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　　“George Washington? Wasn't he the president who cut down the cherry tree and invented electricity?” said a taxi driver in Washington D. C. , the capital of the United States.

　　No, he wasn't．The cherry tree story is a myth(神话) and it was another Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, who is praised for electricity.

　　But this sort of misinformation about early US history is all too common, especially among young Americans. A survey of seniors from the country's top colleges and universities found that only 34 percent know that George Washington led the 1781 battle at Yorktown, the last major battle of the War of Independence.

　　“We realized we had to teach Americans about George Washington,” said US historian David McCullough, shaking his head. The shortage of historical knowledge in Americans is driving him to despair. “If you begin to have a society that has no knowledge of where it came from, how it got to be, and where it is or what was done… that's unacceptable,” he said.

　　So historians are now setting up ways for Americans to learn about the country's Founding Fathers. Mount Vernon, George Washington's property which lies about 25 kilometers from the nation's capital, is carrying out a US $ 85 million public awareness campaign.

　　There will be a centre to introduce George Washington to visitors.

　　A 15-minute film by Steven Spielberg will show the president's “action hero” side. Spielberg is an Oscar-winning Hollywood director.

　　The project also includes an education centre. And a museum will display the thousands of Washington's personal belongings Mount Vernon has collected over the years, including his letters, books and, of course, his famous wooden dentures(假牙). The four-year project is set to begin next year.

1．Spielberg directed a 15-minute film about George Washington's “action hero” side to ________.

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A．make people remember he is an understanding director

B．have Americans show a deeper love for their homeland

C．cause Americans to learn about the Founding Father-George Washington

D．encourage people to show respect for George Washington

2．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

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A．George Washington have been looked down upon in the hearts of Americans

B．Benjamin Franklin cared more about inventions, compared with poli-tics

C．young Americans spend too much time doing nothing at all in their spare time

D．Americans have little historical knowledge of its country, especially the young

3．The author wrote the passage to ________.

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A．analyze why Americans are not willing to learn history

B．emphasize the importance of learning history in modern society

C．tell us American are making efforts to receive the knowledge about their history

D．blame the US government for neglecting the education of history

4．The word “property” in paragraph 5 refers to ________.

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A．a place where Washington was buried

B．a picture related to George Washington

C．a land once owned by Washington

D．building once owned by Washington

5．The phrase “shortage of historical knowledge” means ________.

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A．the US has a short history compared with some other countries

B．young Americans do not know much about their country's history

C．Americans are satisfied with the historical knowledge they have

D．Americans are not interested in the history of George Washington

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　　On the fourth Thursday in November, Americans celebrate the festival of Thanksgiving．This festival is a time when the family comes together for a meal and gives thanks to God for the blessings they have received. The first Thanksgiving festival was celebrated by the early American settlers who gave thanks to God for their good harvest.

　　In America, Thanksgiving is a family holiday. It is on that holiday that all the family members make a special effort to get together. The feast is always held on Thursday and most people have a four-day holiday from school and work. Thus they are able to travel a great distance to be with their family.

　　The Thanksgiving meal is traditionally turkey, which was the food for the first Thanksgiving. The table is filled with fruits, walnuts and many kinds of vegetables. For dessert the main choice is usually pumpkin pie. The meal is a time for the members of the talking before the meal, during the meal and long after the meal.

　　On Thanksgiving morning there are sporting events and parades in many cities to mark the day. The family dinner is usually held in the afternoon around 4 o'clock. The mother will prepare the meal and the father will carve the turkey. He will preside at the head of the table. The meal will begin with a short prayer of thanksgiving to God for the blessing the family received. The father will also thank the family for coming together on this day. During the meal there is plenty of food for everyone present. The meal is a very joyful time. When the meal is over some will help with the dishes and others will return to the living room to talk or watch television.

　　In many ways the festival of Thanksgiving is similar to the Chinese festival of Mid-Autumn Day. It is a time for the family to get together for dinner.

1．On Thanksgiving Day the family comes together except ________.

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A．to have the Thanksgiving dinner

B．to thank God for the blessing they have received

C．to talk with one another

D．to cook turkey together

2．Why does the writer say Thanksgiving is a family holiday in America?

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A．It is a holiday for those who have a family.

B．People try to get back to be with their family wherever they are.

C．People celebrate this holiday only at home and will not go out on this particular day.

D．Each family has its own way of celebrating this holiday.

3．Which of the following was the food for the first Thanksgiving according to this passage?

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4．What is one similarity between Thanksgiving and Mid-Autumn Day in China?

[　　]

A．They are held at about the same time of the year.

B．Family members make a special effort to get together.

C．People eat the same traditional food on both days.

D．Their celebration activities are more or less the same.

5．Today is November 4th, Thursday. Which of the following is Thanks-giving Day?

