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Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day1. Which of the following statements is NOT true?B. All the people who work in London prefer to live in the2. With the same money needed for ________,C. renting a small flat without a garden3. When the garden is in blossom, the one ________ 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. their life was meaningless5. The underlined phrase “get away from” in the 3rd paragraph refers to ________.C. escape fromBy definition, heroes and heroines are men and women distinguished by uncommon courage, achievements, a1. The passage mainly deals with ________C. heroes and icons2. Heroes and heroines are usually ________.D. all of the above3. Which of the following statements is wrong?D. Heroes and heroines can only emerge in war times4. Beautiful young Diana Spencer found her genuine love ________.C. just before her death5. What is more likely to set an icon’s status? B. Tragic and early death.Passage 3Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and self-conscious;1. What does the author try to prove by citing “what kind of impression am I making?”B. People’s shyness made2. According to the writer, self-awareness is ________.A. a good quality3. When being praised, shy people feel that it is ________.B. unreal4. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?C. Shyness can block our chances for a rich life5. It can be inferred from the passage that shy people ________.B. should understand themselves in the right wayWhat makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of1. What makes a scientist according to the passage?B. The way he uses his tools.2. “The scientist, however, goes one step further…”. The author says this to show D. the difference between3. A sound scientific theory should be one that ________.A. works not only under one set of conditions at one time,4. The author quotes the case of Albert Einstein to illustrate _____C. that the investigations are important in science5. What is the main idea of the passage?D. Exactness and ways of using tools are the keys to the making of aA city man was on holiday in the mountains. He talked with a mountain man and found that the man was1. A city man was on holiday ________. B. on the high hills2. The city man found the mountain man was ________. A. not clever3. The city man said, “We'll ________.” C. ask each other questions4. The mountain man ________. B. didn't know the answer himself5. At last ________. D. the mountain man got 50 centsLook at the instructions on the bottle of the medicine and then choose the right answers.1. John should take ________ a day.B. 3 teaspoonfuls2. The medicine should be kept in ________.A. a fridge3. John should ________ before he takes it.A. shake the medicine well4. When people are ________ years old, they cannot take this medicine.C. two5. John will ________ the medicine when it is left after Dec.1st, 2002. A. throw awayIn England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience four seasons in one day. In the1. 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 ________ come and then there is a heavy rain.B. black clouds3. “People can also have summer in winter”means “It is sometimes ________ in winter.”A. warm4. In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with B. it often rains in England5. The best title for this passage is ________.C. The Weather in EnglandLong, long ago there was no zero. To write the number sixty-three people wrote 63. To write six hundred and1. Long, l ong ago people didn’t know how to ________.B. write zero2. Long, long ago if they wrote two hundred-eight, people wrote ________.B. 2 83. Later ________ was used to mean space.D. a dot4. People used circles ________.C. not to forget the space5. The story tells us ________.A. how zero came to be usedI often dreamed about Pisa when I was a boy. I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of1. This passage is about ________.C. how the Leaning Tower of Pisa got its name2. The writer used to think Pisa ________.D. the same as pizza3. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is ________.C. 600 years old4. The writer _______.B. likes what the tower looks like5. The writer likes the Leaning Tower of Pisa because _______.D. it’s imperfectIf you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, and when you start using1. Someone can't have a good memory if ________.C. he doesn't make good use of his memory2. If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, ________.B. they will become weak3. Which of the following statements is true?A. Your memory needs chance for practice.标准答案：A4. Few people know that if someone has a poor memory it is ________.A. his own fault5. The writer wants to tell us ________.B. how to have a good memoryA foreigner's first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pressure. City1. Which of the following statements is wrong? D. Americans are impolite to their business colleagues.2. In the fourth paragraph, “a high priority” means ________？B. a first concern3. Americans evaluate a business colleague ________. D. by learning about their past performance4. This passage mainly talks about ________. A. how Americans treasure their time5. We can infer from the passage that the author’s tone in writing is ________. C. appreciativeIn the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him1. What is the main idea of this passage? 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 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 pass D. Promptness is valued highly in American life.5. From the passage we can safely infer that _____B. the meaning of time differs in different parts of the world People used to say, "The hand that rocks (摇) the cradle (摇篮) rules the world, "and "Behind every1. "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world." means ________.C. women do play an important part in men’s2. "You’ve come a long way, baby." means _______B. "she was done a lot and succeeded greatly in freeing herself3. "Not nearly as far as I’m going to go, baby." means ________.C. "she isn’t so satisfied with success"4. According to the passage, the writer ________ the women’s liberation A. is all for5. The best title of this passage should be ________.D. Women’s Liberation in the USASixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. She was leaving her native1. Maria’s story happened ________.D. when she arrived at the airport2. You believer that the work of the airline employee mentioned in the story is to _____C. check people’s luggage3. “Why are you so upset?” Maria said to the man. She wanted to tell him that he should not be _______.C. unhappy4. “Everyone was looking at him with disapproval.” This