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1. 阅读部分第一Lillian Hanson, a collage student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is her age - 73 years. She has been studying at collage, a few courses at a time, for 27years.When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to bank to borrow money for further education. The banker gave her no encouragemrnt. He didnt think that a country girl should borrow money to go to collage. He thought she would be at home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to collage. Mrs Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children were grown, she tried again.She finds the hardest part of going back to school at her age is to sit in class for long periods of time. Because she is not as quick as she uesd to be, Mrs Hanson often gets up and works around classes to keep from getting stiff(不灵活). At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all stood up to give her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her aims were.1. Mrs Hanson couldnt go to college immediately after she graduated from high school because A. she hadnt got enough money2. Mrs Hanson wanted to borrow money from the bank .C. to further her education at college3. In the college, what makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is .C. that she is 73 years old4. The computer students welcomed Mrs Hanson warmly because .D. they were deeply moved by her spirit5. Mrs Hanson is the sort of person who .A. cares for study very much第二After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good healthy. During this time, the body recovers from the activities of the previous day. The rest that you get while sleeping enables your body to prepare itself for the next day.There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deeper than one before. As you sleep, your muscles relax little by little. Your heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you reach the fourth level, your body shifts back and forth from one level of sleep to the other.Although your mind slows down, from time to time you will dream. Scientists who study sleep state that when dreaming occurs, your eyeballs begin to move more quickly (although your eyelids are closed). This stage of sleep is called REM, which stands for rapid eye moment.If you have trouble falling asleep, some people recommend breathing very slowly and very deeply. Other people believe that drinking warm milk will help make you drowsy. There is also an old suggestion that counting sheep will put you to sheep! 6. A good title for this passage is .A. Sleep7. The word “drowsy” in the last paragraph means .D. a little sleepy8. This passage suggests that not getting enough sleep might make you .B. have poor health9. During REM, .D. both A and B10. The average number of hours of sleep that an adult needs is . D. not stated here第三When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. Whats the best way to know it?You may look it up in an English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the part of speech, the Chinese meaning and also how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?First, all the English words are arranged in the alphabetical(字母表的) order in a dictionary. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A,B,C,D That means, if there are two words “general” and “monitor”, “general” will be certainly before “monitor”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth For example, “before” is before “begin”, “foreigner” is before “forest”, etc.The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope youll use it as often as possible in your English learning.11. According to the passage, if we dont know a word, wed better .C. look it up a dictionary12. When you look up a word in the English-Chinese dictionary, you should understand not only its Chinese meaning, but also .D. all above13. In the English-Chinese dictionary, the English words are arranged .A. in the alphabetical order14. Here are four words: a. hundred b. hello c. hero d. headThe right order of them in the English-Chinese dictionary is .B. d b c a15. The English-Chinese dictionary is .C. a good friend in our English learning第四The student who wants a newspaper career has much hard work ahead of him before he can become even a cub, or beginning, reporter. He may begin by working on his high school newspaper or yearbook.Then the aspiring reporter may break into newapaper work as a copyboy, running errands and helping stuff reporters. He may even be given a chance to write small stories. Sometimes students who are interested in news reporting can get jobs as campus reporters for for local newspapers.Jobs such as these serve to acquaint the beginner with the atmosphere of news gathering. They give him a chance to sharpen his eye for details and teach him to be sure that his facts are accurate, that he reports them correctly, and that he writes his articles clearly. This work may lead to a job as a cub reporter on a newspaper, the important first step toward a career in news reporting.16. The best title for this passage is .C. Getting Started as a Reporter17. A cub reporter is another name for a .D. beginning reporter18. The copyboys duties may sometimes include .D. both A and B19. An aspiring reporter must learn to .D. all of the above20. The first big, important step for an aspiring reporter is .D. becoming a copyboy第五Paper was invented by the Chinese in the first century AD. