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41、In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it's a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.

In social life, time plays a very important part. In the U.S.A. guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from different cultures that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the U.S. no one would think of keeping a business associate waiting for an hour, it would be too impolite. A person, who is 5 minutes late, will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence.

1）、What is the main idea of this passage? ________

A.It is not customary to telephone someone in the morning and in sleeping hours in the U.S.

B.The role of time in social life over the world.

C.If people are late, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible in the U.S.

D.Not every country treats the concept of time as the same.

答案：B

2）、What does it mean in the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours? _______

A.A matter of work.

B.A matter of life or death.

C.You want to see him or her.

D.You want to make an appointment with him or her.

答案：B

3）、Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your friend in the U.S. A.?

A.at 7:00 am

B.at 4:00 pm

C.at the midnight

D.at 4 am

答案：B

4）、Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? ________

A.In the U.S.A. guests tend to feel they are highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date.

B.No misunderstandings arise between people from different cultures about the concept of time.

C.It may be considered foolish to make an appointment well in advance in the U.S.A..

D.Promptness is valued highly in American life.

答案：D

5）、From the passage we can safely infer that _______

A.it’s a matter of life or death if you call someone in day time.

B.the meaning of time differs in different parts of the world.

C.it makes no difference in the U.S. whether you are early or late for a business party.

D.if a person is late for a date, he needn’t make some explanation.

答案：B

42、Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.

In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."

He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.

"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."

1）、Dick flew to New York because he had work there.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

2）、His wife wanted a telegram from him because she didn't know his address yet.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

3）、Dick stayed in a hotel in New York.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

4）、The taxi driver send him the name and address of his hotel.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

5）、Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

43、After having lived for over twenty years in the same district, Albert Hall was forced to move to a new neighborhood. He surprised his landlord by telling him that he was leaving because he could not afford to buy any more chocolate.

It all began a year ago when Albert Hall returned home one evening and found a large dog in front of his gate. He was very fond of animals and as he happened to have a small piece of chocolate in his pocket, he gave it to the dog. The next day, the dog was there again. It held up its paws (爪子) and received another piece of chocolate as a reward. Albert called his new friend "Bingo". He never found out the dog's real name, nor who his owner was. However, Bingo appeared regularly every afternoon and it was quite clear that he liked chocolate more than bones. He soon grew dissatisfied with small pieces of chocolate and demanded a large bar a day. If at any time Albert couldn't give it, Bingo got very angry and refused to let him open the gate. Albert was now at Bingo's mercy and had to "buy him" to get into his own house! He spent such a large part of his week's wage to keep Bingo supplied with chocolate that in the end he had to move somewhere else.

1）、Albert had been living in the same district for under twenty years.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

2）、Albert decided to move because he couldn't get into his own house.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

3）、Bingo waited for Albert every afternoon at the gate because he wanted the chocolate.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

4）、We can tell from the story that Albert could afford to buy a large bar of chocolate for Bingo every day.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

5）、Albert had to "buy him" means Albert had to give him chocolate.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

44、There was once an ant that was very thirsty.

It ran here and there looking for some water but could not find any.

Then suddenly, when the ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it.

The ant drank the water, which saved its life.

The water was actually a tear from a young girl who was crying. Because of her sadness, the tear had magical qualities and suddenly the ant could speak the language of human beings.

The ant looked up and saw the young girl sitting in front of a huge pile of seeds.

"Why are you sad?" asked the ant.

"I'm the prisoner of a giant." the girl told the ant. "He won't let me go until I've made three separate heaps of grain, barley（大麦）and rye（黑麦）out of this huge pile of seeds in which they are all mixed together."

"That will take you a month!" the ant said, looking at the huge pile of seeds.

"I know," the girl cried, "and if I haven't finished by tomorrow, the giant will eat me for his supper!"

"Don't cry," the ant said, "my friends and I will help you."

Soon thousands of ants were at work, separating the three kinds of seeds.

The next morning, when the giant saw that the work had been done, he let the girl go.

Thus it was one of her tears that saved her life.

