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　　Elephants don't forget－at least, female(雌性的) elephants don't. Elephant families are matriarchal. And the social knowledge gained by the oldest females is the key to a family group's survival(生存), according to a study published in April by Karen McComb, a biologist at Sussex University in England.

　　Elephants announce their presence by making a deep, long sound, a practice referred to as contact calling(联络呼叫). An unfamiliar call may mean that an elephant from outside the family group is nearby. A stranger can cause trouble, interrupting feeding or disturbing the young. So an elephant matriarch signals the family to gather around her; then they all lift their trunks in the air to smell the unfamiliar caller. False alarms can disturb the group and take time and energy away from feeding, so survival may depend in part on getting it right.

　　Working with Cynthia Moss, who founded the Amboseli Elephant Research Project in Kenya 30 years ago, McComb tested the social knowledge of 21 Amboseli elephant families with matriarchs 27 to 67 years old. She played recordings of contact calls to each family and found that the oldest matriarchs were much better at picking out unfamiliar calls. In fact, a group with a matriarch in her fifties was several thousand times more likely to form into a group upon hearing an unfamiliar contact call than when hearing a familiar call. However, families with younger matriarchs were less than twice as likely to gather together upon hearing an unfamiliar contact call as compared with a familiar call. And they gathered together a lot. Moreover, the social knowledge of older matriarchs translated into favourable results; families with older matriarchs produced more baby elephants in each female－reproductive year.

　　This finding shows how difficult it is to protect the oldest members of elephant families. As elephants age, they continue to grow larger, as do their much wanted tusks(象牙). So the older－and wiser－a matriarch is, the greater the chance she will be killed. About 800,000 elephants have been killed by people, in the past 20 years.

1．What does the underlined word “matriarch” mean?

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A．An old member of an elephant family.

B．A female head of an elephant family.

C．A wise elephant.

D．A large elephant.

2．When do elephants form into a group?

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A．When they are feeding the young.

B．When they see a familiar elephant.

C．When they are giving birth to baby elephants.

D．When the leading elephant gives out a warning.

3．The research with recordings of contact calls shows ________.

[　　]

A．how fast elephants form into groups

B．how important the age of a leading elephant is

C．how frightened elephants are when hearing a strange call

D．how frequently old elephants call other members of the family

4．The older a female elephant is, ________.

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A．the stronger she will be

B．the poorer memory she will have

C．the more useless her tusks will be

D．the more likely she will be killed

5．We can infer from the passage that elephants may ________.

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A．run into other elephant families

B．give wrong warnings to their mothers

C．run away upon hearing a strange sound

D．produce more babies by gathering together more often

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　　I have a warm spot in my heart for the Great Pig Food campaign because it was the first one I had ever taken part in. As a boy brought up in a city I had never really given much thought to garbage (食物残渣) except to carry it out for my mother. Neither do I know the eating habits of pigs, so when the cook told me to throw out the coffee grounds, I took them out, threw them into a rubbish can.

　　A few minutes later when I was cutting tomatoes, I heard the shouts of the head cook. He was standing by the rubbish can, waving the lid in one hand and pointing into the open can with the other. I supposed I must have done something wrong, so I went over to see what was going on. He asked me to read the sign posted over the can.

　　I read, “Edible (可以食用的) Garbage.” Then, pointing to the open can, he asked, “What is that?”

　　I replied, “Garbage,” to which he replied that “edible garbage” was pig food. Coffee grounds, eggshells and a few other things were “inedible garbage”.

　　That cleared up a point that had puzzled me on my first trip to the can earlier that morning when I had noticed the signs. I had always thought all garbage was inedible－that was what made it garbage. Now it was clear that the sign really referred to the food of pigs and not people. The head cook then told me to remove every last coffee ground from the pig food, and that if even one ground was left, I would be punished.

1．“I have a warm spot in my heart for this campaign.”The sentence means that ________.

[　　]

A．my heart is beating fast when the campaign is spoken of

B．I take a great interest in this campaign

C．I feel warmer in my heart

D．I suffered from heart disease

2．Shortly after he threw the coffee grounds into the rubbish can, ________.

