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2、y: ABDAB57As long as the Key: DBCDA27An old man Key: CDBBC43An English traveler Key: BADAD41Americans enjoy. Key: CDBCB20After having lived Key: ABBBCB46Before you go Key: CBBAD63Bill turned the Key: BDABD6Britain and France Key DDADC14By definition, heroes Key: CDDCBC42Computers are Key: BCABC61Car

3、s are lots of fun Key: CACBB7Community service is Key BCADBF-H30Foulsham House. Key: DBADC39For several years Key: BCDAC9Here is a story Key: ADBDC17Have you ever Key: BADBC12How men first Key: DCDBAI1It was very cold Key: ABBCC 6If you ask Daniel Key: ACDBD24If you ask most Key: DDCBA60If you do no

4、t Key: CCCCB49In Sydney there Key: CADDC2In the United State Key BBBDB51I am going Key: BADDA11It has been Key: CCDCB26Language is always Key: DBBAD10Laws have been Key: ABDCBM-N4My friends Key: ABCBD37My grandparents Key: CDCBD16Mr. White. Key: BAADC19Mr. and Mrs. Key: DCCBA44Mr. Young Key: CBADB36

5、Martin Key: CDBAA13Many people Key: BCBAC29New York is one Key: BDBCC40Nowadays, any Key: DDAABP25Pepys and his Key: CCCBC54Pubs are supposed Key: BCADD56Pearl Carlson was Key: CABBD9Paper is one of the Key BAABC16Places to stay in Key: ABDBBS35Social customs Key: DCACA38She is a cute,. Key: DBDCC4S

6、ixteen-year-old Key DCCDA15Shyness is the Key: BABCBT3There was once Key: BCDAD5There are three Key BDCCC15The Chinese Key: BCDAC47The world Key: DACDB50The ideal Key: ADABB59The dark Key: BCBBB62The aim Key: CBDCA1The French Key CBDDD7These days, Key: BBACC5Three men Key: DBCCB34Tibet is among Key:

7、 BAACB33Tom arrived Key: BACDDW2Why is it that Key: ADCAB11We are busy Key: CBACD17What makes a? Key: BCACD14What is the? Key: ACCCD53What must you Key: DADBC28When you have Key: DDCAB52When weather is Key: ADADC8When John and Key DCBBDO-J-R-L8Ours is a big worldKey: BCDBB13Jack Brown, Key: CDBBA31R

8、amon was very Key: ABCCA12（表格）：Lovely dog aged 5 Key: DBCDBPassage 1It was very cold last Sunday. Paul and his friends Allen, Bill and Betty went to the lake after breakfast. They began to skate on the ice. Paul skated better than his three friends. He skated fast and didnt know a piece of ice was b

9、roken. He fell into the water. His friends were afraid and called for help. Just then two workers walked there and heard them. They ran there quickly and helped the boy come out of the water. Then they took him to a hospital. Paul and his parents thanked them very much.1. When did the children go sk

10、ating?A. After breakfast. B. Before supper. C. After lunch. D. At lunch.2. How many children skated on the lake?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.3. Who skated best of all the children?A. Allen did. B. Paul did. C. Bill did. D. Worker did.4. Why did Paul fall into the water?A. Because he skated fas

11、t. B. Because he was not good at skating.C. Because he didnt know the ice there was broken. D. Because he skated slow.5. Who helped Paul?A. His friends. B. His parents. C. Two workers. D. Betty.Key: ABBCCPassage 2Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance i

12、n communication technology is a step back from the closeness of human interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a que

13、stion, I just leave the answer on her machine.As almost every imaginable contact between human beings becomes automatic by machine, the alienation quotient goes up. You cant even call a person to get the phone number of another person anywhere. Directory assistance is almost always fully automatic b

14、y machine. Pumping gas at the station? Why say good-morning to the worker when you swipe （刷卡）your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Placing money at the bank? talk to a clerk who might live in the neighborhood when can just put your credit card into the ATM?Prett

15、y soon you wont have the hard task of making eye contact at the grocery store. Some grocery chains are usually a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those annoying clerks who look at you and ask how you are doing?1. The writers attitude towards advances in communication technology m

16、ay be described as _?A. critical B. unconcerned C. positive D. uninterested2. If his mom has a question, he _.A. will find ways to reach her B. will locate her e-mail addressC. will try to get her a voice machine D. will leave her the answer through voice mail3. Judging from the context, the word “a

17、lienation” in line 2, paragraph 2 means _.A. relationship B. closeness C. strangeness D. stress4. With the rapid development of high technology, people dont need to _.A. see or talk to one another B. say good morning to workersC. make eye contact with clerks D. completely rely on manpower5. It can b

18、e inferred that the writer _.A. is pleased with the modern pace of life B. feels more separated from othersC. doesnt want anyone to bother him D. sings the praised of communication technologyKey: ADCABPassage 3There was once an ant that was very thirsty.It ran here and there looking for some water b

