy was ________ at the cinema. D. a worker 9. From the story we know _________.
B. the little boy knew nothing about the cinema 10. Which of the following is NOT true in the passage? C. Tom was too young to make friends. Passage 79
What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others? The answer is ―no‖. It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that makes him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate, how to discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further, he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer can be confirmed by other persons. He also works to fit the answers he gets to many questions into a large set of ideas about how the world works.
The scientist‘s knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason that investigations are important in science. Albert Einstein, who developed the theory of relativity, arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracy of his mathematics was later tested through investigations, Einstein‘s ideas were shown to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may test his investigations. (263 words)
16. What makes a scientist according to the passage? ________________.
B. The way he uses his tools.
17. ―The scientist, however, goes one step further…‖. The
author says this to show ____________.
C. the difference between scientists and ordinary people 18. A sound scientific theory should be one that ___________________.
A. works not only under one set of conditions at one time, but also under the same conditions at other times
19. The author quotes the case of Albert Einstein to illustrate ______________.
C. that the investigations are important in science 20. What is the main idea of the passage? __________.
D. Exactness and ways of using tools are the keys to the making of a scientist.
Passage 80
A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man—the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.
This attitude toward manual (体力) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortable but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education. (291 words)
21. From paragraph 1, we know that in America _____________.
A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man 22. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because ______________.
B. she takes pride in what she can do herself
23. The expression ―wait on table‖ in the second paragraph means ―___________________‖.
D. serve customers in a restaurant 24. The author‘s attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is __________________. A. positive
25. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage? __________________.
B. American Attitude toward Manual Labor.
Passage 81
By definition, heroes and heroines are men and women
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distinguished by uncommon courage, achievements, and self-sacrifice made most for the benefits of other –they are people against whom we measure others. They are men and women recognized for shaping our nation‘s consciousness and development as well as the lives of those who admire them. Yet, some people say that ours is an age where true heroes and heroines are hard to come by, where the very idea of heroism is something beyond us-an artifact of the past. Some maintain that because the Cold War is over and because America is at peace our age is essentially an unheroic one. Furthermore, the overall crime rate is down, poverty has been eased by a strong and growing economy, and advances continue to be made in medical science.
Cultural icons are hard to define, but we know them when we see them. They are people who manage to transcend celebrity(明星), who are legendary, who somehow manage to become mythic. But what makes some figures icons and others mere celebrities? That‘s hard to answer. In part, their lives have the quality of a story to tell. For instance, the beautiful young Diana Spencer who at 19 married a prince, renounced marriage and the throne, and died at the moment she found true love. Good looks certainly help. So does a special indefinable charm, with the help of the media. But nothing confirms an icon more than a tragic death -such as Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Princess Diana. (258 words)
16. The passage mainly deals with __________.
C. heroes and icons
17. Heroes and heroines are usually _______.
D. all of the above 18. Which of the following statements is wrong?_______
D. Heroes and heroines can only emerge in war times. 19. Beautiful young Diana Spencer found her genuine love _______.
C. just before her death
20. What is more likely to set an icon‘s status?_______
B. Tragic and early death
Passage 82
Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and self-conscious; that is, they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions. Worrisome thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: What kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes?
It is obvious that such uncomfortable feeling must negatively affect people. A person‘s conception of himself or herself is reflected in the way he or she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects other people‘s reactions. In general, the way people think about themselves has a profound effect on all areas of their lives.
Shy people, having low self-esteem, are likely to be passive and easily influenced by others. They need reassurance that they are doing ―the right thing.‖ Shy people are very sensitive to criticism: they feel it confirms their feelings of inferiority. They also find it difficult to be pleased by compliment with a statement like this one: ―You‘re just saying that to make me feel good. I know it‘s not true.‖ It is clear that, while self-awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful.Can shyness be
completely eliminated, or at least reduced? Fortunately, people can overcome shyness with determined and patient efforts in building self-confidence. Since shyness goes hand in hand with a lack of self-esteem, it is important for people to accept their weakness as well as their strengths.
Each one of us is a unique, worthwhile individual, interested in our own personal ways. The better we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to live up to our full potential. Let‘s not allow shyness to block our chances for a rich and fulfilling life. (289 words)
21. What does the author try to prove by citing ―what kind of impression am I making?‖ (Para.1)
B. People‘s shyness made them care too much about their appearance and actions.
22. According to the writer, self-awareness is _______. A. a good quality
23. When being praised, shy people feel that it is ________. B. unreal
24. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? _____.
C. Shyness can block our chances for a rich life. 25. It can be inferred from the passage that shy people____.
B. should understand themselves in the right way
Passage 83 Community service is an important component of education here at our university. We encourage all students to volunteer for at least one community activity before they graduate. A new community program called ―One On One ‖helps elementary students who‘ve fallen behind. Your education majors might be especially interested in it because it offers the opportunity to do some teaching, that is ,tutoring in math and English.
You‘d have to volunteer two hours a week for one semester. You can choose to help a child with math, English, or both. Half-hour lessons are fine, so you could do a half hour of each subject two days a week.
Professor Dodge will act as a mentor to the tutors-he‘ll be available to help you with lesson plans or to offer suggestions for activities. He has office hours every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. You can sign up for the program with him and begin the tutoring next week.
I‘ m sure you‘ll enjoy this community service… and you‘ll gain valuable experience at the same time. It looks good on your resume, too, showing that you‘ve had experience with children and that you care about your community. If you‘d like to sign up, or if you have any questions, stop by Professor Dodge‘s office this week. (220words)
11. What is the purpose of the talk? B. To interest students in a new community program. 12. What is the purpose of the program that the speaker describes? C. To offer tutorials to elementary school students. 13. What does professor Dodge do? A. He advises students to participate in certain program. 25
14. What should students who are interested in the good seat. tutorials do? Maria was very angry, but she was very polite. And in
D. Talk to professor Dodge. her best English she said, ―Why are you so upset? There are
15. Whom do you think the speaker addresses? enough seats for everyone on the plane. If you are in such a B. Students. hurry, why can‘t you give me a hand with my luggage? Passage 84 The man was surprised to hear Maria speak English. He quickly picked up her luggage and stepped back. Everyone Paper is one of the most important products ever was looking at him with disapproval. (224 words) invented by man. Wide spread use of written language 11. Maria‘s story happened ________ . would not have been possible without some cheap and D. when she arrived at the airport practical material to write on . The invention of paper meant 12. You believe that the work of the airline employee that more people could be educated because more books mentioned in the story is to ________ at the airport. could be printed and distributed. Together with the printing C. check people‘s luggage
press, paper provided an extremely important way to 13. ―Why are you so upset?‖ Maria said to the man. She communicate knowledge. wanted to tell him that he should not be ________. “ How much paper do you use every year? Probably you C. unhappy
cannot answer that question quickly. In 1990 the world‘s use 14. ―Everyone was looking at him with disapproval.‖ This of paper was about kilogram for each person a year. Now sentence means that the people around felt _______. some countries use as much as 50 kilograms of paper for D. sorry for the man‘s manners each person a year. Countries like the United States, 15. The author mentioned Maria‘s age at the beginning of England and Sweden use more paper than other countries. the story in order to show that _________. Paper, like many other things that we use today, was A. she was young but behaved properly first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not
very commonly used before the year 1400. The Egyptians Passage 86
wrote on a kind of material made of a water plant. There are three kinds of goals: shirt-term, medium-range Europeans used parchment for man hundreds of years. and long long-term goals.
Parchment was very strong ; it was made from the skin of Short-term goals are those that usually deal with current certain young animals. We have learnt of the most important activities which we can apply on a daily basis. Such goals facts of European history from records that were kept on can be achieved in a week or less, or two weeks, or possibly, parchment. (208 words) months. It should be remembered that just as building is no 21. What‘s the meaning for the word ―parchment‖? stronger than its foundation, long-term goals cannot amount B. A kind of paper made from the skin of certain to very munch without the achievement of solid short-term young animals. goals. Upon completing our short-term goals, we should date the occasion and then add new short-term goals that 22. Which of the following is not mentioned about the will build on those that have been completed. invention of paper? The intermediate goals build on the foundation of the A. More jobs could be provided than before. short-term goals. They might deal with just one term of school or the entire school year, or they could even extend 23. When did the Egyptians begin to use paper widely? for several years. Any time you move a step at a time, you A. Around 1400. should never allow yourself to become discouraged or 24. Which of the following countries uses more paper for overwhelmed. As you complete each step, you will enforce each person a year? the belief in your ability to grow and succeed. And as your B. Sweden. list of completion dates grow, your motivation and desire 25. What is the main idea of this short talk? will increase. C. The invention of paper is of great significance Long-term goals may be related to our dreams of the to man. future. They might cover five years or more. Life is not a static thing. We should never allow a long-term goal to limit Passage 85 us or our course of action. (221 words)
Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport 16. Our long-term goals mean a lot _________. in Santo Domingo. She was leaving her native country to B. If we complete the short-term goals join her sister in the United States. She spoke English very 17. New short-term goals are built upon _________. well. Though she was very happy she could go abroad, she D. the goals that have been completed was feeling sad at leaving her family and friends. As she 18. When we complete each step of our goals, ________. was thinking all about this, she suddenly heard the airline C. we should build up confidence of success employee asking her to pick up her luggage and put it on the 19. What is the main idea of this passage? scales (称). Maria pulled and pulled. The bag was too heavy C. Different kinds of goals in life.
and she just couldn‘t lift it up. The man behind her got very 20. Which of the following statements is wrong according to impatient. He, too, was waiting to check in his luggage. the passage? _________
―What‘s wrong with this girl? He said, ―Why doesn‘t she C. Life is a static thing, thus we should never allow a hurry up?‖ He moved forward and placed his bag on the long-term goal to limit us or our course of action. counter, hoping to check in first. He was in a hurry to get a
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Passage 87
Britain and France are separated by the English Channel, a body of water that can be crossed in as few as 20 minutes. But the cultures of the two countries sometimes seem to be miles apart.
