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811 p pantpantpantpanth h h herererer p p p prayerrayerrayerrayer totototohavehavehavehave andandandand havehavehavehave notnotnotnot it had been boring hanging about the hotel all afternoon. 1.why did the writer want to leave the hotel? to have a change of scene. 2.what attracted the writer to the shop? the light coming from inside. 3.the writer found the stock in the front of the shop of top quality. 4.what was unusual about the way the woman looked at him? she seemed to know him well. 5.the writer disliked the back room because he saw nothing he really liked. poppoppoppop musicmusicmusicmusic ininininafricaafricaafricaafrica youngmusiciansinafrican countries are creating a new kind of pop music. 1.this passage is about how african pop music is more serious than most pop music. 2.for people outside of africa, african pop music is both familiar and different. 3.the musicians mentioned in this passage all write about serious problems. 4.eric wainaina studied music in boston. 5.witness mwaijaga writes about the problems of women partly because she has had a difficult life herself. whywhywhywhy sosososo manymanymanymany children?children?children?children? in many of the developing countries in africa and asia 1.in a traditional agricultural economy, a large family can be an advantage. 2. when countries become industrialized, the birth rate generally goes down. 3. according to this passage, italy today isanexampleofanindustrialized country with a low birth rate. 4. saudi arabia is mentioned in the passage because it shows that factors other than the economy influence birth rate. 5. in mexico, thailand, and indonesia, the government has tried to improve the condition of women. narrownarrownarrownarrow escapeescapeescapeescape we had left the hut too late that morning. 1. why was it “too late” by the time they leftthe hut inthe morning? rocks loosenedbymeltingicecouldbe dangerous. 2.the first reason given to explain why mountaineers hate talus is that climbers above you might cause it to fall on you. 3.what is likely to be the meaning of “cailloux“? rocks are falling. 4.what is sarcastic in the words of the boy in paragraph four? being hit by a rock isnt “pleasant“ at all. 5.in what sense was toby “safe“? the overhangingrockwouldprotecthim from falling rocks. thethethethe familyfamilyfamilyfamily the structure of a family takes different forms around the world and even in the same society. 1.another good title for this passage would be what makes a family? 2.anuclear family is defined as a married couple with their minor children 3.the information in this passage 812 pantpantpantpanth h h herererer p p p prayerrayerrayerrayer p wouldmostlikelybefoundinan anthropology textbook 4.theinformationinthefirst paragraph is presented mainly through pointing out similarities 5.the word mobility means readiness to move talestalestalestales ofof ofof thethethethe terribleterribleterribleterrible pastpastpastpast it is not the job of fiction writers to analyze and interpret history. 1. this passage is mostly about two novels that deal with slavery 2.belovedis set in ohio after the civil war 3. the writer seems to feel that the books are worthwhile but challenging 4. the writer emphasizes that the two books are similar in their portrayal of violence 5. the word appalling means terrible seeingseeingseeingseeing thethethethe worldworldworldworld centuriescenturiescenturiescenturiesagoagoagoago if you enjoy looking through travel books by such familiar authors as arthur frommer or eugene fodor， 1. this passage is mostly about where three early travel writers went and wrote about 2. ibn battutah traveled throughout the muslim world 3. the books of the three writers were popular because they told of strange and exotic locales 4.theoverallorganizationofthis passage is through chronological order 5. in this passage attest means to give proof of “ “ “ “luckyluckyluckylucky” ” ” ” lordlordlordlord lucanlucanlucanlucan - - - -alivealivealivealive orororor deaddeaddeaddead on 8th november 1974 lord lucan，a british aristocrat，vanished. 1.the public are still interested in the investigation because lord lucan has never been found 2.it is thought that lucan killed the nanny because it was dark and he thought she was lady lucan 3.aspinallthoughtlucankilled himself by sinking his boat 4.lucancouldhavebeenkilled because people thought he might talk to the police about them if he was caught 5.ex-detective maclaughlin claimed that mr barry haplin was really lord lucan in disguise thethethethe travelstravelstravelstravels ofof ofof ibnibnibnibn battutabattutabattutabattuta “i left tangier, my birthplace, 1. what is the passage mainlymainlymainlymainly about? the adventuresadventuresadventuresadventures of ibnibnibnibn battutabattutabattutabattuta. 