[　　]

A．the man thought he must have done something wrong

B．the man heard the head cook shouting angry words at him

C．the man was told to remove every last coffee ground from the pig food

D．the man saw the head cook waving the lid with his hand

3．The head cook asked the man to read the sign because ________.

[　　]

A．the man did not notice the sign

B．the man failed to understand the sign

C．he was unable to read

D．he got angry

4．Which of the following adjectives best describes the head cook?

[　　]

5．Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

[　　]

A．Edible garbage can be eaten by people.

B．Inedible garbage cannot feed pigs.

C．Coffee grounds are inedible garbage.

D．Garbage was thrown into a garbage can.

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　　I live in a big city. It's noisy and dirty and I get very tried. At the weekends I like to leave the city and get some fresh air and a good rest. A few weeks ago I decided to see my parents. I was really looking forward to it.

　　My parents live a long way away. I went to see them with James, a friend, and we drove down on Friday night. In the middle of the trip it began to rain. The roads became very wet and it was difficult to drive. We arrived home just after midnight, feeling exhausted. The next morning it was still raining. James took his car to the local garage which was very good.

　　In the afternoon the weather improved. We wanted to go for a drive. My parents lent us their car. That was no good. Their car didn't work! We rang the garage. “Oh, no.” they said, “your car won't be ready till tomorrow.” So it wasn't possible to go for a drive. We decided to play a word game. When we didn't agree about a word we looked for a dictionary. It wasn't there. Suddenly my mother remembered. “I lent it to your sister. She took it with her when she left.” The word game wasn't any good without a dictionary.

　　On Sunday my mother dropped a suitcase on her foot and we had to hire a taxi to take her to hospital. When James and I drove back we got stuck in a traffic jam(交通阻塞). Next time I want to have a rest. I'll stay in the city!

1．My parents live ________.

[　　]

2．We arrived ________.

[　　]

A．in the afternoon

B．on Sunday morning

C．in the middle of the night

D．right now

3．On Saturday afternoon the weather was ________.

[　　]

4．My weekend was ________.

[　　]

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　　When you speak, write a letter or make a telephone call, your words carry a message. People communicate with words. But do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you raise your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are saying “No”. You nod and people know you ale saying “Yes”. Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign on the bus helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the door tells you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and you receive messages from them all the time?

　　People can communicate in many other ways.

　　An artist can use his drawing to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas.

　　Books, magazines, TVs, radios and films all help us communicate with others. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

1．People communicate ________ .

[　　]

A．with words only

B．in many different ways

C．in letters and with drawings

D．with smiles, tears and hands

2．Signs can carry as much ________ as words.

[　　]

A．questions

B．examples

C．tears and smiles

D．information

3．Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage as things which help us communicate? ________ .

[　　]

A．Books and magazines

B．TV and films

C．Newspapers

D．Radios

4．Communication is important because it can help people to ________ .

[　　]

A．understand the world and other people better

B．teach each other to speak, write, read and draw

C．know what other people are thinking about

D．learn what's happening in the world more quickly

5．The best title for this short passage is ________ .

[　　]

A．Signs Carry Messages

B．The Importance of Communication

C．Words, Signs and Drawings

D．Ways of Communication

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　　Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.

　　When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, was eager to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding job.

　　They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn't match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She'd read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说), and many buyers spent more than $ 300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.

　　On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Cafe near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family's money to start a shop. To cover the $ 100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.

　　The store merely broke even in its first year, with only $ 120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.

　　Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $ 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $ 34,000.

　　“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”

1．When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ________.

[　　]

A．they had to put their plan into practice

B．health was more important than wealth

C．heart trouble was a serious illness

D．they both needed to stop working

2．After Mary got well from her illness they began ________.

[　　]

A．to study industrial management

B．to buy and read more mystery books

C．to do market research on book business

D．to work harder to save money for the bookstore

3．How did their bookstore do in the first year?

[　　]

A．They had to borrow money to keep it going.

B．They made just enough to cover all the costs.

C．They succeeded in earning a lot of money.

