The first newspapers were written by hand and put up on walls in public places. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 B.C. In the 700's the world's first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn't have a regularly（定期的）published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.

　　The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant（每日新闻）.It came out in March 1702.

　　In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell started the Boston Newsletter（波士顿新闻通讯）, the first newspaper published daily in the American colonies（殖民地）. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.

　　Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation（发行额）in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shim bun（朝日新闻）. It sells more than eleven million copies every day.

(1) The first daily newspaper came out in ____.

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(2) The first regularly published newspaper in Europe was printed in_____.

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(3) The first English daily newspaper was started in______.

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(4) The fast printed newspaper in America came out in _____.

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　　Men sometimes say, “We are better and cleverer than women. Women never invent things, we do.” It is true that men have invented a lot of useful things. But scientists and archaeologists（考古学家）now agree that women invented one very important thing. It has changed history. They invented agriculture. Before the invention of agriculture, men were hunters. They went out every day. Sometimes they killed animals, sometimes animals killed them. Life was difficult and dangerous. Women had to go out every day, too. They collected roots, fruit and grasses. Then, one day more than 10,000 years ago, a woman dropped some grass seeds. They grew--and the first wheat was born. The idea grew, too. Women planted roots and fruit trees. Then they could stay at home and look after the children and the animals they kept. Women like baby animals. Archaeologists think that women kept the first domestic（驯养的）animals：dogs, cows, sheep and goats. That idea grew, too. Then their husbands didn't have to go hunting for meat. They stayed at home. They built villages and cities. Civilization（文明）began.

(1) Men sometimes thought women ______.

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A．invented nothing

B．were better than men

C．were cleverer than men

D．invented a lot of things

(2) Scientists and archaeologists agree women ______ in the history.

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A．never invented anything

B．played an important part

C．invented many important things

D．were useless

(3) Which of the following is not true when men went out hunting?

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A．They could kill animals.

B．Animals could kill men.

C．It was very dangerous.

D．It was not very dangerous.

(4) Why could the people stay at home? Because _______.

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A．they had to look after their children

B．they were afraid of the animals outside

C．agriculture and raising began

D．they had baby animals

　　Smoking, which may be a pleasure for some people, is a serious reason of discomfort for their fellows. Medical scientists have expressed their concern about the effect of smoking on the health not only of those who smoke but also of those who don't. In fact non-smokers who take in the air polluted by tobacco smoke suffer more than the smokers themselves. A great number of students have joined in an effort to persuade the university to forbid smoking in classrooms. I believe they are entirely right in their air. However, I think it more important to achieve this by calling on the smokers to use good judgment and to show concern for others.

　　Smoking is not allowed in theatres, cinemas and in other public places. Therefore, smoking must be forbidden in our classrooms.

(1) Smoking is good for ____.

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(2) Which of the following is true?

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A．Non-smokers suffer more than the smokers from the polluted air.

B．Smokers suffer more than non-smokers from the polluted air.

C．Non-smokers don't suffer from the polluted air.

D．Nobody can suffer from the polluted air.

(3) Many students ask the university ____.

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A．to be allowed smoking

B．to smoke outside the classroom

C．to understand smokers

D．to forbid smoking in the classroom

(4) The writer thinks ____.

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A．the students are not right to persuade others to give up smoking

B．it important to make smokers realize the result of smoking

C．it right to forbid smoking in classrooms

D．it impossible to stop smoking

　　Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly? Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it? Many people are afraid to support themselves. Dr Robert Albert, author of Stand Up, Speak Out, and Talk Back thinks it's because their self-respect is low. “There's always a'superior' around--a parent, a teacher, a boss--who knows better.”

　　But Albert and other scientists are doing something to help people help themselves. They offer“assertiveness（维护）training” courses--A. T. for short. In the A.T. Course people learn that they have a right to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be aggressive（进攻的）without hurting other people.

