语篇理解

　　The national flag is more than a piece of cloth．It stands for（代表）a nation’s people their land, history and ideals（理想）．Iceland's flag, for example, stands for features（特色）of the land．Red is for the fire of Iceland’s volcanoes（火山）,white is for ice and blue is for the mountains．On  India's flag, the blue wheel stands for peace and progress; the white stripe（条纹）behind it is for truth．The black stripe on the flag of Malawi stands for the Negro people of that African land; the red stripe stands for the blood they shed（流）to free themselves from the foreign rule．

　　When the people of any nation see their flag flying, they feel proud．They love and honor the flag as the symbol（象征）of their country．

1．The national flag ______．

[　　]

A．is made up of pieces of cloth

B．is sewn at least from 2 pieces of cloth

C．stands for the features of a nation

D．is regarded as the symbol of a country

2．The flag of Iceland causes us to think of its ______ ．

[　　]

A．people　　　　　B．land

C．volcanoes　　　 D．volcanoes and mountains．

3．India's flag stands for ______．

[　　]

A．the ideals of the nation

B．its history

C．the features of its land

D．its struggle for peace and progress

4．Seeing Malawi's flag, you can't help thinking of ______．

[　　]

A．the Negro people as Africa

B．the beauty of that African land

C．the colour of skin of Negro people

D．the Negro people's fight for freedom

5．How many countries does this article deal with? And what are they?

[　　]

A．Five, Iceland, India, Malawi, Negro and Africa

B．Four, Iceland, India, Malawi and Africa．

C．Three, Iceland, India and Malawi．

D．Three, Iceland, India and Africa．

6．In the writer's judgement, the most important thing about the national flag is ______．

[　　]

A．the materials of which it is made

B．how pound of it the people are

C．what it stands for

D．its colours

语篇理解

　　You have heard of Webster Toys.Webster’s have made good,safe interesting toys for more than a hundred years.Now we sell them,and children play with them,in countries from New Zealand to Norway,and from Japan to Brazil.We are looking for someone to sell our toys in the Far East.He (or) she will be between the ages of thirty and forty.He will already have some years of selling in world markets behind him.He will speak,good English,and at least one other language of the far East.

　　The person we are looking for will live in Singapore,and work in our office there,but he will travel for up to six months in any one year.He will know the Far East quite well already.He will know how to well in old markets; and where to find new ones.He will understand money,and make more than ever before,for himself,and for Webster Toys.

　　Webster's want someone who can stand on his own feet.If you think you are the person we are looking for,write to Mr.J.Sloman at our Head Office.

　　Webster Toys Ltd. 

　　Church Mill,Waterford.

　　Hertz.WD36H

(1)Children play with Webster Toys ______.

[　　]

A．only in countries a long way from each other

B．in countries all over the world

C．in only four countries of the world

D．only in New Zealand,Norway,Japan and Brazil

(2)The person Webster's are looking for will be ______.

[　　]

A．thirty years of age

B．forty years of age

C．less than forty years of age

D．between thirty and forty years of age

(3)“He will already have some years of selling in world markets behind him”means ______.

[　　]

A．he has already sold things in different parts of the world

B．he has sold toys for some years

C．he has already sold toys all over the world

D．he has already sold things for some years

(4)the person will speak ______.

[　　]

A．English and only one other language

B．English or any other language.

C．English or any other Far Eastern language

D．English and a Far Eastern language

(5)He will live in Singapore ______.

[　　]

A．for at least 6 months in any one year

B．all through the year

C．for up to six months

D．for less than six months a Vera

(6)“Someone who can stand on his own feet”means ______.

[　　]

A．someone who does not stand on other people’s feet

B．someone who can understand money

C．someone who can work by himself

D．someone who understands many languages

语篇理解

    The last part of this century will be an age of exploration（探险）such as man has never known．There are 9 planets, at least 30 moons, and thousands of asteroids（小行星）．Their total area is about 250 times that of the earth．Spaceships will not be able to land on some of them．But that still leaves to be explored an area 10 times as great as the continents of the earth．

　　 Exploring space may seem terrifying to some people．No doubt （毫无疑问）explorers of the past were terrified by the empty oceans that lay before them．They conquered（征服）their fears, crossed the oceans, and built the New World．

