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1. In the UK, in business situations, when you meet some... 1. In the UK, in business situations, when you meet someone for the first time you shake hands and say, "How do you do?". This is not really a question, and the reply to it is another greeting such as "How do you do?" or "Hello" or "I'm very pleased to meet you" 1). The first paragraph tells us _________.正确答案:C. how to greet someone in business situations 2). If you are invited to someone's house for dinner, it's better to _________.正确 答案:C. leave the house before the last guest leaves if you don't know them well 3). English people like to talk about the following EXCEPT _________.正确答案:D. income and marriage 4). In the last paragraph. The sentence "„, it's usual to take turns to buy a drink for

everyone in your group„" means _________. 正确答案:B. it's usual to pay for a drink one after the other in a group 5). The subject matter of the passage is_________.正确答案:A. British social customs 2. May you wish upon a thousand stars? May you catch a million fireflies? Get started with choosing a motorhome or a travel trailer. And then you may realize just how much you learn when you look at life through the eyes of a traveler. 1). From the passage, we know for sure that Don and Mary are ____________.正确答案: C. husband and wife 2). In the third paragraph, when Mary said, "So we decided to live in the home we love best," the home

she refers to is actually ____________.正确答案:D. her motorhome 3). Which of the following sentences do you think is most suitable to describe the education their

children get, taking to the road? 正确答案:A. They learn a lot more than ordinary school kids. 4). At the end of the fourth paragraph, the shortened word GPS stands for ____________. 正确答案:B. Global Positioning System 5). The family consider themselves lucky because ____________.正确答案:A. their life is rich and they stay closer to each other 3. In the United States, 30 percent of the grown-up population has a “weight problem.” To many people, the cause is clear: we eat too much. But scientific experiments do little to support this idea. Going back to the America of 1910, we find that people were thinner 1). What kind of physical problem do many grown-up Americans have? 正确答案:C. They are too fat. 2). Based on the information given in this article, suppose there are 500 grown-up Americans,

about how many of them have a weight problem? 正确答案:D. 150. 3). Are there scientific facts to support that eating too much is the cause of the "weight problem"? 正确答案:C. There are hardly any scientific facts to support this. 4). Compared with the grown-up Americans today, The Americans of 1910 ____________.正 确答案:A. ate more food and had more physical activities 5). What have some modern medical and scientific researchers reported to us? 正确答案: A. Fat people eat less food and are less active. 4. My mother raised me as best as she could, taking on odd jobs in the neighborhood for money. Still without a father to tell me how to act and what was expected of me, I felt lost. I wandered for years and got involved with 1). From this story, we may guess that the East Side of New York must be a ____________ area. 正确答案:C. poor 2). The author used to behave himself ____________.正确答案:D. badly 3). From the context, we understand that "odd jobs" in the first paragraph refer to jobs ____________. 正确答案:B. which are not regular or fixed 4). In the first sentence of the second paragraph, the author says, "It was lucky for me that„" The lucky

experience he talks about here is his experience of _____________.正确答案:A. the three years of military service 正确答案:A 满分:2 得分:2 5). What is not true according to the passage? 正确答案:B. The author was surprised that he was accepted as a firefighter. 5. 10th August, 2004 Dear Sirs, Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, PMC Company is a major producer of technically advanced machinery and chemicals for industry and agriculture. With a history dating back to 1884, PMC has grown to become one of the 100 1). The company wants to sell ____________.正确答案:D. machinery and chemicals 2). Where is the Head Office of the company? 正确答案:C. In Chicago, Illinois. 3). When did the company's annual sales exceed $2 billion? 正确答案:B. In the year of 2000. 4). The company thinks ____________.正确答案:C. it plays a leading role in the world's packaging industry 5). The letter is written to ____________.正确答案:A. its customers in the States and abroad 6. There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society. In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorced. After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform Act we had a very rapid increase in the number 1). What does the passage mainly discuss? 正确答案:D. Trends in marriage and divorce in the UK. 2). During the last ten years, __________.正确答案:A. the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK 3). According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to __________. 正确答案:B. soar 4). According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? 正确答 案:A. The highest divorce rate was around 1969. 5). The last paragraph tells us that__________.正确答案:D. the birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now 7 . Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is her age ? 73 years. She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years. When Lillian Hanson graduated from 1). Mrs Hanson couldn't go to college immediately after she graduated from high school

because ____________. 正确答案:A. she hadn't got enough money 2). Mrs Hanson wanted to borrow money from the bank ____________.正确答案:C. to further her education at college 3). In the college, what makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is ____________. 正确答案:C. that she is 73 years old 4). The computer students welcomed Mrs Hanson warmly because ____________.正确答案: D. they were deeply moved by her spirit 5). Mrs Hanson is the sort of person who ____________.正确答案:A. cares for study very much 8. A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution: we stopped talking to each other. I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his mobile phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful 1). The author's experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel _____________.正确答案:A. unhappy 2). According to the author, human contact in a park means ____________. D. both A and B 3). According to the author, the more connected we get in communications technology,

the ___________ we are. 正确答案:C. more disconnected 4). What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communications

technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction? A. With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. B. With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. C. If his mom has a question, he just leaves the answer on her machine. D. All of the above. 正确答案:D 5). What is the unintended result of communication technology, according to the author? 正确答案:B. It actually creates a distance between people instead of bringing them together. 9. Telecommuting(远程办公) It's 8:30, time for John to start work. So he turns on his radio. Then he eats breakfast. As he eats, he reads his e-mail and reviews his to-do list. Then he sits on the sofa 1). From the passage we know that John does his job _________.正确答案:D. through the Internet 2). Which of the following is mentioned as one of the advantages of telecommuting? 正 确答案:B. One can work on one's own schedule. 3). The passage tells us that telecommuters change jobs less often and so _________. 正确答案:C. their employers can save more money 4). The phrase "suited to" in the third paragraph means ____________.正确答案:C. fit for 5). The passage is mainly about ____________.正确答案:A. a new way to work 10. Benjamin Disraeli, the famous nineteenth century prime minister, said, "London is not a city, - it is a nation." Today this is an understatement; London, with its vast range of different ethnic groups, is a world. Certainly, London is the most culturally 1). Why does the writer think that Benjamin Disraeli's statement is an understatement? Because he

thinks London is _________. 正确答案:D. a miniature world thanks to its great cultural diversity 2). Why does the writer think new arrivals are an advantage to London? 正确答案:A. Because they have regularly increased its character and prosperity. 3). London is regarded as the most culturally diverse city in the world due to the following facts

EXCEPT that _________. 正确答案:D. many young people are immigrants from different backgrounds 4). The last paragraph mainly tells us in London _________. 正确答案:D. young people feel at ease with a large number of diversified cultures 5). The passage mainly deals with _________.正确答案:C. the cultural diversity in London 11.“But I just paid $ 1.69 for this bottle of wine last week. How come the price is now $ 2.25? What's going on?” There are at least three things going on that have caused the price of 1). From the first paragraph, we know that the speaker is ____________. 正确答案: D. complaining about the price 2). The three factors mentioned in the passage cause ____________.正确答案:B. the price of wine to go up 3). The supply of wine has remained the same partly because ____________. 正确答案: D. the production of wine has ceased to increase 4). What does "production costs" refer to in the last paragraph? 正确答案:D. The cost of manpower and equipment. 5). The author's purpose of writing this passage is to ____________.正确答案:C. explain why the price of wine is rising 12. Crime Prevention Initiatives The chances that you will be a victim of violent crime are low. But you can avoid risk in the following ways. AT HOME 1). This passage mainly focuses on ________.正确答案:A. how to avoid crimes both at home and in the street 2). If you want to guarantee your safety at home, you should _________. 正确答案:B. never leave the keys with workmen since they can easily make copies 3). Based on the passage, if you notice someone following you, it's better for you

to _________.正确答案:D. go to public places 4). Why should you have a telephone in the bedroom? 正确答案: C. Because it's convenient for us to report to the police in case there is a burglary. 5). From the passage, we can infer that we might be victims if _________.正确答案: A. we cannot part with the money when being attacked 13. Paper was invented by the Chinese in the first century AD. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. Scandinavia which now makes a great deal of the world's paper did not begin to make it until 1500. Most paper is made from wood. 1). Where was paper invented? 正确答案:A. In China. 2). Scandinavia began to make paper ____________.正确答案:C. in 1500 3). Every four hundred copies of a forty-page newspaper will need ____________.正确 答案:B. one tree 4). All over the world, trees are being cut down ____________ than they are being planted. 正确答案:D. faster 5). The latest things made of paper are ____________.正确答案:D. houses 14. We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn't even lift her eyes from the book. Mum pointed at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to sit down. While I watched, mouth open in surprise, Mum took off her hat and coat and gave them 1). When she took a mop from the small room what Mum really wanted to do was ____________. 正确答案:C. to see a patient 2). When the nurse talked to Mum she thought Mum was a ____________.正确答案:D. cleaner 3). After reading the story what can we infer about the hospital? 正确答案:B. It has strict rules about visiting hours. 4). Why did Mum go to see Kate in the hospital? 正确答案:D. To find out how she wa 5). Which of the following words best describes Mum? 正确答案:D. Clever. 15. A: What was your very first job? B: When I left school, I sold double-glazing and I hated it. Finally, one of my customers lost her job because her child was very sick and she couldn't go to work. The family had no money, so they wanted to cancel the contract. My boss sued the customer. I thought it was awful that the company only cared about money, so I 1). Why did he (the second speaker) give up his first job? 正确答案:D. Both B and C 2). It can be inferred from the passage that ___________.正确答案:A. he got the job as a journalist mainly by chance 3). Why did he give up journalism to sail full-time? 正确答案:B. Because was bored with the fact that journalists took delight in reporting terrible things. 4). It can be inferred from this passage that _________. 正确答案:A. he prefers to look after children rather than go back to find a proper job 5). What does the word "chaotic" mean in the last paragraph? 正确答案:D. disorderly 16. Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman. He used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time. When he was 65, the normal retirement age, he decided that he didn't want to stop, so he carried on working for another two years. Eventually, 1). The topic sentence of paragraph 1 is ________.正确答案:A. Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman 2). The topic sentence of paragraph 2 is _________.正确答案:C. He was unhappy after he retired 3). Which of the following statements can best express the main idea of paragraph 3? 正确答案:B. He bought a small crockery factory in secret and started work again. 4). What is the central idea of the last paragraph? 正确答案:D. Since he started working again, Morgan Rees has expanded the company considerably, which has enriched his retired life. 5). The passage mainly deals with ________.正确答案:B. how Morgan Rees lived his retired life more happily by turning to work again 17. The British School System Children in the UK have to go to school from the age of five for 11 years. When they are two or three years old, they sometimes go to a nursery school, but they don't have to. The first school is called a primary school, and in this 1). Which of the following basic subjects needn't children learn in a primary school? 正确答案:D. Dancing and music. 2). Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? 正确答案:A. State school students study subjects required by the State, while private school students have more choice over them. 3). It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that in the UK compulsory education

covers _________. 正确答案:B. primary and secondary schooling 4). According to the last paragraph, why do many foreign students want to go to

universities in the UK? Because they consider_________.正确答案:B. they will acquire some western ideas as well as a very useful language – English 5). What is the author's attitude towards to the British School System? 正确答案:D. Objective 18. Airline companies are responsible for transporting your luggage. If you cannot recover it at the point of arrival, you must inform the airline immediately. They will carry out the necessary search. If the luggage is recovered, it will be delivered to 1). If you can't find your luggage at the point of arrival, airline companies will try to find it

and ____________. 正确答案:B. deliver it to where you live 2). Before taking your air trip, you have to make sure ____________.正确答案:A. of the restrictions on luggageB. of the insurance for luggage 3). The charge for the excess luggage should be paid by ____________. 正确答案:B. the passenger 4). In case you have no idea at all where to send your luggage, you can first send it to the

address of ____________ provided you have the information. 正确 答案:D. the executing agency given in the Training Agreement 5). The passage is mainly about CIDA's advice on ____________. 正确答案:D. the transportation of your luggage 19. I had two jobs growing up and they all helped shape my life. When I was about 12, I started caddying (当球童) at a nearby country club. All the kids in the neighborhood 1). The author thinks what he has learned from his first job is ____________.正确答 案:B. how to talk and behave properly 2). The phrase "people from all walks of life" in the third paragraph means people ____________. 正确答案:D. working in different occupations 3). The author thinks his second job is ____________.正确答案:A. challenging 4). The author compares his second job to ____________.正确答案:C. joining a baseball game 5). The business lesson the author gets from selling shoes is ____________.正确答案: C. never be afraid of taking risks 20. John Preston lives in a flat in north London. He moved there after his wife died four years ago to be closer to his daughter's family, and because his big detached house and garden were too much work for him as he got older. It's easier in the flat because 1). What does the word "replaced" mean in the sixth line in paragraph 1 _________. 正确答案:A. renewed 2). The word "shabby" in the last line of paragraph 1 means _________.正确答案:C. in bad condition 3). The word "drawback" most likely means _________.正确答案:B. disadvantage 4). The sentence "we have a list of things to do as long as your arm" means _________. 正确答案:C. we have quite a few things to do 5). Which of the following is TRUE about June and Pete's house? 正确答案:D. It generally please them. 21. MAPPING THE FUTURE At Beijing's new Urban Planning Exhibition Centre a computerised city planning map is creating great interest. Visitors are crowding around it to locate their neighbourhoods 1). Which of the following best describes the writer's main point in the first paragraph? 正确答案:A. Beijing's planning map interests people a lot because of the changes being made in the city. 2). According to the passage, which of the following is not mentioned about the types of

building that are planned? 正确答案正确答案:D. Factories 3). Which of the following best states the main idea of the third paragraph? 正确答案:B. The main attraction is a big model and people can see how they will be affected. 4). Which of the following illustrates the main idea of the fourth paragraph? 正确答案:D. Some people feel happy and others don't feel happy because they don't get enough information. 5). Based on your understanding of each paragraph, what is the passage primarily concerned with? 正确答案:C. The newly-planned city map reveals the rapid changes in Beijing. 22. People travel a lot with Heaven Air because they know they will get what they want. They want to go quickly and safely across the land, across the sea or right across the world, and they know Heaven Air will take them where they want to go whenever they want 1). Heaven Air is the name of ____________.正确答案:B. an airline 2). Travelling with Heaven Air is ____________.正确答案:D. quick and safe 3). Heaven Air can take you to Paris ____________.正确答案:C. any time in a week 4). Most flights of Heaven Air go to ____________.正确答案:C. both big and small cities 5). According to the advertisement, Heaven Air believes it is ____________.正确答案: D. the best in the world 23. THE FITTEST DO LIVE LONGER A study has shown that fitness is the key to long life, irrespective of body shape or even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people who exercise live longer than those who do not, even 1). In the second paragraph, the word "endorsing" means _________.正确答案:A. supporting 2). What does the word "sedentary" mean in the second paragraph? 正确答案:B. inactive 3). It can be inferred from the third paragraph that _________.正确答案:A. the new study contradicts the previous research 4). What can we infer about the British Government's attitude in the last paragraph? 正确答案:B. It has approved of the previous research. 5). What's the author's attitude according to the passage? 正确答案:C. Objective. 24. STUDY WHEN AND WHERE YOU WANT WITH DIRECT COURSES Do you want to improve your skills and boost your job prospects? Would you like to give an edge to your university application? 1). The passage is written for the purpose of ________.正确答案:A. informing the reader of Direct Courses 2). Which of the following is NOT true about the Direct? 正确答案:D. It requires you to have computer skills. 3). Based on the passage, we can infer that if we learn with Direct, we can________. 正确答案:A. meet the tutors on line 4). We can infer from the passage that if we want to learn with Direct, ________.正 确答案:C. we needn't have our own computers 5). According to the passage, if we want to register for Direct , we'd better ________. 正确答案:C. simply go to the Direct centre during their opening hours 25. Hello, new students! This is a message from the Students Union Committee. We've been at the university for at least a year now, so we can give you some good tips. 1). What does the word "scared" mean in the second paragraph? 正确答案:B. frightened 2). What does the word "grants" mean in the third paragraph? 正确答案:A. money given by the government to support the students' study, which they needn't pay back 3). The sentence "But if you are struggling to make ends meet, „at weekends" in the third

paragraph implies_________. 正确答案:A. if you are short of money, you can find a part-time job in the restaurants and bars in your spare time 4). From the fifth paragraph, we can infer that in order to overcome the stress of living faraway from

home, _________. 正确答案:A. it's better for new students to talk to their parents over the phone from time to time 5). This passage is written for the purpose of _________.正确答案:C. offering new students some advice about their university life 26. Learning Styles "Listen, that's not right." "Look, you don't understand!" "Sorry, I don't follow." Are these three speakers, who are just chatting naturally, actually revealing what many 1). Which of the following learners is NOT mentioned in the passage? 正确答案:D. Sensory learner. 2). Which of the following is NOT true about the visual learners? 正确答案:D. They remember people's names quickly. 3). Which of the following describes best the auditory learners? 正确答案:B. They prefer to listen rather than watch. 4). From the fourth paragraph, the kinaesthetic learner tends to _________.正确答案: C. do more physical exercises 5). According to the passage, the drawback of being a visual learner is __________. 正确答案:A. he cannot concentrate on things 27. We are all in a rush. We are hurrying here and there. The pressure of time characterizes life today. People like living at a breakneck speed. Fast-food restaurants, one minute bedtime stories, microwave ovens, quick freezers, instant noodles(面条), automatic dial buttons on the telephone, 1). According to the passage, what characterizes life today is that we ____________. 正确答案:D. feel time is pressing 2). In the sentence, "These days it is possible to drive, eat, listen to the radio, watch a TV show or

talk on the phone all at once„" the phrase "all at once" means all ____________.正确答案:B. at the same time 3). The author believes that the increasing wealth and the increasing education bring a sense of

tension ____________. 正确答案:A. about time 4). The author ____________the American idea that time is a thing that can be kept and saved. 正确答案:C. is doubtful about 5). The best title for this passage is ____________.正确答案:A. Can We Save Time? 28. Robert was born in a small town in England. His father has a farm and can supply him enough money to university where he's studying law. The young man studies hard and hopes to be a famous 1). Robert can study in the university because ____________.正确答案:B. his father is a rich farmer 2). The English visitor thought ____________.正确答案:A. there were a lot of thieves in the city 3). Robert brought his money out of his wallet because ____________.正确答案:D. he was afraid to lose his wallet 4). Robert put the note in the wallet because ____________.正确答案:B. he hoped to make fun of the thieves 5). In fact, ____________.正确答案:A. the thief made fun of Robert 29. When I was a little girl, my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. My mother didn't use to work during the week, but she worked in the post office near our house on Saturdays, and she 1). This passage mainly tells us __________.正确答案:C. the author and her brother had an unforgettable experience in collecting stamps 2). According to the passage, her mother worked in the post office ________.正确答案: B. on Saturdays 3). Their mother told them to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won,

but she didn't tell them why. Why do you think she did that? 正确答案:A. She wanted to give them a surprise. 4). What does the sentence "We were over the moon." mean? 正确答案:B. We were extremely happy about it. 5). What is the best title for this passage? 正确答案:D. A Memorable Experience in Collecting Stamps 30. Dear Folks, I've been here for about three weeks and already I have so much to tell you. New York is nothing like I thought. Compared to Lanzhou, the buildings are much taller, and the 1). According to Yichen, New York ____________.正确答案:D. looks very different from what she expected 2). Yichen lives in a dormitory, because ____________.正确答案:A. it is the cheapest 3). The most difficult thing at the moment for Yichen in her learning is ____________. 正确答案:C. to keep up in a different learning environment 4). Yichen seems to be ____________ friends with American students. 正确答案:B. less confident in making 5). On her arrival in New York, Yichen compares things and people with those in _____________.正确答案:D. Lanzhou 31. Until the twentieth century cigarette smoking was not a widespread habit. The cigarette industry started in the 1870's with the development of cigarette manufacturing machines. It helped produce great numbers of cigarettes very quickly and reduced the 1). When did cigarette smoking begin to become a widespread habit among men and women

according to the author? 正确答案:C. When cigarettes were made in large numbers. 2). Among which age group of people are you likely to find the highest proportion of cigarette

smokers according to the passage? 正确答案:B. People in their thirties. 3). Which of the following has little to do with a person's smoking habit? 正确答案: D. How long he has worked. 4). Which of the following is true according to the passage? 正确答案:B. Women with high family incomes and good education are more likely to smoke. 5). What does the author mean by saying "Among teenagers the picture is similar." in the

last paragraph? 正确答案:C. Family income and education have much the same effect on forming smoking habits among teenagers. 32. Cynthia Woolly is called the Michael Jordan of women's basketball. With the help and support of her mother, she made her way out of a Los Angeles ghetto (贫民窟) and into the world of women's basketball. She is now a member of the Women's National 1). From the first sentence of this passage, we know that Cynthia Woolly is ____________ in America. 正确答案:D. the best professional woman basketball player 2). Cynthia Woolly is now ____________.正确答案:A. the team leader of a basketball team 3). From the passage, we can come to the conclusion that Cynthia Woolly must have started her

life ____________. 正确答案:A. at a disadvantage 4). Which of the following statements is not true of Cynthia Woolly? 正确答案:C. She doesn't want the younger generation of her family to know the hardships in life. 5). The right thing that Cynthia Woolly believes she is doing for the younger generation of her family is

____________ according to the passage. 正确答案:B. providing them with a better opportunity to start with 33. A Day in the Life of a Carer Lily is 70 years old and she takes care of her 91-year-old mother. She told us about caring for her mother. I wake up early every day, it's usually about 6.30 am, and wait 1). What does this passage mainly deal with? 正确答案:B. Lily's daily experience as a carer of her 91-year-old mother. 2). Their breakfast from Monday to Saturday usually includes__________.正确答案:A. toast 3). Which of the following is TRUE, based on the passage? 正确答案:D. They usually have breakfast together at home. 4). From the passage, we learn Lily's mother ___________.正确答案:A. is good looking 5). How does Lily feel about caring for her mother? 正确答案:C. She feels she is bound by it but she has no other better choice. 34. PALO ALTO, California – “Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter– even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,” US researchers said last week. A study of 192 third and fourth graders, 1). The author tries to tell us in the first two paragraphs that ____________. 正确答案:D. children will get fatter if they spend more time watching TV 2). According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching

TV ____________. 正确答案:A. is more than four hours a day 3). The time the group of children in the study spend on TV viewing every day is suggested to be

about ____________. 正确答案:C. three hours 4). Which one of the following is right? 正确答案:B. Children usually eat more while watching TV. 5). Why can watching TV increase kids' weight according to the passage? D. Both A and B. 35. As far back as 700 BC, man has talked about children being cared for by wolves. Romulus and Remns, founders of ancient Rome, were said to have been brought up by wolves. 1). According to the passage, it is believed that ____________. 正确答案:B. the unusual occurrence of wolf-children has existed for over twenty centuries 2). Except that the boy knew nothing about the relationships among human families,

____________ facts could show that he was a wolf-child. 正确答案:C. four 3). The word "litter" in the first paragraph probably refers to ____________. 正确 答案:C. newly-born wolves 4). It took the doctor a long time to manage to get the wolf-child to ____________. 正确答案:A. return to what it means to be a human being 5). Only after many long years of devoted and patient instruction did the doctor manage

to ____________. 正确答案:C. get the boy to dress himself in clothes and feed himself as a human being does 36. Every day, the news of the world is relayed to people by over 300 million copies of daily papers, over 400 million radio sets, and over 150 million television sets. Additional news is shown by motion pictures, in theatres and cinemas all over the world. 1). People learn about what happens in the world through ____________. A. newspapers and magazines B. radio and television sets C. electronics and automation D. both A and B正确答案:D 2). According to the passage, the expression "no man is an island" means that ____________.正确答案:D. every man belongs to some society 3). The passage suggests that newspapers have been published for about ____________. 正确答案:D. 400 years 4). According to the author, people in today's world ____________. 正确答案:B. are affected more by whatever happens in the other parts of the world 5). Today the publishing of newspapers and magazines is more economical because ____________. 正确答案:B. new inventions are changing the techniques of newspaper publishing 37. The Extended Family Mrs Sharp, a large, red-faced woman in her late sixties, has lived in Greenleas, a 'new town' in the countryside outside London, since 1958. Before that she lived in Bethnal 1). Why did Mrs. Sharp have to move to Greenleas? 正确答案:C. Because her house in the downtown area was knocked down. 2). When she got married, she lived __________.正确答案:D. together with her parents for some time 3). How did she know so many people? 正确答案:B. Because they were either her relatives or schoolmates. 4). The sentence "I had one neighbour who was always poking her nose into our business" in the

last paragraph Means __________. 正确答案:C. I had one neighbour who always showed interest in our private affairs 5). What does this passage mainly deal with? 正确答案:A. What the extended family is like. 38. After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning. In the evening she would go to a fancy dress party with her husband. She wanted to 、 1). The reason for Mrs Richards' excitement that day was that ____________.正确答案: B. she was to attend an evening party 2). Mrs Richards went downstairs with the costume on so as to ____________.正确答案: A. make sure that the costume fitted her well 3). The man who was knocking at the door was ____________.正确答案:D. an electricity man 4). What did the man do after he knocked on the front door? 正确答案:C. He stepped directly towards the store-room. 5). The man ____________ and that made him cry out and run away. 正确答案:A. thought he must have met a ghost 、 39. Bill Cooper is portfolio (证券投资) manager of the $13 billion Value Trust Funds, one of the best mutual funds of the last decade. He is the only fund manager to perform 、 1). In the sentence of the first paragraph, "He is the only fund manager to perform the best for nine