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　　At 9:00 Dick Spivak's bank telephoned and said his payment was late. “The check is in the post.” Dick replied quickly. At 11:45 Dick left for a 12:00 meeting across town. Arriving late, he explained that traffic had been bad. That evening, Dick's girlfriend wore a new dress. He hated it. “It looks just great on you.” he said.

　　Three lies in one day! Yet Dick Spivak is just an ordinary man. Each time, he told himself that sometimes the truth causes too many problems. Most of us tell much the same white lies, harmless untruths that help to save trouble. How often do we tell white lies? It depends in part on our age, education, and even where we live. According to one US study, women are more truthful than men, and honesty increases as we get older.

　　While most people use little white lies to make life easier, the majority of Americans care about honesty in both public and personal life. They say that people today are less honest than they were ten years ago. Although it is believed that things are getting worse, lying seems to be an age-old human problem. The French philosopher Vauvenarges, writing in the eighteenth century, touched on the truth when he wrote, “All men are born truthful and die liars.”

1．When the writer says “Dick is just an ordinary man”, he means ________.

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A．it is common that people tell white lies

B．Dick could do nothing about bad traffic

C．it is common that people delay their payment

D．Dick found it hard to deal with everyday problems

2．According to the text, most Americans ________.

[　　]

A．hate white lies

B．believe white lies

C．value honesty

D．consider others dishonest

3．Vauvenarges' remark suggests that ________.

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A．lying is an age-old human problem

B．dishonesty increases as people get older

C．people were dishonest in the 18th century

D．it is social conditions that make people tell lies

4．What does the passage mainly discuss?

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　　A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. “Last week,” said he, “my umbrella was stolen from a London church, As it was a present, I spent twice its wroth in advertising, but didn't get it back.”

　　“How did you write your advertisement?” asked one of the listeners, a merchant(商人).

　　“Here it is.” said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No. 10 Broad Street. ”

　　“Now,” said the merchant , “I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, I'll buy you a new one.”

　　The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: “If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn't wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. He is well known.”

　　This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colours that had been thrown, and his own was among them. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.

1．What is an advertisement?

[　　]

A．A news item.

B．Public opinions.

C．One way to voice one's view.

D．A public announcement on papers, TV, etc.

2．The result of the first advertisement was that ________.

[　　]

A．the man got his umbrella back

B．the man wasted some money advertising

C．nobody found the missing umbrella

D．the umbrella was found somewhere near the church

3．The merchant suggested that the man should ________.

[　　]

A．buy a new umbrella

B．go on looking for his umbrella

C．write another better advertisement

D．report the police

4．“If it fails, I'll buy you a new one.” suggested that the merchant ________.

[　　]

A．was quite sure of success

B．wanted to buy him a new umbrella

C．didn't know what to do

D．was rich enough to buy one

5．The story is mainly about ________.

[　　]

A．a useless advertisement

B．how to make an effective advertisement

C．how the man lost and found his umbrella

D．what the merchant did for the umbrella owner

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　　Tim and Mary were a new couple. They were both interested in art. They loved each other though they were poor.

　　One afternoon Mary told Tim that she had found a pupil and was to give her three music lessons a week. For that she could get $ 15 a week. But Tim was not glad because he didn't want to stay at home. He wanted to make some money too. Every day they left home in the morning and met in the evening.

　　A week passed. Mary brought home $ 15 but she looked a little tired. Tim took $ 18 out of his pocket and told Mary he had sold one of his pictures.

　　The next week Tim brought another $ 18 but Mary came home with her right hand in bandage(绷带).

　　Tim asked Mary what was the matter. Mary said, “It was because of an iron (熨斗) －I mean a plate of soup spilled(溅) on my hand．”

　　“What do you do every day, Mary? Do you really give music lessons?” Tim asked, “Tell me the truth! ”

　　Mary cried. She told him that she was working in a laundry(洗衣店), ironing shirts. A girl set down an iron on her hand and she got a bad burn. But Mary asked Tim how he guessed that she wasn't giving music lessons.

　　Tim told Mary that he worked in the engine-room of the same laundry where she worked and selling his pictures was only a good invention.

They both spoke out their secrets and laughed.

1．Mary and Tim decided to go out because ________.

[　　]

A．the room was too small for them to live in

B．they had some shopping to do every day

C．they were short of money

D．they often got angry with each other

2．Every day Mary went out ________.

[　　]

A．to teach a girl music lessons

B．to sell her paintings

C．to look for a job

D．to work in a laundry

3．Mary and Tim got ________ in all during the two weeks.

[　　]

4．Which of the following should be the best title for this passage?

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A．Looking for a Job.

B．Service of Love.

C．Ways of Making Money.

D．Ways of Keeping Secret.

