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Twenty-three senior high school graduates of 1999 from Wuhan, Hubei Province, have recently left for Germany on a work-study program, according to Xi'an Evening News.

    They will study hotel management in Bavaria Hotel Management School for a year and then take up two-year practice in Germany. Upon graduation, they will also get diplomas (文凭) recognized internationally. During their two-year practice, they earn no less than 1200 Deutsche Marks (德国马克) a month.

    The program, organized by a company in Wuhan, aims at providing the city's high school graduates with new job opportunities.

    Applicants (申请人) must first pass an exam given by the German side and pay 180 000 yuan covering the three years' study and living expenses in Germany. In spite of this, the program still attracted a lot of high school graduates and their parents. And applicants came in a continuous stream.

    “The chance for my child to go to college is small. What's more, it's not easy to find a job. We find the work-study program an equally good way out for him,” a parent said. “We don't worry much about the high costs because the total income from the two-year-long practice will be quite enough to clear them.”

1．This text is mainly about ________.

    A. a hotel management school in Bavaria, Germany

    B. students from Wuhan studying in Germany

    C. students going abroad on work-study program

    D. new job opportunities offered in Germany

2．Which of the following words best describes the parents of these 23 students?

    A. wasteful

    B. wise

    C. sorry

    D. worried

3．We can infer that these applicants found it hard  ________.

    A. to go to college at home

    B. to pay for the cost

    C. to pass the test given by the Germans

D. to get a job when they return home

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Life is difficult. It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult.

    Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent (代表) a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.

    What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause in us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.

    Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said， “Those things that hurt, instruct.” It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.

1．From the passage, it can be inferred that ________.

    A. everybody has problems

    B. we become stronger by meeting and solving the problems of life

    C. life is difficult because our problems bring us pain

    D. people like to complain about their problems

2．The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to ________.

    A. save space

    B. persuade readers

    C. make readers laugh

    D. get reader's attention

3．The main idea of paragraph three is that ________.

    A. most people feel life is easy

    B. the writer feels life is easy

    C. the writer likes to complain about his problems

    D. most people complain about how hard their lives are

4．According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to ________.

    A. encourage them to learn

    B. teach them to fear the pain of solving the problem

    C. help them learn to deal with pain

    D. teach them how to respect from problems

5．The saying from Benjamin Franklin “Those things that hurt, instruct” suggests that

    A. we do not learn from experience

    B. we do not learn when we are pain

    C. pain teaches us important lessons

D. pain cannot be avoided

Between 1953 and 1960, 110 people in Japan's Minimata Bay area died mysteriously. Studies showed that people had eaten fish in which quantities of mercury (汞) were found. Where did it come from? It was poured into the bay by a plastics plant. The Japanese government closed that plant and started strictly controlling the use and disposal (处理) of mercury compounds (化合物). But this didn't prevent another terrible event.

    In 1965, 26 people at Nigata, Japan, were struck by mercury poisoning. Five died. All of them had eaten fish with mercury in it. And again it was caused by a plastics plant.

    Events like these are not limited to agriculture or plastics plants. Because of such events, however, it is clear that we must maintain a close watch over our practices concerning poisons, foods and water. Indeed, in our industrial age close watch may forever be the price of health.

1．According to the passage, how many people in all died in the two terrible events?

    A. 110.

    B. 136.

    C. 115.

    D. 141.

2．Many people in the bay area died ________.

    A. of eating fish

    B. of mercury poisoning

    C. strangely

    D. mysteriously

3．The close of the plastics plant and the control of mercury compounds ________.

    A. stopped people from being poisoned

    B. kept plants from using mercury compounds

    C. prevented plants from pouring mercury waste into the day

    D. had little effect on other plastics plants

4．From the passage, we know that ________.

    A. other fields, besides agriculture, may cause pollution

    B. both agriculture and industry are harmless

    C. only agriculture is safe to people

    D. only plastic plants are harmful to our health

London—British supermodel Kate Moss quitted modeling for a time last year after becoming disillusioned (be set free from mistaken beliefs) with the industry's hedonistic(享乐主义的) and drug-fuelled lifestyle.

    “I quit because I thought: 'I hate ... it'. I didn't want to have to say I am a model ever again.” Moss said in an interview with Britain's Time Out magazine published Tuesday. The Londoner told the magazine the only way she could deal with life in the fashion industry was to “get out of it” in an apparent (显而易见的) reference to her much-publicized battle with alcohol and drugs.

    “In fashion, excess (无节制的) is not for creative purposes, whatever people may say. It is about escapism. You just have to get out of it to deal with it.” Moss said.

    It was the only way that you could go out night and night and do all these boring dinners. You are never allowed to be tired. It is a sin to be tired.

    But Moss, whose skinny (瘦骨嶙峋的) frame and delicate features have adorned (装饰) countless magazine covers over the last 10 years, was eventually persuaded to return to the job that made her a superstar and one of the wealthiest women with an estimated fortune of 15 million pounds ($ 21. 84 million).

    Moss said that this time round, she was determined to do things differently and have more control over the type of the work she did.

