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　Have you traveled on any of the new giant airplanes? If you have not been a passenger (旅客) on one of these planes, try to imagine a jet which is more than seventy meters long and more than five stories high at the tail． Such a plane costs at least twenty-five million dollars to build． It costs at least ＄6, 000 to fill this giant with fuel (燃料)．

　Inside, the giant jet looks more like a great theater than a plane． It has six kitchens, and they are all needed when the plane is full of passengers． The jet holds more than 400 passengers． Imagine that number in one jet plane!

　Is there any danger that the jet's engines (发动机) will fail? Fortunately, the planes appear to be quite safe． On each plane there are twice as many engines as the jet 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 much does it cost to build such a jet and fill it with fuel ________ ．

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A． At least ＄ 2,506,000．

B． At least ＄ 25,006,000．

C． At least ＄ 256,000．

D． At least ＄ 25,000,000．

2． When there are over 400 passengers in the plane ________．

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A． five kitchens are needed

B． all the kitchens are needed

C． it will use all the engines on both sides

D． the two mechanical pilots will take charge

3． When you go on board this giant jet ________ ．

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A． you can see a film or a play

B． you will feel as if you were in the kitchen

C． you will feel as if you were in a theater

D． you will feel dangerous

4． This jet is safer than normal ones because ________ ．

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A． its engines never fail

B． there are two mechanical pilots on this jet

C． there are twice as many engines as it needs on this jet

D． both B and C

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　Venice (威尼斯) is a city of the sea． It is built on islands which are in the middle of a lagoon (环礁湖)． Today, the city covers 118 islands． These islands are connected by bridges． There are about 400 bridges which cross 150 canals． It is difficult to forget the sea when you are in the city．

　The people of Venice have always been fishermen, because the lagoon was full of fish． They also built ships, and travelled to Dalmatia (Yugoslavia), Byzantium (Istanbul) and Greece．

　Venice is the “Queen” of the Adriatic Sea． Every year thousands of people visit the city． Because Venice is a beautiful city． But Venice is sinking． It is going down and the water is going up． In 2040 Venice will be under water． the Adriatic will cover the city． The Venetians (威尼斯人) love their city and they want to stay there． They want to rescue (挽救) Venice． They do not want to leave． How can they succeed? They can put some huge gates in the sea, which will close, so Venice will not sink．

1． The city is made up of ________ ．

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A． 400 bridges　　　B． 150 canals

C． 118 islands　　　D． a lagoon

2． The main difference between Venice and most other cities in the world is ________ ．

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A． that Venice is bigger

B． that every year thousands of people visit Venice

C． that Venice is a very beautiful city

D． that Venice is a city of the sea

3． The Venetians make a living mainly on ________ ．

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A． fish　　　   B． fishing

C． ships　　　D． building ships

4． People call Venice the “Queen” of the Adriatic Sea because ________ ．

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A． the queen of the country lives there

B． the Venetians love their city

C． it is a beautiful city

D． it is sinking

5． The Venetians ________ ．

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A． want to leave Venice

B． do not like their city

C． want to save their city from the sea

D． do not want to stay there

6． From this passage we know that ________ ．

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A． there are a lot of bridges in the city

B． the city is in danger because it is sinking

C． the people of Venice try to stop their city from sinking

D． A． B． and C

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　　Ben

　　When I left school five years ago, I said to myself, “that's that! No more learning for me. Now I can enjoy myself in the evening.” But about a year ago the boss said, “We're going to get a computer in the near future.” What does he mean? I simply don't know. Anyway, I decided to go to evening classes. I'm quite an expert on computers now and, you know, I actually enjoy studying.

　　Evn

　　I haven't much interest in studying. To be honest, I don't like reading very much, except for magazines and that sort of thing. Just light reading, that is, to pass the time. But I do enjoy TV. Not that I watch everything. In fact, I choose my programmes very carefully. I'm particularly interested in current affairs. In some ways I think I learn more this way than I did at school.

