Read and choose(阅读理解)：

In recent years, advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past．New medicines and machines are being developed every day to extend life．However, some people, including some doctors, are not in favor of these life-extending measures, and they argue(争辩)that people should have the right to die when they want．They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself, and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable(不可忍受的)．They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity(尊严)and to decide when they want to die．Others argue that life under any conditions is better than death and that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible．And so the battle goes on and on without a definite(确切的)answer．

1．The best title of this passage is“______”．

[　　]

A．The Right to Live　　　B．The Right to Die

C．Doctor's duty 　　　　 D．Death or Life

2．People can now live longer than in the past．It is because of ______．

[　　]

A．the development of medical technology

B．big hospitals

C．good medical workers

D．both B and C

3．According to the writer's opinion, ______．

[　　]

A．death is better than life

B．life is better than death

C．neither death nor life is good

D．none of the above

4．The expression “life-extending measures” in this passage means ______．

[　　]

A．examinations of people's health

B．machines doing exercise

C．ways to make people live longer

D．the right of dying with dignity

5．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

[　　]

A．Most of the medical workers join in the argument．

B．The argument has ended in favor of the doctors．

C．The argument hasn't ended yet．

D．The quality of life is as important as life itself, so people should be allowed to die under any conditions．

Read and choose(阅读理解)：

　　New York--- Five grown children kept the remains(遗体)of their mother in her bedroom more than 6 months after she died, filling the room with presents and flowers in the belief that she would be resurrected, police said on Saturday．

　　Blanche Riley, 61, died in March in the two-story house she shared with her five children and a grandson in the New York borough(区)of Brooklyn．A niece(侄女)of Riley in Florida grew doubt(怀疑)about the family's claim(声称)that she was senseless and had been sleeping a lot and flew to see her aunt．

from CHINA DAILY, Monday, September 23, 1996

1．According to the passage, we know that Blanche Riley was born in ______．

[　　]

A．1936　　　B．1935　　　C．1934　　　D．1933

2．The word “resurrected” in the last sentence of the first paragraph probably means ______．

[　　]

A．wake　　　　　B．get up

C．be happy　　　D．come back to life

3．How did they hold back(掩盖)the fact that their mother had died?

[　　]

A．They said that they believed their mother would be resurrected．

B．They filled the room with presents and flowers．

C．They claimed that their mother had been sleeping a lot and couldn't see anybody．

D．They said their mother flew to Florida to pay a visit．

4．Who do you suppose reported it to the police?

[　　]

A．A daughter of Riley's brother or sister．

B．Riley's grandson．

C．A son of Riley's brother or sister．

D．Riley's husband．

阅读理解

　　It was the middle of April of 1975．A large number of birds were flying northward． Thousands of ducks led the way as they usually do．

　　But things were different that year．The north winds were very strong． Heavy snowstorms came quite late in the spring．The birds badly needed a place to get out of the storms and to rest during their long flights． Thousands of ducks found a place to rest in Nebraska．

　　At that time a terrible disease that kills birds broke out in Nebraska．Ducks were dying in great numbers．Hawks that lived nearby were spreading (传播) the disease to the water birds that landed on the small lakes．

　　The wildlife workers (野生动物保护工作者)were not able to stop the terrible disease．As they worried over the dying birds, they suddenly thought of something even worse． In a few days the whoopers (美洲鹤), one of the most beautiful birds, were going to fly across the state．

　　What would happen if even one of the forty-nine remaining whoopers was to land near the sick birds? If a whoopers got the disease, it could spread to all the rest．

　　A bad snowstorm blew over Nebraska as the first whoopers fought their way across the state． They were forced down by the storm． And they landed right in the middle of one of the places where the disease was spreading． A farmer was the first to see the nine whoopers on the lake．The wildlife workers quickly prepared to save the whoopers． They worked for long hours trying to frighten the birds away to a safe place．They fired guns, but the whoopers refused to move．

　　At last it stopped snowing! With a small plane the workers were able to drive all but two of the whoopers to a safe place．

