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Passage1
For
any
Englishman
，
there
can
never
be
any
discussion
as
to
who
is
the
world
?
s greatest
dramatist. Only one name can possibly suggest
itself to him
：
that
of
William
Shakespeare.
Every
Englishman
has
some
knowledge
，
however
slight
，
of
the
work
of
our
greatest
writer.
All
of
US
use
words
，
phrases
and
quotations
from
Shakespeare
?
s
writings
that
have
become
part
of
the
common
property
of
the
English-speaking
people.
Most
of
the
time
we
are
probably
unaware of the
source of the words we
used
，
rather like the old
lady who was
taken
to
see
a
performance
of
Hamlet
and
complained
that
it
was
full
of
well-known proverbs and
quotations.
Shakespeare
，
more
perhaps
than
any
other
writer
，
makes
full
use
of
the
great
resources
of
the
English
language.
Most
of
US
use
about
five
thousand
words
in
our
normal
use
of
English;
Shakespeare
in
his
works
used
about
twenty-five thousand.
There is
probably no better way for a foreigner
to appreciate the richness
and variety
of the English language than by studying the
various ways in which
Shakespeare used
it. Such a study is well worth the effort(it is
not
，
of
course
，
recommended to
beginners)even though some aspects of English
usage
，
and the
meaning of many
words
，
have changed since
Shakespeare
?
s day.
1. English people ______.
A. have never discussed who
is the world
?s
greatest
dramatist
B. never discuss any issue concerning
the world
?
s greatest
dramatist
C. are sure who is the
world
?
s greatest dramatist
D.
do not care who is the
world
?
s greatest poet and
dramatist
2. Every Englishman knows
______.
A. more
or less about Shakespeare
B.
Shakespeare
，
but only
slightly
C. all
Shakespeare
?
s writings
D. only the
name of the greatest English writer
3.
Which of the following is true?
A.
We
use
all
the
words
，
phrases
and
quotations
from
Shakespeare
?s
writings.
B.
Shakespeare
?
s
writings
have
become
the
property
of
those
who
are
learning
to speak English.
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C.
It
is
likely
to
be
true
that
people
often
do
not
know
the
origins
of
the
words they use.
D All the words
people use are taken from the writings of
Shakespeare.
4.
What does
the word “proverb” mean?
A. Familiar sayings
B.
Shakespeare
?
s plays.
C. Complaints.
D.
Actors and actresses.
5.
Why
is
it
worthwhile
to
study
the
various
ways
in
which
Shakespeare
used
English?
A. English words have
c
hanged a lot since
Shakespeare?s
time.
B. By doing so one can be
fully aware of the richness of the English
language
C.
English words are now being used in the same way
as in Shakespeare
?
s
time
D. Beginners may have difficulty
learning some aspects of English usage
Passage2
When Mrs. Joseph Groeger died recently
in Vienna
，
Austria
，
people asked
the
obvious
，
“Why did she live to
be 107?”Answers were provided by a survey
conducted
among
148
Viennese
men
and
women
who
had
reached
the
age
of
at
surprising was the fact that the majority had
lived most of their
lives in cities.
In spite of the city?s image as an
unhealthy place
，
city living
often
provides benefits that country
living can lack. One factor seems to be important
to
the
longevity
of
those
interviewed.
This
factor
is
exercise.
In
the
cities
it
is
often
faster
to
walk
short
distances
than
to
wait
for
a
bus.
Even
taking
public
transportation often
requires some walking. Smaller apartment houses
have no
elevators
，
and so
people must climb stairs. City people can usually
walk to local
supermarkets Since
parking spaces are hard to
find
，
there is often no
alternative
to walking.
On the other
hand
，
those who live in the
country and suburbs do not have to
walk
every
day. In
fact
，
the opposite is
often true. To
go to school<
/p>
，
work
，
o
r
almost anywhere
else
，
they must ride in cars.
1. The Vienna survey may help to
explain ___.
A. the
complaints of people in apartment houses
B. the cause of Mrs
Groeger
?
s death
C. the longevity of people like Mrs.
Groeger
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D. the image of cities in general
2. The purpose of the second paragraph
is to list some ___.