　　Ted

　　I'm a very sort of person - I simply love doing things. That's why I enjoy sports so much. I mean, actually playing. I hardly ever watch it on TV, but I do read quite a bit about it. I'm even interested in the history of sports. I don't have much time for anything else, except that I quite like dancing. Some people say I'm not very good at it, though.

　　Joan

　　I should say I have great interest in studying. I'd rather do this than anything e1se. Since I left school, I've taken courses in all sorts of things. I go to the city library once a week, but I much prefer evening classes because it's more fun that way. My latest “craze(狂热)” - if you can call it that - is foreign languages. I'm learning two, not one!

1．These four people are talking about what they do ________.

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2．According to what they say, which of the following is not true?

[　　]

A．Ben was pleased to leave school.

B．Eve does not spend much time in reading.

C．Ted spends a lot of time watching his favourite sport on television.

D．Joan is learning languages in the evening school.

3．Among the four people, ________ are considered to have made good use of time in studying.

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　　In the 19th century, it was often to hear people in America and Europe say that the resources of the sea could not be used up. Today there is evidence(迹象) that resources of the sea are as really threatened(威胁) as those of the land and the air. Further, the threat to fish is more serious(严重) in some ways. than the threat to birds and land animals because fish are a much needed food resource. Many people throughout the world depend on fish as an important part of their food. Fishermen in the North Atlantic alone every year harvest 20 billion pounds of fish to satisfy food demands. But it is important to know that these practices cannot continue without using fish resources within the next few years.

　　It is only with care and planning in this generation(一代人) that the food supplies of the sea can continue for future generation.

1．In this passage, what topic is the author mainly concerned with?

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A．Air Pollution

B．Stop Sea From Being Polluted

C．Protection of Sea Resources

D．Make Full Use of Sea Resources

2．In this passage, sea resources are mainly referred to ________.

[　　]

3．Why are fish resources declining(下降)?

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A．Because fishermen catch too many fish every year.

B．Because too many fish die every year.

C．Because sea is seriously polluted.

D．The passage does not say the reason.

4．What does the author advise people to do to stop the decline(下降) of the fish resources?

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A．He suggests raising more fish.

B．He suggests stopping fishing.

C．He advises people to eat less fish.

D．He advises people to catch fish in a planned way.

5．From this passage, it can be inferred that ________.

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A．the decline of land and air resources is not serious

B．fish supply of the sea can continue to the next generation

C．more and more people eat fish

D．fish resources will be used up in ten years

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　　To find out how the name Canada came about, we must go back to the 16th century. At that time, the French dreamed of(梦想) discovering and controlling more land across the world. In 1535, Francois I, king of France, ordered a navigator(航海家) named Jacques Cartier to explore(探查) the New World and search for a passage to India.

　　Cartier first arrived at the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, which he wanted to explore. He did not know what to expect(盼望) but he hoped that this Gulf was just an arm of the ocean between two islands. If it was, he would soon be on his way to the Far East. So he sailed upwards along the St. Lawrence River. However, instead of reaching Asiahe arrived at Quebec or Stadacona, as the Indians called it. It was at this point that the term(词语)“Canada” entered the country's history. Apparently(明显地) the word “Canada” came from an Indian word “Kanata”, which means “village”. Cartier first used it when he referred to Stadacona or Quebec. What a huge “village” Canada is!

1．Jacques Cartier was ordered ________.

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A．to sail upwards along the St. Lawrence River

B．to know more about America

C．to find a new way to Asia

D．both B and C

2．When Cartier reached the Gulf of St. Lawrence he hoped ________.

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A．he had got to India

B．he had got to the New Continent

C．it was a water way to the Far East

D．it was a water way to Europe

3．The passage tells us ________.

