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第1题

Everyone seems to be in favor of progress. But " progress" is a funny word. It doesn't nec

essarily mean that something has become stronger, wiser, or better. It simply means changing it from being one thing to another and sometimes it turns out to be worse than before.

Consider medicine, for instance. No one can deny that medical progress has enriched our lives tremendously. Because of medical advances, we eat better, live easier and are able to take care of ourselves more efficiently. We can cure disease with no more than one injection or a pill. If we have a serious accident, surgeons can put us back together again. If we are born with something defective, they can repair it. They can make us happy, restore our normality, ease our pain, replace worn parts and give us children. They can even bring us back from the dead. These are wonderful achievements, but there is a price we have to pay.

Because medicine has reduced infant mortality and natural death so significantly, the population has been rising steadily, in spite of serious efforts to reduce the rate of population growth. Less than a century ago in the United Stales, infant mortality claimed more than half of the newborn within the first year of life. Medical advances, however, have now reduced that rate to nearly zero. A child born in the United States today has better than a 90% chance of survival. Furthermore, medical advances have ensured that most of these infants will live to be seventy years of age or more, and even that life expectancy increases every year. The result of this progress is an enormous population increase that threatens the quality of life, brought about by progress in the medical profession.

According to this passage, " progress" doesn't always mean that______.

A．something has become stronger and better

B．something has been changed from being one thing to another

C．something has become funny

D．something turns out to be worse than before

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第2题

Passage One You've probably had the experience of having someone fall in love with you w

Passage One

You've probably had the experience of having someone fall in love with you when you didn't feel the same way. In such a case it's hard to know what to do. You don't want to be so obvious in your efforts that you make an enemy of him.

A friend of mine had this problem and handled it in the most tactful (得体的) way I've ever seen. Instead of telling her admirer directly, she devoted herself to introducing him to every girl she knew. Whenever she had a date with him, she arranged to drop in at the home of one of her girl friends. At last he clicked (一见如故) with one of these girls, and then everyone was happy. My friend was rid of a problem and she still had the young man as a friend, which was just what she wanted him to be.

Of course this solution may not work for you. You may have your own way of dealing with the problem. But whatever you decide to do, keep one thing in mind—the boy in question has feelings every bit as sensitive as your own. So try to find a way of discouraging him without hurting him.

31. The best title for this passage would be______.

A. How to Make a Friend

B. Problems of Dating

C. Good Advice for Girls

D. How to Free Yourself from an Admirer

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第3题

Happiness is【21】everyone looks for. Maybe someone says that he is【22】. However, what makes

him happy may not【23】for Others. And even worse, someone may spend all his【24】looking for happiness, but in vain(徒然).

In the past, I tried my best to【25】myself happy. I thought if I could freely get and do what I wanted to, I【26】be happy. Certainly, it was possible but I was【27】Though I could be happy at times, I couldn't keep my happiness for a long time. Why？ One day, when I told a friend of mine what I【28】about happiness, he smiled and said only a few words, "Happiness is not a single thing but a by- product(副产品)." I was surprised, but he was really【29】

Someone thinks money can【30】everything, but when he becomes a millionaire after his work, perhaps he【31】find that he has new【32】. And he has to go to church for【33】. Sometimes love can bring happiness,【34】at other times it【35】misunderstanding, tiredness, and even quarrelling. Happiness is only a by-product of all【36】of things you love to do. You can not grasp it in a【37】way. That is, it is not a thing existing in material form. but in your senses. You should tell yourself, "I do not【38】whether I'm happy or not. But I must love my life." And one day you will suddenly find happiness【39】has quietly【40】.

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A．what

B．that

C．which

D．it

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第4题

You've probably had the experience of having someone fall in love with you when you didn't

feel the same way. In such a case it's hard to know what to do. You don't want to be so obvious in your efforts that you make an enemy of him.

A friend of mine had this problem and handled it in the most tactful (得体的) way I've ever seen. Instead of telling her admirer directly, she devoted herself to introducing him to every girl she knew. Whenever she had a date with him, she arranged to drop in at the home of one of her girl friends. At last he clicked (一见如故) with one of these girls, and then everyone was happy. My friend was rid of a problem and she still had the young man as a friend, which was just what she wanted him to be.

Of course this solution may not work for you. You may have your own way of dealing with the problem. But whatever you decide to do, keep one thing in mind—the boy in question has feelings every bit as sensitive as your own. So try to find a way of discouraging him without hurting him.

The best title for this passage would be______.

