64．What’s a synonym(同义词)for figure out?

　　　 A．geometry　　　　　　 B．calculate　　　　　　　 C．make out　　　　　　 D．understand

63．A sphere is a　　　 .

　　　 A．large shape　　　　　 B．planet 　　　　 C．ball　　　　　　　 D．member of the sun family

62．The underlined sentence means　　　 .

　　　 A．the war in Vietnam wasn’t serious at all

　　　 B．the war in Vietnam was different from that in Kosovo.

　　　 C．the US will send more troops to Kosovo than that to Vietnam

　　　 D．ground troops to Kosovo will cause an even greater disaster

C

　　　 For centuries, people wondered how big the Earth was. Unfortunately, as long as they thought the Earth was flat, no one was able to figure out its size. Gradually, however, people began to realize that the Earth was really round.

　　　 Then, in the third century BC(2,300 years ago), a Greek man named Eratosthenes had an idea. Eratosthenes was sure that the Earth was a sphere. He used the sun and geometry to figure out the size of the Earth. He calculated that the circumference of the Earth was 28,600 miles(46,000 kilometers).The true size of the Earth is 25,000 miles(40，000 kilometers).Eratosthenes’ measurement was wrong, but it was very close to the truth.

　　　 For many centuries after Eratoshenes lived, people made maps of the Earth. However, they did not know very much about the world outside of Europe, Asia, and north Africa. Mapmakers could not draw accurate maps of the Earth until people began traveling around the world in the fifteenth century, mapping small areas each time. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, people began making correct maps of countries, but the first accurate maps of the world were not made until the 1890s.

　　　 Maps today are reliable, inexpensive, and easy to understand. People depend on maps every day. What would our lives be like without them?

61．What’s the writer’s attitude towards the bombing in Kosovo?

　　　 A．It is the US/NATO ’s duty to defend Kosovo.

　　　 B．It is wrong to solve the problem by bombing Kosovo.

　　　 C．The aim of bombing Kosovo is to stop a human suffering.

　　　 D．The bombing can solve the problem on Kosovo.

60．What worries the writer most?

　　　 A．The continuous bombing.　　　　　　　　　　 B．The coming of ground troops.

　　　 C．The sound of bomb warning.　　　　　　　　 D．The idea of ground troops.

59．Which of the following statements is true?

　　　 A．The US/NATO 　really intends to stop the human suffering.

　　　 B．The result of the war will be judged by people in Kosovo.

　　　 C．The bombing made tens of thousands of people homeless.

　　　 D．The continuous bombing will make the Serbs give up of Kosovo.

58．The purpose in writing this passage is　　 .

　　　 A．to tell about the contents in different report cards to parents

　　　 B．to tell about the duration of a school year and a school day

　　　 C．to introduce a new method to record student attendance

　　　 D．to give some general information of school

B

　　　 The results of the US/NATO bombing of Yugoslavia are to be judged by history. I shall not be the one to do it. But being in the center of actual events that are creating that history, I cannot stay away from what is going on in my country.

　　　 First of all, the aim of the bombing was to prevent a human suffering in Kosovo. Today, after many days of frequent bombing, that aim is more distant than before. The bombing only brought tens of thousands of people running away from their homes. Not to mention the large number of the death and injury, buildings and factories. Suppose that the US/NATO really had a wish to prevent the human suffering, they should realize they were wrong when they thought the bombing would solve the problem.

　　　 So, what’s left? Back off or ground troops? But who is going to join the ground troops? It would take at least 200,000 armed soldiers, not the 20,000 that the US/NATO have prepared in Macedonian. It should also be clear that the Serbs(塞族)will not give up on Kosovo.

　　　 I live under continuous bombing for more than a week now. And it doesn’t frighten me any more. I don’t turn to the shelter at the sound of warning. It’s the thought of ground troops that frightens me. Vietnam would seem like a picnic compared to a bloodshed in Kosovo if the ground troops appear. Is that what the US/NATO wants?

57．We can infer from the passage that　　 .

　　　 A．parents get little information about their children’s performance at school

　　　 B．a student has to spend more than 5 periods learning lessons at school.

　　　 C．both school and parents think highly of the newsletters.

　　　 D．students with a mark above 95% might fail the exams

56．Each semester, the parents may get at least　　 from the school.

　　　 A．an Early – bird Report, a Mid – term Report and the Newsletters.

　　　 B．an Early – bird Report, a Mid – term Report and the Final Report.

　　　 C．a Mid – term Report, an In – Danger Report and a Final Report.

　　　 D．a Mid – term Report, a Final Report and the Newsletters.