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　　A child's birthday party doesn't have to be a hassle; it can be a basket of fun, according to Beth Anaclerio, an Evaston mother of two, ages 4 and 18 months.

　　“Having a party at home usually requires a lot of running around on the part of the parents, and often the birthday boy or girl gets lost in wild excitement. But it really doesn't have to be that way,” said Anaclerio. Last summer, Anaclerio and her friend Jill Carlisle, a Northbrook mother of a 2-year-old, founded a home party-planning business called “A Party in a Basket.” Their goal is to help parents and children share in the fun part of party planning, like choosing the subject or making a cake, while they take care of everything.

　　Drawing on their experiences as mothers, they have created（制作）10 ready-to-use, home party packages. Everything a family needs to plan a party, except the cake and ice cream, is delivered to the home in a large basket.

　　“Our parties are aimed for children 2 to 10,” Anaclerio said, “and they're very interactive（互动）and creative in that they build a sense of drama based on a subject. For example, at the Soda Shoppe party the guests become waiters and waitresses and build wonderful ice cream creations.”

　　The standard $ 200 package for eight children includes a basket filled with invitations, gifts, games and prizes, paper goods, a party planner and the like. For more information, call Anaclerio at 708-864-6584 or Carlisle at 708-205-9141.

（1）The main purpose of writing this text is ________.

[　　]

A. to share information about party planning

B. to introduce the joys of a birthday party

C. to announce a business plan

D. to sell a service

（2）The most important idea behind the kind of party planning described that ________.

[　　]

A. it brings parents and children closer together

B. guests play a part in the preparation of a party

C. parents are spared the trouble of sending invitations

D. it provides a subject of conversation

（3）What does the underlined word “hassle”（paragraph 1）probably mean?

[　　]

A. a party designed by specialists

B. a plan requiring careful thought

C. a situation causing difficulty or trouble

D. a demand made by guests

（4）Which of the following is most likely to be a party planner?

[　　]

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　　Money spent on advertising is money spent as well as any I know of. It serves directly to assist a rapid distribution of goods at reasonable prices, thereby establishing a firm home market and so making it possible to provide for export at competitive price. By drawing attention to new ideas it helps enormously to raise standards of living. By helping to increase demand it ensures an increased need for labour, and is therefore an effective way to fight unemployment. It lowers the costs of many services: without advertisements your daily newspaper would need to be doubled, travel by bus or tube would cost 20 per cent more.

　　And perhaps most important of all, advertising provides a guarantee of reasonable value in the products and services you buy. Apart form the fact that seven acts of parliament govern the terms of advertising, no regular advertiser dare promote a product that fails to live up to the promise of his advertisements. He might fool some people for a little while through misleading advertising. He will not do so for long, for mercifully the public has the good sense not to buy the inferior article more than once. If you see an article consistently advertised, it is the surest proof I know that the article does what is claimed for it, and that it represents good value.

　　Advertising does more for the material benefit of the community than any other force I can think of.

　　There is one more point I feel I ought to touch on. Recently I heard a well-know television personality declare that he was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs. He was drawing excessively fine distinctions. Of course advertising seeks to persuade.

　　If its message were confined merely to information-and that in itself would be difficult if not impossible to achieve, for even a detail such as the choice of the colour of a shirt is subtly persuasive-advertising would be so boring that no one would pay any attention. But perhaps that is what well-know television-personality wants.

（1）By the first sentence of the passage the author means that ________.

[　　]

A. he is fairly familiar with the cost of advertising

B. everybody knows well that advertising is money consuming

C. advertising costs money like everything else

D. it is worthwhile to spend money on advertising

（2）In the passage, which of the following is NOT included in the advantages of advertising?

[　　]

A. Securing greater fame

B. Providing more jobs

C. Enhancing living standards

D. Reducing newspaper cost

（3）The author deems that the well-known TV personality is ________.

[　　]

A. very precise in passing his judgment on advertising

B. interested in nothing but the buyers' attention

C. correct in telling the difference between persuasion and information

D. obviously partial in his views on advertising

（4）In the author's opinion, ________.

