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B

1

、

How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a

mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express

thought

and

feelings, actions

and

things,

so

that

they

could

communicate

with

each

other;

and

that

later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to present those sounds,

and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.

The power of words, then, lies in their associations - the things they bring up before our minds.

Words

become

filled

with

meaning

for

us

by

experience;

and

the

longer

we

live,

the

more

certain

words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the

number of words that mean something increases.

Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words

which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what

we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a

master of words. He can convey his

meaning in

words which sing like music and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We

should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our

speech silly and vulgar.

1

）、

The origin of language is _________.

A.a legend handed down from the past

B.a matter that is hidden or secret

C.a question difficult to answer

D.a problem not yet solved

答案：

D

2

）、

What is true about words?

are used to express feelings only.

can not be written down.

are simply sounds.

are mysterious.

答案：

C

3

）、

The real power of words consists in their ______.

ties

teristics

arity

entative function

答案：

D

4

）、

By “association” in the last paragraph, the author means ______.

A.a special quality

B.a joining of ideas in the mind

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appearance which is puzzling

D.a strange feature

答案：

B

5

）、

Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true?

is no more than a master of words.

can convey his ideas in words which sing like music.

can move men to tears.

style is always charming.

答案：

A

2

、

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 apply on a daily

basis. Such goals can be achieved in a week or less, or two weeks, or possibly, months. It should be

remembered that just as a building is no stronger than its foundation, long-term goals cannot amount

to

very

munch

without

the

achievement

of

solid

short-term

goals.

Upon

completing

our

short-term

goals, we should date the occasion and then add new short-term goals that will build on those that

have been completed.

The intermediate goals build on the foundation of the short-term goals. They might deal with just

one term of school or the entire school year, or they could even extend for several years. Any time you

move a step at a time, you should never allow yourself to become discouraged or overwhelmed. As

you complete each step, you will enforce the belief in your ability to grow and succeed. And as your

list of completion dates grow, your motivation and desire will increase.

Long-term goals may be related to our dreams of the future. They might cover five years or more.

Life is not a static thing. We should never allow a long- term goal to limit us or our course of action.

1

）、

Our long-term goals mean a lot _______.

we cannot reach solid short-term goals

we complete the short-term goals

we have dreams of the future

we put forward some plans

答案：

B

2

）、

New short-term goals are built upon______.

A.a daily basis

achievement in a week

t activities

goals that have been completed

答案：

D

3

）、

When we complete each step of our goals, ________.

will win final success

2

are overwhelmed

will build up our confidence to achieve success

should have strong desire for setting new goals

答案：

C

4

）、

What is the main idea of this passage? _______

is a dynamic thing.

should set up long- term goals.

ent kinds of goals in life.

limitation of long-term goals.

答案：

C

5

）、

Which of the following statements is wrong according to the passage? _______

long-term goals cannot amount to very much without achieving short-term goals.

intermediate goals build on the foundation of the short-term goals.

is a static thing, thus never allowing a long-term goal to limit us.

should often add new short-term goals to what have been completed.

答案：

C

3

、

What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from

those of others? The answer is “no”. It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that

makes him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a

carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate, how to discover information,

is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further, he must be sure that he has a

reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer can be confirmed by other persons. He also

works to fit the answers he gets to many questions into a large set of ideas about how the world works.

The scientist’s knowledge must be exact. There is no

room for half right or right just half the time.

He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditions at one

time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any changes

the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is

one reason that investigations are important in science. Albert Einstein, who developed the Theory of

Relativity,

arrived

at

this

theory

through

mathematics.

The

accuracy

of

his

mathematics

was

later

tested through investigations, and Einstein’s ideas were shown to be correct. A scientist uses

many

tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may

test his investigations.

1

）、

What makes a scientist according to the passage? ________

tools he uses.

way he uses his tools.

ways of learning.

various tools he uses.

