The first thing I do when I wake up is make a mental list of all things I have to do that day : I’m very organised ! Then I get up and have my bath．Often my best matchmaking ideas come while I’m in the bath．Sometimes I have a really good idea about who might be good with whom．

    Before I did matchmaking （媒人） , I was a social worker, but I knew I wanted to do something without bosses telling me what to do and that I am good at dealing with people．Also I had seen too many broken marriages and too many people go downhill because they were so lonely．So I gave up my job, did a bit of research and started the matchmaking business in 1970．

    Over the last few years we’ve been doing introductions throughout Europe as well as here in Britain．Europeans went to meet British people．For every 100 people who come to us, about 65 will settle down．We keep going until clients （委托人） find someone that they get on very well with．We’re great triers．Of course there are impossible people, those who will never settle…

    Sometimes I end up giving advice to clients．A few months ago, we had a highly paid scientist with a very nice face, but every woman refused to meet him a second time, It soon became clear that he did not like changing his shirts．So I had to be very honest and frank and told him, “But a woman can’t start to love you if your shirt smells．” The job is most satisfying when I get a call from a couple telling me they have fallen in love．

1．What does the author mean by saying “I’m very organised”? ______．

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A．She is especially capable of organising things．

B．She has a fixed plan for her everyday activities．

C．She likes to remember things she has to do．

D．She always finishes what she does on time．

2．What was the personal factor that made the author change her job? ______． 

[    ]

A．She was warm and kind-hearted

B．She could understand people better than others

C．She liked to make her own decisions

D．She was interested in social problems

3．The author’s description of her work in the third paragraph suggests that ______．

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A．She worked hard and would not give up easily．

B．She tried hard in doing introductions throughout Europe．

C．She tried hard in doing introductions throughout Europe．

D．She liked the British people to get married with the Europeans．

4．Who are those people who are “impossible” and “will never settle”? ______．

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A．Those who make things impossible for themselves

B．Those who always travel around

C．Those who find it hard to live in one place

D．Those who can never find a partner for marriage

    We are often asked to make a speech in life．Most of us are afraid of it and don’t do a good job．Here are some simple steps to make your speech a successful one．First of all, find out everything you can about your subject and at the same time find out as much as you can about your audience．Who are they ? What do they know about your subject ? Put yourself in their shoes as you prepare your speech．Then try to arrange your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow．Use as many examples as possible．Never forget your audience．Don’t talk over their heads or talk down to them．When you are giving your speech, speak slowly and clearly and look at your audience．Pause for a few seconds from time to time to give your audience a chance to think over what you’ve said．Just remember : be prepared, know your subject and your audience, say what you have to say and be yourself so that your ideas will bring you and your audience together．

1．What should a speaker do if he wants to make his speech a successful one ? ______．

[    ]

A．He should get his subject well prepared

B．He should express himself in an exciting way

C．He should make himself heard and understood

D．All of the above

2．“Put yourself in their shoes as you prepare your speech．”means that while preparing your speech, you must ______．

[    ]

A．put your shoes aside and put on theirs

B．try their shoes to see if they fit you

C．wear the shoes with the same size as theirs

D．try to imagine yourself to be in their position

3．When he is giving his speech , the speak is to ______．

[　　]

A．let his eyes rest on the papers

B．follow the audience step by step

C．face the audience in a natural way

D．look up and down from time to time

4．During the course of the speech it is not right for a speaker to ______

[　　]

A．think nothing of the audience

B．speak in a loud voice

C．take a short stop at times

D．refer to the notes once in a while

5．Which title best gives the main idea of the passage ? ______

[　　]

A．How to Remember the Audience ?

B．How to Improve One’s Speech ?

C．How to Prepare the Material for a Speech ?

D．How to Pick Out the Topic for a Speech ?

    Habiba keeps a record of new words and expressions in English．She usually writes them in a notebook．Then, later in the day, she asks her teacher about them．“Mrs．Thomas, these expressions are completely new to me．She is blue today．What’s the matter ? You’re yellow ? A little white lie．She has a green thumb （拇指）．Blue and yellow people with green thumbs ? White lie ? ”After looking at the notebook, Mrs．Thomas says, “In everyday English, Habiba, blue sometimes means sad．Yellow means afraid．A person with green thumb grows plants successfully, but a green hand means a new worker without much experience．And a white lie is not a bad lie．Understand now ?” “I still don’t understand．Would you please give me an example ?” “For example, ” said Mrs．Thomas patiently, “I offer you some cake．The truth is, you don’t like my cake．You don’t say that．Instead, you say, ‘No, thanks, I’m not hungry．’ That’s a white lie．” “I see．Thanks for the explanation．”

1．“You’re yellow to cross the river” means ______

[　　]

A．“You dare not cross the river”．

B．“you are eager to cross the river”．

C．“you are ready to cross the river”．

D．“you can surely cross the river”．

2．“He is a green hand” means ______

[　　]

A．“His hand is green”

B．“He is a young man without much knowledge”．

C．“He is a new but an experienced worker”．

D．“He is an unskilled worker”．

3．Habiba keeps a record of new words and expressions in English because ______

[　　]

A．She is a foreign student．

B．She knows how to use them．

C．She is interested in them．

D．She is going to ask the teacher．

4．Which statement is NOT TRUE according to this passage?