19、ut 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

20、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.“Im the prisoner of a giant.” the girl told the ant. “ He wont let me go until Ive made three separate heaps of grain, barley（大麦）and rye（黑麦）

21、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 havent finished by tomorrow, the giant will eat me for his supper!”“Dont cry,” the ant said, “my friends and I will h

22、elp 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. What is an ant?A. A small animal. B. An insect. C. A bird. D. A giant.2. When did

23、 the drop of water fall on the ant?A. When it was looking for food. B. When it saved the ants life.C. When it was nearly dying. D. When it looked up.3. Why was the young girl crying?A. Because of her sadness. B. Because she saw the ant.C. Because the giant would let her go. D. Because the giant had

24、given her an impossible job to do.4. What would the giant do if the girl failed to do the work?A. He would eat her. B. He would let her go.C. He would take her away. D. He would send her to prison.5. Who or what saved the girls life?A. The giant B. The ant C. The ants friends D. Her tearsKey: BCDADP

25、assage 4My friends grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe. After being processed（移民入境检查）at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria in Lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at a table and waited for someone to take his order. But nobody came to him. Later a woman with a plate f

26、ull of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.“Start out at the end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end hell tell you how much you have to pay.”“I soon learned thats how everything works in America,” the grandfather told my friend.

27、 “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you are willing to pay the money. You can even get success, but youll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”1. Where do you think the old man came from?A. Poland. B. Aust

28、ralia. C. Canada. D. Japan.2. From the passage, we know if you want to get success in America, you should _.A. get help from your friends B. try to get it by yourselfC. know how a cafeteria works D. get up again if you fail3. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The old man sat down opposite the woman

29、so that she could take his order.B. The old woman sat down opposite the old man so that she could serve him.C. Although the woman didnt know the old man, she told him how to get something to eat in the cafeteria.D. Although the woman didnt know the old man, she decided to pay the bill for him.4. Wha

30、t does the word “it” in the third paragraph refer to?A. The food served in the cafeteria. B. The success one wants to get.C. The bill one has to pay in the cafeteria. D. The plate used in the cafeteria.5. Which is the best title for the passage?A. From Eastern Europe to America B. Eating in an Ameri

31、can CafeteriaC. How to Eat in a Cafeteria D. Life Is Like a Cafeteria in AmericaKey: ABCBDPassage 5Three men traveling on a train began a conversation about the worlds greatest wonders.“In my opinion,” the first man said, “the Egyptian pyramids（埃及金字塔）are the worlds greatest wonder. Although they wer

32、e built thousands of years ago, they are still standing. And remember: the people who built them had only simple tools. They did not have the kind of machinery that builders and engineers have today.”“I agree that the pyramids in Egypt are wonderful,” the second man said, “but I do not think they ar

33、e the greatest wonder. I believe computers are more wonderful than the pyramids. They have taken people to the moon and brought them back safely. In seconds, they carry out mathematical calculations that would take a person a hundred years to do.”He turned to the third man and asked, “What do you th

34、ink is the greatest wonder in the world?”The third man thought for a long time, and then he said, “Well, I agree that the pyramids are wonderful, and I agree that computers are wonderful, too. However, in my opinion, the most wonderful thing in the world is this thermos.”And he took a thermos out of

35、 his bag and held it up.The other two men were very surprised. “A thermos?” they exclaimed. “But thats a simple thing.”“Oh, no, its not,” the third man said. “In the winter you put in a hot drink and it stays hot. In the summer you put in a cold drink and it stays cold. How does the thermos know whe

36、ther its winter or summer?”1. The underlined word “thermos” in Chinese means “_”.A. 电冰箱 B. 洗衣机 C. 电电扇 D. 保温瓶2. That the three men could not agree on what the worlds greatest wonder was because _.A. they could not think of anything very wonderful B. they all had different ideasC. they could not prove

37、 that their opinions were right D. the journey ended too soon3. The first man thought the pyramids were the most wonderful things in the world because _.A. they were very beautiful B. they were EgyptianC. they had been built with very simple tools D. they could do mathematical calculations4. The thi

38、rd man thought a thermos was the most wonderful thing in the world because _.A. it lasted longer than the pyramids B. it cost less than a computerC. he thought it knew whether it was winter or summerD. the other two men were surprised when he told them about it5. The third man was not very clever be

39、cause _.A. he could not think of anything to say B. he did not understand how a thermos worksC. he did not think the pyramids were wonderful D. he did not know anything about computersKey: DBCCBPassage 6If you ask Daniel Radcliff who acted Harry Potter to pick a special moment from the last year of

40、his life, you will find it almost impossible. “Oh, wow, thats really difficult,” he says with a smile.“There have been so many things, so many memories that at times its hard to recall them all,” says Daniel. “But I guess one of the best ones was the London premiere for the Philosophers Stone. It wa

41、s just amazing, one of the best nights of my life.”“But Ive had such a great time doing The Chamber of Secrets. I love doing the work. I love meeting new people and being part of the team. Its been great.”Daniel has changed. He turned 14 in July, . He is taller, his voice is deeper and his frame is