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　　If preparing dinner means peeling back the top of frozen prepackaged meal or opening a brand-new box of cereal(麦片), it's time for a change. You don't have to be a good cook to create low-fat, healthful dishes that taste great. The best way to cook is to choose nutrient food and avoid too much fat without giving up flavor(味道).

　　Steaming

　　Steaming is simply cooking food in an enclosed environment filled with steam. Steaming keeps the flavor, and there is no need to add fats during preparation. It also keeps nutrients better than any other cooking method except micro-waving.

　　Stir-frying

　　Cooking at a very high heat for a very short time is stir-frying. Because food is cooked so quickly, it should be cut into small pieces to ensure every ingredient is cooked thoroughly.

　　Broiling(烧烤)

　　One of the simplest of all cooking methods, broiling cooks by exposing food to direct heat in an electric or gas stove, usually in the bottom drawer of the oven. It brings the same results as grilling, but in grilling the heat comes from below, while in broiling it comes from above.

　　Cooking tips:

　　a. For an-inch-thick piece of meat, allow 6 minutes of cooking time for rare, 9 minutes for medium and 12 minutes for well-done.

　　b. Turn all foods halfway through cooking time.

　　Micro-waving

　　Like steaming, micro-waving lends itself to low-fat or no-fat cooking. The foods that do well this way are vegetables, which keep their color along with their nutrients, and fish and chicken, which plump up(膨胀) well compared to beef and pork.

　　Cooking tips:

　　Cover food to contain the steam, which gives food its flavor.

　　Pressure cooking

　　Food cooked in a pressure cooker needs very little water and time, which means that vitamins and minerals are kept．The cooker seals(封闭) in steam created by the boiling liquid, which improves the flavors.

1．Steaming is not better than ________ in keeping the nutrients.

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2．In stir-frying, it is unnecessary to ________.

[　　]

A．cook for a long time

B．put much fat in first

C．cook at a high heat

D．cut the meat into pieces

3．It is better to use micro-waving to cook the following except ________.

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4．In the text the writer suggests that we should not only try to keep nutrients but ________ when we are cooking.

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　　In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernadino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run their own businesses for years, first a theater, then a barbecue(烤肉) restaurant, then another drive-in. But in their new operation, they offered a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this small selection they added one new idea: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.

　　Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers were made in a very strict process. Their new drive-in became surprisingly popular, particularly for lunch. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened. They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.

　　Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the special attraction of the brothers' fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise(特许经营) other copies of their restaurants.

　　Today McDonald's is really a household name. In 1976, McDonald's had over $ 1 billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most surprising success stories in modern American business history.

1．This passage mainly talks about ________.

[　　]

A．why the fast food services developed so fast

B．how McDonald's became a billion-dollar business

C．when the business of Mac and Dick McDonald began

D．how Ray Kroc helped develop the McDonald's business

2．Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except ________.

[　　]

A．a drive-in

B．a theater

C．a cinema

D．a barbecue restaurant

3．We can infer from this passage that ________.

[　　]

A．Ray Kroc was a most clever businessman

B．Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy

C．the corner the McDonalds chose made them succeed

D．there were lots of fast-food restaurants fifty years ago

4．The passage suggests that ________.

[　　]

A．California is the best place to go into business

B．Ray Kroc was a close partner of the McDonalds

C．the McDonalds should not have sold their ideas to Kroc

D．creativity is an important element of business success

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　　A Frenchman was once travelling in England. He could not speak English at all. One day he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When the waiter came up, he opened his mouth, put his finger in his mouth and took it out. He wanted to show, “Bring me something to eat.”

　　The waiter soon brought him a cup of tea. The man shook his head and put his finger in and out of his mouth again．The waiter understood him and took the tea away. In a moment he came back with a cup of coffee. But the man refused it. He shook his head again and again whenever the waiter brought him something to drink, for drinks were not food.

　　When the Frenchman was going away, he saw another foreigner came in. This new comer saw the waiter, and put his hand on his stomach. That was enough. In a few minutes there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table in front of him.

1．The Frenchman signed to the waiter ________.

[　　]

A．to show he was thirsty

B．to ask him for some food

C．to refuse the coffee

D．to tell him bring a cup of tea

2．The waiter took the tea away because ________.

[　　]

A．the Frenchman was angry at the him

B．he understood what the Frenchman wanted

C．he was sure that the Frenchman wanted coffee

D．the Frenchman told him to bring some thing to eat

3．Another man came in. By putting his hand on his stomach, he meant ________.

[　　]

A．he was hungry

B．he had a stomachache

C．he was quite full

D．he wanted something to drink

4．We can infer from the story that ________.

[　　]

A．the Frenchman went away with an empty stomach

B．the waiter could not understand what the man said

C．the other man helped bring the Frenchman the food

D．the Frenchman was at last able to get what he wanted

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　　Beijing audience(观众)can see five new South Korean films, all with Chinese subtitles(中文字幕), until April 19 at the Tuixin Cinema on the Beijing National Library grounds.

