TEXT A
The train clattered over points and passed through a station.?Then it began suddenly to slow down, presumably in obedience to a signal. For some minutes it crawled along, then stopped; presently it began to move forward again. Another up-train passed them, though with less vehemence than the first one. The train gathered speed again. At that moment another train, also on a down-line, swerved inwards towards them, for a moment with almost alarming effect. For a time the two trains ran parallel, now, one gaining a little, now the other. Mrs. McGillicuddy looked from her window through the window of the parallelcarriages. Most of the blinds were down, but occasionally the occupants of the carriages were visible. The other train was not very full and there were many empty carriages.?
At the moment when the two trains gave the illusion of being stationary, ablind in one of the carriages flew up with a snap. Mrs. McGillicuddy looked intothe lighted first-class carriage that was only a few feet away.?
Then she drew her breath in with a gasp and half-rose to her feet.?
Standing with his back to the window and to her was a man. His hands were round the throat of a woman who faced him, and he was slowly, remorselessly, strangling her. Her eyes were starting from their sockets, her face was purple. As Mrs. McGillicuddy watched, fascinated, the end came; the body went limp and crumpled in the man‘s hands.?
At the same moment, Mrs. McGillicuddy‘s train slowed down again and the other began to gain speed. It passed forward and a moment or two later it had vanished from sight.?
Almost automatically Mrs. McGillicuddy‘s hand went up to the communicationcord, then paused, irresolute. After all, what use would it be ringing the cord of the train in which she was travelling? The horror of what she had seen at such close quarters, and the unusual circumstances, made her feel paralysed. Some immediate action was necessary,—but what??
The door of her compartment was drawn back and a ticket collector said, ―Ticket, please.‖?
66. When Mrs. McGuillicuddy‘s train passed through a station, it___.?
A. gained speed suddenly B. kept its usual speed? C. changed its speed D. stopped immediately ?
67. Mrs. McGuillicuddy seems to be a (an) ___ person.? A. observant B. interested C. nosy D. nervous ? 68. What she saw in the parallel train made her feel___.? A. excited B. anxious C. worried D. horrified ?
69. She didn‘t ring the communication cord immediately because___.? A. she was very much afraid B. there was no point of doing so C. she was too shocked to move D. the ticket collector came in
TEXT B（第一讲）
I am one of the many city people who are always saying that given the choice we would prefer to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large city. I have managed to convince myself that if it weren‘t for my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces and go back to nature in some sleepy village buried in the county. But how realistic is the dream??
Cities can be frightening places. The majority of the population live in massive tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal. The sense of belonging to a community tends to disappear when you live fifteen floors up. All you can see from your window is sky, or other blocks of fiats. Children become aggressive and nervous - cooped up at home all day, with nowhere to play; their mothers feel isolated from the rest of the world. Strangely enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks don‘t even say hello to each other.?
Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally binds the inhabitants of small villages together. People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help. But country life has disadvantages too. While it is true that you may be among friends in a village, it is also true that you are cut off from the exciting and important events that take place in cities. There‘s little possibility of going to a new show or the latest movie. Shopping becomes a major problem, and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to goon an expedition to the nearest large town. The city-dweller who leaves for thecountry is often oppressed by a sense of unbearable stillness and quiet.?
What, then, is the answer? The country has the advantage of peace and quiet, but suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off: the city breeds a feeling of isolation, and constant noise batters the senses. But one of its main advantages is that you are at the center of things, and that life doesn‘t come to an end at half-past nine at night. Some people have found (or rather bought) a compromise between the two: they have expressed their preference for the ―quiet life‖ by leaving the suburbs and moving to villages within commuting distance of large cities. They generally have about as much sensitivity as the plastic flowers they leave behind—they are polluted with strange ideas about change and improvement which they force on to the unwilling original inhabitants of the villages.
What then of my dreams of leaning on a cottage gate and murmuring ―morning‖ to the locals as they pass by. I‘m keen on the idea, but you see there‘s my cat, Toby. I‘m not at all sure that he would take to all that fresh air and exercise in the long grass. I mean, can you see him mixing with all those hearty males down the farm? No, he would rather have the electric imitation-coal fire any evening.
70. We get the impression from the first paragraph that the author___.? A. used to live in the country B. used to work in the city? C. works in the city ? D. lives in the country ?
71. In the author‘s opinion, the following may cause city people to be unhappy EXCEPT___.?
A. a strong sense of fear B. lack of communicationC. housing conditions D. a sense of isolation
72. The passage implies that it is easy to buy‘ the following things in the country EXCEPT___?
A. daily necessities B. fresh fruitsC. designer clothes D. fresh vegetables
73. According to the passage, which of the following adjectives best describes those people who work in large cities and live in villages??
A. Original. B. Quiet. C. Arrogant. D. Insensitive. ? 74. Do you think the author will move to the country?
A. Yes, he will do so. B. No, he will not do so.C. It is difficult to tell. D. He is in two minds. TEXT C
? Traditionally, the woman has held a low position in marriage partnerships. While her husband went his way, she had to wash, stitch and sew. Today the move is to liberate the woman, which may in the end strengthen the marriage union.?
Perhaps the greatest obstacle to friendship in marriage is the amount a couple usually see of each other. Friendship in its usual sense is not tested by the strain of daily, year-long cohabitation. Couples need to take up separate interests (and friendship) as well as mutually shared ones, if they are not to get used to the more attractive elements of each other‘s personalities.?
Married couples are likely to exert themselves for guests - being amusing,discussing with passion and point — and then to fall into dull exhausted silence when the guests have gone.?
As in all friendship, a husband and wife must try to interest each other, and to spend sufficient time sharing absorbing activities to give them continuing common interests. But at the same time they must spend enough time on separateinterests with separate people to preserve and develop their separate personalities and keep their relationship fresh.?
For too many highly intelligent working women, home represents chore obligations, because the husband only tolerates her work and does not participate in household chores. For too many highly intelligent working men, home represents dullness and complaints - from an over-dependent wife who will not gather courageto make her own life.?
In such an atmosphere, the partners grow further and further apart, both love and liking disappearing. For too many couples with children, the children are allowed to command all time and attention, allowing the couple no time to develop liking and friendship, as well as love, allotting them exclusive parental roles.?
75. According to the passage, which of the following statements is CORRECT?? A. Friendship in marriage means daily, year-long cohabitation.?
B. Friendship can be kept fresh by both separate and shared interests.? C. Friendship in marriage is based on developing similar interests.? D. Friendship in marriage is based on developing separate interest. ?
76. The passage suggests that married couples become___.? A. unfriendly with guests? B. uninterested in guests?
C. hostile when guests have left? D. quiet when guest have left ?
77. The passage seems to indicate at the end that children___.? A. help couples reinforce their friendship
B. make no impact on the quality of friendship C. may pose obstacles in marital friendship D. command less time and care than expected TEXT D
Sending a child to school in England is a step which many parents do not find easy to take. In theory, at least, the problem is that there are very many choices to make. Let us try to list some of the alternatives between which parents are forced to decide. To begin with, they may ask themselves whether they would like their child to go to a single-sex school or a co-educational school. They may also consider whether he should go to a school which is connected to a particular church or religious group, or whether the school should have no such connections. Another decision is Whether the school should be one of the vast majority financed by the State or one of the very small but influential minority of private schools, though this choice is, of course, only available to the small number of those who can pay. Also connected with the question of money is whether the child should go to a boarding school or live at home. Then there is the question of what the child should do at school. Should it be a school whose curriculum lays emphasis, for instance, on necessary skills, such as reading, writing and mathematics, or one which pays more attention to developing the child‘s personality, morally, emotionally and socially. Finally, with dissatisfaction with conventional education as great as it is in some circles in England and certainly in the USA, the question might even arise in the parents‘ minds as to whether the child should be compelled to go to school at all. Although in practice, some parents may not think twice about any of these choices and send their child to the only school available in the immediate neighbourhood, any parent who is interested enough can insist that as many choices as possible be made open to him, and the system is theoretically supposed to provide them.?
78. Parents find choosing a school hard because___.? A. there is a limited number of choices? B. some schools are very expensive?
C. some schools are government schools? D. they are faced with a variety of offers ?
79. According to the passage, some parents, if allowed, might let their children stay at home because they___.?
A. don‘t find conventional education satisfactory?
B. don‘t know how to choose among different schools? C. intend to educate their children themselves?
D. find conventional education too expensive to pay for ?
80. What is implied at the very end of the passage ?
A. Most parents are unconcerned about the choices available to them.? B. Interested parents can request more school choices be open to them.? C. The educational system may not provide as many choices as expected.? D. Most parents usually send their children to the schools nearby.
阅读 B
SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING ［5 MIN.］?
In this section there are seven passages with a total of ten multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers.?? TEXT E
First read the following question.?
81. The main purpose of the passage is to___.?
A. warn people of pickpockets. B. tell people what to wear.?C. describe how to catch thieves. D. explain how to contact the police. ? Now, go through TEXT E quickly and answer question 81.?
Pickpockets operate in crowded places in the hope of getting easy pickings. Don‘t make it easy for them. Keep wallets, purses and other valuables out of sight. If wearing a jacket, an inside pocket is the best place to use. If not, your possessions are safest in a pocket with a button-down flap.?
Please co-operate with the police by reporting any crime or suspicious activity immediately, either by dialling 110 or calling at your nearest police station.?? TEXT F
First read the following question.?
82. The main topic of the passage is ___.?
A. agricultural products B. irrigation methods?C. natural resources D. water shortages ?
Now, go through TEXT F quickly and answer question 82.?
It is widely accepted that China is a country faced with severe water shortages. Insufficient water resources have slowed agricultural development. And to
make matters worse, some of the traditional Chinese irrigation methods have wasted an astonishing amount of water.?
In China today, the utilization efficiency of farming water is about 30-40 per cent. This figure stands in sharp contrast to developed countries‘ utilization average of 70-80 per cent. The low utilization efficiency has resulted from the adoption of some traditional Chinese irrigation methods.?
Only by using modern irrigation methods can we reduce water shortage in agriculture.?
One of the advantages of modern irrigation methods is that they alone can save 20-30 per cent of the present volume of wasted irrigation water.? TEXT G
First read the following question.? 83. The letter is about___.?
A. cities in South-east Asia B. holiday greetings?C. sightseeing D.
travel plans ??
Now, go through TEXT G quickly and answer question 83. May 5th 2002? Dear Mark,?
Hello again! Here are my holiday plans. I‘ll leave on a tour of South-east Asia in August and will arrive in Singapore in September. Hope we‘ll be able to meet there. These are my travel plans:? August 28th London-Tokyo? September 1st Tokyo-Bangkok?
September 4th Bangkok-Singapore? September 7th Singapore-Manila? September 9th Manila-London? Looking forward to seeing you again.? Best wishes? Christopher? TEXT H
First read the following question.?
84. Who will read the following excerpt from a pamphlet??
A. Travellers. B. Baby-sitters.?C. Insurance agents. D. Trattic police. ??
Now, go through TEXT H quickly and answer question 84.? DAY TRIPS?
Even if you are only going on a day trip to another country , accidents can happen. So please make sure you have adequate travel insurance.? TAKE CARE IN WATER?
Bathing will cool you but remember that fatal accidents can happen very easily and in the most unexpected conditions. Adults should watch each other for signs of trouble when in water. Children should always be supervised by an adult who can swim well. Young children should never be left unattended near a stretch of water.? TAKE CARE ON THE ROADS?
Traffic accidents are the major cause of death among travellers. Whetherdriver or pedestrian, always check on local traffic regulations.? TEXT I
First read the following questions.?
85. How many performances will the Irish dancing troupe give between June 23 and 25??
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. ? 86. Whose works will NOT be played at the concert??
A. Chopin. B. Schumann. C. Beethoven. D. Liszt. ? Now, go through TEXT I quickly and answer questions 85 and 86.?
Irish dance: The Irish International Dance Company, one of the most dynamic dance troupes in the world, will tour China with its classic production― Spirit of t he Dance—the New Millennium.‖?
The dancers include such famous names as Patricia Murray, one of the Irish
dancing champions, and first rate ballerina Claire Holding.?
Sponsored by China National Culture and Art Company Ltd., the dancing troupe will give three performances at the Century Theatre.? Time:7:30 pm, June 23-25?
Place: Century Theatre, 40 Liangmaqiaolu, Chaoyang District? Telephone: 6551 - 8888?
Piano solos: twenty Chinese and foreign piano music works will be playedby three young, promising pianists from the China Central Conservatory of Music.?
Programmes include: ―Consolation No 3 in D-flat major‖ by Liszt,― For Elise‖ by Beethoven, ―Turkish March‖ by Mozart, ―Waltz in C-sharp minor‖ and ―A Minute Waltz‖ by Chopin, and ―Hungarian Dance‖ by Brahms.? Time:7:30 pm, June 16?
Place: Beijing Concert Hall, 1 Beixinhuajie, Xicheng District? Telephone: 6605- 5812? TEXT J
First read the following questions.?
87. When is the deadline for the competition??
A. May 7. B. May 5. C. June 18. D. June 15. ? 88. The six lucky winners will ___.?
A. visit Guiyang City. B. contact the Press Office C. go to China Daily. D. take an overseas trip.
Now, go through TEXT J quickly and answer questions 87 and 88.? Guiyang Customs and Scenery Competition Notice?
Fifteen questions for the Guigyang Customs and Scenery Competition were published in China Daily on May 5 and 7, and on China Daily‘ s web edition on May 7. Participants, please answer the questions and mail the answer card to:?Press Office, Guiyang Municipal People‘s Government?46 ZhongshanXilu, Guiyang 550003, Guizhou, China or find the competitionon www. chinadaily, com. cn. Then answer the questions, fill in all information needed and click the button below to send it back.The deadline for the competition is June 15(subject to postmark).?
The prize-drawing Ceremony will be held on June 18 in Guiyang City ,and six luck winners(three living in China,three from abroad)will be drawn from those who give correct answers to all questions. Their names will be published in China Daily and its web edition on June 19.?
The six lucky winners will be invited to visit Guiyang from August 8 to 18.? TEXT K
First read the following questions.?
. If you want to travel to Shanghai on Air France on a Saturday, which flight would you take??
A. AF129. B. AF128. C. AF111. D. AF112. ?
90. Does Lufthansa operate a flight between Beijing and Frankfurt everyday??
A. No. B. Yes. ?C. Yes, except on Saturdays. D. No, only three days a week. Now, go through TEXT K quickly and answer questions and 90.?
Flight Schedule?
Air France .................................................................. ... Tel: (010)6588 1388? (020)6360 6688 ?
Day From To Flight Departure Arrival? 1 - 7 Beijing Paris AFl29 09: 40 14:15? 1 - 7 Paris Beijing AFl28 15:55 07:40? 2,4,7 Shanghai Paris AFlll 10:55 17:05? 1,3,6 Paris Shanghai AFl12 15:55 09:05?
Lufthansa ..................................................................... Tel: (010)65 4488? Tel: (010)65 4488? (021)6248 1100 ?
Day From To Flight Departure Arrival? 1 - 7 Beijing Frankfurt LH721 10:30 14:25? 1 - 7 Frankfurt Beijing LH720 17:25 08:30?
1,2,3,4,5,7 Shanghai Frankfurt LH729 11:15 16:30? 1,2,3,4,5,7 Frankfurt Shanghai 111728 17:10 09:25
66-70 BADBC 71-75 ACCBB 76-80 DCDAB 81-85 ABDAC 86-90 BDADB
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Text A
Many of the home electric goods which are advertised as liberating the modern woman tend to have the opposite effect, because they simply change the nature of work instead of eliminating it. Machines have a certain novelty value, like toys for adults. It is certainly less tiring to put clothes in a washing machine, but the time saved does not really amount to much: the machine has to be watched, the clothes have to be carefully sorted out first, stains removed by hand, buttons pushed and water changed, clothes taken out, aired and ironed. It would be more liberating to pack it all off to a laundry and not necessarily more expensive, since no capital investment is required. Similarly, if you really want to save time you do not make cakes with an electric mixer, you buy one in a shop. If one compares the image of the woman in the women‘s magazine with the goods advertised by those periodicals, one realizes how useful a projected image cab be commercially. A careful balance has to be struck: if you show a labor-saving device, follow it up with a complicated recipe on the next page; on no account hint at the notion that a woman could get herself a job, but instead foster her sense of her own usefulness, emphasizing the creative aspect of her function as a housewife. So we get cake mixes where the cook simply adds an egg herself, to produce ― that lovely home-baked flavor the family love‖, and knitting patterns that can be made by hand, or worse still, on knitting machines, which became tremendously fashionable when they were first introduced. Automatic cookers are advertised by pictures of pretty young mothers taking their children to the park, not by professional women presetting the dinner before leaving home for work.
66. According to the passage, many of the home electric goods which are supposed to liberate women_________
A. remove unpleasant aspects of housework. B. Save the housewife very little time.
C. Save the housewife‘s time but not her money. D. Have absolutely no value for the housewife.
67. According to the context, capital investment refers to money _____ A. spent on a washing machine. B. borrowed from the bank. C. saved in the bank. D. lent to other people.