3

答案：

B

2

）、

The underlined part in the passage shows_______.

importance of information

importance of thinking

difference between scientists and ordinary people

difference between carpenters and people with other jobs

答案：

C

3

）、

A sound scientific theory should be one that _________.

not only under one set of conditions at one time, but also under the same conditions at other

times

not allow any changes even under different conditions

be used for many purposes

no room for improvement

答案：

A

4

）、

The author quotes the case of Albert Einstein to illustrate __________.

measurements are keys to success in science

accuracy of mathematics

investigations are important in science

the mathematical calculations may test his investigations

答案：

C

5

）、

What is the main idea of the passage? ________

theory of relativity.

ess is the core of science.

ists are different from ordinary people.

ess and ways of using tools are the keys to the making of a scientist.

答案：

D

4

、

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, when he was nearly 68, his wife,

Dolly, asked him to retire because she wanted to enjoy their old age together. Reluctantly, he handed

over the business to his son.

But he was unhappy. He didn't know what to do with himself. Although he read a lot of books and

he went on holiday to interesting places with his wife, he was bored and began to get depressed

because he hated being retired.

Then one day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper and, without telling his wife, he bought a

small crockery (

陶器

) factory. The next week he told his family. They were horrified and worried.

They thought he was too old at 71 to start work again.

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He is now 76 and he has expanded the company considerably. He has increased the number of

staff from 6 to 24 and he has found many new customers for the products. He has developed the

export market and has improved profits by 200%. He has opened a new design office and employed

three young designers. They have been all over the world to get new ideas, and one of them has gone

to France this week to a major trade fair. Most importantly, he hasn't been bored since he bought the

factory.

1

）、

The topic sentence of Para. 1 is ______.

Rees has always been a good businessman

used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time

Morgan Rees was 65, he got retired

antly, he handed over the business to his son

答案：

A

2

）、

The topic sentence of Para. 2 is ______.

didn't know what to do with himself

went on holiday to interesting places with his wife

was unhappy after he got retired

of them

答案：

C

3

）、

Which of the following statements can best express the main idea of Para. 3?

day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper.

bought a small crockery factory in secret and started work again.

told his family he bought a small crockery factory.

family was horrified and worried when they learned he bought the small factory.

答案：

B

4

）、

What is the central idea of the last paragraph?

Rees has worked until he is 76.

Rees has developed the export market and improved the profits by 200%.

Rees hasn't been bored since he bought the factory.

he started working again, Morgan Rees has expanded the company considerably, which has

enriched his retired life.

答案：

D

5

）、

The passage mainly deals with ______.

Morgan Rees bought a small crockery factory

Morgan Rees lived his retired life more happily by turning to work again

Moran Rees became a good businessman

Moran Rees expanded the company considerably

答案：

B

5

5

、

As price and building costs keep rising, the

grow.

needed

furniture

for

our

living

room,

says

John

Ross,

we

just

didn't

have

enough

money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.

ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the

cost of living is very high.

The Rosses took a 2-week course for $$ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture

and make repairs around the house.

Jim

Hatfield

has

three

boys

and

his

wife

died.

He has

a

full- time

job

at

home

as

well

as

in

a

shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $$ 420.

Now I've finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.

John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can

to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a

you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don't have time to take a course, there are books that

tell you how you can do things yourself.

1

）、

We can learn from the passage that many newly married couple find it hard to pay for what they

need.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to run a DIY shop.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

3

）

、

When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim makes shoes in his home.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

4

）、

Jim Hatfield decided to become a

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

5

）、

The possible title for the passage is

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

6

、

Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in

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communication technology is a step back from the closeness of human interaction. With e-mail and

instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.

With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has

a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.

As almost every imaginable contact between human beings becomes automatic by machine, the

alienation

quotient goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person

anywhere.

Directory

assistance

is

almost

always

fully

automatic

by

machine.

Pumping

gas

at

the

station?

Why

say

good-morning

to

the

worker

when

you

can

swipe

(

刷卡

)

your

credit

card

at

the

pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Placing money at the bank? Why talk to a clerk

who might live in the neighborhood when you can just put your credit card into the ATM?

Pretty

soon

you

won't

have

the

hard

task

of

making

eye

contact

at

the

grocery

store.

Some

grocery chains are using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those annoying clerks

who look at you and ask how you are doing.