years in a row", the phrase "for nine years in a row"means ____________.正确答案:C. for nine years running 2). It was ____________ that Bill learned his finance ABC when he was only nine years old. 正确答案:A. through his father's explanation 3). It was the idea that ____________ that attracted the young boy. 正确答案:D D. one can make money through buying stocks 4). From the passage, we know that Bill's success lies in his ____________.正确答案: B. hard work 5). Bill Cooper soon learnt after his graduation that a university degree ____________. 正确答案:C. only indicated that one was ready to start his career 40. A 15-year-old boy, who was first found guilty of theft at the age of 12, was convicted of stealing 22 charity boxes yesterday from local shops. He was arrested while he was 、 1). The boy was caught stealing while he was _________.正确答案:C. dressed up as a woman representative from the charity Help Aid 2). Which of the following is NOT true according to the second paragraph?正确答案: D. He had been arrested and thrown into a reform school 8 times. 3). Why did one of the shop owners call the police?正确答案:C. Because the boy answered the call in a rude way. 4). According to the judge, why did the boy become a criminal?正确答案:B. Because he came from a single-parent family . 5). What does the title of the passage suggest?正确答案:B. The boy who pretended to be a woman charity worker was spotted while he was swearing over the phone. 41. Traffic in India means a mixture of all kinds of vehicles on the road. About 700,000 new cars have been 、 1). Why is India the world's largest two-wheel economy?正确答案:C. Because there are so many motorcycles and scooters. 2). From the second paragraph, we can infer that India's traffic jam is mainly caused by ________.正确答案:B. a hybrid of vehicles, especially slow animal carts 3). What does the phrase "Given the hazards" mean in the last paragraph?正确答案:C. If we take into consideration the dangers that may arise in the Indian traffic. 4). In the last paragraph, why does the author say the special ceremony is not surprising? 正确答案:B. Because driving in India is often dangerous. 5). What does the title suggest? 正确答案:C. Drivers should be careful in the streets filled with the slow elephant carts. 1. If you've been joining in chat room conversations, or reading email 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" on-line: many of them are talking at the same time. 6, When people are on-line, they talk by ______.C. making phone calls 7. The Internet makes many people in the world ______A. talking at the same time 8. The sentence "There’s neither time nor space for explanations" means that C. People on-line have to express themselves in a simple way 9, If you get 19/M/HK as an answer to your A/S/L, it meansB. 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 on-line time?B. Many people draw pictures. 2.Many people believe they are supposed to drink eight glasses of water a day, or about two liters. Why? Because that is what they have been told all their life. But a new report offers some different advice. Experts say people should obey their bodies; they should drink as much water as they feel like drinking 11, According to the passage, experts advise people to ____B. drink as much water as they feel like drinking 12, Most healthy people meet their daily needs for water by drinking C when they are thirsty 13, The Institute of Medicine usually C provides scientific and technical advice to the government and the public 14, Which of the following is TRUE?A People’s daily water requirement can include the water content in foods. 15, People need to drink more water D all of the above Down the entrance hall of the school walk four eighth-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. 6, The purpose of the program is to help students grasp the idea of B bringing up a baby 7. At the beginning, B four students in all were interested in the program 8. In the third line of Paragraph 2, "they" refers to 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. Because only in this way can students understand parents in taking care of children. 10. From the last paragraph, we can infer that D. the program is of help to children's understanding of parents Dieting to lose weight has become very popular in recent years. People have become more health conscious and try to take better care of their bodies by eating more nutritiously (有营养地) and exercising more regularly to lose any unnecessary fat that they may have. 11. These days people are dieting more because C they have become more health conscious 12. What changes have people made in the atmosphere of mealtime? D. All of the above. 13. ―They look like skeletons‖ in the third paragraph most probably means C. they are too thin 14 the main idea of the last paragraph is about A how the organizations try to help people with dieting addiction 15, According to this passage, we can infer that the atmosphere of eating has something to do with D. exercising 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 6， What does the first sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?A. The home matters greatly to Englishmen. 7. Which of the following is NOT the reason for most British to live in homes?B. They love houses more than gardens. 8. According to Paragraph 2, if you spread your books around you in a library, it means: D. you wait to tell others the space belongs to you 9. How did the man opposite to the writer show he owned the whole table? B. He placed his briefcase on the table. 10. The writer tried to get back his space by ______. C. taking up the space of the man opposite Visitors to Britain are sometimes surprised to learn that newspapers there have such a large circulation. The "Daily Mirror" and the "Daily Express" both sell about four million copies every day. British families generally buy a newspaper every morning and two or three on Sundays. 11, Visitors to Britain are surprised to learn that D. the "Daily Mirror" and "Daily Express" sell as many as 4 million copies every day 12 Local newspapers have D. a slightly smaller circulation 13. Which of the following statement is correct?A Nearly all towns and country areas have their own papers. 14 Which of the following is NOT true?D. These papers are likely to get out of date quickly. 15, According to the writer, the editor must remember that no paper can possibly succeed without B. advertisements A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend. I'd like to bring him home with me. " 6 The soldier called his parents from San Francisco _ B after having fought in Vietnam 7. The soldier told his parents that he wanted them to _________.D agree to his plan that he would bring his wounded friend home and live with them 8. His father considered his plan A. unacceptable 9, A few days laterB the parents were told by the police that their son had killed himself 10. The son killed himself because B his father’s words greatly disappointed him and he didn’t want to be a burden to his parent Education is not an end, but a means(手段)to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is for life. 11. The author of this passage thinks that D all the social problems can't be solved by education 12. The author wants to prove that A our society needs all kinds of jobs 13. One can learn from the passage D we can't regard work with hands as low work 14 The purpose of education is D to let everyone receive education fit for him 15 The passage mainly tells us about of education.C the value 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 6. What is the passage mainly about? A. A special way into the woods. B. Life of adults in a special work group. C. Life of teenagers in a special work group. D. How adults and teenagers live together in a special work group. 7. When and where was the special program offered? A. Every summer in New York city. B. Every winter in New York state. C. Every summer in New York state. D. Every winter in New York city. 8. What will people do when someone breaks the rule? A. Criticize him or her. B. Have a group discussion about it. C. Make more rules. D. Ask him or her to work more in the woods. 9. Which of the following is not stated directly in the passage as a purpose of the program? A. To keep members of the group busy doing something. B. To make the people there understand the meaning of work. C. To find a way to solve the generation gap. D. To help people find enjoyment in work. 10. What do the teenagers not do when they are free? A. They learn photography. B. They learn painting. C. They build houses. D. They sit around singing. A friend of mine was fond of drawing horses. He drew horses very well, but he always began at 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 11. A friend of the writer' s drew horses A. in the way of his own rule B. in the way of Western rule C. very well D. all of the above 12. The writer was surprised because __________. A. The artist began to draw at the head of the horse. B. The artist began to draw at the tail of the horse. C. The artist followed other people’s rules. D. The artist did not follow other people’s rules. 13. You are not yet experienced because ___________. A. You don’t know where to begin. B. You want to begin at the head at the beginning at the tail. C. You always asked questions. D. You do not trust your own power. 14. When you become more experienced you will ____________. A. never ask question B. often begin at the tail C. write the end of the story D. think of the beginning 15. The passage is about _____________. A. how to draw a horse B. trust of your own power C. how to make your own rules D. how to write a story A film was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlboro commercial. This was in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads from American television. Darrell Winfield was watching the crew set up the equipment. The scene included an actor crossing a river on horseback, but when the 6. Which of the following statements is true? D. Malboro commercials were allowed on television America before 1868. 7. What does the word ―prohibited‖ in the first paragraph me B. forbidden 8. When they filmed the ads, ____________ B. The actor in the ads was too drunk. 9. From the passage, we know that Winfield was ________A. an ordinary man. 10. When people recognized Winfield, he felt ________.D. uncomfortable A friend of mine was fond of drawing horses. He drew horses very well, but he always began at the tail. Mow 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 11. A friend of the writer' s drew horses C. very well 12. The writer was surprised because __________. D. The artist did not follow other people’s rules. 13. You are not yet experienced because ___________. D. You do not trust your own power. 14. When you become more experienced you will ____________. B. often begin at the tail 15. The passage is about _____________. C. how to make your own rules 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 6. One of the reasons why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and ideas was that ___________. B. they could communicate with each other 7. What is true about the words?C. They are simply sounds. 8. Which of the following statements is not true? D. The more we read and learn, the more literate we become. 9. In expressing their thoughts, great writers are able _______________. D. to be charming 10. We will make our speech silly if we _____________.C. use words without accuracy Dieting to lose weight has become very popular in recent years. People have become more health conscious and try to take better care of their bodies by eating more nutritiously (有营养) and exercising more regularly to lose any unnecessary fat that they may have. 11. These days people are dieting more because __ C. they have become more health conscious 12. What changes have people made in the atmosphere of mealtime? D. All of the above. 13. ―They look like skeletons‖ In the third paragraph most probably means C. They are too thin. 14. The main idea of the last paragraph is about __________________. A. how the organizations try to help people with dieting addiction 15. According to this passage, we can infer that the atmosphere of eating has something to do with ____________. C. health A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend. I'd like to bring him home with me. " 6 The soldier called his parents from San Francisco _________B. after having fought in Vietnam 7. The soldier told his parents that he wanted them to _________.D. agree to his plan that he would bring his wounded friend home and live with them 8. His father considered his plan __________A. unacceptable 9. A few days later___________B. the parents were told by the police that their son had killed himself 10. The son killed himself because__________B. his father’s words greatly disappointed him and he didn’t want to be a burden to his parent Many people believe they are supposed to drink eight glasses of water a day, or about two liters. Why? Because that is what they have been told all their life. But a new report offers some 11 According to the passage, experts advise people to _______B. drink as much water as they feel like drinking 12. Most healthy people meet their daily needs for water by drinkingC. when they are thirsty 13 The Institute of Medicine usuallyC. provides scientific and technical advice to the government and the public 14. Which of the following is TRUE? A. People’s daily water requirement can include the water content in foods. 15. People need to drink more waterD. all of the above In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the filmmaker Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney's cartoon film for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash's voice, he said, "Stop! That's our duck!" 6(Who made Donald Duck film? C Walt Disney 7. When was the first Donald Duck film made?B In 1934 8. Who was Clarence Nash?B Donald Duck's voice 9. The underlined word "audience" in the second paragraph meansD the people who watch a film at a cinema 10. The underlined word "goody-goody" in the second paragraph means a person who A likes to appear to be faultless in behavior A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. 11. The expression "as good as" (in line 2, paragraph 1) means______B no better than 12. When other frogs told the two frogs there was no hope, the two frogs _____ B pay attention to what they said them and tried their best to get out 13. One of the frogs fell down and died because _________. C he noticed what the other frogs were saying and stopped struggling. 14 The other frog managed to jump out of the pit because_______ C his ears were not good and he mistook their words for encouragement 15. Which of the following is TRUE? A People should avoid saying destructive words to those who are in trouble. Man has always wanted to fly(Some of the greatest men in history have thought about the problem(One of these，for example，was the great Italian artist，Leonardo da Vinci(达•芬奇)(In 6(Leonardo da Vinci ______ ( D(made designs for flying machine 7(Eight hundred years ago an Englishman ______ ( B(tried to fly with wings made of chicken feather 8(In fact，the Englishman who tried to fly ______ ( C(got badly wounded 9(The very first air passengers in the balloon were ______ ( C(two animals 10(When did two Frenchmen rise above Paris, C(In November 1783( When did you last see a polar bear(北极熊)? On a trip to a zoo, perhaps? If you had attended a winter activity in New York a few years ago, you would have seen a whole polar bear club. These 11. The members of the Polar Bear Club must meet the following requirements except that_____ . D. they must reach the age of 60 12. Doctors _____ . D. have different ideas about the medical effects of cold-water swimming 13. According to the passage, some doctors believe it is true that _____ . B. cold-water swimming causes more heart attacks in summer than in winter 14. The Polar Bears like to swim all the year round, for _____ . C. they find it enjoyable and interesting 15. The passage is mainly about _____ . A. a group of cold-water swimming lovers Gail and Haward liked to travel. Every holliday they went to a different place. They were always careful when they left the house. They locked doors and windows. Then Gails took the extra keys and left them with her mother. 6. After Gail and Howard returned from the trip, they were very ____________. B. tired 7. They could not go into the house because _____________. C. they failed to find the keys 8. They managed to get into the house, but _____________. D. their neighbours were frightened to see them 9. They got into trouble because ____________. B. they were too careless to their keys 10. _____________ helped Gail and Haward a great deal. C. The neighbours John Parker is an English language teacher. He was always good at languages at school-so he decided to lake his degrees in French and German. When he finished his university studies, he began teaching in a secondary school in England. Two years later, however, he met someone by 11. From the passage, we know for sure that John Parker________D. only worked in a high school for two years 12. John Parker enjoyed teaching adult students because ________C. he was more interested in teaching English than other languages 13. In the first paragraph, the sentence ― …he met someone by chance …‖means ________.A. he met someone accidentally 14. The first sentence in the second paragraph "Since then he has specialized in this work" means that John Parker has________.B. taken teaching English to foreigners as his only occupation 15. Which of the following statements is not true?C. John would never feel sorry if be kept his job as a secondary school teacher. In earlier days few people read Whitman’s poems. One person who did read them was Abraham Lincoln who was then a country lawyer. He liked the strength and honesty of Whitman’s words. 6, Whiteman wrote a long article about slavery becauseC, he was strongly against slavery. 7, _______ was not kind of president that Whiteman wanted to seeA, A professional politician 8, Lincoln was the right person because he was _______.A, a worker with his hands 9, Lincoln died .C, a day after he was shot 10, Whiteman wrote a poem A, in memory of Lincoln 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 11. Newtown is a place which B, is no longer dirty 12.The rats in Newtown were C, huge and many 13.When the government of Newtown first ordered the people to kill rats, the pepoleC, Were too lazy to kill many rats 14. Deep hole was dug so that D, Nobody could take any rats from the pile 15. What would be the best topic for this passage?A, How Newtown Became a Very Clean place In Mount Berry, Georgia, people find a group of schools built specially for mountain children. The schools, as well as the mountain itself, are named after Martha Berry, herself a daughter of a Georgian mountaineer. 6. Georgia is the name D, of a state in the U.S. 7. The Berry Schools have a history of C, over three quarters of a century. 8. How many years of her life did Martha Berry devote to working for children?A, 40 years. 9. The first Berry school was founded C, by the efforts of Martha Berry. 10. In Mount Berry there are now B, still not enough schools for all the local children. Mr. and Mrs. Jones very seldom go out in the evening, but last Saturday, Mrs. Jones said to her husband, "There's a good film at the cinema tonight. Can we go and see it?" 11, Mr and Mrs. Jones_____ . A. often stay at home in the evening 12, Last Saturday they _____ B. went to see a film 13, _____enjoyed the film very much. C. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones 14, On their way home, they saw_____ A. a man running after a woman 15, Why were the man and the woman running? Because _____ . C. neither the man nor the woman wanted to wash the dishes John Parker is an English language teacher. He was always good at languages at school, so he decided to take his degrees in French and German. When he finished his university studies, he 6. From the passage, we know for sure that John Parker _______.D. only worked in a high school for two years 7. John Parker enjoyed teaching adult students because _______.C. he was more interested in teaching English than other languages 8. In the first paragraph, the sentence ―…he met someone by chance…‖ means _______.A. he met someone accidentally 9. The first sentence in the second paragraph ―Since then he has specialized in this work‖ means that John Parker has _______.B. taken teaching English to foreigners as his only occupation 10. Which of the following statements is not true?C. John would never feel sorry if he kept his job as a secondary school teacher. I work in a small shop. It is near a factory. Every day, workers, old ladies and housewives come to the shop to buy things. 11.What does the ―I‖ in the passage do? She is a . C. teacher 12.The shop is a shop. A. grocery(副食) 13.How long does she work every day? C. Twelve hours. 14.Her house is the shop. She often goes to work_____.B. very close to; by bike 15.What does she like about her work? C. She thinks the long hour work is a pleasure. Rose was studying to be doctor, but now she did not have much money. Her uncle Tom was rich. As he had no children, he love Rose very much. He always gave her very good birthday presents. 6. Rose often got presents from her uncle because __________.C. he loved her very much 7. Rose did not know what present she should buy for her uncle because ___________.C. he had got everything 8. Rose went to different shops ___________.A. but did not find anything good 9. Rose asked the shop assistant to ____________. B. tell her what to buy 10. The assistant ___________Rose.D. did not understand Tom had a few day’s holiday, so he said, ―I’m going to the north by train.‖ He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, and got into the train. He had a beautiful hat, and he often put his head 11. Tom went to the north to have a holiday __________.D. with a hat and a bag 12. Tom __________ in the train.C. looked out of the window 13. Which is not correct?A. The wind took his bag off. 14. Tom thought ___________.C. he would get back his bag and his hat 15. Tom was __________ to throw his bag out.B. foolish 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 6. After Tom got on the bus, he _____________. C. bought a ticket 7. Tom put the ticket _____________. C. in his cap 8. ______________ came after a moment. B. A ticket-inspector 9. Tom had to pay _____________ dollars as a fine. B. five 10. Tom found his ticket when he _____________. C. took off his cap Tom had a few day’s holiday, so he said, ―I’m going to the north by train.‖ He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, and got into the train. He had a beautiful hat, and he often put his head 11. Tom went to the north to have a holiday __________.D. with a hat and a bag 12. Tom __________ in the train.C. looked out of the window 13. Which is not correct?A. The wind took his bag off. 14. Tom thought ___________.C. he would get back his bag and his hat 15. Tom was __________ to throw his bag out.B. foolish A plant makes its own food in its leaves. Water comes to the leaves through the roots. Air gets into the leaves through very small holes. The green coloring in the leaves uses the water and air to 6.A plant gets food from________B. its leaves 7. ______ make the food for the plant.A. Water, air and sunshine 8.A plant has very small holes in its leaves for__________ to come in.A. air 9. A plant can make its food when it is _______.C. sunny 10. People would die without________ C. plants Until late in the eighteenth century a soldier wounded in a battle was likely to lie where he fell until nightfall or until the battle was over. Even then his chance of seeing a doctor was slim unless 11. Before there were ambulances, wounded soldiers stayed on the battlefield until ________. D. All of the above 12. The French army began to use hospital vehicles in the _______. B. late eighteenth century 13. The new vehicles were quipped to carry ________.C. Both A and B 14. The French name hospital ambulant meant ________.A. traveling hospital 15. These French vehicles were also called _______.B. flying travelers 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 6. What is the passage mainly about? A. A special way into the woods. B. Life of adults in a special work group. C. Life of teenagers in a special work group. D. How adults and teenagers live together in a special work group. 7. When and where was the special program offered? A. Every summer in New York city. B. Every winter in New York state. C. Every summer in New York state. D. Every winter in New York city. 8. What will people do when someone breaks the rule? A. Criticize him or her. B. Have a group discussion about it. C. Make more rules. D. Ask him or her to work more in the woods. 9. Which of the following is not stated directly in the passage as a purpose of the program? A. To keep members of the group busy doing something. B. To make the people there understand the meaning of work. C. To find a way to solve the generation gap. D. To help people find enjoyment in work. 10. What do the teenagers not do when they are free? A. They learn photography. B. They learn painting. C. They build houses. D. They sit around singing. A friend of mine was fond of drawing horses. He drew horses very well, but he always began at the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse. That is why I was surprised. It 11. A friend of the writer' s drew horses A. in the way of his own rule B. in the way of Western rule C. very well D. all of the above 12. The writer was surprised because __________. A. The artist began to draw at the head of the horse. B. The artist began to draw at the tail of the horse. C. The artist followed other people’s rules. D. The artist did not follow other people’s rules. 13. You are not yet experienced because ___________. A. You don’t know where to begin. B. You want to begin at the head at the beginning at the tail. C. You always asked questions. D. You do not trust your own power. 14. When you become more experienced you will ____________. A. never ask question B. often begin at the tail C. write the end of the story D. think of the beginning 15. The passage is about _____________. A. how to draw a horse B. trust of your own power C. how to make your own rules D. how to write a story When we can see well, we do not think about our eyes often. So it is only when we can not see perfectly that we come to see how important our eyes are. 6. We don’t know that our eyes are of great importance until ________. B. we cannot see clearly 7. According to the passage, a ________ is more likely to be nearsighted.A. teacher 8. A nearsighted person usually ________. B. wears glasses 9. People who are farsighted ________ .A. cannot do a lot of close work without glasses 10.Eyes are very important to us because ________ .C. we cannot see anything without them After retiring from 30 years of teaching, Ethell Pepper could easily have decided to sit back and relax and enjoy a peaceful retirement. But that kind of life is not for Ethell Pepper. ―I just wanted 11.What did Ethell do when she was 68? __________. D. She entered university 12.How long did Ethell teach minority students? _______. C. 20 years 13. Why did Ethell go back to college again? _____________.B. Because she wanted to do something different and continue her study 14. What do elderly people do to the university? They _____________.B. bring a great deal of useful experience to the university 15. What’s the most important lesson Ethell is learning? ________.C. She is learning perceive, not to judgment What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow, orange, red? If you do ,you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer greys 11. According to this passage, _______. B. one is born with his colour preference 12. Which of the follow statements is NOT true? A. Colour do have effects on our character 13. The main idea of this passage is _______.D. one’s colour preference has something to do with his character and colours have effects on human beings. 14. People who love _____ are determined to achieve their dreams. C. green 15. ―I am feeling black‖ means ___________. D. I am depressed Air is all around us. It is around us as we walk and play. From the time we are born, air is around us on every side. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also 6. When we are asleep, we also need _________ air. A. a little 7. When we go to bed, air is ___________. C. around us 8. If there is no air, we can only live __________. C. for a few minutes 9. When air moves, it is called __________. B. wind 10. We can __________ air when it moves. A. feel 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 form the seeds of the cocoa tree 11. According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years. A. food 12. In the last sentence of the first paragraph ―some‖ refers to __________. C. some shops 13. Thousands of Irish people starved during the ―potato famine‖ because ___________. D. they had a bad potato harvest 14. Which country is the largest coffee producer? A. Brazil 15. Which of the following statements is Not true, according to the passage? B. Coffee is native to Colombia. 1. When I was a little girl, my mother and my brothers collected stamps for many years (1) c. (2) b. on Saturdays (3) a. she wanted to give them a surprise (4) b we were extremely happy about them (5) d. a memorable experience in collecting stamps 2. Anna is our only daughter. My wife and I have two sons. And Anna is the youngest in the family. (1) a. got an illness (2) b. mainly a woman’s respossibility (3) c. look like (4) d character (5) d affectionate 3. the extended family Mrs Sharp, a large, red-faced woman in her late sixties, has lived in Greenleas… (1) c. her house in the downtown area was knocked down (2) b together with her parents for some time (3) b because they were either her relatives or schoolmates (4) c. I had one neighbour who always showed interest in our private affaires (5) a what the extended family like? 4. a day in the life of a Carer Lily is 70 years old and she takes care of her 91-year-old mother. She told us about caring for her mother. (1)b (2)a (3)d(4)a (5) c 5. Crime Prevention initiatives (1) a (2) b (3) d (4) c (5) a 6. the greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women (1) a (2)a (3) d (4) b (5) c 7. 10th August 2004 (1) D (2) C (3) B (4) C (5) A Passage 2 1. Benjamin Disraeli, the famous 19th century prime minister, d a d d c 2. learning styles d d b c a 3. The fittest do live longer …. a b a b c 4. we are all in a rush d b a c a 5. I was 15 when I walked into McCarly bookstore and began to look over the titles ….------------ a b d b c 6. I had two jobs growing up and they all helped shape my life --- ----------b d a c c 8. May you wish upon a thousand stars ? C D A B A 9. Dear folks ------ d a c b d 10. the greatest social changes have been in the lives of women ------- a a d b c 11. Paper was invented by the Chinese first century ---a c b d d 12. Robert was born in a small town in England ------------ b a d b a 13. A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution ---- A D C D B 14. Cynthia Woolly is called the Michael Jordan of women’s basketball.------ d a a c b 15. Lillian Hanson, a college student ----- a c c d a 16. The entertained profession, or ―show business‖ ----- C C D A A 17. Bill Cooper is portfolio manager of the ….. c a d b c 18. My mother raised me as best as she could -----C D B A B 19. Airline companies are responsible for transporting your luggage ---- b a c d d 20. when companies needs new employees, they usually …..---- c a c d b 21. but just paid $1.69 for this bottle of wine last week -------d b d d c 22. as far back as 770 BC, man has talked about children being cared for by wolves ----- b c c a c 23. after her husband had gone to work----b a d c a 24. in the united states, 30 percent of the grown up population has a ―weight problem‖----- c d c a a 25. People travel a lot with Heaven Air because they know they will get what they want ----- b d c c d 26. to us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains ----- a c b c d 27. some people think they have an answer to the troubles of automobile crowding and dirty air in large cities ---- d b c d d 28. telecommuting ---远程办公 d b c c a 一 Frank Knew he was very ill. 1.sometimes 2. in 3. mind 4. listened 5. be admitted 6. remember 7. nobody 8. whenever 9. only 10. like 二、Buck and his mother and all the man smoked tobacco and talked 1. while 2. was living on 3. was never heard 4. but 5. that 6. traveling up 7. off 8. share 9. had never been 10. of 三、traffic in India means a mixture of all kinds of vehicles on the road. About„. 2. have been sold 2. in 3. vehicles 4. with 5. on 6. pulled 7. watch out 8. are recommended 9. by 10. that 四、before 1836 the Texas area 1. belonged 2. under 3. free 4. other 5. as 6. declared 7. rebels 8. signed 9. elected 10. of 五Mr Smith, a passenger on the transcontinental train, appeared before the judge. 1. avoid 2. and 3. of 4.take 5. shortly 6. borders 7 rest .8.view 9. accept 10. reason 六most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them. A child rarely dislikes food ----------- 2. unless 2. way 3. whether 4. discuss 5. anybody 6. supposed 7.idea 8. allow 9.soon 10 no Reading comprehension阅读理解 1. When I was a little girl (1)c (2)b (3)a (4)b (5)c 2. there have been changes in all sorts of different areas of English society (1) c (2) a (3) b (4) a (5) d 3. Anna is our only daughter (1)a(2)b (3)c (4) d(5)d 4. an extraordinary change of direction (1) b (2)a (3)c (4) c (5) a 5. a day in the life of a carer (1)b (2) a(3) d(4) a(5)c 6. Morgan Rees has always been a good business man (1) a (2) c (3)b (4) c (5)b 7. an extended family (1) c (2) d (3) b (4) c (5)a 8. John Preston Lives in a flat in north London (1) a (2)c (3) b (4) c (5)d 9. when I was a little girl (1) c (2)b (3) a(4) b (5)d 10. what was your very first job (1) d (2) a (3)b (4)a (5)d Passage two The British school system c a b b d 1. learning styles d d b c a 2. traffic in india means a mixture of all kinds of c b c b c 3. Crime Prevention initiatives a b d c a 5. a 15- yea-r old boy, who was first found guilty of the theft …c d c b b 6. mapping the future a d b d c 7. Study when and where you want with direct courses …a d a c c 8. Pat the dog …… b c d d c 9. the fittest do live longer …. a b a b c 10. hello, new students…. b a a a c 11. in the Uk, in business situations 1. – What subjects are you studying?C. I'm studying philosophy 2. – I wonder if Tim could control the situation.D. Well, if he can't control it, no one can 3. – Where are you from?B. Britain 4. – Is there anything serious, doctor?C. No. Just stay in bed and drink more water 5. – Can I take your order now?D. Just a moment. Two friends are coming 6. – I'm trying to call Marie, but there's no answer. A. Really? Maybe she's out 7. – Excuse me, when is the next flight from London due to arrive?A. In half an hour 8. – Ami, I want this report typed today.A. It'll be ready in the afternoon, sir 9. – How long have you lived in London?. B. My whole life 10. – Are you feeling better today, Mrs. Silver?D. Yes, thanks doctor. But I still feel dizzy 1. There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society. In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorced. After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform Act we had a very rapid increase in the number of divorces. 1). What does the passage mainly discuss?D. Trends in marriage and divorce in the UK. 2). During the last ten years, __________.A. the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK 3). According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to __________.B. soar 4). According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? A. The highest divorce rate was around 1969. 5). The last paragraph tells us that__________.D. the birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now 2. A 15-year-old boy, who was first found guilty of theft at the age of 12, was convicted of stealing 22 charity 1). The boy was caught stealing while he was _________.C. dressed up as a woman representative from the charity Help Aid 2). Which of the following is NOT true according to the second paragraph? D. He had been arrested and thrown into a reform school 8 times. 3). Why did one of the shop owners call the police?C. Because the boy answered the call in a rude way. 4). According to the judge, why did the boy become a criminal?B. Because he came from a single-parent family . 5). What does the title of the passage suggest?B. The boy who pretended to be a woman charity worker was spotted while he was swearing over the phone. 3. Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is her age ? 73 years. She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years. 1). Mrs Hanson couldn't go to college immediately after she graduated from high school

because ____________.A. she hadn't got enough money 2). Mrs Hanson wanted to borrow money from the bank ____________.C. to further her education at college 3). In the college, what makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is ____________.C. that she is 73 years old 4). The computer students welcomed Mrs Hanson warmly because ____________.D. they were deeply moved by her spirit 5). Mrs Hanson is the sort of person who ____________. A. cares for study very much 4. Telecommuting(远程办公) It's 8:30, time for John to start work. So he turns on his radio. Then he eats breakfast. As he eats, 1). From the passage we know that John does his job ____________. D. through the Internet 2). Which of the following is mentioned as one of the advantages of telecommuting?B. One can work on one's own schedule. 3). The passage tells us that telecommuters change jobs less often and so ____________. C. their employers can save more money 4). The phrase "suited to" in the third paragraph means ____________. C. fit for 5). The passage is mainly about ____________. A. a new way to work 1. A Day in the Life of a Carer Lily is 70 years old and she takes care of her 91-year-old mother. She told us about caring for her mother. 1). What does this passage mainly deal with?B. Lily's daily experience as a carer of her 91-year-old mother. 2). Their breakfast from Monday to Saturday usually includes__________. A. toast 3). Which of the following is TRUE, based on the passage?D. They usually have breakfast together at home. 4). From the passage, we learn Lily's mother ___________. A. is good looking 5). How does Lily feel about caring for her mother?C. She feels she is bound by it but she has no other better choice. 2. Hello, new students! This is a message from the Students Union Committee. 1). What does the word "scared" mean in the second paragraph?B. frightened 2). What does the word "grants" mean in the third paragraph? A. money given by the government to support the students' study, which they needn't pay back 3). The sentence "But if you are struggling to make ends meet, …at weekends" in the third

paragraph implies_________. A. if you are short of money, you can find a part-time job in the restaurants and bars in your spare time 4). From the fifth paragraph, we can infer that in order to overcome the stress of living faraway from

home, _________. A. it's better for new students to talk to their parents over the phone from time to time 5). This passage is written for the purpose of _________.C. offering new students some advice about their university life 3. Dear Folks, I've been here for about three weeks and already I have so much to tell you. New York is nothing like I 1). According to Yichen, New York ____________.D. looks very different from what she expected 2). Yichen lives in a dormitory, because ____________. A. it is the cheapest 3). The most difficult thing at the moment for Yichen in her learning is ____________.C. to keep up in a different learning environment 4). Yichen seems to be ____________ friends with American students.B. less confident in making 5). On her arrival in New York, Yichen compares things and people with those in _____________. D. Lanzhou 4. Airline companies are responsible for transporting your luggage. If you cannot recover it at the point 1). If you can't find your luggage at the point of arrival, airline companies will try to find it

and ____________. B. deliver it to where you live 2). Before taking your air trip, you have to make sure ____________. A. of the restrictions on luggage 3). The charge for the excess luggage should be paid by ____________. B. the passenger 4). In case you have no idea at all where to send your luggage, you can first send it to the

address of ____________ provided you have the information. D. the executing agency given in the Training Agreement 5). The passage is mainly about CIDA's advice on ____________. D. the transportation of your luggage 1. There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society. In recent years in the UK we 1). What does the passage mainly discuss?D. Trends in marriage and divorce in the UK. 2). During the last ten years, __________. A. the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK 3). According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to __________.B. soar 4). According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?D. 90 percent of lone parent families are headed by women. 正确答案:A 满分:2 得分:2 5). The last paragraph tells us that__________. A. the birth rate in the UK is increasing at the moment B. at present many family in the UK is 2 children at most C. the birth rate in other European countries keeps increasing D. the birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now 2. Benjamin Disraeli, the famous nineteenth century prime minister, said, "London is not a city, - it is a 1). Why does the writer think that Benjamin Disraeli's statement is an understatement? Because he

thinks London is _________.D. a miniature world thanks to its great cultural diversity 2). Why does the writer think new arrivals are an advantage to London? A. Because they have regularly increased its character and prosperity. 3). London is regarded as the most culturally diverse city in the world due to the following facts

