The following is from Clinton's remarks at Beijing University:

　　I come here today to talk to you, the next generation of China's leaders about the critical（关键的）importance to your future of building a strong partnership（伙伴关系）between China and the United States.

　　Over the last 100 years, this university has grown to more than 20,000 students. Your graduates are spread throughout China around the world. You have built the largest university library in all of Asia. Last year, 20 percent of your graduates went abroad to study, including half of your math and science majors. And in this anniversary（周年纪念日）year, more than a million people in China, Asia, and beyond have logged on（上网）to your web site.

　　The new century is upon us. All our sights are turned toward the future. Now your country has known more millennia（千年）that the United States has known centuries. Today, however, China is as young as any nation on Earth. This new century can be the dawn of a new China, proud of your ancient, proud of what you are doing, proud still of the tomorrow to come. It can be a time when the world again looks to China for the vigor（活力，精力）of its culture, the freshness of its thinking, the elevation of human dignity（人类尊严的升华）that is apparent（明显的）in its works. It can be a time when the oldest of nations helps to make a new world.

(1) Clinton's speech suggests ________.

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A．it is important for the next generation to become leaders of China

B．the younger generation will be pioneers in building their country

C．the future leaders of China will be from Beijing University

D．the students in Beijing University will give the next generation a lead

(2) Last year _______ began to study in foreign countries.

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A．20 percent students of math and science

B．10 percent of the graduates who majored in math and science

C．20 percent students who graduated from universities in Beijing

D．10 percent of the students of math and science

(3) The words “in China, Asia, and beyond” in the second paragraph mean _______.

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A．in China and the countries around China in Asia

B．in China and its neighbourhood

C．just in China and Asia, not including other countries

D．throughout the world

(4) Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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A．The new century will be pround of China's yesterday, today and tomorrow.

B．China has made great achievements in all fields.

C．The twenty-first century is coming to us. We are expecting it.

D．China is as young as, if not younger than the U. S.

(5) President Clinton thinks highly of China for _______.

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A．China will be full of vigor and play an important part in the new century

B．China will be the first to go into the new century

C．China will build a new world

D．the twenty-first century will be the century of China

　　Mark Twain（马克·吐温）is a famous American writer. He liked to know something about others' childhood. But one day someone asked him, “Could you remember the first money you got?” Mark Twain thought for a long time, then he answered, “Yes. I think I can't forget it all my life.” “Why? Is it much?” “No. It was only five dollars,” he said. “I was at school at that time. Some students didn't study hard in our class. And they didn't often finish their homework. They never respect（尊敬）teachers and often damaged desks or chairs. So our teachers were very angry with them. Then they made some rules so that we could take care of the desks and chairs. One of the rules was that anyone who damaged the desk or chair with a pencil or knife would be beaten before the whole school or have to pay for five dollars.”

　　“Did you damage that?” “Yes. One day I damaged my desk. I was very afraid.But I had to tell my father about it. I hoped he could give me five dollars. When my father understood what I did, he agreed to give me money and let me hand over（上交）to our teacher. I felt very happy. But to my surprise, before giving me the money, he gave me a beating. Because my father said it was too bad to have his face lost in front of the whole school.” “Bad luck! What did you do with the five dollars?” “Oh, it sounded very funny. I thought I had been beaten once, so I wasn't afraid of it any more. At last, I decided to receive another beating at school and keep the five dollars for myself. That was the first money I ever got.”

(1) When Mark Twain was at school, teachers liked those students who _______.

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(2) Teachers made some rules so that ________.

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A．students could study hard and take care of the desks and chairs

B．they could get much money from the students

C．students could buy new desks and chairs

D．students could play out of the classroom

(3) Mark Twain's father gave him the money because ________.

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A．Mark Twain needed the money to buy school things

B．his father had much money

C．he was afraid that Mark Twain could have his face lost

D．he asked Mark Twain to buy some things

(4) Mark Twain was beaten ________, and kept the five dollars for himself.

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(5) The best title of the passage may be ________.

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　　Will it matter ff you don't take your breakfast? 1 People of different ages, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test. During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten different kinds of breakfasts.

2 If a person eats a right breakfast, he or she will work better than he or she has no breakfast. If a student has fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen more carefully in class.

