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　　The“standard of living”of any country means the average person’s share of the goods and services which the country produces. A country’s standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth.“Wealth” in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy“goods”such as food and clothing and“service”such as transport and entertainment.

　　A country’s capability to produce wealth depends upon many factors, many of which have an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country’s natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a favorable climate; other regions possess perhaps only one of there things, and some regions possess none of them. USA is one of the wealthiest regions of the world because she had vast natural resources within her borders, her soil is fertile, and Her climate is varied. The Sahara Desert, on the other hand, is one of the least wealthy.

　　Next to the natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well off as USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil and external wars, and for this and other reasons was unable to develop her resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily and to produce more wealth than another country equally well served by nature but less well ordered. Another important factor is the technical efficiency of country’s people. Old countries that have, through many centuries, trained up numerous skilled craftsmen and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilled. Wealth also produces wealth. As country becomes wealthier, its people have a large machines which will help workers to turn out more goods in their working day.

1．The theme of the passage is ________.

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A．to discuss the full meaning of a country’s wealth

B．go discuss the best way to produce wealth

C．to discuss the best way to use the wealth of a country

D．to discuss the best way to raise the standard of living

2．“Wealth” in the second paragraph refers to ________.

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3．The favorable condition for a country to develop is ________.

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A．the technical efficiency of a country’s people

B．political stability

C．freedom form disturbance and wars

D．all of the above

4．Which of the following best expressed the meaning of“sound”in the third paragraph?

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　　Beijing audience can view five new South Korean films, all with Chinese subtitles(中文字幕) , until April 19 at the Tuixin Cinema on the Beijing National Library grounds.

　　Two other South Korean films completed their full runs at the Tuixin Cinema earlier this month.

　　Location: Tuixin Cinema, Beijing National Library, 39 Baishiqiao Road, Haidian District. Telephone: 86415566

　　My love, My Bride

　　Apri1 15-9:00, 13:00, 15:30, 17:30, 19:30

　　Kim's War

　　April l6-9:00, 13:30, 18:15

　　Because You Are a Woman

　　April l7-13:00, 18:15

　　Marriage Story

　　April l8-9:00, 13:30, 15:30, 18:15

　　Spyonje

　　April 19-9:00, 13:30, 15:30, 17:30, 19:30

　　Leon's show

Hong Kong 　　popstar－Leon Lai will give a personal performance at 7:30 p. m. from tomorrow through to September 21 at the Shanghai Gymnasium(体育馆).The show is to celebrate the opening of the 93 Huangpu Tourism Festival.

　　Tickets: 60, 90, 120, 180 yuan, available at 66 Jiangning Road

　　Address: Shanghai Gymanasium, 1111 Caoxi Road N

　　Tel: 29189188, 29171145, 49384952, 29197113

　　Russian Concert

　　The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra will put on some excellent Russian choral(歌唱队) －works at 7:15 p. m. on September 26 and 27 at the Shanghai Concert hall. They will sing Russian folk songs and a Mass under a Russian conductor who is very famous for conducting choirs(海军) and has given a successful choral concert in. Beijing.

　　Tickets: 6, 8, 10, 12 yuan, available at the hall's ticket office

　　Addsess: 523 Yan' an Road M. Shanghai

　　Tel: 32275694

　　Korean Songs

　　The Song and Dance Troupe of the Republic of Korea will give a Song and Dance show at 7:30 p．m．tonight at the Shanghai Centre Theatre.

　　Tickets: 10, 20, 30 yuan, available at the theatre's ticket office

　　Address: 1376 Nanjing Road W

　　Tel: 29798663

1．The audience in ________ can watch the performance given by Leon Lai from tomorrow through to September.

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2．________ will be on on April 18. The cinema's telephone number is ________.

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A．Kim's War; 29798663

B．My Love, My Bride; 32275694

C．Because You Are a Woman; 29189188

D．Marriage Story; 86415566

3．The address of the Shanghai Centre Theatre is ________.

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4．According to the advertisement, a six yuan ticket is for ________.

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完形填空。

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Mrs. Mathews lived in a small town where there was one jeweler's shop. It also took in watch repairs, although it had to 1 them off to London for the work to be done, as there was not enough 2 for an expert watch repairer.

　　When Mrs. Mathews's old father died, she inherited(继承) his gold watch, which had 3 to his father and grandfather before him. It was big and heavy and worth a lot of money, but it was 4 , so Mrs. Mathews took it to be repaired.

