A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.

　　One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be astonished gently shaking his head; shrugging his shoulders, saying,“You don't say!”“You don't say!”I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not an appropriate topic.“Well, I'd better change the topic.”so I said to him.“Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?”“Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was magnificent.”He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it.”Soon I was interrupted again by his order“You don't say!”I couldn't help asking. I said,“Didn't you say you don't say?”Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain,“You don't say' actually means‘really?’It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don't pay attention to English idioms.”Only then did I mare a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions.

1．A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because ________.

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A．English idioms were too difficult to master

B．I cared little about the teacher's instruction

C．my teacher didn't emphasize the importance

D．I had no interest in English learning

2．When I first heard“You don't say!”I thought ________.

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A．the Englishman was not interested in my English studies

B．the Englishman was only interested in the Great Wall

C．I had talked too much

D．I had to stop talking at once

3．The underlined word means ________.

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A．interesting

B．important

C．terrible

D．lucky

4．Which of the following is true?

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A．The Englishman was leaving China without seeing the Great Wall.

B．The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.

C．The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.

D．The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.

5．After the Englishman explained the idiom, ________.

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A．the Englishman made me a fool

B．the Englishman made a fool of himself

C．I felt very silly

D．I felt proud of my understanding

　　On July 16,1960, Jane Goodall, a 26-year-old former secretary from England, began to study the behavior of chimpanzees in the wild. Until that time, scientists had mostly observed and studied chimpanzees in laboratories and zoos. Few scientists had gone to study chimpanzees in the remote areas of Africa where the chimps live. When scientists had studied the chimpanzees in the wild, they hadn't spent long periods of time observing them. Jane Goodall planned to watch chimpanzees in Africa over a ten-year period and see exactly how they behaved. She was not a professional scientist when she started out. Her book, In the Shadow of Man, tells how she began her project and what she discovered.

　　As Goodall said in 1973,“I had no qualification at all. I was just somebody with a love of animals.”Her love of animals drew her to Africa where she met Dr. Leakey SB. Leakey was a world-famous scientist who was studying how prehistoric people lived. Since chimpanzees are human's closest living relatives, Leakey thought prehistoric people might have lived in the same way that chimpanzees live today. Leakey told Goodall that studying chimpanzees might give clues about the way that early people lived.

　　Leakey asked Goodall to study the chimpanzees on the shores of lake Tanganyika in Africa. The chimpanzees were very shy and the country was difficult to travel through. Goodall took on the difficult job of finding and watching the chimpanzees.

1．It is clear from the text that Jane Goodall decided to study chimpanzees ________.

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A．because she was working in the laboratory

B．when she was doing research for a book

C．because of her scientific work in England

D．after she met Dr. Leakey in Africa

2．According to the information, finding chimpanzees in Africa would be a difficult task for Jane because ________.

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A．the country was rugged and the animals were timid

B．the chimpanzees may not remain in the area for ten years

C．Jane would have to identify areas where prehistoric people had lived

D．Dr. Leakey was not aware of the conditions in which the chimpanzees live

3．The title of Jane's book, In the Shadow of Man, ________.

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A．reflects Jane's passion for her work

B．hints at the difficulties that Jane faced

C．emphasizes the link between chimpanzees and humans

D．indicates that Jane's experiences mirrored those of other scientists

4．The word closest in meaning to“remote”, as it is used in the passage, is ________.

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　　The president: Let me answer the knowledge economy question first. And let me answer by telling you what I have tried to do in the United States. I have tried to produce a situation in America in which the doors of universities and colleges are open to every young person who has sufficient academic achievement (足够的文化程度) to get in, that there are no financial burden (经济负担) of any kind. And we have not completely achieved it, but have made a great deal of progress.

　　Now, why would I do that? Because I believe that the more advanced an economy becomes, the more important it is to have a higher and higher percentage (百分比) of people with a university education. Let me tell you how important it is in the United States. We count our peopleevery 10 years we do a census and we count the number of the American people and we get all kinds of information on them. In the 1990 Census, younger Americans who had a college degree were very likely to get good jobs and have their incomes grow. Younger Americans who had two years of more of university education were likely to get good jobs and have their incomes grow. Younger Americans who didn't go to university at all were likely to get jobs where their incomes went down and were much more likely to be unemployed.

　　And the more advanced China's economy becomes, the more that will be true of China, the more you will need very large numbers of people getting university education and technical education. So I think it is very, very important.

1．The answer was probably given by ________.

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A．the US President visiting China

B．the Chinese President visiting the United States

C．the US President at an international conference

D．the US President visiting Japan

2．The President mainly talked about ________.