2. which of the following is closestclosestclosestclosest in meaningmeaningmeaningmeaning tosetsetsetset offoffoffofffor in line 5? left to go to. 3. the sultansultansultansultan ofof ofof delhidelhidelhidelhi gavegavegavegave ibnibnibnibn battutabattutabattutabattuta a a a a positionpositionpositionposition ofof ofof judgejudgejudgejudge becausebecausebecausebecause ibn battuta had studiedstudiedstudiedstudied inininin meccameccameccamecca. 4. which of the following would the writer of this passage most likely agree with? ibn battuta shouldshouldshouldshould be better known in the west today. 5. why did ibn battuta finallyfinallyfinallyfinally returnreturnreturnreturn to hishomehomehomehome? thethethethe sultansultansultansultan ofof ofof moroccomoroccomoroccomorocco askedaskedaskedasked him to return. sharksharksharkshark attack!attack!attack!attack! 813 p pantpantpantpanth h h herererer p p p prayerrayerrayerrayer craigrogerswassittingonhis surfboard, 1. after craigcraigcraigcraig rogers fell intointointointo thethethethe waterwaterwaterwater, the sharksharksharkshark.swamswamswamswam away.away.away.away. 2. it isdifficultdifficultdifficultdifficult for the authorauthorauthorauthor to understand why great whites oftenoftenoftenoften letletletlet humanshumanshumanshumans escapeescapeescapeescape 3. which of the following is closestclosestclosestclosest in meaningmeaningmeaningmeaning tomakemakemakemake upupupup, in line 2 of paragraph 4? areareareare 4. the wordtheirtheirtheirtheirin line 2 of paragraph 4 meansmeansmeansmeans greatgreatgreatgreat whites.whites.whites.whites. 5. what is the mainmainmainmain idea of the fourth paragraph? we now know great whites dontdontdontdontmistakemistakemistakemistakehumanshumanshumanshumansforforforforother animals. schoolschoolschoolschool lunchlunchlunchlunch（完型）（完型） research has shown that over half the children in britain who take their own lunches to school do not eat properlyproperlyproperlyproperly in the middle of the day. in britain schools have to provideprovideprovideprovide meals at lunchtime. children can choosechoosechoosechoose to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen. oneshockingfindingfindingfindingfindingofthis research is that school meals are much healthierthanlunchespreparedby parents. there are strict standardsstandardsstandardsstandards for the preparation of school meals, which have to include one portionportionportionportion of fruit and one of vegetables, as well as meat, a dairy item and starchy food like bread or pasta.lunchboxesexaminedexaminedexaminedexaminedby researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps and chocolate bars. children consumeconsumeconsumeconsume twice as much sugar as they should at lunchtime. the research will provide a better understandingunderstandingunderstandingunderstanding of why the percentage of overweightstudentsinbritainhas increasedincreasedincreasedincreasedinthelastdecade. unfortunately,thegovernmentcannot criticisecriticisecriticisecriticise parents, but it can remind them of the nutritionalnutritionalnutritionalnutritional value of milk, fruit and vegetables.smallchangesintheir childrens diet can affectaffectaffectaffect their future health. children can easily develop bad eating habitshabitshabitshabits at this age, and parents are the only ones who can preventpreventpreventprevent it. a a a apowerfulpowerfulpowerfulpowerful influenceinfluenceinfluenceinfluence there can be no doubt at all that the internet has made a huge difference to ourlives.parentsareworriedthat children spend too much time playing on the internet, hardly everevereverever doing anything else in their spare time. naturally, parents are curiouscuriouscuriouscurious to find out why the internet is so attractive, and they want to know if it can be harmfulharmfulharmfulharmful for their children. should parents worry if their children are spending that much time staringstaringstaringstaring atatatat their computers? obviously, if children are bent over their computers for hours, absorbedabsorbedabsorbedabsorbed in somegame,insteadofdoingtheir homework, then something is wrong. parents and children could decide how much use the child should makemakemakemake of the internet, and the child should give his or her wordwordwordword that it wont interfere with homework. if the child is not holdingholdingholdingholding to this arrangement, the parent can take more drastic stepsstepsstepssteps dealing with a childs use of the internet is not much different fromnegotiatingnegotiatingnegotiatingnegotiatinganyothersortof bargain about behaviour. 