sentence means th D. sorry for the man’s manners5. The author mentioned Maria’s age at the beginning of the story in ord A. she was young but behaved properlyThere are three kinds of goals: short-term, medium-range and long-term goals.1. Our long-term goals mean a lot _________.B. If we complete the short-term goals2. New short-term goals are built upon ________D. the goals that have been completed3. When we complete each step of our goals, ________C. we should build up confidence of success4. What is the main idea of this passage?C. Different kinds of goals in life.5. Which of the following statements is wrong according to the passage? C. Life is a static thing, thus we should Passage 16Britain and France are separated by the English Channel, a body of water that can be crossed in as few as 201. For centuries, the relationship between Britain and France is ________.D. a mixture of love and hate2. The war in Iraq does ________ to the relationship between France and Britain.D. both good and harm3. The British are not so friendly to ________ and the French are not so friendly to ______A. Germany; America4. ________ are more interested in having holidays in _______.D. British people … France5. What does the last sentence mean?C. France and Britain are near neighbors, and this will help balance theWhen the weather is hot, you go to a lake or an ocean and may feel cool. Why? The sun makes the earth hot,1. The main idea of the passage is ________.C. scientists can explain many things but not everything2. You feel cool when you are near a lake or an ocean because ________.D. the cool air from the water moves3. Now scientists know ________.A. what makes people feel cool near a lake or an ocean in summer4. A rock cracks when ________. B. it gets very hot or very cold5. People are always curious because ________.C. there are answers they do not havePassage 18Community service is an important component of education here at our university. We encourage all students1. What is the purpose of the talk?B. To interest students in a new community program.2. What is the purpose of the program that the speaker describes? C. To offer tutorials to elementary school students.3. What does Professor Dodge do? A. He advises students to participate in certain program.4. What should students who are interested in the tutorials do?D. Talk to Professor Dodge.5. Whom do you think the speaker addresses? B. Students.When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things1. Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses? D. Renting home furnishings.2. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture? C. Because it saves them much trouble and money.3. What can you infer from the passage? 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. A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings5. Young people liked renting home furniture in that __________.D. They don’t have much money and don’t want toPaper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Wide spread use of written language1. What’s the meaning for the word “parchment”? A. The skin of young animals.2. Which of the following is not mentioned about the invention of paper? A. More jobs could be provided than3. When did the Egyptians begin to use paper widely? A. Around 1400.4. Which of the following countries uses more paper for each person a year? B. Sweden5. What is the main idea of this short talk? C. The invention of paper is of great significance to man.Linda and David have traveled by air from London to Sydney, Australia. Linda has promised her mother that1. Linda is telephoning home to ________. B. say that she and David have arrived safely2. Linda does not think it expensive to ring, because ________.D. she will speak from one side of the word to the3. David says, “Nearly four pounds”, because ________. A. he wants to remind Linda of the cost of the cost of the c4. Mrs. Lee goes on talking for so long because ________. B. she likes talking5. Linda tries to stop her mother by ________.D. promising to write, and ringing offOne day a man and his daughter were going out for a walk. The man had put on a pair of odd (奇怪的的)1. The man thought that his daughter was ________.B. clever2. It was the ________ that found the reason for the wrong shoes.A. father3. The daughter came back, bringing ________ with her B. a pair of odd shoes4. 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?A. They both were not clever.How men first learned to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we1. The origin of language ________.D. is a problem not yet solved2. According to the passage, words are _________. C. represented either by sounds or letters3. The power of words lies in their _________.C. combinations4. The secret of a writer’s success is the use of words that _________ A. recall to us the glad and sad events of our5. The author of the passage advises us _________.A. to use words carefully and accurately1.The aim of students who come to school is to study. But to study needs a right way, or we would waste the1. The article tells us ________.B. to pay attention to ways of studying2. This article has taught us ________ ways of studying. D. four3. We'd better read in the morning because ________.C. it is easy to remember what we have learned4. If we can't put our heart into the book when we read, it is ________.C. impossible for us to get something from it5. In studying, we must always ask "why" in order to ________.A. understand the book wellPassage 25A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man—the1. From paragraph 1, we know that in America _____________.people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made2. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner hers she takes pride in what she can do herself3. The expression “wait on table” in the second paragr aph mserve customers in a restaurant4. The author’s attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is __________________. A. positive5. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage? ______American Attitude toward Manual Labor. Passage 26In the United States, children start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school1. In some states of the USA, children must stay in school for ________ years.A. eleven2. Most children go to public school because ________.C. t heir parents needn’t pay for their education3. Private schools are ________ public schools. C. much more expensive than4. Many students wo at universities because ___.D. they develop good working habits and live by their own hands5. The main idea of this passage is ________.A. Education in the USAPassage 27Laws have been written to govern the use of American National F A. By making laws.2. What is the regulation regarding the raising of the American National Flag B. It should be raised quickly by hand.3. How should the American National Flag be displayed at an unveiling ce D. It should be carried high up in the air.4. What do we learn about the use of the American National Flag C. There are precise regulations and customs to be5. What is Americans’ attitude towards their National Flag B. Respect.Passage 28It has been reported that in colleges across the United States, the daytime serial drama known as the soap1. What is soap opera? C. The daytime serial dramas on TV.2. What can be the best title of the passage? C. Soap opera fans.3. Which are not the reasons why th D. Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles.4. What can learn from the passage C. Young viewers have turned themselves from the seriousness of sixties to5. What message does the author want to con B. The people’s favorites to drama works change along with the times. Passage 29On Christmas Eve ----- the night before Christmas Day children are very happy. They put their stockings at1. Christmas Eve is ________. D. the night of December 242. Father Christmas often puts the presents ________. B. into children’s stockings3. Father Christmas comes into the house through the ________. C. chimney4. On the morning of Christmas Day, children wake up their parents very early and say _____D Merry Christmas!5. On Christmas Day, people often ________ to childrenA. give presentsPassage 30The dark smoke that comes out of stacks or from a burning dump contains tiny bits of solid or liquid matter.1. The author mentions people dying of air pollution in ________.B. Pennsylvania2. Air pollution causes airplane accidents because ________. B. visibility is reduced3. Scientists are trying to find a link between pollution and ________. C. birth defects4. Scientists have not yet determined ________.A. all of the effects of pollution on the human body5. We can conclude that ________.A. civilization may be doomed if pollution is not controlledPassage 31Many people believe they are supposed to drink eight glasses of water a day, or about two liters. Why?1. According to the passage, experts advise people to _______B. drink as much water as they feel like drinking2. Most healthy people meet their daily needs for water by drinking _______.C. when they are thirsty3. The Institute of Medicine usually ________.C. provides scientific and technical advice to the government and the4. Which of the following is TRUE A. People’s daily water requirement can include the water content in foods.5. People need to drink more water ________.D. all of the abovePassage 32Man has always wanted to fly．Some of the greatest men in history have thought about the problem．One of1. Leonardo da Vinci ________．D. made designs for flying machine2. Eight hundred years ago an Englishman ________. B．tried to fly with wings made of chicken feather3．In fact, the Englishman who tried to fly ________.C．got badly wounded4．The very first air passengers in the balloon were ________ C．two animals5．When did two Frenchmen rise above Paris？C．In November 1783．Passage 33In the water around New York City is a very small island called Liberty Island. On Liberty Island there is a1. A good title for the selection is _______. C. The Statue of Liberty2. The word “sight” in the first paragraph means _______. D. something that you can see3. The statue was built _______. A. in France4. We may conclude that the elevator does not _______. C. go to the top5. The man who made the part of the statue that we can see on the outside was _______. B. BartholdiPassage 34When I was a boy, I belonged to the Boy Scouts（童子军），so I used to go camping every summer, and once 1．The writer in the text mainly tells us _________.B．a strange camping experience2．Why did the boys eat their supper slowly?A．They wanted to delay going to the river bank.3．The word“bewildered”in the text probably means _________.C．unable to understand4．When he heard what had happened, the scoutmaster _________.D．felt it hard to believe the boys5．The writer still remembers the event because ________.C．there has been no explanation for the event All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition: to be the lucky customer who1. The housewives learnt about the offer of free goods _______.C. at the supermarket2. Mrs. Edwards ________.C. hoped to get free shopping3. Mrs. Edwards’s husband tried to ________.D. stop her buying things4. Mrs. Edwards went back to the supermarket quickly because she had to _______.A. buy another thing5. Mrs. Edwards must have been ________. D. disappointed.Passage 36Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he is driven by1. ________ are formed little by little. C. Both good habits and bad habits2. The underlined word "them" in the first paragraph refers to ________.A. bad habits3. Generally speaking, it's difficult for one___ and easy for them _____ which shou B. to form good habits; to4 Why should we pay much atten C. Because it's hard and sometimes even impossible to throw away bad habits.5. According to the passage, early rising ________.D. is such a habit as will be keptPassage 37The child of today owes much of its pleasant school life to the work of Maria Montessori and others who Maria Montessori died in Holland at the age of eighty-two.1. The short passage is mainly about ________. D. the life of Maria Montessori2. Maria traveled a lot in the world to ________. C. spread her ideas of teaching3. In what way did Maria teach the children in the Children's House? B. She let them learn in a very pleasant4 We learn from the passage that ________. D. Maria fully understood the child's mind5. Which of the following best expl A. She created a new way in teaching, which changed the old idea of Passage 38Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full, of life. Many birds and animals lived beside1. In the past, the water in Lake Ponkapog was made clean by________. A. forests2.Chemicals from homes and businesses ________. D. get into the rainwater3.Cleaner rainwater will mean ________. C. a cleaner lake4. To save Lake Ponkapog, people need to ________. ..A. be more careful about chemicals5. The passage is about ________. . B. why the water is dirty in Lake PonkapogPassage 39The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring 'Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring.1.The Chinese New Year is also called ________. . .B. The Spring Festival2. How did the old man stop Nian from eating people C. By talking to him.3. Why did people put up red paper-cuts instead of those of any other c D. Because Nian was afraid of the colour red.4.The best title of this passage is ________. A. The Origin of The Chinese New Year5.Which of the sentences is true?D. Nian doesn't like to use his own mind.。