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A．the university education in the United States

B．the university education in China

C．the difference in university education between the United States and China

D．the importance of university education in the development of

3．According to the Resident, when economy develops ________.

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A．more people will get university education

B．more people with university education are needed

C．more people will get good jobs

D．more people will have their pay raised

4．The underlined word in Paragraph 2 probably means ________ in Chinese.

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5．In which of the following year will a census be done (or was done) in the United States?

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　　Amy Johnson was a very ambitious and energetic person. She didn't have much in common with other girls in her school, however, she played football better than most boys, and unfortunately she made a rather bad impression on many of her teachers. Amy just didn't act as they thought a girl should. She studied at a university and later took a job as a typist. Although she was interested and did her best, she made many mistakes and was poorly paid. She didn't want to be a typist anyway. She dreamed of becoming a pilot.

　　Amy moved to London, borrowed some money, and learned to fly. Nobody, however, wanted to hire a woman pilot. She decided to fly alone to Australia to prove she could fly as well as any man. Her parents lent her money to buy an airplane.

　　Amy set off on May 5,1930. Her route took her over Vienna, Constantinople, and Baghdad. She was caught in a thunder storm and had to make an emergency landing in the desert. But she landed in India six days later. She had broken the record to India by two days. Over Burma she ran into a monsoon, and was able to save herself only by landing in a football field. She finally reached Australia. The plane propeller had been broken during her last landing, and she had to crash-land. But Amy had proved that she could fly and that a woman could do anything if she really put her mind to it.

　　Amy Johnson later married the pilot who had come to her rescue in Australia.

1．What is the most suitable title for this passage?

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A．An Unusual Woman.

B．A Poor Woman.

C．A Woman Pilot.

D．Women Can Do Whatever Men Can.

2．Why did Amy leave a bad impression on her teachers? Because ________.

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A．she played football better than most boys.

B．she made many mistakes in her homework.

C．she didn't act the way they thought a girl should.

D．she did not study hard.

3．What happened to her on her flight to Australia?

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A．She was caught in a thunderstorm over Vienna.

B．She lost her way in a desert in Baghdad.

C．She ran into a monsoon over Burma.

D．Her plane broke down before she reached India.

4．On her flight to Australia she had to land ________.

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A．in the desert and in India

B．in Baghdad and in Burma

C．in the desert and in Burma

D．in India and in Burma

5．From Amy we see that we can do anything if we ________.

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A．really put our minds to it

B．are really interested in it

C．don't do what most people do

D．don't act as we should

　　Which would you rather be, a mathematician or an author? Lewis Carroll was both a mathematician and an author. He was a lecturer in mathematics at Oxford University. But he is better known as the author of the most famous children's books that have ever been written: Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. The author's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, but he preferred to use the pen-name “Lewis Carroll”when he wrote Alice and this is the name we remember him by. Alice in Wonderland was published in 1865, when its author was 33 years old; it was followed by Through the Looking Glass in 1872. Both books were written for a real girl called Alice and they have been read by millions of children after they were first published. These stories are about a dream world in which Alice meets strange creatures and has interesting adventures. I'm sure you know this already, but if you don't, you had better read the stories yourselves.

1．The real name of the author of Alice in Wonderland is ________.

[　　]

A．Lewis Carroll

B．Alice

C．Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

D．Charles Carroll

2．Children are interested in Lewis Carroll because they are interested in ________.

[　　]

A．mathematics

B．Oxford University

C．sleeping

D．a dream world

3．Through the Looking Glass was published in the years ________.

[　　]

A．when its author was 33 years old

B．when its author was only a student at Oxford University

C．when its author was about 40 years old

D．when its author had had interesting adventures

4．At fast the author wrote the two books ________.

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A．for children today

B．only for a child named Alice

C．for his work

D．for people all over the world

5．In the sentence“…if you don't, you had better read the stories yourselves.”,“If you don't”means________.

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A．if you don't have copies of the stories

B．if you don't like the stories

C．if you know nothing about the stories

D．if you don't know the author

　　Beijing: An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale left 5,000 people homeless, killed at least one person and injured 39 others in southwest China on Tuesday, with more accidents expected.

　　By late Thursday 4,900 people were declared homeless after the quake destroyed their homes in a mountainous area lying on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan provinces. The dawn quake left one dead and 39 injured, destroyed 268 houses and damaged 1,132 other buildings so seriously that they were considered uninhabitable.

　　Another 2,400 houses suffered less serious damage. The epicenter (震中) was near the scenic Lugu Lake, a tourist site, where the local school was severely damaged.