1

）

、

The writer's attitude towards advances in communication technology may be described as critical.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

If his mom has a question, he will leave her the answer through voice mail.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

3

）、

Judging from the context, the word

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

4

）、

With the rapid development of high technology, people may not need to make eye contact with

clerks.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

5

）、

It can be inferred that the writer is pleased with the modern pace of life.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

7

、

Babies love chocolate and sometimes they also eat the paper around it. My cat enjoys a meal

of good

，

thick paper

，

old letters, for example. She doesn't like newspapers very much.

Of

course

，

the

best

paper

comes

from

wood.

Wood

comes

from

trees

，

and

trees

are

plants.

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Vegetables and fruit and plants too

，

and we eat a lot of them. So can we also eat wood and paper?

Scientists say< /p>

，

，

is that true? Animals eat grass

and grow fat. Then we eat their meat. Little fish eat little sea-plants; then bigger fish swim along and

eat the...

Chickens eat bits of grass and give us... Think for a minute. What food does not come

from plants in some way?

Scientists can do wonderful things with plants. They can make food just like meat and cheese.

And they can make it without the help of animals. It is very good food too. Now they have begun to

say

，

diffic ult.

－

food from paper. Scientists say

，

into food. It will be good

，

cheap food too; cheaper than meat or fish or eggs.

So please keep your old books and letters. (Don't feed them to your cat.) One day

，

soon

，

the y will

be on your plate. There is nothing like a good story for breakfast.

1

）、

The best paper come from Wood.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）

、

From the passage

，

we can infer (

推断

) that

few kinds of food do not come from plants in some

way.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

3

）、

The main idea of the passage is all food comes from plants in some way.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

4

）、

The writer asks us to keep our old books and letters because we can make food from them soon.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

5

）、

The best title for the passage is

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

8

、

Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old. One day he went to the cinema. It is the first

time for him to do that. He bought a ticket and then went in. But after two or three minutes he came

out, bought a second ticket and went in again. After a few minutes he came out again and bought a

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third ticket. Two or three minutes later he came out and asked for another ticket. Then the girl in the

ticket office asked him,

answered,

（撕）

my

ticket to pieces.

1

）、

Tom wanted to buy the fourth ticket when the girl asked him.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

The big boy stopped Tom at the door because the big boy didn't like Tom.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

3

）、

The big boy was a worker at the cinema.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

4

）、

From the story we know the little boy had a lot of money.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

5

）、

Tom was too young to make friends.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

9

、

Have you ever felt your mind getting confused after a sleepless night? You couldn't come up

with an original thought no matter how hard you tried.

You were probably right if you thought that was caused by a lack of sleep. Dr. Home, a sleep

researcher in England, studied 24 college students. One group got their normal eight hours of sleep.

The other group didn't get the smallest amount of sleep

－

they stayed awake all night. The next day,

Dr. Home tested the students. He asked them questions that required creative and original thinking.

One of the questions was

The

results?

The

wide-awake

students

did

well

on

the

tests.

The

tired

students

did

poorly.

Research

has

already

shown

that

tired

people

can

do

okay

on

tests

of

routine

thinking,

like

simple

addition. But Dr. Home tested creative thinking only.

As part of his study, he offered an amount of money as a reward to the sleepy students if they did

well. But even this encouragement wasn't enough to help the students overcome their tiredness. They

still did poorly. Dr. Home believes that the cerebral cortex

－

the part of the brain where thinking takes

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place

－

may get worn out during waking hours. Sleep may help to repair the brain overnight. Without

any sleep, he emphasizes,

This

study

gives

people

something

to

think

about,

especially

people

like

hospital

workers

and

airline pilots, who must stay awake all night and then make emergency decisions.

1

）、

According to the passage, the confusion of your mind is possibly due to the lack of sleep.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

Tired people can do everything EXCEPT telling other people their names.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

3

）

、

The purpose for Dr. Home to offer a lot of money to the sleepy students is to encourage them to do

better.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

4

）、

Students might be better instructed in their work after reading this passage.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

5

）、

A foolish man with good sleep may answer creative question well.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

10

、

If you ask most Americans, they would say their favorite season of the year is summer. The

weather is warm. They do not have to wear heavy clothes to keep warm. Young people do not have to

go to school. They can do many activities outside, like playing sports and swimming at the beach or

the pool. They like the sunshine during the day and the warm summer nights. People have written and

recorded hundreds of songs about summer. These are some of our favorites.

