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    An expensive car speeding down the main street of a small town was　　 soon caught up with by a young motorcycle policeman. As he started to　　 make out the ticket, the woman behind the wheel said proudly, "Before　　 you go any further, young man, I think you should know that the mayor　　 of this city is a good friend of mine." The officer did not say a　　 word, but kept writing. "I am also a friend of Police Barens,"　　 continued the woman, getting more angry each moment. Still he kept on　　 writing. "Young man," she persisted, "I know Judge Lawson and State　　 Senator (参议员) Patton." Handing the ticket to the woman, the officer　　 asked pleasantly, "Tell me, do you know Bill Bronson?"

　　

    "Why, no," she answered.

    "Well, that is the man you should have known," he said, heading　　 back to his motorcycle, "I am Bill Bronson."

　　

　　 

(1) The policeman stopped the car because ___________.

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A. it was an expensive car　　 　　　　　　  

B. the driver was too proud　　 　　   

C. the driver brought so much trouble to the policeman　　 　　   

D. the driver was driving beyond the speed limit　　 　　

(2) The woman was getting more angry each moment because ________.

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A. the policeman didn't know her friends　　 　　   

B. the policeman didn't accept her kindness　　 　　   

C. the policeman was going to punish her　　 　　   

D. she didn't know the policeman's name　　 　　

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

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A. The woman depended on someone else to finish her work 　　  

B. The woman tried to frighten the policeman on the strength of her friends' powerful positions 　　   

C. The policeman had a sense of humor 　　   

D. The proud lady was fined (罚款) by the honourable policeman

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    One day an old woman wanted to go to London to see her son. She　　 was very excited so that she got up early and reached the small　　 countryside station at nine in the morning. Because this was her first　　 trip to London, she didn't know the train time. She felt very worried,　　 and just at that moment. she saw a little boy running towards her. She　　 stopped him and asked him at what time the train would arrive and when　　 the train would leave for London.

　　

    The boy looked at the woman, and said/tu:tu:tu:tu:tu:/, just like　　 firing a gun. Then he ran away. The old woman was very surprised and　　 got angry. So she wondered why the boy made fun of her. She sat in a　　 chair and thought and thought. At last, she couldn't help laughing,　　 saying to herself: "Ah, what a clever boy! He told me the train　　 time...Oh, aha, what a naughty boy!"

　　

(1) When the old woman was at the small station, she stopped 　　   ___________.

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A. asking a boy the train time 　　   

B. to ask a boy when the train would leave 　　   

C. asking a boy when the train would arrive 　　   

D. a boy to ask him the train time 　　

(2) The old woman began to smile because ___________.

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A. the boy made fun of her 　　   

B. the boy's voice was very interesting 　　   

C. the boy was a funny fellow 　　   

D. the boy told her the train time in an unusual way 　　

(3) At last the old woman knew that the boy told her that the train  would _________.

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A. arrive at 12:00　　B. arrive at 1:58 and leave at 2:02 　　   

C. leave at 12:00　　 D. arrive at 10:00 and leave at 12:00 　　

(4) According to her story, we can draw the conclusion that ______. 

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A. the boy was very foolish 　　   

B. neither the boy nor the woman was foolish 　　   

C. the woman was very foolish 　　   

D. either the boy or the woman was foolish 　　

(5) The best title for this story would be _________.

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A. The First Trip to London　　B. An Interesting Reply 　　   

C. A Foolish Boy　　　　　　   D. An Interesting Trip 

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    Martha's Vineyard got its name from its discoverer, Artholomew　　 Gasnold, who named it after his wife Martha, and it was also in memory　　 of the thick growth of wild vines (葡萄) on the land.

　　

    The island of Martha's Vineyard lies south of Cape Cod off the　　 Southeastern coast of Massachusetts, United States. It is nearly 20　　 miles long and runs from 2 to 10 miles in width. There are wide, hard　　 beaches on the southern side. The north is hilly, but in the south and　　 eastern parts there are wide areas of open land covered with wild　　 flowers.

    The island was discovered early in the 17th century. The Indians　　 were quiet and friendly, and the new-comers fished for a living,　　 making a lot of money from whaling (捕鲸). With the decline (衰落) of　　 whaling and sailing ships, Martha's Vineyard was almost forgotten　　 until about 60 years ago when people began to buy the old houses of　　 the whaling captains and the sheds of the fishermen near the beaches.　　 Now people go there year after year for their summer holidays.

　　

(1)  Which of the following maps tells rightly where Martha's　　   Vineyardlies.

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　　　　Mas=Massachusetts  C=Cape Cod  M=Martha's Vineyard　　 　　   

A.     B. 　　 　　   

C.     D. 　　 　　

(2) In this passage the writer does not tell us __________.