　　The man in the jeweler's shop was very interested to see such an 5 watch, and when he had examined its 6 , he said he could certainly have it repaired for her. “It'll 7 a long time once that's been done,” he said. He wrote out a 8 and gave it to Mrs. Mathews saying, “Please bring this when you come to pick up the watch. But it might take a bit of time, because it isn't a 9 watch.”

　　But Mrs. Mathews had a lot of things to 10 with after her father died. The 11 was that she completely forgot about the watch that she had taken in for repair, and about the 12 for it, which she had put away in a drawer to keep it safe.

　　Then, while she was looking 13 some old drawer one day, she found the ticket for the watch repair.

　　“What's this?” she said to herself．“A ticket for a watch repair? Who took a watch in to be repaired? And why didn't they give this ticket in when they want to pick it up?”

　　She thought back, and suddenly she 14 . “My father's gold watch!” she thought. “Didn't I pick it up? When did I take it in?” She looked at the ticket again.

“How old is this ticket?” she said to herself．It was five years old. Mrs. Mathews had heard that shops could sell things that people had 15 with them if they didn't pick them up and 16 for them before a certain time. “But the watch might still be there,” she thought．“I'll go and see 17 I can get it back. It might have been sold, but I hope not.”

　　She took the ticket to the jeweler's the next time she went out shopping, and the 18 looked at it and then went to look for the watch 19 saying a word.

　　“That's good,” Mrs. Mathews thought. “He didn't seem to mind about the date.”

　　The man came back after a few minutes and said, “It won't be 20 until Friday.”

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阅读下面短文，从每题所给四个选项中选出最佳答案。

　　Animals, including insects, do not have a language like ours. They do not talk to each other in words and sentences. But if we watch them, we can see that they do have ways of communicating with each other.

　　Can you see the rabbits' tail? When rabbits see this white tail moving up and down, they run too. They know that there is danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.

　　Many other animals use this kind of language. When a cobra is angry, it raises its hood(头罩) and makes itself look fierce．This warns other animals．When a bee has found some food, it goes back to its home. It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air. This tells the bees where the food is.

　　Some animals say things by making sound. A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs(咕咕噜噜叫) when pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning. Sometimes we human beings speak in the same way. We make sounds like “Oh” or “Ah!” when we are frightened or pleased or when we drop something on our toes.

　　But we have something that no animals have－a large number of words which have the meanings of things, actions, feelings or ideas. We are able to give each other all kinds of different information in words and sentences, which no other animals can do. No other animals have so wonderful a language as we have.

1．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

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A．Animals do have a language like that of human beings.

B．Bees communicate with each other by dancing.

C．Some animals can use words.

D．Animals are brave.

2．A rabbit uses its tail to ________.

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A．warn other rabbits of danger

B．tell other rabbits where food is

C．make itself look fierce

D．help it to run fast

3．W hen a cobra is angry, it ________.

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4．Several different sounds can be made by a ________.

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5．From the passage we know that ________ can use words and sentence to express ideas and thoughts.

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阅读理解。

阅读下面短文，从每题所给四个选项中选出最佳答案。

　　Very soon a computer will be able to teach you English. It will also be able to translate any language for you too. It's just one more incredible result of the development of microprocessors－those tiny parts of a computer commonly known as “silicon chips”. So give up going to classes, stop buying more textbooks and relax. In a couple of years you won't need the international language of English.

　　Already Texas Instruments in the United States is developing an electronic translation machine. Imagine a Spanish secretary, for example, who wants to type a letter from the boss to a businessman in Sweden. All he or she will have to do is this: first type the letter in Spanish. The letter will appear on a television screen. After a few seconds the translated letter will appear on another television screen in Stockholm in perfect Swedish. And that's not all. Soon a computer will be able to teach you English, if you really want to learn the language. You will sit in front of a television screen and practice endless structures. The computer will tell you when you are correct and when you are wrong. It will even talk to you be-cause the silicon chips can change electrical impulses into sounds. And clever programmers can predict the responses you, the learner, are likely to make.