EXCEPT that _________.D. many young people are immigrants from different backgrounds 4). The last paragraph mainly tells us in London _________.D. young people feel at ease with a large number of diversified cultures 5). The passage mainly deals with _________.C. the cultural diversity in London 3. Paper was invented by the Chinese in the first century AD. Paper was not made in southern Europe 1). Where was paper invented? A. In China. 2). Scandinavia began to make paper ____________.C. in 1500 3). Every four hundred copies of a forty-page newspaper will need ____________.B. one tree 4). All over the world, trees are being cut down ____________ than they are being planted.D. faster 5). The latest things made of paper are ____________.D. houses 4. As far back as 700 BC, man has talked about children being cared for by wolves. Romulus and 1). According to the passage, it is believed that ____________.B. the unusual occurrence of wolf-children has existed for over twenty centuries 2). Except that the boy knew nothing about the relationships among human families,

____________ facts could show that he was a wolf-child. C. four 3). The word "litter" in the first paragraph probably refers to ____________. C. newly-born wolves 4). It took the doctor a long time to manage to get the wolf-child to ____________. A. return to what it means to be a human being 5). Only after many long years of devoted and patient instruction did the doctor manage

to ____________.C. get the boy to dress himself in clothes and feed himself as a human being does 1. Anna is our only daughter. My wife and I have two sons, and Anna is the youngest in the family, but she's twenty-five now. Anna was not well when she was little. It was a very worrying 1). According to the passage, when Anna was a child, she _________. A. got an illness 2). It can be inferred from the passage the author thinks looking after little children is ___________. B. mainly a woman's responsibility 3). What does "take after" mean in the first sentence of paragraph 2?C. look like 4). My daughter and I have little in common in terms of ___________. D. character 5). From the passage, we can see the author's description of his daughter is ___________.D. affectionate 2. STUDY WHEN AND WHERE YOU WANT WITH DIRECT COURSES 1). The passage is written for the purpose of ________. A. informing the reader of Direct Courses 2). Which of the following is NOT true about the Direct? D. It requires you to have computer skills. 3). Based on the passage, we can infer that if we learn with Direct, we can________. A. meet the tutors on line 4). We can infer from the passage that if we want to learn with Direct, ________.C. we needn't have our own computers 5). According to the passage, if we want to register for Direct , we'd better ________.C. simply go to the Direct centre during their opening hours 3. I was 15 when I walked into McCarley Bookstore and began to look over the titles of the books on the shelves. The man behind the counter, the owner of the bookstore, asked me if I 1). How did the author get the job in McCarley Bookstore? A. He happened to walk into the shop and got it by chance. 2). According to the author, selling books was one of the most satisfying job experiences,

because ____________.B. it helped him understand the world and himself 3). After he helped the fearful lady looking for books on cancer, the author was ____________.D. proud of himself 4). The author decided to help the poor boy by ____________.B. persuading his boss to let him do the story on TV 5). The main reason that the author thinks his present job is the same as the one in the bookstore

is ____________.C. it helps people make sense of the world 4. In the United States, 30 percent of the grown-up population has a ―weight problem.‖ To many people, the cause is clear: we eat too much. But scientific experiments do little to support this idea. 1). What kind of physical problem do many grown-up Americans have?C. They are too fat. 2). Based on the information given in this article, suppose there are 500 grown-up Americans,

about how many of them have a weight problem?D. 150. 3). Are there scientific facts to support that eating too much is the cause of the "weight problem"?C. There are hardly any scientific facts to support this. 4). Compared with the grown-up Americans today, The Americans of 1910 ____________. A. ate more food and had more physical activities 5). What have some modern medical and scientific researchers reported to us? A. Fat people eat less food and are less active. 1. A: What was your very first job? B: When I left school, I sold double-glazing and I hated it. Finally, one of my customers lost her 1). Why did he (the second speaker) give up his first job?D. Both B and C 2). It can be inferred from the passage that ___________. A. he got the job as a journalist mainly by chance 3). Why did he give up journalism to sail full-time? B. Because was bored with the fact that journalists took delight in reporting terrible things. 4). It can be inferred from this passage that _________. A. he prefers to look after children rather than go back to find a proper job 5). What does the word "chaotic" mean in the last paragraph?D. disorderly 2. Hello, new students! This is a message from the Students Union Committee. 1). What does the word "scared" mean in the second paragraph?B. frightened 2). What does the word "grants" mean in the third paragraph? A. money given by the government to support the students' study, which they needn't pay back 3). The sentence "But if you are struggling to make ends meet, …at weekends" in the third

paragraph implies_________. A. if you are short of money, you can find a part-time job in the restaurants and bars in your spare time 4). From the fifth paragraph, we can infer that in order to overcome the stress of living faraway from

home, _________. A. it's better for new students to talk to their parents over the phone from time to time 5). This passage is written for the purpose of _________.C. offering new students some advice about their university life 3. PALO ALTO, California – ―Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter – even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,‖ US 1). The author tries to tell us in the first two paragraphs that ____________.D. children will get fatter if they spend more time watching TV 2). According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching

TV ____________. A. is more than four hours a day 3). The time the group of children in the study spend on TV viewing every day is suggested to be

about ____________.C. three hours 4). Which one of the following is right?B. Children usually eat more while watching TV. 5). Why can watching TV increase kids' weight according to the passage?D. Both A and B. 4. When companies need new employees, they usually place advertisements in newspapers in order to attract as many applicants as possible. But many large well-known companies hire new 1). What kind of companies are the best choice for a person to write to find a job?C. Larger, well-known companies. 2). Which of the following is not true? A. A person looking for a job should only apply to companies that advertise in newspapers. 3). When people are looking for jobs, what should they send to companies, according to the passage?C. A resume and a cover letter. 4). If you send your resume to a company that isn't hiring at the time, what might the company do?D. The company might write back and tell you that there are no positions available at the time. 5). According to the author, ____________.B. it is always a good idea to send in one's resume whether or not one is certain there is a job available 1. Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman. He used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time. When he was 65, the normal retirement age, he decided that he didn't 1). The topic sentence of paragraph 1 is ________. A. Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman 2). The topic sentence of paragraph 2 is _________.C. He was unhappy after he retired 3). Which of the following statements can best express the main idea of paragraph 3? B. He bought a small crockery factory in secret and started work again. 4). What is the central idea of the last paragraph? D. Since he started working again, Morgan Rees has expanded the company considerably, happily by turning to work again 2. STUDY WHEN AND WHERE YOU WANT WITH DIRECT COURSES 1). The passage is written for the purpose of ________. A. informing the reader of Direct Courses 2). Which of the following is NOT true about the Direct?D. It requires you to have computer skills. 3). Based on the passage, we can infer that if we learn with Direct, we can________.A. meet the tutors on line 4). We can infer from the passage that if we want to learn with Direct, ________.C. we needn't have our own computers 5). According to the passage, if we want to register for Direct , we'd better ________. C. simply go to the Direct centre during their opening hours 3. Paper was invented by the Chinese in the first century AD. Paper was not made in southern Europe 1). Where was paper invented? A. In China. 2). Scandinavia began to make paper ____________.C. in 1500 3). Every four hundred copies of a forty-page newspaper will need ____________.B. one tree 4). All over the world, trees are being cut down ____________ than they are being planted.D. faster 5). The latest things made of paper are ____________.D. houses 4. People travel a lot with Heaven Air because they know they will get what they want. They want to go 1). Heaven Air is the name of ____________. B. an airline 2). Travelling with Heaven Air is ____________. D. quick and safe 3). Heaven Air can take you to Paris ____________. C. any time in a week 4). Most flights of Heaven Air go to ____________. C. both big and small cities 5). According to the advertisement, Heaven Air believes it is ____________. D. the best in the world 1. The Extended Family 1). Why did Mrs. Sharp have to move to Greenleas?C. Because her house in the downtown area was knocked down. 2). When she got married, she lived __________.D. together with her parents for some time 3). How did she know so many people?B. Because they were either her relatives or schoolmates. 4). The sentence "I had one neighbour who was always poking her nose into our business" in the

last paragraph Means __________.C. I had one neighbour who always showed interest in our private affairs 5). What does this passage mainly deal with? A. What the extended family is like. 2. Learning Styles 1). Which of the following learners is NOT mentioned in the passage?D. Sensory learner. 2). Which of the following is NOT true about the visual learners?D. They remember people's names quickly. 3). Which of the following describes best the auditory learners?B. They prefer to listen rather than watch. 4). From the fourth paragraph, the kinaesthetic learner tends to _________.C. do more physical exercises 5). According to the passage, the drawback of being a visual learner is __________. A. he cannot concentrate on things 3. Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs Hanson 1). Mrs Hanson couldn't go to college immediately after she graduated from high school

because ____________. A. she hadn't got enough money 2). Mrs Hanson wanted to borrow money from the bank ____________.C. to further her education at college 3). In the college, what makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is ____________.C. that she is 73 years old 4). The computer students welcomed Mrs Hanson warmly because ____________.D. they were deeply moved by her spirit 5). Mrs Hanson is the sort of person who ____________.A. cares for study very much 4. When companies need new employees, they usually place advertisements in newspapers in order 1). What kind of companies are the best choice for a person to write to find a job?C. Larger, well-known companies. 2). Which of the following is not true? A. A person looking for a job should only apply to companies that advertise in newspapers. 3). When people are looking for jobs, what should they send to companies, according to the passage? C. A resume and a cover letter. 4). If you send your resume to a company that isn't hiring at the time, what might the company do?D. The company might write back and tell you that there are no positions available at the time. 5). According to the author, ____________.B. it is always a good idea to send in one's resume whether or not one is certain there is a job available 1. When I was a little girl, my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. My mother didn't use to work 1). This passage mainly tells us __________.C. the author and her brother had an unforgettable experience in collecting stamps 2). According to the passage, her mother worked in the post office ________. B. on Saturdays 3). Their mother told them to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won,

but she didn't tell them why. Why do you think she did that? A. She wanted to give them a surprise. 4). What does the sentence "We were over the moon." mean? B. We were extremely happy about it. 5). What is the best title for this passage? D. A Memorable Experience in Collecting Stamps 2. PAT the Dog 1). Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage? B. Only some special dogs can help the patients feel better. 2). Pets are particularly beneficial to the following EXCEPT _________.C. elderly people who live alone 3). The first sentence of paragraph 2 suggests _________. D. people feel relaxed and hopeful when they touch and play with a pet 4). The dog helps Alan do the following EXCEPT _________. D. She picks up the phone for him 5). The sentence "when I was going to a comma …" means that __________. C. when I became unconscious… 3. A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution: we stopped talking to each other. 1). The author's experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel _____________. A. unhappy 2). According to the author, human contact in a park means ____________. D. both A and B 3). According to the author, the more connected we get in communications technology,

the ___________ we are.C. more disconnected 4). What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communications

technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction? D. All of the above. 5). What is the unintended result of communication technology, according to the author? B. It actually creates a distance between people instead of bringing them together. 4. As far back as 700 BC, man has talked about children being cared for by wolves. Romulus and 1). According to the passage, it is believed that ____________.B. the unusual occurrence of wolf-children has existed for over twenty centuries 2). Except that the boy knew nothing about the relationships among human families,

____________ facts could show that he was a wolf-child. C. four 3). The word "litter" in the first paragraph probably refers to ____________. C. newly-born wolves 4). It took the doctor a long time to manage to get the wolf-child to ____________. A. return to what it means to be a human being 5). Only after many long years of devoted and patient instruction did the doctor manage

to ____________.C. get the boy to dress himself in clothes and feed himself as a human being does 1. When I was a little girl, my mother and my brothers collected stamps for many years (1) c. (2) b. on Saturdays (3) a. she wanted to give them a surprise (4) b we were extremely happy about them (5) d. a memorable experience in collecting stamps 2. Anna is our only daughter. My wife and I have two sons. And Anna is the youngest in the family. (1) a. got an illness (2) b. mainly a woman’s respossibility (3) c. look like (4) d character (5) d affectionate 3. the extended family Mrs Sharp, a large, red-faced woman in her late sixties, has lived in Greenleas… (1) c. her house in the downtown area was knocked down (2) b together with her parents for some time (3) b because they were either her relatives or schoolmates (4) c. I had one neighbour who always showed interest in our private affaires (5) a what the extended family like? 4. a day in the life of a Carer Lily is 70 years old and she takes care of her 91-year-old mother. She told us about caring for her mother. (1)b (2)a (3)d(4)a (5) c 5. Crime Prevention initiatives (1) a (2) b (3) d (4) c (5) a 6. the greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women (1) a (2)a (3) d (4) b (5) c 7. 10th August 2004 (1) D (2) C (3) B (4) C (5) A Passage 2 1. Benjamin Disraeli, the famous 19th century prime minister, d a d d c 2. learning styles d d b c a 3. The fittest do live longer …. a b a b c 4. we are all in a rush d b a c a 5. I was 15 when I walked into McCarly bookstore and began to look over the titles ….------------ a b d b c 6. I had two jobs growing up and they all helped shape my life --- ----------b d a c c 8. May you wish upon a thousand stars ? C D A B A 9. Dear folks ------ d a c b d 10. the greatest social changes have been in the lives of women ------- a a d b c 11. Paper was invented by the Chinese first century ---a c b d d 12. Robert was born in a small town in England ------------ b a d b a 13. A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution ---- A D C D B 14. Cynthia Woolly is called the Michael Jordan of women’s basketball.------ d a a c b 15. Lillian Hanson, a college student ----- a c c d a 16. The entertained profession, or ―show business‖ ----- C C D A A 17. Bill Cooper is portfolio manager of the ….. c a d b c 18. My mother raised me as best as she could -----C D B A B 19. Airline companies are responsible for transporting your luggage ---- b a c d d 20. when companies needs new employees, they usually …..---- c a c d b 21. but just paid $1.69 for this bottle of wine last week -------d b d d c 22. as far back as 770 BC, man has talked about children being cared for by wolves ----- b c c a c 23. after her husband had gone to work----b a d c a 24. in the united states, 30 percent of the grown up population has a ―weight problem‖----- c d c a a 25. People travel a lot with Heaven Air because they know they will get what they want ----- b d c c d 26. to us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains ----- a c b c d 27. some people think they have an answer to the troubles of automobile crowding and dirty air in large cities ---- d b c d d 28. telecommuting ---远程办公 d b c c a 1. John Preston lives in a flat in north London. He moved there after his wife died four years ago to be 1). What does the word "replaced" mean in the sixth line in paragraph 1 _________.A. renewed 2). The word "shabby" in the last line of paragraph 1 means _________.C. in bad condition 3). The word "drawback" most likely means _________.B. disadvantage 4). The sentence "we have a list of things to do as long as your arm" means _________.C. we have quite a few things to do 5). Which of the following is TRUE about June and Pete's house? D. It generally please them. 2. In the UK, in business situations, when you meet someone for the first time you shake hands and say, 1). The first paragraph tells us _________. C. how to greet someone in business situations 2). If you are invited to someone's house for dinner, it's better to _________.C. leave the house before the last guest leaves if you don't know them well 3). English people like to talk about the following EXCEPT _________.D. income and marriage 4). In the last paragraph. The sentence "…, it's usual to take turns to buy a drink for

everyone in your group…" means _________.B. it's usual to pay for a drink one after the other in a group 5). The subject matter of the passage is_________.A. British social customs 3. Bill Cooper is portfolio (证券投资) manager of the $13 billion Value Trust Funds, one of the best mutual 1). In the sentence of the first paragraph, "He is the only fund manager to perform the best for nine

years in a row", the phrase "for nine years in a row" means ____________.C. for nine years running 2). It was ____________ that Bill learned his finance ABC when he was only nine years old .A. through his father's explanation 3). It was the idea that ____________ that attracted the young boy. D. one can make money through buying stocks 4). From the passage, we know that Bill's success lies in his ____________.B. hard work 5). Bill Cooper soon learnt after his graduation that a university degree ____________. C. only indicated that one was ready to start his career 4. 10th August, 2004 1). The company wants to sell ____________.D. machinery and chemicals 2). Where is the Head Office of the company? C. In Chicago, Illinois. 3). When did the company's annual sales exceed $2 billion?B. In the year of 2000. 4). The company thinks ____________.C. it plays a leading role in the world's packaging industry 5). The letter is written to ____________.A. its customers in the States and abroad Lily is 70 years old and she takes care of her 91-year-old mother. She told us about caring for her 1). What does this passage mainly deal with?B. Lily's daily experience as a carer of her 91-year-old mother. 2). Their breakfast from Monday to Saturday usually includes__________.A. toast 3). Which of the following is TRUE, based on the passage?D. They usually have breakfast together at home. 4). From the passage, we learn Lily's mother ___________.A. is good looking 5). How does Lily feel about caring for her mother?C. She feels she is bound by it but she has no other better choice. 2. In the UK, in business situations, when you meet someone for the first time you shake hands and say, 1). The first paragraph tells us _________. C. how to greet someone in business situations 2). If you are invited to someone's house for dinner, it's better to _________.C. leave the house before the last guest leaves if you don't know them well 3). English people like to talk about the following EXCEPT _________.D. income and marriage 4). In the last paragraph. The sentence "…, it's usual to take turns to buy a drink for

everyone in your group…" means _________.B. it's usual to pay for a drink one after the other in a group 5). The subject matter of the passage is_________.A. British social customs 3. I was 15 when I walked into McCarley Bookstore and began to look over the titles of the books on the 1). How did the author get the job in McCarley Bookstore? A. He happened to walk into the shop and got it by chance. 2). According to the author, selling books was one of the most satisfying job experiences,

because ____________. A. he only had to work after school and got good wages B. it helped him understand the world and himself 3). After he helped the fearful lady looking for books on cancer, the author was __.D. proud of himself 4). The author decided to help the poor boy by ___.B. persuading his boss to let him do the story on TV 5). The main reason that the author thinks his present job is the same as the one in the bookstore

is ____________.C. it helps people make sense of the world 4. 10th August, 2004 1). The company wants to sell ______.D. machinery and chemicals 2). Where is the Head Office of the company? C. In Chicago, Illinois. 3). When did the company's annual sales exceed $2 billion?B. In the year of 2000. 4). The company thinks ______.C. it plays a leading role in the world's packaging industry 5). The letter is written to ____________.A. its customers in the States and abroad 1. There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society. In recent years in the UK we 1). What does the passage mainly discuss? D. Trends in marriage and divorce in the UK. 2). During the last ten years, __________. A. the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK 3). According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to __________. B. soar 4). According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? A. The highest divorce rate was around 1969. 5). The last paragraph tells us that__________. D. the birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now 2. THE FITTEST DO LIVE LONGER 1). In the second paragraph, the word "endorsing" means _________. A. supporting 2). What does the word "sedentary" mean in the second paragraph? B. inactive 3). It can be inferred from the third paragraph that _________. A. the new study contradicts the previous research 4). What can we infer about the British Government's attitude in the last paragraph? B. It has approved of the previous research. 5). What's the author's attitude according to the passage? C. Objective. 3. PALO ALTO, California – ―Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter 1). The author tries to tell us in the first two paragraphs that ____________. D. children will get fatter if they spend more time watching TV 2). According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching

TV ____________. A. is more than four hours a day 3). The time the group of children in the study spend on TV viewing every day is suggested to be

about ____________. C. three hours 4). Which one of the following is right? B. Children usually eat more while watching TV. 5). Why can watching TV increase kids' weight according to the passage? D. Both A and B. 4. Some people think they have an answer to the troubles of automobile crowding and dirty 1). According to the passage, bicycles ____________. D. are the solution to some city problems 2). The idea of special bicycle lanes is most favored by ____________.B. some bike riders 3). "Bicycle lanes" in the third paragraph probably means ____________.C. special parts of the road for bicycle riders only 4). Which of the following is not true according to the passage? D. In New York City, many people use bikes as they have special lanes. 5). The best title for this passage is ________.D. A Solution to Traffic Problem in New York 1、(原文第一句)Mrs.Sharp,a large,red-faced woman in her late sixties,has lived in Greenleas,a new town in the countryside outside London,since 1958„„„„ (1) Why did Mrs sharp have to move to Greenleas? Because her house in the downtown area was knocked down. (2)When she got married, she lived together with her parents for some time. (3)How did she know so many people? Because they were either her relatives or schoolmates. (4)The sentence ― I had one neighbour who has always poking her nose into our business‖ in the last paragraph Means I had one neighbour who always showed interest in our private affairs. (5)What does this passage mainly deal with? What the extended family is like. 2、)原文第一句)Molly Wilson had been a dancer and a mother for many years when she decided to sail round the world to raise money for charity.。。。。。。(后文省略) (1) What does the word ―extraordinary‖ mean in the title? Very unusual and surprising. (2) The sentence “„my husband thought I was bored„”in paragraph 4 meant that my husband thought I felt Dissatisfied because I had nothing better to do home. (3)The word ―section‖ in paragraph 4 most probably means here Part of the sail route (4)Which of the following is neatest (closest) in meaning to ―rough‖ in the sentence ―One night the sea. was very rough„‖ in paragraph 5? not smooth because of huge waves. (5) The last paragraph suggests that The qualities she needed for the trip were the same as those for a dancer. 3、(原文第一句)When I was a little girl, my brother and I collected stamps for many years.。。。。。。(后文省略) (1) This passage mainly tells us The author and her brother had am unforgettable experience in collecting stamps. (2) According to the passage, her mother worked in the post office On Saturdays (3) their mother told them to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England win, but she did not tell them why. Why do you think she did that? She wanted to give them a surprise. (4) What dose the sentence ―we were over the moon‖ mean? We were extremely happy about it. (5) What is the best title for this passage? A Memorable Experience in Collecting Stamps. 4、(原文第一句)Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman.。。。。。。(后文省略) (1) The topic sentence of paragraph I is Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman (2) T he topic sentence of paragraph 2 is He was unhappy after he retired. (3) Which of the following statements can best express the main idea. of paragraph 3? He bought a small crockery factory in secret and started work again. (4) What is the central idea of the last paragraph? Since he started working again, Morgan Rees had expanded the company considerably, which has enriched his retired life. (5) The passage mainly deals with How Morgan Rees Iived his retired life more happily by turning to work again。 5、(原文第一句)Benjamim Disraeli，the famous nineteenth century prime minister， said，“London is not a city，it is a nation。”。。。。。。。。。(后文省略) (1) Why does the writer think that Benjamin Disraeli ′s statement is an understatement,Because he thinks London is ________ a miniature world thanks to its great cultural diversity (2)) Why does the writer think new arrivals are an advantage to London, Because they have regularly increased its character and prosperity (3) London is regarded as the most culturally diverse city in the world due to the following facts EXCEPT that ________ Many young people are immigrants from different backgrounds。 (4) The last paragraph mainly tells us in London ________ Young people feel at ease with a large number of diversified cultures (5) The passage mainly deals with ________ The cultural diversity in London 6、(原文第一句)“Listen，that ′s not rigth。” “Look，you don′t understand ～。” “Sorry，I don′t follow。”。。。。。。。。(后文省略) (1) Which of the following learners is NOT mentioned in the passage, Sensory learner (2) Which of the following is not true about the visual learners, They remember people′s names quickly (3) Which of the following describes best the auditory learners, They prefer to listen rather than watch (4) From the fourth paragraph，the kinaesthetic learner tends to ________ do more physical exercises (5) According to the passage，the drawback of being a visual learner is ________he cannot concentrate on things 7、(原文第一句)The chances that you will be a victim of violent crime are low。But you cam avoid risk in the following ways。 。。。。。。。(后文省略) (1) This passage mainly focuses on ________ How to avoid crimes both at home and in the street (2) If you want to guarantee your safety at home，you should ________ Never leave the keys with workmen since they can easily make copies (3) Based on the passage，if you notice someone following you，it′s better for you to ________Go to public places (4) Why should you have a telephone in the bedroom, Because it′s convenient for us to report to the police in case there is a burglary (5) From the passage，we can infer that we might be victims if ________ We cannot part with the money when being attacked 8、(原文第一句)To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains。 。。。。。。。。(后文省略) (1) According to this passage，the umbrella was probably first invented ________In ancient China (2) Which of the following statements is not true about the umbrella, thThe umbrella changed much in style in the 18 century (3) A strange feature of the umbrella′s use is that it was used as ________A symbol of honour and power (4)In Europe, the umbrella was first used against the rain_____ In Roma (5)This passage talks mainly about_____ The history and use of the umbrella 9,(原文第一句)People travel a lot with Heaven Air because they know they will get what they want……(后 文省略) (1)Heaven Air is the name of____ An airline (2) Traveling with Heaven Air is ____ Quick and safe (3) Heaven Air can take you to Paris____ Any time in a week (4) Most flight of Heaven Air go to ____ Both big and small cities (5) According to the advertisement, Heaven Air believes it is ____ The best in the word 10,(原文第一句)Lily is 70 years old and she takes care of her 91-year-old mother. She told us about caring for her mother……(后文省略) (1)What dose this passage mainly deal with? Lily’s daily experience as a carer of her 91-year-old mother, (2) Their breakfast form Monday to Saturday usually includes____ Toast (3) Which of the following is TRUE, based on the passage? The usually have breakfast together at home (4) From the passage, we learn Lily’s mother___ Is good looking (5) How does Lily feel about caring for her mother? She feels she is bound by it but she has no other better choice. 11,(原文第一句)Ann is our only daughter, My wife and I have two sons, and Ann is the youngest in the family, but she’s twenty-five now …..(后文省略) (1)According to the passage, when Anna was a child, she ___got an illness (2) It can be inferred from the passage the author thinks looking after little children is __ mainly a woman’s responsibity (3) What does ―take after‖ mean in the first sentence of paragraph 2? look like (4) My daughter and I have little in common in terms of___ character (5) From the passage , we can see the author’s description of his daughter is___ affectionate 12，(原文第一句)A 15-year-old boy, who was first found guilty or theft at the age of 12,was convicted of stealing 22 charity boxes yesterday from local shop……..(后文省略) (1)The boy was caught stealing while he was __dressed up as woman representative from the Charity Help A id (2) Which of the following is NOT true according to the second paragragh? He had been arrested and thrown into a reform school 8 times. (3) Why did one of the shop owners call the police? Because the boy answered the call in a rude way (4) According to the judge, why did the boy become a criminal? Because he came from a single-parent family. (5) What does the title of the passage suggest? The boy who pretended to be a woman charity worker was spotted (2) Which of the following is NOT true according to the second paragragh? He had been arrested and thrown into a reform school 8 times. (3) Why did one of the shop owners call the police? Because the boy answered the call in a rude way (4) According to the judge, why did the boy become a criminal? Because he came from a single-parent family. (5) What does the title of the passage suggest? The boy who pretended to be a woman charity worker was spotted 13.原文第一句;this is a message from the student union committee .we have been at the university for at least a year now,so we can give you some good tips…… 1. what does the word“scared”mean in the second paragraph, Frightened。 2.what does the word“grants” mean in the third paragraph, Money given by the government to support the students’study ,which the don’t pay back. 3.the sentence ―but if you are struggling to make ends meet,…..at weekend‖ in the third paragraph implies? If you are short of money, you can find a short-time job in the restaurants and bars in you spare time. 4. form the fifth paragraph ,we can infer that in order to overcome the stress of living faraway from home,________ It’s better for new students to talk to their parents over the phone from time to time. 5 this passage is written for the purpose of ______ Offering new students some advice about their university life. 14.原文第一句:did you there are some very special dogs doing good word in our hospital wards?......后文省略 1.which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? Only some special dogs can help the patients feel better . 2.pets are particularly beneficial to the following EXCEPT_____ Elderly people who live alone 3.the first sentence of paragraph 2 suggests____ People feel relaxed and hopeful when they touch and . Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman. He used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time. When he was 65, the normal retirement age, he decided that he didn't 1). The topic sentence of paragraph 1 is ________. A. Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman 2). The topic sentence of paragraph 2 is _________. C. He was unhappy after he retired 3). Which of the following statements can best express the main idea of paragraph 3? B. He bought a small crockery factory in secret and started work again. 4). What is the central idea of the last paragraph? D. Since he started working again, Morgan Rees has expanded the company considerably, which has enriched his retired life. 5). The passage mainly deals with ________. B. how Morgan Rees lived his retired life more happily by turning to work again 2. Hello, new students!This is a message from the Students Union Committee. We've been at the university for at least a year now, so we can give you some good tips. Don't worry – we remember 1). What does the word "scared" mean in the second paragraph? B. frightened 2). What does the word "grants" mean in the third paragraph? A. money given by the government to support the students' study, which they needn't pay back 3). The sentence "But if you are struggling to make ends meet, …at weekends" in the third