Last Thursday Britain and France celebrated the 100th anniversary (周年纪念) of the signing of a friendship agreement called the Entente Cordiality .The agreement marked a new beginning for the countries following centuries of wars and love-hate partnership.
But their relationship has been ups and downs over the past century. Just last year, there were fierce disagreements over the Iraq war-which British Prime Minister Tony Blair supported despite French President Jacques Chirac speaking out against it. This discomfort is expressed in Blair and Chirac‘s body language at international meetings. While the French leader often greets German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder with a hug (拥抱) ，Blair just receives a handshake. However, some political experts say the war in Iraq could in fact have helped ties.
The history of divisions may well be because of the very different ways in which the two sides see the world. But this doesn‘t stop 12 million Britons taking holidays in France each year. However, only 3 million French come in the opposite direction. Surveys (调查) show that most French people reel closer to the Germans than they do to the British. And the research carried out in Britain has round that only a third of the population believes the French can be trusted. Perhaps this bad feeling comes because the British dislike France‘s close relationship with Germany, or because the French are not happy with Britain‘s close links with the US. Whatever the answer is, as both sides celebrate 100 years of ―doubtful friendship‖, they are at least able to make jokes about each other. Here‘s one: What‘s the best thing about Britain‘s relationship with France? The English Channel. (320 words)
21. For centuries, the relationship between Britain and France is __________.
D. a mixture of love and hate
22. The war in Iraq does _________ to the relationship between France and Britain. D both good and harm 23. The British are not so friendly to________ and the French are not so friendly to _________. A. Germany; America
24. ________ are more interested in having holidays in _________.
D. British people… France 25. What does the last sentence mean?
C. Franc and Britain are near neighbors, and this will help balance the relationship between them.
Passage 88
The French Revolution broke out in 1789. At the time France was in a crisis. The government was badly run and people‘s lives were miserable. King Louis XIV tried to control the national parliament and raise more taxes. But his effort failed. He ordered his troops to Versailles. The people thought that Louis intended to put down the Revolution by force. On July 14,1789, they stormed and took the Bastille, where political prisoners were kept. Ever since that day, July
14 has been the French National Day. Louis tried to flee the country in 1792 to get support from Austria and Prussia. However, he was caught and put in prison. In September 1792, the monarchy was abolished. In the same year, Louis was executed. A few months later his wife, Marie also had her head cut off. The Revolution of France had frightened the other kings of Europe. Armies from Austria and Prussia began to march against France. The French raised republican armies to defend the nation. The Revolution went through a period of terror. Thousands of people lost their lives. In the end, power passed to Napoleon Bonaparte. (190 words)
11. What‘s this passage about? C. The French Revolution. 12. Which did not happen in 1789?
B. The national economy was developing rapidly. 13. Where were the political prisoners kept? D. In Bastille. 14. What does the underlined word ―abolished ‖ mean? D. Ended. 15. What was NOT the effect of the Revolution? D. The king tried to control the national parliament.
Passage 89
In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p.m.. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it's a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.
In social life, time plays a very important part. In the U.S.A. guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from cultures that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the U.S. no one would think of keeping a business associate waiting for an hour, it would be too impolite. A person who is 5 minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence.(260 words)
16. What is the main idea of this passage?
B. The role of time in social life over the world. 17. What does it mean in the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours? B. A matter of life or death. 18. Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your friend? B. at 4:00 pm
19. Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?
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D. Promptness is valued highly in American life. 20. From the passage we can safely infer that
________________
B. the meaning of time differs in different parts of the world.
Passage 90
A foreigner's first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going restlessly, seeking attention in a store, and elbowing others as they try to complete their errands(任务). Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country.
Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating places are waiting for you to finish so that they too can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. Each person hurries to make room for the next person. If you don‘t, waiters will hurry you.
You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small courtesies with strangers. Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else \"wasting\" it beyond a certain courtesy point.
The view of time affects the importance we attach to patience. In the American system of values, patience is not a high priority. Many of us have what might be called ―a short fuse.‖ We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some re-turnbe this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest. Those coming from lands where time is looked upon differently may find this matter of pace to be one of their most difficult adjustments in both business and daily life.
Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesy of a business call, for example, They will miss the ritual interaction that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be a convention in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a café or coffee house. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talks. We seek out evidence of past performance rather than evaluate a business colleague through social courtesies. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly.(348 words)
21. Which of the following statements is wrong?？ D. Americans are impolite to their business colleagues. 22. In the fourth paragraph, ―a high priority‖ means _________
B. a first concern 23. Americans evaluate a business colleague ___________
D. by learning about their past performance 24. This passage mainly talks about ___________ A. how Americans treasure their time 25. We can infer from the passage that the author‘s tone in writing is _______________
C. appreciative
Passage 91
If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time,
they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.
When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.
If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parent may be blamed, and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can‘t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember thing, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. They have to remember days, names songs and stories, so their memory is the whole time being exercises.
So if you want to have a good memory, learn from people ; practices remembering things in a way as other people do.
6. Someone can‘t have a good memory if ________. B. he doesn‘t use his memory
7. If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, _________________.
D. they become weak and won‘t become strong until you use them again.
8. Which of the following is true?
B. Your memory becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice.
9. Few people know that it is only ______ if a friend has a poor memory.
A. his own fault
10. The writer wants to tell us ___________. C. how to have a good memory
Passage 92
What must you do when you receive a present for your birthday? You have to sit down and write a thank-you note. The words ―Thank you‖ are very important. We have to use them on so many occasions. We say them when someone gives us a drink, helps us to pick up things, hands us a letter, lends us book or gives us a gift.
Another important word is ―please‖. Many people forget to use it. It is rude to ask someone to do something without saying ―please‖. We have to use it when we ask for something, too. It may be a book or a pencil, more rice or more sauce, help or advice. It may be in the classroom , at home, at the bus-stop or over the counter. We have to use ―please‖ to make our request pleasant.
We have to learn to say ―sorry‖ too. When we have hurt someone‘s feeling, we will have to go up and say we are sorry. When we have told a lie and feel sorry, we will have to use the same word. When we have forgotten something or broken a promise, we will have to explain with that word, too. ―Sorry‖ is a healing word. We can make people forget
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wrongs by using it sincerely.
These three words are simple but important. They are pleasing words to use in any language.
6. When we receive a birthday present, we have to ___________.
D. write a thank-you note 7. When someone helps us to do something, we should ____________.
A. thank him
8. One of the important words in any language is __________. D. “please”
9. We have to use the word ―please‖ when we ___________. B. ask for something
10. The three important words in any language are __________.
C. “thanks”, “please” and “sorry”
Passage 93
Mr. Perkin stood at the bus-stop and watched the cars go by. Many of the cars were new Beta 400s, and most of them were yellow. Mr. Perkin always wore the same clothes as other men, ate the same food as other people , and did the same things after work, and at the end of the week, Mr. Perkin did not like to be different.
The following week, Mr Perkin bought a new, bright yellow Beta400s. He was satisfied with it, and drove to work in it the very next day. He was even more satisfied with his new car, when he saw all the other Beta 400s, in front , behind and on both sides of him.
Mr. Perkin parked his car in a big car-park near his office, and walked the rest of the way. But when he came back at five o‘clock, there were so many bright yellow Beta 400s in the car-park that he did not know which car was his. He tried his key in some of the cars, but people passing by gave him a look he didn‘t like. So he stopped.
Poor Mr. Perkin had to wait nearly two hours until his was the only yellow Beta 400s in the car-park.
6. Mr. Perkin wanted a new yellow Beta 400s because ________.
C. he liked to do the same as other people 7. He drove to work in his new car ________. A. the very next day
8. He was satisfied with his new car because ____________. B. it was the same as other cars all around him 9. People gave him a look because ____________. D. he was trying to open more than one car 10. Mr. Perkin had to wait until ________.
A. there was only one yellow Beta 400s in the car-park
Passage 94
I am going to tell you a story about two drivers who wanted
to park their cars in the same parking space.
The man who arrived at the parking space first was rather old with gray hair. He was driving a large Rolls Royce. The beautiful car stopped just in front of the parking space. Then the driver turned his head and very slowly began to reverse his car into the space.
Just as he was doing this, a young man in a Mini came up from behind. He noticed the space and drove straight in, nose first. The older driver in the Rolls Royce stopped his car suddenly. He was very angry and red in the face. He wound down his window and looked at the young man. But the young man wasn‘t sorry. He had got out his car now and he was laughing. ―You have to be young to do that!‖ he said to the older driver and pointed at the Mini and at the space he had just taken.
The older man said nothing. He just began to reverse his Rolls Royce again and crashed into the Mini very hard. There was not much of the Mini left when the older driver had finished. The young man watched what was happening and couldn‘t believe his eyes. He was angry and very red in the face. The older driver looked out of the window and smiled. ―You have to be rich to do that.‖ He said.
6. What is the story about?
B. Two cars crashed into each other due to the drivers’ dispute over a parking space.
7. What do you know about the two drivers?
A. The young driver was quicker than the older driver. 8. What did the older driver mean when he said ―You have to be rich to do that‖?