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. Scandinavia - which now makes a great deal of the worlds paper - did not begin to make it until 1500. Most paper is made from wood. Pape-making is an important British industry and paper from Britain is sold to many countries such as Australia and South Africa. Some of the wood used in the British paper making industry comes from trees grown in Britain, but wood is also bought from other countries such as Norway. One tree is needed for every four hundred copies of a forty-page newspaper. If half the adults in Britain buy one daily paper, this uses up over a thousand trees a day. All over the world, trees are being cut down faster than they are being planted, so there may be a serious need for paper at the beginning of next century.When we think of paper, we think of newspaper, books, letters and writing paper. But there are many other uses. Only half a paper is used for books and newpapers, etc. Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Each year, more and more things are made of paper. Now we hear that chairs, tables, and even beds can be made of paper. But the latest in paper making seems to be paper houses.1. Where was paper invented? .A. In China.2. Scandinavia began to make paper . A. in 11003. Every four hundreds copies of a forty-page newspaper will need . B. one tree.4. All over the world, trees are being cut down than they are being planted.D. faster5. The lastes thing made of paper are . D. houses第六Good children must be good students at school. They should work hard at all subjects and do what is given to them on time. They should develop the ability to care for themselves, to try not to depend too much on their parents, to think independently and to work in a planned way. They ought to respect teachers, have a cooperative towards schoolmates and always be ready to help others.At home, good children should be tidy and hard working. Besides schoolwork they should help parents with housework and be always ready to show respect and gratitude to their parents whenever their parents do something for them. They should also be very considerate towards their entire family. They ought to please their family with something that makes them happy and feel good instead of upsetting them with their personal worries. When it is absolutely necessary to talk to their parents about their personal problems, they should talk nicely and calmly, getting ready to take advice from their parents since they are much more experienced in life. If any disagreement occurs, good children should try to iron out the disagreement by listening to the parents opinions. They never take it for granted that they are always in the right. On the contary, good children learn quickly by listening to others.6. The most suitable title for this passage would be .C. What Good Children Should Be7. One important ability good children are supposed to develop is . A. to think independently8. Good children should . B. care for their parents, brothers and sisters9. When there is disagreement between parents and children, good children should try to . D. find a good resolution to the problem10. In the last paragraph, the sentence “They never take it for granted that they are always in the right” means they never . C. think it is true that they might not always be right第七:Sura Elmer came to Shanghai last July from Netherlands, and will remain here for the next couple of years. He worked at the Holiday Inn Hotel as a sales manager, “One important part of my job consists in staying in contact with consultant-generals here. With a white face, it is easier for me to persuade people,” he said. Before working in Shanghai, he worked for a Holiday Inn Hotel in Amsterdam.Asked to comment on the differences between working in China and Europe, he said: “If anything, Chinese colleagues tend to be more serious, while we Dutch like to crack jokes,” he said. He also said that in Amsterdam everything goes faster and with less people. “In the Netherlands, we have to be efficient because salaries are high and companies cannot employ so many people as they do in China,” he said. He also said that he earned a bit more here than in the Netherlands, and accommodation and meals are freely available. “I like Shanghai. Before coming here I had no idea what China would be like. Now I have been here for nearly one year, I found people here friendly, though I dislike people spitting on the ground.” He intended to work here for another two or three years, depending on the hotel.11. From the passage, we know that Sura Elmer is .A. a Dutch12. Sura Elmer came to Shanghai, .A. as he signed a contract with Holiday Inn Hotel in Shanghai13. Sura Elmers impression on his Chinese colleagues is that they than his colleagues in the Netherlands.B. are more serious14. In the second paragraph, the sentence, “ accommodation and meals are freely available” means .B. Sura Elmer eats and sleeps in the hotel free of charge15. The thing that Sura Elmer dislikes in China is .C. people spit on the ground第八The sea has always interested man. From it he can get food, minerals and treasure. For thousands of years, he could sail on it. But he could not go far beneath its surface.Man wants to explore deep into the sea. However, he is not a fish. Because he must breathe air, he cannot stay under the waters surface for any length of time. To explore deep water, man faces even more dangers and problems.A driver who wants to stay under water for more than a few minutes must breathe air or a special mixture of gases. He can wear a diving suit