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    Dancing is most likely the oldest art of all and out of it have　　 grown acting and most probably, music, since the first musical sounds　　 must have been the beat of the drum (鼓) and the chants (单音调的) of　　 the dances. Early man first danced to express anger, joy and other　　 strong feelings and when he discovered that if he danced in front of　　 another person that person usually wanted to dance as well, he used　　 dancing as a way of passing on his feelings to others.

　　

    For example, if the chief man of a tribe (部落) in the Stone Age　　 wanted to get his followers busy hunting for meat, he told them what　　 he wanted not in words but by dancing. For this dance he dressed　　 himself up to look like an animal, perhaps with horns (角) and tail,　　 and jumped up and down, making animal movements and noises. You may　　 think that the head man was acting a part rather than performing a　　 dance, but acting and dancing are the same thing for primitive (原始　　 的) people; they dance an act and act a dance.

　　

(1)According to the passage, which of the following is the oldest form  of art?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ［　　］    A. Painting.　　 B. Music.   C. Dancing.　　D. Acting. 

(2)According to the passage early man first danced in order to___. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］    A. express his feelings    
   B. keep themselves out of danger    C. keep themselves from being hungry    D. frighten animals away from him 

(3)The chief of a primitive tribe in the Stone Age 

usually ____ first and then led his men to go hunting.　　　　　　　　　　 ［　　］    A. gave some orders in words　　　　　　    B. acted a dance     C. discussed what to do and what not to do  D. beat a drum 

(4)In the Stone Age the head man told others what he wanted ____. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］    A. by dancing 　　　　  B. by waving his hands    C. by blowing his horns D. by jumping high 

(5)Music has grown out of ______ according to the article. ［　　］    A. acting and busy hunting B. dancing among people    C. men's feelings 　　　　 D. everyday life and activities

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    All the farmers in the area knew about the wild stallion (种马)　　 named Blase, a powerful horse with long hair on his neck. Many of the　　 local (本地的) men tried to catch this rebel but failed each time. A　　 reward was offered for his capture (捕获), dead or alive, because he　　 encouraged other horses to run away with him.

　　

    Pete Cook and six other men were determined to catch Blase. Pete　　 used the short telescope to study the wild horse's movements. He made　　 several maps of the area and was sure he could catch Blase this time.

　　

    Pete posted the men all along the hidden trails that Blase usually　　 followed. Each rider would pick up Blase along the trail and force him　　 into a narrow canyon (峡谷) where Pete would be waiting.

　　

    The men succeeded in forcing Blase into the narrow canyon. Pete was　　 ready with his rope but Blase came at him in a wild anger. Pete lost　　 his balance but was able to roll over out of the way. Blase saw his　　 chance to escape and got away once again.

　　

(1)The farmers wanted Blase caught because ____________.   ［　　］    A. it was powerful and wild    B. it led other horses to run to the wild    C. they wanted to get the reward    D. they tried to prove their strength 

(2)Pete made several maps of the area and the horse's trail ____. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］      A. to know better the area 　　
   B. to find the horse's trail    
   C. to study the horse's movement    D. to have in mind the trail and catch　　 

(3)How many people worked as a team to force the horse into a narrow canyon?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］    A. Six.　　B. Seven.　　C. Eight.   D. Five. 

(4)Which of the following is Not true?　　　　　　　　　　 ［　　］    A. The men forced Blase into the canyon.    B. Blase dashed angrily at Pete.    C. Pete jumped out of the way.    
   D. Blase luckily got away.  

(5)The story is mainly about ___________.　　　　　　　　  ［　　］    A. a wild horse named Blase    B. the effort to capture the horse    C. the failure to catch the horse    D. the success of Blase's escape

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    For many years, Hawaii has been a magic name to people who like to　　 travel. People on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, in Japan and in　　 America, dream of seeing these beautiful lands in the mid of the　　 ocean. Their dreams always include at least one scene of a sunset over　　 the ocean. In the tropical (热带的) lands, the sun drops, like a ball　　 of golden fire, into the sea, and it drops so quickly that you can　　 almost see it move. The sun leaves behind a glow that lights the skies　　 in the quiet water.

　　

    People often have a quiet, peaceful time—perfect for a leisurely　　 (悠闲的) walk along the water. This scene is not too different from　　 the dramatic (令人神往的) beauty that greeted the first strangers to　　 these islands centuries ago. They were Polynesian people who came from　　 Tahiti in canoes not much bigger than small boats.

