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　　This March is a busy month in Shanghai. There's a lot to do. Here are the highlights. Live Musiclate Night Jazz.

　　Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He's coming with his new 7-piece band, Herbie's Heroes. Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don't expect to get much sleep. This is Herbie's third visit to Shanghai. The first two were sold out, so get your tickets quickly.

　　Scottish dancing

　　Take your partners and get ready to dance till you drop. Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn. Instructors will demonstrate the dances. The live band, Cordon Stroppie and the Weefrees. are also excellent.

　　ExhibitionsShanghai Museum

　　There are 120,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history under one roof. It's always interesting to visit, but doubly so at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibition. There are lots of mummies and more gold than you've ever seen before. Let us know if you see a mummy move!

　　DiningSushi chef in town

　　Sushi is getting really big in Shanghai. In Japan, it's become an art form. The most famous Sushi‘artist’is Yuki Kamura. She's also one of the few female chefs in Japan. She'll be at Sushi Scene all of this month.

　　For a full listing of events, see our website.

1．Suppose you are going to attend an activity at 8:00p. m. on Saturday, which one can you choose?

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A．Live MusicLate Night Jazz

B．Scottish dancing

C．ExhibitionsShanghai Museum

D．DiningSushi chef in town

2．Which of the following is true according to the advertisements?

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A．Scottish dancing is so interesting and easy that it never tires you out.

B．The performance given by the American jazz band won't last long.

C．Sushi is not popular in Shanghai as it is a kind of Japanese traditional food.

D．It is more interesting to visit Shanghai Museum for the exhibits from Egypt.

3．From the text we may learn that Kamura is ________.

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　　What comes into your mind when you think about robots Do you imagine armies of evil metal nonsters (魔鬼) planning to take over the world? Or, perhaps of mechanical men who have been created as guards or soldiers by mad genius (天才)? Or maybe you think of man like robots who act, think, and look like human beings. In fact robots like these have more to do with science fiction films than with real life. In the real world robots are machines that do jobs which otherwise have to be done by people. Robots either operate by themselves or under the control of a person.

　　In a car factory, for example, robot machinery can put together and paint car bodies. On the sea bed remote-controlled underwater machines with mechanical arms can perform tasks too difficult for divers. Robot spacecraft can explore the solar system and send back information about planets and stars.

　　Many robots have computer brains. Some robots are fitted with cameras, sensors, and microphones which enable them to see, to feel, and to hear. And some robots can even produce electronic speech.

　　All this does not mean that a robot cm think and behave like a human being, Present day robots have to be programmed with a good deal of information before they can carry out even simple tasks.

1．According to this article, which of the following is Not true about robts in real life?

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A．Some robots are as creative as artists.

B．Some robots can help make cars.

C．Some robots can see and hear.

D．Some robots can explore outer space.

2．Robots can perform many tasks for man because ________.

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A．they have intelligence (智能)

B．they are supplied with computer programs

C．they can imitate (模仿) haman beings

D．they have the ability to learn new things.

3．The robots in science fiction films and those in real life differ mainly in ________.

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4．The passage is mainly about ________.

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A．robots in fiction films

B．man's a great helper-robots

C．the relationship between man and robots

D．how robots came into being

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　　Medical experts have suspected for many years that there is a strong link between what a person eats and cancer. A team of Chinese and American scientists did the study. About thirty thousand people from

　　the ages of 40 to 69 took part in the study. They were from the Northern Central Chinese Area of Linxian. Most of them took vitamines and minerals every day for five years.

　　Linxian was chosen because the people there have an extremely high rate of cancer of stomach and esophagus(食道). Researchers believe that fungus and molds (真菌和霉菌) in local foods nay be partly responsible for the high cancer rate. Researchers divided those into eight groups. Seven of the groups received different mixtures of vitamines and minerals daily. The amounts of the vitamines and minerals were 1 to 2 times than what American health officials say is needed. The eighth group received sugar pills that had no effect. Those who seemed to gain the most received a mixture of a form of vitamine A called β－carotene (β－胡萝卜素), vitamine E and the mineral selenium. The vitamine and mineral are believed to prevent damage to cells (细胞) caused by cancer-causing substances (物质). Researchers reported a 13 percent drop in cancer rates in those who tookβ－carotene, vitamine E and selenium (硒). They also found a 10 percent drop in the number of deaths caused by strokes (中风) from bursting blood vessels(血管).