paragraph implies_________. A. if you are short of money, you can find a part-time job in the restaurants and bars in your spare time 4). From the fifth paragraph, we can infer that in order to overcome the stress of living faraway from

home, _________. A. it's better for new students to talk to their parents over the phone from time to time 5). This passage is written for the purpose of _________. C. offering new students some advice about their university life 3. We are all in a rush. We are hurrying here and there. The pressure of time characterizes life today. People like living at a breakneck speed. Fast-food restaurants, one minute bedtime stories, 1). According to the passage, what characterizes life today is that we ____________. D. feel time is pressing 2). In the sentence, "These days it is possible to drive, eat, listen to the radio, watch a TV show or

talk on the phone all at once…" the phrase "all at once" means all ____________. B. at the same time 3). The author believes that the increasing wealth and the increasing education bring a sense of

tension ____________. A. about time 4). The author ____________the American idea that time is a thing that can be kept and saved. C. is doubtful about 5). The best title for this passage is ____________. A. Can We Save Time? 4. Until the twentieth century cigarette smoking was not a widespread habit. The cigarette industry started in the 1870's with the development of cigarette manufacturing machines. It helped 1). When did cigarette smoking begin to become a widespread habit among men and women

according to the author? C. When cigarettes were made in large numbers. 2). Among which age group of people are you likely to find the highest proportion of cigarette

smokers according to the passage? B. People in their thirties. 3). Which of the following has little to do with a person's smoking habit? D. How long he has worked. 4). Which of the following is true according to the passage? B. Women with high family incomes and good education are more likely to smoke. 5). What does the author mean by saying "Among teenagers the picture is similar." in the

last paragraph? C. Family income and education have much the same effect on forming smoking habits among teenagers. 1. Anna is our only daughter. My wife and I have two sons, and Anna is the youngest in the family, but she's twenty-five now. Anna was not well when she was little. It was a very worrying 1). According to the passage, when Anna was a child, she _________. A. got an illness 2). It can be inferred from the passage the author thinks looking after little children is ___________. B. mainly a woman's responsibility 3). What does "take after" mean in the first sentence of paragraph 2? C. look like 4). My daughter and I have little in common in terms of ___________. D. character 5). From the passage, we can see the author's description of his daughter is ___________. D. affectionate STUDY WHEN AND WHERE YOU WANT WITH DIRECT COURSES 1). The passage is written for the purpose of ________. A. informing the reader of Direct Courses 2). Which of the following is NOT true about the Direct? D. It requires you to have computer skills. 3). Based on the passage, we can infer that if we learn with Direct, we can________. A. meet the tutors on line 4). We can infer from the passage that if we want to learn with Direct, ________. C. we needn't have our own computers 5). According to the passage, if we want to register for Direct , we'd better ________. C. simply go to the Direct centre during their opening hours 3. I was 15 when I walked into McCarley Bookstore and began to look over the titles of the books on the shelves. The man behind the counter, the owner of the bookstore, asked me if I 1). How did the author get the job in McCarley Bookstore? A. He happened to walk into the shop and got it by chance. 2). According to the author, selling books was one of the most satisfying job experiences,

because ____________. B. it helped him understand the world and himself 3). After he helped the fearful lady looking for books on cancer, the author was ____________. D. proud of himself 4). The author decided to help the poor boy by ____________. B. persuading his boss to let him do the story on TV 正确答案:B 满分:2 得分:2 5). The main reason that the author thinks his present job is the same as the one in the bookstore

is ____________. C. it helps people make sense of the world 4. In the United States, 30 percent of the grown-up population has a ―weight problem.‖ To many people, the cause is clear: we eat too much. But scientific experiments do little to support this idea. 1). What kind of physical problem do many grown-up Americans have? C. They are too fat. 2). Based on the information given in this article, suppose there are 500 grown-up Americans,

about how many of them have a weight problem? D. 150. 3). Are there scientific facts to support that eating too much is the cause of the "weight problem"? C. There are hardly any scientific facts to support this. 4). Compared with the grown-up Americans today, The Americans of 1910 ____________. A. ate more food and had more physical activities 5). What have some modern medical and scientific researchers reported to us? A. Fat people eat less food and are less active. 1. A: What was your very first job? 1). Why did he (the second speaker) give up his first job? D. Both B and C 2). It can be inferred from the passage that ___________. A. he got the job as a journalist mainly by chance 3). Why did he give up journalism to sail full-time? B. Because was bored with the fact that journalists took delight in reporting terrible things. 4). It can be inferred from this passage that _________. A. he prefers to look after children rather than go back to find a proper job 5). What does the word "chaotic" mean in the last paragraph? D. disorderly 2. Hello, new students! 1). What does the word "scared" mean in the second paragraph? B. frightened 2). What does the word "grants" mean in the third paragraph? A. money given by the government to support the students' study, which they needn't pay back 3). The sentence "But if you are struggling to make ends meet, …at weekends" in the third

paragraph implies_________. A. if you are short of money, you can find a part-time job in the restaurants and bars in your spare time 4). From the fifth paragraph, we can infer that in order to overcome the stress of living faraway from

home, _________. A. it's better for new students to talk to their parents over the phone from time to time 5). This passage is written for the purpose of _________. C. offering new students some advice about their university life 3. PALO ALTO, California – ―Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter – even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,‖ US researchers said last week. 1). The author tries to tell us in the first two paragraphs that ____________. D. children will get fatter if they spend more time watching TV 2). According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching

TV ____________. A. is more than four hours a day 3). The time the group of children in the study spend on TV viewing every day is suggested to be

about ____________.C. three hours 4). Which one of the following is right? B. Children usually eat more while watching TV. 5). Why can watching TV increase kids' weight according to the passage?D. Both A and B. 4. When companies need new employees, they usually place advertisements in newspapers in order to attract as many applicants as possible. But many large well-known companies hire new 1). What kind of companies are the best choice for a person to write to find a job? C. Larger, well-known companies. 2). Which of the following is not true? A. A person looking for a job should only apply to companies that advertise in newspapers. 3). When people are looking for jobs, what should they send to companies, according to the passage? C. A resume and a cover letter. 4). If you send your resume to a company that isn't hiring at the time, what might the company do? D. The company might write back and tell you that there are no positions available at the time. 5). According to the author, ____________. 1. Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman. He used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time. When he was 65, the normal retirement age, he decided that he didn't 1). The topic sentence of paragraph 1 is ________. A. Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman 2). The topic sentence of paragraph 2 is _________. C. He was unhappy after he retired 3). Which of the following statements can best express the main idea of paragraph 3? B. He bought a small crockery factory in secret and started work again. 4). What is the central idea of the last paragraph? C. Morgan Rees hasn't been bored since he bought the factory. D. Since he started working again, Morgan Rees has expanded the company considerably, which has enriched his retired life. 5). The passage mainly deals with ________. B. how Morgan Rees lived his retired life more happily by turning to work again 3. Paper was invented by the Chinese in the first century AD. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. Scandinavia which now makes a great deal of the world's paper 1). Where was paper invented? A. In China. 2). Scandinavia began to make paper ____________.C. in 1500 3). Every four hundred copies of a forty-page newspaper will need ____________. B. one tree 4). All over the world, trees are being cut down _____ than they are being planted.D. faster 5). The latest things made of paper are ____________. D. houses 4. People travel a lot with Heaven Air because they know they will get what they want. They want to go quickly and safely across the land, across the sea or right across the world, and they 1). Heaven Air is the name of ____________. B. an airline 2). Travelling with Heaven Air is ____________. D. quick and safe 3). Heaven Air can take you to Paris ____________. C. any time in a week 4). Most flights of Heaven Air go to ____________. C. both big and small cities 5). According to the advertisement, Heaven Air believes it is ______. D. the best in the world 1. The Extended Family 1). Why did Mrs. Sharp have to move to Greenleas? C. Because her house in the downtown area was knocked down. 2). When she got married, she lived __________. D. together with her parents for some time 3). How did she know so many people? B. Because they were either her relatives or schoolmates. 4). The sentence "I had one neighbour who was always poking her nose into our business" in the

last paragraph Means __________. C. I had one neighbour who always showed interest in our private affairs 5). What does this passage mainly deal with? A. What the extended family is like. 2. Learning Styles 1). Which of the following learners is NOT mentioned in the passage? D. Sensory learner. 2). Which of the following is NOT true about the visual learners? D. They remember people's names quickly. 3). Which of the following describes best the auditory learners? B. They prefer to listen rather than watch. 4). From the fourth paragraph, the kinaesthetic learner tends to _________. C. do more physical exercises 5). According to the passage, the drawback of being a visual learner is __________. A. he cannot concentrate on things 3. Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs Hanson 1). Mrs Hanson couldn't go to college immediately after she graduated from high school

because ____________. A. she hadn't got enough money 2). Mrs Hanson wanted to borrow money from the bank ____________. C. to further her education at college 3). In the college, what makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is ____________. C. that she is 73 years old 4). The computer students welcomed Mrs Hanson warmly because ____________. D. they were deeply moved by her spirit 5). Mrs Hanson is the sort of person who ____________. A. cares for study very much 4. When companies need new employees, they usually place advertisements in newspapers in order 1). What kind of companies are the best choice for a person to write to find a job? C. Larger, well-known companies. 2). Which of the following is not true? A. A person looking for a job should only apply to companies that advertise in newspapers. 3). When people are looking for jobs, what should they send to companies, according to the passage? C. A resume and a cover letter. 4). If you send your resume to a company that isn't hiring at the time, what might the company do? D. The company might write back and tell you that there are no positions available at the time. 5). According to the author, ____________. B. it is always a good idea to send in one's resume whether or not one is certain there is a job available 1. When I was a little girl, my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. My mother didn't use to work 1). This passage mainly tells us __________. C. the author and her brother had an unforgettable experience in collecting stamps 2). According to the passage, her mother worked in the post office ________. B. on Saturdays 3). Their mother told them to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won,

but she didn't tell them why. Why do you think she did that? A. She wanted to give them a surprise. 4). What does the sentence "We were over the moon." mean?B. We were extremely happy about it. 5). What is the best title for this passage? D. A Memorable Experience in Collecting Stamps 2. PAT the Dog 1). Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage? B. Only some special dogs can help the patients feel better. 2). Pets are particularly beneficial to the following EXCEPT __.C. elderly people who live alone 3). The first sentence of paragraph 2 suggests _________. D. people feel relaxed and hopeful when they touch and play with a pet 4). The dog helps Alan do the following EXCEPT ____.D. She picks up the phone for him 5). The sentence "when I was going to a comma …" means that _. C. when I became unconscious… 3. A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution: we stopped talking to each other. 1). The author's experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel _____________. A. unhappy 2). According to the author, human contact in a park means ____________. D. both A and B 3). According to the author, the more connected we get in communications technology,

the ___________ we are.C. more disconnected 4). What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communications

technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction? D. All of the above. 5). What is the unintended result of communication technology, according to the author? B. It actually creates a distance between people instead of bringing them together. 4. As far back as 700 BC, man has talked about children being cared for by wolves. Romulus and 1). According to the passage, it is believed that ____________. B. the unusual occurrence of wolf-children has existed for over twenty centuries 2). Except that the boy knew nothing about the relationships among human families,

____________ facts could show that he was a wolf-child. C. four 3). The word "litter" in the first paragraph probably refers to _______. C. newly-born wolves 4). It took the doctor a long time to manage to get the wolf-child to ____________. A. return to what it means to be a human being 5). Only after many long years of devoted and patient instruction did the doctor manage

to ____________. C. get the boy to dress himself in clothes and feed himself as a human being does 1. A: What was your very first job? 1). Why did he (the second speaker) give up his first job? D. Both B and C 2). It can be inferred from the passage that ___. A. he got the job as a journalist mainly by chance 3). Why did he give up journalism to sail full-time? B. Because was bored with the fact that journalists took delight in reporting terrible things. 4). It can be inferred from this passage that _________. A. he prefers to look after children rather than go back to find a proper job 5). What does the word "chaotic" mean in the last paragraph?D. disorderly 2. A 15-year-old boy, who was first found guilty of theft at the age of 12, was convicted of stealing 22 charity 1). The boy was caught stealing while he was _________. C. dressed up as a woman representative from the charity Help Aid 2). Which of the following is NOT true according to the second paragraph? D. He had been arrested and thrown into a reform school 8 times. 3). Why did one of the shop owners call the police? C. Because the boy answered the call in a rude way. 4). According to the judge, why did the boy become a criminal? B. Because he came from a single-parent family . 5). What does the title of the passage suggest? B. The boy who pretended to be a woman charity worker was spotted while he was 3. Paper was invented by the Chinese in the first century AD. Paper was not made in southern Europe 1). Where was paper invented? A. In China. 2). Scandinavia began to make paper ____________.C. in 1500 3). Every four hundred copies of a forty-page newspaper will need ____________.B. one tree 4). All over the world, trees are being cut down _________ than they are being planted.D. faster 5). The latest things made of paper are ____________.D. houses 4. In the United States, 30 percent of the grown-up population has a ―weight problem.‖ To many people, 1). What kind of physical problem do many grown-up Americans have?C. They are too fat. 2). Based on the information given in this article, suppose there are 500 grown-up Americans,

about how many of them have a weight problem?D. 150. 3). Are there scientific facts to support that eating too much is the cause of the "weight problem"?C. There are hardly any scientific facts to support this. 4). Compared with the grown-up Americans today, The Americans of 1910 ____________. A. ate more food and had more physical activities 5). What have some modern medical and scientific researchers reported to us? A. Fat people eat less food and are less active. 1. A Day in the Life of a Carer Lily is 70 years old and she takes care of her 91-year-old mother. She told us about caring for her 1). What does this passage mainly deal with? B. Lily's daily experience as a carer of her 91-year-old mother. 2). Their breakfast from Monday to Saturday usually includes__________.A. toast 3). Which of the following is TRUE, based on the passage? D. They usually have breakfast together at home. 4). From the passage, we learn Lily's mother ___________.A. is good looking 5). How does Lily feel about caring for her mother? C. She feels she is bound by it but she has no other better choice. 2. Benjamin Disraeli, the famous nineteenth century prime minister, said, "London is not a city, - it is a 1). Why does the writer think that Benjamin Disraeli's statement is an understatement? Because he

thinks London is _________. D. a miniature world thanks to its great cultural diversity 2). Why does the writer think new arrivals are an advantage to London? A. Because they have regularly increased its character and prosperity. 3). London is regarded as the most culturally diverse city in the world due to the following facts

EXCEPT that _________. D. many young people are immigrants from different backgrounds 4). The last paragraph mainly tells us in London _________. D. young people feel at ease with a large number of diversified cultures 5). The passage mainly deals with _________.C. the cultural diversity in London 3. The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there 1). According to the passage, around the year 1900 most women married .A. at about twenty-five 2). We are told that in an ordinary family about 1900 ____________. A. many children died before they were five 3). When she was over fifty, the late nineteenth-century mother ____________. D. was unlikely to find a job even if she wanted one 4). According to the passage, the women of today usually ____________. B. marry before they are twenty-five 5). Which of the following statements is not true? C. Today more married women leave work long before their first child is born. 4. 10th August, 2004 1). The company wants to sell ____________.D. machinery and chemicals 2). Where is the Head Office of the company? C. In Chicago, Illinois. 3). When did the company's annual sales exceed $2 billion?B. In the year of 2000. 4). The company thinks ____________.C. it plays a leading role in the world's packaging industry 5). The letter is written to ____________.A. its customers in the States and abroad 1. A: What was your very first job? am with my family and that I can watch my children grow up. D. Both B and C 2). It can be inferred from the passage that ___________. A. he got the job as a journalist mainly by chance 3). Why did he give up journalism to sail full-time? B. Because was bored with the fact that journalists took delight in reporting terrible things. 4). It can be inferred from this passage that _________. A. he prefers to look after children rather than go back to find a proper job 5). What does the word "chaotic" mean in the last paragraph?D. disorderly 2. THE FITTEST DO LIVE LONGER 1). In the second paragraph, the word "endorsing" means _____.A. supporting 2). What does the word "sedentary" mean in the second paragraph?B. inactive 3). It can be inferred from the third paragraph that _________. A. the new study contradicts the previous research 4). What can we infer about the British Government's attitude in the last paragraph? B. It has approved of the previous research. 3. Dear Folks,I've been here for about three weeks and already I have so much to tell you. New York is nothing like I 1). According to Yichen, New York _______.D. looks very different from what she expected 2). Yichen lives in a dormitory, because ____________. A. it is the cheapest 3). The most difficult thing at the moment for Yichen in her learning is ____________. C. to keep up in a different learning environment 4). Yichen seems to be ______ friends with American students.B. less confident in making 5). On her arrival in New York, Yichen compares things and people with those in __. D. Lanzhou 4. When companies need new employees, they usually place advertisements in newspapers in order 1). What kind of companies are the best choice for a person to write to find a job? C. Larger, well-known companies. 2). Which of the following is not true? A. A person looking for a job should only apply to companies that advertise in newspapers. 3). When people are looking for jobs, what should they send to companies, according to the passage?C. A resume and a cover letter. 4). If you send your resume to a company that isn't hiring at the time, what might the company do? D. The company might write back and tell you that there are no positions available at the time. 5). According to the author, ____________.B. it is always a good idea to send in one's resume whether or not one is certain there is a job available 1. An Extraordinary Change of Direction 1). What does the word "extraordinary" mean in the title? B. very unusual and surprising 2). The sentence "…my husband thought I was bored …" in paragraph 4 meant that my husband

thought I felt_________. A. dissatisfied because I had nothing better to do at home 3). The word "section" in paragraph 4 most probably means here _____.C. part of the sail roufe 4). Which of the following is nearest (closest) in meaning to "rough" in the sentence "One night the sea

was very rough …" in paragraph 5? C. not smooth because of huge waves 5). The last paragraph suggests that _________. A. the qualities she needed for the trip were the same as those for a dancer 2. Benjamin Disraeli, the famous nineteenth century prime minister, said, "London is not a city, - 1). Why does the writer think that Benjamin Disraeli's statement is an understatement? Because he

thinks London is ___.D. a miniature world thanks to its great cultural diversity 2). Why does the writer think new arrivals are an advantage to London? A. Because they have regularly increased its character and prosperity. 3). London is regarded as the most culturally diverse city in the world due to the following facts

EXCEPT that _________. D. many young people are immigrants from different backgrounds 4). The last paragraph mainly tells us in London _________. D. young people feel at ease with a large number of diversified cultures 5). The passage mainly deals with _________.C. the cultural diversity in London 3. We are all in a rush. We are hurrying here and there. The pressure of time characterizes life 1). According to the passage, what characterizes life today is that we ___.D. feel time is pressing 2). In the sentence, "These days it is possible to drive, eat, listen to the radio, watch a TV show or

talk on the phone all at once…" the phrase "all at once" means all_ B. at the same time 3). The author believes that the increasing wealth and the increasing education bring a sense of

tension ____________. A. about time 4). The author C. is doubtful about the American idea that time is a thing that can be kept and saved. 5). The best title for this passage is ____________. A. Can We Save Time? 4. We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn't even lift her eyes from the book. 1). When she took a mop from the small room what Mum really wanted to do was ____________.C. to see a patient 2). When the nurse talked to Mum she thought Mum was a ____________.D. cleaner 3). After reading the story what can we infer about the hospital? B. It has strict rules about visiting hours. 4). Why did Mum go to see Kate in the hospital?D. To find out how she was. 5). Which of the following words best describes Mum?D. Clever. 1. A: What was your very first job?B: When I left school, I sold double-glazing and I hated it. Finally, one of my customers lost her job because her child was very sick and she couldn't go to 1). Why did he (the second speaker) give up his first job?D. Both B and C 2). It can be inferred from the passage that ___________. A. he got the job as a journalist mainly by chance 3). Why did he give up journalism to sail full-time? B. Because was bored with the fact that journalists took delight in reporting terrible things. 4). It can be inferred from this passage that _________. A. he prefers to look after children rather than go back to find a proper job 5). What does the word "chaotic" mean in the last paragraph?D. disorderly 2. THE FITTEST DO LIVE LONGER 1). In the second paragraph, the word "endorsing" means _________.A. supporting 2). What does the word "sedentary" mean in the second paragraph?B. inactive 3). It can be inferred from the third paragraph that _________. A. the new study contradicts the previous research 4). What can we infer about the British Government's attitude in the last paragraph? B. It has approved of the previous research. 5). What's the author's attitude according to the passage?C. Objective. 3. Dear Folks,I've been here for about three weeks and already I have so much to tell you. New 1). According to Yichen, New York ______.D. looks very different from what she expected 2). Yichen lives in a dormitory, because ________.A. it is the cheapest 3). The most difficult thing at the moment for Yichen in her learning is ____________. C. to keep up in a different learning environment 4). Yichen seems to be _______ friends with American students.B. less confident in making 5). On her arrival in New York, Yichen compares things and people with those in _.D. Lanzhou 4. When companies need new employees, they usually place advertisements in newspapers in 1). What kind of companies are the best choice for a person to write to find a job? C. Larger, well-known companies. 2). Which of the following is not true? A. A person looking for a job should only apply to companies that advertise in newspapers. 3). When people are looking for jobs, what should they send to companies, according to the passage?C. A resume and a cover letter. 4). If you send your resume to a company that isn't hiring at the time, what might the company do? D. The company might write back and tell you that there are no positions available at the time. 5). According to the author, ____________. B. it is always a good idea to send in one's resume whether or not one is certain there is 1. A Day in the Life of a Carer Lily is 70 years old and she takes care of her 91-year-old 1). What does this passage mainly deal with? B. Lily's daily experience as a carer of her 91-year-old mother. 2). Their breakfast from Monday to Saturday usually includes__________.A. toast 3). Which of the following is TRUE, based on the passage? D. They usually have breakfast together at home. 4). From the passage, we learn Lily's mother ___________.A. is good looking 5). How does Lily feel about caring for her mother? C. She feels she is bound by it but she has no other better choice. 2. In the UK, in business situations, when you meet someone for the first time you shake 1). The first paragraph tells us ____. C. how to greet someone in business situations 2). If you are invited to someone's house for dinner, it's better to _________. D. stay until the last moment even if you are not acquainted with the host 3). English people like to talk about the following EXCEPT ____.D. income and marriage 4). In the last paragraph. The sentence "…, it's usual to take turns to buy a drink for

everyone in your group…" means _________. B. it's usual to pay for a drink one after the other in a group 5). The subject matter of the passage is_________.A. British social customs 3. I was 15 when I walked into McCarley Bookstore and began to look over the titles of the 1). How did the author get the job in McCarley Bookstore? A. He happened to walk into the shop and got it by chance. 2). According to the author, selling books was one of the most satisfying job experiences,

because ________.B. it helped him understand the world and himself 3). After he helped the fearful lady looking for books on cancer, the author was .D. proud of himself 4). The author decided to help the poor boy by ____________. B. persuading his boss to let him do the story on TV 5). The main reason that the author thinks his present job is the same as the one in the bookstore

is ____________.C. it helps people make sense of the world 4. 10th August, 2004 1). The company wants to sell ______.D. machinery and chemicals 2). Where is the Head Office of the company? C. In Chicago, Illinois. 3). When did the company's annual sales exceed $2 billion?B. In the year of 2000. 4). The company thinks ____________. C. it plays a leading role in the world's packaging industry 5). The letter is written to ____________.A. its customers in the States and abroad 3. We are all in a rush. We are hurrying here and there. The pressure of time characterizes life 1). According to the passage, what characterizes life today is that we __.D. feel time is pressing 2). In the sentence, "These days it is possible to drive, eat, listen to the radio, watch a TV show or

talk on the phone all at once…" the phrase "all at once" means all __.B. at the same time 3). The author believes that the increasing wealth and the increasing education bring a sense of