A.
benefits of walking
B.
occasions for walking in city life
C. comments made by city people
D. problems of city living
3. To reach the third floor of a
building. it would probably be most healthful ___.
A. to take the elevator
B. to walk up the stairs
C. to ride in a car
D. to find an alternative
to walking
4. People who live in the
country probably do more driving than walking
because
___.
A.
they don
?
t live near
business areas
B. they
don
?
t need the exercise
C. they never have parking
problems
D.
they
can?t afford to take the bus
5. A conclusion that can be drawn from
this passage is that __.
A.
air pollution is not serious
B. anyone can live to be 107
C. country people should
move to the city
D. walking
is a healthful exercise
Passage3
Acting is such an over-
crowded profession that the only advice that
should
be
given
to
a
young
person
thinking
of
going on
the
sta
ge
is“
Don
”t!”
But
it
is
useless
to
try
to
discourage
someone
who
feels
that
he
must
act
，
although
the
chances of his becoming
famous are slim. The normal way to begin is to go
to a
drama school. Usually only
students who show promise and talent are
accepted
，
and the course
lasts
two years. Then the young actor
or actress
takes up work
with
a
theatrical
company
，
usually
as
an
assistant
stage
manager
This
means
doing
everything that there is to do in the theatre and
occasionally acting in very
small parts
It is very hard work
indeed
，
the hours are long
and the salary is tiny.
Of course
，
some
people have remarkable chances which lead to fame
and
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Success
without this long and hard training. Connie
Pratt
，
for
example
，
was just
an ordinary girl working in a bicycle
factory. A film producer happened to catch
sight of her one morning waiting at a
bus stop
，
as he drove past in
his car. He
stopped and got out to
speak to the girl. He asked if she would like to
go to the
film studio to do a
test
，
and she thought he was
joking Then she got angry and
said she
would call the police It took the producer twenty
minutes to convince
Connie
that he was serious The test was successful. And
within a few weeks she
was playing the
leading part opposite one of the most famous
actors of the
day
But
chances like this happen once in a blue moon.
1. From the very
beginning
，
the author puts it
clearly that acting is a profession
___.
A. sought
after by too many
B. too
difficult for young people
C. for slim people only
D. one can go into without special
training
2. For someone who feels he
must act
，
it is very likely
that __.
A. he will become
a film star at long last
B
he will become a stage manager
C he will be well paid
D. he will end up without any Success
3. The film producer found Connie Pratt
one morning when she was __.
A. at work in a bicycle factory
B. driving past him in her
car
C. going to a film
studio
D. waiting for a bus
4. A few weeks after the test Connie
Pratt found herself ___.
A
the most famous actress of the world
B. playing the leading female role in a
play
C. as famous as the
greatest actor of the world
D. no less famous than the leading
actor of the day
5.
The
concluding
sentence
“chances
like
this
happen
once
in
a
blue
moon”
means ___.
A. this is something which happens once
in a while
B. this is a
highly profitable chance
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C. this is something highly
possible
D. this is a very rare chance
Passage4
If we were asked exactly what we were
doing a year ago
，
we should
probably
have
to
say
that
we
could
not
remember
But
if
we
had
kept
a
book
and
had
written in it an account
of what we did each day
，
we
should be able to give an
answer to the
question.
It is
the same in history Many things have been
forgotten because we do not
have any
written account of them Sometimes men did keep a
record of the most
important happenings
in their country
，
but often
it was destroyed by fire or in a
war.
Sometimes there was never any written record at
all because the people of
that time and
place did not know how to Write. For
example
，
we know a good
deal about the people who lived in
China 4
，
000 years ago,
because they could
write
and
leave
written
records
for
those
who
lived
after
them.
But
we
know
almost nothing about
the people who lived even 200 years ago in central
Africa.
because they had not learned to
write. Sometimes of
course
，
even if the people
cannot write
，
they
may know something of the past. They have heard
about it
from older
people
，
and often songs and
dances and stories have been made about
the most important
happenings
，
and these have
been sung and acted and told for
many
generations For most people are proud to tell what
their fathers did in the
past. This we
may call
“remembered
history”
. Some of it has now been
written
down. It is not so exact or so
valuable to us as written history
is
，
because words
are much more easily changed when used
again and again in speech than when
copied in writing. But where there are
no written records
，
such
spoken stories
are often very helpful.