68. The goods advertised in women‘s magazines are really meant to ________ A. free housewives from housework.
B. Encourage housewives to go out to work. C. Turn housewives into excellent cooks. D. Give them a false sense of fulfillment.
Text B
The ― standard of living‖ of any country means the average persons share of the goods and services which the country produces. A country's standard of living, therefore, depends
first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth. \"Wealth\" in this sense is not money, for
we do not live on money but on things that money can buy.- \"goods\" such as food and cloth-
ing, and \"services\" such as transport and entertainment.
A country's capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have
an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country' s natural re- sources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on. Some regions of
the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a favorable
climate; other regions possess none of them.
Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use. Some countries are per-
haps well off in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil and external wars,
and for this and other reasons have been unable to develop their resources. 'Sound and stable
political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natu-
ral resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country
equally well served by nature but less well ordered. Another important factor is the technical
efficiency of a country's people. Industrialized countries that have trained numerous skilled
workers and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers
are largely unskilled.
A country's standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and consumed within its own borders, but also upon what is indirectly produced through
international trade. For example, Britain's wealth in foodstuffs' and other agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend only on those grown at home. Trade makes
it possible for her surplus manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would otherwise be lacking. A country's wealth is, therefore, much influenced by
its manufacturing capacity, provided that other countries can be found ready to accept its
manufactures.
69. The standard of living in a country is determined by___________ A. its goods and service.
B. the type of wealth produced. C. how well it can create wealth.
D. what an ordinary person can share.
70. A country's capacity to produce wealth depends on all the factors EXCEPT________
A. peoples share of its goods. B. political and social stability. C. qualities of its workers. D. use of natural resources.
71. According to the passage,________ play an equally important role in determining acountry's standard of living.
A. farm products B. industrial goods C. foodstuffs D. export import Text C
How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when we are in ourteens or early twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content to accept our-selves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion. Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress ina certain way or behave in a certain manner. If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meetnew people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment. Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress. A barber today does not cuta boy's hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do not
make up in the same way as theirmothers and grandmothers did. The advertisers show us the latest fashionable Styles and weare constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd ordull.
What causes fashions to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion. Take hats, for example. In coldclimates, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well as outside. Inrecent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry bynot wearing hats: more American men followed his example.There is also a cyclical pattern in fashion. In the 1920s in Europe and America, short
skirts became fashionable. After World War Two, they dropped to ankle length. Then theygot shorter and shorter until the miniskirt was in fashion. After a few more years, skirtsbecame longer again.
Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be. It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else. Within reason, you can dress as you like or do your hair the wayyou like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion. The popularity of jeans andthe \"untidy\" look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashions of the topfashion houses.
At the same time, appearance is still important in certain circumstances and then we must choose our clothes carefully. It would be foolish to go to an interview for a job in a lawfirm wearing jeans and a sweater; and it would be discourteous to visit some distinguishedscholar looking as if we were going to the beach or a night club. However, you need neverfeel depressed if you don't look like the latest fashion photo. Look around you and you‘ll seethat no one else does either!
72. The author thinks that people are____________ A. satisfied with their appearance.
B. concerned about appearance in old age. C. far from neglecting what is in fashion. D. reluctant to follow the trends in fashion.
73. Fashion magazines and TV advertisement seem to link fashion to _________ A. confidence in life.B. personal dress. C. individual hair style.D. personal future. 74. Causes of fashions are ____________ A. uniform. B. varied
C. unknown D. inexplicable.
75. Present-day society is much freer and earlier because it emphasizes ________ A. uniformity.B. formality. C. informality D. individuality.
76. Which is the main idea of the last paragraph? A. Care about appearance in formal situations. B. Fashion in formal and informal situations. C. Ignoring, appearance in informal situations. D. Ignoring appearance in all situations.
TEXT D
Massive changes in all of the world's deeply cherished sporting habits are underway. Whether it's one of London's parks full of people playing softball, and Russians taking up
rugby, or the Superbowl rivaling the British Football Cup Final as a televised: spectator event
in Britain, ;he patterns of players and spectators are changing beyond recognition, We are
witnessing a globalization of our sporting culture ........
That annual bicycle race, the Tour de France, much loved by the French is a good case in point. Just a few years back it was a strictly continental affair with France, Belgium and
Holland, Spain and Italy taking part. But in recent years it has been dominated by Colombian mountain climbers, and American and Irish riders.
The people who really matter welcome the shift toward globalization. Peugeot. Michelin
and Panasonic are multi-national corporations that want worldwide returns for the millions
they invest in teams. So it does them literally a world of good to see this unofficial world
championship become just that.
This is undoubtedly an economic-based revolution we are witnessing here,, one made possible by. communications technology, but made to happen because of marketing considera-
tions. Sell the game and you can sell Coca Cola or Budweiser as well.
The skilful way in which American football has been sold to Europe is a good example of
how all sports will develop. The aim of course is not really to Spread the sport for its own
sake, but to increase the number of people interested in the major money-making events.
The economics of the Superbowl are already astronomical. With seats at US$125, gate receipts alone were a staggering $10,000,000. The most important statistic of the day, however, was the $100,000,000 in TV advertising fees. Imagine how much that becomes when the
eyes of the world are watching.
So it came as a terrible shock, but not really as a surprise, to learn that some people are
now suggesting that soccer change from being a game of two 45-minute halves, to one of four
25-minute quarters. The idea is unashamedly to capture more advertising revenue, without
giving any thought for the integrity of a sport which relies for its essence on the
flowing
nature of the action.
Moreover, as sports expand into world markets, and as our choice of sports as consumers
also grows, so we will demand to see them played at a higher and higher level. In boxing
we have already seen numerous, dubious world title categories because people will not pay to
see anything less than a \" World Title \" fight, and this means that the title fights have to be
held in different countries around the world!
77. Globalization of sporting culture means that ______- A. more people are taking up sports. B. traditional sports are getting popular.
C. many local sports are becoming international. D. foreigners are more interested in local sports.
78. Which of the following is NOT related to the massive changes? A. Good economic returns. B. Revival
C. Communications technology. D. Marketing strategies.
79. What is the authors attitude towards the suggestion to change soccer into one of four 25-
minute quarters?
A. Favorable. B. Unclear C. Reserved D. Critical
80. People want to see higher-level sports competitions mainly because______ A. they become more professional than ever. B. they regard sports as consumer goods. C. there exist few world-class championships D. sports events are exciting and stimulating.
TEXT E
First read the following question.
81. The main purpose of the passage is to ________-
A. warn people of pickpockets. B. tell people what to wear.
C. describe how to catch thieves. D. explain how to contact the police.
Now, go through TEXT E quickly and answer Question 81.
Pickpockets operate in crowded places in the hope of getting easy pickings. Don't make
it easy for them. Keep wallets, purses and other valuables out of sight. If wearing a jacket,
an inside pocket is the best place to use. If not, your possessions are safest in a pocket
with
a button-down flap.
Please co-operate with the police by reporting any crime or suspicious activity immedi-
ately, either by dialing 110 or calling at your nearest police station.
Text F
First read the following question.
82. The main topic of the passage is _________ A. agricultural products.B. irrigation methods. C. natural resources.D. water shortages.
Now, go through TEXT F quickly and answer Question 82.
It is widely accepted that China is a country faced with severe water shortages. Insufficient water resources have slowed agricultural development. And to make matters worse,
some of the traditional Chinese irrigation methods have wasted an astonishing amount of water.
In China today, the utilization efficiency of farming water is about 30 to 40 per cent. This
figure stands in sharp contrast to developed country's utilization average of 70-80 per cent.
The low utilization efficiency has resulted from the adoption of some traditional Chinese irrigation methods.
Only by using modern irrigation methods can we reduce water shortage in agriculture. One of the advantages of modern irrigation methods is that they alone can save 20-30 per cent of the present volume of wasted irrigation water.
TEXT G
First read the following question.
83. The letter is about _______
A. cities in South-east Asia. B. holiday greetings C. sightseeing.travel plans.
Now, go through TEXT G quickly and answer Question 83.
May 5th 200_
Dear Mark,
Hello again! Here are my holiday plans. I'll leave on a tour of South-east Asia in August and will arrive in Singapore in September. These are my travel plans: August 28th London-Tokyo September 1st Tokyo- Bangkok
September 4th Bangkok-- Singapore September 7th Singapore-Manila September 9th Manila-London
Looking forward to seeing you again. Best Wishes, Christopher TEXT H
First read the following question.
84. Who will read the following except from a pamphlet? A. Travelers. B. Baby-sitters. C. Insurance agents. D. Traffic police.
Now, go through TEXT H quickly and answer Question 84.
DAY TRIPS
Even if you are only going on a trip to another country, accidents can happen. So please make sure you have adequate travel insurance.
TAKE CARE IN WATER
Bathing will cool you but remember that fatal accidents can happen very easily and in the
most unexpected conditions. Adults should watch each other for signs of trouble when in
water. Children should always be supervised by an adult who can swim well. Young children
should never be left unattended near a stretch of water.
TAKE CARE ON THE ROADS
Traffic accidents are the major cause of death among travelers. Whether driver or pedestrian, always check on local traffic regulations.
TEXT I
First read the following questions.
85. How many performances will the Irish dancing troupe give between June 23 and 25?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three D. Four
Whose works will NOT be played at the concert? A. Chopin. B. Schumann. C. Beethoven. D. Liszt.
Now, go through TEXT I quickly and answer Questions 85 and 86.
Irish dance: The Irish International Dance Company, one of the most dynamic dance troupes in the world, will tour China with its classic production\" Spirit of the Dance-----the
New Millennium.\"
66. B 67. A 68.D 69.C 70.A71. D 72.C 73.A 74.B 75. C 76. A 77. C 78.B 79.D 80.B 81.A 82. D 83.D 84.A 85. C 86. B 87. D 88.A . D 90. B
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TEXT A
The way in which people use social space reflects their social relationships and their ethnic identity. Early immigrants to America from Europe brought with them a collective style of living, which they retained until late in the 18th?century. Historical records document a group-oriented existence, in which one room was used for eating, entertaining guests, and sleeping. People ate soups from a sommunal pot, shared drinking cups, and used a common pit toilet. With the development of ideas about individualism, people soon began to shift to the use of individual cups and plates; the eating of meals that included meat, bread, and vegetables served on separate plates; and the use of private toilets. They began to build their houses with separate rooms to entertain guests-living rooms, separate bedrooms for sleeping, separate work areas-kitchen, laundry room, and separate bathrooms.?
In Mexico, the meaning and organization of domestic space is strikingly different. Houses are organized around a ?patio?, or courtyard. Rooms open onto the patio, where all kinds of domestic activities take place. Individuals to not have separate bedrooms. Children often sleep with parents, and brothers or sisters share a bed, emphasizing familial interdependence. Rooms in Mexican houses are locations for multiple activities that, in contrast, are rigidly separated in the United States.
66. Changes in living styles among early immigrants were initially brought about by ____.
A. rising living standard? B. new concept? C. new custom?
D. new designs of houses?
67. Which of the following is NOT discussed in the passage? A. Their concepts of domestic space. B. Their social relationships. C. The functions of their rooms. D. The layout of their houses.?
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TEXT B
There are superstitions attached to numbers; even those ancient Greeks believed that all numbers and their multiples had some mystical significance.?
Those numbers between 1 and 13 were in particular to have a powerful influence over the affairs of men.?
For example, it is commonly said that luck, good or bad, comes in threes; if an accident happens, two more of the same kind may be expected soon afterwards. The arrival of a letter will be followed by two others within a certain period.?
Another belief involving the number three has it that it is unlucky to light three cigarettes from the one match. If this happens, the bad luck that goes with the deed falls upon the person whose cigarette was the last to be lit. The ill-omen linked to the lighting of three things from one match or candle goes back to at least the 17th? century and probably earlier. It was believed that three candles alight at the same time would be sure to bring bad luck; one, two, or four, were permissible, but never just three.?
Seven was another significant number, usually regarded as a bringer of good luck. The ancient astrologers believed that the universe was governed by seven planets; students of Shakespeare will recall that the life of man was divided into seven ages. Seven horseshoes nailed to a house will protect it from all evil.?
Nine is usually thought of as a lucky number because it is the product of three times three. It was much used by the Anglo Saxons in their charms for healing.?
Another belief was that great changes occurred every 7th and 9th of a man‘s life. Consequently, the age of 63(the product of nine and seven) was thought to be a very perilous time for him. If he survived his 63rd?year he might hope to live to a ripe old age.?
Thirteen, as we well know, is regarded with great awe and fear. The common belief is that this derives from the fact that there were 13 people at Christ‘s Last Supper. This being the eve of his betrayal, it is not difficult to understand the significance given to the number by the early Christians.?
In more modern times 13 is an especially unlucky number of a dinner party, for example. Hotels will avoid numbering a floor the 13th?; the progression is from 12 to 14, and no room is given the number 13. Many home owners will use 12 1/2 instead of 13 as their house number.?
Yet oddly enough, to be born on the 13th?of the month is not regarded with any fear at all, which just shows how irrational we are in our superstitious beliefs.
68. According to the passage, which of the following groups of numbers will certainly bring good luck to people? A.3 and 7. B.3 and 9. C.7 and 9. D.3 and 13.
69. The ill luck associated with 13 is supposed to have its origin in ____.
A. legend B. religion
C. popular belief D. certain customs
70. What is the author‘s attitude towards people‘s superstitious beliefs? A. He is mildly critical. B. He is strongly critical. C. He is in favour of them. D. His attitude is not clear. TEXT C
Women‘s minds work differently from men‘s. At least, that is what most men are convinced of. Psychologists view the subject either as a matter or frustration or a joke. Now the biologists have moved into this minefield, and some of them have found that there are real differences between the brains of men and women. But being different, they point out hurriedly, is not the same as being better or worse.?
There is, however, a definite structural variation between the male and female brain. The difference is in a part of the brain that is used in the most complex intellectual processes-the link between the two halves of the brain.?
The two halves are linked by a trunkline of between 200 and 300 million nerves, the ?corpus callosum. Scientists have found quite recently that the corpus callosum in women is always larger and probably richer in nerve fibres than it is in men. This is the first time that a structural difference has been found between the brains of women and men and it must have some significance. The question is ―What?‖, and, if this difference exists, are there others? Research shows that present-day women think differently and behave differently from men. Are some of these differences biological and inborn, a result of evolution? We tend to think that is the influence of society that produces these differences. But could we be wrong??
Research showed that these two halves of the brain had different functions, and that the ?corpus callosum enabled them to work together. For most people, the left half is used for word handing, analytical and logical activities; the right half works on pictures, patterns and forms. We need both halves working together. And the better the connections, the more harmoniously the two halves work. And, according to research findings, women have the better connections.?
But it isn‘t all that easy to explain the actual differences between skills of men and women on this basis. In schools throughout the world girls tend to be better than boys at ―language subjects‖ and boys better at maths and physics. If 〖WTHZ〗these differences〖WTBZ〗 correspond with the differences in the hemispheric trunkline, here is an unalterable distinction between the sexes.?
We shan‘t know for a while, partly because we don‘t know of any precise relationship between abilities in school subject and the functioning of the two halves of the brain, and we cannot understand how the two halves interact via the corpus callosum. But this striking difference must have some effect and, because the difference is in the parts of the brain involved in intellect, we should be looking for differences in intellectual processing.
71. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. Biologists are conducting research where psychologists have given up. B. Brain differences point to superiority of one sex over the other. C. Results of scientific research fail to support popular belief.
D. The structural difference in the brain between the sexes has long been known.
72. According to the passage it is commonly believed that brain differences are caused by ____ factors. A. biological B. psychological C. physical D. social
73. ―these differences‖ n paragraph 5 refer to those in ____. A. skills of men and women B. school subject
C. the brain structure of men and women D. activities carried out by the brain
74. At the end of the passage the author proposes more work on ____. A. the brain structure as a whole
B. the functioning of part of the brain C. the distinction between the sexes D. the effects of the corpus callosum
75. What is the main purpose of the passage
A.To outline the research findings on the brain structure. B. To explain the link between sex and brain structure.
C. To discuss the various factors that cause brain differences. D. To suggest new areas in brain research.
TEXT D
Information is the primary commodity in more and more industries today.?
By 2005, 83% of American management personnel will be knowledge workers. Europe and Japan are not far behind.?
By 2005, half of all knowledge workers (22% of the labour force) will choose ―flextime, flexplace‖ arrangements, which allow them to work at home, communicating with the office via computer networks.?
In the United States, the so-called ―digital divide‖ seems to be disappearing. In early 2000, a poll found, that, where half of white households owned computers, so did fully 43% of African-American households, and their numbers were growing rapidly. Hispanic households continued to lag behind, but their rate of computer ownership was expanding as well.?
Company-owned and industry-wide television networks are bringing programming to thousands of locations. Business TV is becoming big business.?
Computer competence will approach 100% in US urban areas by the year 2005, with Europe and Japan not far behind.?
80% of US homes will have computers in 2005, compared with roughly 50% now. In
the United States, 5 of the 10 fastest-growing careers between now and 2005 will be computer related. Demand for programmers and systems analysts will grow by 70%. The same trend is accelerating in Europe, Japan, and India.?