　　So think of it. You will be able to teach yourself at your own pace. You will waste very little time, and you can work at home．And if after all that, you still can't speak English you can always use the translating machine. In a few years, therefore, perhaps there will be no need for BBC modern English, or BBC English by Radio programmes－no more textbooks or teachers of English. Instead of buying an exciting new textbook, the computer will ask you to replace it with microprocessor one thousand nine hundred and eighty-four. Fast, reliable and efficient language learning and translating facilities will be available to you. Think of that no more tears or embarrassing moments. One little problem is that a computer can't laugh yet－but the scientists are working on it．Happy learning!

1．According to the writer , “you won't need the international language of English” because ________.

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A．textbooks are no longer necessary

B．it's better to buy a computer than to go to classes

C．learning English will no longer be a difficult task

D．the computer will be able to translate any language for you

2．The writer wants to tell us that if you use a computer to learn the language, you will ________.

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A．do everything at your own pace

B．need no translating machine

C．waste much of your time

D．speak better English

3．This passage is mainly about ________.

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A．someone who learns English with the help of a computer

B．what language learning could be like when computerized

C．fast, reliable and efficient language learning

D．the computer teaching the language

阅读理解。

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　　The human nose has given to the language of the world many interesting expressions. Of course, this is not surprising. Without the nose, we could not breathe or smell. It is the part of the face that gives a person special character. Cyrano de Bergerac said that a large nose showed a great man-courage, courteous, manly, and intellectual.

　　A famous woman poet wished that she had two noses to smell a rose! Blaise Pascal, a French philosopher, made an interesting comment about Cleopatra's(克莱帕特拉，即历史上著名的埃及艳后) nose. If it had been shorter, he said, it would have changed the whole face of the world!

　　Historically, man's nose has had a principal role in his imagination. Man has referred to the nose in many ways to express his emotions. Expressions concerning the nose refer to human weakness: anger, pride, jealousy and revenge.

　　In English there are a number of phrases about nose．For example, to hold up one's nose express a basic human feeling－pride. People can hold up their noses at people, things and places.

　　The phrase, to be led around by the nose, shows man's weakness. A person who is led around by the nose lets other people control him. On the other hand, a person who follows his nose lets his instinct guide him.

　　For the human emotion of rejection, the phrase to have one's nose put out of joint is very descriptive. The expression applies to persons who have been turned aside because of a competitor. Their pride is hurt and they feel rejected. This expression is not new. It was used by Erasmus in 1542.

　　This is only a sampling of expressions in English dealing with the nose. There are a number of others. However, it should be as plain as the nose on your face that the nose is more than an organ for breathing and smelling!

1．“To hold up one's nose” is an expression of ________.

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2．A person who is “led around by the nose” ________.

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A．lets his instinct guide him

B．has no will of his own

C．must be strong-minded

D．is full of imagination

3．“A sampling of expressions” in the last paragraph means ________.

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A．quite a number of examples

B．the only example to show one's feelings

C．expressions that need more examples

D．expressions given to serve as examples

4．When you say it is “as plain as the nose on your face” you mean ________.

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A．it is the problem for you to solve

B．something looks like your nose

C．it is something quite easy to understand

D．there is a plain-looking nose on your face

5．What is the passage mainly about?

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A．The human nose as an organ for breathing and smelling.

B．The nose provides us with different kinds of expressions.

C．A famous woman poet who wished to have two noses.

D．Interesting comments made on Cleopatra's nose.

阅读理解。

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　　To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor: you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasing voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.

　　Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit motionless before his class: he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings. Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always changing according to what he is talking about.

　　The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn't mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher's work and the actor's. The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand. What he has to do is to make all these care-fully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage.

　　A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience takes an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don't understand something, they say so. The teacher therefore has to suit his act to the needs of his audience, which is his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.

　　I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were unable to take part in a stage play because their brains wouldn't keep discipline: they could not keep strictly to what another had written.

1．What is the text about?

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A．How to become a good teacher.

B．What a good teacher should do outside the class.

C．What teachers and actors could learn from each other.

D．The similarities and differences between a teacher's work and an actor's.

2．In what way is teacher's work different from an actor's?

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A．The teacher must learn everything by heart.

B．The teacher knows how to control his voice better than an actor.

C．The teacher has to deal with unexpected situations.

D．The teacher has to use more facial expressions.

3．The main difference between students in class and a theatre audience is that ________.

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A．the students must take part in their teachers' plays

B．students must keep silent while theatre audience needn't

C．no memory work is needed for the students

D．students can move around in the classroom

4．Why does a good teacher make gestures while speaking?

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A．To make his meaning clearer.

B．To draw the attention of his class.