tension ____________.A. about time 4). The author ____________the American idea that time is a thing that can be kept and saved. C. is doubtful about 5). The best title for this passage is ______. A. Can We Save Time? Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. She was leaving her 11. Maria’s story happened ________.D. when she arrived at the airport 12. You believer that the work of the airline employee mentioned in the story is to _______ at the airport.C. check people’s luggage 13. ―Why are you so upset?‖ Maria said to the man. She wanted to tell him that he should not be _______.C. unhappy 14. ―Everyone was looking at him with disapproval.‖ This sentence means that the people around felt _______. D. sorry for the man’s manners 15. The author mentioned Maria’s age at the beginning of the story in order to show that _________.A. she was young but behaved properly There are three kinds of goals: short-term, medium-range and long-term goals. 16. Our long-term goals mean a lot ____________.B. If we complete the short-term goals 17. New short-term goals are built upon ____________. D. the goals that have been completed 18. When we complete each step of our goals, ____________. C. we should build up confidence of success 19. What is the main idea of this passage? ____________C. Different kinds of goals in life. 20. Which of the following statements is wrong according to the passage? ____________ C. Life is a static thing, thus we should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action. Britain and France are separated by the English Channel, a body of water that can be crossed in as 21. For centuries, the relationship between Britain and France is __D_ D. a mixture of love and hate 22. The war in Iraq does ______D______ to the relationship between France and Britain. D. both good and harm 23. The British are not so friendly to ______A______ and the French are not so friendly to ____________.A. Germany; America 24. _______D_____ are more interested in having holidays in ____________. D. British people … France 25. What does the last sentence mean? C. France and Britain are near neighbors, and this will help balance the relationship between them. 21-25 DDADC Community service is an important component of education here at our university. We encourage 11. What is the purpose of the talk? _____B_______ B. To interest students in a new community program. 12. What is the purpose of the program that the speaker describes? ____C________ C. To offer tutorials to elementary school students. 13. What does Professor Dodge do? _______A_____ A. He advises students to participate in certain program. 14. What should students who are interested in the tutorials do? _____D_______ D. Talk to Professor Dodge. 15. Whom do you think the speaker addresses? _____B_______ B. Students. 11-15 BCADB When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very 16. Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses? _____D_______D. Renting home furnishings. 17. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture? _____C_______ C. Because it saves them much trouble and money. 18. What can you infer from the passage? _____B_______ B. Renting furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town. 19. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? _____B_______ B. A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings. 20. Young people liked renting home furniture in that ____D______. D. They don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture 16-20 DCBBD Laws have been written to govern the use of American National Flag, and to ensure proper respect 11. How do Americans ensure proper respect for the national flag, A. By making laws. 12. What is the regulation regarding the raising of the American National Flag? B. It should be raised quickly by hand. 13. How should the American National Flag be displayed at an unveiling ceremony? D. It should be carried high up in the air. 14. What do we learn about the use of the American National Flag? C. There are precise regulations and customs to be followed. 15. What is Americans’ attitude towards their National Flag?B. Respect. 11-15: ABDCB 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 11 a. m. and 4:30 p. m., college 16. What is soap opera?C. The daytime serial dramas on TV. 17. What can be the best title of the passage? C. Soap opera fans. . 18. Which are not the reasons why the soap opera suddenly becomes ―in‖ according to the passage? D. Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles. 19. What can learn from the passage? 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. The people’s favorites to drama works change along with the times. 16-20: CCDCB 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 21. The origin of language is __D_____. D. a problem not yet solved 22. What is true about words? 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. He is no more than a master of words. 21-25: DCDBA Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or 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 ___C____, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country. C. renting a small flat without a garden 13. When the garden is in blossom, the one ___B____ has been rewarded. B. having spent time working in the garden 14. People who think happiness lies in the city life would feel that ____A___ if they had to live outside London. A. their life was meaningless 15. The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to _C_C. escape from By definition, heroes and heroines are men and women distinguished by uncommon courage, achievements, and self-sacrifice made most for the benefits of others-they are people against 16. The passage mainly deals with ___C____. C. heroes and icons 17. Heroes and heroines are usually ___D____. 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___. C. just before her death 20. What is more likely to set an icon’s status? B. Tragic and early death.16-20: CDDCB 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. 21. What does the author try to prove by citing ―what kind of impression am I making?‖ B. People’s shyness made them care too much about their appearance and actions. 22. According to the writer, self-awareness is ___A____. A. a good quality 23. When being praised, shy people feel that it is ___B____.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___.B. should understand themselves in the right way 21-25: BABCB 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. 11. In this passage the author mainly ___A____. A. tells us where to stay while visiting Britain 12. ____B___ are mainly built for young visitors.B. Youth Hotels 13. If you travel alone and want to know better family life in Britain, you’d better stay in ___D____. D. B&Bs 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? B. All pubs and inns offer visitors bed and breakfast.11-15: ABDCB 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 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____. 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_____. 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.16-20: BCACD 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____. 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_____. 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.16-20: BCACD 21. From paragraph 1, we know that in America ____A___. 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____.B. she takes pride in what she can do herself 23. The expression ―wait on table‖ in the second paragraph means ―___D____‖. D. serve customers in a restaurant 24. The author’s attitude towards manual(体力的)labor is __A_____. A. positive 25. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage? B. American Attitude toward Manual Labor.21-25: ABDAB The angry woman stood on the station platform (月台). “The railway should pay me ,14,” 1. A return ticket is a ticket that __________. D. allows a passenger to travel to a place and return later 2. The man in the booking office mentioned the child’s ticket in order to __________. A. send the woman away 3. According to the railway law, a child __________. C. below the age of four can travel without a ticket 4. At last the woman got __________ from the railway booking office. D. nothing 5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? D. It was clear that the woman was not honest. Paul Tibbets is a good-natured old man with thick white hair who speaks thoughtfully. The lively 1. What’s Paul Tibbets well-known for? D. He is known as the commander who dropped the first atom bomb in Japan. 2. Paul Tibbets is a person __________ B. who is regarded as a hero by most Americans 3. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? B. This operation affected the rest of Tibbet’s life greatly. 4. From the passage, we probably can know that __________. B. Soldiers were eager to end the war as quickly as possible 5. The author’s description about Paul Tibbets is __________. C. objective The crossword (纵横字谜) is the most popular word game in the world, but it has quite a short 1. Modern crossword began __________. B. in 1913 2. Who created the modern crossword game first? C. Arthur Wynne. 3. In order to make the book success, what did the two American publishers do? A. They provide a free pencil and a free rubber with each book. 4. The first Prize Crossword was appeared in __________ D. ―Sunday Times‖ on 11 January 1925 5. We can learn from the passage that __________. C. the crossword game was the most important feature in England at that time “Sesame Street‖ has been called ―the longest street in the world‖. That is because the telev ision 1. ―Sesame Street‖ has been called ―the longest street in the world‖ because it is __________. B. shown in many countries . 2. In the United States more than __________ children watch ―Sesame Street‖ regularly. A. 6,000,000 3. In the United States many children can watch the program regularly because __________. D. it is shown many times during the week 4. One of the important reasons for the success of the program is that __________. A. not only children but also their mothers like to watch it 5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? D. The program has been a great success, but no one can explain exactly why. Miss Wang of Thailand went to Hong Kong for a holiday. Soon after she got to Hong Kong, she 1. Miss Wang met the man __________. C. when walking along a street in Hong Kong 2. Miss Wang didn’t buy the diamonds at first because she __________ A. was afraid of being tricked 3. Miss Wang decided to buy stones from the man, thinking that ________ C. all the stones were real _4. After buying two of the largest stones from the man, she went back to the jeweler to __________ C. ask about the cost of fixing them on a ring 5. Miss Wang ran out of the jeweler’s store because she __________ D. wanted to catch the stranger and get her money back Thousands of years ago, people lived only in hot places. They did not live in cold places because. . 1. Once people lived only in hot countries because they did not know how to _____ C. keep themselves warm _2. Men later discovered how to use fire to ________ A. cook food 3. People first learned to make fire by rubbing __________ together. B. two pieces of wood 4. Today most people in the world use __________ to make a fire. D. matches 5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is FALSE? B. Before man knew how to make fire, they could get fire easily. There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took 1. The students were afraid of the professor because __________ C. their answers seldom satisfied him 2. The student’s description of the illness was __________ D. accepted . 3. Before he left the room the student was almost sure that __________ A. he had passed the exam, and the only thing was to wait for the mark 4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? . C. Since one spoon is less than five drops, the patient will be all right soon if he takes only one full spoon at a time. 5. We can infer that this passage comes from a __________ D. diary . I had been sitting by myself in my usual compartment (车厢) for at least ten minutes, waiting for 1. The man had been sitting by himself on the train, _____. B. waiting for the train to start 2. In order not to be late again, the girl said she wanted to __________. B. have her watch repaired 3. The girl felt that it was __________ to work for her new boss. C. not easy 4. From __________, the man finally realized that the young girl was his new secretary. A. her talk about her new job 5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? D. The girl was going to work for the man. Every people uses its own special words to describe things and express ideas. Some of these 1. The expression ―Where’s the beef?‖ in the passage means __________. B. something is not as good as described 2. Hamburgers have become very popular in America because they are __________. C. served quickly and at a low price 3. Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because __________. D. they thought they could make a lot of money 4. Wendy’s made the expression known to everybody by __________ D. a TV advertisement . 5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is FALSE? A. In the early 1980s ―Where’s the beef?‖ was the most popular expression in America. We do not know when man first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been used in many 1. Salt has been used in many different ways throughout history. We know this from __________. D. various kinds of historical evidence 2. About ten thousand people were arrested for stealing salt. This happened __________ D. in the 1700s 3. A usual kind of punishment to a salt thief in the 16th century was ________ B. to cut off his ear . 4. In the Roman Empire many people were employed as guards to __________. C. prevent thieves from stealing salt 5. According to the passage, the expression ―not worth his salt‖ in the fourth sentence of Paragraph 3 refers to __________. A. one who fails to do his work well There are four beautiful things about Hawaii. First,the beaches. There are hundreds of miles of 1. There are __________ islands in Hawaii. C. 20 2. The Hawaiian beaches are well-known for __________. A. very small sand and warm water temperature 3. Why is there no word for weather in the Hawaiian language? C. Because there is no the change of seasons in the whole year. 4. The Hawaiian islands are still growing because __________. B. there are many volcanoes 5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? D. There are only four beauties in Hawaii. Be sure to make reservations (预订) if the restaurant you chose is a fancy or popular one. It’s very 1. The word ―fancy‖ in the first sentence of the first paragraph can best be replaced by ―__________‖. D. fine 2. When your food arrives, you had better to __________. D. eat at a proper speed 3. According to the passage, which is the correct manner in eating? B. Counting ten seconds between every two mouthfuls is a good manner. 4. When you are dining, you can __________. C. show concern for your date 5. __________ might be a suitable title for the passage. C. Dining Manner When Dating The April Fools’ Day tradition is popular in European countries. Although the roots of the 1. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? D. People who didn’t adjust to the new calendar became the first April fools in France. 2. According to the passage, the origin of the celebration about the April Fools' Day began sometime during __________ in Britain. C. the thirteenth century 3. What was King John’s custom at that time? B. He liked making road on which he walked regularly. 4. How did the villagers protect their grasslands? D. Both A and B. 5. In Great Britain, the time of playing tricks is __________ on the April Fool's Day. C. from 12:00 to 24:00 In Europe, men do not usually wear skirts. But the Scottish national dress for men is a kind of skirt. 1. This passage is mainly about __________. C. Scottish kilts 2. The first kilt was made __________. A. by a factory owner 3. Scottish soldiers wore kilts partly because of __________. B. the fame 4. Men all over Scotland started to wear kilts __________. C. in the 1700s and early 1800s 5. According to the passage, all of the statements are true EXCEPT that __________. D. wearing kilts meant the same to Scottish and British soldiers There are many different kinds of taxes paid in the US. The most common tax is sales tax. When 1. ________ is the most common tax. B. Sales tax 2. What is the revenue from sales tax used for? D. All of the above. 3. The sentence ―Income tax, like other taxes, is usually graduated.‖ in the second paragraph means ________. A. the tax percentage increases as a family’s income increases 4. What is the amount of property tax based on? C. The property’s value. 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 11.How do Americans ensure proper respect for the national flag? A. By making laws. 12.What is the regulation regarding the raising of the American National Flag? B. It should be raised quickly by hand. 13.How should the American National Flag be displayed at an unveiling ceremony? D. It should be carried high up in the air. 14. what do we learn about the use of the American National Flag? C. There are precise regulations and customs to be followed. 15.What is Americans’attitude towards their National Flag? B. Respect 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 16.What is soap opera? C. The daytime serial dramas on TV. 17.What can be the best titles of the passage? C. Soap opera fans 18.Which are not the reason why the soap opera suddenly becomes ―in‖ according to the passage? D. Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles. 19.What can we learn from the passage? 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. The people’s favorites to drama works change along with the times. 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 21.The origin of language is ______ D. a problem not yet solved 22.What is true about words? C. They are simply sounds 23.The real power of words lies in their ____ D. representative function 24.By ―association‖ , the author means _____ B. a joining of ideas in the mind 25.Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true A. He is no more than a master of words 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 Education in most Americans' eyes is _____. A. quite necessary for social development and democracy Which of the following was not a task of school? D. To send children to British universities The south America developed slowly because _____. D. education developed quite slowly in the south American educational system was built _____. A. on the basis of colonial educational system Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Princeton University was founded around 1750s. 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 Why did Einstein become famous on November 7, 1919? D. Scientist had conclusive proof of the General Theory of Relativity. Einstein's general relativity theory was first presented to the scientific community in_____ C. 1915. The passage implies that before the Special Theory of Relativity was published, Einstein was_____. C. unknown in scientific circles According to the passage, Albert Einstein was NOT_____. B. famous at the age of 25 How does the author seem to feel about Albert Einstein? C. Impressed. 1、(治理利用) 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 (1)、What form does most of solar energy take to reach us? D:both A and B. (2)、Where does the word "solar" come from? B:Roman. (3)、Which of the following is NOT true of solar energy? C:It may cause pollution to the air. (4)、What are the problems facing scientists who want to use solar energy? D:both A and B. (5)、What is the writer's purpose of writing the passage?A:To give a brief introduction to solar energy. 2. Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, greater than what only a few other men have achieved. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created a new (1).The main idea of Paragraph 1 is ______.答案(C)C. the change in human thought produced by Einstein (2).According to the American university president, ______.答案(D) D. Our ideas about the universe are different today because of Einstein 更多资料请登录 (3).According to Paragraph 2, Albert Einstein ______.答案(C) C. was famous in the world (4).According to the passage Einstein did his greatest work ______.答案(B)B. when he was young (5).It may be concluded that ______.答案(C)C. Germans usually have a high respect for science 3、(体力的) 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 (1)、From paragraph 1, we know that in America __A_______. A:people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man (2)、According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because ____B_____. B:she takes pride in what she can do herself (3)、The expression "wait on table" in the second paragraph means "____D_____". D:serve customers in a restaurant (4)、The author's attitude towards manual(体力的) labor is __A_____.A:positive (5)、Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage? ___B_____. B:American Attitude toward Manual Labor 4、 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. (1)、Which of the following titles best fits the passage? C:A Poor Architect's Unusual Works (2)、Which of the following is NOT true? B:Gaudi devoted most of his life to the building of the church (3)、Gaudi sometimes missed classes because ____ B:he had to work at the same time (4)、The church is unusual because ______. D:all of the above (5)、According to the passage, Gaude ______. D:both B and C 5. A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiance (未婚妻). The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present (1).The story took place ______.答案(B) B. in England (2).Which of the following is true?答案(A) A. The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich. (3).Why did the young man want to buy a present for the girl?答案(C) C. Her birthday was coming soon. (4).Why did the shop manager come to talk to the young man?答案(B)B. He looked pale and sad. (5).On the birthday of his fiance, the young man was excited because ______.答案(D) D. he was not sure whether his trick would be seen through 6、(任务) A foreigner's first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurrying to get where (1)、Which of the following statements is wrong? ____D____ D:Americans are impolite to their business colleagues. (2)、In the fourth paragraph, "a high priority" means ____B__ B:a first concern (3)、Americans evaluate a business colleague _D_ D:by learning about their past performance (4)、This passage mainly talks about ___A__ A:how Americans treasure their time (5)、We can infer from the passage that the author's tone in writing is _C C:appreciative (5)、The story tells us __A____. A:how zero came to be used 7、(明星) By definition, heroes and heroines are men and women distinguished by uncommon courage, achievements, and self-sacrifice made most for the benefits of others (1)、The passage mainly deals with __C______. C:heroes and icons (2)、Heroes and heroines are usually __D______. D:all of the above (3)、Which of the following statements is wrong? __D______ D:Heroes and heroines can only emerge in war times. (4)、Beautiful young Diana Spencer found her genuine love __C___ C:just before her death (5)、What is more likely to set an icon's status? _B__ B:Tragic and early death. 8、(周年纪念) 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 (1)、For centuries, the relationship between Britain and France is ___D_____. D:a mixture of love and hate (2)、The war in Iraq does ___D_____ to the relationship between France and Britain. D:both good and harm (3)、The British are not so friendly to __A______ and the French are not so friendly to ________. A:Germany; America (4)、____D____are more interested in having holidays in ________. D:British people „ France (5)、What does the last sentence mean? __C______ C:France and Britain are near neighbors, and this will help balance the relationship between them. 9、 Education in the United States is usually divided into four levels. These are early children, elementary, secondary and higher education. School attendance is. (1)、What topic does the passage mainly discuss? B:The four levels of American education. (2)、Is school attendance required in the USA?A:Yes, it is required in the whole country. (3)、At what level(s) are programs of technical and vocational courses offered? C:The 3rd and 4th levels. (4)、How many grades is the second level of the education divided into?A:Six or eight. (5)、What would most probably be talked about in the next paragraph? B:Post-graduate(研究生)education. 10、 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 (1)、The origin of language is ___D_____. D:problem not yet solved (2)、What is true about words? ___C_____ C:They are simply sounds. (3)、The real power of words lies in their ___D_____.D:representative function (4)、By "association", the author means _B___.B:a joining of ideas in the mind (5)、Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true? ___A_____ A:He is no more than a master of words. 11. 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. (1).When people are online, they talk by ______.答案(D) D. making use of an especially short form of English (2).The Internet makes many people in the world ______.答案(A) A. talking at the same time (3).The sentence There's neither time nor space for explanations means that ______.答案(C) C. people online have to express themselves in a simple way (4).If you get 19/M/HK as an answer to your A/S/L, it means ______.答案(B) B. you are talking to a boy 19 years old and he lives in Hong Kong (5).Which of the following is a way to save online time?答案(A) A. People seldom use capital letters or punctuation marks. 12.(拱门) In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run their own businesses (1).We may infer from this passage that _______.答案(D)D. Ray Kroc was a good businessman (2).The passage suggests that _______A. creativity is an important element of business success (3).In the second sentence of the third paragraph, the word unique means _____A. special (4).This passage mainly talks about _______.答案(C)C. the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald (5).Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except _______.答案(B)B. a cinema 13、 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, (1)、What is the main idea of this passage? __B______ B:The role of time in social life over the world. (2)、What does it mean in the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours? ___B____ B:A matter of life or death. (3)、Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your friend? B:at 4:00 pm. (4)、Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? __D______ D:Promptness is valued highly in American life. (5)、From the passage we can safely infer that __B_____. B:the meaning of time differs in different parts of the world 14、 I often dreamed about Pisa when I was a boy. I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of (1)、This passage is about ___D___ D:Why the writer likes Pisa (2)、The writer used to think Pisa ___D___. D:the same as pizza (3)、The Leaning Tower of Pisa is ___C___. C:600 years old (4)、The writer ___B___. B:likes what the tower looks like (5)、The writer likes the Leaning Tower of Pisa because ______. D:it's imperfect 15、 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 11 a.m. (1)、What is soap opera? ___C_____ C:The daytime serial dramas on TV. (2)、What can be the best title of the passage? __C______ C:Soap opera fans. (3)、Which are not the reasons 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. (4)、What can we learn from the passage? ___C_____ C:Young viewers have turned themselves from the seriousness of sixties to enjoyment now. (5)、What message does the author want to convey to us? ___B_____ B:The people's favorites to drama works change along with the times. 16、 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. (1)、Someone can't have a good memory if ______. B:he doesn't use his memory (2)、If you don't use your arms or legs for some time, ______. D:they become weak and won't become strong until you use them again (3)、Which of the following is true? B:Your memory becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice. (4)、Few people know that it is only __if a friend has a poor memory.B:his parents' fault (5)、The writer wants to tell us ______. C:how to have a good memory 17、 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. (1)、Why do people in England often talk about the weather? A:Because they may have four seasons in one day. (2)、From the story we know that when __B____ come, there is a heavy rain. B:black clouds (3)、The sentence "People can also have summer in winter." means "it is sometimes too ____A__ in winter." A:warm (4)、In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because ___B___. B:it often rains in England (5)、The best title for this passage is __C____. C:The Weather in England 18、 Long, long ago there was no zero. To write the number sixty-three people wrote 63.To write six hundred and three, people wrote 6 3.The space between six and three (1)、Long, long ago people didn't know how to _B_____. B:write zero (2)、Long, long ago if they wrote two hundred-eight, people wrote __B____. B:2 8 (3)、Later ___D___ was used to mean space. D:a dot (4)、People used circles __C____. C:not to forget the space (5)、The story tells us ___A___. A:how zero came to be used 19、(药量) Look at the instructions on the bottle of the medicine and then choose the right answers. (1)、John should take __B____ a day. B:3 teaspoonfuls (2)、The medicine should be kept in ___A____. A:a fridge (3)、John should __A____ before he takes it. A:shake the medicine well (4)、When kids are __C____ years old, they cannot take this medicine.C:two (5)、John will __A__ the medicine when it is left after Dec.1st, 2002. A:throw away 20 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 (1)、How do Americans ensure proper respect for the national flag? __A_A:By making laws. (2)、What is the regulation regarding the raising of the American National Flag? ___B______ B:It should be raised quickly by hand. (3)、How should the American National Flag be displayed at an unveiling ceremony? ____D_____ D:It should be carried high up in the air. (4)、What do we learn about the use of the American National Flag? ___C______ C:There are precise regulations and customs to be followed. (5)、How are Americans towards their National Flag? ___B_____ B:Respect. 21、(每秒六便士) 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 (1)、Linda is telephoning home to ___B___. B:say that she and David have arrived safely (2)、Linda does not think it expensive to ring, because ___D___. D:she will speak from one side of the world to the other (3)、David says, "Nearly four pounds," because __A____. A:he wants to remind Linda of the cost of the call (4)、Mrs. Lee goes on talking for so long because __B___ B:she likes talking (5)、Linda stopped her mother by __D____.D:promising to write, and ringing off 22、 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 (1)、Which of the following statements is NOT true? ___B_____ B:All the people who work in London prefer to live in the country. (2)、With the same money needed for____C____, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country. C:renting a small flat without a garden (3)、When the garden is in blossom, that one __B______ has been rewarded. B:having spent time working in the garden (4)、People who think happiness lies in the city life would feel that ____A___ if they had to live outside London. A:their life was meaningless (5)、The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to C:escape from 23、 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 (1)、Mr Perkin wanted a new yellow Beta 400s because___C__ C:he liked to do the same as other people (2)、He drove to work in his new car___A___. A:the very next day (3)、He was satisfied with his new car because___B___. B:it was the same as other cars all around him (4)、People gave him a look because__D____. D:he was trying to open more than one car (5)、Mr Perkin had to wait until___A___. A:there was only one yellow Beta 400s in the car-park 24. 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 (1).Ice cream was unknown in France until ________.答案(A) A. 1533 (2).Ice cream was introduced to England by ________.答案(C) C. King Charles I (3).What will be probably discussed in the paragraphs following this passage?答案(D) D. Development of ice cream in America or other countries. (4).Marco Polo's remark shows that he traveled in _______.答案(A) A. China (5).This passage is mainly about ________.答案(D) D. the history of ice cream 25、 On Christmas Eve?the night before Christmas Day?children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Their parents usually (1)、Christmas Eve is _D_____. D:the night before Christmas Day (2)、Father Christmas often puts presents __B____. B:into children's stockings (3)、Whenthe children ere very young,_A. A:they didn't know who Father Christmas was (4)、When the children are older, they __C____. C:know that Father Christmas is really their father (5)、Father Christmas comes into the house through the __A____. A:chimney 26、 One day a man and his daughter were going out for a walk. The man had put on a pair of odd shoes, one with a thick sole(鞋跟) and one with a thin sole. As (1)、The man thought that his daughter was _B_____. B:clever (2)、It was the __B____ that found the reason for it. B:daughter (3)、The daughter came back, bringing ______ with her. B:a pair of odd shoes (4)、What do you think that the man should have done? C:He should have changed one of his shoes. (5)、What do you think of the man and his daughter? D:Either of them was foolish enough. 27、 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 (1)、The old man felt very cold because _C___C:he had travelled in the heavy rain (2)、The people in the restaurant all ran out because _B_____. B:they wanted to see the horse eating fish (3)、Indeed, the horse can neither ____C__ nor ______ nor ______. C:sing ... dance ... eat fish (4)、All the people in the restaurant rushed out __D____ but ______. D:to see the horse eat fish ... the old man (5)、Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse? Because _C_____. C:he wanted to sit by the fire, but wasn't able to do so at first 28.(侦探) 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 (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. (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? C. Worried. 29. 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. (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. 30、(有道理的) 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 (1)、The factory turned to the German engineer because _C______. C:the workers could not repair the machine (2)、The problem of the machine __D_____. D:was just a part (3)、According to the engineer, the finding of the problem cost __B__ B:$ 29,999 (4)、The writer wants to tell us that _C___ C:the knowledge is worth money (5)、What is the best title of the passage? A:The Value of Knowledge 31、 Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Wide spread use of written language would not have been possible without some cheap and practical (1)、What's the meaning for the word 'parchment'? ___B_____ B:A kind of paper made from the skin of certain young animals. (2)、Which of the following is not mentioned about the invention of paper? __A______ A:More jobs could be provided than before. (3)、When did the Egyptians begin to use paper widely? __A______A:Around 1400. (4)、Which of the following countries uses more paper for each person a year? B:Sweden. (5)、What is the main idea of this short talk? ___C____ C:The invention of paper is of great significance to man. 32、(护士) Pubs are supposed to be the Englishman's favorite meeting place, where he can get together with a few friends over a pint of beer and talk about football, (1)、For what do Englishmen go to the pubs? B:They go to meet and talk with their friends over some beer. (2)、What doesn't the speaker like about the pubs? C:The male-dominated atmosphere. (3)、What are many men dreaming of? A:Owning a pub and living like having a party every night. (4)、Which of the following can be learned from the passage? D:The speaker was once an armyman. (5)、What can you conclude from the passage? D:Different types of pubs in Britain cater to the taste of different types of men. 33、(短促尖叫) Pearl Carlson was shaken awake at 3:30 a.m. by a forceful pull. King, the family dog, was trying to pull her out of the bed. Then she smelled smoke and heard (1)、Who was King in the story? C:The family dog (2)、According to the story the firstone whowas completely out of danger could be D:Pearl (3)、When the master's room caught fire, _______.B:the dog waked Pearl up (4)、After reading this story, we've learnt that the following statements could be reasonable except _______. B:the dog awoke mother first (5)、From this story it can be inferred that ______. D:The dog is man's best friend 34、(临时住房) 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 (1)、In this passage the author mainly ___A_____. A:tells us where to stay while visiting Britain (2)、____B____ are mainly built for young visitors. B:Youth Hotels (3)、If you travel alone and want to know better about family life in Britain, you'd better stay in ____D____. D:B&Bs (4)、If you are interested in travelling with your friends but only with limited means, where is the better place for you to stay? ____C____. C:Hostels (5)、Which of the following is NOT true according to the last part of the passage? _____B___. B:All pubs and inns offer visitors bed and breakfast 35、 Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. She was leaving her native country to join her sister in the United States. She spoke (1)、Maria's story happened ___D_____. D:when she arrived at the airport (2)、You believe that the work of the airline employee mentioned in the story is to __C____ at the airport. C:check people's luggage (3)、"Why are you so upset?" Maria said to the man. She wanted to tell him that he should not be ___C_____. C:unhappy (4)、"Everyone was looking at him with disapproval." This sentence means that the people around felt ____D____. D:sorry for the man's manners (5)、The author mentioned Maria's age at the beginning of the story in order to show that ____A____. A:she was young but behaved properly 36、 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 (1)、What does the author try to prove by citing "what kind of impression am I making?" (Para. __B_B:People's shyness made them care too much about their appearance and actions (2)、According to the writer, self-awareness is ___A_____. A:a good quality (3)、When being praised, shy people feel that it is ___B_____. B:unreal (4)、Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage? ___C_____ C:Shyness can block our chances for a rich life (5)、It can be inferred from the passage that shy people __B______. B:should understand themselves in the right way 37、 Six people were traveling in a compartment(包厢)on a train. Five of them were quiet and well behaved(举止), but the sixth was a rude young man who was causing (1)、Of the six passengers in the compartment ___B___. B:one of them was rude and badly behaved (2)、When the rude young man got off the train __C____. C:the other five passengers didn't help him (3)、The young man hurried back because _D____. D:he heard a passenger shouting to him that he had left something behind (4)、The passenger who had called him back wanted __A____. A:to punish him for his bad behavior (5)、The writer is trying to tell us in the story that __C___. C:people with bad manners are not welcomed 38、 There are three kinds of goals: short-term, medium-range and long-term goals. Short-term goals are those that usually deal with current activities, which we can (1)、Our long-term goals mean a lot __B______. B:If we complete the short-term goals (2)、New short-term goals are built upon __D______.D:the goals that have been completed (3)、 When we complete each step of our goals, ___C_____. C:we should build up confidence of success (4)、What is the main idea of this passage? ____C___ C:Different kinds of goals in life. (5)、Which of the following statements is wrong according to the passage? ___C_____ C:Life is a static thing, thus we should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action. 