By 2005, nearly all college texts and many high school and junior high books will be tied to Internet sites that provide source material, study exercises, and relevant news articles to aid in learning. Others will come with CD-ROMs that offer similar resources.?
Internet links will provide access to the card catalogues of all the major libraries in the world by 2005. It will be possible to call up on a PC screen millions of volumes from distant libraries. Web sites enhance books by providing pictures, sound, film clips, and flexible indexing and search utilities.?
Implications: Anyone with access to the Internet will be able to achieve the education needed to build a productive life in an increasingly high-tech world. Computer learning may even reduce the growing American prison population.?
Knowledge workers are generally better paid than less-skilled workers. Their wealth is raising overall prosperity.?
Even entry-level workers and those in formerly unskilled positions require a growing level of education. For a good career in almost any field, computer competence is a must. This is one major trend raising the level of education required for a productive role in today‘s work force. For many workers, the opportunity for training is becoming one of the most desirable benefits any job can offer.
76. Information technology is expected to have impact on all the following EXCEPT ____.
A. American management personnel B. European management personnel C. American people‘s choice of career D. traditional practice at work
77. ―digital divide‖ in the 4th? paragraph refers to ____. A. the gap in terms of computer ownership B. the tendency of computer ownership C. the dividing line based on digit
D. the ethnic distinction among American households
78. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT according to the passage? A. By 2005 all college and school study materials will turn electronic.
B. By 2005 printed college and school study materials will be supplemented with electronic material.
C. By 2005 some college and school study materials will be accompanied by CD-ROMs.
D. By 2005 Internet links make worldwide library search a possibility. 79. Which of the following areas is NOT discussed in the passage? A. Future careers.
B. Nature of future work. C. Ethnic differences. D. Schools and libraries.
80. At the end of the passage, the author seems to emphasize ____ in an increasingly high-tech world.
A. the variety of education B. the content of education C. the need for education D. the function of education
SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING ［5 MIN.］
In this section there are seven passages with a total of ten multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.
TEXT E
First read the following question.
81. The passage mainly discusses the effects of ____. A. health B. aspirin
C. hearing loss D. heart attack
Now, go through TEXT E quickly and answer question 81.?
Aspirin may be the most familiar drug in the world-but its power to heal goes far beyond the usual aches and pains. Exciting new studies suggest that aspirin can help fight a wide range of serious illnesser. ―It now seems to be a benefit in so many areas of health,‖ says Dr Debra Judelson, medical director of the Women‘s Heart Institute in Beverly Hills, California. ―I advise most of my patients, as long as they aren‘t allergic to aspirin and don‘t have bleeding problems, to take low-dose aspirin.‖?
Some of the major illnesses and conditions that aspirin or aspirin-like drugs might help prevent are: Alzheimer‘s disease, diabetes-related heart disease, heart attack, cancer and antibiotic-induced hearing loss. TEXT F
First read the following question.
82. How many proposals does the passage put forward? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.?
Now, go through TEXT F quickly and answer question 82.?
What kind of environment do you want in the future? What can you do to help make it happen? What can other people do?
Education is one way to help the environment. You can learn about the environment in school.?
Radio and television can give you information. Newspapers, magazines, and books also help you learn.?
There are laws against littering and against making the air and water dirty. Other laws help people to save resources. The law lowering the speed limit for cars helps to save fuel.?
Another way to help the environment is to plan for the future. We may have to find new resources. In the future, people may heat their homes with atomic power. Without planning, some kinds of environment may not happen. People can act now to help make the future.?
TEXT G
First read the following question.
83. The main theme of the passage is ____ in the G-7 nations. A. aging B. wealth C. death rate D. work force
Now, go through TEXT G quickly and answer question 83.
Citizens of the world‘s wealthiest countries may live longer than previously predicted, according to a study sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. By 2050, people in the G-7 nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States) may be living anywhere from 1.3 years to 8 years longer than official estimates now predict. Researchers at Mountain View Research in Los Altos, California, examined 50 years of mortality data and found a long-term decline in death rates. That may mean that fewer workers will have to support many more elderly in the future than governments currently expect.
TEXT H
First read the following question.
84. Which is the best title of the passage? A. How to protect your eyesight. B. How to choose your computer. C. A few tips for computer users. D. Eye trouble and headache. ?
Now, go through TEXT H quickly and answer question 84.
Question: My eyes and head ache when I work at my computer for a long time. What can I do?
Vision It could just be your eyes. Make sure that you‘ve had them checked and that you‘re wearing any necessary corrective lenses.
Screen Glare The light you read by may be too bright for your computer screen. Try to dim the light, and if you need to, get a desk lamp for other work. Also, if possible, move your computer so you aren‘t directly underneath a light fixture. Screen and Head Position
You shouldn‘t bend your neck when you read from the screen. That can cause headaches. Your eyeline should be 5 cm to 8 cm below the top of the monitor. The
screen should be about an arm‘s length away. TEXT I
First read the following questions.
85. Clear weather is predicted in ____ Chinese cities. A.2 B.3 C.4 D.5
86. Which foreign city‘s maximum temperature is the highest? A. Cairo. B. Bangkok. C. New York. D. London.?
Now, go through TEXT I quickly and answer questions 85 and 86. WEATHER REPOR
Forecasts for some major Chinese cities Foreign cities
CityMaxMinWeatherCityMax
Min Beijing2417clearBangkok3328 Changchun2206cleardrizzle to cloudy Chengdu2520overcast
Chongqing3424cloudyCairo3021 [5]clear
Dalian2317cloudy
Fuzhou3123light rainFrankfurt1410 [5]cloudy to light rain Guangzhou3524clear
Hong Kong3226clear to cloudyLondon1411 Kunming2617clear to cloudy drizzle to cloudy Lhasa2111cloudy
Nanjing2720overcastMoscow2113 Shanghai2822cloudyclear to cloudy Taipei2923light rain
Tianjin2717cloudy to clear New York2315 Wuhan3022clearclear to cloudy Urumqi2210clear to cloudy TEXT J
First read the following questions.
87. If you need travel shop information, you should go to ____. A. Guide Friday Tourism Centre. B. Tourist Information Centre. C. Library. D. Post Office.
88. Where can you find the Police Station? A. In Henly Street. B. In Arden Street. C. In Bridge Street. D. In Rother Street.
Now, go through TEXT J quickly and answer questions 87 and 88. General Information
Tourist Information Centre Bridge foot. Tel. (017) 29312
Summer: 9:30 am-6:00 pm Weekday 11:00 am-5:00 pm Sundays
Winter: 9:30 am-5:00 pm Weekday
● Visitor Information, including information for the disable ● Accommodation Booking ● Bureau De Chang
● Parkings and Toilets Leaflet ● Guide Friday Tour Ticket ● Travel Shop Information
Guide Friday Tourism Centre The Civic Hall, 14 Rother Street Te. (017) 29986?
Open Daily from 9:00 am
Accommodation
Youth Hostel-Alveston (2 miles from Town Centre). Tel.(017)29709?
Taxi Services
Bridgefoot, Bridge Street, Union Street, and Rother Market near White Swan Hotel
Police Station Rother Street Tel.(017)41411
Hospital Arden Street
Tel.(017)20583
Library
Henly Street
Tel.(017)29220
Post Office Henly Street
Tel.(017)41493 TEXT K
First read the following questions.
. How long is the Business Englishprogramme A.3 months.
B.6 months. C.4 weeks. D.10 weeks.
90. Which certificate programme is NOT mentioned? A. Teaching English for Specific Purposes. B. Communications / Networking Engineering. C. Global Operations Management. D. Advanced Software Technologies.
Now, go through TEXT K quickly and answer questions and 90. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVIN
?English & Certificate Programs for Internationals
Live, Learn, and Enjoy on the Southern California Coast Post-graduate certificates in 12 months[JZ) ● Electronic Business
● Global Operations Management ● Marketing
● Communications / Networking Engineering ● Teaching English as a Foreign Language ● Advanced Software Technologies -6 months (focus on java -3 months) ● Digital Art
[JZ]English Language Program
● 4-week Business English or Conversation & Culture-Jan, Feb, July, Aug ● 10-week Intensive ESL-Jan, Apr, June, Sept
66-70 BACBA 71-75 CDADA 76-80 DAABC 81-85 BDACC 86-90 BBDCA
(2004)
TEXT A
It often happens that a number of applicants with almost identical qualifications and experience all apply for the same position. In their educational background, special skills and work experience, there is little, if anything, to choose between half a dozen candidates. How then does the employer make a choice? Usually on the basis of an interview.?
There are many arguments for and against the interview as a selection procedure. The main argument against it is that it results in a wholly subjective decision. As often as not, emplyers do not choose the best candidate, they choose the candidate who makes a good first impression on them. Some employers, of course, reply to this argument by saying that they have become so experienced in interviewing staff that they are able to make a sound assessment of each candidate‘s likely performance.? The main argument in favour of the interview — and it is, perhaps, a good argument — is that an employer is concerned not only with a candidate‘s ability, but with the suitability of his or her personality for the particular work situation. Many employers, for
example, will overlook occasional inefficiencies from their secretary provided she has a pleasant personality.?
It is perhas true to say, therefore, that the real purpose of an interview is not to assess the assssable aspects of each candidate but to make a guess at the more intangible things, such as personality, character and social ability. Unfortunately, both for the employers and applicants for jobs, there are many people of great ability who simply do not interview well. There are also, of course, people who interview extremely well, but are later found to be very unsatisfactory employees.? Candidates who interview well tend to be quietly confident, but never boastful; direct and straightforward in their questions and answers; cheerful and friendly, but never over-familiar; and sincerely enthusiastic and optimistic. Candidates who interview badly tend to be at either end of the spectrum of human behaviour. They are either very shy or over-confident. They show either a lack of enthusiasm or an excess of it. They either talk too little or never stop talking. They are either over-polite or rudely abrupt.?
66.We can infer from the passage that an employer might tolerate his secretary‘s occasional mistakes, if the latter is ____? A. direct. B. cheerful. C. shy. D. capable.?
67.What is the author‘s attitude towards the interview as a selection procedure? A. Unclear. B. Negative. C. Objective. D. Indifferent.
68.According to the passage, people argue over the interview as a selection procedure mainly because they have ____.? A. different selection procedures? B. different puposes in the interview? C. different standards for competence? D. different experiences in interviews?
69.The purpose of the last paragraph is to indicate ____.? A. a link between success in interview and personality? B. connections between work abilities and personality? C. differences in interview experience? D. differences in personal behaviour TEXT B
Every year thousands of people are arrested and taken to court for shop-lifting. In Britain alone, about HK$3,000,000‘s worth of goods are stolen from shops every week. This amounts to something like HK$150 million a year, and represents about 4 per cent of the shops‘ total stock. As a result of this ―shrinkage‖ as the shops call it, the honest public has to pay higher prices.?
Shop-lifters can be divided into three main categories: the professionals, the deliberate amateur, and the people who just can‘t help themselves. The professionals do not pose much of a problem for the store detectives, who, assisted by closed circuit television, two-way mirrors and various other technological devices, can usually cope with them. The professionals tend to go for high value goods in parts of the shops where security measures are tightest. And, in any case, they account for only a small percentage of the total losses due to shop-lifting.?
The same applies to the deliberate amateur who is, so to speak, a professional in
training. Most of them get caught sooner or later, and they are dealt with severely by the courts.?
The real problem is the person who gives way to a sudden temptation and is in all other respects an honest and law-abiding citizen. Contrary to what one would expect, this kind of shop-lifter is rarely poor. He does not steal because he needs the goods and cannot afford to pay for them. He steals because he simply cannot stop himself. And there are countless others who, because of age, sickness or plain absent-mindedness, simply forget to pay for what they take from the shops. When caught, all are liable to prosecution, and the decision whether to send for the police or not is in the hands of the store manager.?
In order to prevent the quite incredible growth in ship-lifting offences, some stores, in fact, are doing their best to separate the thieves from the confused by prohibiting customers from taking bags into the store. However, what is most worrying about the whole problem is, perhaps, that it is yet another instance of the innocent majority being penalized and inconvenienced because of the actions of a small minority. It is the aircraft hijack situation in another form. Because of the possibility of one passenger in a million boarding an aircraft with a weapon, the other 999,999 passengers must subject themselves to searches and delays. Unless the situation in the shops improves, in ten years‘ time we may all have to subject ourselves to a body-search every time we go into a store to buy a tin of beans!?
70.Why does the honest public have to pay higher prices when they go to the shops? A. There is a ―shrinkage‖ in market values.? B. Many goods are not available.? C. Goods in many shops lack variety.? D. There are many cases of shop-lifting. ?
71.The third group of people steal things because they ____? A. are mentally ill. B. are quite absent-minded.?
C.can not resist the temptation. D. can not afford to pay for goods.? 72.According to the passage, law-abiding citizens ____.? A. can possibly steal things because of their poverty? B. can possibly take away goods without paying? C. have never stolen goods from the supermarkets? D. are difficult to be caught when they steal things?
73.Which of the following statements is NOT true about the main types of shop-lifting??
A. A big percentage of the total losses are caused by the professionals.? B. The deliberate amateurs will be punished severely if they get caught.? C. People would expect that those who can‘t help themselves are poor.? D. The professionals don‘t cause a lot of trouble to the store detectives.? 74.The aircraft hijack situation is used in order to show that ____.? A. ―the professionals do not pose much of a problem for the stores‖?
B. some people ―somply forget to pay for what they take from the shops‖? C. ―the honest public has to pay higher prices‖?
D. the third type of shop-lifters are dangerous people TEXT C
My bones have been aching again, as they often do in humid weather. They ache like history: things long done with, that still remain as pain. When the ache is bad enough it keeps me from sleeping. Every night I yearn for sleep, I strive for it; yet it flutters on ahead of me like a curtain. There are sleeping pills, of course, but the doctor has warned me against them.?
Last night, after what seemed hours of damp turmoil, I got up and crept slipperless down the staris, feeling my way in the faint street light that came through the window. Once safely arrived at the bottom, I walked into the kitchen and looked around in the refrigerator. There was nothing much I wanted to eat: the remains of a bunch of celery, a blue-tinged heel of bread, a lemon going soft. I‘ve fallen into the habits of the solitary; my meals are snatched and random. Furtive snacks, furtive treats and picnics. I made do with some peanut butter, scooped directly from the jar with a forefinger: why dirty a spoon??
Standing there with the jar in one hand and my finger in my mouth, I had the feeling that someone was about to walk into the room — some other woman, the unseen, valid owner — and ask me what in hell I was doing in her kitchen. I‘ve had it before, the sense that even in the course of my most legitimate and daily actions — peeling a banana, brushing my teeth — I am trespassing.?
At night the house was more than ever like a stranger‘s. I wandered through the front room, the dining room, the parlour, hand on the wall for balance. My various possessions were floating in their own pools of shadow, denying my ownership of them. I looked them over with a burglar‘s eye, deciding what might be worth the risk of stealing, what on the other hand I would leave behind. Robbers would take the obvious things — the silver teapot that was my grandmother‘s, perhaps the hand-painted china. The television set. Nothing I really want. 75.The author could not fall asleep because ____.? A. it was too damp in the bedroom? B. she had run out of sleeping pills? C. she was in very poor health? D. she felt very hungry?
76.The author did not like the food in the refrigerator because it was NOT ____. A. fresh B. sufficient?C. nutritious D. delicious?
77.By ―At night the house was more than ever like a stranger‘s‖(Line 1, Para. 4), the author probably means that ____.? A. the house was too dark at night?
B. ther were unfamiliar rooms in the house? C. she felt much more lonely at night? D. the furniture there didn‘t belong to her? TEXT D
The chief problem in coping with foreign motorists is not so much remembering that they are different from yourself, but that they are enormously variable. Cross a frontier without adjusting and you can be in deep trouble.?
One of the greatest gulfs separating the driving nations is the Atlantic Ocean. More precisely, it is the mental distance between the European and the American motorist, particularly the South American motorist. Compare, for example, an English driver at a set of traffic lights with a Brazilian.?
Very rarely will an Englishman try to anticipate the green light by moving off prematurely. You will find the occasional sharpie who watches for the amber to come up on the adjacent set of lights. However, he will not go until he receives the lawful signal. Brazilians view the thing quite differently. If, in fact, they see traffic lights at all, they regard them as a kind of roadside decoration.?
The natives of North America are much more disciplined. They demonstrate this in their addiction to driving in one lane and sticking to it — even if it means settling behind some great truck for many miles.?
To prevent other drivers from falling into reckless ways, American motorists try always to stay close behind the vehicle in front which can make it impossible, when all the vehicles are moving at about 55 mph, to make a real lane change. European visitors are constantly falling into this trap. They return to the Old World still flapping their arms in frustration because while driving in the State in their car they kept failing to get off the highway when they wanted to and were swept along to the next city.?
However, one nation above all others lives scrupulously by its traffic regulations — the Swiss. In Switzerland, if you were simply to anticipate a traffic light, the chances are that the motorist behind you would take your number and report you to the police. What is more, the police would visit you; and you would be convicted.? The Swiss take their rules of the road so seriously that a diver can be ordered to appear in court and charged for speeding on hearsay alone, and very likely found guilty. There are slight regional variations among the French, German and Italian speaking areas, but it is generally safe to assume that any car bearing a CH sticker will be driven with a high degree of discipline.?