　　In one way, learning to speak out is to get rid of fear. A group taking an A.T. Course will help the timid（懦弱的）person to lose his fear. But A. T. uses an even stronger motive（动机）--the need to share. The timid person speaks out in the group because he wants to tell how he feels. Whether or not you speak up for yourself depends on your self-respect, If someone you face is more“important”than you, you may feel less of a person. You start to doubt your answers to problems. You can get to feel good about your self. And once you do you can learn to speak out.

(1) The problem the writer talks about is that ______.

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A．some people buy things they don't want

B．some people are afraid to speak out for their rights

C．there are too many superiors

D．some people don' t think enough of themselves

(2) The cause of the problem talked about in this passage is that ______.

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A．some people have a low sell-respect

B．there is always someone around who“knows better”

C．salesmen talk people into buying things they don't want

D．people don't share enough

(3) The A.T. Course often _______.

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A．make people distrust their own answers

B．make things mere favorable for “superiors”

C．help people know as much as their “superiors”

D．help people become more important

(4) One thing the A.T. Course don't do is to _______.

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A．share the need of people

B．show they have a right to be themselves

C．help people overcome fear

D．help people to help themselves even if others suffer

(5) A good title for this passage could be“______”.

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A．The Need to Share

B．Talk Back When Necessary

C．One Way to Build Self-Respect

D．One Way to Train Speaking Ability

　　A young woman carrying a three-year-old child got on a bus. The conductor hurried to give her a warm welcome and then kindly asked the other passengers to make more room for the woman and her child. On seeing this, people began to talk. “You know this conductor used to be very rude. Now suddenly he has changed his bad behavior（态度）,”said a middle- aged man

　　“Yes, he should be praised and we must write a letter to the company,” said a second passenger.“That's right,”another lady said,“I wish a newspaper reporter were here so that more people could learn from this conductor.”

　　Just then a gentleman who looked like a teacher turned to the conductor and said,“Excuse me, but can I know your name, please? Your excellent service must be praised…”

　　Before he could open his mouth, the three-year-old child sitting on the young woman's lap interrupted,“I know his name. I call him Dad.”

(1) The passengers were _____ to see the conductor's kindness to the woman and the child.

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(2) One passenger suggested writing a letter to the company to _____.

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A．make a demand for more buses

B．thank the conductor for his good service

C．criticize the conductor for his rude behavior

D．invite a newspaper reporter to write about the conductor

(3) What was the gentleman?

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A．A teacher.

B．A newspaper reporter.

C．Not known from the story.

D．The conductor's friend from his company.

(4) The word “he” in the last paragraph refers to ______.

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A．the gentleman

B．the conductor

C．the middle-aged man

D．the three-year-old child

(5) It is clear from the story that the conductor ______.

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A．has changed his attitude towards his work

B．has now been kind and polite to all passengers

C．has not changed his rude behavior to passengers

D．has now been kind and polite to women with children

　　Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast? Recently a test was given in the United States. Those tested included people of different ages, from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect than if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person works with his brains, If a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with more attention to class.

　　Opposite to what many people believe, if you don't eat breakfast, you will not lose weight. This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch, and end up gaining weight instead of losing. You probably lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.

(1) During the test, those who were tested were given ______.

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A．no breakfast at all

B．very rich breakfast

C．little food for breakfast

D．different breakfast or none

(2) The results of the test show that ______.

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A．breakfast has great effect on work and studies

B．breakfast has little to do with a person's work

C．a person will work better if he has a simple breakfast

D．those working with brains should have much for breakfast

(3) The passage mentions that many people believe that if you don't eat breakfast, you will _____.

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(4) Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

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A．Poor breakfasts affect those who work with brains.

B．Morning diet may cause one to get fatter.

C．Reducing lunch and supper is of less value in weight losing.

D．Eating less in lunch and supper may help to lose weight.

(5) According to the passage, if a student does not eat breakfast, _____.