    “I have made my mistakes and I have learned my lesson.”

1．Who does “the Londoner” in the second paragraph refer to?

    A. Kate Moss.

    B. The reporter.

    C. The reader.

    D. Kate's boss

2．Why did Kate Moss quit her job?

    A. Because she wasn't able to earn her living by doing it.

    B. Because she didn't like this kind of way of life any longer.

    C. Because she wasn't popular any longer.

    D. Because she fell into the habit of taking drugs.

3．Which of the following is implied in the passage?

    A. Kate Moss is a popular model and she used to be burdened with too much work.

    B. Kate Moss accepted an interview from a magazine.

    C. Kate Moss is very rich.

    D. Kate Moss isn't a model any longer.

In order to learn a foreign language well, it is necessary to overcome the fear of making mistakes. If the basic goal of language use is communication, then mistakes are secondary considerations that may be dealt with gradually as realization of those mistakes increases. On the other hand, students should not ignore their mistakes. The language learner may observe how native speakers express themselves, and how native expressions differ from the way the learner might say them. For example, a Spanish speaker who has been saying “I do it” to express willingness to do something in the immediate future, could, by interacting with native speakers of English, observe that native speakers actually say “I'll do it”. The resulting difference can serve as a basis for the student to correct his way of using the present tense in English.

1．This passage tells us that the present tense in English is ________.

    A. not used to express a desire to do something in the immediate future

    B. used with some verbs but not with others to express future plan

    C. basically the same in English as it is in Spanish

    D. not the most difficult problem for foreign students

2．According to the passage, language learners can reduce the number of their mistakes by ________.

    A. asking native speakers for explanations

    B. reading good books in the foreign language

    C. comparing their speech with that of native speakers

    D. speaking without regard to native speakers

3．According to the writer, foreign language students should not worry too much about making mistakes because ________.

    A. native speakers like foreign students who try to learn their language

    B. communication is the basic goal of language learning

    C. native speakers will ignore their mistakes

    D. everyone makes mistakes when trying to communicate in a strange language

4．The author's main conclusion about the use of mistakes in foreign language learning is that ________.

    A. mistakes are not important in the course of learning a language

    B. learners are often very afraid of making mistakes

    C. making mistakes can help the learner discover the rules of the language

    D. native speakers often do not tell foreign language learners about their mistakes

Jonathan James looks like just another kid about to graduate from high school. But this 19-year-old Swede is anything but ordinary; from the computer in his parents' home he helps the US Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) find out the world's most wanted cyber criminals (网络犯罪分子).

    Jonathan first made headlines when he and another Swede, Fredrik Bjoerck, found out the maker of the “Melissa” virus (病毒) in March 1999. He came to the aid of the FBI again on May 7, finding out the suspected (嫌疑) sender of the dangerous “I LOVE YOU” virus. The suspect was caught in Manila on May 8.

    Jonathan's special skills are in hot demand as officials around the world express alarm at the virtual crime-wave. In between studying for final exams, hanging out with friends and refereeing his younger brother's football matches, the quiet, gentle teenager also gives lessons on e-security (电子安全) to large companies. He reads a lot and exchanges information with other computer experts to know much about the latest tricks of the hacker trade.

    Many companies have already tried to employ him, but he is not interested at the moment. Instead, he plans to begin law school in the autumn at Sweden's Uppsala University and start up his own e-security company.

    Although he works with the FBI now and then, his family insists he's just “a regular kid”. “Jonathan is a great kid. He has his friends and he does a lot more than just play with the computer.” his little sister Tessa said, adding that he helps the FBI because “he likes to help”, not because he's looking for fame and recognition.

    When the world was hit by the “Love Bug” virus. Jonathan was too busy preparing a lecture on e-security to look into the problem. “Finally on May 7, I had some free time, so I began looking.” Within a few hours, he has found the suspect and E-mailed his method and results to the FBI. He said his work on the “Melisa” virus, which took three weeks to solve, was a big help in finding the suspect so quickly.

    “This time I knew exactly where to start, I know what to disregard and what to look at.”

1．The public started to know something about Jonathan just from ________.

    A. his helping the USA FBI to find out the sender of the dangerous “I LOVE YOU” virus

    B. his work together with Fredrik Bjoerck to find out the maker of the “Melissa” virus

    C. his little sister's talk about his good qualities as a regular kid and a good programmer

    D. his speech on e-security to many computer companies after his fight against hackers

2．The sentence “Jonathan first made headlines” in the second paragraph means ________.

    A. Jonathan write headlines for articles for the first time

    B. Jonathan write headlines for papers for the first time

    C. Jonathan became popular in newspapers

    D. Jonathan appeared in the headlines of newspapers

3．From Jonathan's success in finding out the sender of the dangerous “Love Bug” virus we can infer that ________.

    A. where there is a will, there is a way

    B. experience is knowledge

    C. hard work leads to success

    D. failure is the mother of success

4．What do we know about Jonathan?

    A. He is a good fame hunter with various abilities.

    B. He is such a brave fighter that criminals will feel afraid.

    C. He is an expert on security, not interested in running a company.

    D. He is a regular kid but does something unusual.

5．In the passage the writer mainly wanted to ________.