One

of

the

most

famous

songs

about

summer

is

from

George

Gershwin's

opera

“Porgy

and

Bess.” He wrote the music in nineteen thirty

-five. The opera takes place in the southern United States.

It

opens

with

these

words:

“Summertime

and

the

livin'

is

easy.

Fish

are

jumpin'

and

the

cotton

is

high.” Leontyne Price sings the song.

The

nineteen

fifties

and

sixties

produced

many

songs

about

teenagers

enjoying

their

summer

vacation

from

school.

The

songs

are

about

having

fun,

swimming

in

the

ocean,

driving

in

cars.

However, for some teenagers, summer vacation was not all fun and games. Some of them had to work

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to earn money.

1

）、

Americans like summer because the weather is warm.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

People wrote and recorded so many songs about summer.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

3

）、

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

4

）、

There are 1950 or 1960 songs about teenagers enjoying their summer vacation from school.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

5

）、

An appropriate title for the passage is

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

11

、

Calvin Coolidge, the thirtieth president of the United States of America, was a person who

hated talking nonsense

（谬论）

; he had no time for small talk. The following two stories clearly show

how Coolidge enjoyed talking little.

When he was vice-president, Coolidge had plenty of chances to take part in Washington's social

life, especially many dinner parties.

Because of his knowing nothing about the art of conversation, he was not in any way popular

among the ladies at the parties. One lady felt she could help with the problem. She placed him next to

Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of former president, Theodore Roosevelt. Miss Longworth, who

was very good at making conversations, began to chat in her usual attractive manner, but her efforts

were far from being able to make the vice-president become interested. In the end, she said,

that going to as many dinners as you do, you must feel terrible not being talked to.

Without lifting his eyes from his plate, Coolidge answered in a low voice,

somewhere.

Later, when he was president and again at the dinner party, Coolidge was seated next to a most

clever society woman, who seemed to take delight in trying to change the life of every one she met.

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two words out of you.

The president became angry and then said,

1

）、

Calvin Coolidge was a man of few words.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

The ladies did not like Calvin.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

3

）、

Miss Longworth was interested in Calvin.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

4

）、

From the text, we can see that Coolidge had a sense of humor.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

5

）、

Coolidge said that the woman lost her bet because she was not clever enough.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

12

、

Many

teenagers

feel

that

the

most

important

people

in

their

lives

are

their

friends.

They

believe that their family members, especially their parents, don't know them as well as their friends do.

In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can

only go to their friends for advice.

Of course, it is important for teenagers to have a nice and warm family. It is also very necessary

for them to have one or several good friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually

spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the telephone. This communication is very important

in

children's

growing

up,

because

friends

can

discuss

something

difficult

to

say

to

their

family

members.

However, parents often try to choose their children's friends for them. Some parents may even

stop their children from meeting their good friends. The question of

interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions?

-- Who chooses your friends?

-- Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?

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-- Have you got a good friend your parents don't like?

-- Why do parents w

ant to choose friends for you? …

You can always discuss these questions with your friends.

1

）、

Many teenagers think their family members know them better than their parents do.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

2

）、

When brothers and sisters fight with each other, their friends are able to help them.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

3

）、

When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of talking together is to discuss something with their

family members.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

4

）

、

To the teenagers, friends are different from their parents in that they can talk to their friends about

something that they won't tell their parents.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

5

）、

The writer himself is not very sure how teenagers should choose friends.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

13

、

When the weather is hot, you go to a lake or an ocean and may feel cool. Why? The sun

makes the earth hot, but it cannot make the water very hot. Although the air over the earth becomes

hot, the air over the water stays cool. The hot air over the earth rises. Then the cool air over the water

moves in and takes the place of the hot air. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel the cool air

when it moves in. You feel the wind, which makes you cool.

Of

course,

scientists

cannot

answer

all

of

our

questions.