39、 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 (1)、Tom wanted to buy __C____ when the girl asked him. C:the fourth ticket (2)、The big boy stopped Tom at the door because _A_____.A:it was the big boy's job (3)、The big boy was ___D___ at the cinema. D:a worker (4)、From the story we know __B____. B:the little boy knew nothing about the cinema (5)、Which of the following is NOT true in the passage? C:Tom was too young to make friends. 40、(君主制) 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 (1)、What's this passage about? C:The French Revolution. (2)、Which did not happen in 1789? B:The national economy was developing rapidly. (3)、Where were the political prisoners kept? D:In Bastille. (4)、What does the underlined word "abolished" mean? D:Ended. (5)、What was NOT the effect of the Revolution? D:The king tried to control the national parliament. 41、 The dark smoke that comes out of stacks(大烟囱) or from a burning dump(垃圾) contains tiny bits of solid or liquid matter. The smoke also contains many gases, most (1)、Which of the following is NOT true about the "black snow" incident? B:It happened there because air pollution in these countries was most serious. (2)、Who can be killed by air pollution? C:Those who suffer from respiratory illnesses. (3)、How many people died of air pollution in Pennsylvania in 1948? B:20. (4)、What are bronchitis and asthma? B:Lung disease. (5)、According to the passage, air pollution increases people's chance of getting ______? B:A lung disease. 42. 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 (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 _________. 答案(D) D. a bad man with ill will (4).The situation could be changed by __________. 答案(A) A. repairing the dam (5).The story is mainly about _________. 答案(B) B. a bad-tempered man and his lake 43、 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 (1)、What makes a scientist according to the passage? __B__.B:The way he uses his tools (2)、"The scientist, however, goes one step further„". The author says this to show ___C_____. C:the difference between scientists and ordinary people (3)、A sound scientific theory should be one that ___A_____. A:works not only under one set of conditions at one time, but also under the same conditions at other times (4)、The author quotes the case of Albert Einstein to illustrate ____C____. C:that the investigations are important in science (5)、What is the main idea of the passage? ___D_____. D:Exactness and ways of using tools are the keys to the making of a scientist 44、 When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished (1)、Which of the following has become one of America's fastest growing businesses? _____D___ D:Renting home furnishings. (2)、Why do some people prefer to rent furniture? ___C_____ C:Because it saves them much trouble and money. (3)、What can you infer from the passage? __B______ B:Renting furniture is not popular in the couple's home town. (4)、Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? __B______ B:A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings. (5)、Young people liked renting home furniture in that __D______ D:They don't have much money and don't want to buy the cheap furniture. 45 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 (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 ______ 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 46. 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‖, (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 _D. stand where he is and wait for his turn (4).According to this passage, a polite person ______A. will not break into other's conversation (5). The word "accidentally" (Line 5, Para. 4) means ______.答案(B) B. by accident There are many different kinds of taxes paid in the US. The most common tax is sales tax. When someone buys something, he pays the price of his purchase plus a small added percentage. This percentage is the sales tax. The revenue (税收) from the sales tax goes to the state government to 1. ________ is the most common tax. B. Sales tax 2. What is the revenue from sales tax used for? D. All of the above. 3. The sentence ―Income tax, like other taxes, is usually graduated.‖ in the second paragraph means ________. A. the tax percentage increases as a family’s income increases 4. What is the amount of property tax based on? C. The property’s value. In Europe, men do not usually wear skirts. But the Scottish national dress for men is a kind of skirt. It is called a kilt. The Scottish like to be different. They are also proud of their country and its 1. This passage is mainly about __________. C. Scottish kilts 2. The first kilt was made __________. A. by a factory owner 3. Scottish soldiers wore kilts partly because of __________. B. the fame 4. Men all over Scotland started to wear kilts __________. C. in the 1700s and early 1800s 5. According to the passage, all of the statements are true EXCEPT that __________. D. wearing kilts meant the same to Scottish and British soldiers The April Fools’ Day tradition is popular in European countries. Although the roots of the traditional tricks are unclear, the French and the British both have claims on the origin of the 1. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? D. People who didn’t adjust to the new calendar became the first April fools in France. 2. According to the passage, the origin of the celebration about the April Fools' Day began sometime during __________ in Britain. C. the thirteenth century 3. What was King John’s custom at that time? B. He liked making road on which he walked regularly. 4. How did the villagers protect their grasslands? D. Both A and B. 5. In Great Britain, the time of playing tricks is __________ on the April Fool's Day A. from 0:00 to 12:00 . Be sure to make reservations (预订) if the restaurant you chose is a fancy or popular one. It’s very shameful to show up without reservations and have to wait for a table, leaving a very bad 1. The word ―fancy‖ in the first sentence of the first paragraph can best be replaced by ―__________‖. D. fine 2. When your food arrives, you had better to __________. D. eat at a proper speed 3. According to the passage, which is the correct manner in eating? B. Counting ten seconds between every two mouthfuls is a good manner. 4. When you are dining, you can __________. C. show concern for your date 5. __________ might be a suitable title for the passage. C. Dining Manner When Dating There are four beautiful things about Hawaii. First,the beaches. There are hundreds of miles of beaches on the twenty islands of Hawaii. Most of them are covered with fine white sand. They are thought to be among the best beaches in the world. Another wonderful thing about the beaches of 1. There are __________ islands in Hawaii. C. 20 2. The Hawaiian beaches are well-known for __________. A. very small sand and warm water temperature 3. Why is there no word for weather in the Hawaiian language? C. Because there is no the change of seasons in the whole year. 4. The Hawaiian islands are still growing because __________. B. there are many volcanoes 5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? D. There are only four beauties in Hawaii. We do not know when man first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout history. Historical evidence shows, for example, that people who lived over 3,000 years ago ate salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to preserve 1. Salt has been used in many different ways throughout history. We know this from __________. D. various kinds of historical evidence 2. About ten thousand people were arrested for stealing salt. This happened __________. D. in the 1700s 3. A usual kind of punishment to a salt thief in the 16th century was __________. B. to cut off his ear 4. In the Roman Empire many people were employed as guards to __________. C. prevent thieves from stealing salt 5. According to the passage, the expression ―not worth his salt‖ in the fourth sentence of Paragraph 3 refers to __________. A. one who fails to do his work well Every people uses its own special words to describe things and express ideas. Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is ―Where’s the beef?‖ It is used when something is not as good as it is said 1. The expression ―Where’s the beef?‖ in the passage means __________. B. something is not as good as described 2. Hamburgers have become very popular in America because they are __________ C. served quickly and at a low price . 3. Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because __________. D. they thought they could make a lot of money 4. Wendy’s made the expression known to everybody by __________. D. a TV advertisement 5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is FALSE? A. In the early 1980s ―Where’s the beef?‖ was the most popular expression in America. I had been sitting by myself in my usual compartment (车厢) for at least ten minutes, waiting for the train to start. The trains from Brighton never seemed to start on time and I often thought that I could have lain in bed a little longer or had another cup of tea before leaving home. Suddenly I 1. The man had been sitting by himself on the train, __________. B. waiting for the train to start 2. In order not to be late again, the girl said she wanted to __________. B. have her watch repaired 3. The girl felt that it was __________ to work for her new boss. C. not easy 4. From __________, the man finally realized that the young girl was his new secretary. A. her talk about her new job 5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? D. The girl was going to work for the man. There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee, the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answer they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good 1. The students were afraid of the professor because __________. C. their answers seldom satisfied him 2. The student’s description of the illness was __________. D. accepted 3. Before he left the room the student was almost sure that __________. A. he had passed the exam, and the only thing was to wait for the mark 4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? C. Since one spoon is less than five drops, the patient will be all right soon if he takes only one full spoon at a time. 5. We can infer that this passage comes from a __________. B. magazine Thousands of years ago, people lived only in hot places. They did not live in cold places because they could not keep warm. Then they learned how to make clothes. When an animal was killed, they cut off its skin. They wrapped the skins around their bodies. The skins kept them warm. At 1. Once people lived only in hot countries because they did not know how to __________ C. keep themselves warm 2. Men later discovered how to use fire to __________. A. cook food 3. People first learned to make fire by rubbing __________ together. B. two pieces of wood 4. Today most people in the world use __________ to make a fire. D. matches 5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is FALSE? B. Before man knew how to make fire, they could get fire easily. Miss Wang of Thailand went to Hong Kong for a holiday. Soon after she got to Hong Kong, she went shopping along Nathan Road. Suddenly a man came up to her and said, ―Hello, there, I haven’t seen you for a long time.‖ The stranger continued talking to her for a while and then took 1. Miss Wang met the man __________. C. when walking along a street in Hong Kong 2. Miss Wang didn’t buy the diamonds at first because she __________. A. was afraid of being tricked 3. Miss Wang decided to buy stones from the man, thinking that __________ C. all the stones were real . 4. After buying two of the largest stones from the man, she went back to the jeweler to __________. C. ask about the cost of fixing them on a ring 5. Miss Wang ran out of the jeweler’s store because she __________. D. wanted to catch the stranger and get her money back “Sesame Street‖ has been called ―the longest street in the world‖. That is because the television program can now be seen in so many parts of the world. That program became one of America’s exports soon after it was shown in New York in 1969. In the United States more than six million 1. ―Sesame Street‖ has been called ―the longest street in the world‖ because it is __________. B. shown in many countries 2. In the United States more than __________ children watch ―Sesame Street‖ regularly. A. 6,000,000 3. In the United States many children can watch the program regularly because __________. D. it is shown many times during the week 4. One of the important reasons for the success of the program is that __________. A. not only children but also their mothers like to watch it 5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? D. The program has been a great success, but no one can explain exactly why. Miss Wang of Thailand went to Hong Kong for a holiday. Soon after she got to Hong Kong, she went shopping along Nathan Road. Suddenly a man came up to her and said, ―Hello, there, I haven’t seen you for a long time.‖ The stranger continued talking to her for a while and then took 1. Miss Wang met the man _________ C. when walking along a street in Hong Kong _. 2. Miss Wang didn’t buy the diamonds at first because she __________. A. was afraid of being tricked 3. Miss Wang decided to buy stones from the man, thinking that __________ C. all the stones were real . 4. After buying two of the largest stones from the man, she went back to the jeweler to “Sesame Street‖ has been called ―the longest street in the world‖. That is because the television program can now be seen in so many parts of the world. That program became one of America’s exports soon after it was shown in New York in 1969. In the United States more than six million The crossword (纵横字谜) is the most popular word game in the world, but it has quite a short history. We know that the Romans wrote word squares and some people say that the Chinese had something like crossword games eight thousand years ago, but it is generally believed that the 1. Modern crossword began __________. B. in 1913 2. Who created the modern crossword game first? C. Arthur Wynne. 3. In order to make the book success, what did the two American publishers do? A. They provide a free pencil and a free rubber with each book. 4. The first Prize Crossword was appeared in __________. D. ―Sunday Times‖ on 11 January 1925 5. We can learn from the passage that __________. D. today the crossword game is still popular in some of western countries Paul Tibbets is a good-natured old man with thick white hair who speaks thoughtfully. The lively 85-year-old was the pilot and commander of the bomber who dropped the first-ever atom bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. He is a controversial (争议的) figure in world 1. What’s Paul Tibbets well-known for? D. He is known as the commander who dropped the first atom bomb in Japan. 2. Paul Tibbets is a person __________. B. who is regarded as a hero by most Americans 3. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? B. This operation affected the rest of Tibbet’s life greatly. 4. From the passage, we probably can know that __________. B. Soldiers were eager to end the war as quickly as possible 5. The author’s description about Paul Tibbets is __________. C. objective The angry woman stood on the station platform (月台). “The railway should pay me ,14,” she said to Tony Jenks, the man in the booking office. “My ticket was for June 26th, and there was no ship from Jersey that night. My daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ,14.” 1. A return ticket is a ticket that __________. D. allows a passenger to travel to a place and return later 2. The man in the booking office mentioned the child’s ticket in order to _________ A. send the woman away _3. According to the railway law, a child __________ C. below the age of four can travel without a ticket 4. At last the woman got __________ from the railway booking office. D. nothing 5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? D. It was clear that the woman was not honest. Nancy and Peter McCall like sports. In the summer they swim and in the winter they ski. They are planning a ski trip for this weekend, but they don't know about the weather. It's 7?30 now, and they are listening to the weather report on the radio. The weatherman is giving the weather for the 1. When did Nancy and Peter listen to the weather forecast?A. Thursday evening 2. What are Nancy and Peter planning for the weekend?C. A ski trip in the mountains 3. When is it going to snow according to the weather forecast? D. Friday night 4. What will the weather be like on Sunday?C. Clear, cold and sunny 5. What can you infer from the passage?A. Nancy and Peter must live quite near the mountains . Great changes have been made in family life because of science and industry. In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm . 1. Which of the following topics is discussed in the passage?B. Influence of science and industry on American families 2. What kind of families is described in the passage?D. Families of the past, the present and the future 3. According to the writer, what is one of the reasons why families are getting smaller in America? C. The need for workers who are able to move at any time has been increasing 4. Who will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future?D. A small number of families 5. What can you infer from the passage? C. Large families can hardly survive in a highly industrialized society A man got into a train and found himself sitting opposite a woman who seemed to be about thirty-five years old. Soon they began talking to each other, and the man said to her, ―Do you have 1. What are the man and the woman talking about? C. The woman’s son. 2. How does the woman feel about her son? C. He will grow up to be a wise young man. 3. Where does the conversation take place?A. On a train. 5. Which of the following probably best describes the man’s feeling at the end of the conversation?C. Amused. 5. What can’t you learn from the conversation? C. The woman is so proud of her son that she does not really understand what the man’s questions mean. Many people now keep animals as pets. Some people have cats and dogs in their houses. Other people like fish, caged birds, tortoises and even snakes, monkeys or lions. Millions of dollars and 1. How do most people treat their pets? D. They spend a large amount of money and time taking care of them. 2. Which of the following is not a blood sport? D. Horse racing. 3. What do you think is the writer’s attitude towards blood sports? A. He thinks they are very cruel. 4. Which of the following seems to affect the earth’s ecosystem most seriously? C. Illegal killing of rare animals. 5. What does the passage mainly imply? C. Animals should be well treated and protected. Weather has a great influence on people. It influences people's health, intelligence (智力) and feelings. 1. If thin people feel unhappy, the weather may be very __________.B. cold 2. Students in the U.S. usually do badly on exams in __________.C. August 3. People in the Northeast of America usually have heart disease in _________.A. March 4. Storms can increase student's IQ, this discovery was made __________.A. in 1982 5. What is the best title for this passage? __________.C. The Great influence of Weather Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant, and its owner didn't know what to do. The food in his restaurant was cheap and good, but nobody seemed to want to eat there. 1. To whom did the waiter give a beautiful menu when a gentleman and his lady friend came into the restaurant?C. Both of them. 2. Were the menus for the guests the same?C. They were the same on the outside but different inside. 3. Why could the male guest remain calm when he ordered dish after dish?A. Because the prices of the dishes were reasonable. 4. What did the lady think of her friend after a meal at this restaurant?D. She thought he was very generous 5. What does the story mainly suggest?A. Knowledge of customer psychology helps promote business. A guide dog is a dog especially trained to guide a blind person. Dogs chosen for such training must show good disposition, intelligence, physical fitness and sense of responsibility. 1. What is a guide dog? A. A dog trained to help the blind. 2. At what age does a guide dog begin its training course? C. At the age of fourteen months. 3. Which of the following is NOT included in the training course? D. Learning to save its owner when he/she falls into danger. 4. What is the most important part of the training course? C. To teach the dog how to cooperate with its future owner. 5. Why are guide dogs not popular? A. Many blind people find it hard to work with dogs. If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometers. These great forests are the oceans of trees. There are thousands and thousands of 1. The passage mainly tells us about ______.A. the importance of taking care of plants 2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?B. Forests are homes for different kinds of animals. 3. The need for more wood and more land results in _____.D. All of the above 4. What will happen in 20 or 30 years in some people's view?C. We'11 have no forests like those in the center of Africa. 5. The writer thinks _________.B. it necessary to protect the forests Clowns(小丑)like to make people laugh. They paint their faces and put on funny noses. Sometimes they put on a sad face but most of the time they put on a happy face. They also wear 1. Clowns make people laugh by _____________. D. doing all kinds of silly things 2. Clowns are ______________. D. mostly male 3. The sentence "A circus is not a circus without clowns" means ___________. A. a circus will not be of much fun if it has no clowns 4. Clowns are a great favorite with ____________. C. children 5. The best interpretation of the old saying "Laughter is good medicine" may be ___________. D. laughter helps sick people get better faster Computers can injure you. Most other injuries happen suddenly. For example，if you fall off a bike and break your arms，it happens very quickly. But computer injuries happen slowly. 1. A computer screen may injure your eyes if ________.C. your eyes are too close to it 2. Hand and wrist injuries are caused when you ________. B. move in the same way again and again 3. Your eyes and hands will be safe if ________ B. you often take rests from working 4. It is good for your back and neck if you sit ________.A. in the right way 5. What would be the best title for the text? C. How to Use a Computer Safely. . Let's watch the weather forecast on television. We may go to Scotland; we may go to Wales or London. We can decide after the forecast. 1. What is the speaker planning to do? A. To go traveling within the country. 2. Can the speaker fly to Northern Scotland tomorrow morning, according to the weather forecast? Why or why not? B. Yes, because it won't be foggy there tomorrow. 3. When is the speaker watching the forecast? A. In the morning. . 4. What does the forecast mainly tell us? C. Within one day the weather varies from one part of the country to another, even within one district. 5. What can you infer from the passage? C. None of the places offers ideal weather tomorrow for travel. No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon and part of it taken out. Today, however, we needn't worry about feeling pain during the operation. The sick person falls into a 1. It is ,,,, since a man felt all the pain while being operated A. a few more years 2. Long ago , when the sick man was operated on , he ,,,,.C. could feel all the pain 3. Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to ,,,,. B. feel pain 4. If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on, he C. still felt pain ,,,. 5. One who took too much of the laughing gas ,,,.A. would die Americans, like many people elsewhere in the world, like to invite friends to their homes for an evening of food, drink and conversation. Formal dinners in fine homes and hotels in the United 1. What do Americans like to do with their friends? D. To invite them over to dinner at their homes. 2. Why do most Americans prefer informal parties? B. Because they have no servants to help them prepare formal ones. 3. Where do guests sit and eat at an informal dinner, according to the passage? A. In the dining room or in the living room. . 4. According to the passage, what do people SELDOM have at a picnic? C. Hot food. 5. Why is the picnic considered a more enjoyable form of meal? C. Because people can be closer to nature. There were once many sheiks(阿拉伯的酋长)who wanted to marry Queen Maura, for she was one of the most beautiful and powerful queens of Arabia. However, she did not like most of the 1. What was queen looking for?D. A husband. 2. Why did the Queen disguise herself?A. Because she didn't want to be recognized by the sheiks. 3. What did she give the sheiks to eat the next evening? D. Three different meals. 4. Why didn't Hakim want to eat his meal?C. Because the other sheiks had worse food. 5. When did the Queen finally decide who to marry? D. When Hakim refused to eat his meal. The United States covers a large part of the North American continent. Its neighbors are Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Although the United States is a big country, it is not the largest in the world. In 2000, its population was over 222 million. 11. Which of the following is TRUE? B. The United States lies next to Canada and Mexico. 12. After winning its independence, the United States __. D. took over parts of Canada and Mexico 13. The United States didn't have _______ states until________.A. thirteen; 1959 14. Why is English the language of America?A. English is the native language of the Indians. 15. The best title for the passage is ―_____ D. The Culture and Customs of America A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin (顽童) was walking 16. The street urchin was very surprised when __ C. he saw the shining car 17. From the story we can see the urchin _______ B. wanted Paul's brother to give him a car 18. The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house A. to show his neighbours the big car 19. We can infer (推断) from the story that_____ C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother 20. Paul gave the brothers a ride probably because __ D. he wanted to take them to buy Christmas gifts Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with giving-away. If 21. From the passage, we understand that ____________. D. the author liked most people as they looked upon life as a process of getting 22. According to the author, ______________. C. you don't have to be rich in order to give 23. The author would make the suggestion to the storekeeper _______D. about the neighborhood 24. When the author needed a post-office box, ____ A. he had to put his name on a waiting list 25. In reply to the postmaster's question, the author said ____ B. it was the post-office box The resources of the library can be helpful even when we are doing something very informal, such as trying to devise a better way to measure attitudes toward music or looking for a better way 26. The library resources can be helpful when we _____ C. are writing a dissertation 27. Readers' familiarity of with different resources ____________. A. is more or less the same 28. The author believes that _______ C. one is supposed to be aware of the library resources that are usually not available 29. When educators wish to share some information with their colleagues, they often A. publish it in a professional journal 30. The chapter in question mainly ______ B. presents information on publishing papers in professional journals The United States covers a large part of the North American continent. Its neighbors are Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Although the United States is a big country, it is not the largest in the world. In 2000, its population was over 222 million. 1. Which of the following is TRUE? B. The United States lies next to Canada and Mexico. 2. After winning its independence, the United States _______. C. mainly developed westward 3. The United States didn't have _______ states until________. B. fifty; 1959 4. Why is English the language of America? C. Most of the people who first settled in America were from England. 5. The best title for the passage is ―______________.‖ C. The United States of America A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin (顽童) was walking 6. The street urchin was very surprised when __ B. Paul told him about the car 7. From the story we can see the urchin _______ A. wished to give his brother a car 8. The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house D. to tell his brother about his wish 9. We can infer (推断) from the story that________. B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother 10 Paul gave the brothers a ride probably because ________ C. he was moved by the older brother's wish Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with giving-away. If a 11 From the passage, we understand that ____________. A. the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirties 12 According to the author, ______________. C. you don't have to be rich in order to give 13 The author would make the suggestion to the storekeeper ____________B. in person 14 When the author needed a post-office box, _______________. C. many people had applied for post-office boxes before him 15 In reply to the postmaster's question, the author said _____________. D. it was he who wrote him a letter a year ago The resources of the library can be helpful even when we are doing something very informal, such as trying to devise a better way to measure attitudes toward music or looking for a better way to teach mathematics. The library can be equally helpful when we are doing something very 16 The library resources can be helpful when we ______________. D. All of the above 17 Readers' familiarity of with different resources ____________. C. differs greatly 18. The author believes that _______________. D. one is supposed to have good knowledge and make good use of library resources 19. When educators wish to share some information with their colleagues, they often A. publish it in a professional journal 20. The chapter in question mainly _______ C. introduces some library services The United States covers a large part of the North American continent. Its neighbors are Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Although the United States is a big country, it is not the largest in the world. In 2000, its population was over 222 million. 11. Which of the following is TRUE? B. The United States lies next to Canada and Mexico. 12. After winning its independence, the United States _______. D. took over parts of Canada and Mexico 13. The United States didn't have _______ states until________. A. thirteen; 1959 14. Why is English the language of America? A. English is the native language of the Indians. 15. The best title for the passage is ―_________ D. The Culture and Customs of America Passage 2 A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin (顽童) was walking 16. The street urchin was very surprised when __ C. he saw the shining car 17. From the story we can see the urchin _______ B. wanted Paul's brother to give him a car 18. The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house A. to show his neighbours the big car 19. We can infer (推断) from the story that________. C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother 20. Paul gave the brothers a ride probably because ________ D. he wanted to take them to buy Christmas gifts Passage 3 Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with giving-away. If 21. From the passage, we understand that ____________. D. the author liked most people as they looked upon life as a process of getting 22. According to the author, ______________. C. you don't have to be rich in order to give 23. The author would make the suggestion to the storekeeper _______D. about the neighborhood 24. When the author needed a post-office box, ____ A. he had to put his name on a waiting list 25. In reply to the postmaster's question, the author said _____ B. it was the post-office box Passage 4 The resources of the library can be helpful even when we are doing something very informal, such as trying to devise a better way to measure attitudes toward music or looking for a better way to teach mathematics. The library can be equally helpful when we are doing something very 26. The library resources can be helpful when we ________ C. are writing a dissertation 27. Readers' familiarity of with different resources ____________. A. is more or less the same 28. The author believes that _______________. C. one is supposed to be aware of the library resources that are usually not available 29. When educators wish to share some information with their colleagues, they often A. publish it in a professional journal 30. The chapter in question mainly ___________ B. presents information on publishing papers in professional journals On July 1, 1859, four men, started on a trip by balloon from St. Louis to New York. At 7: 30, in the presence of thousands of spectators, the cords that kept balloon earthbound were cut, and with considerable speed it went up to the height of two miles. Taking an easterly direction, it passed, in 1.How many people came to see the balloon rising?d.at least 2,000 2. When the cords were cut, the balloon ________. b. went up rapidly 3.In the windstorm, the balloon sand toward ________.a. Lake Ontario 4.During the trip, the balloon averaged ________.d. 60 miles an hour 5.How many people believed Mr. Wise would have a successful trip across the Atlantic?c. not many The appearance in Glasgow of the largest yearly exhibition of children’s books in Britain will give a wonderful opportunity for Scottish people to see and buy the latest books for children as well as old favorites, both hardback and paperback. The age-range covered will stretch from wordless 6.The books in the exhibition are intended for _________. d. children of all ages 7.The show was originally designed to attract people who _________.a. knew something about children’s books 8.With its success there was a growth in the _________.d. had special tastes 9.Much of its success in the provinces has been the result of activity by _________.a. the local people interested in it 10. This year parties of schoolchildren must _________.c. have their visits arranged in good time American cities are similar to other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the values of the culture. Cities contain the very best aspects of a society; opportunities for education, employment, and entertainment. They also contain the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, 11. Paragraph 1 _________. c. is a description of cities 12. In the 1950s the American ―dream‖ was _________.d.to buy a new house in the suburbs 13. In paragraph 3, the author gives _________ reasons why people want to live in cities.c. three 14. According to the article, cities are _________.c. alive again 15. The movement of people to and from the city can explain _________.a. social changes An election year is one in which all four numbers are evenly divisible by four (1944, 1948, etc.). Since 1840, American presidents elected in years ending in zero have been destined to die in office. 