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A. how the island got its name　　 　　   

B. the population of the island　　 　　   

C. the scenery of the island　　 　　   

D. the value of the island　　 　　

(3)  One of the reasons why Martha's Vineyard was almost forgotten  is that ___________. 

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A. the hunting of whales became less and less productive 　　   

B. ship building industry developed rapidly 　　   

C. most of the Vineyard lay waste 　　   

D. a lot of fishermen left the island 　　

(4) Most people spend their summer holidays _________.

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A. in the north of the island     B. in the eastern parts 　　   

C. at the southern seaside 　　   D. All of the above.

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　Education is not an end, but a means to an end．In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them．Our purpose is to fit them for life．

　In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all --- whether rich or poor, clever or stupid --- one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation．But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees; they refuse to do what they think “low” work; and, in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries．But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education，but we die if we have no food．If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns．．．

　In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that it is very bad to be ashamed of one’s work．Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society．

(1) The writer of the passage thinks that ______ ．

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A．education can settle most of the world’s problems

B．free education for all probably leads to a perfect world

C．free education won’t help to solve social problems

D．all the social problems can’t be solved by education

(2) The writer wants to prove that ______ ．

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A．our society needs all kinds of jobs

B．our society needs free education for all

C．a farmer is more important than a professor

D．people with university degree refuse to do what they think“low”work

(3) According to the passage ______ ．

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A．work with hands is dirty and shameful

B．work with hands is low work

C．work with hands is the most important

D．we can’t regard work with hand as low work

(4) The purpose of education is ______ ．

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A．to choose a system of education

B．to prepare children mainly for their future work

C．to let everyone receive education fit for him

D．to build a perfect world

(5) The passage tells us about ______ of education．

[　　]

A．the means　　　B．the system

C．the value　　　 D．the type

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　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 ?Are you afraid to ask someone for a date?

　Many people are afraid to assert themselves．Dr．Robert Albert, author of “Stand Up, Speak Out, and Talk Back”, thinks it's because their self-esteem is low． “Our whole set-up is geared to make people distrust themselves, ” says Albert．“There’s always a superior around : a parent, a teacher, a boss---who knows better．　　 These superiors often gain when they ship away at your self-image．”

　But Albert and other scientists are doing something to help people assert themselves．They offer “Assertiveness Training”courses, “AT”for short．In the AT 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 without hurting other people．

　In one way, learning to speak out is to overcome fear．A group taking an AT course will help the timid person to lose his fear．But AT uses an even stronger motive---the need to share．The timid people speak out in the group because he wants to tell how he feels．

　Whether or not you speak up for yourself depends on your self-image．If someone you face is more “important” than you, you may feel less of a person．You will start to doubt your own good sense．You go by the other person’s label．But, why should you?AT says you can get to feel good about yourself．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 themselves or to talk back

C．there are too many “chiefs” and not enough “Indians．”

D．some people don’t think highly enough of themselves

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

[　　]

A．some people have a low self-image

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

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

D．people don’t share enough

(3) The effect of our set-up on people is often to ______．

[　　]

A．make them distrust their own answres to problems

B．make things more favourable for “superiors”

C．keep them from knowing as much as their “superiors” know

D．help them to learn to speak up for their rights

(4) A good title for this passage could be ______．

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A．Stand Up, Speak Out, Talk Back

B．One Way to Overcome Timidity

C．The Problem of Learning

D．Protect yourself and your family

(5) “AT course” means ______．

[　　]

A．a course which helps you to assert yourself

B．a course in which you will learn the usage of prepositions

C．a course in which you will learn to fight against your enemy and your friends

D．a course which teaches you the knowledge of human life

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　Every country in the world celebrates New year but not every country does it in the same way．The countries of American and Europe welcome the New Year on January the first．This practice, began with the Roman ruler Julius Caesar, changes the date of the New Year from the first day of March to the first day of January．In the Middle East, New Year is when spring begins．People in China celebrate it on the spring Festival which is the first day of their calendar based on the moon．The Spring Festival usually comes between January 21 and February 19．Rosh Hashana which is the Jewish New Year, was at the end of summer．The Hindus in India celebrate first day of each season, so they have four New Years．

　In all of these cultures, there is a pracitice of making noise．People made noise in ancient times to drive away the devil spirits from house to house with drums and bamboo sticks．Young people in America stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve to watch the clock pass from one year to the next．Friends often gather together at a party on New Year’s Eve, and when the New Year comes, all ring bells, blow horns, blow whistles, sing and kiss each other．