[　　]

A．A person with a green thumb is a good gardener．

B．If you say ‘It is a white lie．’, it means that someone doesn’t want to tell the truth in a polite way．

C．Blue sometimes sad in everyday English．

D．The weather is bad and I’m white today．

5．Which topic of the following is best fit for this passage?

[　　]

A．Everyday English

B．Colorful Language

C．Different Colors

D．Habiba Learns Language

　　 People used to say, “The hand that rocks（摇） the cradle （摇篮） rules the world ”and “Behind every successful man there’s a woman．”

    Both these sayings mean the same thing．Men rule the world, but their wives rule them．Most of the American women like making their husbands and sons successful, but some of them want more for themselves．They want good jobs．When they work, they want to be as successful as men．

    The American women’s liberation movement was started by women who don’t want to stand behind successful men．They want to stand beside men, with the same chance for success．They don’t want to be told that certain jobs of offices are closed to them．They refused to work side by side with men who do the same work for a higher pay．

    A liberated woman must be proud of being a woman and believe in herself．The movement is quite new, and many American women do not agree．But it has already made some important changes in women’s lives-in men’s lives, too．

1．“The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world” here means ______．

[　　]

A．the world is now ruled over by women

B．women play an important part in men’s lives and work

C．a man can’t succeed without a woman in his office

D．a woman used to rule her husband

2．A liberated woman likes to devote herself to ______．

[　　]

A．her husband 　　B．her work

C．her family　　　D．her children

3．The American women wish to ______．

[　　]

A．have the same chance for success as the men

B．be stronger than the men

C．get more money than than the men

D．be liberated by the men

4．A liberated woman must ______．

[　　]

A．be proud of her husband’s success

B．be fond of her children

C．take pride in herself and trust herself

D．not stand behind her husband

5．The American women’s liberation movement has already made some important changes ______．

[　　]

A．in women’s lives

B．in the American children’s lives

C．in men’s lives

D．in the American people’s lives

    Labor created man himself . That was pointed out by Engles a hundred years ago . Man’s hand , for example, is not only an organ of labor but also a product of labor. Apes can use their hands to collect and hold food, but only man’s hand has ever made the simple kind of tools.

    Language too , is the product of labor . In labor and war, people had to work in groups. They had to say something to one another . This led to the use of speech organs. Little by little man learned to speak .

    An ape’s strength may be greater than man’s , but man has made machines which can do work for man . Birds can fly , but man has made planes that can fly , too . Man’s knowledge comes from practice and man’s brain itself is the product of labor.

   In a word ,labor has created man and made him different from apes.

1．The main idea of this short article is ______ .

[    ]

A．that man has learned to speak in labor and war.

B．that labor has created man

C．how labor has created apes

D．how man has apes use their hands

2．In the text , I’m sure ,”man” means ______ .

[    ]

A．humans　　  B．man and woman

C．peoples 　　D．people in groups

3．After reading the passage , I know an ape is ______ .

[    ]

A．a kind of animals living in a forest in old times

B．a kind of tools which can be used by people

C．a tailless monkey living in the forest

D．a clever monkey sitting on the back of the crocodile

4．What’s the main difference between man and apes ? It’s that ______ .

[    ]

A．apes cannot use their hands to make tools, but man can

B．man has made machines , such as planes, but apes cannot

C．man can use his hands and brains to struggle for a new life

D．an ape is wild and its strength is much greater than man’s

5．As we all know , man’s hand is ______ .

[    ]

A．neither an organ of labor nor a product of labor

B．either a product of labor or an organ of labor

C．both an organ of labor and a product of labor

D．not an organ of labor but a product of labor

    Nobody expected to find them there , outside the city walls . The broken bones of 30 or 40 bodies lay on top of the other . There was no sign of a battle. Everyone wondered why all these people died at the same moment . The men returned day after day to move the earth . They worked with great care, like detectives（侦探）.

    Each day something new was discovered . Every bone was studied. Soft brushes were used so that nothing was damaged（毁坏）.It took a very long time and there were many difficult questions to answer.

