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交际英语：1、 Can you go out with us for dinner this evening? _. A No, I already have plans B Thanks a lot, but Im busy tonight C No, I really dont like being with you D Im ill, so I shouldnt go out for dinner2、 Do you mind if I take a couple of hours off this afternoon? _. A Never mind. B Ok, but what for? C Yes, please help yourself. D Yes, but I dont care.3、 Excuse me, sir. Where is Dr. Smiths office? _. A You cant ask me B Good question C Please dont say so D Sorry, I dont know, but you can ask the man over there4、 Good morning, sir. May I help you? _. A No, I dont buy anything B NO, I dont need your help C Yes, I need some salt D Oh, no. Thats Ok5、 Mary, your dress is really beautiful. How is John? _. A Thank you very much B No, no, John is not bad C Thank you. He is fine D Dont say that6、 Oh, sorry to bother you. _. A Thats okay B No, you cant C Thats good D Oh, I dont know7、 These are certainly beautiful flowers. Thank you so much. _. A No, nothing B Its my pleasure C Yes, I agree D Yes, I think, too阅读理解：Passage One: Barbara Jordan, one of the most respected lawyers and politicians in the Unites States, was the first black woman from the South to be elected to Congress. She was born in Houston, Texas, on February 21, 1936. Right from the start, she set high standards for herself in school. In high school, Miss Jordan decided to become a lawyer. At Texas Southern University she studied political science and history and graduated in 1956 at the top of her class. By 1959 she had earned a law degree from Boston University. Miss Jordan began practicing law at her parents dining room table. Three years later she opened her own office. The restless Miss Jordan first broke into politics in 1966, becoming the first black woman elected to the Texas senate. After an impressive record as a state senator, she entered the national scene. In 1972 she won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. During her time in office she was devoted to helping minorities, the poor, and the elderly, “My approach is to respect the humanity of everybody,” she once said. That just the way Barbara Jordan was.1、In her political life she won _ in 1973.A a law degreeB an appointment to the presidents cabinetC a seat in the state senateD a seat in the U.S. Congress2、Miss Jordan decided to become a lawyer_.A before she ever started schoolB when she was in high schoolC while she was in CongressD as soon as she finished her school3、Miss Jordan was the first black woman _.A to be appointed as an ambassadorB from the South to be elected to CongressC to be appointed to the congressD to win a national election4、The word “restless” in Paragraph 5 means _ in its sentence.A having no rest all days and nightsB being nervous and impatientC having too much restD not satisfied with the life she was living and wanting to have some new experience5、What did she study at Boston University? _. A History and science B Law C Political science D Politics and historyPassage Two: Have you ever traveled on any of the large airplanes? If you have not been a passenger (乘客) on one of these planes, try to think of a plane which is more than 70 meters long and more than 5 storeys (层) high. Such a plane costs at least 25 million dollars to a build. It costs at least $6,000 to fuel it. Inside, this large plane looks more like a high building than a plane. It has six kitchens and they are all needed when the plane is full. The plane can hold more than 400 passengers. Imagine that number in one plane. Is there any danger that the planes engines will fail? Luckily, the planes appear to be quite safe. On each plane, there are twice as many engines as it needs. If two engines fail on the same side, the plane can easily use its other engines to land. There are also two mechanical pilots (机械飞行员) to take charge if the human pilots cannot fly the plane.1、 How many kitchens are there on the plane?A Six.B Five.C Seven.D Four.2、 How many passengers can the plane hold?A More than 200.B More than 300.C More than 400.D More than 600.3、 How much does it cost to build the large plane?A 60 million dollars.B 70 million dollars.C 40 million dollars.D 25 million dollars.4、What does the plane look like inside?A Like an engine room.B Like a high building.C Like a big kitchen.D Like a small house.5、What will happen if the human pilots cannot fly the plane?A Two mechanical pilots will do the job.B The large plane will be broken into pieces.C The large plane will be forced to land.D The engines of the plane will stop working.Passage Three:Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal the bell on his neighbors door, he walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home. Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea, “Ah, Ill put some cotton in my ears. Then I wont be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbor came running out. “Steal my bell? Ill teach you a lesson,” the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose. The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered.1、 The neighbor hit the thief to punish him for stealing. A T B F2、 The neighbor ran out probably because he knew his doorbell was being stolen. A T B F3、 The thief put some cotton in his ears so as not to hear anything. A T B F4、 The thief thought the neighbor couldnt hear the noise of the bell. A T B F5、 The thief was trying to get his neighbors doorbell. A T B FPassage Four: One dictionary broadly defines the word “crisis” as “a crucial turning point in the progress of an affair or of a series of events, as in politics, business, a story, or play ” This paper will attempt to define a much narrower but extremely significant aspect of crisis: personal crisis. Sometimes our more or less steady progress through life comes to a jolting halt. Something unexpected, shocking, frightening, threatening, and disastrous happens- a crisis. Such a development can disturb relationships, interfere with work efficiency, and cause confusion, disorganization, and serious emotional upheaval. Solutions that have worked for us in solving past problems no longer prove adequate. As anxiety increases, our powers to cope with it correspondingly decrease. The crisis quickly leads to frustration: we feel helpless either to escape from the problem or to resolve it successfully. Many people think of crisis as being connected only with unhappy or unpleasant events. This is not the case. Crisis can occur as a result of any change. Even on what is generally welcomed: marriage, birth of a child, graduation from school or college, or election to public office.Crises are generally of two types. First, there are the expected, maturational (成熟过程的) crises we experience at times of life development and change. Examples of this include a childs first enrollment in school or his transfer at a later age to a new school. There events may precipitate (加快促成) a crisis both for the younger and his parents. Another time when crisis can be expected is during adolescence.The second type of crisis is the unexpected, accidental kind. This can stem from many sources becoming involved in a legal suit, having an automobile crash, being fired from a job, losing a large sum of money, or falling suddenly ill. Severe illness will create a crisis not only for the individual concerned but also for his family. And an illness may itself be caused by an emotional crisis, such as the death of a spouse, offspring, or other family membersIn a recent attitude survey, researchers gathered information to determine which crisis situation in life were most likely to precede illness. The study showed that the three most stressful life events were death of a spouse, divorce, and marital separation. Other events that fell toward the top of the crisis scale were a jail term, death of a close family member, personal injury or illness, marriage, losing ones job, marital reconciliation retirement change in the health of a family member, pregnancy, sex difficulties, gain of a new family member, business readjustment, and the1、 According to the writer of the following is NOT true?A Adolescence is a period when crisis is quite likely to occur.B Lots of people do not associate graduation from college with crisis.C Crisis is not necessarily the result of unpleasant events.D Marital reconciliation is found to be the number one stressful problem.2、 In the authors opinion, _A crisis usually befalls people unexpectedB the crisis caused by being elected to public office belongs to the second type C crisis is seldom experienced by childrenD illness may be either the result or the cause of crisis3、 In this passage, the author mainly intends to _.A give a more accurate definition to the word “crisis”B illustrate one important aspect of “crisis”C divide “crisis” into three different categoriesD explain the meaning of “crisis” in general4、 The word “broadly” in the first paragraph of passage is similar in meaning to _.A generallyB criticallyC extremelyD narrowly5、 Which of the following statement is true according to the text?A In crisis, ones general solution can hardly yield the usual results.B People may become more power as their anxiety increases.C Crisis has little to do with peoples work efficiency.D Frustration usually results in crisis.Passage Five: The camel is a slow-moving creature. But what it lacks in speed it gains in endurance. This veritable beast of burden can walk 30 miles a day carrying a load that weighs half a ton. The kangaroo, with its long, muscular hind legs, is a marvel of fitness. Weighing about 200 pounds, it can thrust its heavy body into the air and clear a fence nine feet high. While airborne, this leaping athlete uses its thick tail as both a counterbalance and a steering wheel. Never underestimate the strength of an insect. The tiny ant can move a burden 50 times its weight. And the brawny bee, when tied to a small load on wheels, is able to haul up to 300 times its own weight. The elephant is a monument to muscle. Its trunk alone, which can do everything from pulling out a tree to delicately picking up a pin, contains bout 70 times the number of muscles in your body. One of the worlds longest leapers is the flea: it can jump 13 inches about 350 times its own length. For a person six feet tall, this would be like jumping approximately 2,000 feet, or seven football fields. No one yet has leaped even as much as 30 feet. A seemingly inexhaustible jumper is the Oriental rat flea: it can jump 600 times an hour for three whole days without stopping. The fastest muscle movement ever recorded belongs to the mighty midge. This tiny, agile insect can beat its wings 133,000 times a minute, about 100 times faster than a human can blink an eye which takes all of one