1. Which of the following ideas is not
suggested in the passage?
A.
“Remembered
history”
，
compared with
written history
，
is less
reliable
B. Written records
of the past play the most important role in our
learning of
the human history.
C.A written account of our
daily activities helps US to be able to answer
many
questions.
D. Where there are no written records.
there is no history.
2. We know very
little about the central Africa 200 years ago
because
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A. there was nothing worth being
written down at that time
B
.the people there ignored the importance of
keeping a record
C. the
written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire
D. the people there did not
know how to write
3.
“Remembered history”
refers
to___.
A. history based on
a person
?
s imagination
s of important happenings
passed down from mouth to mouth
C .songs and dances about the most
important events
D .both B
and C
4.
“Remembered
history”
is regarded as valuable only
when___.
A. it is written
down
B .no written account
is available
C. it proves
to be time
D. people are
interested in it
5 .The passage
suggests that we could have learned much more
about our past
than we do now if the
ancient people had___.
A.
kept a written record of every past event
B. not burnt their written
records in wars
C. told
exact stories of the most important happenings
D. made more songs and dances
Passage5
Developed
and
developing nations
can
learn
from
each
other
seeking
a
low
carbon economy
，
a
Chinese government official said in Shanghai
yesterday.
“China doesn?
t lag developed
nations in terms of energy saving and green
economy”
，
said
Zhou Changyi
，
director of the
energy saving department of the
Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology.
“While we can learn many aspects from
developed nations
，
they also
should
learn something from
us
，
such as water
conservation
，
” Zhou said in
a speech
during
the
new
Path
of
China's
Industrialization
forum
at
the
ongoing
China
International Industry Fair 2009.
He said
industrialized nations and China are dealing with
different issues to
combat climate
change. The United
Kingdom
，
for
example
，
is concerned about <
/p>
transport
，
building
s and new energy in reducing carbon emissions .
For China
，
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the
most
urgent
task
is
how
to
realize
new
type
of
industrialization
and
avoid
mistakes that other
countries made when they industrialized.
As
such
，
overseas
exhibitors
at
this
year's
fair
are
showing
ways
to
help
China
achieve low carbon emissions in the industrial
section.
Swiss
power
and
automation
technology
group
ABB
called
for
a
stronger
focus
on
product
lifecycle
assessment
，
or
LCA
，
which
is
used
to
study
the
environmental impact of a product from
the research and manufacturing stage
through its usage and recycling.
Tobias
Becker
，
head of
ABB?
s process automation division for
North Asia
and
China
，
said LCA is an
effective tool in helping manufacturing industries
to
reduce carbon emissions.
LCA
shows
that
industrial
cust
omers
should
focus
on
a
product?
s
environmental impact throughout its
lifecycle instead of on its initial investment
or ready-to-use stage. For
example
，
a motor?
s
initial investment accounts for only
3
percent of its lifecycle
cost
，
while 94 percent goes
to fuel consumption and the
rest to
maintenance.
Richard
Hausmann
，
North East Asia CEO
of Siemens said
，
“The color
of
future industrialization
is green.”
The Germany Company
recently announces that it wants to receive orders
worth
more
than
6
billion
Euros
(US
8.8
billion)
for
intelligent
net
power
networks
，
Smart
Grid
，
over the next five
years. Siemens has set a 20 percent
market share target for the global
smart grid business.
A smart grid delivers
electricity from suppliers to consumers
using digital
technology
，
advanced
sensors
specialized
computers
that
save
energy
，
reduce
costs
and
increase
reliability.
The
United
States
and
China
are
considered
the
two biggest markets for smart grid.
1
．
“______” can
replace the underlined word
“lag”
．
A
．
Fall behind
B
．
Be
superior to
C
．
Attack
D
．
Fear
2
．
Which of the
following about LCA is TRUE?
A
．
LCA is used to
study the impact on a product.
B
．
LCA
can
help
manufacturing
industries
decrease
carbon
release
a
lot.
C
．
LCA
shows
industrial
cust
omers
should
focus
on
a
product?
s
environmental influence on
its initial investment.
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