D．They failed though they worked hard.

4．According to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is ________.

[　　]

A．to pay for their children's education

B．to get to know more writers

C．to set up more bookstores

D．to do what they like to do

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　　Increasingly, over the past ten years, people, especially young people, have become aware of the need to change their habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly processed (加工的) food, is not good for the health. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain additives(添加剂) and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers widely used in farming today.

　　Natural foods, for example, are vegetables, fruit and grain which have been grown in soil that is rich in organic matter. In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished(提供营养) by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with essential vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which is to increase the amount, but not the quality, of foods grown in commercial farming areas.

　　Natural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move freely in healthy gassy lands. Comparing this with what happens in the mass production of poultry (家禽) , there are battery farms, for example, where thousands of chickens lived crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is little better than rubbish. Chickens kept in this way are not only tasteless as food, they also produce eggs which lack important vitamins.

　　There are other aspects of healthy eating which are now receiving increasing attention from experts on diet. It is obvious that nowadays fibre (纤维) is considered to be an important part of a flour and of course in vegetables. It is interesting to note that in countries where the national diet contains large quantities of unrefined flour end vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare. Therefore emphasis is placed on the eating of whole meal bread and more vegetables by modern experts on “healthy eating” .

1．What would be the best title for the text?

[　　]

A．Natural Foods

B．Eating Habits

C．Healthy Eating

D．Food Production

2．It becomes clear from the text that people are getting interested in natural foods because ________.

[　　]

A．processed foods are tasteless and unhealthy

B．using chemical on foods has polluted the soil

C．chickens are fed with rubbish on some farms

D．addictives contained in foods are harmful

3．Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph?

[　　]

A．People should eat foods with more fibre.

B．Fibre can cure some diseases in some countries.

C．Increasing attention on diet is from experts.

D．Fibre is presented in vegetables and unrefined flour.

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　　Thirty-two people watched Kitty Genovese being killed right beneath their windows. She was their neighbor. Yet none of the 32 helped her. No one even called the police. Was gunman cruel? Was it lack of feeling about one's fellow man?

　　“Not so,”say scientists John Barley and Bib Fatane. These men went beyond the headlines to find out the reasons why people didn't act. They found that a person has to go through two steps before he can help. First he has to notice that is an emergency(紧急情况).

　　Suppose you see a middle-aged man fall to the sidewalk. Is he having a heart attack? Is he in a coma(昏迷)from diabetes(糖尿病)? Or is he about to sleep off a drunk?

　　Is the smoking coming into the room from a leak in the air conditioning? Is it “stea, pipes”or is it really smoke from a fire? It's not always easy to tell if you are facing a real emergency.

　　Second, and more important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally responsible. He must feel that he must help, or the person won't get the help he needs.

　　The researchers found that a lot depends on how many people are around. They had college students in to be “tested”. Some came alone. some came with one or two others. And some came in large groups. The receptionist started them off on the “test”. Then she went into the next room. A curtain divided the “testing room”and the room in which she went. Soon the students heard a scream, the noise of file cabinets falling and a cry for help. All of this had been pre-recorded on a tape recorder.

　　Eight out of ten of the students taking the test alone acted to help. Of the students in pairs, only two out of ten helped. Of the students in groups, none helped.

　　In other words, in a group, Americans often fail to act. They feel that others will act. They, themselves, needn't. They do not feel any direct responsibility.

　　Are people bothered by situations where people are in trouble? Yes. Scientists found that people were emotional, they sweated, they had trembling hands. They felt the other persons' trouble. But they didn't trouble. But they didn't act. They were in a group. Their actions were shaped by the actions of those they were with.

(1)The purpose of this passage is to explain ________

[　　]

A．why people fail to act in emergencies

B．when people will be tested in emergencies

C．what people will do in emergencies

D．how people feel in emergencies

(2)Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．When a person tries to help others, he must be clear that there is a real emergency.

B．When a person tries to help others, he should know whether they need his help.

C．A person must take full responsibility for the safety of those in emergencies if he wants to help.