1）、The ant was playing when it ran here and there.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

2）、The drop of water fell on the ant when it was nearly dying.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

3）、The young girl was crying because she wanted to have supper.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

4）、The giant would eat the girl if she failed to do the work.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

5）、The ant's friends saved the girl's life.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

45、A friend of mine was fond of drawing horses. He drew horses very well, but he always began at the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse. That is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people's rule. They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way strange to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it easier to work in that way.

Now the very same thing is true of literature. And the question, “How shall I begin?” only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced enough to trust your own powers. When you become more experienced you will never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail-that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.

1）、A friend of the writer's drew horses in the way of his own rule.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

2）、The writer was surprised because the artist followed other people's rule.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

3）、You are not yet experienced because you do not trust your own powers.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

4）、When you become more experienced you will write the end of the story.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

5）、The passage is about how to make your own rules.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

46、The modern sailing ship was developed by a man who never went to sea. He was Prince Henry of Portugal, the younger son of the Portuguese king and an English princess.

Prince Henry lived in the fifteenth century. As a boy he became devoted to the sea, and he dedicated himself to improving the design of ships and methods of sailing them. In 1416, when he was twenty-two, Henry founded a school for mariners, to which he invited everyone who could help him－Jewish astronomers, Italian and Spanish sailors, and Arab mathematicians and map makers who knew how to use the crude compass of the day and could improve it.

Henry's goal was to design and equip vessels that would be capable of making long ocean voyages without having to keep close to the shore. The caravel, which he helped design, carried more sails and was longer and slimmer than any ship then made, yet was tough enough to stand up against gales at sea. He also developed the carrack, which was slower ship, but one that was capable of carrying more cargo.

The world owes credit to Prince Henry for the development of craft that made oceanic exploration possible. He lives in history as Henry－the Navigator.

1）、Henry the Navigator was a member of the royal family of England.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

2）、Prince Henry started his school for the purpose of studying astronomy and mathematics.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

3）、All teachers in Prince Henry's school seem to have been shipbuilders.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

4）、Prince Henry's goal was to design vessels that could make long voyages.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

5）、The possible title for this passage is The First School for Sailors.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

47、A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and to the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom. He was a witness (目击者). This is what they said.

TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was seriously hurt but both cars were damaged.

TAXI DRIVER: I was driving behind a truck a few kilometers from Newton. The truck stopped suddenly. The driver did not give me a warning. I was driving very slowly. I could not pass the truck because there were two cars coming near from Newton. My taxi hit the truck, and some glass cut my left hand.

TOM: I was watching the traffic about a kilometer from the airport. A truck was going to Newton. It was not going very quickly. There was a taxi about two hundred meters behind the truck. It was going fast. When the truck slowed down, the taxi hit it. The taxi driver was not looking at the truck. He was looking out of the window at something. My friend saw the accident, too.

Tom's friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom.

1）、Five people are mentioned in the story.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

2）、The truck was hit on the way to the police station.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

3）、From the story, we know the truck driver didn't tell the truth.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

4）、In fact, Tom's friend was also a witness.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

5）、A Taxi Driver is the best title for this passage.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

48、Mr. Tom Forester lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.

The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said, "No, I can't read with these."

The man became more and more puzzled（迷惑不解）, until finally he said, "Excuse me, but can you read at all?"

"No, of course I can't!" Tom said angrily. "If I was already able to read, do you think I would have come here to buy glasses?"

1）、Mr Forester lived ______.

A.with his family in a city

B.with his family in the countryside

C.alone in a city

D.alone in the countryside

答案：D

2）、Tom ______ went into town.

A.often

B.always

C.almost never

D.everyday

答案：C

3）、The old people in the restaurant read their newspapers ______.

A.with glasses on

B.with glasses off

C.with glasses of beer in front of them

D.with glass pipes in their mouths

答案：A

4）、The shop Tom went into sold ______.

A.drinking glasses and cups

B.glass for windows and doors

C.glasses for people who could not read

D.glasses for people who could not see well

答案：D

5）、What kind of mistake did Tom make?

A.He went to the wrong kind of shop.

B.He didn't try on all the glasses in the shop.

C.He thought that a person who had not learned to read would be able to do so if he wore glasses.

D.He left his money in the restaurant.