78.The fact that the Brazilians regard traffic lights as a kind of roadside decoration suggests that ____.?
A. traffic lights are part of street scenery B. they simply ignore traffic lights? C. they want to put them at roadsides D. there are very few traffic lights ?
79. The second and third paragraphs focus on the difference between ____.? A. the Atlantic Ocean and other oceans B. English drivers and American drivers? C. European drivers and American drivers
D. European drivers and South American drivers?
80.The phrase ―anticipate the green light‖(Line 1, Para. 3) is closest in meaning to ____.
A. wait for the green light to be on
B. forbid others to move before the green light?
C. move off before the green light is on D. follow others when the green light is on
SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING ［5 MIN.］
In this section there are seven passages with a total of ten multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.?? TEXT E
First read the following question.?
81.This paper will mainly discuss ____? A. China‘s economic policies in general.? B. China‘s special economic zones.? C. significance of investment in China.? D. China‘s recent development.??
Now, go through TEXT E quickly and answer question 81.?
Over the past decade, there have been a lot of changes in China‘s economic policies. Like other developing countries which are attempting to become more export-orientated, China has started to set up free trade zones. These zones are called ―Special Economic Zones‖(SEZ‘s) and feature various incentives designed to encourage foreign investment. What is the significance of these zones? Have they really played an important role in the development of significance of these zones? Have they really played an important role in the development of the economy of China? In this paper I first describe the background to the establishment of these zones. Then I describe some of the aims and characteristics of the SEZ‘s. Lastly, I attempt to assess the significance of the SEZ‘s in the development of the wider Chinese economy. TEXT F
First read the following question.? 82.This is a letter of ____.?
A. introduction B. apology C. complaint D. recommendation? Now, go through TEXT F quickly and answer question 82.? June 15,200 Dear Sir,?
Your shipment of twelve thousand ―Smart‖ watches was received by our company this morning. However, we wish to make a number of complaints concerning the serious delay in delivery and your failure to carry out our instructions with regard to this order.?
Late delivery of the goods has caused us to disappoint several of our most valued customers.?
The second complaint concerns the mismatch in colour between the watches we ordered and those delivered.?
As a result of the above problems, therefore, we feel that the most suitable course of action is to return to you unpaid any of the goods considered unsatisfactory.? We look forward to your prompt reply.?? Yours sincerely, ? Marks Swift?
Managing Director, ? Johnson & Sons Ltd. TEXT G
First read the following question.?
83.The purpose of the pamphlet is to show ____.?
A. how much money the card holder can take at a cash machine? B. how many more benefits the card holder can now enjoy? C. how card holders can use cash machines of other banks? D. how travelerscanuse cash machines when abroad
Now, go through TEXT G quickly and answer question 83. NEW DESIGN, MORE BENEFITS?
Here is your new Cashpoint Card. You can use it in exactly the same way as your present card, and the Plus sign means you can take money from your account at even more cash machines.?
At any of the 2,400 Lloyds Bank Cashpoint machines in the UK you can take out up to ￡200 a day so long as there is enough money in your account and check how much money is in your account, and order a new statement.?
You can also use the cash machines of the Bank of Scotland, Barclays Bank and the Royal Bank of Scotland.?
When you are abroad, you can take out up to ￡200 a day in local currency from most machines with a VISA or Plus sign-so long as there is enough money in your account. TEXT H
First read the following question.
84.From its contents‘ page, we know that the book mainly discusses ____.? A. German development policy B. German rural development?
C. German development assistance D. German development agencies?? Now, go through TEXT H quickly and answer question 84.? Contents?
Chapter One Basic elements: Principles and general framework of German development policy 1 ?
Domestic conditions and development:?
Basic criteria for German development policy 6?
Chapter Two Priority concerns of German development policy:? Poverty, education, environmental protection 9 Poverty 11?
Strategies for reducing poverty 13? Education 18?
Environmental protection and resource conservation 33?
Chapter Three Implementation of German development policy:? Organization, instruments and procedures 50 Bilateral German development assistance 58? Financial cooperation 63? Technical cooperation 68?
Manpower cooperation 71?
Development assistance at EU level 76? Multilateral development assistance 81 TEXT I
First read the following questions.?
85.Where is the museum‘s main entrance?? A. On the third floor.?B. On the fourth floor.? C. On the fifth floor.?D. On the sixth floor.?
86.If you want to see stuffed fish and birds, which floor should you go to?? A. The third floor. B. The fourth floor.? C. The fifth floor. D. The sixth floor. ?
Now, go through TEXT I quickly and answer questions 85 and 86.?
The Museum of Natural History is one of the most interesting museums at the University of Kansas. The museum opened in 1903, and its first exhibit was L. L. Dyche‘s collection of stuffed animals. Today, the museum has over 130 exhibits on four floors.?
The first thing visitors see from the museum‘s main entrance on the fourth floor is a very large display called a panorama. This exhibit of North American plants and animals was L. L. Dyche‘s collection. Down one floor is a large collection of fossils found in the Kansas area. On the fifth floor, visitors can learn about North American Indians. Going up one more floor, visitors can see a working beehive, live snakes, stuffed fish and birds, and many other displays of Kansas plants and animals. TEXT J
First read the following questions. 87.Wher is Cambridge??
A. In the North End in Boston. B. In the suburbs of Boston.? C. Near Beacon Hill in Boston. D. Near Faneuil Hall in Boston.? 88.How do most people get around in Boston??
A. By the subway. B. By car.?C. By bus. D. On foot.
Now, go through TEXT J quickly and answer questions 87 and 88.
Boston is a beautiful big city with historical landmarks, museums and cultural sites. There are a number of fine arts venues and more than 50 colleges and universities in the area, including Harvard in Cambridge, one of the bigger Botsonsuburbs.?
To see 372-year-old Boston, put on your tennis shoes and tour the streets on foot. Most of the city‘s sights can be seen within a five-square-mile area in the North End, the historic center of the city. Most people use the city‘s subway to get around. From Faneuil Hall to Beacon Hill to Harvard, Paul Revere‘s house or the site of the Boston Massacre, visitors can find a huge chunk of the nation‘s heritage in one afternoon.? TEXT K
First read the following questions.?
.How many exhibits does Old Shoes Museum have??
A. About 780. B. About 501.?C. About 1000. D. About 930.? 90.Which of the following can NOT be seen inside the aquarium??
A. The Oriental TV Tower. B. The underwater viewing tunnel.?
C. Large themed exhibition areas. D. More than 10,000 precious fish. Now, go through TEXT K quickly and answer questions and 90.?? CITY TOURS?
Old Shoes Museum?
Bai Lu Tang, the only comprehensive museum of old shoes in China, is the best place to appreciate the history of Chinese footwear and its place in national culture. Among more than its place in national culture. Among more than 1,000 pieces, the most representative are the three-inch embroidered shoes, accessories and old photos. These rare treasure are very artistic and enjoyable. Yang Shaorong, the curator, has exhibited his collection in countries like Canada and Singapore.? Place:? Room 501, No 8, Lane 780, Hongzhou Lu? TEL: 460977,450432? Time: 9:30 am-5:30 pm Ocean Aquarium?
The Ocean Aquarium, located near the Oriental TV Tower, is one of the largest in Asia, and features the longest underwater viewing tunnel at 155 metres. The aquarium is divided into eight zones with 28 large themed exhibition areas, displaying more than 300 species and a total of more than 10,000 precious fish around the world.? Place:? 158 YinchengBeilu, Pudong? TEL: 5879988?
Time: 9:00 am-9:00 pm?
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(2005)
TEXT A
It was 1961 and I was in the fifth grade. My marks in school were miserable and, the thing was, I didn't know enough to really care. My older brother and I lived with Mom in a dingy multi-family house in Detroit. We watched TV every night The background noise of our lives was gunfire and horses' hoofs from \"Wagon Train\" or \" Cheyenne\" , and laughter from \" I Love Lucy\" or \" Mister Ed\". After supper, we'd sprawl on Mom's bed and stare for hours at the tube.
But one day Mom changed our world forever. She turned off the TV. Our mother had only been able to get through third grade. But she was much brighter and smarter than we boys knew at the time. She had noticed something in the suburban houses she, cleaned—books. So she came home one day , snapped off the TV , sat us down and explained that her sons were going to make something of themselves. \" You boys are going to read two books every week , \" she said. \"And you're going to write me a report on what you read. \"
We moaned and complained about how unfair it was. Besides, .we didn't have any books in the house other than Mom's Bible. But she explained that we would go where the books were : \"I'd drive you to the library. \"
So pretty soon, there were these two peevish boys sitting in her white 1959
Oldsmobile on their way to Detroit Public Library. I wandered reluctantly among the children's books. I loved animals, so when I saw some books that seemed to be about animals, I started leafing through them.
The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder. It was about beavers. For the first time in my life I was lost in another world. No television program had ever taken me so far away from my surroundings as did this verbal visit to a cold stream in a forest and these animals building a home.
It didn't dawn on me at the time , but the experience was quite different from watching TV. There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. And I could return to them again and again with the flip of a page.
Soon I began to look forward to visiting this hushed sanctuary from my other world. I moved from animals to plants , and then to rocks. Between the covers of all those books were whole worlds, and I was free to go anywhere in them. Along the way a funny thing happened I started to know things. Teachers started to notice it too. I got to the point where I couldn't wait to get home to my books.
Now my older brother is an engineer and I am chief of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore. Sometimes I still can't believe my life's journey, from a failing and indifferent student in a Detroit public school to this position, which takes me all over the world to teach and perform critical surgery.
But I know when the journey began: the day Mom snapped off the TV set and put us in her Oldsmobile for that drive to the library.
81. We can learn from the Veginning of the passage that A. the author and his brother had done poorly in school
B .the author had been very concerned about his school work
C .the author had spent much time watching TV after school D. the author had realized how important schooling was
82. Which of the following is NOT true about the author's family? A. He came from a middle-class family.
B . He came from a single-parent family. C . His mother worked as a cleaner.
D. His mother had received little education.
83. The mother was to make her two sons switch to reading books. A. hesitant B. unprepared C. reluctant D. determined
84. How did the two boys feel about going to the library at first? A. They were afraid. B. They were reluctant.
C . They were indifferent. D. They were eager to go.
85. The author began to love books for the following reasons EXCEPT that A. he began to see something in his mind B. he could visualize what he read in his mind
C. he could go back to 'read the books again
D. he realized that books offered him new experience TEXT B
Predicting the future is always risky. But it's probably safe to say that at least a few historians will one day speak of the 20th century as America's \"Disney era\". Today, it's certainly difficult to think of any other single thing that represents modern America as powerfully as the company that created
Mickey Mouse. Globally, brands like Coca-Cola and McDonalds may be more widely-known, but neither encapsulates 20th-century America in quite the same way as Disney.
The reasons for Disney's success are varied and numerous, but ultimately the credit belongs to one person – the man who created the cartoon and built the company from nothing, Walt Disney. Ironically, he could not draw particularly well. But he was a genius in plenty of other respects. In business, his greatest skills were his insight and his management ability. After setting himself up in
Hollywood, he single-handedly pioneered the concepts of branding and merchandising – something his company still does brilliantly today.
But what really distinguished Disney was his ability to identify with his audiences. Disney always made sure his films championed the \"little guy\and made him feel proud to be American. This he achieved by creating characters that reflected the hopes and fears of ordinary people. Some celebrated American achievements – Disney's very first cartoon Plane Crazy, featuring a silent
Mickey Mouse, was inspired by Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic.
Others, like the There Little Pigs and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, showed how, through hard work and helping one's fellow man, or Americans could survive social and economic crises like the Great Depression.
Disney's other great virtue was the fact that his company – unlike other big corporations – had a human face. His Hollywood studio – the public heard – operated just like a democracy, where everyone was on first name terms and had a say in how things should be run. He was also regarded as a great patriot because not only did his cartoons celebrate America, but, during World War II, studios made training films for American soldiers.
The reality, of course, was less idyllic. As the public would later learn, Disney's patriotism had an unpleasant side. After a strike by cartoonists in
1941, he became convinced that Hollywood had been infiltrated by Communists. He agreed to work for the FBI as a mole, identifying and spying on colleagues whom he suspected were subversives.
But, apart from his affiliations with the FBI, Disney was more or less the genuine article. A new book, The Magic Kingdom; Walt Disney and the American Way of Life, by Steven Watts, confirms that he was very definitely on the side of ordinary Americans – in the 30s and 40s he voted for Franklin Roosevelt, believing he was a champion of the workers. Also, Disney was not an apologist for the FBI, as some have suggested. In fact, he was always suspicious of large, bureaucratic organizations, as is evidenced in films like That Darned Cat, in which he portrayed FBI agents as
bungling incompetents.
By the time he died in 1966, Walt Disney was an icon like Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers. To business people and filmmakers, he was a role model; to the public at large, he was \"Uncle Walt\" – the man who had entertained them all their lives, the man who represented them all their lives, the man who represented all that was good about America.
86. Walt Disney is believed to possess the following abilities EXCEPT A. painting B. creativity C. management D. merchandising
87. According to the passage, what was the pleasant side of Disney's patriotism? A. He sided with ordinary Americans in his films. B. He supported America's war efforts in his own way. C. He had doubts about large, bureaucratic organizations. D. He voted for Franklin Roosevelt in the 30s and 40s.
88. In the sixth paragraph the sentence \"Disney was more or less the genuine article\" means that ________.
A. Disney was a creative and capable person. B. Disney once agreed to work for the FBI.
C. Disney ran his company in a democratic way. D. Disney was sympathetic with ordinary people.
. The writer's attitude toward Walt Disney can best be described as ________. A. sympathetic B. objective C. critical D. skeptical TEXT C
Why do you listen to music? If you should put this question to a' number of people, you might receive answers like these; \" I like the beat of music\" , \" I look for attractive tunefulness\" , \" I am moved by the sound of choral singing\" ,\" I listen to music for many reasons but I could not begin to describe them to you clearly\". Answers to this question would be many and diverse, yet almost no one would reply , \"Music means nothing to me. \" To most of us, music means something; it evokes some response. We obtain some satisfaction in listening to music.
For many, the enjoyment of music does not remain at a standstill. We feel that we can get more satisfaction from the musical experience. We want to make closer contact with music in order to learn more of its nature ; thus we can range more broadly and freely in the areas of musical style, form, and expression. This book explores ways of achieving these objectives. It deals, of course, with the techniques of music , but only in order to show how technique is directed toward expressive aims in music and toward the listener's musical experience. In this way, we may get an idea of the composer's intentions, for indeed, the composer uses every musical device for its power to communi¬cate and for its contribution to the musical experience.
Although everyone hears music differently, there is a common ground from which all musical ex¬periences grow. That source is sound itself. Sound is the raw material of music. It makes up the body and substance of all musical activity. It is the point of departure in the musical experience.
The kinds of sound that can be used for musical purposes are amazingly varied. Throughout the cultures of the world, East and West, a virtually limitless array of sounds has been employed in the service of musical expression. Listen to Oriental theatre music, then to an excerpt from a Wagner work; these two are worlds apart in their qualities of sound as well as in almost every other feature, yet each says something of importance to some listeners. Each can stir a listener and evoke a re-sponse in him. All music, whether it is the pulsation of primitive tribal drums or the complex coordi¬nation of voices and instruments in an opera, has this feature ; it is based upon the power of sound to stir our senses and feelings.
Yet sound alone is not music. Something has to happen to the sound. It• must move forward in time. Everything that takes place musically involves the movement •of sound. If we hear a series of drumbeats, we receive an impression of movement from one stroke to the next. When sounds follow each other in a pattern of melody, we receive an impression of movement from one tone to the next. All music moves; and because it moves , it is associated with as fundamental truth of existence and ex¬perience. We are stirred by impressions of movement because our very lives are constantly in move¬ment. Breathing, the action of the pulse , growth , decay , the change of day and night , as well as the constant flow of physical action—these all testify to the fundamental role that movement plays in our lives. Music appeals to our desire and our need form movement.
90. The author indicates at the beginning of the passage that A. people listen to music for similar reasons r B. reasons for listening to music are varied C. some people don't understand music at all
D. purposes for listening to music can be specified - '
91. We can infer from the second paragraph • that the book from which this excerpt is taken is mainly meant for A. listeners B. composers C. musicians D. directors
92. According to the passage, enjoying music is not an end in itself because people hope to' through listening.
A. learn more musical devices B. know more about composers C. communicate more effectively D. understand 'music better
93. What is the common ground for musical experience to develap? A. Material. B. Listening.
C. Sound. D. Activity.
94. The importance of movement in music is explained by comparing it to A. a pattern of melody B. a series of drumbeats C. physical movement D. existence and experience TEXT D
Psychologists agree that I.Q. contributes only about 20 percent of the factors that determine success. A full 80 percent comes from other factors，including what I call emotional intelligence. Following are two of the major qualities that make up emotional intelligence，and how they can be developed：
1.Self-awareness. The ability to recognize a feeling as it happens is the keystone of emotional intelligence. People with greater certainty about their emotions are better pilots of their lives.