D．A person with a heart attack needs help badly.

(3)The researchers have conducted an experiment to prove that people will act in emergencies when ________

[　　]

A．they are in pairs.

B．they are in groups.

C．they are alone.

D．they are with their friends.

(4)The main reason why people fail to act when they stay together is that ________.

[　　]

A．they are afraid of emergencies

B．they are reluctant(不情愿的)to get themselves involved

C．others will act if they themselves hesitate

D．they do not feel any direct responsibility for those who need help

(5)The author suggests that ________.

[　　]

A．we shouldn't blame a person if he fails to help

B．a person must feel guilty if he fails to help

C．people should be responsible for themselves in emergencies

D．when you are in trouble, people will help you anyway

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　　Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, greater than only a few other men have achieved. An American university president once said that Einstein had made a new outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identity (同一性) of time and space and so on----but even ordinary men understand now that the universe is something larger than ever thought before.

　　By 1914 the young Einstein had been world-famous. He accepted the offer to become a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. He had few duties, little teaching and unlimited chances for study, but soon his peace and quiet were broken by the First World War.

　　Einstein hated fighting and killing. The great suffering of war affected (影响) him deeply, and he sat unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work. In the years following World War I honours were increasingly put on him. He became the head of the Kaiser Whihem Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize, and he was honoured in Germany until the rise of Naziism when he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew.

(1) The main idea of the first paragraph is ________.

[　　]

A．the difficulty of Einstein's thought to others

B．the feeling of an American university president

C．the difference between science and history

D．the change in human thought produced by Einstein

(2) It seems to the American university president that ________.

[　　]

A．Einstein achieved more than any other scientists in history

B．Everybody understands Einstein's scientific ideas

C．The new view of the universe can be quickly learned by everyone

D．Our ideas about the universe are different today because of Einstein

(3) Between 1914 and 1918 Einstein ________.

[　　]

A．received world-wide praise

B．had many chances for study

C．almost did nothing in his office

D．still continued his scientific research

(4) Einstein did his greatest work ________.

[　　]

(5) From the passage we can know that ________.

[　　]

A．Germans usually have a high respect for science

B．Einstein had no other interests besides science

C．Einstein was forced to work again in 1918

D．Einstein led a quiet life during World War I

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　　Early in the 18th century, Captain Cook, a famous explorer of England, unexpectedly caught sight of an unusual animal during his first visit to Australia. The animal had a large head like mouse and jumped along on its large legs. To his great surprise, the unusual animal carried its young in a special pocket of flesh. Captain Cook pointed to the animal which was eating grass in the distance and asked his native guide what the animal was referred to. The guide seemed not to know what he was pointing at and finally said “Kang-a-roo”, but their requests were met with puzzled looks of the native people. Before long they got to discover that the native guide who made the answer to Cook's question really meant, “I don't know what you are pointing at.” Funny enough, the name “Kang-a-roo” stuck and it is still in use today.

(1)Which of the following sentences best expresses the main idea?

[　　]

A．Captain Cook's guide made a joke.

B．Native Australians could not speak English in Cook's time.

C．Some words have rather funny origin (起源).

D．Captain Cook was a lover of wild animals.

(2)When the native guide said “Kang-a-roo”, he really meant “________”

[　　]

A．Ah, it is a special kind of animal.

B．I wonder what you have said

C．What do you mean by pointing at that animal?

D．I have no idea of what you are referring to.

(3)We can infer from this passage ________.

[　　]

A．We should learn many different languages

B．Captain Cook made a mistake in understanding

C．Captain Cook was a foolish explorer

D．The importance of a language in common

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　　Tens of Thousands of couples across the United States are racing to get marred by April 30. This is the result of a new law that makes illegal(非法的) immigrants(移民) legal if they marry by then.

　　The law has sent marriage rising by 50 percent to 300 this year in immigrant-rich Los Angeles, Houston and New York. The new law, passed in the last days of the Clinton administration(任期), contains a large number of measures to help immigrants and their loved ones become legal.