D. Only rich people dare to do that. 9. Which of the following statement about the young driver can NOT be inferred?
D. He had expected his defeat. 10. Which of the following proverbs is NOT suitable to describe the story?
D. First come, first served.
Passage 95:
The ideal teacher may be young or old, tall or short, fat or thin. He should know his subject, but he can make mistakes if he is willing to learn. His personality is as important as his scholarship. The ideal teacher must be enthusiastic. He must never teach anything he himself is not interested in. He should be a bit of an actor and he should not be afraid to show his feeling and express his likes and dislikes. He must like his students and respect them, but he must also respect himself and take pride in his work. Otherwise, he can not respect his student and win respect from them. The ideal teacher should have an understanding of his students and be able to relate to them. He needs students‘ understanding, too. The ideal teacher should be kind, encouraging, and helpful and he should motivate his students to seek knowledge. The ideal teacher should see his students as individuals and acknowledge their differences. He must know how to encourage the self-development and growth of each of his students. The ideal teacher is one who grows, learns , and
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improves himself along with his students.
6. Which of the following is the least important in judging an ideal teacher according to the passage? A. His age and appearance. 7. Can an ideal teacher make mistakes? D. Yes. But he should be willing to learn. 8. What relationship should be set up between an ideal teacher and his students according the passage? A. Mutual respect and understanding. 9. How does an ideal teacher view his students? B. As different from each other. 10. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
B. Teachers and students benefit each other in the process of teaching and learning.
Passage 96
Once there was something wrong with a machine in a factory. The workers could do nothing but turn to a German engineer for help, who drew a line on it and then said, ―Take off the part where the line is and change it for a new one.‖ The machine, with a new part on, began running well again. The engineer then asked for $30,000 for what he had one. The following were what he wrote on a bill, ―The new part only costs one dollar, and knowing where the problem with the machine is costs $29,999.‖
One dollar for changing a new part sounds reasonable but the $29,9999 is exactly the value of wisdom and knowledge. 6. The factory turned to the German engineer because __________.
C. the workers could not repair the machine 7. The problem of the machine __________. D. was just a part
8. According to the engineer, the finding of the problem cost ___________.
B. ￥29，999
9. The writer wants to tell us that _______. C. the knowledge is worth money 10. What is the best title of the passage? A. The Value of Knowledge
Passage 97
Foulsham House is a fine, large house of the 1790s．It stands by the River Byer, in twenty—five hectares(公顷)of the best farmland in the southwest．
The house was built by Smithson, and the story goes back to George, the son of King of Whales, who fell in love with the beautiful Lady Kitty, at one of the first Foulsham's wild woods(野外)parties．Many years ago many great men rode on the hills about Foulsham House, and many fine girls took tea in the Green Room．
The house has eight bedrooms, three bathrooms(浴室), two living—rooms, and a dining—room with a real Adam fireplace．Its library has a good view over the park and the river．All rooms are light and airy, with good, high windows, and wood floors．
At the back of the house there is room for four cars．The third Foulsham once kept there．In many other
ways, this house of the 1790s meets the needs of the 1990s． If you wish to know more about Foulsham House, write to：
Harvey．Platt, Longford ＆Son 6, Castle Green, Gilham, Byreside． 1．Foulsham House is ______．
D．a house with a history of nearly two hundred years 2．We learn from the reading that ______．
B．many important people had been to Foulsham House 3．The sentence 'Its library has a good view over the park and the river, ' means '______'．
A．The park and the river can be seen clearly from the library
4．Which of the following is true?
D．There is some parking behind the house． 5．We can infer(推断) that Harvey ______．
C．wants to sell the house
Passage 98
E-mail is one of the biggest threats (威胁) to your home computer. By understanding how E-mail works, and by taking some steps in how you deal with reading and writing messages, you can keep this threat out of your computer. When you exchange E-mail with someone else, the messages sent between you and that person pass through several computers before they reach their places. Imagine this conversation as it is taking place in an Internet ―room‖, a very, very big room. Anyone, or more exactly, any program can probably understand what is being said, because most Internet conversations are not hidden in any way. As a result, others may be listening in, capturing what you send, and using it for their own good.
E-mail-borne viruses often arrive in attractive, fantastic appearances, much like the beautiful ads we receive by way of traditional mail that is made to sell us something. By beautiful appearances, an infected (感染) E-mail message seems to be something we want to read from someone we know, not a mean virus ready to destroy or damage our computers.
There are some steps that you can take to help you decide what to do with every E-mail message with an attachment (附件) that you receive. You should only read a message that passes all of these tests:
1) The Know Test: Is the E-mail from someone that you know?
2) The Received Test: Have you received E-mail from this sender before?
3) The Expected Test: Were you waiting for E-mail with an attachment from this sender?
4) The Meaning Test: Do the topic line of the E-mail message and the name of the attachment both have meanings?
5) The Virus Test: Is the E-mail infected?
1. Which of the following is the main idea in the first paragraph?
C. We should learn how E-mail works to take care of our computers.
2. What does the underlined word ―capturing‖ probably mean?
A. taking
3. As the Internet is open to anyone, we should _________.
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D. be careful with the attractive E-mails sent by strangers
4. What is the passage mainly talking about? B. The safety of home computers.
Passage 99
A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well, but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly（肚子） or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people‘s rule. They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(奇特的) to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy to work in that way.
Now the very same thing is true to literature(文学). And the question, \"How shall I begin?\" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有经验的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you will
never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail --that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning. 1. A friend of the writer‘s drew the horses ____. C. in the way of his own rule
2. The writer was surprised because ____. D. the artist did not follow other people‘s rule 3. You are not yet experienced because ____. D. you do not trust to your own powers
4. When you become more experienced you will ____. C. should write the end of the story 5. The topic of the passage is ______. D. Trust to your own powers
Passage 100
A traveller（旅行者） came out of the airport（飞机场） There were a lot of taxis. He asked every taxi－driver his name. Then he took the third one. It cost 5 dollars（美元） from the airport to the hotel. ―How much does it cost for the whole day?‖ the man asked. ―100 dollars, ‖ said the taxi-driver. This was very dear, but the man said it was OK. The taxi-driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening they went back to the hotel（旅馆）. The traveller gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars and said, ―What about tomorrow? ‖The taxi-driver looked at the man and said, ―Tomorrow? It's another 100 dollars. ‖ But the man said, ―That's OK! See you tomorrow. ‖ The taxi-driver was very pleased.
The next day the taxi-driver took the traveller everywhere again. They visited（参观）all the parks and museums again. And in the evening they went back to the hotel. The man gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars again and said, ―I'm going home tomorrow. ‖The taxi-driver was sorry because he liked the traveller and, above all, 100 dollars a day was a lot of
money. ―So you're going home. Where do you come from?‖ he asked. ―I come from New York.‖ ―New York! ‖ said the taxi-driver, ―I have a sister in New York. Her name is Susannah. Do you know her?‖ ―Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you! ‖
1．Where did the traveller come from? B．America C．
2．Why did the traveller take the third taxi? Because ____. C．he didn't want to spend his own money on the coming visit
3．Usually the cost of the travelling one day may be ____.
C．less than＄ 100
4．Who asked the traveller to give the money for the taxi-driver?
D．The driver's sister.
5．The driver was unhappy ____ .
A．when he heard the traveller's last words
Passage 101
Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can‘t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers, except the old people.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind, so computers are locked by parents in the boxes.
In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.
Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves!
1. Computer is a useful machine because _______. B. it can help us a lot
2. Many teachers and parents complain that _______. A. their students and children us computers to play games 3. In this passage, we know computers ________. A. also bring us trouble
4. Can computers really help children to study? ________. B. It‘s hard to say
5. How do you understand the under-lined sentence of this passage? I think it means _______.
C. one must decide how to use computers
Passage 102
The first Monday in September is Labor Day in the United States. It marks the unofficial end of summer and a traditional signal that school is about to start.
But now public schools often begin sometime during August. They have different reasons for starting early.
The Tucson Unified School District in Arizona began classes on August eleventh. Communications Director Chyrl Hill Lander says the earlier start time makes it possible for
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students to take semester（学期） exams before winter vacation in December. She says the school district also wants to follow a calendar similar to that of the nearby University of Arizona.
Many schools in Virginia still open the day after Labor Day. But the public schools in Montgomery County, in the southwestern part of Virginia, began classes on August twentieth. Human Resources Director Mark Pashier says his county has been opening schools in August for at least the past eight years.
The main reason, he says, is the tests that schoolchildren in Virginia take every spring. School officials want the students to have the most time to prepare for them -- which means starting the year before Labor Day.
6.When is the American Labor Day? 答案：the first Monday in September
7. Which day shows that a new school semester will begin in America?
答案：The first Monday in September
8. Which of the following statements is the reason why the Tucson Unified School District in Arizona began classes in August? 答案：The earlier start time enables students to take semester exams before winter vacation.
9. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
答案：American public schools will start after the American Labor Day.
10. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
答案：Labor Day and American Public schools
Passage 103
If you ask most Americans, they would say their favorite season of the year is summer. The weather is warm. They do not have to wear heavy clothes to keep warm. Young people do not have to go to school. They can do many activities outside, like playing sports and swimming at the beach or the pool. They like the sunshine during the day and the warm summer nights. People have written and recorded hundreds of songs about summer. These are some of our favorites.
One of the most famous songs about summer is from George Gershwin's opera \"Porgy and Bess.\" He wrote the music in nineteen thirty-five. The opera takes place in the southern United States. It opens with these words: \"Summertime and the livin' is easy. Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.\" Leontyne Price sings the song.
The nineteen fifties and sixties produced many songs about teenagers enjoying their summer vacation from school. The songs are about having fun, swimming in the ocean, driving in cars. However, for some teenagers, summer vacation was not all fun and games. Some of them had to work to earn money.