答案：C

49、Man is a land animal, but he is also closely tied to the sea. Throughout history the sea has served the needs of man. The sea has provided man with food and a convenient way to travel to many parts of the world. Toady, nearly two-thirds of the world's population live within eighty kilometers off the sea coast.

In the modern technological world the sea offers many resources to help mankind survive. Resources on land are beginning to be used up. The sea, however, still offers hope to supply many of man's needs in the future.

The riches of the sea yet to be developed by man's technology are impressive. Oil and gas explorations have been carried out for nearly thirty years. Valuable amounts of minerals such as iron, copper and so on exist on the ocean floor ready to be mined.

Fishing farming promises to be a good way to produce large quantities of food. The culture of fish and shellfish is an ancient skill practiced in the past mainly by Oriental people.

Besides oil and gas, the sea may offer new sources of energy. For example, warm temperature of the ocean can be used in a way similar to the steam in a steamship. Ocean currents and waves may also offer a source of energy.

Technology is enabling man to explore even more deeply under the sea. It is obvious that the technology to harvest the sea continues to improve. Experts believe that by the year 2050 the problems to explore the food, minerals and energy resources of the sea will be largely solved.

1）、The major things that the sea offers man are the food, energy sources, and minerals.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

2）、The sea serves the needs of man because it offers minerals to man.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

3）、We can conclude from this passage that the sea, in a broad sense, has not yet been explored fully.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

4）、The underlined words "Oriental people" in the 4th paragraph probably mean "Asian people".

A.T

B.F

答案：A

5）、The best title for this passage is "Use of the Sea for Man's Profit".

A.T

B.F

答案：A

50、On Christmas Eve 1971, Julia Smith was taking a flight in Peru with her mother to join her father, a professor, who was an expert on the jungle and plants and animals living there. Unfortunately, the plane crashed in a storm. The passengers all died except Julia who only had a few cuts. She was determined to survive. She had no map, only a bag of sweets and her torn clothes. She found a stream and followed it, trying to keep in the shade as much as possible, because she had no hat. For ten days, she walked along the river, eating fruits from the trees. At night she slept near the river bank, on the ground which was wet from the rain. She often felt weak, but she refused to give up. On the 10th day, she arrived at a small hut. The three Indian hunters who visited the hut every two weeks rescued her and took her by boat to a small village from where she was flown to a hospital. She was safe at last.

1）、Julia was taking a flight in Peru to be with her mother on Christmas.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

2）、Julia survived the accident after the plane crashed.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

3）、Julia tried to stay in the shade when she walked along the river to avoid wild animals.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

4）、The three Indian hunters drove Julia to a hospital.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

5）、Julia Smith was taking a flight in Peru on Christmas Eve 1971.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

51、Snowflakes look like white stars falling from the sky. But there have been times when snow has looked red, green, yellow, or black. There have been snowflakes of almost every color. Think how it would seem to have colored snowflakes coming down all around you.

Black snow fell in France one year. Another year grey snow fell in Japan. It was found that the snow was mixed with ashes. This made it look dark. Red snow had come down in other countries. When this happened, the snow was mixed with red dust.

Most snow looks white, but it is really the color of ice. Snow is ice that comes from snow cloud. Each snowflake begins with a small drop of frozen water. More water forms around this drop. The way the water freezes gives the snowflakes its shape.

No two snowflakes are ever just the same size or shape. Sometimes the snowflakes are broken when they come down. Other snowflakes melt as they fall. All snowflakes are flat and have six sides, if they are not broken or melted. When the air is cold and dry, the falling snowflakes are small and hard. If the air wet and warm, the snowflakes are big and soft.

Would you be surprised to see snowflakes as big as your head falling from the sky? It happened once in the United States. It could happen again.

1）、The first two paragraphs mainly tell us that sometimes snow has different colors.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

2）、No two snowflakes are just the same size, but all snowflakes are hard.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

3）、Snowflakes begin with cloud.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

4）、The bigger the snowflakes are, the softer they are.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

5）、Black snow fell only in European Countries.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

52、One day in 1965, when I was a library worker at school, a teacher came to me. She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed something more difficult for him to do. “Could you help me in the library?” she asked. I said, “Send him along.”