　　Critics say it also brings many marriage fraud(诈骗). A key aspect allows immigrants to look for houses while remaining in the USA-if they are married to a citizen or legal resident and hand in applications by April 30After the date, applicants will have to return to their native countries to deal with their paperwork-a requirement that could take as long as 10 years.

　　Demand for marriage licenses in Manhattan this year jumped from 100 a day to more than 300. The Los Angeles County registrar(户籍员)-recorder's office supplied 12,997 marriage license during January and February, a 59 percent increase over last year.

　　Critics say the new law encourages false marriage. There are a lot of marriage frauds as people rush to make use of this window. In the past cases citizens or legal residents were paid US 10,000 or more to marry illegal immigrants in which immigration is concluded may be investigated for as long as two years after the vows.

　　“It's not worth the risk to attempt an illegal marriage,” says INS spokesman Bill Strassberger.

1．Couples race to get married so that ________.

[　　]

A．this can show their worship for the God

B．they can become American citizens

C．they can find true love there

D．they can find good places to pray

2．If a person misses the deadline(截止日期), he will ________.

[　　]

A．be put into prison as an illegal immigrant

B．find a proper job for him to do

C．be give a good beating by the local police

D．be forced to go back to his or her homeland

3．In the author's eyes, those couples who race to get married are ________.

[　　]

4．The underlined words “this window” probably refer to ________.

[　　]

A．the new law

B．the marriage full of love

C．the window of the Los Angeles County registrar recorder's office

D．the US government

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　　The British Museum is the biggest in the world. Notices tell you abut a hundred different things to see: clocks which have been telling the time far six hundred years, Roman money, some of the earliest books in the world, Shakespeare's own writing…

　　The story of the British Museum goes back four hundreds years to one unusual man, Sir Hans Sloane, doctor to King George Ⅱ. The doctor couldn't stop collecting——books, drawings, doctor warned everything to stay together when he died, so that people could come and look at it. The Museum started to grow. It has never stopped. The first difficulty was finding a home. One idea was Buckingham Place, but the Palace wasn't big enough. Finally people found a larger building for the Museum in the middle of London.

　　The British Museum opened in 1579, six years after Sir Hans Sloane died. Assistants with gun stood at the, doors. Only gentleman could visit the Museum and then they had to buy tickets Ladies could only come in pairs, and children were forbidden! And as the Museum was only open three days a week and only ten people could enter in an hour, there wasn't much time to see things. Visitors had to run through the rooms!

　　By about 1800, Wonderful statues, 3000 years old, arrived from Egypt. A Scotsman, Lord Elgin, brought back some of the oldest and mast beautiful Creek sculptures in the world.

　　New books as well as old ones arrived at the Museum a hundred years ago. When the new Reading Room opened, everybody said that the new Reading Room was wonderful! Since then, many famous men have written and studied there.

　　A lot of the Museum's work now is also scientific. New machines can find out how old things are and how to mend them and keep then for the future. It is open every day of the year, except for three holidays. There are lots of special exhibitions and every day there are different films and talks, some of them for children. Small machines tell you about the Museum as you walk round it: you can look and listen at the same time. So if you are one of the British Museum's two million visitors this year, you have a lot to look forward to. Don't try to see it all too quickly. There is a lifetime of looking in the British Museum.

(1)When did Sir Hans Sloane die?

[　　]

A．In 1579　　　　B．In 1585

C．In 1573　　　　D．In 1800

(2)________ is the founder of the British Museum.

[　　]

A．Hans Sloane.　　　　B．King George Ⅱ.

C．Lord Elgin.　　　　D．A man we don't know.

(3)________ used to be forbidden to enter the British Museum.

[　　]

A．Gentlemen　　　　B．ladies

C．Children　　　　D．foreigners

(4)The British Museum is now open ________.

[　　]

A．three days a week.

B．five days a week.

C．every days of the year.

D．every day of the year except 3 holidays.

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　　When you take a walk in any of the cities in the West, you often see a lot of people walking dogs. It is still true that a dog is the most useful and faithful animal in the world, the reason why people keep a dog has changed. In the old days people used to train dogs to protect themselves against attacks by other beasts. And later they came to realize that a dog was not only useful for protection but willing to obey his master. For example, when people used dogs for hunting, the dogs would not eat what was caught without permission.