814 pantpantpantpanth h h herererer p p p prayerrayerrayerrayer p anyparentwhoisseriouslyseriouslyseriouslyseriously alarmed about a childs behaviour should make an appointment to discussdiscussdiscussdiscuss the matter with a teacher. spending time in front of the screen does not necessarilynecessarilynecessarilynecessarily affect a childs performance at school. even if a child is absolutelyabsolutelyabsolutelyabsolutely crazy about using the internet，he or she is probably just goinggoinggoinggoing through a phase, and in a few months there will be something else to worry about! thethethethe oldoldoldold gategategategate in the middle ages the vast majority of european cities had walls around them. this was partly for defensive reasonsreasonsreasonsreasons but another factor was the need to keep out anyoneregardedasundesirable,like people with contagious diseasesdiseasesdiseasesdiseases. the old cityoflondongateswereall demolisheddemolisheddemolisheddemolished by the end of the 18th century. the last of londons gates was removed a century ago, but by a strokestrokestrokestroke of luck, it was never destroyed. this gate is, in actualactualactualactual fact, not called a gate at all; its name is temple bar,anditmarkedtheboundaryboundaryboundaryboundary between the old city of london and westminster. in 1878 the council of london took the bar down, numbered the stonesandputthegateinstoragestoragestoragestorage because its design was unfashionableunfashionableunfashionableunfashionable it was expensive to maintainmaintainmaintainmaintain and it was blocking the traffic. the temple bar trust was setsetsetset upupupup in the 1970s with the intention of returning the gate home. the aim of the trust is the preservationpreservationpreservationpreservation of the nations architectural heritage.transporting the gate will mean physically pulling it downdowndowndown, stone by stone, removing and rebuilding it near st pauls cathedral. most of the facade of the gatewillprobablybereplacedreplacedreplacedreplaced, though there is a good chancechancechancechance that the basic structure will be sound. the hardest jobjobjobjob of all, however, will be to recreate the statues of the monarchs that once stood on top of the gate. familyfamilyfamilyfamily historyhistoryhistoryhistory inanagewhentechnologyis developing faster than ever before, many people are being attractedattractedattractedattracted to the idea of looking back into the past. one way they can do this is by investigating their own family history. they can try to findfindfindfind out more about where their families came from and what they did. this is now a fastgrowinghobby,especiallyin countries with a fairlyfairlyfairlyfairly short history, like australia and the united states. it is oneoneoneone thing to spend some time goinggoinggoinggoing through a book on family history and to take the decisiondecisiondecisiondecision to investigate yourownfamilyspast.itisquitequitequitequite another to carry out the research work successfully. it is easy to set about it in a disorganised way and causecausecausecause yourself many problems which could have been avoidedavoidedavoidedavoided with a little forward planning. if your own family stories tell you that you are connectedconnectedconnectedconnected with a famous character, whether hero or criminal, do not let this idea take over your research. just treattreattreattreat it as an interesting possibility. asimplesystemforforforfor collectingand storing your information will be adequate to start with; a more complex one may 815 p pantpantpantpanth h h herererer p p p prayerrayerrayerrayer only get in your waywaywayway. the most important thing, though, is to getgetgetget started. who knows what you mightmightmightmight find? helenhelenhelenhelen andandandand martinmartinmartinmartin with a thoughtful sigh, helen turned away from the window and wa1ked back to her favourite armchair. wouldwouldwouldwould her brother never arrive? for a brief moment, she wondered if she really cared