　　All night long the workers stayed in the cold as they watched over the whoopers．Suddenly, as day began to break, the last two whoopers took off． They were driven by the airplane to a safe place．

　　Slowly the winds became less strong． The nine whoopers flew off to the north． The wildlife workers were tired but happy．

1．What was the unusual thing that happened in Nebraska in 1975? ______．

[　　]

A．Ducks led the way as a large number of birds flew north

B．Ducks couldn’t find a place to rest in Nebraska

C．A terrible disease that kills birds broke out

D．Heavy snowstorms came early in the spring

2．What made things even worse was that ______．

[　　]

A．hawks got the disease and spread it to the water birds

B．the whoopers flying by would be in danger of catching the disease

C．thousands of ducks died

D．the wildlife workers were not able to stop the disease

3．the wildlife workers did all the following things to save the whoopers EXCEPT ________．

[　　]

A．firing guns to get the whoopers away from the sick birds

B．watching over the whoopers the whole night

C．using a small plane to drive the whoopers to safety

D．gathering the sick and dead birds with a small plane

4．In the end , the nine whoopers flew off to the north when ______．

[　　]

A．the night was over　　　 B．it stopped snowing

C．there was less wind　　　D．the winds stopped

5．Which of the following is NOT TRUE ?______．

[　　]

A．The wildlife workers were happy because they had done their best to protect the whoopers

B．The wildlife workers acted quickly when they were needed to save the whoopers

C．The whooper is a bird which is not commonly found

D．The whoopers always land on the lakes in Nebraska when flying north

Read and choose(阅读理解)：

Thursday July 16th a young woman dangerously sick with pneumonia (肺炎) was found late this evening behind a typewrite in a downtown office where she fell down only hours after she had mysteriously disappeared from the hospital． Susan Cross, a 22-year-old woman employed (雇佣) until recently as a secretary in Mr． John Taylor’s office on Hogate Street, had been hospitalized in Room 1012 at the hospital for nearly two weeks with pneumonia when she decided she couldn’t stand it any longer． She had to get back to here desk in Taylor’s office to catch up on her work．Moving out of the hospital a little after five o’clock this afternoon, Susan, still dressed in her hospital clothes , took a taxi to Taylor’s office and went straight to her office． At once she started typing letters, filing (把…归档) papers, and straightening up (清理) her desk． But she was still too weak to work and she fell down behind her desk． Fortunately, a night watchman happened to notice the light in Taylor’s office and went into examine． He found Miss Cross and immediately called Miss Cross’s employer (雇主) Mr． Taylor． Mr． Taylor was not at home, but Mrs． Taylor called the hospital immediately． An ambulance was sent to Taylor’s office to get young Susan Cross．

1．In the evening a night watchman happened to find Susan ______．

[　　]

A．in Room 1012　　　　　B．in Taylor’s office

C．on Hogate Street　　　D．in the hospital

2．It was ______ that Susan Cross left the hospital．

[　　]

A．because she didn’t like to stay with nurses

B．because she wanted to go to see her parents

C．because she liked to make fun of doctors and nurses

D．because she had a lot of work to do in her office

3．Susan Cross is a 22-year-old ______．

[　　]

A．secretary　　　B．writer

C．doctor　　　　 D．employer

4．What kind of person do you think Susan Cross is ? ______．

[　　]

A．She is not the kind of person who keeps her promise

B．She is the kind of person who is unhappy to see other patients (病人) in the hospital

C．She is the kind of person who loves her work

D．She always changes her mind and is never satisfied

5．Which of the following sentences is true? ______．

[　　]

A．Mr． Taylor happened to be at home when Susan disappeared

B．It was Mrs． Taylor that first found Miss Susan Cross

C．After she left the hospital, Susan Cross went straight to her office by bus

D．Susan Cross had been in hospital for almost two weeks till she moved out of the hospital．