　　Preliminary (最初的) estimates put economic losses at 180 million yuan (22 million dollars).

　　Governments in Yanyuan and the neighboring Yunnan country of Ninglang have joined forces in the rescue efforts and tents, clothes and medicine are badly in need of for the earthquake victims.

　　The mountainous terrain, heavy rain and several aftershocks all prevented rescue efforts on Thursday. The rain could cause more badly damaged homes to fall down.

　　More dead and injured are expected“as rescuers have yet to reach marry faraway areas”. It is very hard for rescue workers because most houses are scattered around the mountains, which are inhabited by Yi and other ethnic minority groups (少数民族).

　　The quake hit the area at 5:10 am Beijing time (2,110 Wednesday GMT). Earthquakes regularly affect the two countries, with two quakes measuring 5. 0 and 6.0 on the Richter scale killing at least three people and injuring more than 1,500 in Ninglang in November 1998.

　　The area is about 100 kilometers from the historic Yunnan town of Lijiang, which was struck in 1996 by an earthquake that killed more than 250 people and injured 14,000.

(Reports from China Daily, May 25,2001)

1．The earthquake took place ________.

[　　]

A．in the early morning

B．at noon

C．in the afternoon

D．at night

2．All of the following things belong to the things that are most needed after the earthquake except ________.

[　　]

3．The author's purpose in writing the passage is to ________.

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A．tell us the earthquake taking place in Yunnan has caused 5,000 homeless

B．warn the people in mountainous areas in Yunnan to take care of earthquake

C．call on more help from the people all over the country

D．analyze why the earthquake took place in this area

4．After reading the passage we know ________.

[　　]

A．the biggest earthquake happened in China in Ninglang in 1998

B．there will be no more than 2 persons dead in the earthquake

C．the earthquake took place in the places where minorities live

D．the total losses will add up to no more than 180 million yuan

5．“The two countries”here refers to ________.

[　　]

A．Yunnan and Sichuan

B．Yanyuan and Ninglang

C．Yanyuan and Yunnan

D．Yunnan and Ninglang

　　Singapore, Tues. Eight peoplethree of them were womendied after being trapped in an attic when fire gutted (损坏) their two-storey terrace house yesterday.

　　In the tragedy, about thirty-six people were sleeping in the building when the fire, started by a short circuit, broke out. Most of them managed to rush out in time.

　　One of the first to leave the building was Miss Poh, nineteen, a factory worker, who was awakened from her sleep by shouts of“Fire!”shortly after 3:10 am.

　　She said,“I shouted to the other tenants to get out. By this time, the first-floor was in flames and I could hear people crying and screaming. Someone brought a ladder and placed it against the wall, but it only went up as far as the, first floor. There was no hope for those trapped in the attic.”

　　One man who did escape from the attic told reporters that he could only save himself by going through the ventilation(通风) opening in the roof and climbing to an adjoining building.

　　Chin Meng, twenty, a fitter, wept as he recalled how he had to leave his parents behind. He said,“When I tried to return for my parents, I was driven back by the thick smoke and the heat.”

　　Shortly after the blaze was spotted, three fire engines raced to the scene and by 4 am had the fire under control.

　　The MP for the area visited the scene and said,“The landlord was wrong to rent out rooms irresponsibly. He has not given due thought to the safety of his tenants.”

1．________ males were killed in the fire.

[　　]

2．The fire started ________.

[　　]

A．after Miss Poh awoke from her sleep

B．at about 3 am

C．in the daytime

D．quite some time after 3:10 am

3．The fire brigade took ________ to get the fire under control.

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4．The MP for the area ________ the landlord.

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5．In the 6th paragraph, the word“recalled” means ________.

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　　Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didn't exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin's work was making musical instruments. In his spare time he liked to play the violin. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.

　　One day Merlin received an imitation to attend a fancy ball (化装)。He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

　　Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.

　　On the night of the party, Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was astonished to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking into pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin's grand entrance for a long time!

1．The text is mainly about ________.

[　　]

A．a strange man

B．an unusual party

C．how roller skating began

D．how people enjoyed themselves in the 18th century

2．People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he ________.

[　　]

A．often gave others surprises

B．was a gifted musician

C．invented the roller skates

D．was full of imagination

3．Merlin put wheels under his shoes in order to ________.

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A．impress the party guests

B．arrive at the party sooner

C．test his invention

D．show his skill in walking on wheels

4．What is the main point the writer is trying m make in the last paragraph?

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A．The roller skate needed further improvement.

B．The party guests took Merlin for a fool.