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A．who found the New World

B．how the name Canada came about

C．when the country Canada was founded

D．which way is to Asia

4．When Cartier explored the New World, Quebec or Stadacona was only an Indian ________.

[　　]

5．Which is NOT true according to the passage? ________.

[　　]

A．“Kanata” is an Indian word for “village”

B．Jacques Cartier was a famous navigator

C．The French king Francois I wanted to get more land across the world

D．Canada has a long history of white settlers

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　　Many American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their child-hood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs of a worker, shop-keeper and post-master in his early years.

　　

　　A large number of American presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant was a general in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was a hero in the Second World War. It happened that they graduated from the same school?--West Point Military Academy (西点军校). One maybe surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was once fined (罚款) because he broke the rules of the school.

　　

　　The jobs of U. S. presidents are tiring. He must keep an eye on anything important which happens both at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waits for him to do and he has to make many important decisions (决定). When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, “When you grow up, you should not be president. It's a tiring job. ”

　　

1．How many American presidents are mentioned (提到) in this passage?

　　

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A．Four.

B．Five.

C．Six.

D．Seven.

　　 　　 　　

2．Who regarded the jobs of U. S. presidents as the tiring ones?

　　

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A．Grant.

B．Roosevelt.

C．Eisenhower.

D．Taft.

　　 　　 　　

3．In this passage, “keep an eye on”means ________.

　　

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A．take care of

B．see

C．look at fixedly

D．stare at

　　 　　 　　

4．The second paragraph mainly tells up ________.

　　

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A．that Eisenhower became famous in the 2nd World War

　　

B．how Grant became a general

　　

C．that Grant and Eisenhower were both schoolmates

　　

D．that many of the U. S. presidents had served in the army

　　 　　 　　

5．Which of the following is true?

　　

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A．Eisenhower was one of the U. S. presidents in the 19th century.

　　

B．Lincoln was elected the U. S. president after Grant.

　　

C．West Point Military Academy was founded in the 2nd World War.

　　 　　 　　 　　

D．Washington was born in a very poor family.

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　　Traffic police in El Paso City, Texas, said they would start pulling drivers over for obeying the law.

　　The police plan to reward good drivers with free coupon (票) for things ranging from fast-food meals to tickets for an ice skating ballet show.

　　El Paso police said the city's new program me, “Operation Caught in the Act”, was aimed at increasing the value of the public image (形象) of the traffic police.

　　“Frequently, the only experience people have with police is a bad one and a costly one, ”police spoke man Bill said, “But look at firemen, everyone loves firemen. They save your life, they save your money. Maybe we, too, can get a better image.”

　　The good-driver rewards are planned to start next week and last for a month but Bill said the program me could become a long-lasting future, depending on the public's response.

1．The best title for this passage is ________.

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2．What do police want to reward good drivers with?

[　　]

3．What's the purpose of the program me?

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A．To reduce the traffic accidents.

B．To improve the opinions on the police.

C．To pull drivers over for obeying the law.

D．To help poor drivers.

4．Pople usually think ________.

[　　]

A．police will save their lives

B．police are as good as firemen

C．police always reward good drivers

D．police would like to fine them

5．We may infer that ________.

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A．if drivers obey the law they will become one of the “Operation Caught in the Act”

B．the program me will be very useful

C．if people like the program me, it will be operated for as long as possible

D．all the drivers will support the program me

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　　Good health is the most precious in the world. When you've got it, you never think of it, when you haven't got it, you think about it all the time. Our biggest enemies are not terrible diseases and so on. We ourselves are our own biggest enemies because we sometimes destroy our own good health. Some of us eat too much, drink too much and smoke too much.

　　You are probably saying, “It's all well for you to talk, but I can't help myself. I need that extra bit of food, that extra drink and that extra cigarette. Life has so many pressures that I can't manage without them.”

1．What is the topic of this passage?