If

we

ask,

is

the

ocean

full

of

salt?

cracks. Rain falls into the cracks. The rain then carries the salt into the earth and into the rivers. The

rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask,

does not get more salty every year.

a lot about our world. But there are still many answers that we do not have.

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1

）、

You feel cool when you are near a lake or an ocean because cool air from the water moves in.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

Now scientists know what happens to the salt in the ocean.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

3

）、

A rock cracks when rain falls.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

4

）、

The rain carries the salt into the earth and into the rivers.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

5

）、

We do not understand why the ocean is salty.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

14

、

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, or horse racing, or business.

You may notice that the pub is the place for men, but not for women. Even now it is still not

quite respectable for a woman to go into a pub alone; she must have a man to escort(

护卫

) and protect

her.

Perhaps

that

is

partly

why

pubs

depress

me

-

they

are

intended

mainly

to

provide

for

male

interests, which are often pretty narrow. I think this male-dominated atmosphere also reminds me of

my life back at school, or in the army, neither of which is an experience I much want to relive.

However, I'm obviously in the minority. Most Englishmen have their local pubs, where they can

escape from the pressures of family life or work, and if they are lucky, tell their troubles to a pretty

barmaid. Indeed, many men dream of retiring from their 9 - 5 jobs and buying a little country pub,

where they imagine they'll be the host of a seven-night- a-week party. This dream usually dies when

cleaning up spilled beer at one o'clock in the morning.

Still, there's pub for every type of

man, from the city sophisticate to the rural primitive, and a

man for every type of pub. And I must admit that, for someone who doesn't like them, I spent a lot of

time in pubs of various kinds.

1

）、

Englishmen go to the pubs because they go to meet and talk with their friends over some beer.

A.T

14

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

The speaker doesn't like the male-dominated atmosphere about the pubs.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

3

）、

Many men are dreaming of retiring from their present jobs and get a little pub.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

4

）、

The speaker never goes to pubs with his female friends.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

5

）、

Pubs are the only places where Englishmen can complain about their pressures of life and work.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

15

、

In the world, soccer or football is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have

wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.

To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup, children from different countries and more than 60 children

from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called

World Cups

bright sky. They wished each football team good luck by drawing the flags of all the countries that

will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. The picture was put up in a park near a

playground in Yokohama. Some football teams will have games there.

Are

you

a

football

fan

？

The

World

Cup

makes

more

and

more

people

interested

in

football.

Teenagers like playing and watching football. Many of

them love some football stars so much that

they get the pictures of their favorite players on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their

love for the World Cup as children in Japan.

1

）、

The World Cup is held every four years.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

From the passage, children drew flags of all countries in the picture .

A.T

B.F

15

答案：

B

3

）、

In “Dream World Cup”, the purpose of the children's drawing the flags is to show their good

wishes for the football teams.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

4

）、

Many teenagers own the pictures of some football stars, because they are football fans.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

5

）、

The best title for the passage is 'FIFA World Cup is more and more popular among teenagers'.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

16

、

The Great Wall of China winds across the country like a giant stone snake. It is 1,500 miles

long.

The wall crosses mountains and rivers. It reaches from the ocean on the east to the desert on the

west.

The Chinese began their wall more than 2,000 years ago. They worked on it for a hundred year.

The Chinese wanted to keep out their enemies.

At the bottom

，

the wall is 25 feet wide. At the top

，

it is about 15 feet wide. The sides of the wall

are made of stones and bricks (

砖

)

，

while the inside is filled with earth.

Parts

of

the

wall

rise

as

high

as

a

three-story

building. Placed

100

yards

apart

are

tall

towers.

Lookouts (

看守员

) could stand in the towers to watch for enemies approaching (

接近

) . The road on

top of the wall is wide enough for two wagons (

四轮马车

) to pass. If we were to build such a wall

now

，

we could use modern machines. But the Chinese had to build the wall by hand. If the wall were

in the USA

，

it would reach from the state of New York to Nebraska. The Great Wall of China is the

longest wall ever built.

1

）、

The Great Wall of China is 1,500 miles long .

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

The story does not say so, but it makes you think that the Great Wall has a gate every 100 yards.