11. Why do most Americans like summer? 答案：Both A and C.
12. Why did people write and record so many songs about summer?
答案：They like summer.
13. What is NOT true about \"Porgy and Bess\"?
答案：Porgy and Bess was written by Leontyne Price. 14. Which of the following statements is NOT true? 答案：Many songs are about teenagers having fun in summer. 15. Please choose an appropriate title for the passage. 答案：Songs about Summer
Passage 104
Jean is a bright young woman who comes from
a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jean‘s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.
So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.
Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common(共同的) interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.
When Jean‘s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David‘s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!
1. Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _______. D. lonely
2. Jean thought ―David‖ was special because he _______. A. made her quite happy on QQ
3. When Jean and ―David‖ met and introduced themselves to each other, who felt surprised? B. Both ―David‖ and Jean.
4．Which of the following is true?
. B. Both ‖David‖ and Jean enjoy rock music 5. What‘s the main idea of the passage?
A. Don‘t believe those you get to know on QQ so easily.
Passage 105
A friend‘s grandfather came to America from Britain. He went into a cafeteria（自助餐厅）in lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order. Of course nobody did. At last, a woman with a plate full of food sat down in front of him and told him how a cafeteria worked. ―Start out at the end,‖ she said, ―Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end they‘ll tell you how much you have to pay.‖
―I soon learned that‘s how everything works in America,‖ the grandfather told a friend. ―Life is like a
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cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you like to pay the money. You can even get success, but you‘ll never get if you wait for someone to bring to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.‖
1.The old man was .
A．English
2.―Take his order‖ here means . A．have some food booked
3.Which of the following sentence is true?
D．The woman hadn‘t been to a cafeteria for the first time.
4.From this story, we know if you want to get success in America, you should . D．try to get everything by yourself 5.The best title of the story is . B．Life is Like a Cafeteria in America
Passage 106
When I begin to look back on all friends whom I have had, I quickly came to the conclusion that Jerry was the most important and had the greatest effect upon my life. His family moved to my block when I was only 10. Jerry was 15 at the time, but the fact that he was so much older than me seemed to make no difference to him. I was very glad that he liked me. We took long walks together, on which he would tell me stories he had heard form TV and radio programs.
But as months went by, a change came into our friendship. Jerry almost stopped coming by the house, and every time I went to his house or telephoned, he put me off with some excuses such as ―I'm studying now‖ or ―I've got some jobs to do for Mum‖. When we passed on the street, he would still give me a warm smile and friendly wave with a ―Hi, kid‖, but he would hardly ever stop to talk. Finally I realized that he was no longer interested in me and that his taste had changed. I noticed him with a girl once in a while and several times saw him going out in his family's car on a Friday or Saturday night. I simply couldn't understand what was so great about girls and parties.
But I was hurt when he finally made me know that our friendship was at an end. Of course he didn't really mean to hurt me, but it was a long time before I realized that it was an age problem that caused the break. There were a world of differences between the ideas and interests of a 17-year-old and a 12-year-old. Now that I'm over sixteen myself, I realized this, and the hurt I got then has become happy memories of the good times we were once together. I wonder if millions of other boys and girls have had a similar experience.
(1).When the writer and Jerry first met, Jerry was ______.答案(B)
B. 5 years older than the writer
(2).Their friendship lasted for ______.答案(C) C. a few months
(3).Jerry stopped playing with the writer because ______.答案(D)
D. he was not interested in the writer
(4).When a change came in their friendship, the writer ______.答案(B)
B. couldn't understand his friend for a long time (5).The main idea of the passage is that ______.答案(A) A. the age difference plays a part in friendship
Passage 107
One day in 1965, when I was a library worker at school, a teacher came to me. She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed something more difficult for him to do. ―Could you help me in the library?‖ she asked. I said, ―Send him along.‖
Soon, a golden-haired boy appeared. ―Do you have a job for me?‖ he asked. I told him about a system for sorting books. He picked up the idea immediately. Then I showed him some cards for some unreturned books that I thought had been returned but not recorded. Maybe some books were put on wrong places. He said, ―Is it a kind of a detective （侦探） job?‖ I answered yes, and then began his work.
He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and said, ―Time for rest!‖ he argued for finishing the finding job, but the teacher won.
The next morning, he arrived early, ―I want to finish these books,‖ he said. At the end of the day, when he asked to work with me more often, it was easy for me to say yes. After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy's home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother declared that the family would be moving to another school. Her son's first concern, she said, was leaving the library. ―Who will find the lost books?‖ he asked. When the time came, it was hard to say goodbye. Though at the beginning he had seemed an ordinary boy, his strong feeling of interest had made him different.
Do you know who he is? This boy became a great man of the Information Age: Bill Gates.
(1).Why did the teacher go to the library to find a job for Bill Gates?答案(C)
C. Because Bill Gates finished his study quickly and had more free time than the others.
(2).What do you know from the passage?答案(B) B. Bill Gates did his job without any difficulty.
D. His mother hoped that Bill Gates would stay for his job. (3).The sentence \"He picked up the idea immediately\" means that ______.答案(A)
A. he learned that system quickly
(4).What was Bill Gates expected to do in the library?答案(D)
D. Finding books with wrong cards.
(5).How did Bill Gates feel when his family would move to another school area?答案(C) C. Worried. .
Passage 108
People often say that the Englishman's home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them personal, and change them in any way they like. Most houses have a garden, even if it is a small one, and the garden is usually loved. The house and the garden are the private space of a person. In a crowded city a person knows that he or she has a private space which is only for himself
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or herself and for invited friends.
People usually like to mark their space. If you are on the beach you may have spread your towels around you; in the rain you may have put your coat or small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may spread your books around you.
Once I was traveling on a train to London. I was on a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man opposite to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no space on my side of the table at all. I was unhappy. I thought he thought that he owned the whole table. I had been reading a book about nonverbal （非语言的） communication so I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his case! When I did this he suddenly became angry and his eyes nearly popped out （突出）of his head. I had taken up his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off in order to read them. He immediately moved his case to his side of the table.
(1).What does the first sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?答案(A)
A. The home matters greatly to Englishmen.
(2).Which of the following is NOT the reason for most British to live in homes? 答案(B)
B. They love houses more than gardens.
(3).According to Paragraph 2, if you spread your books around you in a library, it means ______. 答案(D) D. you want to tell others the space belongs to you
(4).How did the man opposite to the writer show he owned the whole table? 答案(B)
B. He placed his briefcase on the table.
(5).The writer tried to get back his space by ______.答案(C)
C. taking up the space of the man opposite
Passage 109
We say that a person has good manners if he or she behaves politely and is kind and helpful to others. Everyone likes a person with good manners but no one likes a person with bad manners. ―Yes‖, you may say , ― but what are good manners? How do I know what to do and what not to do?‖ People all over the world agree that being well-mannered really means being kind and helping others, especially to those older or weaker than ourselves. If you remember this, you will not go very far wrong.
Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do.
He never laughs at people when they are in trouble. Instead, he tries to help them. He is always kind, never cruel, either to people or to animals. When people are waiting for a bus, or in a post office, he takes his turn.He does not push to the front of the queue. In the bus, he gives his seat to an old person or a lady who is standing. If he accidentally bumps into someone, or gets in their way, he says, ―excuse me‖ or ―I'm sorry‖.
He says ―please‖ when making a request, and ―thank you‖ when he receives something. He stands up when speaking to a lady or an older person, and he does not sit down until the other person is seated. He does not interrupt other people when they are talking. He does not talk too much himself. He does not talk loudly or laugh loudly in public. When
eating, he does not speak with his mouth full of food. He uses a handkerchief when he sneezes or coughs.
(1).Which of the following is considered as being well-mannered? 答案(C) C. Helping older people
(2).If you try to be kind and helpful to others, you ______.答案(C)
C. will be considered very polite
(3).When waiting for a bus, a well-mannered person should ______.答案(D)
D. stand where he is and wait for his turn
(4).According to this passage, a polite person ______.答案(A)
A. will not break into other's conversation
(5). The word \"accidentally\" (Line 5, Para. 4) means ______.答案(B)
B. by accident
Passage 110
Our child's behavior is greatly influenced by the way we react to what he has done. Our reactions help to determine whether our child will repeat his behavior or whether he will do something different. This statement is a very important part of a principle of behavioral psychology.
The principle states that a behavior is influenced or affected by how the environment ---- people, places and things ---- immediately responds to the behavior. Perhaps without realizing it, you have used this principle many times.
On the occasion when you told your child what a good boy he was after he cleaned up his room, you used the principle. When you sent your child to his room for fighting with his brother, you used the principle. When I gave Kim a cookie after she started to cry, I used the principle. In each of these examples, a particular behavior occurred first ---- cleaning up a room, fighting, and crying.
In addition, there was a reaction to each behavior ---- the child was praised, sent to his room, or given a cookie. By these actions, we have influenced the previous behaviors and have helped to determine whether those behaviors will occur again in the future.
(1).What is the lecture mainly about? 答案(C) C. Children's behavior and our response.
(2).On what kind of principle is the lecture based? 答案（B) B. A principle in behavioral psychology.
(3).Who do you think the audience at this lecture might be? 答案(D) D. Parents.
(4).According to the lecture, why was the child sent to his room? 答案(A)
A. As a kind of punishment.
(5).What does the lecturer mean by \"environment\"?答案(C) C. People, places and things. .
Passage 111
In the water around New York city is a very small island called Liberty Island. On Liberty Island there is a very special statue called the Statue of Liberty. It is one of the most famous sights in the world.