[　　]

A. advertising can seldom bring material benefit to man by providing information

B. advertising informs people of new ideas rather than wins them over

C. there is nothing wrong with advertising in persuading the buyer

D. the buyer is not interested in getting information from an advertisement

（5）Which of the following would be the title for the passage?

[　　]

A. Consumers and Advertisements

B. The Features and Importance of Advertising

C. Television Personality and Advertising

D. The Benefits of Advertising

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　　TOKYO, Japan--An earthquake measuring 8.0 hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early Friday. The quake was the strongest anywhere in the world this year. Several million people live on the island. Japan's national broadcasting agency，NHK, reported 236 people had been hurt, but no deaths had been reported. Tsunami waves measuring about 3 feet（1 meter）began hitting the eastern coast of Japan's northernmost island, and officials warned all residents in the region to seek higher ground. A fire broke out at oil refinery on the island after the earthquake, and television stations reported a train derailment and a landslide near a highway tunnel. The US Geological Survey measured the quake at 8.0 but authorities in Japan initially gave it a magnitude of 7. 8. The USGS said the temblor was located 33 kilometers（20 miles）under the Earth's crust, about 796 miles north / northwest of Tokyo, and began at 4∶50 a.m. local time（1950 GMT）. The second quake occurred at 6∶08 a.m.（2108 GMT）.

　　On average, there is one magnitude-8, or greater, quake a year in the world, The amount of energy released in a magnitude-8 earthquake is equivalent to that contained in 1.01 billion tons of TNT, according to the USGS. A tsunami watch has been issued for the US state of Hawaii. “Based on all available data, a tsunami may have been generated by this earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas even far from the epicenter,” said the announcement from the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. Only six days ago a 5.5-magnitude quake shook Japan. The September 20 earthquake was centered nearly 870 kilometers（540 miles）south--southeast of Tokyo, near Japan's Bonin Islands, a remote volcanic island group in the Pacific Ocean. Earlier this month, Japan marked the 80th anniversary of a magnitude 8.3 quake that devastated（破坏）Tokyo and neighboring Yokohama, killing at least140,000 people. In January 1995, a magnitude 7.2 temblor in Kobe killed more than6,000 people.

（1）An 8.0-magnitude earthquake happened in Japan ________.

[　　]

A. in January 1995

B. on September 20, 2003

C. on September 26, 2003

D. in September, 1923

（2）What is NOT the result of this earthquake?

[　　]

A. 236 people were hurt.

B. A fire broke out at oil refinery on the island.

C. A train was out of track.

D. Two people died.

（3）We can infer that ________.

[　　]

A. this is the biggest earthquake in the world this year

B. this earthquake has no effect on the USA

C. Japan is a country where earthquakes frequently happen

D. the second quake occurred only half an hour after the first one

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　　Some time people call each other “seared-cat”, but have you ever thought about this expression? When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemicals in its bloodstream. Although the cat doesn't realize this, its body is getting ready for action. If the danger continues, the animal will do one of two things. It will defend itself, or it will run away as fast as it can.

　　Something like this also happens to people. When we are excited, angry, scared, or aroused by other emotions（feelings）, our bodies go through many physical changes. Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense. All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react. We, too get ready to defend ourselves or run.

　　Human beings, however, have a problem that animals, never face. If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we can get into trouble. Have you ever said something in anger--or hit somebody--and regretted it later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher, told somebody you were lonely, or said you were in love, and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut? It isn't always wise to express your feelings freely.

　　Does this mean that it's smarter always to hide our feelings? No! If you keep feelings of anger, sadness, and bitterness hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illness can develop, and you can feel churned up inside. It can actually be bad for your health.（It isn't good to keep pleasant feelings inside either; all feelings need to be expressed.）

　　Feelings that you keep all bottled up inside don't just go away. It's as if you bought some bananas and stuck them in a cupboard. You might not be able to see them, but before long you'd smell them. And if you opened the cupboard, chances are you'd see little fruit flies hovering all over them. They'd be rotten.

　　You can try to treat emotions as if they were bananas in the cupboard. You can hide them and you can pretend they don't exist, but they'll still be around. And at last you'll have to deal with them, just like those bananas.