[　　]

A．Good Health

B．Good Health and Self-protection

C．Our Biggest Enemies

D．The Harm of Too Much Food, Drink and Cigarette

2．Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．Some people never give enough thought to the importance of good health.

B．Diseases are not so terrible.

C．People are becoming more and more selfish in the world today.

D．Bad living habits are more dangerous than diseases themselves.

3．What does “I can't help myself” mean in this passage?

[　　]

A．I'm unable to take care of myself.

B．I can't give any help all by myself.

C．I can't prevent myself from doing so.

D．I'm in a helpless situation.

4．What does “them” refer to in the sentence “I can't manage with them”? It refers to ________.

[　　]

A．pressure in life

B．our best friends

C．terrible diseases

D．that extra bit of food, drink and cigarette

5．The writer seems to suggest that the best way to keep us in good health is ________.

[　　]

A．talking good care of our own health

B．making friends with ourselves

C．getting rid of terrible disease

D．helping yourselves when others won't help you

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　　Visitors to Switzerland usually include Basel in their list of cities to visit. It has a population of over350 000, the majority of whom speak German. However, it is considered a kind of international city, because it stands at the point where three countries meet. Many visitors go to the place in the city where a small three side marker stays?　　 France on one side, Germany on another, and Switzerland on the third. The Rhine, which divides the city, becomes wide and deep enough just at this point for ships to sail all the way up to the North Sea. Basel is quite an old city, too, having risen five centuries ago. The University Basel was founded in 1860, and it is well-known today.

　　

　　

1．Basel is a ________.

　　

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A．Swiss city	B．Sweden country
C．German	D．France

　　 　　 　　

2．Basel is know as a place where ________.

　　

[　　]

　　 　　 　　

A．people from three countries often hold meetings

　　

B．the people originally(原来) came from three countries

　　

C．people can stand on the border of three countries

　　

D．the majority of the people can speak three different languages

　　 　　 　　

3．－Why do you suppose people can reach Basel by ship?

　　

－Because they can sail along the Rhine from ________ to the city.

　　

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A．France	B．Germany
C．Switzerland	D．the North Sea

　　 　　 　　

4．Basel is also well-known for ________.

　　

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A．being a very modern city

　　

B．having a famous old university

　　

C．having an international market

　　

D．being a city on the Rhine

　　 　　 　　

5．Which is the best title for this passage?

　　

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　　 A．Visitors to Switzerland Must Go to Basel

B．Three Countries' Basel

C．Basel, a Visitor's Must

D．Basel. What a Wonderful City

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　“A 66-year-old grandmother has become the first elderly woman to bike a distance of 40,000 kilometres,” the Henan Daily reports．

　For seven years, Li Ailan biked through all of the country's 21 inland provinces and five autonomous regions （自治区）and three municipal cities．

　Li is a retired middle-school teacher in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province．

　In her 40 years of teaching, she had suffered from various illnesses．All seemed to have disappeared, however, during her biking journey．

　Since July of 1986, Li has biked alone seven times, even on the mighty（浩大 的）Qinghai-Tibet Plateau（高原）．In April 1993, she took her six-year-old grandson with her through Beijing, Changchun, Tangshan and Beidaihe．

1．This passage is taken from ________．

[　　]

A．a book

B．a novel

C．a newspaper

D．Li's diary

2．Which of the following is wrong?　　　

[　　]

A．Li is the oldest woman who has biked a distance of 40,000 kilometres．

B．None has biked a distance of 40,000 kilometres．

C．Li gave up teaching in 1996．

D．Li has biked eight times since 1986．

3．She began her teaching ________．

[　　]

A．in 1954

B．when she was about twen ty

C．at the age of twenty-six

D．forty years ago

4．When she taught in a middle-school, ________．

[　　]

A．she was very strong

B．she often felt tired

C．she often travelled to some places by bike

D．she was often ill

5．Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?　　　

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A．Elderly Biker

B．Teacher and Grandson

C．Life After Retirement

D．A Traveller