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France
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to the people of the United States. The statue was made by a (4).According to the passage Einstein did his greatest work French sculptor named Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The ______. 答案(B) inner support system was designed by Gustave Eiffel, the B. when he was young same man who made the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris. (5).It may be concluded that ______. 答案(C) Liberty, of course, means freedom, and the Statue of Liberty C. Germans usually have a high respect for science was given to the United States to celebrate the
one-hundredth anniversary of U.S independence from Passage 113
England. The statue was built in France, taken apart piece After having lived for over twenty years in the same by piece, and then rebuilt in the United States. It was opened district, Albert Hall was forced to move to a new for the public on October 28, 1886. neighborhood. He surprised his landlord by telling As you might expect, the statue is very big. Visitors can ride him that he was leaving because he could not afford an elevator from the ground to the bottom of the statue. If to buy any more chocolate. they want, they can then walk up 168 steps to reach the head It all began a year ago when Albert Hall returned of the statue where they can look out and enjoy the beautiful home one evening and found a large dog in front of sight of the city of New York. his gate. He was very fond of animals and as he happened to have a small piece of chocolate in his (1).A good title for this selection is ______.答案(C) pocket, he gave it to the dog. The next day, the dog C. The Statue of Liberty was there again. It held up its paws （爪子） and (2).The word ―sights‖ in the first paragraph means .答案(D) received another piece of chocolate as a reward. D. something that you can see Albert called his new friend “Bingo”. He never found (3).The statue was built ______.答案(A) out the dog's real name, nor who his owner was. A. in France However, Bingo appeared regularly every afternoon (4).We may conclude that the elevator does not ___.答案(C) and it was quite clear that he liked chocolate more C. go to the top than bones. He soon grew dissatisfied with small (5).The man who made the part of the statue that we can see pieces of chocolate and demanded a large bar a day. on the outside was ______.答案(B) If at any time Albert couldn't give it, Bingo got
B. Bartholdi very angry and refused to let him open the gate. Albert was now at Bingo's mercy and had to “buy him” Passage 112 to get into his own house! He spent such a large part Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, of his week's wage to keep Bingo supplied with greater than what only a few other men have achieved. An chocolate that in the end he had to move somewhere American university president once commented that else. Einstein had created a new outlook, a new view of the
universe. It may be some time before the average mind (1).Albert had been living in the same district for understands fully the identity of time and space and so ______. 答案(D)
on-but even ordinary men understand now that the universe D. more than twenty years is something larger than ever thought before. (2).Albert decided to move because ____. 答案(C) By 1914 the young Einstein had gained world fame. He C. he couldn't get into his own house
accepted the offer to become a professor at the Prussian (3).Bingo waited for Albert every afternoon at the Academy of Science in Berlin. He had few duties, little gate because ______. 答案(B) teaching and unlimited opportunities for study, but soon his B. he wanted the chocolate
peace and quiet were broken by the First World War.Einstein (4).We can tell from the story that __. 答案(D) hated violence. The misery of war affected him deeply, and D. it took Albert too much money to buy chocolate he sat unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in for Bingo
his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to (5).Albert had to “buy him” means ____. 答案(C) get back to work. C. Albert had to give him chocolate In the years following World War I honors were increasingly
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Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Noble The total area of land on earth is about 149 million Prize, and he was honored in Germany until the rise of square kilometers, or about 29 percent of the total Nazism when he was driven from Germany because he was area of the earth. a Jew. The average height of the land is about 750 metres above the sea level. The Eurasian（欧亚大陆的） land (1).The main idea of Paragraph 1 is ______. 答案(C) mass is the largest with an area of 54,527,600 square C. the change in human thought produced by Einstein kilometers. The smallest continent is the (2).According to the American university president, ___. Australian mainland, with an area of about 7,614,600 答案(D) square kilometers, which together with Tasmania, D. Our ideas about the universe are different today because New Zealand, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands, is of Einstein described as Oceania.The total area of Oceania is (3).According to Paragraph 2, Albert Einstein __. 答案(C) about 8,935,500 square kilometres, including West C. was famous in the world Iran which is political in Asia.
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The world's largest peninsula（半岛） is Arabia, with A. basketball was invented in America
an area of about 3,327,500 square kilometres. The (3).People all over the world enjoy sports because largest island in the world is Greenland, with an ________. 答案(D) area of about 2,175,600 square kilometres. D. all of the above
The largest island surrounded by fresh water is the (4).From this passage we can see that _______. Ilha de Marajo (4,022 square kilometres) in the 答案(D)
mouth of the Amazon River, Brazil. The largest D. according to the author sports and games are island in a lake is Manitoulin Island (2,766 square significant to our life in many respects
kilometres) in the Canadian section of Lake Huron. (5).What's the writer's attitude towards sports? This island itself has on it a lake of 106 square 答案(A) kilometres called Manitou Lake, in which there are A. positive several islands. Passage 116 (1).The total area of the world is about __. 答(A) It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry, but there A. 514 million square kilometers was not any meat in the house. Mrs. Smith took a piece (2).The area of Tasmania, New Zealand, New Guinea of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give and the Pacific Islands adds up to about ________ my dog half a pound of meat. ” Then she gave the square kilometres. 答案(B) paper to her dog and said gently: “Take this to the B. 1,320,900 butcher and he's going to give you your lunch today.” (3).Oceania is made up of ________. 答案(D) Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran D. Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, New Guinea and to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. the Pacific Islands The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it (4).As mentioned in the passage there are several was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it islands in ________. 答案(C) as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate C. Manitou Lake the meat up at once. At noon, the dog came to the (5).The largest island surrounded by fresh water is shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper in ________. 答案(A) again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of A. a river meat once more. The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon still with a piece of paper in the Passage 115 mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live regarded the dog as one of his customers. But, the longer. dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing Sports change with the season. People play different happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, games in winter and summer. it came for the third time at six o'clock, and Games and sports often grow out of people's work and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is in much of their everyday life; they use them in a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat their sports, too. to eat today? ” Looking at the piece of paper, he Some sports are so interesting that people found that there were not any words on it! everywhere go in for them. Football, for example,
has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in (1).Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite all countries near the sea or in those with many _________. 答案(C) rivers. C. kindly
Some sports or games go back to thousands of years (2).The dog seemed to know that the paper Mrs. Smith ago, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for gave it ________. 答案(A) example, has a very long history. But basketball and A. could do much good
volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred (3).The butcher did not give any meat to the dog years old yet. People are inventing new sports or _______. 答案(A) games all the time. A. before he felt sure that the words were really People from different countries may not be able to written by Mrs. Smith
understand each other, but after a game they often (4).The dog always went to the butcher's with a become good friends. Sports help to train a person's piece of paper, because it found that ____.答案(D) character. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, D. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of to win without pride and to lose with grace. meat (5).At the end of the story, you'll find that ___.(1).According to this passage we know that ________. 答案(A) 答案(D) A. the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal D. not all the games have a long history
(2).The writer didn't tell us in this passage that Passage 117 ________. 答案(A) A story is told about a soldier who was finally
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coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He went wrong. That night as he played, he felt as if called his parents from San Francisco. “Mom and Dad, it were the worst concert of his young life. The next I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a day, in the newspapers, some of the comments were friend. I'd like to bring him home with me.” so unkind. The young musician was painful. “Sure,” they replied, “we'd love to meet him.” That day, as he sat in his hotel room in total “There's something you should know,” the son despair（绝望）, there came a knocking at his door. continued, “he was injured pretty badly in the He had a visitor. The famous Finnish composer（作fighting. He stepped on a land mine（地雷） and lost 曲家） Jean Sibelius had come by to congratulate the an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I young pianist on his performance. Jean-Michael want him to live with us.” asked how he thought of that and began to quote some “We're sorry to hear that, son. But, maybe we can of the newspaper critics. \"Hands of iron. No help him find somewhere to live.” imagination. Little skill, no joy. Don't you hear “No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us.” what they say?\" he asked. “Son,” said the father, “you don't know what Jean Sibelius looked at young Jean-Michael and said, you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would \" Remember, son, there is no city in the world where be a terrible burden to us. We have our own lives they have erected a statue（雕像） for a critic.\" to live, and we can't let something like this
interfere with our lives. I think you should just (1).According to the passage, Jean-Michael Lourdis come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a _________. 答案(B) way to live on his own.” B. cared too much about what the critics had said At that point, the son hung up the phone. The (2).A critic in those days usually _____. 答案(A) parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, A. found fault with musicians' performances however, they received a call from the San Francisco (3).The young musician was painful because police. Their son had died after falling from a __________. 答案(C) building. The police believed he had killed himself. C. some of the comments were so unkind
The grief-stricken（悲痛欲绝的） parents flew (4).The comments mentioned all EXCEPT ___. 答案(D) to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgueD. wonderful
（太平间） to identify the body of their son. They (5).Jean Sibelius came to visit the young musician recognized him, but to their horror they also because __________. 答案(C) discovered something they didn't know, their son had C. he wanted to tell the young man his performance was only one arm and one leg. great
(1).The soldier called his parents from San Passage 119 Francisco _________. 答案(B) In 1920, barely out of his teens, Alfred Hitchcock B. after having fought in Vietnam went to work for an American film company which had (2).The soldier told his parents that he wanted opened a studio in Islington, London. His first job them to _________. 答案(D) at the studio was writing captions （脚本） for D. agree to his plan that he would bring his wounded silent movies. Within two years, he was writing friend home and live with them scripts（剧本） and working as an assistant director. (3).His father considered his plan ____. 答案(A) For the rest of the 1920s, Hitchcock worked on one A. unacceptable film after another in Britain and Germany. Filming (4).A few days later ________. 答案(B) was often a rough-and-ready（匆忙做成的） affair and B. the parents were told by the police that their the assistant director was required to step in and son had killed himself plug gaps. A cameraman went missing, Hitchcock (5).The son killed himself because ___. 答案(B) became a cameraman. A scene needed rewriting, B. his father's words greatly disappointed him and he didn't Hitchcock rewrote it. Someone needed to be in charge want to be a burden to his parents of money when the film crew was on location, Hitchcock looked after the money. Passage 118 At the same time, this being the era of silent movies, Jean-Michael Lourdis was a promising young pianist. Hitchcock was learning the language of cinema: But when the young man played, it seemed to him, as telling a story－not through dialogue, but through if his hands were iron. He worried so much about his visual images（视觉影象）. This led to his success playing that he became oversensitive （过度敏感的） later.