A．How to Make a Friend

B．Problems of Dating

C．Good Advice for Girls

D．How to Free Yourself from an Admirer

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第5题

When God made the first man, he put him in a beautiful garden, the Garden of Eden. Here Ad

am lived in peace with all the animals. God gave Adam eternal life. But Adam was lonely in the gar den, so God made Eve. When Adam was asleep one night, God took a rib from him and made Eve, the first woman. Adam was happy when he woke up the next morning and found Eve beside him. God said to them, "Here in the Garden you have everything. But you cannot have one thing: you cannot eat the apples from the Tree of Knowledge."

One day Satan came to the Garden. He changed into a snake and went to live in the Tree of Knowledge. When Eve came near the tree one day, the snake called her. He gave her an apple and said," Take this apple and eat it. Don' t listen to the God. Eat it. "After Eve took a bite, she the apple to Adam. He was afraid, but Eve repeated again and again: "It' s good. Here, eat it. Why not？" So he finally ate the apple.

Before they ate the apple; Adam and Eve didn' t know that they were naked. But now they were ashamed and covered their bodies with leaves. God was angry with them. He said, "Leave the Gar den. You cannot stay here."

When Adam and Eve left the garden, they had their first experience of pain and hard work in the cold hard world outside.

God put Adam in a beautiful garden where he lived ______.

A．peacefully with other people

B．happily with all the animals

C．by himself without any other people

D．eternally

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第6题

Most dictionaries will tell you a number of【21】about a language. There are three things in

particular that【22】important. These three things are spelling, pronunciation, and meanings.

The first and most obvious thing is that a dictionary will【23】you the spelling of a word. If you' re not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order--a, b, c, and so on .For example, on a dictionary page the word "poor" p, o, o, r--comes before "poverty"--p, o, v, e, r, t, y and the word "poverty" comes【24】the word "power'--p, o, w, e, r. The words are always given in alphabetical Order.

The second thing a dictionary will tell you is【25】. Most dictionaries give the pronunciation of a word in a special kind of alphabet. This special alphabet is called a phonetic, or sound alphabet. The phonetic spelling will tell you generally【26】a word is pronounced. There are a few different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation.

The【27】thing a dictionary will tell you is the meanings of words. You can【28】a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a good dictionary will ex plain all of the word' s meanings. For example, in English the common word" get" has over 20 different meanings. The meaning, of course,【29】the sentence in which the word' is used.

These three things--spelling, pronunciation, and meanings--are some of the important【30】that you learn from dictionaries.

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A．books

B．people

C．things

D．thing

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第7题

Most dictionaries will tell you a number of【21】about a language. There are three things in

particular that【22】important. These three things are spelling, pronunciation, and meanings.

The first and most obvious thing is that a dictionary will【23】you the spelling of a word. If you're not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order--a, b, e, and so on. For example, on a dictionary page the word "poor"--p, o, o, r--comes before "poverty"--p, o, v, e, r, t, y and the word "poverty" comes【24】the word "power"--p, o, w, e, r. The words are always given in alphabetical order.

The second thing a dictionary will tell you is【25】. Most dictionaries give the pronunciation of a word in a special kind of alphabet. This special alphabet is called a phonetic, or sound alphabet. The phonetic spelling will tell you generally【26】a word is pronounced. There are a few different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation.

The【27】thing a dictionary will tell you is the meanings of words. You can【28】a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a good dictionary will explain all of the word's meanings. For example, in English the common word "get" has over 20 different meanings. The meaning, of course,【29】the sentence in which the word is used.

These three things--spelling, pronunciation, and meanings--are some of the important【30】that you learn from dictionaries.

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A．thing

B．people

C．things

D．books

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第8题

The scourge that's plaguing cruise lines—and causing thousands of tourists to rethink thei

r holiday travel plans—didn't start this year, nor did it even start on a ship. It began, as far as the Centers for Disease Control(CDC) can tell, in Norwalk, U.S., in October 1968, when 116 elementary school children and teachers suddenly became iii. The CDC investigated, and the cause was discovered to be a small, spherical, previously unclassified virus that scientists named, appropriately enough, the Norwalk virus.

Flash forward 34 years, and Norwalk-like viruses (there's a whole family of them) are all over the news as one ocean liner after another limps into port with passengers complaining of nausea and vomiting. The CDC, which gets called in whenever more than 2% of a vessel's passengers come down with the same disease, identified Norwalk as the infectious agent and oversaw thorough ship cleaning—which, to the dismay of the owners of the cruise lines, haven't made the problem go away.

So are we in the middle of an oceangoing epidemic？ Not according to Dave Forney, chief of the CDC's vessel-sanitation program. He sees this kind of thing all the time; a similar outbreak on sever al ships in Alaska last year got almost no press. In fact, he says, as far as gastrointestinal illness goes, fewer people may be getting sick this year than last.