Developing self-awareness requires tuning in to what neurologist Antonio Damasio calls ―gut feelings‖。Gut feelings can occur without a person being consciously aware of them. For example，when people who fear snakes are shown a picture of a snake，sensors on their skin will detect sweat，a sign of anxiety，even though the people say they do not feel fear. The sweat shows up even when a picture is presented so rapidly that the subject has no conscious awareness of seeing it.
Through deliberate effort we can become more aware of our gut feelings. Take someone who is annoyed by a rude encounter for hours after it occurred. He may be unaware of his irritability and surprised when someone calls attention to it . But if he evaluates his feelings，he can change them.
Emotional self-awareness is the building block of the next fundamental of emotional intelligence：being able to shake off a bad mood.
2.Mood Management. Bad as well as good moods spice life and build chatacter. The key is balance. We often have little control over when we are swept by emotion. But we can have some say in how long that emotion will last. Psychologist Dianne Tice asked more than 400 men and women about their strategies for escaping foul moods. Her research，along with that of other psychologists，provides valuable information on how to change a bad mood.
Of all the moods that people want to escape，rage seems to be the hardest to deal with. When someone in another car cuts you off on the highway，your reflexive though may be，That jerk！He could have hit me！I can't let him get away with that！The more you stew，the angrier you get. Such is the stuff of hypertension and reckless driving.
What should you do to relieve rage？One myth is that ventilating will make you feel better. In fact，researchers have found that's one of the worst strategies. A more effective technique is ―reframing‖，which means consciously reinterpreting a situation in a more positive light.In the case of the driver who cuts you off，you might tell yourself：Maybe he had some emergency. This is one of the most potent ways，Tice found，to put anger to rest.
Going off alone to cool down is also an effective way to refuse anger，especially if
you can't think clearly. Tice found that a large proportion of men cool down by going for a drive—a finding that inspired her to drive more derensively. A safer alternative is exercise，such as taking a long walk. Whatever you do，don't waste the time pursuing your train of angry thoughts. Your aim should be to distract yourself.
The techniques of reframing and distraction can alleviate depression and anxiety as well as anger.Add to them such relaxation techniques as deep breathing and meditation and you have an arsenal of weapons against bad moods 95. What are gut feelings？
A. They are feelings one is born with.
B. They are feelings one may be unaware of. C. They are feelings of fear and anxiety. D. They are feelings felt by sensible people.
96. According to the author，the importance of knowing one's gut feelings is that A. one can develop them.
B. one can call others' attention to them. C. one may get rid of them. D. one may control them.
97. The word ―spice‖ in paragraph Six is closest in meaning to A. add interest to B. lengthen. C. make dull
D. bring into existence.
98. On mood control，the author seems to suggest that we A. can control the occurrence of mood.
B. are often unaware of what mood we are in. C. can determine the duration of mood. D. lack strategies for controlling moods. 99. The essence of ―reframing‖ is
A. to forget the unpleasant situation. B. to adopt a positive attitude. C. to protect oneself properly. D. to avoid road accidents.
100. What is the best title for the passage？ A. What is emotional intelligence？
B. How to develop emotional intelligence. C. Strategies for geeting rid of foul moods. D. How to control one's gut feelings.
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(2006)
TEXT A
In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. Recent research indicates that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture, but our very bodies as well.
First. Let‘s talk about culture. The difference between the mobile phone and its parent, the fixed-line phone, you get whoever answers it.
This has several implications. The most common one, however, and perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the ―meeting‖ influence. People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance. You needed enough time to allow everyone to get from their place of work to the first meeting place. Now, however, a night out can be arranged on the run. It is no longer ―see you there at 8‖, but ―text me around 8 and we‘ll see where we all are‖.
Texting changes people as well. In their paper, ―insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS Text Messaging‖, two British researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users: the ―talkers‖ and the ―texters‖-those who prefer voice to text message and those who prefer text to voice.
They found that the mobile phone‘s individuality and privacy gave texters the ability to express a whole new outer personality. Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts. This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self-image that differed from the one familiar to those who knew them well.
Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to body language. There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone. There is the ―speakeasy‖: the head is held high, in a self-confident way, chatting away. And there is the ―spacemaker‖: these people focus on themselves and keep out other people. Who can blame them? Phone meetings get cancelled or reformed and camera-phones intrude on people‘s privacy. So, it is understandable if your mobile makes you nervous. But perhaps you needn‘t worry so much. After all, it is good to talk.
81 when people plan to meet nowadays, they A．arrange the meeting place beforehand B．postpone fixing the place till last minute C．seldom care about when and where to meet D．still love to work out detailed meeting plans.
82 According to the two British researchers, the social and psychological effect are mostly likely to be seen on A．TALKERS B．the \"speakeasy\" C．the ―spacemaker‖ D．texters
83 We can infer from the passage that the texts sent by texters are A．quite revealing B．well written
C．unacceptable by others D．shocking to others
84．according to the passage ,who is afraid of being heard while talking on the mobile A．talkers
B．the speakeasy C．the spacemaker D．texters
85．an appropriate title for the passage might be A．the SMS effect
B．cultural implication of mobile use C． change in the use of the mobile
D．body language and the mobile phone!
TEXT B
Over the last 25 years, British society has changed a great deal-or at least many parts of it have. In some ways, however, very little has changed, particularly where attitudes are concerned. Ideas about social class-whether a person is ―working-class‖ or ―middle-class‖
-are one area in which changes have been extremely slow.
In the past, the working-class tended to be paid less than middle-class people, such as teachers and doctors. As a result of this and also of the fact that workers‘ jobs were generally much less secure, distinct differences in life-styles and attitudes came into existence. The typical working man would collect his wages on Friday evening and then, it was widely believed, having given his wife her ―housekeeping‖, would go out and squander the rest on beer and betting.
The stereotype of what a middle-class man did with his money was perhaps nearer the truth. He was-and still is – inclined to take a longer-term view. Not only did he regard buying a house of these provided him and his family with security. Only in very few cases did workers have the opportunity (or the education and training) to make such long-term plans.
Nowadays, a great deal has changed. In a large number of cases factory workers earn as much, if not more, than their middle-class supervisors. Social security and laws to improve century, have made it less necessary than before to worry about ―tomorrow‖. Working-class people seem slowly to be losing the feeling of inferiority they had in the past. In fact there has been a growing tendency in the past few years for the middle-classes to feel slightly ashamed of their position.
The changes in both life-styles and attitudes are probably most easily seen amongst younger people. They generally tend to share very similar tastes in music and clothes, they spend their money in having a good time, and save for holidays or longer-term plans when necessary. There seems to be much less difference than in precious generations. Nevertheless, we still have a wide gap between the well-paid (whatever the type of job they may have) and the low-paid. As long as this gap exists, there will always be a possibility that new conflicts and jealousies will emerge, or rather that the old conflicts will re-appear, but between different groups.
86．which of the following is seen as the cause of class differences in the past? A: life style and occupation B: Attitude and income
C: income and job security D: job security and hobbies
87．the writer seems to suggest that the description of ------- is closer to truth? A．middle –class ways of spending money
B．working-class ways of spending the weekend C．working-class drinking habits D．middle-class attitudes
88．according to the passage, which of the following is not a typical feature of the middle -class?
A．desiring for security B．Making long term plans C．having priorities in life D．saving money
．working -class people's sense of security increased as a resulf of all the follwoing factor except?
A．better social security B．more job opportunities C．higher living standard D．better legal protection.
90．which of the following statement is incorrect?
A．Changes are slowly taking place in all sectors of the British society.
B．The gap between working -class and middle- class young people is narrowing C．different in income will remain but those in occupation will disappear D．middle-class people may sometimes feel inferior to working-class people!
TEXT C
For several days I saw little of Mr. Rochester. In the morning he seemed much occupied with business, and in the afternoon gentlemen from the neighourhood called and some times stayed to dine with him. When his foot was well enough, he rode out a great deal.
During this time, all my knowledge of him was limited to occasional meetings about the house, when he would sometimes pass me coldly, and sometimes bow and smile. His changes of manner did not offend me, because I saw that I had nothing to do with the cause of them.
One evening, several days later, I was invited to talk to Mr. Rochester after dinner. He was sitting in his armchair, and looked not quite so severe, and much less gloomy. There was a smile on his lips, and his eyes were bright, probably with wine. As I was looking at him, he suddenly turned, and asked me, ―do you think I‘m handsome, Miss Eyre?‖
The answer somehow slipped from my tongue before I realized it: ‗No, sir.‖
―ah, you really are unusual! You are a quiet, serious little person, but you can be almost rude.‖
―Sir, I‘m sorry. I should have said that beauty doesn‘t matter, or something like that,‖ ―no, you shouldn‘t! I see, you criticize my appearance, and then you stab me in the back! You have honesty and feeling. There are not many girls like you. But perhaps I go too fast. Perhaps you have awaful faults to counterbalance your few good points I thought to myself that he might have too. He seemed to read my mind, and said quickly,‖ yes, you‘re right. I have plenty of faults. I went the wrong way when I was twenty-one, and have never found the right path again. I might have been very different. I might have been as good as you, and perhaps wiser. I am not a bad man, take my word for it, but I have done wrong. It wasn‘t my character, but circumstances which were to blame. Why do I tell you all this? Because you‘re the sort of person people tell their problems and secrets to, because you‘re sympathetic and give them hope.‖
It seemed he had quite a lot to talk to me. He didn‘t seem to like to finish the talk quickly, as was the case for the first time.
―Don‘t be afraid of me, Miss Eyre.‖ He continued. ― you don‘t relax or laugh very much, perhaps because of the effect Lowood school has had on you. But in time you will be more natural with me, and laugh, and speak freely. You‘re like a bird in a cage. When you get out of the cage, you‘ll fly very high. Good night.‖
91．at the beginning miss Eyre 's impressions of Mr.Rochester were all except A．busy B．sociable C．friendly D．changeable
92．in \"....and all my knowledge him was limited to occasional meetings about the house,…‖.the word about means A．around B．on C．outside D．concerning.
93．why did Mr.Rochester say\" ..and the you stab me in the back!\" the (7thpara. A．because Jane had intended to kill him with a knife B．because Jane had intended to be more critical. C．because Jane had regretted having talked to him
D．because Jane had said something else to correct herself.
94．from what Mr.Rochest told miss Eyre,we can conclude that he wanted to A．Tell her all his troubles B．tell her his life experience.
C．change her opinion of him D．change his circumstances
95, at the end of the passage , Mr. Rochester sounded A．rude B．cold C．friendly
D．encouraging.
TEXTD
The ideal companion machine-the computer- would not only look, feel, and sound friendly but would also be programmed to behave in a pleasant manner. Those qualities that make interaction comfortable, and yet the machine would remain slightly unpredictable and therefore interesting. In its first encounter it might be somewhat hesitant, but as it came to know the user it would progress to a more relaxed and intimate style. The machine would not be a passive participant but would add its own suggestions, information, and opinions; it would sometimes take the initiative in developing or changing the topic and would have a personality of its own. Friendships are not made in a day, and the computer would be more acceptable as a friend if it imitated the gradual changes that occur when one person is getting to know another. At an appropriate time it might also express the kind of affection that stimulates attachment and intimacy. The whole process would be accomplished in a subtle way to avoid giving an impression of over-familiarity that would be likely to produce irritation. After experiencing a wealth of powerful, well-timed friendship indicators, the user would be very likely to accept the computer as far more than a machine and might well come to regard it as a friend.
An artificial relationship of this type would provide many of the benefits that could continue from previous discussions. It would have a familiarity with the user‘s life as revealed in earlier contact, and it would be understanding and good-humored. The computer‘s own personality would be lively and impressive, and it would develop in response to that of the user. With features such as these, the machine might indeed become a very attractive social partner.
96．which of the following is not a feature of the ideal companion machine? A．Active in communication B．Attractive in personality. C．enjoyable in performance D．unpredictable in behaviour
97．the computer would develop friendships with humans in a (n) ---------way. A．Quick
B．unpredictable C．productive D．inconspicuous.
98．which of the following aspects is not mentioned when the passage discusses the benefits of artificial relationships?
A．Being able to pick up an interesting conversation. B．Being sensitive to earlier contact.
C．Being ready to learn about the person's life D．Having a pleasant and adaptable personality.
99．throughout the passage,the author is _____in his attitude toward the computer A．favourable B．critical C．vague D．hesitant
100．whichmgiht be the most appropriate title of the passage? A．Articialrelationshios .
B．How to form intimate relationships C．The affectionate machine D．Humans and computers
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TEXT A
If you like the idea of staying with with a family,living in house might be the answer.Good landladies---those who are superb cooks and launderers,are figures as popular in fiction as the bad ones who terrorize their guest and overcharge them at the slightest opportunity.The truth is probably somewhere between the two extremes.If you are lucky,the food will be adequate, some of your laundry may be done for you and you will have a reasonable amount of comfort and chompanionship .For the less fortune ,house rules may restrict the freedom to invite friends to vistit,and shared cooking and bathroom facilities can be frustrating and row-provoking if tidy and untidy guest are living under the same roof.
The same disadvantages can apply to flat sharing,with the added difficulties that arise from deciding who pays for what,and in what proportion.One person may spend hours on the phone,while another rarely makes calls. If you want privacy with guest , how do you persuade the others to go out; how do you persuade them to leave you in peace,especially if you are student and want to study?
Conversely,flat sharing can be very cheap,there will always be someone to talk to and go out with,and the chores,intheory,can be shared. 81.According to the passage ,landladies are ________ A.usually strict. B.always mean.
C.adequately competent.
D.very popular with their guest.
82.What is the additional disadvantage of flat sharing ? A.Problems of sharing and paying. B.Differences in living habits.
C.Shared cooking and bathroom facilities. D.Restriction to invite friends to visit.
83.What is NOT mentioned as a benefit of flat sharing? A.Rent is affordable
B.There is companionship. C.Housework.
D.There is peace and quiet.
TEXT B
(1) Travelling through the country a couple of weeks ago on business,I was listening to the talk of the late UK writer Douglas Adams‘ master work ―The Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy‖ on the radio and thought-I know,I‘ll pick up the next hitchhikers I see and ask them wahat the state of real hitching is today in Britain. (2)I drove and drove on main roads and side roads for the next few days and never saw a single one.
(3)When I was in my teens and 20s ,hitchhiking was a main form of long-distance transport.The kindness or curiosity of strangers took me all over Europe,NorthAmerica,Asiaand southern Africa,Some of the lift-givers became friends ,many provided hospitality on the road.
(4)Not only did you find out much more about a country than when traveling by train or plane ,but there was that lelement of excitement about where you would finish up that night.Hitchhiking featured importantly in Western culture.It has books and songs about it .So what has happened to it?
(5)A few years ago ,I was asked the same question about hitching in a column of a newspaper.Hundreds of people from all over the world responded with their view on the state of hitchhiking .
(6)Rural Ireland was recommended as f friendly place for hitching,as was Quebec,Canada-―if you don‘t mind being criticized for not speaking French‖.
(7)But while hitchhiking was clearly still alive and well in some places ,the general feeling was that throughtout much of the west it was doomed.
(8)With so much news about crime in the media,people assumed that anyone on the open road without the money for even a bus ticket must present a danger.But do we need to be so wary both to hitch and to give a lift?
(9)In Poland in the 1960s,according to a Polish woman who e-mail me ,＂the authorities introduced the Hitchhiker‘s Booklet.The booklet contained coupons for drivers,so each time a driver picked somebody ,he or she received a coupon.At the end of the season,drivers who had picked up the most hikers were rewarded with various prizes.Everyone was hitchhiking then‖.
(10)Surely this is a good idea for society.Hitchhiking would increase respect by breaking down barriers between strangers.It would help fight global warming by cutting down on fuel consumption as hitchhikers would be using existing fuels.It
would also improveeducational standards by delivering instant lessons in geography ,history,politics and sociology.
(11)A century before Douglas Adams wrote his ―Hitchhiker‘s Guide‖,another adventure story writer,Robert Louis Stevenson, gave us that what should be the hitchhiker‘s motto:＂To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.‖ What better time than putting a holiday weekend into practice. Either put it to the test yourself, or help out someone who is trying to travel hopefully with thumb outstreched.
84. In which paragraph(s) does the writer comment on his experience of hitchhiking? A. (3) B. (4)
C. (3) and (4) D. (4) and (5)
85. What is the current situation of hitchhiking? A. It is popular in some parts of the world. B. It is popular throughout the west. C. It is popular in Poland.
86. What is the writer‘s attitude towards the practice in Poland? A. Critical. B. Unclear.
C. Somewhat favourable. D. Strongly favourable.
87. The writer has mentioned all the following benefits of hitchhiking EXCEPT A. promoting mutual respect between strangers. B. increasing one‘s confidence in strangers. C. protecting enviroment. D. enrich one‘s knowledge.
88.＂Either put it to the test yourself…‖in Paragraph (11) means A. to experience the hopefulness. B. to read Adams‘ book. C. to offer someone a lift.
TEXT C
I am afraid to sleep. I have been afraid to sleep for the last few weeks. I am so tired that, finally, I do sleep, but only for a few minutes. It is not a bad dream that wakes me ; it is the realiry I took with me into sleep . I try to think of something else. Immediately the woman in the marketplace comes into my mind.