    Deep in the ground they found an important clue（线索）. Below the bodies there was a building made of bricks .Inside it lay the body of a woman. There were many treasures in the building with her gold for head , neck and arms , and clothes covered with gold . It was clear that the woman had been a queen . This explained why the other bodies were there .The queen’s servants had killed themselves immediately after she had died. They wanted to be her servants in the next world too . This all happened 4,500 years ago in the world’s first city Ur of the Chaldees. We can learn about the past from books , but man lived for hundreds of thousands of years before any books were written , only archaeologists（考古学家）can find out something about our early history. This story is an example of how archaeologists work.

1．Which of the following proves that those people died at the same time?

[    ]

A．The bodies were found outside the city walls .

B．The bodied were lying on top of one another.

C．There had been a battle there.

D．They were buried deep in the ground.

2．The men were like detectives because ______ .

[    ]

A．they found new things every day

B．they wanted to discover everything

C．they were moving earth

D．they made a long and careful search for the hidden treasures

3．As we can learn from the passage ,the bones were ______ .

[    ]

A．a queen’s B．some official’s

C．some servants’ D．some soldiers’

4．Which of the following was the cause of those people’s death?

[    ]

A．They were very poor.

B．They were forces to work for the queen day and night .

C．They wished to be the queen’s servants forever.

D．They had not enough food to eat .

5．From this passage , we know that ______ .

[    ]

A．even the archaeologists know little about our early history

B．only the archaeologists can find out all about our early history

C．we can learn everything about the past of man from books

D．we cannot learn everything about the past of man from books

    Many many years ago the Magans lived near a big lake. On the other side of the lake there was a different group of Indians . The two groups were enemies. The other group of Indians had fire and the Magans didn’t.

    The Magan chief wanted to get fire for his people. He knew that fire was very important for cooking and keeping warm. They sent two of his men to ask the people on the other side of the lake for some of their fire. The men got in a boat and crossed the lake.

    Those people wouldn’t listen to the chief’s men . They told them to leave and threw stones at their boat.

    “Maybe they will be friendlier if I sent them some gifts ” the chief thought . He picked two other men and sent them across the lake . This time , the men took many beautiful and important gifts with them.

    When they reached the other side of the lake the people there were still not friendly. Again they told them to leave and threw stones at their boat .

    The chief didn’t know what to do . He spoke with all of the important men of his village.

    They decided to steal some fire. The Magans had many dogs . The chief asked his people to find the most intelligent dog in the village. At last they found the dog. The chief put a stick in the dog’s mouth and sent him across the lake.

    The dog swam to the other side of the lake . It was night-time when he arrived and everybody was sleeping . The dog walked quietly to the fire in the center of the village and lit the stick.

    No one saw him as he walked back to the lake . He swam across the lake very slowly that it took all night to cross the lake.

    In the morning he reached his village and walked carefully to the chief. The chief took the stick and started a fire in the center of the village. That is the way the Magans fooled their enemies and got fire.

1．Which of the following statements is true ?

[    ]

A．The Magans had no fire

B．Another group of Indians didn’t have fire

C．Some other Indians gave fire to the Magans

D．The Magans refused to receive the fire

2．The Indians living on the other side of the lake ______ .

[    ]

A．were friendly to the Magans

B．gave the Magans some fire in order to make friends

C．allowed the Magans across the river

D．were hostile（敌对的）to the Magans

3．A dog was finally selected to ______ .

[    ]

A．steal some food

B．steal some fire

C．rob the other Indians

D．swim across the lake

4．How did the dog behave? The dog swam slowly ______ .

[    ]

A．so that fire would not be seen

B．to keep the fire burning

C．to get firm hold of the fire

D．because he was tired

5．What is indirectly stated in the reading is that ______ .

[    ]

A．in the end the Magans got the fire

B．the Magans didn’t have ways to get the fire

C．in the end the Magans beat their enemy

D．the other group of Indians made friends with the Magans

    For a long time Dr. Jackson had wanted to get a permanent（永久性的）job in a certain big modern hospital , and at last he was successful . He was given the particular position which he wanted , and he and his wife moved to the house which they were now to live in . The next day some beautiful flowers were delivered（递送）to them , with a note which said ,“Deepest Sympathy（同情）.”

    Naturally , Dr.Jackson was angry to receive such an unusual note and telephoned the shop which had sent the flowers to find out what the note meant .

    When the owner of the shop heard what had happened, he apologized to Dr.Jackson for having made mistakes.

    “But what really worries me much more,” he added, “is that the flowers which ought to have gone to you were sent to a funeral（葬礼）, with a card which said,’Congratulations on your new position.’”

1．Dr.Jackson ______ after a long time.

[    ]

A．wanted to get a permanent job

B．wanted a job in a hospital

C．was able to get a job in a hospital

D．was given a job in London

2．Dr.Jackson ______ after he got a job.