　　

    They found the beautiful white sand beaches and the waving palm　　 tree, but there were no giant hotels like the ones we see nowadays.　　 The first people came to Hawaii nearly two thousand years ago, but　　 skyscraper hotels were built only in the last 25 years. Now jet　　 airplanes make it possible to fly to Hawaii for a weekend from Tokyo　　 or San Francisco or Los Angeles.

　　

    Whenever the people come from, they really want to see the　　 original beauty of Hawaii, which is almost hidden by the tall hotels.　　 They want to see the lovely beaches and the mountains called Diamond　　 Head (金刚山).

　　

(1) Hawaii is a name ______.

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A. given by people who like to travel    

B. attracting a lot of travelers    

C. with an interesting story behind it    

D. talked about by both the Japanese and Americans 

(2) The most magic thing on these beautiful islands is ________.

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A. the tropical plants    B. a leisurely walk along the beach     

C. the sunset 　　　　    D. the quiet water 

(3)  _________ do not belong to "the original beauty of Hawaii".

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A. White sand beaches   B. Waving palm trees    

C. Tall hotels 　　　　 D. The Diamond Head Mountain 

(4) The last paragraph suggests ____________.

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A. the scenery nowadays is different from the original beauty   

B. it is not quite easy to see the original beauty, because some of  the scenery almost hidden by tall hotels    

C. The scenery nowadays is unchanged    

D. it is difficult to see the original beauty because things have  completely 

changed in the last 25 years 

(5) The best topic of the passage is __________. 

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A. Islands　　　　　　　　B. Hawaii, A Magic Name    

C. Travelling in Hawaii   D. The Dramatic Beauty

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    An Egyptian king named Psammetichos wished to find out which was　　 the world's oldest language. To gain this information he decided to　　 keep 2 newborn babies apart from others until they began to speak.　　 Because they were kept from grown-ups, they would have no language to　　 imitate. The king made the supposition that the children would speak　　 what was a natural language—which would be oldest. After some months　　 the children were heard to make a sound which was recorded as "bekos".　　 This was found to be very similar (相似) to the Phrygian word for　　 "bread". Therefore Phrygian (a language once spoken in Asia) was　　 considered to be the first language of mankind. At least by King　　 Psammectichos, and, we may suppose, by his court.

(1)The two babies were kept from grown-ups _________.　　［　　］    A. to speak without the help grown-ups    B. to prove that Phrygian was the first language of mankind    C. to see whether they would speak the Egyptian language    D. to discover which language would come most naturally to them 

(2)From his experiment the king concluded that ______.　　 ［　　］    A. the first word children learn in any language is "bread"     B. the Phrygian language was the oldest in the world    C. the oldest word in any language is that for "bread"    D. the Phrygian language was the easiest in the world to learn 

(3)The writer thinks that the king's experiment _______.   ［　　］    A. was the first dependable experiment in history    B. proved what it meant to prove     C. was not necessarily true though based on observation    D. was not worth mentioning  

(4)According to the writer, the king's conclusion _______. ［　　］    A. was accepted by everybody    
   B. caused heated quarrels    
   C. was probably accepted by his court
   D. was not believed by anyone except himself 

(5)From this passage we can learn ______.　　　　　　　　  ［　　］    A. the beginning of languages can be found out through experiment    B. children would speak the oldest language    C. the first language of mankind was spoken by Asians    D. nothing about the beginning of languages

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　A green house is a building made of glass which is used for keeping warm when the outside temperature is low. In a similar（类似）way there are several gases in the atmosphere (mixed of gases that surrounds the earth) which trap（捕捉）the heat produced by the sun and prevent it from escaping. These gases are known as “greenhouse gases”, and the way in which they trap heat in the atmosphere is called the “greenhouse effect”. This is not simply air pollution. Most of the main greenhouse gases exist naturally in small amounts in our atmosphere. and without them earth would be 30 degrees colder and human life would not exist. In other words, the greenhouse effect is a natural course which is to some degree helpful to us.

　The problem is that in the last century and a half, we have been putting too many of these gases into the earth's atmosphere by burning large quantities of coal and oil and by cutting down forest. The rapid increase in greenhouse gases is making the world warmer. The world's temperature has already gone up by half a degree this century, and the sea level has risen by 10 centimeters. If the amount of carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）in the atmosphere doubles, there will probably be a rise in the earth's temperature of between 1 and 4. This may seem a small increase, but it would be enough to cause major changes in geography and agriculture. Large areas of the world would be flooded, and some areas would become dry and unable to produce crops. It is important, too, to consider that there may be a delay of about 30 years in the greenhouse effect. This means that we are probably experiencing only now the effect of the gases put into the atmosphere before the 1960s. Since then, our use of these gases has greatly increased.