I was on my way to dinner last night when I saw her . She was selling skirts. She moved with the same ease and loveliness I often saw in the women of Laos. Her long black hair was as shiny as the black silk of the skirts she was selling . In her hair, she wore three silk ribbons, blue ,green, and white. They meminded me of my childhood and how my girlfriends and I used to spend hours braiding ribbons into our hair.
I don‘t know the word for ―ribbons‖, so I put my hand to my own hair and , with three fingers against my head , I looked at her ribbons and said ―Beautiful.‖ She lowered her eyes and said nothing. I wasn‘t sure if she understood me (I don‘t speak
Laotian very well).
I looked back down at the skirts. They ahd designs in them: squares and triangles and circles of pink and green silk. They were very pretty. I decided to buy one of those skirts, and I began to bargain with her over the price. It is the custom to bargain in Asia. In Laos bargaining is done in soft voices and easy moves with the sort of quiet peacefulness.
She smiled, more with her eyes than with her lips. She was pleased by the few words I was able to say in her language, although they were mostly numbers, and she saw that I understood something about the soft playfulness of bargaining. We shook our heads in disagreement over the price; then, immediately, we made another offer and then another shake of the head. She was so pleased that unexpectedly, she accepted the last offer I made. But it was too soon. The price was too low. She was being too generous and wouldn‘t make enough money. I moved quickly and picked up two more skirts and paid for all three at the price set; that way I was able to pay her three times as much before she had a chance to lower the price for the larger purchase. She smiled openly then, and, for the first time in months, my spirit lifted. I almost felt happy.
The feeling stayed with me while she wrapped the skirts in a newspaper and handed them to me. When I left, though, the feeling left, too. It was as though it stayed behind in marketplace. I left tears in my throat. I wanted to cry. I didn‘t , of course.
I have learned to defend myself against what is hard; without knowing it, I have also learned to defend myself against what is soft and what should be easy.
I get up, light a candle and want to look at the skirts. They are still in the newspaper that the woman wrapped them in. I remove the paper, and raise the skirts up to look at them again before I pack them. Something falls to floor. I reach down and feel something cool in my hand. I move close to the candlelight to see what I have. There are five long silk ribbons in my hand, all different colours. The woman in the maketplace! She has given these ribbons to me!
There is no defense against a generous spirit, and this time I cry, and very hard, as if I could make up for all the months that I didn‘t cry. 90. Which of the following in NOT corret? A. The writer was not used to bargaining.
B. People in Asia always bargain when buying things. C. Bargaining in Laos was quiet and peaceful.
D.The writer was ready to bargain with the woman.
91. The writer assumed that the voman accepted the last offer mainly because woman A. thought that the last offer was reasonable. B.thought she could still make much money.
C.was glad that the writer knew their way of bargainning. D. was tired of bargainning with the writer any more. 92. Why did the writer finally decide to buy three skirts? A.The skirts were cheap and pretty. B.She liked the patterns on the skirts.
C.She wanted to do something as compensation.
D.She was fed up with further bargainning with the woman.
93.When did the writer left the marketplace, she wanted to cry, but did not because A. she had learned to stay cool and unfeeling. B. she was afraid of crying in public.
C.she had learned to face difficulties bravely. D. she had to show in public that she was strong.
94. Why did the writer cry eventually when she looked at the skirts again? A.shesuddently felt very sad. B.she liked the ribbons so much. C.she was overcome by emotion. D.she felt sorry for the woman. TEXT D
The kids are hanging out. I pass small bands of students, in my way to work these morings.They have become a familiar part of the summer landscape.
These kids are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without school. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. Once supervised by teachers and principals, they now appear to be ―self care‖.
Passing them is like passing through a time zone. For much of our history, after all, Americans arranged the school year around the needs of work and family. In 19th-century cities, schools were open seven or eight hours a day, 11 months a year.In rural America, the year was arranged around the growing season. Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. Now, three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.
The six-hour day, the 180-day school year is regarded as something holy. But when parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year, it means something different. It means that many kids go home to empty houses. It means that, in the summer, they hang out.
―We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and realisties of family life,‖says Dr. Ernest Boyer ,head of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Dr. Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is inevitable.＂School, whether we like it or not, is educational. It always has been.‖
His is not popular idea. School are routinely burdened with the job of solving all our social problems. Can they be asked to meet the needs of our work and family lives? It may be easier to promote a linger school year on its educational merits and, indeed, the educational case is compelling. Despite the complaints and studies about our kids‘ lack of learning, the United State still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation. In most of Europe, the school year is 220 days. In Japan, it is 240 days long. While classroom time alone doesn‘t produce a well-educated child,
learning takes time and more learning takes more time. The long summers of forgetting take a toll.
The opposition to a longer school year comes from families that want to and can provide other experiences for their children. It comes from teachers. It comes from tradition. And surely from kids. But the most important part of the conflict has been over the money.
95. Which of the following is an opinion of the auther‘s? A.＂The kids are hanging out.‖
B.＂They are school children without school.‖ C.＂These kids are not old enough for jobs.‖
D.―The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago.‖
96. The current American school calendar was developed in the 19th century according to
A.the growing season on nation‘s form. B.thelabour demands of the industrial age. C.teachers‘ demands for more vacation time.
D. parents‘ demands for other experiences for their kids. 97. The author thinks that the current school calendar A. is still valid. B. is out of date. C.can not be revised. D.can not be defended.
98. Why was Dr. Boy‘s idea unpopular?
A. He argues for the role of school in solving social problems. B. He supports the current school calendar.
C. He thinks that school year and family life should be donsidered separately. D. He strongly believes in the educational role of school.
99.―The long summers of forgetting take a toll ‖in the last paragraph but one means that
A. long summer vacation slows down the progress go learning. B. long summer vacation has been abandoned in Europe. C. long summers result in less learning time. D. long summers are a result of tradition. 100. The main purpose of the passage is
A. to describe how American children spend their summer. B. to explain the needs of the modern working families. C. to discuss the problems of the current school calendar. D. to persuade parents to stay at home to look after their kids.
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TEXT A
When the sun is up in Amsterdam, the largest city in the Netherlands sits quietly
on the
Amstel River. You can rent a bicycle, visit the Van Gogh or Anne Frank museum, or take a water taxi.
But when the sun goes down, the partying begins. In the big clubs and in coffee shops,
tourists gather to hang out, talk politics and smoke.
Several areas of the city clearly show the two worlds that rule Amsterdam. And they're all
within a short cab ride of each other.
For example, Dam Square attracts daytime sightseers to its festivals, open markets, concerts and other events. Several beautiful and very popular hotels can be found there. And there is the Royal Palace and the Magna Plaza shopping mall.
But as evening descends on Dam Square so do the party-seekers. Hip pop or funk music begins blaring from Club Paradiso and Club Melkweg. These are two of the most popular clubs in Europe. So if you come, be ready to dance. The clubs don't shut down until 4 am.
And while you are there, check out the various inexpensive ways to tour the city. Don't worry about getting lost. Although Dutch is the official language, most people in Amsterdam speak English and are happy to help you with directions.
And you'll notice that half the people in the streets are on bicycles. They rent for US$17 to $20 for a whole day.
Amsterdam also has a good canal system. From anywhere between U852 and $9.50, you can use the canal bus or a water taxi to cruise the \"Venice of the North\". You can take in the picturesque canal house architecture: The rows of neat, narrow four-story dwellings of brownstone with large windows are well worth seeing. Many of them are several centuries old.
You might also want to jump out of the canal bus at the Museum Quarter and start walking. Masterpieces by Dutch artists such as Rembrandt, Bruegel, Van Gogh and others are on display at the Van Gogh Museum, Rembrandt House and others. The city has an appreciation of its historic past. One place to visit is the Anne Frank House in Nine Streets. It was there that the young Jewish girl wrote her famous diary during World War II. Visitors can view Anne's original diary and climb behind the bookcase to the room where she and her family hid from the Nazis for two years. 81. At the beginning of the passage, the author indicates that A. Amsterdam is generally known as a quiet city. B. parties go on all day long in Amsterdam, C. Amsterdam presents two different pictures. D. Amsterdam attracts many daytime visitors.
82. Which tourist attraction is cited for elaboration in Paragraphs Four and Five? A. Royal Palace. B. Dam Square. C. Club Paradiso. D. Magna Plaza.
83. According to the passage, the local people have all the following
characteristics EXCEPT A. they are party goers. B. they show hospitality. C. they can speak English. D. they are fond of cycling.
84. Which of the following adjectives can best describe Amsterdam as a tourist city?
A. Modern. B. Delightful. C. Quiet. D. Historic. TEXT B
In an article some Chinese scholars are described as being \"tantalized by the mysterious
dragon bone hieroglyphics.\" Tantalized is one of many English words that have their origins in myths and legends of the past (in this case, Greek and Roman ones). The meaning of the verb tantalize is a very particular one: \"to promise or show something desirable to a person and then take it away; to tease by arousing hope.\" Many (but not all) English dictionaries give you a brief indication of a word's origins in brackets before or after the explanation of the meaning. For tantalize the following explanation is given: [> Tantalus]. This means that you should look up the name Tantalus to find out the word's origins, and if you do, you will find out that in Greek mythology, Tantalus was a king who was punished in the lower world with eternal hunger and thirst; he was put up to his chin in water that always moved away when he tried to drink it and with fruit on branches above him placed just a little bit out of his reach. Can you see why his name was changed into a verb meaning \"to tease or torment by arousing desire\"?
Another example is the word siren, familiar to us as the mechanical device that makes such
an alarming sound when police cars, ambulances, or fire engines approach. This word also has its origins in Greek mythology. The traveler Odysseus (Ulysses to the Romans) made his men plug their ears so that they wouldn't hear the dangerous voices of the sirens, creatures who were half bird and half woman and who lured sailors to their deaths on sharp rocks. So the word came to be associated both with a loud sound and with danger!
When someone speaks of a \"jovial mood\" or a \"herculean effort,\" he or she is using words with origins in mythology. Look these words up to find their meaning and relationship to myths.Many common words, such as the names for the days of the week and the months of the year, also come from mythology. Wednesday derives from the ancient Norse king of the gods, Woden, and Thursday was originally Thor's day, in honour of Thor, the god of thunder. As a matter of fact, all the planets, except the one we live on, bear names that come from Roman mythology,including the planet that is farthest away from the sun and for that reason was called after the Roman god of the dead. This god has also given his name to one of the chemical elements.Several other elements have names that come from mythology,too.It seems that myths and legends live on in the English language.
85. The purpose of the first sentence in Paragraph One is ____. A. to describe the work of some Chinese scholars. B. to arouse readers' interest in hieroglyphics. C. to lead readers onto the main theme.
D. to link the preceding part to the present one.
86. We learn from the passage, all English dictionaries include _____. A. legends.B. mythology.
C. word origins.D. word definitions.
87. The example of tantalize is to show _____. A. how the word came into existence.
B. how Tantalus was punished in the lower world. C. how all English dictionaries show word origins.
D. how the meaning of the word changed over the years.
88. According to the passage, which of the following does NOT have origins in myths or legends?
A. Jovial. B. Wednesday. C. Earth. D. March.
. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? A. Greek and Roman Mythology in Language. B. Mythological Origins of English Words. C. Historical Changes in Word Meanings. D. Mythology and Common Words. TEXT C
My heart sank when the man at the immigration counter gestured to the back room. l'm an American born and raised, and this was Miami, where I live, but they weren't quite ready to let me in yet.
\"Please wait in here, MsAbujaber,\" the immigration officer said. My husband, with his very American last name, accompanied me. He was getting used to this. The same thing had happened recently in Canada when I'd flown to Montreal to speak at a book event. That time they held me for 45 minutes. Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica, and I was startled that I was being sent \"in back\" once again.
The officer behind the counter called me up and said, \"Miss, your name looks like the name
of someone who's on our wanted list. We're going to have to check you out with Washington.\"
\"How long will it take?\"
\"Hard to say ... a few minutes,\" he said. \"We'll call you when we're ready for you.\" After an hour, Washington still hadn't decided anything about me. \"Isn't this computerized?\"
I asked at the counter. \"Can't you just look me up?\" Just a few more minutes, they assured me.
After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed over. \"No phones!\" he said. \"For all
we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information.\" \"I'm just a university professor,\" I said. My voice came out in a squeak.
\"Of course you are. And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day.\"
I put my phone away.
My husband and 1 were getting hungry and tired. Whole families had been brought into the waiting room, and the place was packed with excitable children, exhausted parents, even a flight attendant.
I wanted to scream, to jump on a chair and shout: \"I'm an American citizen; a novelist; l probably teach English literature to your children.\" Or would that all be counted against me?
After two hours in detention, I was approached by one of the officers. \"You're free to go,\" he said. No explanation or apologies. For a moment, neither of us moved, we were still in shock.
Then we leaped to our feet.
\"Oh, one more thing.\" He handed me a tattered photocopy with an address on it. \"If you weren't happy with your treatment, you can write to this agency.\" \"Will they respond?\" I asked.
\"I don't know --- I don't know of anyone who's ever written to them before.\" Then he added,\"By the way, this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally.\"
\"What can I do to keep it from happening again?\"
He smiled the empty smile we'd seen all day. \"Absolutely nothing.\"
After telling several friends about our ordeal, probably the most frequent advice I've heard in response is to change my name. Twenty years ago, my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn't stick me in what he called \"the ethnic ghetto\" --- a separate, secondary shelf in the bookstore. But a name is an integral part of anyone's personal and professional identity -just like the town you're born in and the place where you're raised.
Like my father, I'll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard. 90. The author was held at the airport because _____. A. she and her husband returned from Jamaica. B. her name was similar to a terrorist's. C. she had been held in Montreal. D. she had spoken at a book event.
91. She was not allowed to call her friends because _____. A. her identity hadn't been confirmed yet.
B. she had been held for only one hour and a half. C. there were other families in the waiting room. D. she couldn't use her own cell phone.
92. We learn from the passage that the author would _____ to prevent similar experience
from happening again.
A. write to the agency B. change her name C. avoid traveling abroad D. do nothing
93. Her experiences indicate that there still exists _____ in the US. A. hatred B. discrimination C. tolerance D. diversity
94. The author sounds in the last paragraph. A. impatient B. bitter C. worried D. ironic TEXT D
Public speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation is the greatest fear; self-exposure and failing to appeal to the audience come a close second. Women hate it most, since girls are pressurized from an early age to be concerned with appearances of all kinds.
Most people have plenty of insecurities, and this seems like a situation that will bring them out. If you were under pressure to be perfect, you are terrified of falling in the most public of ways.
While extroverts will feel less fear before the ordeal, it does not mean they will necessarily do it better. Some very shy people manage to shine. When I met the British comedian Julian Clary, he was shy and cautious, yet his TV performances are perfect.
In fact, personality is not the best predictor of who does it well. Regardless of what you are like in real life, the key seems to be to act yourself.
Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself, does not do the job. While politicians may limit damage by having carefully rehearsed, written scripts to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the audience that the words might not be true.
Likewise, the incredibly perfect speeches of many American academics are far from natural.
You may end up buying their book on the way out, but soon afterwards, it is much like fast food,and you get a nameless sense that you've been cheated.
Although, as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Diana's funeral, it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally. A script rarely works and it is used to help most speakers.
But, being yourself doesn't work either. If you spoke as if you were in your own kitchen, it would be too authentic, too unaware of the need to communicate with an audience.
I remember going to see British psychiatrist R. D. Laing speak in public. He behaved like a seriously odd person, talking off the top of his head. Although he was talking about madness and he wrote on mental illness, he seemed to be exhibiting rather than explaining it.
The best psychological place from which to speak is an unselfconscious
self-consciousness,
providing the illusion of being natural. Studies suggest that this state of \"flow\as psychologists call it, is very satisfying.
95. Women hate public speaking most mainly because of _____. A. their upbringing very early on.
B. their inability to appeal to the audience. C. their sense of greater public pressure. D. their sense of greater humiliation. 96. \"this\" in Paragraph Two refers to A. insecurity.
B. sense of failure. C. public speaking. D. pressure.
97. Which of the following is NOT the author's viewpoint? A. Acting like performers spoils the message in a speech.
B. Perfection of scripts is necessary in making good impressions. C. Acting naturally means less dependence on the prepared script.
D. There should be a balance between actual acting and acting naturally. 98. What is the author's view on personality?
A. Personality is the key to success in public speaking. B. Extroverts are better public speakers.
C. Introverts have to learn harder to be good speakers.
D. Factors other than personality ensure better performance. 99. The author implies that while speaking R. D. Laing _____. A. was both too casual and authentic. B. was acting like a performer. C. was keeping a good balance. D. was aware of his audience.
100. In the last paragraph the author recommends that ____. A. you forget about your nervousness. B. you feel natural and speak naturally.