阅读理解

　　A warm, dusty wind was blowing over the harbor (海港) from the south．Where it stopped, it left a thin layer of fine African sand, a bit of unwanted Africa, and also unwanted by France．

　　Clive stood with Dick, a racing driver, in the ship, watching the cares being taken from the land． Some of the cars were already in the ship．

　　‘ I hope this wind will have changed by the time we get there,’ the driver said, staring up at the cream-colored sky． ‘These conditions wouldn’t be any good for racing．’

　　‘Don’t worry,’ Clive said with a smile． ‘It’ll hardly trouble us, since Argentina is about 7,000 miles away．’

　　Surprise came over the driver’s face． ‘Is that so? We should leave it behind then, shouldn’t we?’

　　They talked for a while about Argentina． Clive was going on business, but Dick was to take part in a motor-race． It was his first important event outside Europe．He mentioned the date of the race-December 30, and added, ‘I’ve never raced in cold winter before．’

　　Their conversation was then turned to the young driver．He was an engineer, twenty-six years old． Motor-racing was his great love, and he was recently driving a car made in France． He spoke well enough, so Clive thought he must have had a good education．However, something seemed to have gone wrong- or was different these days． Here he was, going to Argentina, but without much idea where the country was． When he spoke of a cousin of his, who worked in South Africa- ‘Is there any chance of this ship calling there ?’ Clive realized that the young man had no map of the world in his mind．

　　He had plans to race in South Africa and in Japan． To him, they were places on the earth, and probably that was all． Clive was interested because the man seemed cheerfully unconscious of his lack of knowledge． What was worse, he even thought everyone else was as foolish as him．

　　Dust blew into their faces． “This wind from Africa…’ but he did not go on． Was there any point of his saying so? To the young man, it might have been the same as a wind from China． Were there many people, he wondered, who did not know where they were going, or even where they were?

1．Clive and Dick were on the ship because they ______．

[　　]

A．were leaving for South America

B．wanted to see a French motor-race

C．tried to stay away from a dust storm

D．had gone there to get the motor-cars

2．Clive was puzzled when the driver spoke about the weather conditions because ______．

[　　]

A．the weather didn’t look like changing

B．the driver couldn’t race that day

C．the driver thought conditions would be the same in Argentina

D．the long distance to Argentina had surprised the man

3．_________ made Clive try to find out more of the young driver．

[　　]

A．It was his interest in people with exciting jobs that

B．The young man’s idea that the race would be run in winter

C．His wish to make a friend for the long trip

D．His wish to make the young driver feel less worried

4．What seemed to have gone wrong was that ______．

[　　]

A．an engineer should waster time racing

B．people started on long journeys without any maps

C．the young man’s education was far from perfect

D．the young man was on the wrong ship for South America

5．Clive and Dick were not the same kind of people because ______．

[　　]

A．the driver was much younger than Clive

B．their jobs were different

C．Clive knew his way about the world, but the young man didn’t

D．the wind worried Dick, but it didn’t trouble Clive

阅读理解

　　Most people think that the older you get, the harder it is to learn a new language． That is, they believe that children learn more easily and efficiently (有效地) than adults (成年人)． Thus, at some points in our lives, maybe around age 12 or 13, we lose the ability (能力) to learn languages well． Is this idea fact or myth(想象)?

　　Is it true that children learn a foreign language more efficiently than adults? On the contrary, research studies suggest that the opposite may be true． One report, on 2,000 Danish children studying Swedish, conducted that the teenagers learn more in less time than the younger children． Another report, on Americans learning Russian, Showed the ability to learn increased as the age increased from childhood to adulthood． There are several possible explanations for these findings． For one thing, adults know more about the world and therefore are able to understand meanings more easily than children． Moreover, adults can use logical (逻辑的) thinking to help themselves see patterns in the language． Finally, adults have more self-discipline than children．

　　All in all, it seems that the common idea that children are better language learners than adults may not be fact, but myth．

1．The main idea in this short passage is ______．

[　　]

A．teenagers are more difficult to teach than adults

B．Danish teenagers can learn Swedish faster than younger children

C．adults are more logical than children

D．the ability to learn languages in creases with age

2．The experiments mentioned in the passage are about ______．

[　　]

A．the age of the Danish and American people

B．the foreign language learning

C．natives how to learn their languages

D．the difference between adults and children

3．Which of the following possible explanations is not mentioned that older students can make more progress in learning languages?