twenty fifth of a second. By land, air or sea, birds are masters of motions. The ostrich outruns any animal on two legs, carrying its 300-pound body at 30 miles an hour. The flight of the Indian bird sometimes exceeds 100 mph. And the gentoo penguin, by at least one account, can swim 22mph. At this speed, the penguin keeps pace with one of the fastest-swimming marine mammals, the dolphin.1、 It can be inferred from the passage that _.A an animals sire decides its physical powerB human beings can hardly jump as high as fleasC ostrich is kind of birdD the penguin swims faster than the dolphin2、 It can be learned from the passage that _.A the camel cannot cover 30 miles a day with a heavy loadB the kangaroo cannot jump high with its heavy bodyC the elephants trunk is both flexible and mightyD the brawny bee has incredible strength when it is fastened to a tree3、It seems that the author of this passage intends to _.A compare animals with human athletesB introduce some gifted animal athletesC show the underestimated strength of some animalsD demonstrate the law of “survival of the fittest”4、 The fastest muscle movement champion belongs to a kind of _.A marine mammalB huge-tailed animalC mighty beastD small insect5、 Which of the following figures is NOT correct?A The weight of a normal kangaroo is about 200 pounds.B The flea is the worlds greatest high jumper.C No one can jump 30 feet so far.D The oriental rat flea can jump for three days nonstop.Passage Six: When a man is taller and stronger than other men, he is sometimes called a giant. Many people think of Wilt Chamberlain as a giant. He is so tall that he has a special, long bed to sleep in and a special car with enough space for his long legs. During his playing days, Wilt was paid about $200,000 a year which was as much as that of the president of the Unite States. At that time, it was more than any other sports man in the whole history who had ever been paid. Wilt played for the Los Angeles Lakers team. He helped to make it the Western Division of the National Basketball Association, which is a group of the best professional (职业的) teams in the world. Wilt owns a beautiful apartment building in Los Angeles, in which his mother lives, and another one in New York. He owns race horses. He wears fine clothes. He owns an English Bentley car. When Wilt was just seven years old, he took a job. He did not tell his mother or his father, but one day his mother found out. She looked out into the street and saw Wilt lifting boxes for a milkman. Mrs. Chamberlain told the milkman that Wilt was only seven. She said he shouldnt be lifting those heavy milk boxes. “I thought he was twelve,” said the milkman. So Wilt stopped helping the milkman.1、 What team did Wilt Chamberlain play for?A The Western Division.B The National Basketball Association.C The Los Angeles Lakers.D New York.2、 Which of the following words best shows Wilts desire to work when he was seven?A Honesty(诚实).B Love.C Independence(独立).D Happiness.3、 Who else got as much money as Wilt?A The head of NBA.B The milkman.C A professional team leader.D The president of the United States.4、 Why du you think Wilt Chamberlain could be a famous basketball player?A Because he was from Philadelphia.B Because he was too good at basketball.C Because he made so much money.D Because he played for the Los Angels Lakers.5、 缺题词汇与语法：1、_ the weather is bad tomorrow, John still would like to go out.A WhateverB Even if C No matter whatD Nevertheless2、_ his leisure hours, he reads science fiction storie.A AtB OnC InD With3、Does he _ his mother?A look likeB looks likeC look likesD looked like4、He is _ than his brother in writing.A bestB betterC goodD clever5、He lost his job last week, so he was _.A worriedB happyC wellD easy6、he was _ to tell the truth.A too much of a cowardB too much cowardC a coward enoughD enough of coward7、 “I like apples very much.” “_.”A So do IB So dont IC So I didD So I didnt8、I often get up very early _ the morning.A atB onC inD from9、I was _ to find that he had lots of money.A surprisedB shyC sillyD simple10、Many young people are _ in music.A interestedB keptC sadD alive11、New ideas sometimes have to wait for years before they are _.A fully acceptingB accepting fullyC fully acceptedD acceptfully12、The bus arrived late _ the heavy snow.A because ofB exceptC becauseD owing13、The cost is _ for me; I wont go this way any longer.A great muchB too muchC very muchD much too14、The homework is very _ to do.A difficultB dirtyC districtD distant15、The thief admitted _ gold rings in the store.A StealB to have stolenC to stealD stealing16、The _ of space exploration started in the 1960s.A periodB era C spellD tern17、The two boys drink _ water after playing football.A littleB manyC fewD much18、There are four _ on the desk.A books B sheepC cupD box19、Tom looked very much _ when he was caught cheating in the exam.A puzzledB bewilderedC disappointedD embarrassed20、Where are you going in the _.A homeB holidayC historyD family完形填空： （1）Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes _26_ read about dogs. I have a friend. He bas a big police dog with the name Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every afternoon my friend takes Jack _27_ a log walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much. One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for a walk. But the visitor still stayed. Ja