to the comments of his playing. Unfortunately, in When he began to direct his own films, first in those days, a critic（批评家） was not considered Britain and later in Hollywood, he was determined a critic, unless he found something wrong. This to make films that held the audience's attention and attitude of the critics would often leave the young kept tension（紧张感）. He succeeded. Hitchcock's man ready to give up his dream and return home. ability to put you on the edge of your seat makes He was invited to play in Helsinki. The rich, the him one of the greatest makers of suspense（悬念） famous, the leaders of State were all there. movies. Jean-Michael had one of those days when everything
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(1).Alfred Hitchcock's first job at the studio was to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming _____. 答案(C) difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without C. writing captions for silent movies listening to background music.
(2).According to the context, “step in and plug To begin with, background music was intended gaps” (in Line 3, Para. 2) means _____.答案(A) simply to create a soothing （舒适的） atmosphere. A. take one's place to do something Recently, however, it's becoming a big business. An (3).________ prepared Hitchcock for his success American marketing expert has shown that music can later. 答案(B) boost（提升） sales or increase factory production B. Telling a story through visual images by as much as a third.
(4).He was determined to ________ in his But it has to be the light music. Lively music film-making. 答案(D) has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can D. draw the audience's attention and keep tension increase receipts（收入） by 34%. This is probably (5).Which of the following about Hitchcock is TRUE? because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity 答案(B) to spot items they would like to buy. Yet, slow music B. He had taken up different jobs before he succeeded. isn't always the answer. The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer Passage 120 to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So People have been talking about health for a long time restaurant owners might be well advised to play because people know the importance of it. People's faster music to keep the customers moving－unless, understanding of health also becomes deeper with the of course, the resulting indigestion（消化不良） progress in scientific research. Recently the term leads to complaints. \"health\" has come to have a wider meaning than it
used to. It no longer means just the absence of (1).Background music was first used__. 答案(D) illness. Today, health means the well-being of your D. in the factories, shops and restaurants in the body, your mind and your relationship with other USA
people. This new concept of health is closely (2).An American marketing expert has found related to another term－quality of life. Quality background music can __________. 答案(A) of life is the degree of overall satisfaction that A. increase sales or factory production a person gets from life. (3)._____ has no effect on sales. 答案(C) Why has the emphasis of health shifted from the C. lively music
absence of disease to a broader focus on the quality (4).Slow music is useless in ________ in increasing of a person's life? One reason for this has to do sales. 答案(B) with the length and conditions of life that people B. restaurants
can now expect. Medical advances have made it (5).Restaurant owners are advised to play ________ possible for people today to live longer, healthier to increase overall sales. 答案(D) lives. Imagine for a moment that you were born in D. faster music the year 1900. You could have expected on average
to live until about the age of 47. In contrast, if Passage 122
you were born in the year 1999, you could expect to On February 14th many people in the world celebrate live to the age of 75. an unusual holiday, St. Valentine's Day, a special (1).________ leads to people's deeper understanding day for lovers. The origin of this holiday is of health. 答案(B) uncertain but according to one story it gets its name B. Progress in scientific research from a Christian named Valentine who lived in Rome (2).According to the passage, to people of today, during the 3rd century A.D. His job was to perform health means ________. 答案(D) marriages for Christian couples. Unfortunately the D. overall satisfaction with life Emperor of Rome didn't allow Christian marriages. (3).The emphasis of health has shifted nowadays So they had to be performed in secret（秘密地）. because _________. 答案(A) Finally Valentine was arrested and put into prison. A. people enjoy better conditions of living and they While he was in prison he fell in love with the can live longer daughter of the prison guard. After one year the (4).We can infer from the passage ____. 答案(B) Emperor offered to release（释放） Valentine if he B. the overall quality of people's lives improved would stop performing Christian marriages. greatly in the 20th century Valentine refused and so he was killed in February, (5).This passage is mainly about _____. 答案(A) 270 A.D. Before he was killed Valentine sent a love A. different understandings of the term \"health\" letter to the daughter of the prison guard. He signed the letter \"from your Valentine\". That was the first Passage 121 Valentine.
Background music may seem harmless, but it can have Today Valentines are cards usually red and a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded shaped like hearts with messages of love written in background music first found its way into factories, them. On Valentine's Day tens of millions of people shops and restaurants in the USA. Very soon it spread send and receive Valentines. Whether it is an
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expensive heart-shaped box of chocolates from a newspaper C. people don't believe weather forecasts secret admirer or a simple hand-made card from a on the radio and TV and in the newspaper D. people child, a Valentine is a very special message of love. on the whole find the weather in Britain irritating (4).According to the last paragraph, some visitors' (1).The passage is mainly about _____. 答案(B) wrong impression is that ________. 答案(B)
B. one possible origin of St. Valentine's Day A. weather in Britain is cold B. Britain is a hot (2).Valentine was put into prison because country C. travelers dislike Britain D. it always _________. 答案(C) rains in Britain
C. he performed marriages for Christian couples, (5).The passage mainly talks about _____. 答案(C) which was against the king's wish A. culture in Britain B. people in Britain C. weather in (3).It is ___ that Valentine was killed? 答案(C) Britain D. travel in Britain C. because he refused to accept the Emperor's offer (4).Which of the following about Valentines is TRUE? Passage 124 答案(D) Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest D. all of the above men in history had thought about the problem. One (5).People send Valentines to each other nowadays of them, for example, was the great Italian artist, ________.答案(A) Leonardo Da Vinci. In the sixteenth century he made A. to show their love and affection designs for machines that would fly, but they were never built. Passage 123 Throughout history, other less famous men had wanted The weather seems to be everybody's favorite topic to fly. An example was a man in England 800 years of conversation in Britain. This is not because the ago. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. weather is particularly exciting, or even because Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into air people are particularly interested in it, but from a tall building. He did not fly very far. because people have to talk about something and the Instead, he fell to the ground and broke every bone weather serves as a convenient subject. It's in his body.
something everybody shares and it's a safe topic, The first real steps took place in France, in not too personal or intimate （亲密的）. 1783. Two brothers, the Montgolfiers, made a very The main thing to say about the weather in Britain large “hot air balloon”. They knew that hot air is that it's unpredictable. For some people this is rises. Why not fill a balloon with it? The balloon interesting, for others it is irritating（烦人的）. was made of cloth and paper. In September of that But certainly you can never tell with certainty from year, the King and Queen of France came to see the one day to the next what the weather is going to be balloon. They watched it carry the very first air like. Every morning when you wake up is a glorious passengers into the sky. The passengers were a sheep surprise－especially if you have planned to go to and a chicken. We do not know how they felt about the seaside and you find it is pouring rain or the trip. But we do know that the trip lasted eight snowing. There are weather forecasts（预报） on the minutes and that the animals landed safely. Two radio and TV and in the newspaper－but on the whole months later, two men did the same thing. They rose nobody believes them. above Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip Because British weather is so unpredictable, lasted twenty-five minutes and they traveled about some visitors get quite the wrong impression. Some eight kilometers. people spend two weeks in Britain in the middle of
a heat wave. They come back the next year equipped (1).Leonardo Da Vinci ________.答案(D) with bikinis（比基尼）, sun cream and shorts, only D. made designs for flying machines
to find that it never stops raining and the (2).Eight hundred years ago an Englishman .答案(B) temperature never rises above 10 degrees. B. tried to fly with wings made of chicken feather (3).In fact, the Englishman who tried to fly (1).Everybody in Britain is fond of talking about ________.答案(A) weather because _________.答案(D) A. lost his life
A. the weather is particularly exciting B. people (4).The very first air passengers in the balloon are particularly interested in it C. weather is a were ________.答案(C) personal topic D. weather is a safe topic C. two animals (2).The word “unpredictable”(in Line 1, Paragraph (5).When did the two Frenchmen rise above Paris? 2) means ________.答案(A) 答案(C)
A. cannot be told in advance B. cannot be understood C. In November 1783. C. cannot be prepared for ahead D. cannot be concluded Passage 125 (3).The author points out that ____. 答案(C) A film was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlboro A. people in Britain know for sure what the weather commercial. This was in 1868, before they prohibited is going to be like the next day B. weather cigarette ads from American television. Darrell forecasts are missing on the radio and TV and in the Winfield was watching the crew set up the equipment.