C．To express feeling more clearly.

D．All of the above.

5．Which of the following is true?

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A．Teachers have to learn by heart what they are going to say in class.

B．A teacher cannot decide beforehand what exactly he is going to say in class.

C．A teacher must speak louder and more clearly than an actor.

D．A teacher must have a better memory and better voice than an actor.

阅读理解。

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　　Have you thought of coming to the USA as much as I have thought of coming to China? It seems that no matter what else might happen in the world, people wish to know other people. From an American's stand point, I will tell you that most of us are very happy that your country has been allowed into the WTO. We are also happy that you will be hosting the coming Olympics. Between the two of these things I believe that China shall become one of the greatest places around the world to do business and visit with.

　　I know that some of you might have a very dramatic view of the way America is. So you know, we are a society of people that are run by and governed by money. People who are elected to office in our country are done so because they have the money to pay for a campaign. I think no matter where a person lives in the world, they wish for the same things. If you think you can come over here and make something of yourself, you are right. I believe I can come to your country and make something of myself.

　　We are all the same around the world you see. Some of us are made to lead, while others of us are made to follow. Here in the United States we could not live the way we do if there were not those of us who do the work that is needed at the bottom of the ladder. Just as in China, we have those who must be the street cleaners, the bakers, the farmers, and all the other jobs that must be done. Like China also, most of us wish we were someplace further up the ladder; maybe a manager of a big company, maybe a famous doctor or actor．The streets are not paved with gold in the United States. It does take hard work to make it.

　　I would like to tell you all that we do not carry any prejudice towards you．Your people and your culture are much respected throughout the United States. You are known as an intelligent(clever) and resourceful(机智的) people. I hope someday that our countries will be open enough that travel between them will be like travel between the United States and Europe.

1．We can learn from the passage that the writer is a (an) ________.

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2．No matter where people live in the world, they hope to ________.

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3．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

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A．In the Unite States you can easily make more money than in China.

B．The writer isn't sure whether he can be successful if he works in China.

C．Most of the people can become famous in the United States.

D．The writer thinks that China is a country with great culture.

阅读理解。

阅读下面短文，掌握真大意，然后从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric(怪僻的) farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadn't the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.

　　It had been snowing heavily that day and I didn't know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had died. “She meant more to me than any one … even my own wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal(丑闻). I was ;even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn(厩). “I wouldn't leave her out in the cold!” he said.

　　Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground. “She was such a good cow! I wouldn't let anyone but a doctor touch her!” he said, and burst into tears again.

1．The underlined phrase make out in the first paragraph means ________.

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2．Before he arrived at the farmer's house, the writer expected to see Milly lyig ________.

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A．on the ground of a barn

B．on the floor of a room

C．in bed in a room

D．in bed in a barn

3．What do we know about Milly from the story?

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A．She had met with an accident.

B．She had caused a ;scandal.

C．She was seriously ill.

D．She was hidden somewhere.

4．The farmer wished that the writer might ________.

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A．look into the matter

B．bring Milly back to life

C．free him from a scandal

D．keep the whole thing a secret

5．The person who told the story is probably a ________.

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　　Tristan da Cunha, a 38-square-mile island, is the farthest inhabited island in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records．It is 1, 510 miles southwest of its nearest neighbor. St. Helena, and 1, 950 miles west of Africa. Discovered by the Portuguese admiral(葡萄牙海军上将) of the same name in 1506, and settled in 1810, the island belongs to Great Britain and has a population of a few hundred.

　　Coming in a close second－and often wrongly mentioned as the most distant land－is Easter Island, which lies 1, 260 miles east of its nearest neighbor, Pitcairn Island, and 2, 300 miles west of South America.

　　The mountainous 64-square-mile island was settled around the 5th century, supposedly by people who were lost at sea. They had no connection with the outside world for more than a thousand years, giving them plenty of time to build more than 1, 000 huge stone figures, called moai, for which the island is most famous.

　　On Easter Sunday, 1772, however, settlers from Holland moved in and gave the island its name. Today, 2, 000 people live on the Chilean territory(智利领土)．They share on street, a small airport, and a few hours of television per day.

1．It can be learned from the text that the island of Tristan da Cunha ________.

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A．was named after its discoverer

B．got its name from Holland settlers

C．was named by the British government

D．got its name from the Guinness Book of Records

2．Which of the following is most famous for moai?

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3．Which country does Easter Island belong?

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