　　But now people in the city need not protect themselves against attacks of animals. Why do they keep dogs, then? Some people keep dogs to protect themselves from robbery. But the most important reason is for companionship. For a child, a dog is his best friend when he has no friend to play with. For young couples, a dog is their child when they have no children. For old couples, a dog is also their child when their real children have grown up. So the main reason why people keep dogs has changed from protection to friendship.

1．According to the passage, in the old days people trained dogs ________.

[　　]

A．for protection against robbery

B．just for fun

C．for companionship

D．for protection against other animals

2．The word “companionship” may mean ________.

[　　]

3．The dogs were used to hunting because ________.

[　　]

A．they were good hunters

B．they obeyed their masters,

C．they were useful for protections

D．they did not eat other animals

4．They most important reason for people to keep dogs now is ________.

[　　]

A．they need companion

B．they like children

C．they enjoy hunting

D．they want to protect themselves

5．We can know from the passage that ________.

[　　]

A．dogs can be helpful to those who need friends

B．city people always feel lonely

C．dogs can be interesting

D．they city can be a very dangerous place

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　　For many people, one of the pleasures of traveling abroad is buying the arts and crafts of a foreign culture. English tourists in Hong Kong, for example, like Chinese arts and crafts because they think they are exotic. Even things as common as a pair of chopsticks a mah-jong set or a name stamp, are popular items for visiting tourists. They are typical examples of Chinese culture which make attractive ornaments(装饰品) for the home and good presents for friends.

　　So when Philip Wong and his sister Anna left school and tock over their father's tourist shop in Tsim Sha Tsui, they were not surprised to find that many tourists were interested in these small, relatively inexpensive goods. “Even so, we found that business was not really very good. We had a lot of competition and only made a small profit on most of the items we sold,” said Philip. “Then Anna had the idea of selling arts and crafts from other countries as well!”

　　The pair went on a shopping trip around the Southeast Asian area, making contracts in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. They bought jewelry, clothes and art work in all these countries and displayed them in a special section of their shop. They were surprised to see how popular these goods were-not only among foreign tourists, but also with local people.

　　Now they have opened a new shop in North Point which sells goods from many more countries, including some in European and South America. The shop is specially with Hong Kong people such as businessmen, who travel abroad a lot, but never have the time to buy gifts while they are away. “Actually some of our customers just want to impress their friends by pretending that they have actually visited the country,” added Anna with a smile.

1．What does the underlined word “exotic” in the first paragraph mean?

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A．Strange and unusual.

B．Common and popular.

C．Pretty and attractive.

D．Strange but usual.

2．Why did Philip say they cold make little money from their business?

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A．Because there are too many traders in their business field.

B．Because their goods are not good enough.

C．Because they are not allowed to get high profit.

D．Because they don't know how to make a big profit from their business.

3．Who were surprised at the goods in a special section of the shop?

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A．Philip and Anna.

B．Tourists.

C．Philip, Anna and local residents.

D．Both travelers abroad and people in Hong Kong.

4．What do you think of some trade-men who buy some articles in Hong Kong?

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A．They want to make themselves understand that they've visited the country.

B．They have not got enough money to get them in the country they are visiting.

C．They find no time to get them while they are visiting the country.

D．Though they travel a lot, they never think they should buy some of the articles at all.

阅读理解

　　The following true story captured our heart. It happened several years ago in the Pairs opera house. A famous singer had been contradicted to sing and ticket sales were booming. In fact, the night of the concert found the house packed and every ticket sold. The feeling of anticipation and excitement was in the air as the house manager took the stage and said, “ Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your enthusiastic support. I am afraid that due to illness, the man whom you’ve all come to hear will not be performing, tonight. However, we have found a suitable substitute, we hope will provide you with comparable entertainment.” The crowd groaned in disappointment and failed to hear the announcer mention the stand-in’s name. The environment turned from excitement to frustration.