C. you may feel nervous, but appear naturally. D. you may imagine yourself to be natural.
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TEXT A
Do you realize that every time you take a step, the bones in your hip are subjected to forces between four and five times your body weight? When you are running, this force is increased further still. What happens if through disease a hip-joint ceases to be able to resist such forces? For many years hip-joints and other body joints have been replaceable either partially or completely. It is after all a simple ball and socket joint; it has certain loads imposed on it; it needs reliability over a defined life; it must
contain materials suitable for the working environment. Any engineer will recognize these as characteristic of a typical engineering problem, which doctors and engineers have worked together to solve, in order to bring a fresh lease of life to people who would otherwise be disabled.
This typifies the way in which engineers work to help people and create a better quality of life. The fact that this country has the most efficient agricultural industry in the world is another good example. Mechanical engineers have worked with farmers and biologists to produce fertilizers, machinery and harvesting systems. This team effort has now produced crops uniformly waist high or less so that they are better suited to mechanical harvesting. Similar advances with other crops have released people from hard and boring jobs for more creative work, whilst machines harvest crops more efficiently with less waste. Providing more food for the rapidly increasing population is yet another role for the mechanical engineer.
81. According to the passage, when would most weight be imposed on hip-joints? A. When one is walking. B. When one is running. C. When one is standing. D. When one is lying down.
82. Engineers regard the replacement of hip-joints as a(n) ____ Problem. A. mechanical B. medical C. health
D. agricultural
83. According to the passage, how do engineers contribute to increasing efficiency of the agricultural industry? A. By working with farmers. B. By working in teams.
C. By growing crops of the same height. D. By making agricultural machinery.
84. According to the context, \"This team effort'\" in Paragraph Two refers to A. mechanical engineers. B. doctors and engineers.
C. biologists, doctors and farmers. D. farmers, biologists and engineers. TEXT B
Nowadays, a cellphone service is available to everyone, everywhere. Probably thousands of people have already been using it, but I just discovered it, so I'm going to claim it and also name it: Fake Foning.
The technology has been working well for me at the office, but there are infinite applications. Virtually in any public space.
Say you work at a big university with lots of talky faculty members buzzing about. Now, say you need to use the restroom. The trip down the hall will take approximately one hour, because a person can't walk into those talky people without getting pulled aside for a question, a bit of gossip, a new read on a certain line of Paradise Lost.
So, a cellphone.Any cellphone. Just pick it up. Don't dial. Just hold that phone to your face and start talking. Walk confidently down the hall engaged in fake conversation,
making sure to tailor both the topic and content to the person standing before you whom you are trying to evade.
For standard colleague avoidance, I suggest fake chatting about fake business:
\"Yes, I'm glad you called, because we really need to hammer out the details. What's that? Yes, I read Page 12, but if you look at the bottom of 4, I think you can see the problem begins right there.\"
Be animated. Be engaged in your fake fone conversation. Make eye contact with the people passing, nod to them, gesture keen interest in talking to them at a later time, point to your phone, shrug and move on.
Shoppers should consider fake foning anytime they spot a talky neighbor in the produce department pinching (用手捏) unripe peaches. Without your phone at your face, you'd be in for a 20-minute speech on how terrible the world is.
One important caution about fake foning. The other day I was fake foning my way past a colleague, and he was actually following me to get my attention. I knew he wanted to ask about a project I had not yet finished. I was trying to buy myself some time, so I continued fake foning with my doctor. \"So I don't need the operation? Oh, doctor, that is the best news.\"
And then: Brrrrrrng! Brrrrrmg! Brrrrrmg! My phone started ringing, right there while it was planted on my face. My colleague looked at me, and I at him, and naturally I gasped. \"What is the matter with this thing?\" I said, pulling the phone away to look at it, and then putting it back to my ear. \"Hello? Are you still there?\" Oops.
85. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? A. Cellphone service is popular among people. B. Cellphone has much use in office.
C. Fake foning is a new cellphone service. D. Fake foning is a new discovery. 86. What is fake foning?
A. A strategy to avoid people. B. A device newly produced.
C. A service provided everywhere. D. A skill of communication.
87. In the author's opinion, in order to make fake foning look real one has to A. talk about interesting matters.
B. behave politely to people passing by. C. hold the phone while walking. D. appear absorbed in conversation. 88. What does the last example show?
A. One effective way is to fake fone one's doctor. B. One has to be careful while fake foning. C. Fake foning may not deceive people. D. Fake foning is always quite successful.
. After his phone suddenly began ringing, the author
A. immediately started talking to the caller. B. immediately started talking to his colleague. C. put the phone away and stopped talking. D. continued with his fake conversation. 90. What is the tone of the passage? A. Critical. B. Humorous. C. Serious. D. Unclear. TEXT C
It was late in the afternoon, and I was putting the final touch on a piece of writing that I was feeling pretty good about. I wanted to save it, but my cursor had frozen. I tried to shut the computer down, and it seized up altogether. Unsure of what else to do, I yanked (用力猛拉) the battery out.
Unfortunately, Windows had been in the midst of a delicate and crucial undertaking. The next morning, when I turned my computer back on, it informed me that a file had been corrupted and Windows would not load. Then, it offered to repair itself by using the Windows Setup CD.
I opened the special drawer where I keep CDs. But no Windows CD in there. I was forced to call the computer company's Global Support Centre. My call was answered by a woman in some unnamed, far-off land. I find it annoying to make small talk with someone when I don't know what continent they're standing on. Suppose I were to comment on the beautiful weather we've been having when there was a monsoon at the other end of the phone? So I got right to the point.
\"My computer is telling me a file is corrupted and it wants to fix itself, but I don't have the Windows Setup CD.\"
\"So you're having a problem with your Windows Setup CD.\" She has apparently been dozing and, having come to just as the sentence ended, was attempting to cover for her inattention.
It quickly became clear that the woman was not a computer technician. Her job was to serve as a gatekeeper, a human shield for the technicians. Her sole duty, as far as I could tell, was to raise global stress levels.
To make me disappear, the woman gave me the phone number for Windows' creator, Microsoft. This is like giving someone the phone number for, I don't know, North America. Besides, the CD worked; I just didn't have it. No matter how many times I repeated my story, we came back to the same place. She was calm and resolutely polite.
When my voice hit a certain decibel (分贝), I was passed along, like a hot, irritable potato, to a technician.
\"You don't have the Windows Setup CD, ma'am, because you don't need it,\" he explained cheerfully.
\"Windows came preinstalled on your computer!\" \"But I do need it.\"
\"Yes, but you don't have it.\" We went on like this for a while. Finally, he offered to
walk me through the use of a different CD, one that would erase my entire system. \"Of course, you'd lose all your e-mail, your documents, your photos.\" It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache. \"You might be able to recover them, but it would be expensive.\" He sounded delighted. \"And it's not covered by the warranty (产品保证书)!\" The safe began to seem like a good idea, provided it was full.
I hung up the phone and drove my computer to a small, friendly repair place I'd heard about. A smart, helpful man dug out a Windows CD and told me it wouldn't be a problem. An hour later, he called to let me know it was ready. I thanked him, and we chatted about the weather, which was the same outside my window as it was outside his.
91. Why did the author shut down her computer abruptly? A. She had saved what she had written. B. She couldn't move the cursor. C. The computer refused to work.
D. The computer offered to repair itself.
92. Which of the following is the author's opinion about the woman at the Global Support Centre?
A. She sounded helpful and knowledgeable. B. She was there to make callers frustrated. C. She was able to solve her computer problem. D. She was quick to pass her along to a technician.
93. According to the passage, the solution offered by the technician was A. effective.B. economical.C. unpractical.D. unacceptable.
94. \"It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache\" in the last but one paragraph means that
A. the technician's proposal would make things even worse. B. the technician's proposal could eventually solve the problem. C. files stored on her computer were like a safe.
D. erasing the entire system was like curing a headache.
95. It can be inferred from the passage that the differences between the Global Support Centre and the local repair shop lie in all the following EXCEPT A. efficiency. B. location. C. setup CDs. D. attitude. TEXT D
Not long ago, a mysterious Christmas card dropped through our mail slot. The envelope was addressed to a man named Raoul, who, I was relatively certain, did not live with us. The envelope wasn't sealed, so I opened it. The inside of the card was blank. Ed, my husband, explained that the card was both from and to the newspaper deliveryman. His name was apparently Raoul, and Raoul wanted a holiday tip. We were meant to put a check inside the card and then drop the envelope in the mail. When your services are rendered at 4 a.m., you can't simply hang around, like a hotel
bellboy expecting a tip. You have to be direct.
So I wrote a nice holiday greeting to this man who, in my imagination, fires The New York Times from his bike aimed at our front door, causing more noise with mere newsprint than most people manage with sophisticated black market fireworks.
With a start, I realized that perhaps the reason for the 4 a.m. wake-up noise was not ordinary rudeness but carefully executed spite: I had not tipped Raoul in Christmases past. I honestly hadn't realized I was supposed to. This was the first time he'd used the card tactic. So I got out my checkbook. Somewhere along the line, holiday tipping went from an optional thank-you for a year of services to a Mafia-style protection racket (收取保护费的组织).
Several days later, I was bringing our garbage bins back from the curb when I noticed an envelope taped to one of the lids. The outside of the envelope said MICKEY. It had to be another tip request, this time from our garbage collector. Unlike Raoul, Mickey hadn't enclosed his own Christmas card from me. In a way, I appreciated the directness. \"I know you don't care how merry my Christmas is, and that's fine,\" the gesture said. \"I want $30, or I'll 'forget' to empty your garbage bin some hot summer day.\"
I put a check in the envelope and taped it back to the bin. The next morning, Ed noticed that the envelope was gone, though the trash hadn't yet been picked up: \"Someone stole Mickey's tip!\" Ed was quite certain. He made me call the bank and cancel the check.
But Ed had been wrong. Two weeks later, Mickey left a letter from the bank on our steps. The letter informed Mickey that the check, which he had tried to cash, had been cancelled. The following Tuesday morning, when Ed saw a truck outside, he ran out with his wallet. \"Are you Mickey?\"
The man looked at him with scorn. \"Mickey is the garbageman. I am the recycling.\" Not only had Ed insulted this man by hinting that he was a garbageman, but he had obviously neglected to tip him. Ed ran back inside for more funds. Then he noticed that the driver of the truck had been watching the whole transaction. He peeled off another twenty and looked around, waving bills in the air. \"Anyone else?\"
Had we consulted the website of the Emily Post Institute, this embarrassing breach of etiquette (礼节) could have been avoided. Under \"trash/recycling collectors\" in the institute's Holiday Tipping Guidelines, it says: \"$10 to $30 each.\" You may or may not wish to know that your pet groomer, hairdresser, mailman and UPS guy all expect a holiday tip.
96. The newspaper deliveryman put a blank card inside the envelope because A. he forgot to write a few words on it. B. he wanted the couple to send it back. C. he used it to ask for a Christmas tip.
D. he was afraid of asking for a tip in person. 97. From the passage, we learn that the author A. didn't like Raoul's way of delivering the paper.
B. didn't realize why Raoul delivered the paper that way. C. didn't know that Raoul came very early in the morning.
D. didn't feel it necessary to meet Raoul when he came.
98. According to the passage, the author felt ____ to give Raoul a holiday tip. A. excited B. delighted C. embarrassed D. forced
99. Which of the following is CORRECT about Mickey, the garbage collector? A. He wrote a letter to the couple afterwards. B. He failed to collect the money from the bank.
C. He wanted the couple to send him a Christmas card. D. He collected both the cheek and the garbage that day. 100. Ed's encounter with the recycling team shows that A. Ed was desperate to correct his mistake. B. Ed only wanted to give money to Raoul. C. Ed was unwilling to tip the truck driver. D. Ed no longer wanted to give them money.
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（2010）
TEXT A
What is the nature of the scientific attitude, the attitude of the man or woman who studies and applies physics, biology, chemistry, geology, engineering, medicine or any other science? We all know that science plays an important role in the societies in which we live. Many people believe, however, that our progress depends on two different aspects of science. The first of these is the application of the machines, products and systems of applied knowledge that scientists and technologists develop. Through technology, science improves the structure of society and helps man to gain increasing control over his environment.
The second aspect is the application by all members of society of the special methods of thought and action that scientists use in their work.
What are these special methods of thinking and acting? First of all, it seems that a successful scientist is full of curiosity - he wants to find out how and why the universe works. He usually directs his attention towards problems which he notices have no satisfactory explanation, and his curiosity makes him look for underlying relationships even if the data available seem to be unconnected. Moreover, he thinks he can improve the existing conditions and enjoys trying to solve the problems which this involves.
He is a good observer, accurate, patient and objective and applies logical thought to the observations he makes. He utilizes the facts he observes to the fullest extent. For example, trained observers obtain a very large amount of information about a star mainly from the accurate analysis of the simple lines that appear in a spectrum.
He is skeptical - he does not accept statements which are not based on the most complete evidence available - and therefore rejects authority as the sole basis for truth. Scientists always check statements and make experiments carefully and objectively to verify them.
Furthermore, he is not only critical of the work of others, but also of his own, since he
knows that man is the least reliable of scientific instruments and that a number of factors tend to disturb objective investigation.
Lastly, he is highly imaginative since he often has to look for relationships in data which are not only complex but also frequently incomplete. Furthermore, he needs imagination if he wants to make hypotheses of how processes work and how events take place.
These seem to be some of the ways in which a successful scientist or technologist thinks and acts.
81. Many people believe that science helps society to progress through A. applied knowledge. B. more than one aspect. C. technology only. D. the use of machines.
82. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about curiosity? A. It gives the scientist confidence and pleasure in work. B. It gives rise to interest in problems that are unexplained. C. It leads to efforts to investigate potential connections. D. It encourages the scientist to look for new ways of acting. 83. According to the passage, a successful scientist would not A. easily believe in unchecked statements. B. easily criticize others' research work. C. always use his imagination in work. D. always use evidence from observation. 84. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. Application of technology. B. Progress in modem society.
C. Scientists' ways of thinking and acting. D. How to become a successful scientist.
85. What is the author's attitude towards the topic? A. Critical. B. Objective. C. Biased. D. Unclear. TEXT B
Over the past several decades, the U.S., Canada, and Europe have received a great deal of media and even research attention over unusual phenomena and unsolved mysteries. These include UFOs as well as sightings and encounters with \"nonhuman creatures\" such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster. Only recently has Latin America begun to receive some attention as well. Although the mysteries of the Aztec, Mayan, and Inca civilizations have been known for centuries, now the public is also becoming aware of unusual, paranormal phenomena in countries such as Peru.
The Nazca \"lines\" of Peru were discovered in the 1930s. These lines are deeply carved into a flat, stony plain, and form about 300 intricate pictures of animals such as birds, a monkey, and a lizard. Seen at ground level, the designs are a jumbled
senseless mess. The images are so large that they can only be viewed at a height of 1,000 feet - meaning from an aircraft. Yet there were no aircraft in 300 B.C., when it is judged the designs were made. Nor were there then, or are there now, any nearby mountain ranges from which to view them. So how and why did the native people of Nazca create these marvelous designs? One answer appeared in 1969, when the German researcher and writer Erich von Daniken proposed that the lines were drawn by extraterrestrials as runways for their aircraft. The scientific community did not take long to scoffat and abandon von Daniken's theory. Over the years several other theories have been put forth, but none has been accepted by the scientific community. Today there is a new and heightened interest in the Nazca lines. It is a direct result of the creation of the Internet. Currently there a
re over 60 sites dedicated to this mystery from Latin America's past, and even respected scientists have joined the discussion through e-mail and chat rooms.
Will the Internet help explain these unsolved mysteries? Perhaps it is a step in the right direction.
86. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A. Latin America has long received attention for unusual phenomena. B. Public attention is now directed towards countries like Peru. C. Public interest usually focuses on North America and Europe. D. Some ancient civilizations have unsolved mysteries. 87. According to the passage, the Nazca lines were found A. in mountains. B. in stones. C. on animals. D. on a plain.
88. We can infer from the passage that the higher the lines are seen, the ____ the images they present. A. smaller B. larger C. clearer D. brighter
. There has been increasing interest in the Nazca lines mainly because of A. the participation of scientists. B. the emergence of the lnternet. C. the birth of new theories. D. the interest in the Internet.
90. The author is ____ about the role of the lnternet in solving mysteries. A. cautious B. pessimistic C. uncertain D. optimistic TEXT C
Graduation speeches are a bit like wedding toasts. A few are memorable. The rest tend to trigger such thoughts as, \"Why did I wear such uncomfortable shoes?\"
But graduation speeches are less about the message than the messenger. Every year a few colleges and universities in the US attract attention because they've managed to book high-profile speakers. And, every year, the media report some of these speakers' wise remarks.
Last month, the following words of wisdom were spread:
\"You really haven't completed the circle of success unless you can help somebody else move forward.\" (Oprah Winfrey, Duke University).
\"There is no way to stop change; change will come. Go out and give us a future worthy of the world we all wish to create together.\" (Hillary Clinton, New York University).
\"'This really is your moment. History is yours to bend.\" (Joe Biden, Wake Forest University).