C．Merlin sued beyond expectation.

D．Merlin got himself into trouble.

　　Six weeks before the 1984 Olympic Garner, Mary Lou hurt her right knee. She went to Richmond, Virginia. She had an operation done on it. Doctors told her she wouldn't be able to go to the Games. However, Mary Lou started working hard. Her knee got stronger. She was able to compete in the Games.

　　The last event was the vaulting horse. Mary Lou knew she needed a perfect 10 to win. Ecaterina Szabo, from Romania, was half a point ahead. Mary Lou thought about what she had to do. She was very excited. She raced up to the springboard. She vaulted over the horse and into the air. She wheeled around twice in the sir. She landed on both feet. Her score was a 10! She was the first American to win the all-around gold medal!

　　Mary Lou was named sportsman of the year by Sports Illustrated. She was on TV and did lots of commercials (电视广告) People all over the world wanted to see her.

1．The story mainly tells about ________.

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A．Mary Lou's family life

B．Mary Lou's knee operation at Richmond, Virginia

C．how Mary Lou won the gold medal and became world-famous

D．Mary Lou was named sportswoman of the year in the USA

2．According to the story, which of the following statements is TRUE?

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A．Mary Lou nearly missed the 1984 Olympic Games.

B．Mary Lou missed the 1984 Olympic Games.

C．The United States didn't do well in the 1984 Olympic Games.

D．The 1984 Olympic Games were held in Richmond, Virginia.

3．The underlined part“the vaulting horse”in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.

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A．a kind of sports game

B．a kind of horse

C．a horse that can vault

D．a horse that can wheel in the air

4．What can we learn from the story?

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A．Good luck can bring happiness.

B．Failure is the mother of success.

C．One can easily achieve big success by chance.

D．Hard working and self-confidence will bring you success.

　　Steve, a typical American, stays home on workdays. He plugs into his personal computer terminal (终端) in order to hook up with his office. After work, he watches a movie on his home video recorder, or challenges himself to a game of electronic baseball. On many days, Steve does not talk to any other human beings, and he does not see any people except the ones on television. Steve is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible. The inventions of modem technology seem to be cutting us off from contact with our fellow human beings.

　　The world of business is one area in which technology is isolating us. Experts predict, for example, that many people will soon be able to work at home. With access to a large central computer, employees such as insurance agents(保险公司), secretaries, and accountants(会计)could do their jobs at display terminals in their own homes. They would never have to actually see the people they are dealing with. In addition, the way employees are paid will change. Workers' salaries will automatically be credited (记入……名下) to their pay or cash their checks. Personal banking will change, too. Customers will deal with machines to deposit or withdraw money from their accounts. Bank loans (贷款) will be approved or rejected, not in an interview with a loan officer, but through a display on a computer screen.

　　Another area that technology is changing is entertainment. Music, for instance, was once a group experience. People listened to music at contact halls or in small social gatherings. For many people now, however, music is a solitary (孤独的) experience. Walking along the street or sitting in their living rooms, they wear headphones to build a wall of music around them. Many more are choosing to wait for a film to appear on television or are renting videocassettes to watch at home. Instead of being involved with the laughter, applause, or hisses (尖叫声) of the audience, viewers watch movie in the isolation of their living moms.

　　Our games and sports are also changing. Rather than play tag (捉人游戏) or baseball after school, children now rush to the local video arcade to stare at their individual electronic playing fields. They are no longer interested in competing or interacting with each other.

　　Technology, then, seems to be driving human beings apart. Soon, we may no longer need to communicate with other human beings in order to do our work, entertain ourselves, or play the games we enjoy. Machines will be the coworkers and companions of the future.

1．The first paragraph presents the reader with a description of Steve's ________.

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2．The phrase“With access to a large central computer”in paragraph 2 can be best paraphrased as ________.

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A．“Owing to a large central computer”

B．“With a visit to a large central computer”

C．“With the help of a large central computer”

D．“Knowing how to operate a large central computer”

3．Technology is changing the world of business in that ________.

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A．machines will take over the work usually done by human beings

B．labor and time will be saved

C．people will be able to work at home

D．people will be kept well-informed through a display on a computer screen

4．From this selection we can conclude that ________.

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A．the author welcomes modem technology with open arms

B．modern technology is faultless in the author's eyes

C．the author only looks the dark side of modem technology

D．the author is strongly against modern technology

5．Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?

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A．The changes modern techno logy is bringing to people's life may be many.

B．There are a lot of side effects of modem technology.

C．People are becoming more and more solitary with modem technology.

D．None of the above.