（1）The best title for this article is ________.

[　　]

A. Emotions Affect Our Bodies

B. What Happens to a Frightened Cat

C. What Happens to An Excited Person

D. Feelings that People Have

（2）The underlined words “churned up” in the fourth paragraph mean ________.

[　　]

A. gradually they'll disappear

B. they won't exist any more

C. they will hover all over

D. your body stays tense

（3）The author wrote this article in order to ________.

[　　]

A. tell us that it isn't good to keep feelings inside

B. give us some advice on how to express our feelings

C. make us face the problem that we have to deal with feelings

D. make us know that it isn't always wise to express our feelings freely

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　　Keep it in the air: The Chaoyang Theater is one of the Beijing theaters to present acrobatics（杂技）all year round.

　　Top acrobatic artists invited from all over the country perform for Chinese and foreign tourists. The program features trick cycling, leaping through hoops and Chinese magic tricks. Some of the artists have won prizes in international competitions.

　　Time: 7∶15 p. m. Daily

　　Place: 36, Dongsanhuan Beilu. Chaoyang District

　　Tel: 65072421, 65071818

　　Use your head: “Green Hat” is a new drama given by a group of young Chinese actors. It's a reworking of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne's famous novel “The Scarlet Letter”. It describes the heroine's great courage in finding the true love against a backdrop of disapproval.

　　Time: 7∶15 p. m. until March 5, except Mondays

　　Place: China Children's Theater

　　Tel: 66037255, 66037265

　　Mix and match: “Story of Puppets” tells of a fairy, Zixia, who looks for love in the human world. After watching a puppet play “Peony Pavilion”, she thinks must be true love in reality, so she uses magic to turn the puppet characters into humans, wanting to fall in love with the puppet opera hero. But things don't go as she planned...

　　Li Liuyi, the director of the play has made several successful attempts to merge different traditional Operas in one play. This time he combines Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Pingju and an orchestral accompaniment, using the structure of modern drama.

　　Time: 7∶30 p. m. until March 10, except Mondays

　　Place: Small Playhouse of Beijing People's Art Theater

　　Tel: 65250123

　　Peking Opera: The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Chang'an Grand Theater.

　　Each performance consists of two classical excerpts（选段）. One is Wenxi（a play focusing on singing and dancing）; the other is Wuxi（a play full of acrobatic dancing）.

　　The first night will be “The Crossroad” and “Presenting a Pearl of the Rainbow Bridge”. And the second night will see the performance of “The Goddess of Heaven Scatters Flowers” and “Havoc in Heaven”.

　　Time: 7∶30 p. m. February 27, 28

　　Place: Chang'an Grand Theater

　　Tel: 86531043

（1）From the ads we can learn that ________.

[　　]

A. “Story of Puppets” is a play held in China Children's Theater

B. the artists who have won prizes will perform magic tricks

C. on March 5 there will be three plays for us to choose

D. the artists in the Peking Opera Troupe are from all over the country

（2）If a tourist wants to see a performance on March 15, he can call ________ to book a ticket.

[　　]

（3）Which of the following statements is true according to the ads?

[　　]

A. The director of the “Story of Puppets” combines different operas in it.

B. “Green Hat” is based on a famous novel acted by some American artists.

C. Top Acrobatic artists will present their performances around our country.

D. The Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances with the same excerpts.

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　　Faced with the threat of-water shortages, Beijing and Shanghai will take effective measures to save water and protect water resources.

　　Beijing will stick more strictly to water saving policies through the readjustment（重新调整）of industrial structures. Beijing is expected to be short of 1, 185 billion cubic meters of water by 2020. Beijing will shut down factories with high water consumption（消耗）and pollution including electric power, steel and paper manufacturing equipment. Advanced and water-saving technology will be introduced to new industrial projects in the capital city.

　　Grain-growing areas will be reduced to save ground water and more trees will be planted. Animal breeding and other “high efficient” agriculture with modern water-saving irrigation methods will be developed.