[　　]

A．Adults know more about the world．

B．Adults can use logical the world．

C．Adults have more self-discipline．

D．Adults can read better．

4． “Adults have more self-discipline than children” means ______．

[　　]

A．children are very naughty

B．adults have more ability to control themselves than children

C．adults always obey rules in learning a language while children don't

D．children are free to use any kind of method in learning a language

5．The best title for this passage may be ______．

[　　]

A．Adults and Children

B．Age and Language Learning

C．Learning Foreign Languages

D．The Best Explanations for Language Learning

Read and choose (阅读理解)：

    Robert Spring, a 19th century forger(伪造签字者), was so good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of famous Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he made some money by selling his small but genuine of early U.S. autographs (亲笔签字). Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures of George Washington and Ban Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To make less the chance of detection(发觉), he sent his forgeries (伪造物) to England and Canada for sale and circulation(销售).

    Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger can’t approach a respectable buyer but must deal with people who don’t have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their work look real, For example, they buys old books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and ink with chemicals.

    In Spring’s time, right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern states, so Spring invented a respectable maiden lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General “Stonewall” Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny’s economic problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task of separating his forgeries from the originals.

1．Why did spring sell his false autographs in England and Canada? ______.

[　　]

A．There was a greater demand there than in America

B．There was less chance of being detected there

C．Britain was Spring’s birthplace

D．The price were higher in England and Canada

2．After the Civil War, there was a great demand in Britain for ______.

[　　]

A．Southern money

B．signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin

C．Southern manuscripts and letters

D．Civil War battle plans

3．Robert Spring spent 15 years ______.

[　　]

A．running a bookstore in Philadelphia

B．corresponding with Miss Fanny Jackson

C．as a forger

D．as a respectable dealer

4．According to the passage, forgeries are usually sold to ______.

[　　]

A．sharp-eyed experts

B．persons who aren’t experts

C．book dealers

D．owner of old books

5．Who was Miss Fanny Jackson? ______.

[　　]

A．The only daughter of General “Stonewall” Jackson

B．A little-known girl who sold her father’s papers to Robert Spring

C．Robert Spring’s daughter

D．An imaginary person created by Spring

　　Today is the anniversary of that afternoon in April a year ago that I first saw the strange and appealing(令人动心)doll in the window of Abe Sheftel’s stationery and toy shop on Third Avenue near Fifteenth Street, just around the corner from my office, where the plate on the door reads: Dr. Samuel Amory. I remember just how it was that day: the first hint of spring floated across the East River, mixing with the soft-coal smoke from the factories and came to Sheftel’s, I was made once more aware of the poor collection of toys in the dusty window, and I remembered the approaching birthday of a small niece of mine in Cleveland, to whom I was in the habit of sending modest gifts. Therefore, I stopped and examined the window to see if there might be anything appropriate, and looked at the confusing collection of unappealing objects-a red toy fire engine, some lead soldiers, cheap baseballs, bottles of ink, pens, yellowed stationery, and garish(俗艳的)cardboard advertisements for soft-drinks. And thus it was that my eyes eventually came to rest upon the doll tucked(塞在) away in one corner, a doll with the strangest, most charming expression on her face. I could not wholly make her out, due to(由于)the shadows and the film through which I was looking, but I was aware that a tremendous impression had been made upon me as though I had run into a person, as one does sometimes with a stranger, with whose personality one is deeply impressed.

1．What made an impression on the author? ______.

[　　]

A．The doll’s unusual face

B．The collection of toys

C．A stranger he met at the store

D．The resemblance of the doll to his niece

2．Why does the author mention his niece? ______.