(1) The people all over the world ______ celebrate the New Year．

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A．do not all　　　

B．do the same thing but not to

C．do not do the same thing to

D．do the same things to

(2) Chinese New Year’s Day is called the Spring Festival, which comes______．  

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A．on the first day of March

B．between January 21 and February 19

C．at the end of summer

D．on the first day of January

(3) The countries all over the world have only one New Year except ______．

[　　]

A．the Indians　　　B．the Hindus

C．the Romans　　　D．the people in the Middle East

(4) It was long ago that people began to ______ to ______．

[　　]

A．make noise; make fun

B．make noise; frighten the devil spirits

C．make noise; stop themselves from falling asleep

D．light fireworks; make the night bright

(5) In the United States, people usually do not sleep until very late ______ on New Year’s Eve．

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A．to watch a big clock

B．to stand watching for nothing

C．to see off the old year and welcome the New Year

D．to make noise

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　Taro went to the United States in his junior year．He entered a college in Los Angeles．Soon after he started studying there, he noticed some differences between American and Japanese students．

　It seemed to him that American students generally studied harder during weekdays and enjoyed themselves on weekends．In Japan, however, quite a few students study only before term examination periods and do something else for the rest of the time．

　The educational systems, Taro thought, made students’attitudes different from one country to the other．It is easier for American students to enter colleges or universities compared with the situation in Japan．But they study harder once they enter because they are dismissed if they do not do well．On the contrary, it is so difficult to enter colleges and universities in Japan that students have to study until midnight almost every night before his entrance examinations．And they are relieved from the pressure of having to study when they enter and they want to do something else．Taro, who had been used to a Japanese student’s life style, had a hard time for the first few months in the U．S．

　Another difference is classroom atmosphere．The American students are very active in class, while in the Japanese colleges, the students are very quiet．The American students willingly try to show what they know, while the Japanese students never do unless they are asked to．

　Now, Taro thinks that these differences come from the cultural differences of both countries．In Japan, people have been trained to be humble and not to be aggressive．He finally came to the conclusion that he should be aggressive in order to survive in the American society．

(1) Taro’s native country is ______ ．

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A．Japan　　　B．China　　　C．Britain　　　D．Asia

(2) American students work harder than Japanese students in ______．

[　　]

A．high schools

B．colleges and universities

C．middle schools and primary schools

D．primary schools

(3) ______ are more active in class．

[　　]

A．Japanese students 　　　B．American students

C．Japanese teachers　　　D．American teachers

(4) ______ study very hard because they have to take a very difficult entrance exam．

[　　]

A．American high schools students

B．Japanese middle school students

C．American college students

D．Japanese college students

(5)  American college students study very hard．Otherwise they will ______．

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A．be dismissed

B．be laughed at by their friends

C．get more money

D．get a bad job

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　Electricity is such a part of our everyday life and so much taken for granted nowadays that we hardly think twice when we switch on the light or turn on the radio．At night, roads are brightly lit, enabling people and traffic to move freely ．Colourful street-lights have become part of the character of every modern city．In the home, many labour saving devices are powered by electricity． Even when we turn off the lamp and are fast asleep, electricity is still working for us, driving our ice-boxes, heating our water, or keeping our rooms warm in winter．Every day, trains and trolleybuses take people to and from work．We rarely stop to think why or how they run until something goes wrong．

　In the summer of 1959, something did go wrong with power station that supplies New York with electricity．For a great many hours, lift came almost to standstill（停止）．Trains refused to move and the people in them sat in the dark, powerless to do anything ; lifts stopped working so that even if you were lucky enough not to be trapped（陷入）between two floors, you had the unpleaseant task（任务）of finding your way down hundreds of flights of stairs．Famous streets like Broadway and Fifth Avenue in an instant became as dark as the most distant back streets．

　People were afraid to leave their houses, for although the police had been ordered to stand by in case of （以免）emergency（紧急情况）they were just as puzzled and helpless as anybody else．

　At the same time, similar disorder happened in the home．New York can be very hot in summer and this year was no exception．Cool rooms became hot stoves．Food went bad in ice- boxes．Fish and meat remained uncooked in cooking pots, and people sat impatient and frightened in the dark as if an unseen enemy had landed from Mars（火星）, The only people who were not troubled by the darkness were the blind．Only one of the strangest things that took place was that some fifty blind people led many sighted workers home．When the lights came on again, hardly a person in the city can have turned on a switch without thinking how great a servant he bad at his finger-tips．

(1) In the first paragraph, the word“devices”means：

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A．electrical machines．

B．hand-tools that save man power．

C．inventions that make work easier．

D．ice-boxes and washing-machines only．

(2) According to what is said in this passage, electricity_______．

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A．has not made life easier．

B．is still something of a miracle（奇迹）

C．is something we think about all the time．

D．is something we have come to accept without questions．

(3) People were impatient and frightened, because ________

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A．the whole city was in complete darkness．