3 Having no breakfast will not help you lose weight. This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch. They will gain weight instead of losing it. 4 .

A．You will lose weight if you reduce（减少）your other meals.

B．The result（结果）is opposite to what some people think.

C．The results show that it is important to have breakfast.

D．A short time ago, a test was given in the United States.

(5)Which of the following is WRONG?

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A．It is bad for your health to have no breakfast.

B．Too little for breakfast and too much for lunch may make you fatter.

C．If you don't eat much for lunch and supper, you may lose weight.

D．The more breakfast you have, the more quickly you'll learn in class.

　　A man was selling medicine at a fair（集市）. At first he sold bottles of a cure（药剂）for colds for just a dollar a bottle.

　　Many people wanted to buy it and the man's young assistant moved quickly through the crowd（人群）collecting money and handing out bottles of cure. Then when he had a big crowd, the man held up a very small bottle, “And now, ladies and gentlemen,”he shouted.“Here is the medicine you have been waiting for. The cure for old age. Drink just one bottle of this and you will live forever（永远）.”

　　“And ladies and gentlemen,” the man continued（继续）.“I am not going to charge（向……要价）you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine. I am not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I am not going to charge twenty-five dollars a bottle. Now, ladies and gentlemen, I am going to charge you just ten dollars and you can live forever.”

　　Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this. One person shouted, “If it can make you live forever, why don't you drink it?” Then another man cried, “Yes, you look as if you are at least sixty years old.” “Thank you, sir, thank you,” the man answered. “I am so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine.”

　　The crowd laughed at this but there were still some people who wanted to believe the man. One of them spoke to the man's assistant as she passed by. “Is that true?” he asked. “Is he three hundred and twenty-nine?”

　　“Don't ask me,” the assistant said. “I have only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years.”

(1) At the fair the man sold ________ at first.

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(2) The people didn't believe his cure for old age because ________.

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A．the medicine was too cheap

B．the medicine was too expensive

C．he looked quite old himself

D．he looked young

(3) The man charged ________ for the cure for old age.

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(4) In the passage the word “assistant” means ________.

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(5) What does the passage really mean?

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A．The cure for old age is very useful and not so expensive．

B．The man is not honest, and so is his assistant．

C．The cheaper the medicine is, the more people will buy.

D．The two men are very honest, and they would like to help people live forever．

　　Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock（存货）, the salesman produces（呈出）it, and the business of trying it on proceeds（继续进行）at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly chat and to everyone's satisfaction.

　　For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly（直率地）; he does so with skill. “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you want.” Few men have patience with this treatment. And the usual response（反应，回答）is:“This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.”

　　Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? She does so in a different way, Her shopping is not based on need, She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look round”. She will try on any number of things. In her mind there is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Faced with a roomful（一室所能容纳之量）of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour looking around before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.

(1) If a man goes shopping, ________.

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A．he wants anything

B．he knows his purpose before shopping

C．he hardly decides in advance

D．he asks the assistant what he wants

(2) If a man doesn't get what he needs, ________.

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A．the salesman brings out a substitute and advises him to buy with skill

B．the salesman suggests him to buy something else

C．the salesman is angry

D．the salesman doesn't know what to do

(3) When a woman goes shopping, ________.

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A．she does know what she needs

B．she wants something

C．she's only walking around the shop

D．she hasn't decided what she wants

(4)The underlined word “provide” may mean ________.

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(5)Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．Husbands are willing to go shopping with their wives.

B．Husbands have to go shopping with their wives.

C．Husbands help their wives go shopping.

D．Wives must follow their husbands' advice.

　　When you want to go shopping, decide how much money you can spend for new clothes, think about the kind of clothes you really need, then look for those clothes on sale. There are labels（标签）inside all new clothes. The labels tell you how to take care of your new clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you how to wash in cold water. The label on a coat may say“dry clean only”. Washing may ruin（损坏）this coat. If you do as the directions（说明）say on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best.

　　Many clothes today must be dry cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, check to see if they will need to be dry cleaned. You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed. You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look good even after they have been washed many times. Clothes that cost more money are not always better made. They do not always fit better. Sometimes less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes.

(1) The labels inside the clothes tell you ________.