　　 In the past when explorers set sail into the unknown, they had to say good-bye to everything they knew at home．Space explorers will not face such great loneliness．Even when they travel far beyond the sun, they will be able to send messages back．

1．According to the first paragraph, ______．

[　　]

A．man has not known how to explore space yet

B．spaceships will be able to reach some places in space

C．an area to be explored if as large as the continents of the earth

D．the total area to be explored if about 250 times that of the earth

2．Future exploration will ______．

[　　]

A．be more difficult than it was in the past

B．cover a larger area than any exploring done before

C．be more dangerous than in the past

D．be more lonely than in the past

3．If the land area of the earth is about 55×106 square miles , the

  area that can be explored in space is probably ______ square miles.

A．495×106　　  B．165×107

C．55×107　　   D．1375×107

4．Now space explorers will not feel lonely because ______ .

A．they are so excited that they forget everything at home

B．they have already said good-bye to everybody they know

C．they have been able to conquer fears and loneliness

D．they keep in touch with the earth at any time

5．The writer thinks that all the areas that can be explored are to be explored ______ .

A．at the end of the nineteenth century

B．at the end of the next century

C．at the end of the twentieth century

D．in the far-distant future

语篇理解

    Learners of English, especially self-taught learners may have trouble in understanding speeches by native speakers．The following ways might help improve their listening ability．

    First of all, do things step by step．It is not good to listen to something beyond your level．Better choose a suitable course and start with the first book．Go on to the second book only after you are sure you understand the first one．

    Secondly, stick to one course of study．Don’t change books often．Never let your attention be attracted by another course just because it seems to be more “fashionable”（时髦）．

    Thirdly, listen to the English news program over the radio from time to time．Better go through the news stories in the Chinese-language newspaper first．That will make it easier for you to understand the English news on the radio．

    Fourthly, if you have time, listen to some interesting stories in

"Special English from the V．O．A．or other listening materials of the same level as that of your textbook”．

1．This is a piece of advice to learners of English on how to ______．

[　　]

A．improve their listening ability

B．read fast

C．write better English and read faster

D．speak correctly

2．If you want to understand the English news program on the radio, you should ______．

[　　]

A．read the Chinese-language newspaper step by step

B．read again and again the Chinese-language newspaper

C．go through the Chinese-language newspaper

D．be able to recite the Chinese language newspaper

3．“ Beyond your level ”means something ______．

[　　]

A．easy for you

B．too difficult for you

C．not too easy and not too difficult for you

D．just all right for you

4．The author advised that once you have taken up a course, you ______．

[　　]

A．should stick to it

B．should begin with the last book

C．should take up other courses if they are more fashionable

D．shouldn’t do anything else

5．In this passage, V．O．A．stands for ______．

A．a book B．a magazine

C．a text-book D．a radio station

　　Reading Comprehension

79 Mayfair Road

Plumton, Kent

October 10th

　　Dear Rosemary,

　　I was very glad to get your letter this morning. I really ought to have written to you----it was my turn , I know----but I have been terribly busy. The children seem to take up all my time. I am thinking of sending Ann to a nursery school. She'll be four next month. Baby has just started to walk and doesn't give me a moment's peace. But you know what it is like! How are all your children I'm sure they love living in the country.

　　I'm afraid we can't come over to see you next Sunday, as you suggest. Tom's mother is coming to spend the day with us. What about the Sunday after that----the twenty-second ?We are free that day and should love to come. We're longing to see your new house.

　　Let me know, then, if the Sunday after next suits you. May we come for lunch? We'd like to leave fairly early in the evening to avoid the heavy traffic on the roads.

Love from us all, Edna

1．Edna could not go to see Rosemary the following Sunday because ________ .

[　　]

A．she was afraid of the traffic

B．Tom's mother was coming to see them that day

C．she preferred to come on the twenty-second

D．she was terribly busy with the children

2．What doesn't give Edna a moment's peace?

[　　]

A．She was thinking of sending Ann to a nursery school.

B．Tom's mother would come soon.

C．She was thinking of going to see Rosemary's new house.

D．Baby had just started to walk.

3．From the passage, we know that Rosemary's family lived ________ .

[　　]

4．What day was the day on which Edna wrote tae letter?