　　Two other South Korean films completed their full runs at the Tuixin Cinema earlier this month.

　　Location: Tuixin Cinema, Beijing National Library, 39 Baishiqiao Road, Haidian District Telephone: 86415566

“My Love, My Bride”

April 15∶9∶00, 13∶00, 15∶30, 17∶30, 19∶30

“Kim's War”

April 16∶9∶00, 13∶30, 18∶15

“Because You Are a Woman”

April 17∶13∶30, 18∶15

Marriage Story

April 18∶9∶00, 13∶30, 15∶30, 18∶15

“Sopyonje”

April 19∶9∶00, 13∶30, 15∶30, 17∶30, 19∶30

　　Hong Kong popstar—Leon Lai will give a personal performance at 7∶30 p.m. from tomorrow through to September 21 at the Shanghai Gymnasium(体育馆). The show is to celebrate the opening of the 93 Huangpu Tourism Festival.

　　Tickets: 60, 90, 120, 180 yuan RMB, available(有票)at 66 Jiangning Road.

　　Address: Shanghai Gymnasium, 111 Caoxi Road N.

　　Tel:29189188, 29171145, 49384952, 29197113

　　The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra(管弦乐队)will put on some excellent Russian choral (合唱的)works at 7∶15 p.m. on September 26 and 27 at the Shanghai Concert Hall. They will sing Russian folk songs under a Russian conductor(指挥)who is very famous for conducting choirs(歌唱队)and has given a successful choral concert in Beijing.

　　Tickets: 6, 8, 10, 12, Yuan RMB, available at the hall's ticket office.

　　Address: 523 Yan'an Road M. Shanghai

　　Tel: 32275694

　　The Song and Dance Troupe(团)of the Republic of Korea will give a Song and Dance show at 7∶30 p.m. tonight at the Shanghai Centre Theatre.

　　Tickets: 10, 20, 30 Yuan RMB available at the theatre's ticket office.

　　Address: 1367 Nanjing Road W. Shanghai

　　Tel:29798663

1．If you want to see South Korean film“My Love, My Bride”, which telephone number will you dial?

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2．The audience in ________ can watch the performance given by Leon Lai from tomorrow through to September.

[　　]

3．________ will be on April 18. The cinema's telephone number is ________.

[　　]

4．________ will give a Song and Dance show at 7∶30 pm tonight at Shanghai Centre Theatre.

[　　]

A．Leon Lai, a Hong Kong pop star

B．The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra

C．The Song and Dance Troupe of the Republic of Korea

D．A Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

5．According to the advertisement, a six-yuan ticket is for ________.

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　　The story of Diego Maradona, the Argentinian(阿根廷)football player, is the story of rise and fall of a poor man who became a world star, but paid the price of fame(名誉). He is now at the end of a career(职业生涯)which saw him as the bright star of World Cup Football. In the 1990s, this career has come into the poor performance on the field, drug-taking, speaking ill of football officials, being forbidden and finally facing court(法庭)action in which he has had the defend charges(指控)of shooting at several reporters.

　　Maradona was born in the poor area of Furito in Buenos Aires. Early in his life, he was able to realize a dream of most poor boys, the dream that is the way out of poverty-trap is through success in sport. Sport in the world around is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background(背景)is.

　　Diego Maradona is one of eight children. His farther is an Italian and mother an Italian. The games of football played in the dirty street outside his small white storeyed home in Furito were to provide(提供)him with a passport(护照)out of the small home. Today, poorly dressed boys still run and kick balls around the street from which a hero traveled to become one of the world's great football artists.

　　Football expert(专家)Francis Corneo found Diego's gift. He says that the young played“a natural”and there was nothing he could teach him. He had never seen anyone played like him in his thirty years' life.

1．In the second paragraph of this passage, what does the underlined word“poverty-trap” mean?

[　　]

A．The position in society.

B．Extremely poor condition in one's life.

C．Poor living conditions which are hard to escape from.

D．Becoming wealthy in the future.

2．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．Maradona's performance is not as good as before on the field.

B．He will be brought in an action against his bad deed.

C．He showed no respect for some football officials.

D．Francis Corneo found a gift and gave it to Maradona.

3．Sport is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background is. The sentence tells us ________.

[　　]

A．everybody enjoys sport and could turn a dream into reality.

B．through sport everybody may be successful and become a famous star in the world no matter how poor he used to be.

C．if one wants to be a famous sport star, he must have special background

D．people from working-class families will never get international success

4．We can infer from the passage that ________.

[　　]

A．Maradona will face a possible term if found guilty(有罪)on the shooting charges

B．background is very important for sport

C．Maradona is as famous as a football star before

D．Maradona is doing so well in playing football that he can't be knocked out

5．Where does Diego Maradona come from?

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