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A．how to save money

B．how to keep them looking their best

C．if they fit you

D．where to get them dry clean

(2) The label “dry cleaned only” on a coat means ________.

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A．the coat is hard to dry

B．the coat is easy to dry

C．you can not wash it in water

D．the coat is always dry and clean

(3) The first thing for you to do before you buy clothes is ________.

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A．to see how much money you can pay

B．to look for well-made clothes

C．to know how to wash them

D．to read the label inside

(4) If you want to save money, you can buy clothes that ________.

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(5) From the passage we know that cheaper clothes ________.

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　　Yesterday my mother went into a shop to buy some fruit and vegetables. She put her basket and handbag down on a table and went to look at some apples in the window. There were a lot of people in the shop. When the shopkeeper was free, he weighed half a kilo of apples for my mother, put them in a paperbag and said, “That will be twelve pence, Mrs. Baker.” My mother said, “My money is in my handbag on that table.” She went to the table, but the handbag was not there! The basket was on the table, but the handbag was not! My mother was surprised.

　　Suddenly there was a lot of noise at the door of the shop, and a policeman came in, he was holding a man and my mother's bag. “Has anyone lost her handbag?” the policeman asked. “Yes,” my mother answered. “That's mine.” The policeman looked in the bag and asked, “How much money did you have?” “Two pounds and a few pence,” my mother said. “It's all here,” the policeman said and gave her the bag.“I caught the thief outside. He was running away.”

　　How lucky my mother was that day!

(1) Mrs. Baker went ________ yesterday.

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(2) Mrs. Baker put her handbag down ________.

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(3) Mrs. Baker was surprised, because ________.

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A．she saw a policeman at the door of the shop

B．the shopkeeper was busy all the time

C．the fruit was too expensive

D．she couldn't find her handbag

(4) The policeman was holding ________．

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(5) Mrs. Baker had ________ in her handbag.

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　　Beijing's hotel industry is gearing up（快速发展）to serve the 2008 Olympic Games. Seven five-star hotels signed an Olympic Lodging（住宿）Agreement with Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games（BOCOG）.

The seven hotels include Beijing Hotel, China World Hotel, Grand Hotel Beijing, Hong Kong Macao Center Swiss Hotel, Beijing International Hotel, Kunlun Hotel and Crowne Plaza View Wuzhou Beijing.

　　According to the Olympic Lodging Agreement, the seven hotels will provide（提供）accommodation to accredited（官方派出的）people from the Olympic Family, the sponsors（赞助商）and the media（媒体）. At the time of the 2008 Games, the seven hotels are to keep a total of over 3,500 rooms available to BOCOG.

　　In line with the Olympic Charter and the Host City Contract, BOCOG will have to provide 22,000 suitable hotel rooms for accredited people during the Games period, BOCOG is expected to sign the same agreement with some 70 more star hotels this year to ensure（确保）that a total of 23,000 hotel rooms will be made available during the Games.

(1) BOCOG is trying to find ________ for the Olympic Games.

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(2) The seven hotels have ________ 3,500 available rooms in all.

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(3) At least ________ more rooms are being looked for by BOCOG.

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(4) From the text we know that BOCOG ________ for the 2008 Games.

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(5) The prepared rooms are not for ________.

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　　“Dear Ann,” the letter said, “Happy Birthday! I am sending you some chickens. They will arrive tomorrow. I hope you like them. Best wishes, Uncle Toy”.

　　Ann was very happy. She liked eating eggs and she liked eating chicken. “I can keep the chickens for their eggs or eat them.” She thought.

　　“Yes, Uncle Toby,” Ann said. “But I had a lot of trouble with them. I drop the box. It broke open and the chicken ran everywhere. I spent the whole afternoon looking for them.”

　　“Did you find them all?” her uncle asked.

　　“I hope so.” Ann answered. “I caught eleven of them.”

　　“That's very interesting.” her uncle said with a smile, “Because I only sent you six.”

A．Ann liked chickens

B．Ann asked her uncle to do so

C．it was her birthday

D．she wanted to start a chicken farm

A．Ann opened the box.

B．The box fell to the ground and broke.

C．Uncle Toby carried the box into the garden.

D．Ann didn't have any trouble with the chickens.