Norwalk-like viruses, it turns out, are extremely common—perhaps second only to cold viruses-and they tend to break out whenever people congregate in close quarters for more than two or three days. Oceangoing pleasure ships provide excellent breeding grounds, but so do schools, hotels, camps, nursing homes and hospitals. "Whenever we look for this virus," says Dr. Marc Widdowson, a CDC epidemiologist, "we find it." Just last week 100 students (of 500) at the Varsity Acres Elementary School in Calgary, Canada, stayed home sick. School trick？ Hardly. The Norwalk virus had struck again.

If ocean cruises are your idea of fun, don't despair. This might even be a great time to go shipping for a bargain. The ships have been cleaned. The food and water have been examined and found virus free. According to the CDC, it was probably the passengers who brought the virus aboard.

Of course, if you are ill or recovering from a stomach bug, you might do everybody a favor and put off your travel until the infectious period has passed (it can take a couple of weeks). To reduce your chances of getting sick, the best thing to do is wash your hands—frequently and thoroughly—and keep them out of' your mouth.

One more thing: if, like me, you are prone to motion sickness, don't forget to pack your Drama mine.

According to the passage, CDC is an organization that

A．works against the Norwalk-like viruses.

B．helps to control diseases.

C．specialized in treat virus in ocean liners.

D．works for the benefits of cruise owners.

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第9题

My son, Johnny, opened a new restaurant, and on the opening day I helped out in the kitche

n. By mid-morning, I noticed that the cakes we had ordered hadn't come. Johnny and I decided not to tell it to anyone else, hoping that the cakes would arrive soon.

They still hadn't come when, just before noon, a man eating in our restaurant wanted a cake. I suggested that I run to the bakery next door to get some, and Johnny readily agreed. Going out of our back door, I knocked on the back door of the bakery and bought a few from the baker's helper. That cake was the only one we sold all day.

After closing, Johnny and I sat discussing things with my daughter, who had been out from serving. "An interesting thing happened just before noon," she said. "The owner of the bakery next door came in and ordered a cake of ours. She wanted to compare it with hers."

We know from the passage that ______.

A．the baker next door came to help with the opening

B．the new restaurant did not prepare all its foods

C．the son and the daughter served at the tables

D．the customers enjoyed the cakes very much

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第10题

根据以下资料，回答17~20题。 Many people catch a cold in the springtime and/or fall．It make

s us wonder., if scientists can send a man to the moon, why can't they find a cure for the common cold．The answer is easy．There are literally hundreds of kinds of cold viruses out there．You never know which one you will get, so there isn't a cure for each one. When a virus attacks your body, your body works hard to get rid of it．Blood rushes to your nose and brings congestion with it．You feel terrible because you can't breathe well, but your body is actually "eating" the virus．Your temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus．You also have a runny nose to stop the virus from getting to your cells．You may feel miserable, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold. Different people have different remedies for colds．In the United States and some other countries, for example, people might eat chicken soup to feel better．Some people take hot baths and drink warm liquids．Other people take medicines to stop the fever, congestion, and runny nose． There is one interesting thing to note--some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold is actually bad for you．The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn't have a way to fight it and kill it．Bodies can do an amazing job on their own．There is a joke, however, on taking medicine when you have a cold．It goes like this: If takes about one week to get over a cold if you don't take medicine, but only seven days to get over a cold if you take medicine. The reason that scientists cannot cure a common cold is __. A．we don't know how we get cold B．we aren't sure the exact kind of cold viruses C．we don't know when we will catch cold D．we aren't sure the exact scientific method

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第11题

根据以下资料，回答13~16题。 Some young soldiers who had recently joined the army were bein

g trained in modern ways of fighting, and one of the things they were shown was how an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy and take his weapon away from him．First one of their two instructors took a knife away from the other, using only his bare hands; and then he took a rifle away from him in the same way．After the lesson, and before they went on to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves, the two instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they had understood what they had been shown．One of the questions was this: “Well, you now know what an unarmed man can do against a man with a rifle．Imagine that you are guarding a bridge at night, and that you have a rifle．Suddenly you see an unarmed enemy soldier coming towards you．What will you do？” The young soldier who had to answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds before he answered, and then said, “Well, after what I have just seen, I think that the first thing I would do would be to get rid of my rifle as quickly as I could, so that the unarmed enemy couldn't take it from me and kill me with it!” The instructors were teaching the soldiers __. A．how to use weapons B．how to manage without weapons C．how to beat the enemy barehanded D．how to fight with enemy

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There is one thing that everyone wants more than anything else. Some people try to get it