    A. tell us how to find out cyber-criminals

    B. how FBI finds out cyber-criminals with the help of a kid

    C. where the most wanted-cyber criminals are

    D. tell us something about a boy e-security expert

The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean, so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other for ever. He sent his camera crew (摄制组) out one evening to film the sunset for him.

    The next morning he said to the men, “Have you provided me with that sunset?”

    “No, sir.” the men answered.

    The director was angry. “Why not?” he asked. “Well, sir,” one of the men answered, “we're on the coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset.”

    “But I want a sunset!” the director shouted. “Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one.”

    But then a young secretary had an idea. “Why don't you photograph a sunrise,” she suggested, “and then play it backwards? Then it'll look like a sunset.”

    “That's a good idea!” the director said. Then he turned to the camera crew and said. “Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.”

    The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay (海湾). Then at nine o'clock they took it to the director. “Here it is, sir,” they said, and gave it to him. He was very pleased.

    They all went into the studio (摄制棚). “All right,” the director explained, “now our hero and heroine are going to say good-bye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the `sunset' behind them.”

    The “sunset” began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop.

    The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach.

1．One evening, the director sent his camera crew out________.

    A. to watch a beautiful sunset

    B. to find an actor and an actress

    C. to film a scene on the sea

    D. to meet the audience

2．Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast?

    A. Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset.

    B. Because he was angry with his crew.

    C. Because it was his secretary's suggestion.

    D. Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset.

3．Which of the following is NOT true?

    A. The crew had to follow the secretary's advice.

    B. If you want to see a sunset, the east coast is the place to go to.

    C. The camera crew wasn't able to film the scene the first day.

    D. The director ordered his crew to stop filming the “sunset”.

4．The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because________.

    A. it went well with the separation of the hero and the heroine

    B. when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening

    C. it was more moving than a sunset

    D. the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset

5．After the “sunset” began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands________.

    A. because he was moved to tears

    B. as he saw everything in the film moving backwards

    C. as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined

    D. because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine

    “J.C.,” he replied.

    She thought he said “Jesse”, and he had a new name.

    Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time so as to pay for his education. As a second-year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.

    A week before the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.

    The stage was set for Owens' victory at the Olympic games in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic (体育的) but also political. Hitler did not congratulate any of the African-American winners.

    “It was all right with me,” he said years later. “I didn't go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway. “Having returned from Berlin, he received no telephone call from the president of his own country city, either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.

    Owens' Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles, and dogs.

    “Sure, it bothered (烦恼) me,” he said later. “But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat. “

    In time, however, his gold metals (奖牌) changed his life. “They have kept me alive over the years”, he once said. “Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard.”

1．Owens got his other name “Jesse” when ________.

    A. he went to Ohio State University

    B. his teacher made fun of him

    C. his teacher took “J.C.” for “Jesse”

    D. he won gold medals in the Big Ten meet

2．In the Big Ten meet, Owens ________.

    A. hurt himself in the back

    B. succeeded in setting many records

    C. tried every sports event but failed

    D. had to give up some events

3．We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the US at that time because ________.

    A. he was not of the right race

    B. he was the son of a poor farmer

    C. he didn't shake hands with Hitler

    D. he didn't talk to the US president on the phone

4．When Owens says “They have kept me alive over the years”, he means that the metals ________.

    A. have been changed for money to help him lie on

    B. have made him famous in the US

    C. have encouraged him to overcome difficulties in life

    D. have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs

5．Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A Jesse Owens, a Great American Athlete

    B. Golden Moment—a Life-time Struggle

    C. Making a Living as a Sportsman

    D. How to be a Successful Athlete?

The unpunctual man, on the other hand, never does what he has to do at the proper time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. There is a proverb which says, “Times flies never to be recalled”. This is very true. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be regained. Time is more valuable than material things. In fact, time is life itself, and the unpunctual man is for ever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable asset as well as others’. The unpunctual man is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letter, or return calls or keep appointments promptly. But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of time and seldom complains of want of it. He knows that he can not get through his immense amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every appointment promptly and deal with every piece of work when it has to be attended to.

Failure to be punctual in keeping one’s appointment is a sign of disrespect towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the appointed time, he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. This is a great discourtesy both towards the host and the other guests.

Unpunctuality, moreover, is very harmful when it comes to doing one’s duty, whether public or private. Imagine how it would be if those who are entrusted with important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or fellow men. And the unpunctual man is a source of annoyance both to others and to himself.

1. Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. The unpunctual man always does what he has to do in a hurry.

   B. The unpunctual man never complains of want of time.

   C. The unpunctual man always does what he has to do at proper time.

   D. The unpunctual man always keeps every appointment promptly.

2. The underlined phrase “get through” in paragraph 2 means________.

   A. to pass

   B. to return to one’s usual state

   C. to manage to do

   D. to reach

3. Which is the best title for this article?

   A. Punctuality.

   B. Unpunctuality.

   C. How to Arrange Your Time.

   D. The Harm of Unpunctuality.