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A．he will fall ill

B．he will fail to listen to his teacher

C．he will not make progress in his study

D．his mind will work more slowly

阅读理解

　　The story of Diego Maradona, the Argentinian (阿根廷) football player, is the story of rise and fall of a poor man who became a world star, but paid the price of fame (名誉). He is now at the end of a career (职业生涯) which saw him as the bright star of World Cup Football. In the 1990s,this career has come into the poor performance on the field, drug-taking, speaking ill of football officials, being forbidden and finally facing court (法庭) action in which he has had the defend charges (指控) of shooting at several reporters.

　　Maradona was born in the poor area of Furito in Buenos Aires. Early in his life, he was able to realize a dream of most poor boys, the dream that is the way out of poverty-trap through success in sport. Sport in the world around is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background (背景) is.

　　Diego Maradona is one of eight children. His father is an Italian and mother an Italian. The games of football played in the ditty street outside his small white storeyed home in Furito were to provide him with a passport (护照) out of the small home. Today, poorly dressed boys still run and kick balls around the street from which a hero traveled to become one of the world's great football artists.

　　Football expert Francis Corneo found Diego's gift. He says that the young played “a natural” and there was nothing he could teach him. He had never seen anyone played like him in his thirty years' life.

(1)In the second paragraph of this passage, what does the underlines word “poverty-trap” mean?

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A. The position in society.

B. Extremely poor condition one's life.

C. Poor living conditions which are hard to escape from.

D. Becoming wealthy in the future.

(2)Which of the following is NOT true?

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A. Maradona's performance is not as good as before on the field.

B. He will be brought in an action against his bad deed.

C. He shows no respect for some football officials.

D. Francis Corneo found a gift and gave it to Maradona.

(3)Sport is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background is. The sentence tells us ________.

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A. everybody enjoys sport and could turn a dream into reality

B. through sport everybody may be successful and become a famous star in the world no matter how poor he used to be

C. if one wants to be a famous sport star, he must have special background

D. people from working-class families will never get international success

(4)We can infer from the passage that ________.

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A. Maradona will face a possible term if found guilty (有罪) on the shooting charges

B. background is very important for sports

C. Maradona is as famous as a football star before

D. Maradona is doing so well in playing football that he can't be knocked out

(5)Where does Diego Maradona come from?

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A. Europe.

B. Africa.

C. North America.

D. South America.

阅读理解

　　All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer.

　　Sports changed with the season. People play different games in winter and summer.

　　Games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities. Tile Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too.

　　Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.

　　Some sports or games go back to thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball arc rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.

　　People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person's character (性格). One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace (体面).

(1)According to this passage we know that ________.

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A. people began to play about one hundred years ago

B. about 100 years ago people ran or jumped when they played

C. basketball has a longer history than volleyball

D. not all the games have a long history ________.

(2)According to this passage we know that ________.

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A. sports help to train a person's character

B. people swim only because there are a lot of rivers in their country

C. people from different countries may not be able to understand each other before a game

D. sports and games can develop the friendship between people all over the world

(3)The writer didn't tell us in this passage that ________.

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A. basketball was invented in America

B. sports change with the season

C. games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities

D. football is played all over the world

(4)People all over the world enjoy sports because ________.

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A. sports are interesting

B. sports help to keep people healthy, happy and to live longer

C. sports help to train one's character

D. all of the above

(5)From this passage we can see that ________.

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A. sports and games are unimportant things that people do

B. sports and games should be treated (对待) only as amusement (娱乐活动)

C. sports and games are only useful to the old

D. none of the above is true

阅读理解

　　Dawn Fraser was born in Australia in 1937． She was one of the strongest women swimmers ever. She broke twenty-seven world records.

　　Dawn was very tough. She always said what she felt. She was often in trouble. When she was fourteen she was stopped from swimming for a year and a half. As a swimmer she often upset (扰乱) the people who controlled the sports.

　　In 1956 Dawn broke one of the oldest records in swimming. She swam the 100 meters free-style in 64．5 seconds. The free-style is the fastest way of swimming. In 1964 Dawn became the first woman to take less than one minute for 100 meters. Today the record is 54．73 seconds.