Soon, a golden-haired boy appeared. “Do you have a job for me?” he asked. I told him about a system for sorting books. He picked up the idea immediately. Then I showed him some cards for some unreturned books that I thought had been returned but not recorded. Maybe some books were put on wrong places. He said, “Is it a kind of a detective （侦探） job?” I answered yes, and then began his work.

He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and said, “Time for rest!” he argued for finishing the finding job, but the teacher won.

The next morning, he arrived early, “I want to finish these books,” he said. At the end of the day, when he asked to work with me more often, it was easy for me to say yes.

After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy's home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother declared that the family would be moving to another school. Her son's first concern, she said, was leaving the library. “Who will find the lost books?” he asked. When the time came, it was hard to say goodbye. Though at the beginning he had seemed an ordinary boy, his strong feeling of interest had made him different.

Do you know who he is? This boy became a great man of the Information Age: Bill Gates.

1）、The teacher went to the library to find a job for Bill Gates.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

2）、The librarian was too busy to have a rest.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

3）、The sentence "He picked up the idea immediately" means that he learned that system quickly.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

4）、Bill Gates was expected to find books with wrong cards.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

5）、Bill Gates felt sad when his family would move to another school area.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

53、Tom had a few days' holiday, so he said, "I'm going to the north by train."He put on his best clothes, took a small bag and got into the train. He had a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip and looked at the hills and rivers. But the wind took his hat off.

Tom quickly took up his old bag and threw it out of the window too.

The other people in the train laughed. "Is your bag going to bring your beautiful hat back?"they asked.

"No," Tom answered, "but there's no name and no address in my hat, and there is a name and an address on the bag. Someone is going to find both of them near each other, and he's going to send me the bag and the hat."

1）、Tom looked out of the window in the train.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

2）、Tom went to the north to have a holiday with a hat and a bag.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

3）、Tom liked to see the beautiful hills and rivers.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

4）、Tom thought he was going to lose his hat.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

5）、Tomthought he was clever to throw his bag out.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

54、“John. You can't stay in bed all day.” John's mother said. John turned over in bed. He did not want to get up. He turned off the light. “Don't go back to sleep,” she turned the light on again. Fifteen minutes later John came into the kitchen and sat down at the table. “Eat your breakfast quickly,” Alice said. “It's almost eight thirty.” “There's no hurry,” John told his mother. “I'm not going to school today.” “Why not?” his mother asked. “Don't you have classes today?” John shook his head. “No, we have classes.” Alice sat down next to her son and took his hand. “John,” she said, “Tell me what's wrong. Why don't you want to go to school?” For several minutes John said nothing. Then he said，“The teachers bully (欺负) me and the students don't like me.” “John，” his mother said，“I'm sorry about that，but you can not stay at home.” “Why not?” he asked. “There are two very good reasons you must go to school，” his mother said， “First， you are thirty-five years old. Second，you are the school headmaster (校长).”

1）、Alice worried about her son,because that he couldn't do his homework.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

2）、John was the school headmaster.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

3）、John didn't want to go to school,because that he was not happy there.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

4）、Alice may be thirty-eight.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

5）、Before we read the last two sentences of the story，we think that John was a teacher.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

55、One day a poor farmer took a bag of wheat to town. He didn't know what to do when the bag fell off his horse. The bag was too heavy for him to lift. He hoped that someone would come and help him. Suddenly, he saw a man coming on a horse. The farmer knew him, but he did not dare to ask him for help, because he was a great man in the village. As soon as he came up to the farmer, the great man got off his horse and said, "You need my help, don't you? Let me help you." They lifted the bag of wheat onto the horse.

"Sir," asked the farmer, "how can I pay you?"

"Well," the great man answered, "if you see anyone in need of help, do the same for him".

1）、The farmer's trouble is he couldn't lift the bag himself.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

2）、The farmer took some wheat to sell at townby himself.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

3）、The farmer darednot ask the man for help because he was not a kind man.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

4）、When the man saw the farmer in trouble, he helped the farmer lift the bag.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

5）、At last, the great man asked the farmer to pay him.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

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