1. The passage can be entitled __________. A. Redwoods in California B. The Statue of Liberty C. Seaweed D. The Tallest Plants

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　　　 We think of a flood or an earthquake as a natural disaster. To many of nature' s animals, however, the greatest disaster is the coming of large numbers of humans. When settlers came from the East to America' s great western plains, they killed millions of bison, poisoned the prairie dogs, and shot the coyotes. All this upset the area's balance of nature. For the animals, it was worse than a flood or earthquake.

5. The subject of the paragraph is __________. A. where Waterloo is B. who named Waterloo C. why Napoleon and the French Army were defeated at Waterloo D. how the word Waterloo came to mean defeat

Correct answers: 1---5 CACAD

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　　　 What are the tallest plants in the world? Many people would say that giant redwood trees of California. Actually, the tallest plants are in the oceans. These are seaweeds that grow almost seven hundred feet tall. Compared to this height, the giant redwoods are pygmies of only four hundred feet. To get some idea of these heights, consider the Statue of Liberty. This huge figure rises only three hundred feet.

4. The subject of the paragraph is _________. A. what the Manhattan phone book is like B. where the Manhattan book is printed C. how many telephones are there in New York D. who printed the first phone book

Paragraph 5 　　　 The word Waterloo has become a synonym for defeat-total defeat and complete disaster. Waterloo, a town in Belgium, was the scene of a battle in 1851 that brought overwhelming defeat to Napoleon Bonaparte ' s French Army. At stake were the whole continent of Europe and Napoleon' s dream of an empire. In a few days over forty thousand French soldiers died. With their deaths a new word for disaster was born - Waterloo.

3. The main idea of the paragraph is __________. A. what cake smells like

B. why bakeries make money

C. how people are attracted to bakery counters

D. what bakery counters in supermarkets sell

Paragraph 4 　　　 The Manhattan (New York City) telephone book is one of the largest of its kind in the nation. About 1,500, 000 copies of this book are printed each -year. To make the paper of the books, 43, 000 trees are cut down. There are twenty-six columns of Smiths and twenty-three of Browns. If all the copies of this book were stacked on top of each other, they would make a pile forty miles high.

2. From the passage we know _________. A. why rats are an enemy of people

B. how rats destroy our food

C. why rats cause disease

D. why rats were dangerous to people long ago

Paragraph 3 　　　 Some supermarkets have a special way of getting people to come to the bakery counters. Sometimes they spray a "cake smell" into the air. At other times they spray the fresh smell of baking bread. These smells are enough to make people' s mouths water. The customers then race madly to the counter to buy cake, bread, rolls , and other baked goods!

75. The passage is mainly about _____.

　A. the construction of a road　　　 B. the design of a road　

　 C. the construction of two tunnels　 D. the design of two tunnels

74. Driving in the tunnel, one can know the traffic conditions ahead through______.

　　A. the lights　　 　　　　　　　　　　B. the electric signs　　

C. the trucks and the cars　 　　　　D.　 the emergency phones

73. Which part of the tunnel in the diagram is used to pipe out extra water?

　 A. 1　 　　　　　　B. 3 　　　　　　C. 5　 　　　　　　　D　 6　

72. Each of the tunnels under construction is _____.

　 A. eight kilometers long and twenty meters wide

　 B. eight kilometers long and six meters wide

C. four kilometers long and twenty meters wide

　 D. four kilometers long and six meters wide

71. The main purpose of the passage is to _________.

A. show how useful the book is. 　　　B, explain what creativity　

C. discuss how one can be creative　 　D. tell what reaching aims at　

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A new eight-kilometer road is under construction that links the port area with motorway system. It is expected to carry 20,000 trucks and cars a day, which greatly reduces the overcrowded traffic in the center of the city. As part of the project, two four-kilometer road tunnels are being built below the central area of the city, one for traffic to the north and the other for the traffic to the south. The two tunnels are about 20 meters below the surface and are 12 meters wide, providing for two lanes of traffic in each direction.　

　 　In the upper part of the tunnel two air-conditioning pipes remove the waste gas of trucks and cars and keep the quality of air inside the tunnel. The lighting is at the top of the tunnel, practically at its highest point. There will also be electric signs at frequent intervals. They show traffic conditions ahead and can be seen clearly by drivers. The wall is made up of four main elements, which include a waterproofing covering and, on the inside of the tunnel, a concrete lining.

　　Each tunnel is roughly round and the lower part of the tunnel is somewhat flat. The surface of the road lies on the base, which is made of concrete and steel. The drainage system, just below the road surface on one side, removes any extra liquid, particularly water. In the event of fire, the fire main, which is made of steel, pipes water to many fire hydrant stations at regular intervals along the length of the tunnel. The fire main is at the side of the tunnel and at the level of the road surface. Other systems in the tunnel will include emergency phones.