　　The stand-in performer gave the performance everything he had. When he had finished, there was nothing but an uncomfortable silence. No one applauded. Suddenly, from the balcony, a little boy stood up and shouted, “Daddy, I think you are wonderful!” The crowd broke into thunderous applause.

　　We all need people in our lives who are willing to stand up once in a while and say, “I think you are wonderful.”

1．Which is not the right meaning of the word “stand-in”?

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A．It refers to the boy’s father in the story.

B．It refers to the person who generally sings at the back of the stage.

C．It refers to the man who took the place of the famous singer in our story.

D．It refers to the singer who couldn’t quite satisfy the crowd in the story.

2．Which title do you think is the most suitable for the story?

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A．My Lovely Daddy

B．A Disappointed Concert

C．A Stand-in in Frustration

D．You’re Wonderful

阅读理解

　　The development (发展) of the English language falls into three reasonable different periods. Old English lasted from about 450A. D., when the first Germanic tribes (部落) began to settle in England, until about 1100. Middle English extended from about 1100 to about 1475. And Modern English began about 1475 and has lasted to the present time. Of course, the breaks were not as sudden and definite (确定) as these dates suggest. There has never been a year when the language was not changing. In spite of that, the traits of the three periods are so different that a man who knows both Old and Modern English well will find a great deal of difficulty reading some of the Middle English writings without additional (另外的) study in the important aspects (方面) of the language.

1．The writer organized (组织) this passage according to ________.

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2．This passage suggests that a person who knows Old English well ________.

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A．can learn foreign langnages well

B．will have much trouble in reading Modern English

C．probably has no difficulty in learning German

D．can certainly speak Modern English well

3．According to passage, which of the following statements is true?

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A．The English language will be different from what it is today in fifty years.

B．If you want to learn Modern English well, you must learn Old English well first.

C．English is spoken widely in the world.

D．The history of the English language is short and simple.

4．We know from this passage ________.

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A．Old English began with the first Germanic tribes' settlement in England

B．Middle English was developed by the Germanic tribes

C．Old English lasted 650 years

D．Middle English lasted 375 years

5．Shakespeare wrote his famous plays during the late 1500s and early 1600s, we can say that he wrote in ________.

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阅读理解

　　Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating (创造) new words, and we are often able to know where most words come from .

　　Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers (汉堡包) are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham (火腿) ? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They did not speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef (牛肉), they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, ‘We come from Hamburg’?, One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of beef like those which the men from Hamburg ate. Then he put each between two pieces of bread and started selling them. Such bread came to be called ‘hamburgers’. Today ‘ hamburgers’ are sold in many countries around the world.

　　Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary .

1．According to the writer, English is ________.

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A．as old as Chinese

B．older than German

C．not so old as Chinese

D．very difficult to learn

2．Hamburg is ________.

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A．a kind of food

B．a round piece of beef

C．the men of a village

D．a city in Germany

3．According to the story, ________.

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A．few Americans like hamburgers

B．hamburgers are made with beef

C．hamburgers are made with ham

D．hamburgers were first sold about a century ago

4．Accrding to the writer, which of the following can often he found in any large English dictionary?

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A．Where all the new words come from .

B．Where those Germans came from .

C．The reason why a word has a certain meaning.

D．The reason why English is spoken around the world.

5．According to the story, the word ‘ hamburger’ comes from ________.

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A．China because it has a long history

B．English because Germans don' t speak good English

C．the round pieces of beef which those people from Hamburg were eating

D．English speakers because they always create new words

阅读理解

　　Teacher John Wise and his wife Doreen who emigrated to Tasmania 12 years ago, decided to revisit England and see the world on the way by motor cycle .

　　After driving 10,000 miles overland without even a puncture (轮胎穿孔), they arrived in England in June .

　　They left Tasmania in January and now plan to stay for two months at Tauntos, Somerset, where Mr. Wise's mother lives on Hamilton Road .

　　Mr. Wise, 46, once a science teacher at Askwith Middle School in Taunton and his wife, who has three daughters, went to Hobart, Tasmania, in 1961.