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The scene included an actor crossing a river on We fight about little things and my husband is very horseback, but when the time came to shoot, the man critical of me in front of our friends. For the first was too drunk to ride. Someone from the crew saw time in our marriage, I think it is possible that Winfield and asked him if he would ride the horse our marriage may come to an end.
for 50 dollars. “Hell,” said Winfield, “for 50 I love my husband very much, and I don't want him bucks, I'll jump that damn horse over the moon!” to feel inferior, but I also love my job. I think To people in many countries, Winfield is just a I can be a good wife and a working woman, but I don't familiar but nameless face, a simple cowboy with an know how. Who can give me some advice? Will I have advertising message about a connection between the to choose one or the other or can I keep both my West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that husband and my new career? he is 55, a family man who's been married to the same
woman for 37 years and has 5 children and 7 (1).When was the passage most probably written? grandchildren. Most surprisingly, he's a real, 答案(B)
working cowboy who raises horses in his ranch in B. Around 1996. Wyoming. (2).The husband was supportive, for he ___.答案(C) One of the most striking things about the Marlboro C. encouraged her to go back to work
Man is that success hasn't changed him much. He says (3).Which of the following statements is true that complete strangers sometimes come up to him and according to the passage? 答案(C)
say, “I've met you,know you from somewhere. ”C. Her husband stopped talking to her about her job Whenever it happens, he says that he gets when her career was approaching success. embarrassed. (4).As she was making more money, ______.答案(B) B. She found a gap taking place between her husband (1).Which of the following statements is true? and her 答案(D) (5).The difficult position a working woman is in is D. Marlboro commercials were allowed on television a choice between _________.答案(D) in America before 1868. D. job and marriage (2).What does the word “prohibited” in the first paragraph mean?答案(B) Passage 127 B. forbidden Last Friday a storm tore through two villages in the (3).When they filmed the ad, ________. 答案(B) New Territories destroying fourteen homes. Seven B. the actor in the ad was too drunk others were so badly damaged that their owners had (4).From the passage, we know that Winfield was to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows _______. 答案(A) or torn roofs. One person was killed, several were A. an ordinary man badly injured and taken to hospital, and a number (5).When people recognized Winfield, he felt of other people received smaller injuries. ________.答案(D) Altogether over two hundred people were homeless as D. uncomfortable a result of the storm. A farmer, Mr. C. Y. Tan, said that the storm began Passage 126 early in the morning and lasted for over an hour. My husband and I got married in 1981 and for the first “I was in the kitchen with my wife and children,” ten years of our marriage I was very happy to stay he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes home and raise our three children. Then four years later our house fell down on top of us, we managed ago, our youngest child went to school and I thought to climb out but then I saw that one of my children I might go back to work. was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe My husband was very supportive and helped me to make but very frightened.” my decision. He emphasized all of the things I could Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left do around the house, and said he thought I could be for work when she noticed that her house was shaking. a great success in business. She rushed outside immediately with her children. After several weeks of looking for a job, I found “There was no time to take anything,” she said. my present job, which was working for a small public “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
relations firm. At first, my husband was very proud Soldiers helped to bring people out of the flooded of me and would tell his friends,“My clever little area and the Welfare Department provided food, wife can run that company she's working for.” clothes and shelter. But as his joking statement approached truth, my
husband stopped talking to me about my job. I have (1).Some of the people were taken to hospital received several promotions and pay increases, and because ________.答案(B)
I'm now making more money than he is. I can buy my B. they had been badly injured
own clothes and a new car. Because of our joint (2).When the storm first began, Mr. Tan ___.答(B) incomes, my husband and I can do many things we had B. was inside his house always dreamed of doing, but we don't do these things (3).When Mr. Tan's house fell down, ____ inside it. because he is very unhappy. 答案(D)
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D. the whole family was
(4).Mrs. Woo and her family escaped injury because _________.答案(B)
B. they were all outside the house when the storm began
(5).Which of these would be the best title for the passage?答案(D) D. A Terrible Storm
Passage 128
The fourth Thursday in November is called Thanksgiving Day. In the United States, it is an annual occasion to show thanks to God for his goodness.
As a historical, national and religious holiday, Thanksgiving Day began with the English in Plymouth Colony. As far back as 1621, after a long bitter winter and the gathering of the first harvest, these early settlers shared a feast with the local Indians and offered prayers of thanksgiving. The first national Thanksgiving Day was proclaimed（颁布） by President Washington on November 26, 1789. President Lincoln revived the custom in 1863. It was not until 1941 that the U.S. Congress adopted a resolution（决定）, setting the fourth Thursday of November as an annual Thanksgiving Day. Thus what began as a religious celebration of the harvest has since become a nationwide holiday.
Now Thanksgiving Day is usually a family day, celebrated with a traditional turkey dinner and a happy reunion. Schools are closed on Thanksgiving Day and the day after. Many people, including students studying in another state, often travel long distances to spend the holiday at home.
(1).Thanksgiving Day was first celebrated in 1621 by ________ of the Plymouth Colony. 答案(A) A. English settlers
(2).________ set Thursday, November 26, 1789 as the First National Thanksgiving Day. 答案(C) C. President Washington
(3).Since _________, the fourth Thursday of November has been set as an annual Thanksgiving Day, a nationwide holiday. 答案(B) B. 1941
(4).The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has not changed through the years. The basic traditional food on Thanksgiving Day is ________. 答案(D) D. roast turkey
(5).The passage is mainly about ________.答案(B) B. how Thanksgiving Day came into being
Passage 129
High in the Swiss Alps many years ago, there lived a lonely shepherd boy who longed for a friend to share his evenings. One night he saw three old men, each holding a glass. The first old man said：“Drink this liquid and you shall be victorious in battle.” The second old man said：“Drink this liquid and you shall have countless riches.”
The last old man said：“I offer you the happiness of music-----the horn（号角）.”
The boy chose the third glass, The next day, he came upon a great horn, ten feet in length, When he put his lips to it, a beautiful melody（旋律） floated across the valley. He had found a friend.
So goes the legend（传说） of the horn. First known in the ninth century, the horn was used by herdsmen（牧人） to call cattle, for its deep tones echoed across the mountainsides. Even today, on a quiet summer evening, its music can be heard floating among the peaks.
(1).After the shepherd boy found the horn, he discovered it was ________.答案(D) D. like a new-found friend
(2).Today the horn is heard in the Swiss Alps ________.答案(B) B. in summer
(3).Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?答案(B) B. The Legend of the Horn
(4).What detail about the shepherd boy does the passage tell us?答案(A) A. His lonely job. (5).Why did the boy choose to drink the glass offered by the last old man?答案(C) C. The boy loved music.
Passage 130
A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, “Do you see that young man at the other side of the square?” “Yes,” said the taxi driver. The young man was standing outside a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watch every few seconds. “Take me over there,” said the young lady. There were a lot of cars and buses in the square, so the taxi driver asked, “Are you afraid to cross the street?”
“Oh, no!” said the young lady. “But I promised that I would meet the young man for lunch at one o' clock, and it is now a quarter to two. If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least seem as if I had tried not to be late.”
(1).The young man at the other side of the square ________.答案(A)
A. had probably been waiting for a long time (2).The young lady was ________.答案(A) A. clever at making excuse
(3).Had she tried not to be late?答案(B)
B. No, she was just pretending that she had tried (4).How did the young woman get to the square? 答案(D)
D. The story doesn't tell us.
(5).Why did the lady stop the taxi?答案(C)
C. Because she wanted to go to the restaurant in it.
Passage 131
China's former volleyball star Lang Ping has been
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invited to coach the US women's national team for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. But China's sports media said the offer would be difficult to accept. Lang, who is presently coaching a club team in Italy's professional volleyball league, told sina.com that she was considering the offer by the US Volleyball Association. \"Right now I'm still considering their offer but I will answer them soon,\" Lang said. \"If I don't take the job, I have to give them enough time to find someone else.\"
Lang, 45，won Olympic gold in 1984. She later coached the Chinese women to silver at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 1998 World Championships. She has also coached at New Mexico University in the United States where her daughter was born and lives. The reaction in the Chinese media to Lang's job offer was swift and strong. Many say that if she takes the job it would be a direct challenge to China's goal of winning the women's volleyball medal at the Beijing Games. \"As an unusual player and a spiritual leader of Chinese volleyball, Lang Ping's influence over China far exceeds（超越）that of an ordinary player,\" says the China Olympic Committee website. \"If Lang stands with the opponents（对手）during women's volleyball matches, you can be assured that this will be difficult to accept for the new Chinese players, difficult for coach Chen Zhonghe, who was once her assistant, and difficult for all Chinese watching on television,\" the site continued.
(1).According to the text, if Lang Ping stands with the opponents during women's volleyball matches, who will most probably have trouble?答案(B) B. Our women's volleyball team.
(2).When reporting the news, the author seemed to be a little _______.答案(D) D. worried
(3).Sina.com website is openly against Lang Ping's offer, isn't it？答案(B)
B. No, it is not necessarily.
(4).According to this passage, Lang Ping is _______ at present.答案(B) B. a club coach
(5).From the text, we can learn _______.答案(D) D. Lang Ping is thinking the US offer over
Passage 132
Until 1983, Tillson Lake had been a lovely weekend and vacation place for many families. Then everything changed. During the Fourth of July weekend, residents woke up one morning to find that the lake had disappeared.
Some people didn't believe what they were seeing. They looked again, but to their amazement they found they had been right the first time. The lake was simply no longer there. In its place was a big muddy hole, 30 feet deep. It was as if the lake had been a giant bathtub and someone had pulled the plug. The lake's owner, Joseph Unanue, did indeed pull the plug. That's exactly what happened. The dam that
held back the water to form the lake was falling apart, so government officials ordered him to repair it. They issued him a permit to lower the dam level “five feet or more.”He did much more. Mr. Unanue found repairs to the dam would cost $100,000. He didn't want to spend that much, so he opened the dam and lowered the water level until the lake was completely emptied. People living above the dam ended up with no lake. People living below the dam ended up with tons of mud and lots of dead fish. Everyone involved was angry with Mr. Unanue.