　　It is said that water used in agriculture will drop to 35 percent of the city's water consumption in 2010 from 43 percent in 1998, and the figure will continue to drop to28 ~ 30 percent in 2020. Beijing will increase the speed of renovation（修复）of its urban water supply equipment. It is reported that more than 15 percent of water is lost during distribution（分发）. Water-saving equipment and efficient management can save Beijing more than 537 million cubic meters by 2010.

　　Shanghai still faces key problems connected with its water resources and environments. Since 1998, the city has invested nearly US $169 million to treat its rivers, especially Suzhou Creek. The city's rivers have become noticeably clearer since putting it into action.

　　The government will provide a further US $ 24 million for the treatment of rivers and US $12 million to treat sewage（污物）.

　　This year's task is to improve the water quality at the three ports of Longhua, Yangshupa and Hongkou. Another emphasis to raise the water system is Songjiang New Area with a project worth US $ 4.8 million. Efforts will be made to improve public awareness about the need to protect water resources.

（1）How many measures has Beijing taken to save water and protect water resources?

[　　]

（2）Grain-growing areas in Beijing will be reduced because ________.

[　　]

A. grain can't fetch a good price in China

B. a lot of ground water will be saved by this means

C. Beijing helps to develop advanced technology

D. highly effective agriculture needs less farmland

（3）Beijing can save over 537 million cubic meters by 2010 by means of ________.

[　　]

a. water-saving equipment

b. effective management

c. artificial rain fall

d. reducing water pollution

（4）The author wrote the passage to tell us ________.

[　　]

A. Beijing and Shanghai are short of water

B. to save every drop of water in our daily life

C. big cities like Beijing and Shanghai are trying their best to protect water resources

D. water shortages have become one of the most important problems that China has to deal with

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　　Judo (柔道) and Karate (空手道) are sports for self-defence. They began in the eastern part of the word, but now many Americans enjoy them too. In fact, schools for teaching them have been opened all over the United States and Canada.

　　Players in both sports use only their hands, arms, legs and feet. However, the two sports are quite different. In Karate, players hit each other with the open hand and with the closed fist (拳头). They also use foot for kicking. In Judo, players are more likely to throw each other. Then they try to touch and pin (按住) each other down. They also move their arms and legs in large circles. Karate moves, on the other hand, are short and quick. Players stand away from each other. They only touch one another with quick punches (猛击) and kicks.

　　Can a Karate player beat a Judo player? It depends on the players. One sport is not better than the other. They are both very good forms of self-defence. Both aim toward control of the mind and body. A wise old man in Japan had a good answer to the question. He said: “We don't say the other martial arts of soldiers are bad．The mountain does not laugh at the river because it is lowly, nor does the river speak ill of the mountain because it can't move about.”

(1)What is the main idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．Judo and Karate are good sports.

B．Many Americans enjoy Judo and Karate.

C．To tell the difference between Judo and Karate.

D．One sport is not better than the other.

(2)Which detail helps you to understand how to do Judo?

[　　]

A．Players throw each other.

B．Players pin each other down.

C．Players touch and move arms and legs in large circles.

D．All of the above.

(3)Which detail helps you understand how to do Karate?

[　　]

A．Players hit each other with open hands and closed fists.

B．Players touch each other.

C．Players use feet for kicking.

D．Both A and C．

(4)According to the passage, which of the following statements is correct?

[　　]

A．Players in Karate use only hands and feet.

B．Players in Judo use only arms and legs.

C．Players in both sports use only arms, legs, hands and feet.

D．Players in both sports use only open hands and closed fists.

(5)According to the wise old man in Japan, ________.

[　　]

A．karate is better than Judo

B．judo is better than Karate

C．both of them are better than military (军事) arts

D．both of them are very good forms of self-defence

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　　Fat on human beings is distributed (分布) in different ways. Some fat people have a large stomach and no waistline--which makes them look round, rather like apples. Others are fatter below the waist, which makes them appear pear-shaped (梨形的).

　　There are two types of fat: external fat (fat under the skin) and internal fat (fat inside the body wall). Doctors, who have been examining the relationship between health and fatness, have found that the 'pears' have less internal fat, but the 'apples' have more internal fat than external fat. This seems to be what causes the health problems.