Of course, the real \"get\" of the graduation season was first lady Michelle Obama's appearance at the University of California, Merced. \"Remember that you are blessed,\" she told the class of 2009, \"Remember that in exchange for those blessings, you must give something back... As advocate and activist Marian Wright Edelman says, 'Service is the rent we pay for living ... it is the true measure, the only measure of success'.\" Calls to service have a long, rich tradition in these speeches. However, it is possible for a graduation speech to go beyond cliche and say something truly compelling. The late writer David Foster Wallace's 2005 graduation speech at Kenyon College in Ohio talked about how to truly care about other people. It gained something of a cult after it was widely circulated on the Internet. Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs' address at Stanford University that year, in which he talked about death, is also considered one of the best in recent memory.
But when you're sitting in the hot sun, fidgety and freaked out, do you really want to be lectured about
the big stuff?. Isn't that like trying to maintain a smile at your wedding reception while some relative gives a toast that amounts to \"marriage is hard work\"? You know he's right; you just don't want to think about it at that particular moment. In fact, as is the case in many major life moments, you can't really manage to think beyond the blisters your new shoes are causing.
That may seem anticlimactic. But it also gets to the heart of one of life's greatest, saddest truths: that our most \"memorable\" occasions may elicit the fewest memories. It's probably not something most graduation speakers would say, but it's one of the first lessons of growing up.
91. According to the passage, most graduation speeches tend to recall ____ memories. A. great B. trivial
C. unforgettable D. unimaginative
92. \"But graduation speeches are less about the message than the messenger\" is explained
A. in the final paragraph. B. in the last but one paragraph.
C. in the first paragraph. D. in the same paragraph.
93. The graduation speeches mentioned in the passage are related to the following themes EXCEPT A. death. B. success. C. service. D. generosity.
94. It is implied in the passage that at great moments people fail to A. remain clear-headed. B. keep good manners.
C. remember others' words. D. recollect specific details.
95. What is \"one of the first lessons of growing up\"? A. Attending a graduation ceremony. B. Listening to graduation speeches.
C. Forgetting details of memorable events. D. Meeting high-profile graduation speakers.
TEXT D
Cultural rules determine every aspect of food consumption. Who eats together defines social units. For example, in some societies, the nuclear family is the unit that regularly eats together. The anthropologist Mary Douglas has pointed out that, for the English, the kind of meal and the kind of food that is served relate to the kinds of social links between people who are eating together. She distinguishes between regular meals, Sunday meals when relatives may come, and cocktail parties for acquaintances. The food served symbolizes the occasion and reflects who is present. For example, only snacks are served at a cocktail party. It would be inappropriate to serve a steak or hamburgers. The distinctions among cocktails, regular meals, and special dinners mark the social boundaries between those guests who are invited for drinks, those who are invited to dinner, and those who come to a family meal. In this example, the type of food symbolizes the category of guest and with whom it is eaten. In some New Guinea societies, the nuclear family is not the unit that eats together. The men take their meals in a men's house, separately from their wives and children. Women prepare and eat their food in their own houses and take the husband's portion to the men's house. The women eat with their children in their own houses. This pattern is also widespread among Near Eastern societies.
Eating is a metaphor that is sometimes used to signify marriage. In many New Guinea societies, like that of the Lesu on the island of New Ireland in the Pacific and that of the Trobriand Islanders, marriage is symbolized by the couple's eating together for the first time. Eating symbolizes their new status as a married couple. In U.S. society, it is just the reverse. A couple may go out to dinner on a first date.
Other cultural rules have to do with taboos against eating certain things. In some societies, members of a clan, a type of kin (family) group, are not allowed to eat the
animal or bird that is their totemic（图腾的） ancestor. Since they believe themselves to be descended from that ancestor, it would be like eating that ancestor or eating themselves.
There is also an association between food prohibitions and rank, which is found in its most extreme form in the caste system of India. A caste system consists of ranked groups, each with a different economic specialization. In India, there is an association between caste and the idea of pollution. Members of highly ranked groups can be polluted by coming into contact with the bodily secretions（分泌物）, particularly saliva（唾液）, of individuals of lower-ranked castes. Because of the fear of pollution, Brahmans（婆罗门人） and other high-ranked individuals will not share food with, no 96. According to the passage, the English make clear distinctions between A. people who eat together. B. the kinds of food served. C. snacks and hamburgers. D. family members and guests.
97. According to the passage, who will NOT eat together? A. The English.
B. Americans on their first date.
C. Men and women in Near Eastern societies. D. Newly-weds on the island of New Ireland.
98. According to the passage, eating together indicates all the following EXCEPT A. the type of food. B. social relations. C. marital status. D. family ties.
99. The last paragraph suggests that in India ____ decides how people eat. A. pollution B. food C. culture D. social status
100. Which of the following can best serve as the topic of the passage? A. Different kinds of food in the world. B. Relations between food and social units. C. Symbolic meanings of food consumption. D. Culture and manners of eating.
81. B 82. A 83. A 84. C 85. B 86. A 87. D88.C. B 90. D 91. B 92.D 93.D 94.C 95. C 96. D 97. C 98. A 99. D 100. D
(2011)
TEXT A
We have a crisis on our hands. You mean global warming? The world economy? No, the decline of reading. People are just not doing it anymore, especially the young. Who's responsible? Actually, it's more like, What is responsible? The Internet, of course, and everything that comes
with it – , Twitter (微博). You can write your own list.
There's been a warning about the imminent death of literate civilization for a long time. In the 20th century, first it was the movies, then radio, then television that seemed to spell doom for the written world. None did. Reading survived; in fact it not only survived, it has flourished. The world is more literate than ever before – there are more and more readers, and more and more books.
The fact that we often get our reading material online today is not something we should worry over. The electronic and digital revolution of the last two decades has arguably shown the way forward for reading and for writing. Take the arrival of e-book readers as an example. Devices like Kindle make reading more convenient and are a lot more environmentally friendly than the traditional paper book.
As technology makes new ways of writing possible, new ways of reading are possible. Interconnectivity allows for the possibility of a reading experience that was barely imaginable before. Where traditional books had to make do with photographs and illustrations, an e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links: to texts, pictures, and videos. In the future, the way people write novels, history, and philosophy will resemble nothing seen in the past.
On the other hand, there is the danger of trivialization. One Twitter group is offering its followers single-sentence-long \"digests\" of the great novels. War and Peace in a sentence? You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation of reading. There is the danger that the high-speed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span - that we will be incapable of reading anything of length or which requires deep concentration.
In such a fast-changing world, in which reality seems to be remade each day, we need the ability to focus and understand what is happening to us. This has always been the function of literature and we should be careful not to let it disappear. Our society needs to be able to imagine the possibility of someone utterly in tune with modern technology but able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world.
In the 15th century, Johannes Guttenberg's invention of the printing press in Europe had a huge impact on civilization. Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing. We should remember this before we assume that technology is out to destroy traditional culture.
81. Which of the following paragraphs briefly reviews the historical challenges for reading? A. Paragraph One. B. Paragraph Two. C. Paragraph Three. D. Paragraph Four. 82. The following are all cited as advantages of e-books EXCEPT _____. A. multimodal content B. environmental friendliness C. convenience for readers D. imaginative design
83. Which of the following can best describe how the author feels toward single-sentence-long novels? A. Ironic B. Worried. C. Sarcastic. D. Doubtful.
84. According to the passage, people need knowledge of modern technology and _____ to survive in the fast-changing society. A. good judgment B. high sensitivity C. good imagination D. the ability to focus 85. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Technology pushes the way forward for reading and writing. B. Interconnectivity is a feature of new reading experience.
C. Technology is an opportunity and a challenge for traditional reading. D. Technology offers a greater variety of reading practice. TEXT B
I know when the snow melts and the first robins (知更鸟) come to call, when the laughter of children returns to the parks and playgrounds, something wonderful is about to happen. Spring cleaning.
I'll admit spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp. Today's busy families hardly have time to load the dishwasher, much less clean the doormat. Asking the family to spend the weekend collecting winter dog piles from the melting snow in the backyard is like announcing there will be no more Wi-Fi. It interrupts the natural order.
\"Honey, what say we spend the weekend beating the rugs, sorting through the boxes in the basement and painting our bedroom a nice lemony yellow?\" I say.
\"Can we at least wait until the NBA matches are over?\" my husband answers.
But I tell my family, spring cleaning can't wait. The temperature has risen just enough to melt snow but not enough for Little League practice to start. Some flowers are peeking out of the thawing ground, but there is no lawn to seed, nor garden to tend. Newly wakened from our winter's hibernation (冬眠), yet still needing extra blankets at night, we open our windows to the first fresh air floating on the breeze and all of the natural world demanding \"Awake and be clean!\" Biologists offer a theory about this primal impulse to clean out every drawer and closet in the house at spring's first light, which has to do with melatonin, the sleepytime hormone (激素) our bodies produce when it's dark. When spring's light comes, the melatonin diminishes, and suddenly we are awakened to the dusty, virus-filled house we've been hibernating in for four months.
I tell my family about the science and psychology of a good healthy cleaning at spring's arrival. I speak to them about life's greatest rewards waiting in the removal of soap scum from the bathtub, which hasn't been properly cleaned since the first snowfall.
\"I'll do it,\" says the eldest child, a 21-year-old college student who lives at home. \"You will? Wow!\" I exclaim.
Maybe after all these years, he's finally grasped the concept. Maybe he's expressing his rightful position as eldest child and role model. Or maybe he's going to Florida for a break in a couple of weeks and he's being nice to me who is the financial-aid officer.
No matter. Seeing my adult son willingly cleaning that dirty bathtub gives me hope for the future of his 12-year-old brother who, instead of working, is found to be sleeping in the seat of the window he is supposed to be cleaning. \"Awake and be clean!\" I say.
86. According to the passage, \"...spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp\" means that spring cleaning _____.
A. is no longer an easy practice to understand. B. is no longer part of modern family life.
C. requires more family members to be involved. D. calls for more complicated skills and knowledge.
87. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be included in family spring cleaning? A. Beating the rugs. B. Cleaning the window. C. Restoring Wi-Fi services. D. Cleaning the backyard. 88. Why does the author say ―spring cleaning can't wait‖?
A. Because there will be more activities when it gets warmer. B. Because the air is fresher and the breeze is lighter.
C. Because the whole family is full of energy at spring time. D. Because the snow is melting and the ground is thawing.
. Which of the following interpretations of the biologists' theory about melatonin is INCORRECT?
A. The production of melatonin in our bodies varies at different times. B. Melatonin is more likely to cause sleepiness in our bodies.
C. The reduction of melatonin will cause wakefulness in our bodies. D. The amount of melatonin remains constant in our bodies.
90. Which of the following can best sum up the author's overall reaction to her adult son's positive response to spring cleaning? A. Surprised and skeptical. B. Elated and hesitant. C. Relieved and optimistic. D. Optimistic and hesitant. TEXT C
These days lots of young Japanese do omiai, literally, \"meet and look.\" Many of them do so willingly. In today's prosperous and increasingly conservative Japan, the traditional omiaikekkon, or arranged marriage, is thriving.
But there is a difference. In the original omiai, the young Japanese couldn't reject the partner chosen by his parents and their middleman. After World War II, many Japanese abandoned the arranged marriage as part of their rush to adopt the more democratic ways of their American conquerors. The Western ren'aikekkon, or love marriage, became popular; Japanese began picking their own mates by dating and falling in love.
But the Western way was often found wanting in an important respect: it didn't necessarily produce a partner of the right economic, social, and educational qualifications. \"Today's young people are quite calculating,\" says Chieko Akiyama, a social commentator.
What seems to be happening now is a repetition of a familiar process in the country's history, the \"Japanization\" of an adopted foreign practice. The Western ideal of marrying for love is accommodated in a new omiai in which both parties are free to reject the match. \"Omiai is evolving into a sort of stylized introduction,\" Mrs. Akiyama says.
Many young Japanese now date in their early twenties, but with no thought of marriage. When they reach the age - in the middle twenties for women, the late twenties for men - they increasingly turn to omiai. Some studies suggest that as many as 40 % of marriages each year are omiaikekkon. It's hard to be sure, say those who study the matter, because many Japanese couples, when polled, describe their marriage as a love match even if it was arranged.
These days, doing omiai often means going to a computer matching service rather than to a nakodo. The nakodo of tradition was an old woman who knew all the kids in the neighbourhood and went around trying to pair them off by speaking to their parents; a successful match would bring her a wedding invitation and a gift of money. But Japanese today find it's less awkward to reject a proposed partner if the nakodo is a computer.
Japan has about five hundred computer matching services. Some big companies, including Mitsubishi, run one for their employees. At a typical commercial service, an applicant pays $80 to $125 to have his or her personal data stored in the computer for two years and $200 or so more if a marriage results. The stored information includes some obvious items, like education and hobbies,
and some not-so-obvious ones, like whether a person is the oldest child. (First sons, and to some extent first daughters, face an obligation of caring for elderly parents.) 91. According to the passage, today's young Japanese prefer _____. A. a traditional arranged marriage. B. a new type of arranged marriage. C. a Western love marriage. D. a more Westernized love marriage. 92. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. A Western love marriage tends to miss some Japanese values.
B. Less attention is paid to the partner's qualification in arranged marriages. C. Young Japanese would often calculate their partner's wealth. D. A new arranged marriage is a repetition of the older type.
93. According to the passage, the figure 40% (Paragraph Five) is uncertain because _____. A. there has been a big increase in the number of arranged marriages. B. Western love marriage still remains popular among young Japanese. C. young Japanese start dating very early in their life in a Western tradition. D. the tendency for arranged marriages could be stronger than is indicated.
94. One of the big differences between a traditional nakodo and its contemporary version lies in the way _____.
A. wedding gifts are presented. B. a proposed partner is refused. C. formalities are arranged. D. the middleman/woman is chosen. 95. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
A. To tell the differences between an old and modern nakodo. B. To provide some examples for the traditional nakodo. C. To offer more details of the computerized nakodo. D. To sum up the main ideas and provide a conclusion.
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Cordia Harrington was tired of standing up all day and smelling like French fries at night. She owned and operated three McDonald's shops in Illinois, but as a divorced mother of three boys, she yearned for a business that would provide for her children and let her spend more time with them.
Her lucky moment came, strangely enough, after she was nominated in 1992 to be on the McDonald's bun committee. \"The company picked me up in a corporate jet to see bakeries around the world,\" she recalls. \"Every time I went to a meeting, I loved it. This was global!\"
The experience opened her eyes to business possibilities. When McDonald's decided it wanted a new bun supplier, Harrington became determined to win the contract, even though she had no experience running a bakery.
Harrington studied the bakery business and made sure she was never off executives' radar. \"If you have a dream, you can't wait for people to call you,\" she says. \"So I'd visit a mill and send them photos of myself in a baker's hat and jacket, holding a sign that says 'I want to be your baker.'\" After four years and 32 interviews, her persistence paid off.
Harrington sealed the deal with a handshake, sold her shops, and borrowed $13.5 million. She was ready to build the fastest, most automated bakery in the world.
The Tennessee Bun Company opened ahead of schedule in 1997, in time for a slump in U.S. fast-food sales for McDonald's. Before Harrington knew it, she was down to her last $20,000, not enough to cover payroll. And her agreement with McDonald's required that she sell exclusively to
the company. \"I cried myself to sleep many nights,\" she recalls. \"I really did think, I am going to go bankrupt.\"
But Harrington worked out an agreement to supply Pepperidge Farm as well. \"McDonald's could see a benefit if our production went up and prices went down, and no benefit if we went out of business,\" she says. \"That deal saved us.\"
Over the next eight years, Harrington branched out even more: She started her own trucking business, added a cold-storage company, and now has three bakeries producing fresh buns and frozen dough - all now known as the Bun Companies. Speed is still a priority: It takes 11 people at the main bakery to turn out 60,000 buns an hour for clients across 40 states, South America, and the Caribbean.
Grateful for the breaks she's had, Harrington is passionate about providing opportunities to all 230 employees. \"Financial success is the most fun when you can give it away,\" she says.
The current economy is challenging. Some of her clients' sales have declined, but she's found new clients and improved efficiencies to help sustain the company's double-digit growth.
Cordia Harrington doesn't have to stand on her feet all day anymore. Two of her three sons now work for her. And she's remarried - her husband, Tom, is now her CFO.
\"This is more than a job,\" says Harrington. \"It's a mission. I'm always thinking, How can we best serve our employees? If we support them, they'll do their best to look after our clients. That's how it works here.\"
96. According to the passage, which of the following was most significant in her early career? A. Her nomination on the McDonald's bun committee. B. Her travel and the visits to bakeries around the world. C. A business contract with local bun suppliers.
D. The interviews and experience in running a bakery.
97. \"Harrington...made sure she was never off executives' radar\" (Paragraph Four) means that she _____.
A. herself wanted to be a company executive B. meant to hire executives to run the business
C. meant to keep her management knowledge and skills D. focused on the management of the bakery business
98. How did she survive the crisis at the start of her bakery business? A. By supplying buns for another company.
B. By opening her bun company ahead of schedule. C. By keeping supplies up for McDonald's.
D. By making a new agreement with McDonald's.
99. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT in describing her current business? A. It is fast growing. B. It is diversified. C. Its clients are all local. D. It is more efficient.
100. According to the passage, which of the following is fundamental to Harrington's success? A. Efficiency and love for the family. B. Perseverance and concern for employees. C. Business expansion and family support. D. Opportunities and speed.
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