A.T

16

B.F

答案：

B

3

）、

The inside of The Great Wall is filled with brick.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

4

）、

The Great Wall of China was built by hand.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

5

）、

On the whole

，

this story is about The Great Wall of China.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

17

、

Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was

cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three

in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it. The old man

couldn't come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he said to the waiters,

my horse.

The

waiter

said,

horse

doesn't

eat

fish.

The

old

man

told

the

waiter,

horse

is

very

interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too,

the horse some fish. All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish except the old man.

Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter came back and said.

eat any fish.

1

）、

The old man felt very cold because he had travelled in the heavy rain.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

The people in the restaurant all ran out because they wanted to see the horse eating fish.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

3

）、

Indeed, the horse can neither speak nor walk nor sit.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

4

）、

All the people in the restaurant rushed out to look for the horse but the old man.

17

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

5

）、

The old man lied to other people in order to get a place to sit by the fire.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

18

、

Sixty-year-old

grandmother,

Fiona

McFee,

is

going

to

stop

working

next

year

and

she

decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although

the

inside

of

the

boat

is

very

cosy

it

has

no

running

water

or

electricity.

Fiona

says

she

can

live

without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books

to make sure life isn't too uncomfortable.

We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said,

good compass

（指北针）

. Anyway I'm not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves

me.

Fiona

certainly

has

plenty

of

energy;

in

her

spare

time,

she

enjoys

playing

the

piano,

rock-climbing, canoeing

（划船）

and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn't want to have a quiet

and peaceful life.

like to be a sailor for a while.

1

）、

Fiona McFee is going to stop working because she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail

around of Scotland in a small boat.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

Fiona McFee enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing canoeing and dancing in her spare time.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

3

）、

Fiona would like to have the sail because she thinks it will be very exciting.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

4

）、

The old lady Fiona is a person who doesn't use her head much.

A.T

B.F

18

答案：

B

5

）、

The best title of this passage is

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

19

、

I was born in the late twenties on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. I went through the

public schools of Atlanta for a period, and then I went to study at what was then known as the Atlanta

University

Lab

High

School

for

two

years.

After

that

school

was

closed,

I

went

to

Booker

T.

Washington High School. The neighborhood in which I was born was quite ordinary: no one was very

rich.

Most

of

the

blacks

in

the

neighborhood

who

had

some

money

lived

in

a

section

of

the

town

known as

I have a wonderful mother and father. I can hardly remember a time that they ever argued. It is

quite easy for me to think of love all over the world because I grew up in a family where love was

central and where lovely relationships were ever present. It is quite easy for me to develop optimism

(

乐观主义

) about human nature mainly because of my experiences when I was a child.

In my own life I have put together in my character both my father's and my mother's characters.

My father has strong determination for good things and my mother is gentle and sweet. Because of the

influence of my mother and father, I guess I always have a strong wish to serve the interests of people.

I thought I could probably do it better as a lawyer or doctor, but I was slow to make up my mind. But

six months of working with my father after graduation from college gave me all the determination for

entering the missionary (

牧师工作

).

1

）、

The writer most probably was born between 1925 and 1929.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

It seems that the writer liked the place in which he was born.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

3

）、

The writer's family was a center of love.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

4

）、

The writer's experiences in his childhood taught him how to put together his parents' characters.

A.T

19

B.F

答案：

B

5

）、

The writer thought that being a lawyer or doctor was not an easy decision.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

20

、

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.

Your eyes

Too

much

light

can

injure

your

eyes

，

so

never

sit

too

close

to

a

computer

screen.

Your

eyes

should be at least 50cm from the screen. Remember to look away from it sometimes. This gives your

eyes a rest.

When you use a computer, the window should be on your left or your right. If it is behind you,

the light will reflect on (

反射

) the screen. If the window is in front of you, the sun and the screen will

both shine into your eyes.

Your hands and wrists

Hand and

wrist

injuries

can

happen

because

the

hands

and

wrists

are

moved

in

the

same

way

hundreds of times. If you use a keyboard for a long time

，

follow these three rules:1) Rest your wrists

on some thing. 2) Keep your elbows (

肘

) at the same height as the keyboard. 3) Stop sometimes and

exercise your hands

，

wrists and fingers in a different way.