16. Which of the following was not an election year?b. 1930 17. Which president served the shortest term in office?d.William H. Harrison 18. Which of the following is true?d. Four American presidents have been assassinated. 19. How many presidents elected in years ending in zero since 1840 have died in office?a.7 20. Which of the following was not assassinated?b. Franklin D. Roosevelt 1. The kids are kept ( ) tidying up the desk. C. busy in 2. The water is too hot ( ). B. to drink 3. --- Would you ( ) holding the umbrella for me for a while? B. want 4. I don’t understand what she said ( ). C. at all 5. We ( ) in the river near our village when we were little girls. A. used to swim 6. This sentence is ( ) difficult ( ) few of the students can understand it. C. so, that 7. Please fill the three baskets ( ) flowers. D. with 8. Why ( ) the dinosaurs first? C. not visit 9. She promises that she will ( ) to me in three days. D. pay back the money 10. Have you finished your housework ( )? Yes. I have ( ) finished it. A. yet, already 1. It is a bad habit to ( ) others. D. make fun of 2. You would always be ( ) two minds about so many things. D. in 3. I ran ( ) an old friend of mine yesterday, whom I hadn’t seen for years. A. across 4. When we are crossing the streets, we must look out ( )cars. B. for 5. The developing country has to ( ) to terms with those superpowers. A. come 6. ( ) I know, the new library will be completed in two months. A. So far as 7. Is it money that comes between us? I ( ) deep into thought. A. fall 8. I am so glad that my students have ( )into the habit of ( ) English news every day. C. fallen; listening to 9. As my mother has been separated from her parents for forty years, she ( ) information of them. C. is short of 10. The orphan has to beg ( ) in the town every day. D. from door to door 1. People will think well of the actions that ( ) the will of theirs. B. go with 2. Ms. Wang is waiting at her office. Please go and ( ) here. D. pick her up 3. By his genius he ( ) all these old stories ( ) masterpieces of his life. B. turned; into 4. The little horse is afraid ( ) on the narrow bridge, for it is afraid ( ) into the river. C. to walk; of falling 5. If Tony ( ) that late film last night, he wouldn’t be so sleepy D. hadn’t seen. 6. ( ) I would go there myself. A. were I you 7. Her new job required that he ( ) at the factory on weekends. A. be 8. Betty’s suggestion that you ( ) once more sounds reasonable. A. try 9. What would you do if you ( )to meet with bad weather? A. were 10. But for Mr. Wang, we ( ) such a happy life now. A. wouldn’t be living 1. She remained very calm, otherwise she ( ). B. would have been found out 2. It is important that we( ). D. close the window before we leave 3. If only my grandma ( )this together with us now! B. could see 4.( ) today, she would get to Beijing in two days. B. Were she to leave 5. If Della hadn’t sold her hair, she ( ) the gold watch chain for Jim. D. couldn’t have bought 6. Speak to your grandma slowly ( ) she may understand you better. B. so that 7. The men have to wait the whole day ( ) the doctor works fast. C. unless 8. Take an umbrella with you ( ) it rains. B. in case 9. The thief stole her wallet ( ) she knew it. A. before 10. No matter ( ), they will try their best to reach it on foot. B. how far it is 1. She remained very calm, otherwise she ( ). B. would have been found out 2. It is important that we( ). D. close the window before we leave 3. If only my grandma ( )this together with us now! B. could see 4. ( ) today, she would get to Beijing in two days. B. Were she to leave 5. If Della hadn’t sold her hair, she ( ) the gold watch chain for Jim. D. couldn’t have bought 6. Speak to your grandma slowly ( ) she may understand you better. B. so that 7. The men have to wait the whole day ( ) the doctor works fast. C. unless 8. Take an umbrella with you ( ) it rains. B. in case 9. The thief stole her wallet ( ) she knew it. A. before 10. No matter ( ), they will try their best to reach it on foot. B. how far it is 1. She remained very calm , otherwise she ( ). C. would found out 2. It is important that we( ). D. close the window before we leave 3. If only my grandma ( )this together with us now! B. could see 4. ( ) today, she would get to Beijing in two days. B. Were she to leave 5. If Della hadn’t sold her hair, she ( ) the gold watch chain for Jim. D. couldn’t have bought 6. Speak to your grandma slowly ( ) she may understand you better. B. so that 7. The men have to wait the whole day ( ) the doctor works fast. C. unless 8. Take an umbrella with you ( ) it rains. B. in case 9. The thief stole her wallet ( ) she knew it. A. before 10. No matter ( ), they will try their best to reach it on foot. B. how far it is 1. I won’t go unless you ( ). A. go 2. I listened to the rain, ( ) that he would not come here on time. C. thinking 3. I am sorry ( ) told you about the accident at that time. C. not to have 4. Will you lend me a book ( )? C. to read 5. The book ( ) on this subject was written by an old female writer. D. referred to 6. It was careless of him to leave the window ( ). B. open 7. Oh, dear, I smell something ( ). B. burning 8. They’ll have other meetings like this in the weeks ( ). B. to follow 9. Although she didn’t expect ( ) me there, she advised ( ) to the nearest restaurant. A. to find, going 10. They all agreed that the matter required ( ). D. looking into 1. Living near the sea, ( ). A. we enjoy healthy air and beautiful sights 2. Our teacher asked us ( ) afraid of making mistakes. D. not to be 3. My parents often make me ( ) a lot of housework on weekends. B. do 4. He ( ) be in the garden, he must be in the room. A. can’t 5. They ( ) not to make so much noise in the classroom. A. need 6. You ( ) return the bike right now. You can keep it until he wants to use it himself. D. needn’t 7. It was not until 1920 ( ) regular radio broadcast began C. that. 8. ( ) is reported that she got seven gold medals. C. It 9. I don’t think ( ) possible to master a foreign language without much memory work. D. it 10. It ( ) they had stayed together for several months ( ) they found they had a lot in common C. wasn’t until; that. 1. There ( ) two parties next week. We welcome everybody to attend. B. are going to be 2. He has ( ) my bike for three weeks. D. kept 3. We can hear her ( ) every day. D. sing 4. Everything in our classrooms should ( ). C. be taken good care of 5. Jones ( ) music over fifteen years. D. has been teaching 6. A new hospital ( ) near our community and it will be completed at the end of this month. C. is being built 7. The author ( ) a book about children in China since 1998, but no one knows whether he has finished it or not. D. has been writing 8. I didn’t know my roommate ( ) until the day before yesterday. D. was coming 9. After he had run for two hours ( ). A. he was tired out 10. Her famous art work that can be seen in the museum is ( ) all praise. A. with 1. The rolling mountains look grey ( ) the blue sky. C. against 2. It’s so nice to go out for a walk ( ) a nice cool summer evening. B. on 3. He is a man who is not able to tell true friends ( ) false ones. A. from 4. The boy was scolded ( ) being late ( ) class. C. for, for 5. I called ( ) my friend’s house, but she wasn’t in. And I had to call ( ) her the next day. C. at; on 6. Shakespeare is famous ( ) a writer ( ) plays. C. as; for 7. Korea lies ( ) the north of China, ( ) the east of Asia. B. to; in 8. ( ), he was already a famous lawyer in this country. C. Young as he was 9. He is not fond of cooking, ( ) I. B. nor am 10. I like sports, and ( ) my sister. A. so does 1. When and where to built the factory ( ) yet. A. is not decided 2. All but one ( ) here just now. D. were 3. Either Mike or I ( ) to blame. B. am 4. In my class two fifths of the students ( ) boys. B. are 5. A number of foreign friends ( ) to our school for a visit every summer. C. come 6. A lot of money as well as many tents ( ) to the homeless people. A. is offered 7. Half of the students ( ) made the same mistake. B. have 8. There is not much news in today’s paper, ( )? C. is there 9. Let me do it, ( )? C. will you 10. Lucy and Mike went to the zoo yesterday,( )? B. didn’t they 1. Mary’s sister had supper at school yesterday, ( )? D. didn’t she 2. Do you know ( ) they can finish it on time? B. if 3. Do you know ( ) Tibet? C. the Smiths leave 4. From June this year on, it is getting ( ). B. hotter and hotter 5. In my opinion, this math question is ( ) more difficult than that one. C. a little 6. ( ) fine weather it is ! C. What 7.― Gone are the days ( ) we were young,‖ cried the wife. D. when 8. The place ( ) children can sing and dance is the one ( ) they like best. C. where; which 9. ( ) bicycles are under the big tree over there. B. Tom’s and Johnny’s 10.The little girl didn’t find herself ( ) in the wrong direction of her home. A. walking Down the entrance hall of the school walk four eighth-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 6, The purpose of the program is to help students grasp the idea of B bringing up a baby 7. At the beginning, B four students in all were interested in the program 8. In the third line of Paragraph 2, "they" refers to 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. Because only in this way can students understand parents in taking care of children. 10. From the last paragraph, we can infer that D. the program is of help to children's understanding of parents Dieting to lose weight has become very popular in recent years. People have become more health conscious and try to take better care of their bodies by eating more nutritiously (有营养地) and 11. These days people are dieting more because C they have become more health conscious 12. What changes have people made in the atmosphere of mealtime? D. All of the above. 13. ―They look like skeletons‖ in the third paragraph most probably means C. they are too thin 14 the main idea of the last paragraph is about A how the organizations try to help people with dieting addiction 15, According to this passage, we can infer that the atmosphere of eating has something to do with D. exercising 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 6， What does the first sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?A. The home matters greatly to Englishmen. 7. Which of the following is NOT the reason for most British to live in homes?B. They love houses more than gardens. 8. According to Paragraph 2, if you spread your books around you in a library, it means: D. you wait to tell others the space belongs to you 9. How did the man opposite to the writer show he owned the whole table? B. He placed his briefcase on the table. 10. The writer tried to get back his space by ______.C. taking up the space of the man opposite Visitors to Britain are sometimes surprised to learn that newspapers there have such a large circulation. The "Daily Mirror" and the "Daily Express" both sell about four million copies every day. British families generally buy a newspaper every morning and two or three on Sundays. 11, Visitors to Britain are surprised to learn that D. the "Daily Mirror" and "Daily Express" sell as many as 4 million copies every day 12 Local newspapers have D. a slightly smaller circulation 13. Which of the following statement is correct?A Nearly all towns and country areas have their own papers. 14 Which of the following is NOT true?D. These papers are likely to get out of date quickly. 15, According to the writer, the editor must remember that no paper can possibly succeed without B. advertisements A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend. I'd like to bring him home with me. " 6 The soldier called his parents from San Francisco _ B after having fought in Vietnam 7. The soldier told his parents that he wanted them to _________.D agree to his plan that he would bring his wounded friend home and live with them 8. His father considered his plan A. unacceptable 9, A few days laterB the parents were told by the police that their son had killed himself 10. The son killed himself because B his father’s words greatly disappointed him and he didn’t want to be a burden to his parent Education is not an end, but a means(手段)to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is for life. 11. The author of this passage thinks that D all the social problems can't be solved by education 12. The author wants to prove that A our society needs all kinds of jobs 13. One can learn from the passage D we can't regard work with hands as low work 14 The purpose of education is D to let everyone receive education fit for him 15 The passage mainly tells us about of education.C the value 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 6. What is the passage mainly about?D. How adults and teenagers live together in a special work group. 7. When and where was the special program offered?C. Every summer in New York state. 8. What will people do when someone breaks the rule?B. Have a group discussion about it. 9. Which of the following is not stated directly in the passage as a purpose of the program?C. To find a way to solve the generation gap. 10. What do the teenagers not do when they are free?C. They build houses. A friend of mine was fond of drawing horses. He drew horses very well, but he always began at 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 11. A friend of the writer' s drew horses C. very well 12. The writer was surprised because ________ D. The artist did not follow other people’s rules. 13. You are not yet experienced because ___________. D. You do not trust your own power. 14. When you become more experienced you will ____________. B. often begin at the tail 15. The passage is about _____________. C. how to make your own rules A film was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlboro commercial. This was in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads from American television. Darrell Winfield was watching the crew 6. Which of the following statements is true? D. Malboro commercials were allowed on television America before 1868. 7. What does the word ―prohibited‖ in the first paragraph mean? B. forbidden 8. When they filmed the ads, _____________. B. The actor in the ads was too drunk. 9. From the passage, we know that Winfield was _____________. A. an ordinary man. 10. When people recognized Winfield, he felt ________.D. uncomfortable A friend of mine was fond of drawing horses. He drew horses very well, but he always began at the tail. Mow it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse. That is why I was surprised. It 11. A friend of the writer' s drew horses C. very well 12. The writer was surprised because _______ D. The artist did not follow other people’s rules. 13. You are not yet experienced because ___________. D. You do not trust your own power. 14. When you become more experienced you will ____________. B. often begin at the tail 15. The passage is about _____________. C. how to make your own rules 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 thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; 6. One of the reasons why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and ideas was that ___________. B. they could communicate with each other 7. What is true about the words?C. They are simply sounds. 8. Which of the following statements is not true? D. The more we read and learn, the more literate we become. 9. In expressing their thoughts, great writers are able _______________. D. to be charming 10. We will make our speech silly if we _____________.C. use words without accuracy Dieting to lose weight has become very popular in recent years. People have become more health conscious and try to take better care of their bodies by eating more nutritiously (有营养) and 11. These days people are dieting more because _______________. C. they have become more health conscious 12. What changes have people made in the atmosphere of mealtime? D. All of the above. 13. ―They look like skeletons‖ In the third paragraph most probably means ________ C. They are too thin. 14. The main idea of the last paragraph is about __________________. A. how the organizations try to help people with dieting addiction 15. According to this passage, we can infer that the atmosphere of eating has something to do with ____________. C. health A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend. I'd like to bring him home with me. " 6 The soldier called his parents from San Francisco _________B. after having fought in Vietnam 7. The soldier told his parents that he wanted them to _________.D. agree to his plan that he would bring his wounded friend home and live with them 8. His father considered his plan __________A. unacceptable 9. A few days later___________B. the parents were told by the police that their son had killed himself 10. The son killed himself because__________B. his father’s words greatly disappointed him and he didn’t want to be a burden to his parent Many people believe they are supposed to drink eight glasses of water a day, or about two liters. Why? Because that is what they have been told all their life. But a new report offers some different advice. Experts say people should obey their bodies; they should drink as much water as 11 According to the passage, experts advise people to _______B. drink as much water as they feel like drinking 12. Most healthy people meet their daily needs for water by drinkingC. when they are thirsty 13 The Institute of Medicine usuallyC. provides scientific and technical advice to the government and the public 14. Which of the following is TRUE?A. People’s daily water requirement can include the water content in foods. 15. People need to drink more waterD. all of the above In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the filmmaker Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney's cartoon film for children. When Walt 6(Who made Donald Duck film? C Walt Disney 7. When was the first Donald Duck film made?B In 1934 8. Who was Clarence Nash?B Donald Duck's voice 9. The underlined word "audience" in the second paragraph meansD the people who watch a film at a cinema 10. The underlined word "goody-goody" in the second paragraph means a person whoA likes to appear to be faultless in behavior A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. 11. The expression "as good as" (in line 2, paragraph 1) means______B no better than 12. When other frogs told the two frogs there was no hope, the two frogs _____B pay attention to what they said them and tried their best to get out 13. One of the frogs fell down and died because _________.C he noticed what the other frogs were saying and stopped struggling. 14 The other frog managed to jump out of the pit because_______C his ears were not good and he mistook their words for encouragement 15. Which of the following is TRUE?A People should avoid saying destructive words to those who are in trouble. Man has always wanted to fly(Some of the greatest men in history have thought about the problem(One of these，for example，was the great Italian artist，Leonardo da Vinci(达•芬奇)(In 6(Leonardo da Vinci ______ ( D(made designs for flying machine 7(Eight hundred years ago an Englishman ______ ( B(tried to fly with wings made of chicken feather 8(In fact，the Englishman who tried to fly ______ ( C(got badly wounded 9(The very first air passengers in the balloon were ______ ( C(two animals 10(When did two Frenchmen rise above Paris, C(In November 1783( When did you last see a polar bear(北极熊)? On a trip to a zoo, perhaps? If you had attended a winter activity in New York a few years ago, you would have seen a whole polar bear club. These 11. The members of the Polar Bear Club must meet the following requirements except that_____ D. they must reach the age of 60 12. Doctors _____ . D. have different ideas about the medical effects of cold-water swimming 13. According to the passage, some doctors believe it is true that _____ . B. cold-water swimming causes more heart attacks in summer than in winter 14. The Polar Bears like to swim all the year round, for _____ . C. they find it enjoyable and interesting 15. The passage is mainly about _____ . A. a group of cold-water swimming lovers There were once many sheiks (阿拉伯的酋长) who wanted to marry Queen Maura, for she was one of the most beautiful and powerful queens of Arabia. 6. What was Queen looking for? D. A husband. 7. Why did the Queen disguise herself?A. Because she didn’t want to be recognized by the sheiks. 8. What did she give the sheiks to eat the next evening?D. Three different meals. 9. Why didn’t Hakim want to eat his meal? C. Because the other sheiks had worse food. 10. When did the Queen finally decide who to marry? B. The next evening after the meal. A foreigner’s first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurrying to get where they are going，restlessly, seeking attention in a store, and elbowing others as they try to complete their tasks. Racing through 11. Which of the following statements is wrong? ___________D. Americans are impolite to their business colleagues. 12. In the fourth paragraph, ―a high priority‖ means _____________.B. a first concern 13. Americans evaluate a business colleague ___________.D. by learning about their past performance 14. This passage mainly talks about __________.A. how Americans treasure their time 15. We can infer from the passage that the author’s tone in writing is ________.C. appreciative Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant, and its owner didn’t know what to do. The food in his restaurant was cheap and good, but nobody seemed to want to eat there. 6. To whom did the waiter give a beautiful menu when a gentleman and his lady friend came into the restaurant?C. Both of them. 7. Were the menus for the guests the same? B. They were the same on the outside but different inside. 8. Why could the male guest remain calm when he ordered dish after dish?A. Because the prices of the dishes were reasonable. 9. What did the lady think of her friend after a meal at this restaurant? D. She thought he was very generous. 10. What does the story mainly suggest? A. Knowledge of customer psychology helps promote business. 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 11. How do Americans ensure proper respect for the national flag? ______A. By making laws. 12. What is the regulation regarding the raising of the American National Flag? _________ B. It should be raised quickly by hand. 13. How should the American National Flag be displayed at an unveiling ceremony?_______ D. It should be carried high up in the air. 14. What do we learn about the use of the American National Flag? ________C. There are precise regulations and customs to be followed. 15. What is Americans’ attitude towards their National Flag? ________ B. Respect. A man got into a train and found himself sitting opposite a woman who seemed to be about thirty-five years old. Soon they began talking to each other, and the man said to her, ―Do you have 6. What are the man and the woman talking about? C. The woman’s son. 7. How does the woman feel about her son? C. He will grow up to be a wise young man. 8. Where does the conversation take place?A. On a train. 9. Which of the following probably best describes the man’s feeling at the end of the conversation? C. Amused. . 10. What can’t you learn from the conversation? C. The woman is so proud of her son that she does not really understand what the man’s questions mean. 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 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., college 11. What is soap opera? __________C. The daytime serial dramas on TV. 12. What can be the best title of the passage? _______C. Soap opera fans. 13. Which are not the reasons why the soap opera suddenly becomes ―in‖ according to the passage? _________D. Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles. 14. What can we learn from the passage? ___________C. Young viewers have turned themselves from the seriousness of sixties to enjoyment now. 15. What message does the author want to convey to us? _________B. The people’s favorites to drama works change along with the times. Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and1960s. 6. Martin Luther King was murdered when he was _____ years old. C. 39 7. Martin Luther King was a _____. D. all of the above 8. According to the passage which of the following statements is TRUE? B. Martin Luther King’s Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years. 9. The underlined word ―delivered‖ in the second paragraph could be replaced by _____.A. gave 10. What’s the best title for this passage?A. Martin Luther King. 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 11. The origin language is _________. D. a problem not yet solved 12. What is true about words? ___________C. They are simply sounds. 13. The real power of words lies in their ________. D. representative function 14. By ―association‖, the author means __________.B. a joining of ideas in the mind 15. Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true? _________A. He is no more than a master of words. Nancy and Peter McCall like sports. In the summer they swim and in the winter they ski. They are planning a ski trip for this weekend, but they don't know about the weather. It's 7?30 now, and 1. When did Nancy and Peter listen to the weather forecast?A. Thursday evening 2. What are Nancy and Peter planning for the weekend?C. A ski trip in the mountains 3. When is it going to snow according to the weather forecast? D. Friday night 4. What will the weather be like on Sunday?C. Clear, cold and sunny 5. What can you infer from the passage?A. Nancy and Peter must live quite near the mountains Great changes have been made in family life because of science and industry. In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often, too, uncles and aunts lived 1. Which of the following topics is discussed in the passage?B. Influence of science and industry on American families 2. What kind of families is described in the passage? D. Families of the past, the present and the future 3. According to the writer, what is one of the reasons why families are getting smaller in America? C. The need for workers who are able to move at any time has been increasing 4. Who will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future?D. A small number of families 5. What can you infer from the passage? C. Large families can hardly survive in a highly industrialized society A man got into a train and found himself sitting opposite a woman who seemed to be about thirty-five years old. Soon they began talking to each other, and the man said to her, ―Do you have 1. What are the man and the woman talking about? C. The woman’s son. 2. How does the woman feel about her son? C. He will grow up to be a wise young man. 3. Where does the conversation take place? A. On a train. . 4. Which of the following probably best describes the man’s feeling at the end of the conversation? C. Amused. 5. What can’t you learn from the conversation? C. The woman is so proud of her son that she does not really understand what the man’s questions mean. Many people now keep animals as pets. Some people have cats and dogs in their houses. Other people like fish, caged birds, tortoises and even snakes, monkeys or lions. Millions of dollars and 1. How do most people treat their pets? D. They spend a large amount of money and time taking care of them. 2. Which of the following is not a blood sport? D. Horse racing. 3. What do you think is the writer’s attitude towards blood sports? A. He thinks they are very cruel. 4. Which of the following seems to affect the earth’s ecosystem most seriously? C. Illegal killing of rare animals. 5. What does the passage mainly imply? C. Animals should be well treated and protected. Weather has a great influence on people. It influences people's health, intelligence (智力) and feelings.In August, it is very hot and in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart disease (疾病) and other kind of health problems during the month. In the Northeast and 1. If thin people feel unhappy, the weather may be very __________. B. cold 2. Students in the U.S. usually do badly on exams in __________. C. August 3. People in the Northeast of America usually have heart disease in _________.A. March 4. Storms can increase student's IQ, this discovery was made __________.A. in 1982 5. What is the best title for this passage? __________.C. The Great influence of Weather Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant, and its owner didn't know what to do. The food in his restaurant was cheap and good, but nobody seemed to want to eat there. Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant was always full of 1. To whom did the waiter give a beautiful menu when a gentleman and his lady friend came into the restaurant? C. Both of them. 2. Were the menus for the guests the same?C. They were the same on the outside but different inside. 3. Why could the male guest remain calm when he ordered dish after dish?A. Because the prices of the dishes were reasonable. 4. What did the lady think of her friend after a meal at this restaurant?D. She thought he was very generous 5. What does the story mainly suggest?A. Knowledge of customer psychology helps promote business. A guide dog is a dog especially trained to guide a blind person. Dogs chosen for such training must show good disposition, intelligence, physical fitness and sense of responsibility. At the age of about fourteen months, a guide dog begins an intensive course that lasts from three 1. What is a guide dog? A. A dog trained to help the blind. 2. At what age does a guide dog begin its training course? C. At the age of fourteen months. 3. Which of the following is NOT included in the training course? D. Learning to save its owner when he/she falls into danger. 4. What is the most important part of the training course? C. To teach the dog how to cooperate with its future owner. 5. Why are guide dogs not popular? A. Many blind people find it hard to work with dogs. If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometers. These great forests are the oceans of trees. There are thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals. 1. The passage mainly tells us about ______.A. the importance of taking care of plants 2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?B. Forests are homes for different kinds of animals. 3. The need for more wood and more land results in _____.D. All of the above 4. What will happen in 20 or 30 years in some people's view?C. We'11 have no forests like those in the center of Africa. 5. The writer thinks _________.B. it necessary to protect the forests Clowns(小丑)like to make people laugh. They paint their faces and put on funny noses. Sometimes they put on a sad face but most of the time they put on a happy face. They also wear funny clothes. 1. Clowns make people laugh by _____________. D. doing all kinds of silly things 2. Clowns are ______________. D. mostly male 3. The sentence "A circus is not a circus without clowns" means ___________. A. a circus will not be of much fun if it has no clowns 4. Clowns are a great favorite with ____________. C. children 5. The best interpretation of the old saying "Laughter is good medicine" may be ___________. D. laughter helps sick people get better faster Computers can injure you. Most other injuries happen suddenly. For example，if you fall off a bike and break your arms，it happens very quickly. But computer injuries happen slowly. You probably know how to ride a bike safely. Now learn to use a computer safely. 1. A computer screen may injure your eyes if ________.C. your eyes are too close to it 2. Hand and wrist injuries are caused when you ____ B. move in the same way again and again C. rest your wrists on something D. keep your elbows as high as the keyboard 3. Your eyes and hands will be safe if ________ B. you often take rests from working 4. It is good for your back and neck if you sit ________.A. in the right way 5. What would be the best title for the text? C. How to Use a Computer Safely. Let's watch the weather forecast on television. We may go to Scotland; we may go to Wales or London. We can decide after the forecast. "Good morning, and here is the weather forecast for tomorrow. Northern Scotland will be cold, 1. What is the speaker planning to do? A. To go traveling within the country. 2. Can the speaker fly to Northern Scotland tomorrow morning, according to the weather forecast? Why or why not? B. Yes, because it won't be foggy there tomorrow. 3. When is the speaker watching the forecast? A. In the morning. 4. What does the forecast mainly tell us? C. Within one day the weather varies from one part of the country to another, even within one district. 5. What can you infer from the passage? C. None of the places offers ideal weather tomorrow for travel. No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon 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 1. It is ,,,, since a man felt all the pain while being operated A. a few more years 2. Long ago , when the sick man was operated on , he ,,,,.C. could feel all the pain 3. Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to ,,,,. B. feel pain 4. If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on, he ,,,. C. still felt pain 5. One who took too much of the laughing gas ,,,.A. would die Americans, like many people elsewhere in the world, like to invite friends to their homes for an evening of food, drink and conversation. Formal dinners in fine homes and hotels in the United States are much the same as formal dinners anywhere in the world. But as most people in the 1. What do Americans like to do with their friends? D. To invite them over to dinner at their homes. 2. Why do most Americans prefer informal parties? B. Because they have no servants to help them prepare formal ones. 3. Where do guests sit and eat at an informal dinner, according to the passage? A. In the dining room or in the living room. . 4. According to the passage, what do people SELDOM have at a picnic? C. Hot food. 5. Why is the picnic considered a more enjoyable form of meal? C. Because people can be closer to nature. There were once many sheiks(阿拉伯的酋长)who wanted to marry Queen Maura, for she was one of the most beautiful and powerful queens of Arabia. However, she did not like most of the sheiks, and soon there were only three left on her list of possible husbands. 1. What was queen looking for? D. A husband. 2. Why did the Queen disguise herself?A. Because she didn't want to be recognized by the sheiks. 3. What did she give the sheiks to eat the next evening?D. Three different meals. 4. Why didn't Hakim want to eat his meal?C. Because the other sheiks had worse food. 5. When did the Queen finally decide who to marry? D. When Hakim refused to eat his meal. 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 11. A friend of the writer’s drew the horses ____. A. in the way of his own rule 12. The writer was surprised because ____. D. the artist did not follow other people’s rule 13. You are not yet experienced because ____. D. you do not trust to your own powers 14. When you become more experienced you will ____. C. should write the end of the story 15. The passage is about ______. B. Trust to your own powers 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 16. It is ,,,, since a man being operated felt all the pain( B. not long 17. Long ago， when the sick man was operated on，he ,,,,( C. could feel all the pain 18. Using the laughing gas， the people did not seem to ,,,,( B. feel pain 19. If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on， he ,,, ,,( C. still felt pain 20. One who took too much of the laughing gas ,,,( B. would die Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard. In the early years, these schools were much similar. Only young men went to college. All the students 21.The oldest university in the US is _________. B. Harvard 22. We can see that in the early years,______. A. those colleges and universities were the same 23.Modern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were ________. C. French and German 24.As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach_______. C. many new subjects 25.To sum up, the passage is about___________. A. how colleges have developed In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run their own businesses for years, first a theater, then a barbecue(烤肉)restaurant., then another drive-in. But 26. This passage mainly talks about ______. [C] the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald 27. Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except ______. [B] a cinema 28. We may infer from this passage that ______. [D] Ray Kroc was a good businessman 29. The passage suggests that ______. [A] creativity is an important element of business success 30. In the second sentence of the third paragraph, the word ―unique‖ means ______. [D] peculiar The total area of land on earth is about 149 million square kilometers, or about 29 percent of the total area of the earth. The average height of the land is about 750 metres above the sea level .The Eurasian land mass is the largest with an area of 54,527,600 square kilometers .The 11. The total area of the earth is about___________A. 514 million square kilometers 12.The area of Tasmania, of New Zealand, of New Guinea and of the Pacific Islands add up to about _______ square kilometres . B(1,320,900 13(Oceania is made up of ________ .