that much. over the years helen had given upupupup waiting for martin to take an interest in her. her feelings for him had gradually weakenedweakenedweakenedweakened until now, as she sat waiting for him, she experienced no more than a sisters curiositycuriositycuriositycuriosity to see what had becomebecomebecomebecome of her brother. almost without warningwarningwarningwarning, martin had lost his job with a busy publishing company after spending the last eight years in new york as a key figure in the us office. somehow the two of them hadnt botheredbotheredbotheredbothered to keep in touch and, left alone,helenhadslowlyfoundher confidenceconfidenceconfidenceconfidenceinherownjudgement growing. ignoringignoringignoringignoring the wishes of her parents, she had left university halfway throughthroughthroughthrough her course and now, to the astonishment of the whole family, she was gaininggaininggaininggaining a fast-growing reputation in the pages of respected art magazines and was actually earning enough to live onononon from her paintings. of course, she tooktooktooktook no pleasure in martinssuddenmisfortune,butshe couldnt helphelphelphelp looking forward to her brothers arrival with quietquietquietquiet satisfaction at what she had achieved. tellingtellingtellingtellingtalestalestalestales aboutaboutaboutabout peoplepeoplepeoplepeople（阅读预备（阅读预备） one of the most common types of nonfiction, 1. this passage is mostly aboutthe characteristicsofautobiographies， memoirs，and biographies. 2. helen keller wrote an autobiography. 3. autobiography writers are not always objective because they want to present themselves in a good light. 4. the writer introduces each category in the passage by defining it. 5. diverse means varied or different _. a. able to swim in deep waterb. similar or alikec. varied or different d. enjoying poetry outside-the-classroomoutside-the-classroomoutside-the-classroomoutside-the-classroom learninglearninglearninglearning makesmakesmakesmakes a a a a bigbigbigbig differencedifferencedifferencedifference putting a bunch of college students in charge of a $300,000 dance marathon, 1. an extracurricular activity like raising a fund of $300,000 is risky because most student leaders will not take an interest in it. 2.americanstudentsjoincampus organizationsmostlyforgaining experience. 3.who is katie rowley? shesa senior student. 4.what do student leaders need to carry an activity through to a successful end? passion. 5.thephrasalverbfattenupin paragraph 6 could be best replaced by polish. feastfeastfeastfeast onononon turkeyturkeyturkeyturkey andandandand goodgoodgoodgood wisheswisheswisheswishes atatatat 816 pantpantpantpanth h h herererer p p p prayerrayerrayerrayer p thanksgivingthanksgivingthanksgivingthanksgiving four weeks ago us children dressed as monsters and asked for sweets. 1. on halloween, children in the united states often dress up as ghosts. 2.when are turkey and pumpkin pie eaten？on thanksgiving . 3. thanksgiving isthe time forthe americanpeopletothankgodfor providing them with comfortable and happy lives. 4. many children in the united states like thanksgiving because they can stay with their parents at home and eat a lot of nice food. 5. the first pilgrims settled in america in 1620. tvtvtvtv showsshowsshowsshows andandandand longlonglonglong busbusbusbus tripstripstripstrips long bus rides are like television shows. 1. according to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on alongbustrip?advertisementson billboards. 2. what is the purpose of this passage? to talk about the similarities between long bus trips and tv shows. 3. the writer of this passage would probably favor no billboards along the road. 4. the writer feels long bus rides are like tv shows because they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in between. 5. the writer thinks that the end of the ride issomewhat like the beginning because both are exciting. modernmodernmodernmodern sunsunsunsunworshippersworshippersworshippersworshippers people travel for a lot of reasons. some tourists go to see battlefields or religious shrines. 1.the writer seems to imply that europeans travel mostly for the reason that they wish to escape from the cold, dark and rainy days back at home. 2.in paragraph 2, cities like london, copenhagen,andamsterdamare mentioned to show that they are not good cities in terms of geography and climate. 3.according to the passage, which of the followingcountriesattractsmore tourists th