Your back

Some people sit for many hours in front of a computer. If you sit in the wrong way

，

you can

injure your back or your neck. So you should sit with your back straight. The top part of the screen

should be in front of your eyes. Your forearms

，

wri sts

，

hands and the upper part of your legs should all

be parallel (

平行

) to the floor. If you are sitting for a long time

，

get up every 30 minutes and exercise

your arms

，

legs and neck.

Enjoy your computer

，

but use it safely.

1

）、

A computer screen may injure your eyes if your eyes are too close to it.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

Hand and wrist injuries are caused when you get plenty of exercise.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

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3

）、

Your eyes and hands will be safe if you often take rests from working.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

4

）、

It is good for your back and neck if you sit in the right way.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

5

）、

The best title for the text is “How to Protect Your Eyes.”

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

21

、

Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a

village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When

he was seventy-five, he gave

￡

12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children's

playground.

As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman.

During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred.

The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five. Johnson had a sense of

humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day.

told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that

Johnson

was

seventy-five

and

had

a

daily

injection

in

his

neck.

Within

a

week

Johnson

received

thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

1

）、

According to this passage, Johnson became a rich man by cheating.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

2

）、

The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson wanted people to know how rich he was.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

3

）、

Many people wrote to Johnson to find out how to live longer.

A.T

21

B.F

答案：

B

4

）、

The newspaperman should have found out what Johnson really meant.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

5

）、

When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that he liked

drinking a glass of whisky in the evening.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

22

、

Now, you'll be coming back here to brush up your English, so you'll want to make as much

conversation as possible. Whatever you do, don't stay in a place full of overseas students, especially if

they come from our country. This is fatal. Don't believe all the stories you hear about how unfriendly

the English are. It's just that many of them are a little shy, and they have this idea about minding their

own business. In a train, or restaurant, for example, or anywhere else they will talk to you; but you

must break the ice first. Then see them talk! Any subject will do--the weather, their dogs,food. Pardon

me,

not

any

subject.

Don't

be

nosy

(

爱打听的

)

about

their

private

life,

their

incomes

and

expenditures, or their ages. These English worship (

尊重

) their privacy. Avoid religion too. The best

place

to

talk

is

in

pubs,

but

as

you

are

a

girl,

go

with

someone

else,

and

don't

go

to

the

pubs

in

Piccadilly,

Leicester

Square

and

so

on.

Find

one

near

where

you

are

living

and

go

there

regularly.

Someone's bound to talk to you. Oh! Make sure to let them see you are a foreigner. Pretend to have

difficulty in ordering, or something. That should be easy enough.

1

）、

The writer suggests that they had better not stay in a place where there are a lot of young people.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

2

）、

According to the passage, we should believe the English are

mostly friendly.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

3

）、

We can talk about anything with English except their dogs.

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A.T

B.F

答案：

B

4

）、

According to the passage, if you want to talk with the English, usually you have to talk to them

first.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

5

）、

The best place to talk to the English is in a restaurant.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

23

、

One day, Mr. Black went into a restaurant. He put his coat on a chair near the door. There

was nothing in the pockets of his coat. After he had his meal, he went to take his coat back. He found

there was much money in one of his pockets. “Whose is this?” he thought. He saw a wait

er near the

door, so Mr. Black said to him, “Somebody put a lot of money in my coat. I have no time to wait for

him. I have to go. Take it, please. When he comes back, give it to him.” The waiter took it and went

away. At the moment, another man came with

a coat just like Mr. Black's. “I'm sorry,” said the man.

“I took your coat and you got mine. Please give me my coat and the money.” Mr. Black answered, “I

gave the money to the waiter. He'll give it to you.” Mr. Black called the manager, but the manager

sa

id, “We have no waiters here. We only have waitresses. He must be a thief!”

1

）、

Mr. Black went out to put his coat on a chair.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

2

）、

After his meal, Mr. Black didn't take back his coat.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

3

）、

Mr. Black gave the money to the waitress.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

4

）、

The two coats looked the same.