　　

(1) According to the passage, we can know "greenhouse effect" means　　 _____.

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A．the way in which gases are used for keeping plants warm

　　

B．a natural course that is to a certain degree useful to us

　　

C．the way "greenhouse gases" trap heat on the earth

　　

D．the whole course in which greenhouse gases prevent heat

　　

(2) If there were no greenhouse effect, ______.

　　

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A．all plants would not grow on our planets

　　

B．soil would reduce the temperature by 30 degrees

　　

C．man would breathe the cleaner air

　　

D．both A and B

　　

(3) Which of the following is not true?

　　

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A．Burning too much coal and oil produces lots of greenhouse gases.

　　

B．It has become warmer on the earth now than in the past.

　　

C．Gases put into the atmosphere now will affect the earth years later.

　　

D．The temperature in the greenhouse is as high as that in the atmosphere.

　　

(4) This passage mainly deals with ______.

　　

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A．the concept（概念）and the harm of the green house

B．the relation between greenhouse gases and man

C．the concept and change of greenhouse effect

D．the effect of the rise of the earth's temperature

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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 students; 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 his feeling. Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness, the quality and 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 he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher's word 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 carefully 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 can't learn his part in a stage-play, because their brains couldn'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 classroom

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) The word "gift" in the text means ______.　　　

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A．presents

B．something belonging to a good actor

C．talents

D．the way a teacher should act in class

(3) A good teacher ______.　　　

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A．knows how to hold the interest of his students

B．must have a good voice

C．knows how to act on the stage

D．stands or sits motionless while teaching

(4) In what way is a teacher's work different from an actor's? ______.

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A．The teacher must learn everything by heart

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

C．He has to deal with unexpected situations

D．He has to use more facial expressions

(5) The main difference between students in class and a theatre audience is that ______.

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A．students can move around in the classroom

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

C．no memory work is needed for the students

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

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　Uganda lies in central Africa, to the south of Sudan, between Kenya and Zaire. Part of the country borders on Lake Victoria(Africa's largest lake.). The land is mainly grassland and most people are farmers. Coffee and cotton are the most important crops. Mining (矿), particularly of copper（铜）, is also important. Most of the people are black. Swahili and English are spoken. Uganda was once ruled by Britain and it didn't gain independence（独立）until 1962. Then Uganda was ruled by a military（军事的）government. In 1972, General Alien drove 40,000 non-Uganda Asians out. It is said that they had too much influence（影响）in the country. Over 30,000 people who were mainly English were accepted into Britain. Stateless Asians were accepted by the U.S.A., Canada, Holland, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Belgium and Denmark.

(1) What do most people in Uganda do for a living? 

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A．Mining　　　B．Farming　　　C．Raising　　　D．Planting coffee

(2) It is known that in Uganda ______. 

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A．industry is advanced and this makes the country rich

B．its economy depends mainly on agriculture

C．its economy depends mainly on industry

D．only coffee and cotton are grown

(3) Why did the military government drive the Asians? 

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A．Because they helped the British before Uganda gained independence.

B．Because they had been greatly influenced by the British.

C．Because they didn't support the military government

D．Because they had too strong effect on the country.

(4) Which of the following is true? 

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A．Some Asians were accepted by the U. S. A. because they were of American blood.

B．Seventy-five percent of those driven were allowed to enter Britain.

C．30,000 out of those driven were British.

D．Only a small number of those driven were Swedes.

(5) Which of the following maps shows rightly the positions of Uganda and its neighbouring countries?(U=Uganda; S=Sudan; K=Kenya; Z=Zaire; L=Lake Victoria)

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　　     Nearly all energy comes from the sun.

　　     Electrical energy comes from the sun in a roundabout way, e. g. it　　 can come from the power of water falling down a mountain. The water　　 fell here as rain, and we know the rain is made by the sun's heat　　 evaporating the water on the earth's surface. The light and energy from　　 coal also comes from the sun in a roundabout way. Coal was made by trees　　 and plants. Those trees and plants grew with the help of sunlight, and　　 changed the sun's energy into chemical energy. When we burn coal, some　　 of this energy is set free.

　　     Energy which we use to drive car engines comes from petrol, which　　 also was made with the aid of the sun in a roundabout way. Plants and　　 animals ate the plants died millions of years ago. It was these parts　　 that made petroleum, from which petrol and oil are now used by people.