B．an unseen enemy had landed from Mars．

C．New York was very, very hot that summer．

D．blind people became more capable（能干的）than sighted workers．

(4) Some blind people led sighted workers home because _______　　

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A．blind people had better eyesight in darkness than sighted workers．

B．blind people were used to darkness and were not affected by the accident．

C．sighted workers were so frightened by the complete darkness that they lost their way．

D．the police had been ordered to stand by and could not take the workers home．

(5) The passage suggests that most large modern cities _______ 

[　　]

A．need more modern buildings．

B．are terrible places to live in．

C．would be better off without electricity．

D．completely depend on electricity．

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　　     Smokers who want to quit (戒除) have much better luck doing it on　　 their own than trying to kick the habit through an organized program,　　 according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical　　 Association.

　　 　　 　　 　　

　　     Dr. Michael C. Fiore and fellow workers at the University of　　 Wisconsin found that those who quit on their own are nearly twice as　　 successful as those who use organized programs. Although Dr Fiore　　 agrees that some heavy smokers may benefit from organized programs,　　 this study showed that only 23.6 percent of those in programs were　　 successful, as against 47.5 percent of the separate quitters.

　　 　　 　　 　　

　　     It was also found that success isn't tied to how many cigarettes　　 (香烟) someone smokes a day, or to race or gender (性别). What does　　 it work? Completely giving up smoking suddenly succeeded more often　　 than gradually.

　　 　　 　　

(1)  Smokers can give up smoking more easily if they _______.

　　

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A. are forced to do so　　　　   　　 B. do it separately　　 　　   

C. do it with others together　　　　 D. do it with others' help  　　 　　

(2)  Dr. Fiore thinks that organized programs _______ heavy smokers　　 to give up smoking.

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A. can help some　　　　   　　 B. can't help any　　 　　   

C. are unnecessary for　　  D. are successful for most　　 　　

(3)  The words "tied to" in the last paragraph mean ______.

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A. decided by　　 B. told by 　　    

C. judged from　　D. connected with　　 　　

(4)  This article tells us ______ succeeds more often.

　　

[    ]

　　

A. giving up smoking step by step  　　 　　   

B. limiting one's cigarettes a day 　　 　　   

C. giving up smoking suddenly　　  　　 　　   

D. being free to give up smoking　　 　　

(5) This article doesn't say so, but we can see that ______ smokers　　 can give up smoking.

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A. few　　B. all　　C. not all　　D. most　　

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　　     Another way to beat heart disease is to watch what you eat. Your　　 everyday choice of food can be a key factor (因素) in the health of　　 your heart. And if you are choosing food for your family, you've got　　 their hearts to think of, too. To be careful of not eating the wrong　　 food and putting on too much weight.

　　

　　     For most people, it's all too easy to put on weight. This might　　 be because of the kind of body you have: whatever you eat seems to　　 turn straight into fat. Or perhaps you aren't taking enough exercise　　 to burn up the calories (卡路里) in your food.

　　

　　     But the most likely reason is that you are simply eating too　　 much of the wrong sorts of food, in other words, too many fatty and　　 sugary foods. These are loaded (具有) with calories. Do you know that　　 6 grams of butter contains more calories that half a kilo of potatoes?　　 And two spoons of sugar contain nearly as many calories as a hundred　　 grams of vegetables.

　　

　　     So the best way to keep your weight down is to cut down on the fat　　 and sugar in your daily diet (每日食谱).　　

(1)  Food has _______ on one's heart. 

[    ]

A. a great effect　　B. no effect　　    C. few effects　　   D. some effects　　 　　

(2)   For most people, which of the following is the most important reason for putting on weight? 

[    ]

A. The kind of body.

B. Eating too much of the wrong food.

C. Not taking enough exercises.

D. Both A and B. 

(3)   The quantity of calories contained in a spoon of sugar is　　   nearly the same as contained in ________.

[    ]

A. 1/20 kilos of potatoes　　 　　   B. 1/200 kilos of some vegetables　　 　　   

C. 1/100 kilo of potatoes　　 　　   D. 1/20 kilos of some vegetables　　 　　

(4)  In order not to become too fat, one should eat _______.

[    ]

A. more potatoes than vegetables　　 　　   

B. more vegetables than potatoes　　 　　   

C. more potatoes and vegetables than sugar and butter　　 　　   

D. more vegetables and sugar than butter and potatoes　　 　　

(5)   From the first paragraph, we know that _______ to beat heart　　 disease.

[    ]

A. there is only one way 

B. there are two ways 

C. there are few ways 

D. there are three or more ways