On the old-time farm in America, there were chickens, cows, pigs and horses. But there were very few machines. Most of the work was done by the farm family. Sometimes more workmen were needed in busy seasons. Work done by horses took up 79 percent; by men, 15 percent; and machine work only took up 6 percent.

Today all that has changed. On many modern farms machines now will do 96 percent of the work, while man does 3 percent. As for horses, they do 1 percent of the whole work. The children go to school by bus every morning, the parents work on the farm or in the house and other people’s help is hardly needed. Their work has been replaced (取代) by a whole army of farm machines.

60. Today on an American farm machines do ________ times more work than in the past.

    A. 17        B. 16        C. 15        D. 14

61. Which part of the farm work has changed most greatly?

    A. Horses.     B. Machine.     C. Farm family.     D. Outside help.

62. What has changed the farmer’s work?

A. The horses.    B. The pigs.    C. The cows.        D. The machines.

63. How many things are compared (比较) in the passage?

  A. Two.         B. Three.         C. Four.         D. Five.

Dear Susan,

I have been in England three months now. I hope you don’t think I have forgotten you. There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that I’ve not had much time for writing letters. I shall soon be starting my studies at King’s College. So far I’ve been learning about England and British ways of living. I won’t tell you about London. There are plenty of books you can read and plenty of pictures you can look at. I’m sure you’ll be more interested to know what I think about life here.

I find some of the customs new and interesting. People here do not shake hands so much as we do in Europe. During the first few weeks I was often surprised because people did not put out their hands when I met them. Men raised their hats to women but not to each other.

                                                   Yours ever,

Anne

56. The writer came to London from ________.

A. Asia       B. Europe      C. America     D. Africa

57. She has ________.

A. not written any letters           B. much time to write letters

C. no time to write letters           D. little time to write letters

58. She came to London to _______.

A. study                         B. make a living

C. learn British ways of living       D. learn about life there

59. Men in England ________.

A. do not shake hands with friends as often as the European people do

B. shake hands with friends as often as the European people do

C. raise their hats to all friends

D. do not raise their hats to friends

Do you know __36__ languages there are in the world? There are about 1500 but many of them are not very __37__. English is one of the most important languages because many people __38__ it, not only in England and America, __39__ in other countries of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it __40__ their own language, and another 200,000,000 use it as __41__ language. It is __42__ to say how many people are learning it. __43__ boys and girls in schools are trying to do so.

Many English children study French. French is also a very important language. __44__ children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.

Which is the best __45__ to learn a language? We know that we all learnt __46__ language well when we were __47__. If we learn a second language in the __48__ way, it won’t seem so difficult. What does a small child do? It__49__ what people say, and it tries to guess what it hears. When it wants something, it has to __50__ it. It is using the language, __51__ in it and talking in it all the time. If people use a second language __52__, they will learn it __53__.

In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to speak. It is best to learn all new words through the __54__. You can read them, spell them and __55__ them later.

36. A. how many    B. what number       C. a lot of             D. so many

37. A. useful      B. necessary            C. important         D. good

38. A. like               B. use                     C. learn                D. speak

39. A. but               B. and                     C. also                 D. so

40. A. like               B. with                    C. for                   D. as

41. A. foreign         B. a second             C. the second        D. a special

42. A. easy             B. again                   C. difficult            D. best

43. A. Millions of    B. Million of            C. Millions            D. Several million

44. A. Some           B. Other                  C. All                   D. Few

45. A. time             B. way                    C. thing                D. place

46. A. a foreign       B. our mothers’       C. other’s             D. our own

47. A. born             B. children               C. grown              D. boys

48. A. same           B. different              C. useful              D. good

49. A. does             B. says                    C. listens to          D. follows

50. A. ask               B. want                   C. get                   D. ask for

51. A. speaking       B. writing                C. thinking            D. doing

52. A. some time     B. sometimes           C. all the time        D. for the time

53. A. quickly         B. soon                   C. freely               D. easily

54. A. mouth          B. hands                  C. ears                 D. mind

55 .A. speak       B. use              C. love           D. write

 The fresh air _____ our health and we _____ it.

A. benefits to; benefit                    B. benefits; benefit from

C. benefits from; benefit                  D. benefits; are benefited by

 Students in Senior 3 are so busy these days that they have no time for outdoor sports activities, ______ they have the interest.

A. if                         B. unless       C. even if                 D. as if

________ his pale face, we all suggested ________ to see the doctor right away.
A. Seeing; he going　　　             B. Having seen; him go 　

     C. Seeing; his going　　              D. Seen; him going

 The programme, which refers _____ the tomb of Qin Shihuang, is _____ for those who are interested in history.

A. as; meant     B. for; intended       C. to; planned    D. to; intended

---- I went to the hospital to see Helen this morning.

---- If you ______ me about it, I would have gone with you.

A. told　　　　　　　 B. should tell　 C. had told　　　　　　　　 D. would tell

 The fact that she can’t speak English makes ______ difficult for her to get a job in that company.

A. one               B. this                   C. that                          D. it

 Not until he experienced the earthquake in Japan ______ to know how important the homeland was for him.

A. did he begin   B. had he begun            C. he began                  D. he had begun