　　The best treatment for fatness is to reduce the internal fat. But unfortunately it seems that dieting (节食) simply makes an apple-shaped person into a smaller apple and a pear-shaped person into a smaller pear. At the moment there is no known way of reducing the internal rather than extrnal fat.

(1)The text is mainly about ________ .

[　　]

(2)Which of the following people is most likely to have health problems?

[　　]

(3)When a pear-shaped person becomes thinner, he she loses more ________.

[　　]

A．internal fat than external fat

B．external fat than internal fat

C．fat above the waist

D．fat below the waist

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　　When Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P.T. Barnum. Mr. Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles' parents along with him, and they traveled the world together.

　　He gave the two-foot-tall Charles a new name, General Tom Thumb．He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act, and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up (激起) great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.

　　During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall.

　　Tom's act was very popular and brought in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty-five.

　　Fortunately for Tom, Mr Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a school teacher. Tom was able to win her love, and they married.

　　The ceremony (庆典) and reception were the talk of the town. They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about two thousand guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their tiny wedding carriage. The couple even met with President Abraham Lincoln on their honeymoon, just before going to live in Tom's house in Connecticut.

　　Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade (浅淡), communities throughout the country sponsored (主持) “Tom Thumb” weddings. In these weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun.

(1)“talk of the town” means ________.

[　　]

A．it was in the newspaper

B．people spread mean rumors (谣言) about it

C．it was the most popular thing happening

D．it was discussed in a city meeting

(2)What does the author think about Tom Thumb's wedding?

[　　]

A．People gave it too much of their attention.

B．It helped people cheer up in a dark time.

C．It was funny and ridiculous (荒谬可笑).

D．Tom and Lavinia were stupid.

(3)Which of the following is the best clue to the fact that Tom was smart?

[　　]

A．He became a billionaire twenty-five.

B．He learned how to sing, dance, and act at a very young age.

C．He met with President Lincoln during his honeymoon.

D．He married a school teacher.

(4)Tom would dance on a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall because ________.

[　　]

A．the wooden plate would make it sound as if Tom were tap dancing

B．It made Tom feel taller

C．the eight-foot-tall man was the only tall person Tom trusted

D．the difference between them would make Tom look even smaller

(5)What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

[　　]

A．Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine.

B．People are always disappointed during war time.

C．Entertainment can serve an important purpose.

D．People should be married when they are small children.

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　　Computer people talk a lot about the need for other people to become“computer-literate”. But not all experts (专家) agree that this is a good idea.

　　One pioneer, in particular, who disagrees is David Tebbut, the founder of Computertown UK. Although many people see this as a successful attempt to bring people closer to the computer, David does not see it that way. He says that Computertown UK was formed for just the opposite reason, to bring computers to people and make them “people-literate”.

　　David Tebbutt thinks Computertowns are most successful when tied to a computer club but he insists there is an important difference between the two. The clubs are for people who have some computer knowledge already. This frightens away non-experts, who are happier going to Computertowns where there are computers for them to experiment on, with experts to encourage them and answer any questions they have. They are not told what to do, they find out. The computer experts have to learn not to tell people about computers, but have to be able to answer all questions people ask. People don't have to learn computer terms (术语), but the experts have to explain in plain language. The computers are becoming“people-literate”.

(1)Which of the following is David Tebbutt's idea on the relationship between people and computers?

[　　]

A．Computer learning should be made easier.

B．There should be more computer clubs for experts.

C．People should work harder to master computer use.

D．Computers should be made cheaper so that people can afford them.

(2)We can infer from the text that “computer-literate” means ________.

[　　]

A．being able to afford a computer

B．being able to write computer programs

C．working with the computer and finding out its value

D．understanding the computer and knowing how to use it

(3)The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to the idea that Computertowns ________.

[　　]

A．help to set up more computer clubs

B．bring people to learn to use computers

C．bring more experts to work together

D．help to sell computers to the public

(4)David Tebbutt started Computertown UK with the purpose of ________.

[　　]

A．making better use of computer experts

B．improving computer programs

C．increasing computer sales

D．popularizing computers