　　For their return world trip Mr. Wise took a year's unpaid leave . “We didn't have any spares with us .”said Mr. Wise, “We just put our trust in ourselves and the machines. ”

　　So far the journey on a B. M . W . R 50 has gone through Australia, Hew Zealand, Asia and India, another 14, 000 miles . They expect their final bill to be about ￡ 1, 000 .

1．The underlined phrase “emigrated to Tasmania” most likely means ________.

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A．visited Tasmania

B．left Tasmania

C．left their own country in order to go and live in Tasmania

D．spent their holiday in Tasmania

2．Their journey to England from Tasmania ________ .

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3．Their journey to Tasmania from England will be ________ .

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A．more expensive than the journey from Tasmania to England

B．quicker than the journey from Tasmania to England

C．longer than the journey from Tasmania to England

D．more exciting and interesting

4．The total cost of their journey is expected to be about ________ .

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阅读理解

　　Education is required and free for every child in the United States. Most children start school by the age of six. They attend eight years of elementary school and four years of high school(or secondary school). The money for free public schools comes from Texas, and each state is responsible for its own educational system. State legislatures(立法机关) set the educational requirements but leave the management of the schools in the hands of the local communities. Most states require their children to go to school until a certain age. This age varies from 16 to 18, according to the laws of the individual(个别的) state. The Federal government contributes funds to the states for additional schools and school services.

　　After graduation from high school, a student can start his higher education in a two-year college, a four-year college, a university or a specialized professional school? Either public or private. Most colleges admit students on the basis of their high-school records. The cost of a college education is expensive in private universities, but it is much less in those supported by states and cities. Many students receive scholarships from the schools, the government, or private foundations and organizations. More than 50 percent of the college students work to help pay their college expenses.

　　Only 2 percent of the population of the country cannot read and write.

1．Where does the money for public schools come from?

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A．From the Federal government.

B．From the state legislatures.

C．From Texas.

D．From the parents of the school children.　　 　　 　　

2．What is the educational system in the United States based on?

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3．What percentage of the population is illiterate(文盲)?

4．How are college expenses of most students paid?

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A．They won earnings from part-time work.

B．Scholarship from the schools, the government or private foundations.

C．Taxes.

D．Funds provided by state and cities.

阅读理解

　　There are two types of twins: identical and non-identical twins. Identical twins are formed from a single egg in the mother's body which divides to form two separate babies. Identical twins look the same, and are often dressed by their parents in clothes of the same colors. It is often difficult to tell identical twins from each other, even when they are standing side by side. Non-identical twins come into being when the mother produces two separate eggs at the same time, both of which grow to form babies. In this case the twins look like normal brothers and sisters and are easy to tell one from the other.

　　In the 1970s and 1980s a scientist did some research into twins. He invited many pairs of identical twins to university and asked them to take part in a week of tests. He was particularly interested in adopted (收养) twins who had been separated at birth. He would give the twins different kinds of tests to study their speed of thinking, their speech, their memory, the ways they saw and heard different things, and so on. Time and time again he found separated twins who preferred clothes of the same color, used the same kind of shaving soap, wore the same shaped square glasses and the same colored socks.

　　There is a third type of twins, but it is a very unusual one. Twins which are joined together at birth are known in western countries as Siamese twins.

(1)It is difficult to tell identical twins apart because ________.

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A．they are dressed in the same clothes

B．they are dressed in the same color

C．they are very alike

D．they are standing side by side

(2)If the twins are easy to tell from each other, they are ________.

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A．very probably non-identical twins

B．actually not brothers or sisters

C．surely identical twins

D．always a brother and a sister

(3)Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?

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A．In the 1970s and 1980s a scientist did some research into the two main types of twins.

B．In the week of tests, he tested their speed of thinking, their speech, their memory and some other things.

C．There were twins who had been separated from each other as soon as they were born.

D．Very often, separated twins were found to choose things of the same kind, the same shape and the same color.

(4)This passage mainly tells us ________.

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A．the main types of twins

B．what has been found out about twins

C．how twins are formed

D．how a scientist studied twins