A.T

B.F

23

答案：

A

5

）、

The

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

24

、

Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son,

me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week,

then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.

down

on

a

piece

of

paper

and

gave

it

to

him.

His

son

put

it

into

his

small

pocket,

took

it

out

and

looked at it every now and then.

Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to

come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.

The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the

door and said,

paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted,

The

man

was

very

surprised.

He

asked,

more?

I

met

your

father

last

week.

When

did

it

1

）、< /p>

Mr Brown told his son that he would be back in a month.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

2

）、

Mr Brown wrote the words down on his son's pocket.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

3

）、

A man came to visit the boy's father on the fifth day.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

4

）、

The man was very surprised because he thought the child's father was dead.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

5

）、

The paper was burnt.

A.T

24

B.F

答案：

A

25

、

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 apartment or to buy used

furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting

of

home

furnishings

(bed,

tables,

dishes,

and

so

on)

has

become

one

of

America’s

fastest

growing

businesses.

What

kinds

of

people

rent

their

home

furnishings

instead

of

buying

them?

People

who

are

international

business

or

government

officials,

foreign

students,

airline

workers,

young

married

couples - people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another.

They

save

a

lot

of

trouble

and

the

cost

of

moving

their

furniture

each

time.

They

simply

rent

new

furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap

furniture

that

they

may

soon

dislike.

They

prefer

to

wait

until

they

have

enough

money

to

buy

furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could

afford to buy.

One

family,

who

now

have

a

large,

beautiful

home

of

their

own,

liked

their

rented

furniture

so

much

that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don’t like

to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure

what their neighbors might think.

1

）、

Which of the foll

owing has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses?

g home furnishings.

g furnished apartments.

g used furniture.

g home furnishings.

答案：

D

2

）、

Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?

e the furniture they get in this way is new.

e it saves them a lot of money.

e it saves them much trouble and money.

e they can always get better quality furniture in this way.

答案：

C

3

）、

What can you infer from the passage?

idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.

g furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town.

those who don’t have enough money to rent furniture.

usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.

答案：

B

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4

）、

Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

or Buy?

B.A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.

hed Apartments.

D.A New Idea.

答案：

B

5

）、

Young people liked renting home furniture because_________

have less money.

don’t want to buy old furniture.

new furniture is of good quality.

don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture.

答案：

D

26

、

Fred was a young soldier in a big camp.

During the week

they always worked very hard, but it

was Saturday, and all the young soldiers were free, so their officer said to them,

town this afternoon, but first I am going to inspect

（检查）

you.

Fred came to the officer, and the officer said to him,

（理

发师）

and then come back to me again.

Fred ran to the barber's shop, but it was closed because it was Saturday. Fred was very sad for a

few

minutes,

but

then

he

smiled

and

went

back

to

the

officer.

my

boots

clean

now,

sir?

he

asked.

The officer didn't look at Fred's hair. He looked at his boots and said,

now. You can go out, and next week, first clean your boots, and then come to me!

1

）、

In the first paragraph

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

You can go into the town this afternoon before I inspect you.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

3

）、

The officer asked Fred to have his hair cut short.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

4

）、

Fred smiled because his boots were very clean.

A.T

26

B.F

答案：

B

5

）、

The officer made a mistake. He should have inspected his boots instead of hair.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

27

、

It was very cold last Sunday. Paul and his friends Allan, Bill and Betty went to the lake after

breakfast. They began to skate on the ice. Paul skated better than his three friends. He skated fast and

didn't know a piece of ice was broken. He fell into the water. His friends were afraid and called for

help. Just then two workers walked there and heard them. They ran there quickly and helped the boy

come

out

of

the

water.

Then

they

took

him

to

a

hospital.

Paul

and

his

parents

thanked

them

very

much.

1

）、

The children went skating after breakfast.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

2

）、

Five children skated on the lake.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

3

）、

Paul skated best of all the children.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

4

）、

Paul fell into the water because he skated fast.

A.T

B.F

答案：

B

5

）、

Two workers helped Paul.

A.T

B.F

答案：

A

28

、

One fine afternoon I was walking along the 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 came forward.

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