　　In 1956 at the Olympic Games in Melbourne,Australia,Dawn won the gold medal in the 100 meters free-style for the first time. Four years later at the Olympic Games in Rome,Italy,she won the gold medal again. However,she was in trouble again. She refused to swim for Australia in another swimming event.

　　Sadly,Dawn's father died of cancer soon after the Game in Rome. Three years later Dawn was travelling with her mother by car. Dawn was driving. The car crashed(撞车). Dawn's mother died,Dawn hurt her neck badly,but a few months later she won the gold medal in the 100 meters free-style at the Olympic Games in Tokyo,Japan.

　　But she was in trouble again. She did not wear the Australia swimsuit. Dawn also liked fun. She stole a Japanese policeman's bike. The police ran after her. She cycled to the Japanese Emperor's (皇帝) garden,which no ordinary people were allowed into. She tried to swim in the lake there. The police arrested (逮捕) her.

　　The people who controlled professional (职业的) swimming in Australia stopped Dawn from swimming for ten years. She never swam again.

(1)The world record which is less than one minute for the 100 meters free-style was set in _______.

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(2)According to the passage,Dawn Fraser won ________ at _______ different Olympic Games.

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　　A．three events;three

　　B．the same event;three

　　C．four gold medals;four

　　D．five gold medals;four

(3)What trouble was she in when she won the third medal in the 100 metres free-style?

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　　A．She didn't wear the Australia swimsuit

　　B．Her car crashed and her mother died

　　C．She broke one of the oldest records

　　D．She refused to swim for Australia

(4)According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?

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　　A．She played a joke on a Japanese policeman

　　B．She got her first Olympic gold medal in her motherland

　　C．She was stopped from swimming for a year and a half in 1951

　　D．She swam the 100 meters free-style in 54．73 seconds when she was 19

(5)From the passage we learn that Dawn was the kind of person who

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　　A．always broke laws

　　B．was strong in mind and body

　　C．always broke world records

　　D．often upset the police and the people who Controlled the sports

阅读理解

　　In ancient Greece,there were four major athletic meetings and the Olympian meeting played the most important part in the lives of the people As time passed,the Olympian meeting gradually lost its local character and became first a national event and then international. No one knows exactly how far back the Oympic Games go but some official records date from 776 BC．

　　The Games took place every four years on the plain by Mount Olympus. Thousands of people came from all parts of the Greek world to watch the games. The winner of the feet race had the great honour of giving his name to the year of his history.

　　After a long history of almost 1,200 years,the Games were stopped for religious (宗教的) reasons. It was then decided in 1896 to start the Olympic Games again. The meeting was held in Athens and 311 athletes from 13 countries took part in it but the idea of such an international meeting attracted the world's attention. After the 1908 London Olympics,many nations sent their best athletes. Although the Games have been time and again threatened by some unfavourable political events,the Games have taken place every four years.

　　Nowadays,the Games are held in different countries in turn. As the biggest international gathering of any kind in the world,athletes from different countries play games together and this provides them with good chances to learn to live together. The friendly feelings in the Olympic Village make people think of the world as one big family. The Olympic Games will be hosted in Beijing in 2008,it is believed that the Games will be a wonder of the world．

(1)The first old Olympic Games took place _________.

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　　A．a thousand years ago

　　B．in the seventh century AD

　　C．before 700 BC

　　D．in modem times

(2)The continuity of the Olympic Games once broken because of _______.

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(3)The Olympic Games meeting finally formed _______.

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(4)The friendly feelings between two countries are strengthened because ________.

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　　A．athletes come from different countries

　　B．they enable people to know each other better

　　C．athletes live in the Olympic village

　　D．they live in one big family

(5)The author believes that the 2008 Olympic Games will he _______.

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　　A．held as usual

　　B．held successfully

　　C．put off

　　D．stopped by some unfavourable events