[　　]

5．We can infer from the letter that Tom was ________ .

[　　]

语篇理解

   In the old days divers used to go down into the sea looking for ships that had sunk, because they hoped to find gold and jewels. Now divers still search for valuable things in sunken ships, but they also try to bring to the surface the ships themselves, or parts of them. The value of different kinds of metals has increased greatly over the last twenty or thirty years and even though a ship has been under the sea for many years, it may be worth a great deal.

   One famous sunken ship is the “Lusitania”, which sank off the southern coast of Ireland in 1915 with a loss of nearly 1,500 lives. It had four huge propellers(螺旋桨) made of expensive metal. Today each of those propellers is worth $ 1,200,000 for the whole ship. He hopes to bring up those propellers and sell them. He also hopes to sell other parts of the ship, when he has brought them to the surface, for about $600,000.

(1)Divers today try to bring to the surface ______.

[　　]

A．gold and jewels B．parts of ships

C．whole ships D．all of the above

(2)Divers try to bring up metals because ______.

[　　]

A．they have been in the sea for a long time

B．gold and jewels are not valuable things

C．some kinds of metals are worth a lot of money today

D．metals become better after they have been in the sea

(3)The word “surface” in the passage means the ______.

[　　]

A．market B．sea

C．top D．light

(4)John Light thinks that he may be able to sell all the parts of the “Lusitania” for about ______.

[　　]

A．$ 12,000 B．$ 300,000

C．$ 1,200,000 D．$ 1,800,000

(5)John Light bought the “Lusitania” ______.

[　　]

A．before it sank

B．after it sank

C．after it had been brought to the surface

D．after he had brought up the propellers

    A laser (激光) is used to produce very powerful beams of light. These beams of light are so powerful that they make holes in steel very quickly. Today laser is getting wider and wider use in more and more fields.

    Why is laser so much more powerful than other kinds of light? What makes laser beam so different from other beams?

    Laser is a kind of light and also a form of energy. A laser beam is made up of very short waves. These waves all have the same wavelength. The laser beam keeps going on and off all the time, and is off much longer than it is on. As these changes are very fast, we can not see them. During the time the laser beam is off, the energy for the next burst of light is being built up, so when the beam is on again, it will be a strong burst. And the laser beam doesn’t spread, that is, it doesn’t get wider and wider as other light beams do. This is why the laser beam can keep all of its energy and is so much more powerful than other light beams.

1．The article is about ______.

[　　]

A．light B．a form of energy

C．laser D．light beam

2．Laser beam is ______ other light beams.

[　　]

A．different from B．the same as

C．almost the same as D．made up of

3．Laser ______ any other kind of light.

[　　]

A．is faster than B．is wider than

C．keeps longer than D．is more powerful than

4．Because the laser beam ______, it can keep all of its energy.

[　　]

A．isn’t like other light beams

B．can keep going on and off all the time

C．doesn’t spread

D．can change

5．Which of the following is TRUE?

[　　]

A．Laser is made up of waves of different lengths.

B．The time when the laser beam is on is much shorter than when it is off.

C．Laser is getting wider and wider at present.

D．Light can make holes in steel.

　　Reading Comprehension

　　Doctors have known for a long time that extremely loud noises can cause hearing damage or loss. The noise can be the sound of a jet airplane or machines in factories or loud music or other common sounds found at home or at work. A person only needs to hear the noise for little more than one second to be affected.

　　An American scientist has found that using aspirin can increase the temporary (暂时的) hearing loss. He did an experiment using a number of students at a university who all had normal hearing. He gave them different amount of aspirin for different periods of time, then he tested their hearing ability. He found that the students who were given four grams (克) of aspirin a day for two days suffered much greater temporary hearing loss than those who did not use aspirin. The hearing loss was about two times as great.

　　The scientist said millions of people in the United States use much larger amounts of aspirin than those were used in his experiment. He said these persons faced a serious danger of suffering hearing loss.

1．Doctors have long known that ________ .

[　　]

A．one may become deaf when he hears a loud noise

B．loud noises can cause damage to the hearing of young people only

C．one may lose his hearing when hears a terribly loud noise

D．common sounds at home are not harmful to the ear

2．This passage suggests that one's hearing ________ .