and have air pumped to him from above. He can carry a tank of air on his back and breathe through a hose and a mouthpiece.Water wights 800 times as much as air. Tons of water push against a diver deep in the sea. His body is under great pressure. When a diver is under great pressure, his blood takes in some of the gases he breathes. As he rises to the surface, the water pressure becomes less. If the diver rises too quickly, the gases in his blood form bubbles. The diver is then suffering from the bends(潜水员病). The bends can cause a diver to double up in pain. They can even kill him.16. The passage is mainly concerned with .A. problems in deep-sea exploration17. Which of the following is NOT true of the passage? .B. Man can swim like fish.18. How can a diver breathe air? .D. All of the above.19. When does a diver get the bends? .C. When he rises too fast to the surface.20. What could be the result of bends? .C. Both A and B.第九If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (18761947), concluded from other mens work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate the temperature have a definite effect on your mental abilities.He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer.Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring mans mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature.Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be good time to take a long vacation from thinking!1. Huntington based his conclusions on .D. above of the all2. Huntington decided that climate and temperature have .C. some effect on most persons intelligence3. One possible reason why spring is the best season for thinking is that .A. all nature, including man, is growing then4. The two best seasons for thinking seem to be .D. spring and fall5. According to the passage, any vacation from thinking should be taken .C. during the summer第十Good children must be good students at school. They should work hard at all subjects and do what is given to them on time. They should develop the ability to care for themselves, to try not to depend too much on their parents, to think independently and to work in a planned way. They ought to respect teachers, have a cooperative towards schoolmates and always be ready to help others.At home, good children should be tidy and hard working. Besides schoolwork they should help parents with housework and be always ready to show respect and gratitude to their parents whenever their parents do something for them. They should also be very considerate towards their entire family. They ought to please their family with something that makes them happy and feel good instead of upsetting them with their personal worries. When it is absolutely necessary to talk to their parents about their personal problems, they should talk nicely and calmly, getting ready to take advice from their parents since they are much more experienced in life. If any disagreement occurs, good children should try to iron out the disagreement by listening to the parents opinions. They never take it for granted that they are always in the right. On the contary, good children learn quickly by listening to others.6. The most suitable title for this passage would be .C. What Good Children Should Be7. One important ability good children are supposed to develop is . A. to think independently8. Good children should . B. care for their parents, brothers and sisters9. When there is disagreement between parents and children, good children should try to . D. find a good resolution to the problem10. In the last paragraph, the sentence “They never take it for granted that they are always in the right” means they never . C. think it is true that they might not always be right第十一People in different countries have different ways of doing things. Something that is polite in one country may be quite impolite in another. In Britain, you mustnt lift your bowl to your mouth when you are having some liquid food. But its different in China. And in Japan you even neednt worry about making noises when you have it. It shows that you are enjoying it. But it is regarded as bad manners in Britain. If you are a visitor in Mongolia, what manners do they wish you to have? They wish you to give a loud “burp” (打嗝) after you finish eating. Burping shows that you like the food.In Britain, you should try not to put your hands on the table when youre having a meal. In Mexico, however, guests are expected to keep their hands on the table during a meal. But in Arab countries you must be very careful with your hands. You mustnt eat with your left hand. Arabs consider it very bad manners eating with left hands. So, what should you do if you are on a visit in another country? Well, just do in Rome as the Romans do. You can ask the native people to help you or just watch carefully and follow them.11. According to the passage, making noises when you have liquid food isnt bad manners in .B. Japan12. is bad manners in Britain.C. Having soup directly with a bowl13. From the passage, we can infer that .D. few Arabs eat with left hands14. “Do in Rome as the Romans do” means .A. do as the native people do15. The passage mainly tells us .B. some different table manners第十二Students can travel in the United States without spending too much money if they follow these suggestions.A travel agent can give you information on special economy fares for trains, buses and planes. Think about hiking or biking for a part of your trip, too. Youll not only save money, but youll also see a lot more of the