[　　]

A．She likes dolls

B．The doll looks like her

C．She lives near Sheftel’s

D．He was looking for a gift for her

3．Why did the author go past Sheftel’s? ______.

[　　]

A．He was on his way to work

B．He was looking for a present for his niece

C．He wanted to buy some stationery

D．He liked to look in the window

4．When was the story written? ______.

[　　]

A．One year after the incident

B．Right after the incident

C．In the author’s old age

D．On the author’s birthday

5．Most of the things in the store window were ______.

[　　]

A．expensive　　　　B．appealing

C．neatly arranged　D．unattractive

阅读理解：

    In October 1949 the United Nations brought a number of officials on food to Geneva to discuss the problem of eating habits and food supplies of peoples throughout the world. One problem that interested them particularly was a form of illness, about which little was known, among the children in Africa and Latin America.

    Two doctors were chosen to make the study. They flew to Africa south of the Sahara and during the next two months visited ten countries. They found that serious illness of poor eating existed in all parts of Africa.

    The sick children are usually from one to four years old. As the illness progresses, the children’s stomachs become filled with liquid. The hair changes color and starts to fall out. The patient loses all interest in his surroundings and even in food, and becomes so weak that he wants to lie down all the time.

    The doctors pointed out that many African children caught this kind of illness because they ate too little milk or meat. It was necessary that the children of Africa be helped to eat better. The doctors suggested that the production of foods rich in protein be increased. The United Nations should send large quantities of powdered milk to hospitals and child health centers.

1．This illness is caused by ______.

[　　]

A．poor living conditions　B．a kind of insect

C．having no food　　　　　D．not having enough protein

2．The study of this illness by the two doctors was done in ______.

[　　]

A．Sahara　　　　　B．Africa

C．Latin America　 D．central America

3．A main sign of the illness is that children who have it ______.

[　　]

A．cannot sit still　　　B．grow more hair

C．have a fat stomach　　D．are always hungry

4．Children with this kind of illness are usually ______.

[　　]

A．under one year old　　　　　　B．under five years old

C．from four to ten years old　　D．over five years old

5．A good way to cure the illness is by ______. 

[ 　 ]

A．eating more meat　　　　B．taking the proper medicine

C．eating more vegetables　D．drinking clear water

阅读理解：

    Many countries are working to improve railroad passenger service along heavily traveled routes that run between cities. Because they use less energy per passenger than any other means of transportation, modern railroads could help save the world’s energy resources(资源)and reduce air pollution.

    The MLV is a new type of high-speed vehicle, which carries people from one city to another. An MLV track is made up of a single rail that lies under the center of the train, but the train doesn’t touch the track when it is moving. MLV’s are powered by electric motors. A powerful magnetic(磁的)force, produced by magnets in both the motor and the track itself. Levitates(悬浮)the train. This magnetic force holds the train about 15 cm above the rail and moves it forward. The train, which was designed by French, German, and Japanese engineers, is expected to travel more than 480 km per hour.

1．An MLV is a sort of ______.

[　　]

A．strong magnitic force

B．special energy resource

C．modern passenger train

D．straight railroad

2．When an MLV is running, there is powerful magnetic force in ______.

[　　]

A．the motor only

B．the track only

C．not only the motor but also the track

D．neither the motor nor the track

3．From the sentence“ This magnetic force holds the train about 15 cm above the rail and moves it forward.”, we know that when moving forward, an MLV ______.

[　　]

A．is lifted above the track

B．touches the rail all the time

C．leaves the track from time to time

D．floats high above the rail

4．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

[　　]

A．An MLV runs much faster than an ordinary train.

B．Engineers designed the MLV in order to improve railroad goods service.

C．Modern passenger service could help save energy resources.

D．An MLV doesn’t produce waste gases.

5．The reason to improve railroad passenger service doesn’t lie in that ______.

[　　]

A．energy resources ought to be saved

B．people want to reduce air pollution

C．transportation problems remain unsettled

D．more and more passengers don’t want to travel by train