Area residents believed Mr. Unanue acted out of spite（恶意）. They said he wanted to get back at them because the town wouldn't let him develop an amusement park on the lakeshore. When he couldn't build his park, he just went away and took his lake with him.
(1).The lake was compared to a bathtub because ______. 答案(D)
D. it could be emptied out
(2).Mr.Unanue emptied out the lake because _________. 答案(C)
C. he didn't want to fix the dam
(3).Neighbors think Mr. Unanue is _____. 答(D) D. a bad man with ill will
(4).The situation could be changed by ____. 答(A) A. repairing the dam
(5).The story is mainly about ______. 答案(B) B. a bad-tempered man and his lake
Passage 133 Younger people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about life, work and play. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in peace. Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. The aim is not just to keep busy but rather to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make furniture and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photography or painting. Others sit around talking and singing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.
When people live together, rules are always necessary. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. The group discusses the problem. They ask, “Why did it happen? ” “What should we do about it? ”
One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience: “ You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group. ”
(1).When and where was the special program offered? 答案(C)
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C. Every summer in New York State. (2).What will people do when someone breaks a rule? 答案(B)
B. Have a group discussion about it.
(3).Which of the following is NOT stated directly in the passage as a purpose of the program?答案(C) C. To find a way to solve the generation gap. (4).What do the teenagers NOT do when they are free? 答案(C)
C. They build houses.
(5).What is the passage mainly about? 答案(D) D. How adults and teenagers live together in a special group.
Passage 134
The modern sailing ship was developed by a man who never went to sea. He was Prince Henry of Portugal, the younger son of the Portuguese king and an English princess.
Prince Henry lived on the fifteenth century. As a boy he became devoted to the sea, and he dedicated himself to improving the design of ships and the methods of sailing them. In 1416, when he was twenty-two, Henry founded a school for mariners, to which he invited everyone who could help him-Jewish astronomers, Italian and Spanish sailors, and Arab mathematicians and map makers who knew how to use the compass of the day and could improve it.
Henry's goal was to design and equip vessels that would be capable of making long ocean voyages without having to keep close to the shore. The ship, which he helped design, carried more sails and was longer and slimmer than any ship then made, yet was tough enough to stand up against gales at sea. He also developed the carrack, which was a slower ship, but one that was capable of carrying more goods. The world owes credit to Prince Henry for the development of craft that made oceanic exploration possible. He lives in history as Henry the Navigator.
(1).Prince Henry's goal was to design vessels that could ________.答案(A)
A. make long deep-sea voyages
(2).Compared with his ship, Henry's carrack was _________.答案(C)
C. able to carry more goods
(3).Prince Henry started his school for the purpose of ________.答案(B)
B. improving ship design and sailing methods (4).Prince Henry's principal achievement was that of ________.答案(A)
A. making oceanic exploration possible
(5).The best title for this selection is __.答(B) B. The Mariner Prince
Passage 135
Since their strongest connection has always been with family, when it comes to friendship, the French seem to be more careful than the British. A Frenchman may be ready to start a chat with a stranger in a
train or café and a discussion with feelings, but the speakers will remain unknown to each other by name; personal questions are not asked in most cases.
The British and Americans are certainly more open than the French when meeting new people, developing them quickly into friends, asking them home, and calling them “Bill”. The French themselves admit that they are careful in developing new friendships in a society still based on mistrust（猜疑）, and much talking has to be done before this mistrust disappears.
Yet the French consider the British-American style of so-called friendship to be lacking in depth. The French do not make true friendship lightly, and most of these are formed in youth, or slowly over the years among co-workers. Once made, they will be lasting and faithful. But except at a higher executive （行政的） level, office co-workers do not often try to meet each other socially and casual friendship is seldom seen between workers of different grades. This can make life lonely for anyone who arrives to work in a new town, especially Paris, without existing friends. However, the pattern has been changing in the past ten years, especially among younger workers and in new-style offices open to American methods.
(1).The French are usually closest to their _____.答案(C) C. family (2).Generally speaking, when a Frenchman talks with a stranger, he ______.答案(B)
B. is ready to talk with feelings
(3).According to the passage the British ___.答(C) C. invite new friends to their homes sometimes (4).The following statements are true EXCEPT ______.答案(D)
D. The French do not have true friends
(5).The best title for the passage may be __.答(B) B. The French Style of Friendship
Passage 136
When a man and a woman get married, it is one of the biggest decisions they will make in life. A man may select a woman because he, in his own eyes, sees her as the just-right wife for him. Every man has his own definition of what the “just-right” wife is. For example, the rich man and the poor man both may define their just-right wife according to her physical qualities.
A rich man may describe his “just-right” wife as charming, beautiful, wise and well developed. On the other hand, a poor man may define his “just-right” wife as pleasing, attractive, smart and shapely. Both men describe their just-right wife by the same physical qualities but use different words.
Although some men define the just-right wife by her physical qualities, other men describe their just-right wife by her other qualities. For example, the outdoor man may define his just-right wife as
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a woman who love to fish, to camp, and to hunt, while the inside sportsman may define his just-right wife as a woman who enjoys watching football, basketball and tennis. Both of these define their just-right wife by her sports qualities but in two different ways.
Men from all countries also have their definition of the just-right wife. For example, the Italian man describes his woman who stands six feet one inch tall with golden hair and blue eyes. On the other hand, the French man may describe his ideal woman as a woman who stands only five feet three inches with brown hair and green eyes
(1).Which of the following will an “outdoor man” love to do according to the passage?答案(C)
C. He will be more than happy if you invite him to go hunting with you.
(2).Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?答案(C)
C. The rich man and the poor man have different opinions on what an ideal wife should be like. (3).What is the main idea of the passage?答案(B) B. Men from all countries define what the “just-right” wife is in the same way. (4).The word “define” means ______.答案(A) A. give the meaning of
(5).What qualities of a woman are mentioned in this passage when a man describes his ideal wife?答案(D)
D. Both A and B
Passage 137
Advertisement can be thought of \"as the means of making known in order to buy or sell goods or services\". Advertisement aims to increase people's awareness and arouse interest. It tries to inform and to persuade. The media are all used to spread the message. The press offers a fairly cheap method, and magazines are used to reach special sections of the market. The cinema and commercial radio are fairly cheap and more permanent in their power of attraction. Other ways of increasing consumer interest are through exhibitions and trade fairs as well as direct mail advertisement.
There can be no doubt that the growth in advertisement is one of the most striking features of the western world in this century. Many businesses such as those handling frozen foods, liquor, tobacco and medicines have been built up largely by advertisement. We might ask whether the cost of advertisement is paid for by the producer or by the customer. Since advertisement forms part of the cost of production, which has to be covered by the selling price, it is clear that it is the customer who pays for the advertisement. However, if large-scale advertisement leads to increased demand, production costs are reduced, and the customer pays less. It is difficult to measure exactly the influence of advertisement on sales. When the market is
growing, advertisement helps to increase demand. When the market is shrinking, advertisement may prevent a bigger fall in sales than would occur without its support. What is clear is that businesses would not pay large sums for advertisement if they were not convinced of its value to them.
(1).Advertisement is mainly paid for by ____.答(A) A. the customer
(2).Advertisement can increase demand ____.答案(C) C. in a growing market
(3).By the last sentence of this passage the author tells us that _______.答案(D)
D. advertisement usually cost businesses large amounts of money
(4).Advertisement is often used to _____.答案(D) D. push the sale
(5).The word \"media\" (Para. 1) includes ___.答(D) D. all of the above
Passage 138
As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself” (DIY) trend in the U. S. continues to grow.
“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Ross, “and we just didn't have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a two-week course for ＄ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for ＄ 420. “I was deeply upset about it. Now I've finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.” John and Jim are not unusual people. In order to save money, most families in the country are doing everything they can so that they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-yourselfer”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don't have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
(1).When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim ______.答案(D) D. keeps house and looks after his children
(2).Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourselfer when ______.答案(A) A. his car repairs cost too much
(3).What would be the best title for the text?答案(B)
B. You Can Do It Too!
(4).We can learn from the text that many newly married people ______.答案(A)
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A. find it hard to pay for what they need
(5).John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to ______.答案(B) B. make or repair things
Passage 139
In 1801, Thomas Jefferson was the first president to take the oath（誓言） of office in the nation's permanent capital, Washington D.C. Although Washington was a new city, it was already familiar to President Jefferson. In fact, Jefferson had helped plan the capital's streets and public buildings. Besides being a city planner and architect（建筑师）, the new President was a writer, a scientist, and the inventor of several tools. Jefferson lived in the Presidential Palace. The Palace was more than a home; it contained offices for the President and some of his staff and advisors. It also included dining and reception rooms, where the President could entertain congressmen. However, President Jefferson did not give many formal parties. This was partly because there was no First Lady. Jefferson's wife had died in 1782. But it was also because Jefferson liked to live in a simple fashion. Once, he showed up for an important meeting wearing old clothes and slippers! Neither Washington nor Adams would ever have dressed so casually.
Jefferson was different from the first two Presidents in other ways, too. He disagreed with them about how the country should be run, and about what part a President should play in running it.
(1).Thomas Jefferson did not entertain very often in Washington D.C. because ______.答案(C)
C. he did not enjoy carefully prepared parties and there was no First Lady
(2).Which of the following statements about Washington D. C. is true? ______.答案(A)
A. It was not the first capital of the United States (3).It can be inferred from the passage that George Washington and John Adams both ______.答案(B) B. were rather formal gentlemen
(4).According to the passage, the presidential Palace was built to be ______.答案(A) A. an office building and home
(5).According to the passage, Thomas Jefferson was all of the following except ______.答案(D) D. a carpenter
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