(1) The word "roundabout" means _______.　　　　　　　　　　 ［　　］    A. easy　　B. direct　　  C. indirect　　 D. difficult (2) The sun is sources of ______.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　［　　］    A. light   B. heat　　　　C. electricity  D. all above (3) Coal we use today used to be _______ thousands of years ago. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　［　　］    A. animals and plants     B. trees and plants     C. animals and trees     D. stones and soil
(4) Petrol and oil being used by people now come from _____. ［　　］    
  A. water and stone     B. animals and plants    
  C. sea and river  　　 D. soil and rock (5) The best title for this passage is _______.　　　　　　  ［　　］    A. The Sun is Important    
   B. Light and Heat Come from the Sun    C. We Get Everything from the Sun    D. The Sun is Sources of Energy

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Dear Editor:

　　     Once upon a time (not so very long ago, either!) industrial goods　　 were made to last forever. If you bought a car or a stove, it was a　　 once-in-a-life time investment (投资). You paid good money for it, and　　 you took care of it. Today, industry has persuaded us that products　　 shouldn't last a long time. It's cheaper to throw them away than it is　　 to repair them. This has led directly to the "throw-away society" which　　 is a great waste of the earth's resources.

　　

　　    Just think of the cars that are traded in daily, just because they　　 are out of fashion (流行式样). Think of the expensive packaging　　 material that is thrown away every time a new object is bought. And we　　 shoppers have to pay for that material! Our industrial society has　　 turned us into spoiled (宠坏的) children. This wastefulness has got us　　 into the trouble we are in now. When we have no resources left, then　　 we'll start to take care of what we have. But why can't we act before　　 this happens? Why can't we go back to being a society in which the　　 prevention of waste is a virtue?

　　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Kenneth Davis

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 (1)Not long ago, products were made to last _____.　　　　  ［　　］　　    A. not so very long　　　　　　B. as long as one lives　　    C. as long as you wish　　　　 D. as long as possible 

(2)People don't repair many things today because _________. ［　　］　　    A. they change their taste    
   B. they spend less to buy a new one　　    C. they find it a trouble to repair them　　    D. it will cost a lot to repair them   

(3)The shoppers have to pay not only for the goods themselves but also 　　    for _________.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］　　    A. the wrapping paper　　　　  B. the advertisement　　    C. the money spent taking bus  D. the investment 

(4)According to Mr. Davis, we should take care of what we have ______.　　    A. when there are no resources left　　　　　　　　　　  ［　　］　　    B. when it goes out of fashion　　    C. when we still have some 　　    D. when it is running out 

(5)If carried in a newspaper, the best title suggested for this letter　　    is _____.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　［　　］　　    A. A "Throwing-away Society"   B. Spoiled Children　　    C. The Prevention of Waste　　 D. Waste Not, Want Not

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    A stamp is just a piece of paper with a picture and some words　　 printed on one side and some glue on the other side. What makes one of　　 these bits of paper worth any money at all? What makes a four cent　　 stamp worth four cents.　　

　　

    When you buy a stamp, you also buy work from the post office. You　　 get a letter delivered. After the stamp has done his job, the post　　 office says it is worthless. You must buy a new one for each　　 letter you send.

　　

　　    But people often pay money for stamps that have been already used.　　 Collectors have fun just trying to collect many different kinds.　　 Certain kinds are hard to find. To get one of these rare stamps some　　 collectors are willing to pay a great deal of money. They think it is　　 worth something, and that what gives it value. If you collect stamps　　 because they are especially beautiful or tell an interesting story or　　 show all kinds of animals, then those are the ones that have value to　　 you.

(1) When you post a letter, you must buy a ______.　　　　  ［　　］　　    A. four-cent stamp　　　　   B. new stamp　　    C. valuable stamp　　　　　　D. beautiful stamp 

(2) The post office says the stamp is useless when you ___.［　　］　　    A. buy it　　　　　　　　　　B. write a letter　　    C. receive a letter　　　　  D. finish writing a letter 

(3) When some kinds of stamps are very difficult to find, _____.　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］　　    A. people will forget them   B. they can be very valuable　　    C. no one would want them　　D. they will be worthless 

(4) According to the passage we can conclude that ____.　　 ［　　］　　    A. some stamps can be used several times　　    B. every stamp has glue on it　　    C. some stamp can be worth a lot of money　　    D. one stamps is enough for a letter (5) The best title for this passage should be ______.　　  ［　　］　　    A. What Makes Stamps Valuable?    B. How to Use Stamps?　　    C. How Stamps Came into Use?    D. Why Do You Buy Stamps?