[    ]

A．moved to a new house

B．got deepest sympathy

C．was to live in a house

D．was to get some flowers

3．Dr.Jackson would be happy when ______ .

[    ]

A．the note says “Deepest Sympathy”

B．the note says “Congratulations on your new position”

C．he had made a mistake

D．the shop sent him some flowers

4．The man who got the note “Congratulations on your new position” ______ .

[    ]

A．would be happy

B．would be both sad and angry

C．was happy

D．was a bit angry

5．From the story we can know that ______ .

[    ]

A．it is easy to be a salesman

B．it is important to work carefully

C．it is important to be the owner of a flower shop

D．it is very hard to work in a flower shop

    In earlier days few people read Whiteman’s poems. One person who did read them was Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was then a country lawyer. He loved the strength and honesty of Whiteman’s words. he often read them to visitors in his office. Whiteman didn’t know Lincoln, but he wrote a long article about slavery and presidency(总统的职权).Whiteman was against slavery. He wanted to see a new kind of president, not a professional politician(政客),but an ordinary working man. This man would be wise, healthy and middle-aged. He would have a beard. Whiteman didn’t know it, but he was describing and middle-aged. He would have a beard. Whiteman didn’t know it , but he was describing (描写)Lincoln. Before he was a lawyer, Lincoln worked with his hands. He was one of ordinary people. He was wise, healthy and middle-aged, and he had a beard. In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States.

    In March 1865, Whiteman was in Washington too. Abraham Lincoln became president for the second time. Whiteman wanted to see the ceremony. The two men had never met, but they had seen each other. Washington was very hot in summer. Sometimes Lincoln went outside the city. He passed Whiteman’s house on the way. He and Whiteman often nodded to each other.

    Early in April the Civil War ended. But on April 13 someone shot President Lincoln, and on 14 Lincoln died. To Whiteman it was like the death of a friend. He loved Lincoln so much. He wrote a poem to express his feeling about the death of the President. It was one of his saddest and most beautiful poems.

1. What title should be given to the passage? _____________

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A. Lincoln and his friend

B. Whiteman and his friend

C. Whiteman and Lincoln

D. Two great friends

2. Lincoln liked to read Whiteman’s poems because ________.

[　　]

A. Whitman was one of the greatest poets in America

B. Lincoln loved literature, especially poems

C. both of them were good friends

D. of the strength and honesty of the poet’s words

3. Whitman wrote a long article about slavery _______.

[　　]

A. supporting keeping slaves

B. insisting on setting the slaves free

C. in order to please Lincoln

D. so as to make Lincoln angry

4. Lincoln and Whitman had not only seen each other, but ____________.

[　　]

A. they had talked to each other

B. they had discussed literature together

C. they had known each other well

D. they had written to each other

5. The poem in memory of Lincoln was one of Whiteman’　s_________________.

[　　]

A. most beautiful poems

B. longest poems

C. shortest poems

D. worst poems

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    On the morning of November 18, 1735, an earthquake(地震)shook Boston, Massachusetts. John Winthrop, a professor at Harvard College, felt the quake and awoke. “I rose,” Winthrop wrote, “and lighting a candle, looked on my watch, and found it to be 15 minutes after four.” John Winthrop walked quickly downstairs to the grandfather’s clock. It had stopped three minutes before, at 4:11. Except for stopping the clock, the quake had only thrown a key from the mantel(壁炉架)on the floor.

    The clock had stopped because Winthrop had put some long glass tubes(管子)he was using for and experiment into the box for safekeeping. The quake had knocked the tubes over and blocked the pendulum(钟摆). Winthrop, therefore, had the exact time that the earthquake had hit Boston. He looked at the key on the floor. The quake had thrown it forward in the direction of the quake’s motion(movement)by a shock coming from the northwest, perhaps in Canada.

1. This passage suggests that ______.

[　　]

A. John Winthrop had difficulty in sleeping

B. earthquakes are common in Boston

C. Boston was a center for clock-making

D. Jon Winthrop was a scientist

2. The last sentence of Paragraph I suggests that _______.

[　　]

A. the earthquake was not severe(violent; serious)

B. the key of the clock was lost

C. the clock was broken up

D. the earthquake was very serious

3. The selection proves that ________.

[　　]

A. man is often unable to control the power of nature

B. earthquakes occur(happen)most often during nighttime hours

C. the direction of an earthquake can be detected(discovered)

D. universities study the cause of earthquakes

4. The earthquake happened at _________.

[　　]

A. 4:11 a.m.

B. 4:15 a.m.

C. 4:08 p.m.

D. 4:15 p.m.

5. This passage mainly deals with ___________.

[　　]

A. the earthquake happening in Boston

B. John Winthrop’s experience in the earthquake

C. Winthrop’s experiment on earthquakes

D. the terrible situation in Winthrop’s room