42、filling out as he begins his teenage years, and he has become an excellent actor, too.Daniel was born in London where his father, Alan, worked as an agent and his mother, Marcia, as a casting director, and both have been an essential guiding influence on their only child.1. How old was Daniel Radcli

43、ff in ?A. 15 B. 16 C. 14 D. 132. What is Daniel Radcliffs memory about the past year according to the passage?A. He didnt remember anything about it. B. He had so many bad memories about it.C. There were amazing experiences in the past year.D. There were not many unforgetable things in the past year

44、.3. Which of the following is not mentioned as a liking by Daniel?A. Making friends. B. Being an actor. C. Being part of the team. D. Becoming a director.4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Daniels parents are all film stars. B. Daniels parents influenced Daniel greatly.C.

45、Daniel has never had any influence from his parents. D. Daniel has brothers and sisters.5. Daniel was born in _.A. New York B. Beijing C. Paris D. LondonKey: ACDBDPassage 7These days, children often think of superheroes（超级英雄）as cute（美丽旳）, cool and strong supermen. A poor, short and thin boy wearing

46、glassed may not interest the kids today. Yet in less than 4 years, Harry Potter has taken the world by the storm. J. K. Rowling, the writer of Harry Potter, was a British single mother out of work and living on money given to her by the government. One day, when she was on a long train trip, she had

47、 the idea for this book. She wrote the first book of the seven in the caf with her baby daughter sleeping beside her. Last year, the fans welcomed the birth of the fourth by lining outside the bookstores. Today these books are still popular among people. Harry Potter is something more than fantasy（幻

48、想）. Rowling tries to tell the readers how things are not always what they seem to be. However, millions of the fans dont care about such a lesson. They would like to spend many sleepless nights waiting in line for the fifth, the sixth and the seventh to come. For them, surprising stories of the litt

49、le boy are what they want.1. J.K. Rowling _ when she wrote the first book.A. lived a quiet life with her husband B. was very poor and didnt get work for herselfC. had to teach her daughter how to work D. was already a famous writer2. When did Rowling think of the idea of writing her book?A. While sh

50、e was telling her baby stories about superheroes.B. While she was going on a long trip.C. She was on her way to find work. D. While she was drinking in a caf.3. How many books of the seven have come out according to this passage?A. Four. B. Five. C. Six. D. Seven.4. What does Rowling want to show to

51、 her readers?A. Harry Potter is a poor, short and thin boy wearing glasses. B. Fantasy.C. How things are not always what they seem to be. D. She has got many interesting story books.5. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Rowling wrote the first book with her daughters help.B. Rowling gave birth to her

52、 fourth baby last year.C. The fans just care about the surprising stories of Harry Potter.D. Only children love the books, for theyre fairy tales.Key: BBACCPassage 8Ours is a big world, complex and full of many diverse people. People with many varying points of view are constantly running up against

53、 others who have differing opinions. Those of us who smoke are just one group of many. Recently, the activism of non-smokers has reminded us of the need to be considerate of others when we smoke in public.But, please! Enough is enough! We should like to remind non-smokers that courtesy is a two-way

54、street. If you politely request that someone not smoke you are more likely to receive a cooperative response than if you scowl（皱眉）fiercely and hurl insults. If you speak directly to someone, you are more likely to get what you want than if you complain to the management.Many of us have been smoking

55、for so long that we sometimes forget that others are not used to the aroma of burning tobacco. Were human, and like everyone else we occasionally offend unknowingly. But most of us are open to friendly suggestions and comments, and quite willing to modify our behavior to accommodate others.Smokers a

56、re people, too. We laugh and cry. We have hopes, dreams, aspirations. We have children, and mothers, and pets. We eat our hamburgers with everything on them and salute the flag at Fourth of July picnics. We hope youll remember that the next time a smoker lights up in public.1. The purpose of the fir

57、st paragraph is _.A. to inform the reader of the complexity of the worldB. to declare that the author belongs to the group of smokersC. to tell non-smokers that smokers will be considerateD. to reveal the authors reason for writing this essay2. What does the second sentence in the second paragraph i

58、mply?A. We should go on two different roads. B. We have different ways of doing things.C. Being polite to each other is a mutual thing.D. We can smoke and sometimes we will not smoke.3. According to the author, how can you get cooperative response from smokers if you dont like to have someone smokin

59、g beside you?A. Complain to his superior. B. Tell him directly that you hate smokers.C. Refrain from complaining but try to hint him next time.D. Tell him politely that you are not used to smoke.4. According to the author, why do some smokers smoke in public?A. Because they cannot resist smoking.B.

60、Because they forget that others do not like the smell of cigarettes.C. Because they are humans and they cannot avoid offending people.D. Because there is no law against it.5. How does the author try to persuade the reader?A. He uses reasons. B. He appeals to peoples emotions.C. He cites examples in