(Suppose I: Australia ;II: Tasmania and New Zealand ; III: New Guinea and the Pacific Is –lands ) D(I,II and III 14(There are several islands in ____________________________.C. Manitou lake 15(The largest island surrounded by fresh water is in ______________________.A(a river Passage 2 All over the world people enjoy sports( Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer( Sports change with the season( People play different games in winter and summer( 16(According to this passage we know that _____(D(not all the games have a long history 17(The writer didn’t tell us in this passage that _____( A(basketball was invented in America 18(People all over the world enjoy sports because _____( D(all of the above 19(From this passage we can see that_____( D(none of the above is true 20. What’s the writer’s attitude of the sports? A. positive . Passage 3 Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, has a population 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 near?by( In Sydney if you say you are going skiing, it often means 21(Sydney is certainly ___________( D(setting more wool them any other place m the world 22(Which of the following is NOT what people in Sydney are used to?C(its 30 beaches 23(We can see that the Harbour of Sydney’, the famous arch building and the Sydney Opera House are____________ ( A(new one another 24(How many more people will there be in the city of Sydney by the end of the 20th century? C(Fewer than 2 million( ( 25(Which of the following paragraphs best shows that Sydney is a very old city? C(Paragraph 4 Passage 4 We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. ―Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?‖ ―When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?‖ ―And Paul-why didn’t 26. This passage is mainly about _______. [C] how to avoid mistakes when you communicate with people 27. According to the author, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that ______. [C] People usually state one thing but means another 28. In the sentence ―Maybe he doesn’t see it himself.‖ In the second paragraph, the pronoun ―it ―refers to ______. [B] a bit of envy 29. When we listen to a person talking, the most important thing for us to do is _______. [D] examine the real meaning of what he says based on his manner, his tone and his posture 30. The author most probably is a _______. [B] psychologist When many people are worried that there are no more heroes in the modern era，two university students who lost their lives to rescue drowning children have shown that heroes still exist( According to the Inner Mongolia Morning Post，the tragedy occurred on the afternoon of December 14,2002 when three school students skating on a frozen lake in Qingcheng Park in 11( The underlined word “occurred” here means“,,,,”( D( happened 12( When the three students fell into water， the university students were ,,,, B( taking photos at the lake 13( Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage, A( Three students died on the same day in all( 14( It can be inferred that ,,, B( the ice on the lake wasn't strong enough to skate on 15( The author wrote the passage to ,,,,( B( call on people to learn from the brave university students It was Monday. Mrs. Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: “Take this to the butcher and he’s 16. Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite_________. C. kindly 17. The dog seemed to know that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it_______. A. could do it much good 18.The butcher did not give any meat to the dog __________. A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith 19. The dog always went to the butcher’s with a piece of paper, because it found that ________. D. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat 20.At the end of the story, you’ll find that _______. A. the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal Miss Alice taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, ―Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would 21.Last month, Miss Alice’s teaching focused on_________. D. about sound 22.Miss Alice raised this question because she wanted to know ______. C. whether her students had grasped her lesson 23.Tom thought that electricity was _________. B. faster than sound waves 24.Kate disagreed with Tom because _______. A. Los Angeles and New York belongs to different time zone. 25. According to the law of physics, who do you think is correct? A. Tom’s To produce the upheaval in the United States that changed and modernized the domain of higher education from the mid-1860’s to the mid-1880’s, three primacy causes interacted. The emergence of a half dozen leaders in education provided the personal force that was needed. Moreover, an outcry for a fresher, more practical, and more advanced kind of instruction arose among the alumni(校友)and friends of nearly all of the old colleges and grew into a movement that overrode 26.Which of the following is the author’s main purpose in writing the passage? C. To describe innovations in the U.S. higher education in the latter 1800’s. 27. According to the passage, the educational changes were the result of b) efforts of interested individuals to redefine the educational system. 28. Before the change, Harvard b) offered a narrower ranger of subjects. 29. From the passage, which of the following can be inferred about Harvard college before progressive changes occurred?a) Admission standards were lower. 30. Which of the following is NOT included in Dr. Eliot’s reform program?c) enlargement of the enrollment. In the United States, teaching is very important. If teachers do not teach well, students complain. If many students do not understand, people think that the teacher does not do a good job. The teacher has big responsibility to make sure students understand. In a sense, students are consumers 11. According to the passage, good teachers should_______ D. make sure their students understand 12. Teachers are evaluated by students mainly on________ A. how well they perform in class 13. What are students expected to do before attending a class? C. Do the reading assignments. 14. When a program starts, students should first_______ A. learn how to do research and write papers 15. Higher level classes are taught mainly through_______ B. involving students in discussions In any society that needs child labor, children work. In societies that do not need it, the labor of children is strictly regulated or outlawed. In the modern industrialized nations of Western Europe, North America, Australia, and Japan, child labor is not an economic necessity because 16. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? D. Child labor is no longer an economic necessity in Australia. 17. In developing nations, children have to work mainly because_____A. most of the work remains agricultural 18. In early human history, people generally lived in poverty because _______D. people nearly did everything with their hands 19. According to the passage, children worked in the mines, factories and shops_____C. in the 19th century 20. We can learn from the last paragraph that_______B. thousands of people from other countries moved to larger cities in North America every year Marriage is still a popular institution in the United States, but divorce is becoming almost as "popular". Most American people get married, but at the present time, fifty percent of American marriages end up in divorce. However, four out of five divorced people do not stay single. They 21. The word "institution" (line 1. most probably means_______ D. an established habit 22. In the United States_______ D. remarriage is getting more popular now 23. The percentage of remarriage among divorced Americans is_______ B. eighty percent 24. One of the reasons for the change in American marriages is_______ A. difference in interests 25. In the twenty-first century, American's attitude towards remarried people will beD. approving If your experience is that of most students, you will probably find that drawing the plan and thinking about your early home brought back events you have not thought of in years. Students in 26. The passage is mainly aboutB. the use of memory in learning writing. 27. The word ―recount‖ in the first sentence of Paragraph 2 probably meansD. tell 28. Through recounting and applying details, a personb) edits his experience in an orderly manner. 29. Narrating is bound to promote learning becausea) it makes the otherwise obscure experience prominent in one’s mind. 30. When trying to recall your memory, the author recommends , you start from c) something physical and concrete. When did you last see a polar bear(北极熊)? On a trip to a zoo, perhaps? If you had attended a winter activity in New York a few years ago, you would have seen a whole polar bear club. These 11. The members of the Polar Bear Club must meet the following requirements except that_____. D. they must reach the age of 60 12. Doctors _____. D. have different ideas about the medical effects of cold-water swimming 13. According to the passage, some doctors believe it is true that _____. B. cold-water swimming causes more heart attacks in summer than in winter 14. The Polar Bears like to swim all the year round, for _____. C. they find it enjoyable and interesting 15. The passage is mainly about _____. A. a group of cold-water swimming lovers Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to 16. Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the paragraph that goes before this passage?D) Planning is of great importance to tourism. 17. Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT ___________. B) a change of tourists' customs 18. Not enough tourism can lead to ______________. A) an increase of unemployment 19. It is good for local people to know well that tourism will ______________. D) help improve their life 20. The word "handle" in the last paragraph most probably means ___________.A) deal with Many people with ordinary jobs may dream of long holidays in foreign countries, but they know they couldn't afford them even if they could get enough time off from the company. However, there are a few businesses which have started schemes to reward employees with long service by 21. Many workers would like to ___________. B) spend a long time in unusual places 22. One company____________. C) allows long holidays to certain staff 23. Most of the employees in the scheme ____________. D) take foreign trips 24. The directors feel that _____________. D) the scheme is beneficial to staff relations 25. One of the problems is that ________________. C) it is difficult for some people to re-adjust to the old routine after a long break If U.S. software companies don't pay more attention to quality, they could kiss their business good-bye. Both India and Brazil are developing a world-class software industry. Their weapon is quality and one of their jobs is to attract the top U.S. quality specialists whose voices are not listened to in their country.Already, of the world's 12 software houses that have earned the highest rating in the world, seven are in India. That's largely because they have used new methodologies 26. What country has more highest-rating companies in the world than any other country has? D. India 27. Which of the following statements about Humphrey is true? D. India honors him highly. 28. By what means did Japan grab its large market share by the 1970s and the 1980s? A. Its products were cheaper in price and better in quality. 29. What does the founding of the Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute symbolize? B. .It symbolizes the India ambition to take the lead in software. 30. What is the writer worrying about? C. The US will no longer be the first software player in the world. A farmer had once made a purchase of a fine fat sheep, hoping to offer it up to the Buddha. While he was leading it home, four thieves saw him and made up their minds to steal the sheep. They knew him to be an honest person and one who thought of no more harm in others than he had in 1.The farmer _________________.B. bought a sheep in the market 12. The four thieves decided to play a trick to get the sleep because _________________.B. the farmer was honest and would be easily cheated by their tricks 13. The farmer began to have a doubt when the _________________ thief called his sheep a dog. C. third 14. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? B. The four thieves knew about the farmer 15. What can be concluded from the story is __________________. C. the farmer was really cheated by the four thieves Prior to modern times, Western Europe was an underdeveloped rather than a developed region. In the eleventh century China was producing two and a half times as much iron as did England and Wales together in 1640. By the twelfth century several Chinese cities had a population equal to 16. In the 11th century China was ___________________.B. more advanced in technology than England 17. Constantinople was __________________. C. quite rich and prosperous 18. Europe became much more developed in modern times mainly by __________________. B. making profits from foreign trade and their colonies 19. It can NOT be concluded from the passage that ____________________. A. several Chinese cities altogether had a total population of 1.3 million 20. Which of the following is true according to the passage?B. Ninety percent of the world’s industrial output is from Europe The body of an animal may well be compared with some machine like a locomotive engine. Indeed, the animal body is a machine. It is a machine composed of many parts doing some 21. The body of an animal is like a locomotive in that ___________________. A. it is composed of many parts that work just like different parts of a locomotive 22. Every part of the animal body __________________.B. works dependently on each other 23. The energy of an animal is provided by ____________________.C. consumption of food 24. The function of the animal’s legs is like __________________ of a machine.A. the wheels 25. The steam pipes of a locomotive work like the __________________ of an animal body.B. blood vessels I once amused myself by asking persons on the street, in stores and on street cars what they most desired out of life. This was before the polls of Mr. Gallup or of the inquiring reporter. I expected those questioned to place foremost good health. But they did not. Neither did they say salvation or 16. Before interviewing people on the street, the author had hoped that _____________________. A. people would put good health in the first place 17. The author did the research _____________________________.B. just for fun 18. According to the author’s poll, people’s first expectation was __________________________. D. having more money to spend 19. The result of the poll makes the author think about _____________________________. B. social science’s role in improving the standard of living 20. The author’s conclusion about a higher standard of living is _________________________. C. both social science and natural science should play their respective roles in the realization of it. The march to Italy was begun. The soldiers were even more enthusiastic that Caesar himself. They climbed mountains, crossed rivers and faced all kinds of danger for the sake of their great leader. At last they came to a little river called Rubicon. It was the boundary line of Caesar’s province of Gaul. On the other bank of it was Italy. Caesar paused a moment on the bank. He knew that to cross it would be to declare war against Pompey? and the Roman Senate(罗马议会). It would 11.The aim of the march to Italy was ___________________.C. to conquer Italy 12. The dividing line between the province of Gaul and Italy was ___________________.B. Rubicon 13. Caesar’s crossing the river of Rubicon with his soldiers meant that ____________________.B. he wanted to fight against Pompey and the Roman Senate 14. Pompey and the Roman officials ____________________.C. were afraid of Caesar and his army 15. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? B. Caesar made up his mind to defeat Pompey after he crossed Rubicon Believe it or not, the Swiss were once a warlike people. There is still evidence of this. To this day, the guards at the Vatican are Swiss. But the Swiss discovered long ago that constant warfare brought them nothing but suffering and poverty. They adopted a policy of neutrality. While the 16. The fact that the guards at the Vatican are Swiss shows that ________________ according to the first paragraph.B. the past bravery of the Swiss in wars 17. Britain has given up peace-time conscription because _________________.D. it has trained professional soldiers to fight in modern wars and doesn’t need unskilled new soldiers 18. The Swiss adopted a policy of neutrality because ___________________.B. wars only brought suffering and poverty 19. Modern warfare___________________.C. doesn’t need unskilled soldiers 20. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Switzerland was the only country to keep neutral in wars Large modern cities are too big to control. They impose their own living conditions on the people who live in them. City-dwellers have to adopt an unnatural way of life. They lose touch with the land and the rhythm of nature so that they are hardly conscious of the seasons. 21. It can be seen from the passage that the author ___________________.B. doesn’t like living in the city 22. According to the 1st paragraph, city-dwellers __________________.A. don’t have a natural way of life 23. ―the rhythm of nature‖ in the 1st paragraph refers to __________________. A. the change of seasons 24. Which of the following statements is true according to Paragraph 2? A. People living in cities can’t enjoy fresh air and sunshine 25. Which of the following statements can not be inferred from the passage? D. It’s difficult to rent houses in the city because there are no houses to be rent. Washing Irving has been called North America’s first professional writer. He was born in 1783, the year when the American Revolution ended; and he lived to become the first author from the United States to win international fame. 26. Which of the following statements is true about Washington Irving?B. He did not participate the American Revolution 27. Washington Irving’s first work was about ___________________. A. Indian life and Dutch colonization before American Revolution 28. Washington Irving’s first visit to Europe ____________________. B. provided him opportunities to learn from famous writers there 29. Both ―Rip Van Winkle‖ and ―The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‖ were written ____________________.B.? in Europe 30 This passage is taken from _____________________.C. preface to a book by Washington Irving One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Avenue, when I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks. Why I wished to buy only one pair is unimportant. I turned into the first sock shop that caught my eye, and a boy clerk who could not have been more than seventeen years old 11.The author walked into the sock shop because ___________________.D. he happened to notice it 12. The author became more interested in the boy than in the socks because __________________.A. he was attracted by the boy’s passion for his work 13. Which of the following statements can NOT be concluded from the last paragraph? D. Customers will not have to wait for someone to wait on them 14. The boy clerk ____________________. D. would be quite successful if he kept his zeal and love for his job. 15. It can be inferred from the story that _____________________. A. love for one’s job is the one of the keys to success In the self-satisfying spirit, the Portuguese shipped thousands of African slaves to their homeland. The numbers were so large, and the intermarriage was so free that the racial composition of certain parts of Portugal was significantly affected. 16. It can be concluded from the 1st paragraph that ____________________ at that time. B. African slaves could marry native Portuguese 17. The first country that started the slave trade was ___________________.B. Portugal 18. The sentence ―The shipping of slaves proved to be successful‖ in Paragraph 2 means ____________________.A. countries doing slave-trade business made rich profits from it 19. The largest profit from the slave trade was made by __________________ in? the 17th century.B. Holland 20. Forts were built along the west African coasts to ____________________.B. to store slaves to ship them to America All the customs, beliefs, values, knowledge and skills that guide a people’s behavior along sharing paths are part of their culture. People throughout the world have different cultures. Therefore their standards for behavior often differ. We tend to assume that certain behaviors have pretty much the 21. Which of the following aspect does not belong to the scope of culture according to the passage?D. hobbies 22. Certain behaviors ___________________ according to the 1st paragraph. B. have different meanings in different parts of the world 23. If we are in a different culture, we may ____________________. A. notice that foreigners behave differently from us 24. According to the passage ―language space‖ means ____________________. C. the distance between two speakers when they talk with each other 25. It can be concluded from the passage that _____________________. A. Arabs and Americans may move far away from the original place where they begin their talk The following story was found among the papers of Diedrich Knicherbocker, an old gentleman of New York. During his lifetime, this gentleman was very curious about the Dutch history of that region. Although unable to find much information on this subject in books, he learned a great deal 26. This passage was ______________________. C. part of an introduction to the story written by Diedrich Knicherbocker 27. Diedrich Knicherbocker was interested in _____________________. B. Dutch history of the region where he lived 28. The book written by Diedrich Knicherbocker ______________________. C. truly recorded historical facts of the region of New York at that time????? 29. Diedrich Knicherbocker collected what he hoped to get mainly by ____________________. B. listening to the old men of the town and their wives 30. Which of the following statements can NOT be concluded from the last paragraph? D. No one was sorrowful about his death A poor boy, who had not enough money to buy a meal, stopped one hot summer at noon before an eating-house. The boss of the restaurant told him several times to go away but the boy could not leave the wonderful smell. At last, the cook came out of the restaurant. Taking hold of his arm, he 1.he cook asked the boy to ___________________.D. give him some money for smelling the smell of their food 12. The boy ____________________.B. refused to make any payment 13. The police asked the boy to ____________________.C. make noises with the two pence 14. The cook finally got ____________________.C. some payment in terms of the two pence’s noise 15. Who was not satisfied with the solution?B. The cook During Paleolithic times man became man by learning to speak, to make tools and to use fire. This gave him an enormous advantage over other animals about him. Yet in one fundamental respect he remained alike to them. He was still a hunter among other hunters. He was still a food gatherer as 16. Which of the following is not the advantage of man in Paleolithic times?D. Being hunters 17.? A man who lived alone in Paleolithic times _____________________. C. would hardly survive the hard natural conditions 18. Which of the following is the most important factor that helped man step into the Neolithic times?D. growing plants as food 19. Animals were alike to man in Paleolithic times in the following aspects except that ______________________. C. humans could make tools 20. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. The development of agriculture contributed a lot in the history of human beings The purpose of this part of the book is to help you become more efficient in reading by speeding up the process generally. Most people can learn to cover material much faster than they do now while maintaining a high level of comprehension. 21. The passage is taken from ____________________.D. a book on reading 22. Which of the following statements is NOT a benefit from reading according to the passage? D. Improvement of reading helps readers get outlines of daily news 23. This passage mainly discusses ______________________.B. the importance of improving reading skills and how to calculate reading rate 24. ―reading efficiency‖in Paragraph 2 means __________________________.B. the ability of reading fast with a good understanding 25. Reading speed can be calculated by _________________________. B. dividing the total number of words a reader read by the time he spends on reading The earliest settlers came to the North American continent to establish colonies which were free from the controls that existed in European societies. They wanted to escape the controls by kings, governments, priests, churches, and noblemen. To a great extent, they succeeded. In 1776 the 26. The colonial settlers in North America _______________________. A. had hoped to completely get rid of the controls from Europe 27. In 1776 the British colonial settlers ________________________.C. overthrew the rule of England and declared their independence 28. After the establishment of the United States of America ________________________.B. American people became the real master of their country 29. Which of the following was one of the historic decisions that influenced a lot the shaping of the American character of individualism? A. the separation of church and state 30. A climate of freedom was formed after ________________________. C. the Constitutions was written in which the power of the government and the church was limited and the ruling class was eliminated During Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, his troops were battling in the middle of a small town in that endless wintry land, when he was separated from his men. A group of Russian soldiers saw him and began chasing him through the twisting streets. Napoleon ran for his life into a little Napoleon ran for his life because _________________________. A.he was followed by Russian soldiers The Russian soldiers rushed in as soon as __________________________. C.Napoleon hid in a big pile of furs When he came out from under the furs, Napoleon was _________________________.B. not harmed at all 14. Tears ran down the furrier’s cheeks because ___________________________. A. he thought he was to be killed at once 15. Napoleon answered the furrier’s question by __________________________.B. by putting him in a similar situation he himself had experienced just before 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 16. Education in most Americans’ eyes is ________________________. A. quite necessary for social development and democracy 17. Which of the following was not a task of school? D. To send children to British universities 18. The south America developed slowly because ________________________.D. education developed quite slowly in the south 19. American educational system was built _________________________.A. on the basis of colonial educational system 20. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Princeton University was founded around 1750s One of the most important skills in reading is the knowledge of words. Since Vocabulary Building and Word Study, another book in this series, is devoted to vocabulary development, we are not going to deal with this skill directly, but you should be aware do some basic facts. The number of 21. This passage mainly discusses __________________________. A. the importance of developing vocabulary and how to expand it 22. The difficulty of a reading material is partly decided by________________________ according to the passage. B. how much vocabulary you have 23. This passage is ____________________________.B. an introduction to a book on how to develop vocabulary 24. One of the factors that prevent readers from reading fast is ______________________.B. a limited mastery of vocabulary 25. Which of the statements is NOT true according to the passage? B. There is no satisfactory way to expand vocabulary A nineteenth-century French dramatist remarked that the only difference between animals and human beings is that people drink when they are not thirsty and make love in any season. The sociologist’s definition of the difference is more scientific: only human beings have the ability for 26. From a sociological point of view, the difference between humans and animals is __________________________.C. humans can pass on their culture from generation to generation 27. One of the problems that both humans and animals must face is __________________________.B. they have to raise their young in whatever living conditions 28. In face of problems of existence, animals __________________________.B. only respond repeatedly in the fixed way 29. Beavers can build dams as home _____________________________.B. in an instinctive way 30. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? B. Humans have much greater ability to solve problems with new methods It is reported that 6. 5 million Americans jog for exercise. The popularity of jogging has been heightened by medical claims of the benefits derived from regular participation in this activity. Regular jogging is credited with promoting a ―training effect‖ which conditions the heart to do 1. The underlined phrase ―training effect‖ in paragraph 1 ______. B)is beneficial to the body 2.If tightness develops in the arms and shoulders while jogging, you shall ______. B)shake and relax arms and shoulders??? 3.Which of the following is correct in jogging and sprinting? D)Jogging and sprinting should be done with different foot positions. 4.A title for this article might be _______ A)Jogging Why and How 5.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this passage? C)Jogging can help the athletes improve their performance. No one plan for a garden can suit all conditions. Careful planning will lessen the work of gardening and increase the returns from the labor. Planting seeds and plants at random results in waste and disappointment. 6.The best title for this passage would be_______.A) Growing a Vegetable Garden 7.It is most important that rows ______D) conform to land contours 8.Vegetables requiring little space are ______A) spinach 9.The author suggests that ______B)paths should not cross the rows 10.Which of the following is not taken into consideration in planning a garden? . B) Plant seeds. n. Most people are familiar with the quotation from Shakespeare about the world being a stage and all the men are players. Today Shakespeare might change that a little the entire world is a street and all the people are merely joggers. Jogging has spread across the nation like a busy bee buzzing 11.The tone of this passage is ______C) humorous 12. The underlined statement ―endanger the lives of innocent motorists in paragraph 2 is _______D) exaggeration 13.The main thing that upsets the author about joggers is their A)? dressing in unattractive outfits 14.The author would be happy if joggers at least ______B) dressed like tennis players 15.The underlined word ―outfit‖ in paragraph 2 probably means D) all of the above It would be difficult to find someone who is in favor of drunk driving. Similarly no one would jump on the bandwagon urging more child abuse. Some activities are considered repulsive and totally unacceptable to almost everyone. Drunk driving, unlike child abuse, however, is a crime 16.The biggest difference between drunk driving and child abuse is _______B)one crime is treated lightly by many, and the other is not 17.The main idea of the passage is ______A)drunk driving is a serious crime treated casually by many 18. The underlined word ―imbibing‖ refers to the night’s _______.D)drinking 19.Most of Americans attitude towards drunk driving is ______.D) casual 20.Which of the following is true? C)Drunk driving may result in such accidents as death, heartache, anguish, etc. Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, greater than only a few other men have achieved. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created a new outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identity of time and space and so on — but even ordinary men understand now that the universe is something larger that ever thought before.By 1914 the young Einstein had gained 1.The main idea of the first paragraph is ______.c.the change in human thought produced by Einstein 2.According to the American university president, ______.d.our ideas about the universe are different today because of Einstein 3.According to paragraph 2, Albert Einstein ______.b. headed a research institute 4.According to the passage Einstein did his greatest work ______.b. when Nazism rose 5.It may be concluded that ______.c.Germans usually have a high respect for science In order to be one’s true self, it is necessary to obtain a side and extensive knowledge of what has been said and done in the world; critically to inquire into it; carefully to consider it; clearly to analyze it; and earnestly to carry it out. 6.According to the author, first of all one must ______.a. obtain knowledge 7.?? According to the author, _____.d. it doesn’t matter what you learn 8.?? The end of learning should be ______.c. mastery 9.?? According to the author, another man’s success should ______.a. spur us on to greater efforts 10. Which of the following is implied but not stated? ______.c. Success depends not so much on natural ability as it does on effort. Greece today is a small country in southeastern Europe. The population is a approximately nine million, and the capital city is Athens. High mountains with rich, fertile land between them cover northern Greece. The hilly southern part is a peninsula called the Pelopnnesus. Hundreds of islands surround the mainland. The largest island is Grete. 11. A good title for this reading passage is _________. c. The Small but Important Nation of Greece 12. The word carved in Line 7 means _________.a. cut, made 13. We may conclude that most of the food is grown in the _________.a. north 14. Hills can be found _________.c.both a and b a 15. The Greeks had a great civilizations around _________.c. 1000 B. Dr. Harvey Gates, the noted scientist, might never has discovered the Kamron Lizard(变色龙)in Blovia, if it had not been for a childhood accident. When he was young he was determined to 16. Before breaking his arm, Dr. Gates _________.a. had little interest in biology 17. Dr. Gates received _________.c. his highest degree in 1968 18. Dr. Gates discovered the Kamron Lizard _________.b. while he was preparing his doctoral dissertation 19. Which of the following is not true about the Kamron Lizard?c. It may go for weeks without drinking. 20. The main idea of the passage is that _________.b. An accident changed the life of Dr. Gates There was once an ant that was very thirsty. It ran here and there looking for some water but could not find any. Then suddenly, when the ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it. The ant drank the water, which saved its life. The water was actually a tear from a young 6. What is an ant? B. An insect. 7. When did the drop of water fall on the ant?C. When it was nearly dying. 8. Why was the young girl crying?D. Because the giant had given her an impossible job to do. 9. What would the giant do if the girl failed to do the work?A. He would eat her 10. Who or what saved the girl’s life? D. Her tears. 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. HostelsCheap, good-value hostels are aimed at all types of like-minded travelers, who prefer value 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 ______. D. B&Bs 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?_______B. All pubs and inns offer visitors bed and breakfast. If you've been joining in chat room conversations, or reading email 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" on-line: many of them are talking at the same 6, When people are on-line, they talk by ______.C. making phone calls 7. The Internet makes many people in the world ______A. talking at the same time 8. The sentence "There’s neither time nor space for explanations" means that C. People on-line have to express themselves in a simple way 9, If you get 19/M/HK as an answer to your A/S/L, it meansB. 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 on-line time?B. Many people draw pictures. Many people believe they are supposed to drink eight glasses of water a day, or about two liters. Why? Because that is what they have been told all their life. But a new report offers some different advice. Experts say people should obey their bodies; they should drink as much water as 11, According to the passage, experts advise people to _______B. drink as much water as they feel like drinking 12, Most healthy people meet their daily needs for water by drinking C when they are thirsty 13, The Institute of Medicine usually C provides scientific and technical advice to the government and the public 14, Which of the following is TRUE?A People’s daily water requirement can include the water content in foods. The French Revolution broke out in 1789. At the time France was in a crisis. The government was 15, People need to drink more water D all of the above . . . .