[　　]

A．will be damaged even if he has heard a noise for only little more than one second

B．will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for only little more than one second

C．will not be damaged if he has heard a loud noise only little more than one second

D．will not be damaged if he has little more than one second to get ready

3．One conclusion you can draw from this passage is that aspirin ________ .

[　　]

A．should never be taken more than four grams

B．can damage one's hearing when it is given more than four grams daily

C．makes hearing damage from loud noise worse

D．always increase hearing loss by two times

4．Millions of Americans are in danger of suffering hearing loss because they ________ .

[　　]

A．often take air trips

B．like listening to loud music

C．have too much loud noises at home and at work

D．take too much aspirin

5．The American scientist did this experiment in order to find ________ .

[　　]

A．how much aspirin would affect a person's hearing

B．how much aspirin should be given in the treatment of the patients with hearing loss

C．whether aspirin would increase the temporary hearing loss

D．whether the person who had hearing damage should use aspirin

语篇理解

    A four-year study made by the Infant(婴儿) Testing Center in San Francisco, suggests that babies feel more comfortable around other babies than with strange adults. While a baby might show fear of an adult stranger, he is likely to smile and reach out for an unfamiliar(不熟悉的) infant. By the time babies are one year old, they have begun to form friendships of a sort.

   The above findings might prove interesting to working parents who must find day care for their babies. Family care in a private home, with several babies together, is probably the good way to care for babies under three. Dr Benjamin Spock, well-known doctor and author of books about babies, supports the idea. He says the family day care is sounder in theory than hiring a housekeeper or a babysitter (照看婴孩者).

1. The study made by the Infant Testing Center shows that babies ______ .

A. feel less at ease with adult strangers

B. are likely to smile at those familiar to them

C. are usually afraid of infant strangers

D. feel relaxed among familiar infants

2. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. A baby has a natural fear of a strange adult.

B. A baby often holds out its hand when it sees another baby.

C. A one-year-old baby never knows how to make friends with other babies.

D. Babies aged 1 get along well with one another when they are together.

3. Dr Benjamin Spock agrees that ______ .

A. it is better to leave one’s s baby in the care of others

B. a baby grows well with less than three babies together

C. a baby under three should be raised in a private home with other babes

D. finding day care is a way for working mothers to bring up babies

4. Which of the following is good for the growth of a baby?

A. Family atmosphere. B. Companionship.

C. The love of a babysitter. D. Both A and B.

5.The proper title for the passage is ______ .

A. A Theory of Baby Raising

B. Day Care for Babies

C. A Test on Infants

D. Changes of a Baby’s Mind

语篇理解

    Waves are beautiful to look at, but they can destroy ships at sea, as well as houses and buildings near the shore. What causes waves? Most waves are caused by winds blowing over the surface of the water. The sun heats the earth, causing the air to rise and the winds to blow. The winds blow across the sea, pushing little waves into bigger and bigger ones.

   The size of a wave depends on how strong the wind is , how long it blows, and how large the body of water is . In a small bay（海湾）big waves will never build up. But at sea the wind can build up giant, powerful waves.

   A rule says that the height of a wave(in meters) will usually be no more than one-tenth of the wind’s speed(in kilometers). In other words, when the wind is blowing at 120 kilometers per hour, most waves will be about twelve meters. Of course, some waves may combine to form giant waves that are much higher. In 1933 the United States Navy（海军）reported the largest measured wave in history. It rose in Pacific Ocean to a height of thirty-four meters.

(1)One can guess the height of a wave by knowing ______ .

A. how fast the wind is blowing

B. how long the wind blows

C. how large the body of water is

D. how the wave is built up

(2)The largest measured wave in history was in ______ .

A. the Indian Ocean　　　B. the Atlantic Ocean

C. the Pacific Ocean　　 D. the Mediterranean Sea

(3)When the wind is blowing at 80 kilometers per hour, the height of most waves will be ______ .

A. about one meter　　　　B. about eight meters

C. about eighty meters　　D. about ten meters

(4)Air rises when ______ .

A. the wind is blowing　　　　B. the body of water is large

C. there is a powerful wave　　D. the sun heats the earth

(5)The best title for this selection is  ______ .

A. What Causes Waves　　　　　B. Beautiful Waves

C. The Largest Waves In History　 D. Waves in the Pacific Ocean