1．What do you think may cause cancer according to the passage?

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2．Why do the people in Linxian have a high rate of cancer of stomach and esophagus? It is possibly because ________.

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A．they took lots of vitamines and minerals every day

B．they received a mixture of vitamine A and vitamine E

C．they ate a kind of local food which contains fungus and molds

D．the passage doesn't tell us

3．What should the people in Linxian eat if they want to reduce cancer rates?

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A．β-carotene and minerals

B．food with fungus and molds

C．vitamines and sugar pills

D．β-carotene, vitamine E and selenium

4．What is the main idea of the passage?

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A．Why do the people in Linxian have a high rate of cancer of stomach and esophagus?

B．Scientists try to find out ways to prevent cancer.

C．Medical experts have a experiment on cancer patients.

D．Scientists try to find out if there is a link between cancer and food.

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　　The family is changing in the United States as in many other countries in the world. About fifty years ago, in the traditional (传统的) family, the father was boss. Now in modern family, both the father and the mother are equal partners.

　　There are some great differences between the traditional family and the modem family. The first important difference is that the traditional husband was the head of the family, because he was usually the only one who worked outside the home. If the wife worked for pay, then the husband was not considered to be a good provider. In many families today, both husband and wife work for pay. Therefore, they share the role of head of the family. In addition, the traditional husband usually made the big decisions about spending money. However, the modern husband shares these decisions with his wife. Also, the traditional husband did not help his wife with the housework or meal preparation. Dinner was ready when he came home. But the modem husband helps his working wife at home. He may do some of the housework, and it is not unusual for him to cook.

　　The second difference is in the woman's role. In the traditional family, the woman might have worked for pay during her first years of marriage. However, after she became pregnant(怀孕), she would usually give up her job. Her work was to take care of her family and home. In many families today, the modern woman works outside the home even after she has children. She's doing two jobs instead of one, so she is busier than the traditional mother was.

　　The third difference is that the children were taken care of by the mother in the traditional family. The mother had to help them to get ready for school and to make their breakfast. However, today preschool children may go to a child care center or to a baby-sitter (保姆). And modem children are more independent. They have to get up early in the morning and get ready for school. Their mother is busy getting ready for work, so they may even have to make their own breakfast.

1．What information can we get from the first and the last paragraphs?

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A．The American family is always changing.

B．The American family changes in the same way as those in many other countries do.

C．The American men have to support their families alone.

D．Men and women have equal rights in the United States.

2．The traditional husband was the head of the family because ________.

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A．he worked inside and outside the home

B．his wife did not do any work inside and outside the home

C．he was the only one that worked for pay

D．he usually made decisions about spending money.

3．Today in America, the husband ________.

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A．is no longer as lazy as before

B．always prepares dinner at home

C．never comes home until dinner is ready

D．helps his wife do some housework

4．In the traditional family, the married woman working for pay would give up her job after she became pregnant because ________.

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A．she had much to do at home during and after pregnancy

B．it was important for her to take care of the family and home

C．women were not equally treated at that time

D．women were taken special care of by their husbands

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　　Canberra, the capital of Australia, lies in the southeast of the country. From this city, it is 240 kilometers to Sydney, and over twice to Melbourne. The former faces the Pacific Ocean, and the latter is close to the Bass Strait, through which ships from Sydney can enter the Indian Ocean.

　　When the Federal Govermment of Australia was founded in 1901, no one knew where Australia's capital would be. The two cities of Melbourne and Sydney both wanted the honor. Instead, the founding fathers chose a piece of land between the two cities for the new capital. The government would build a new city called Canberra as the country's capital.

　　In 1911, the government invited the world leading architects to enter designs for Canberra in a contest. An architect from Chicago named Watiter Griffin won. The government decided to build Canberra according to his plan. Men started to work on Canberra in 1913. Twenty-four yeas later, the city was finished . But the government moved to this new city ten years before it was completed.

　　At one time, almost everyone in Canberra worked for the government. However, the city today had become a center of education and favorite place for tourists. Now people can hold a government job, or they can work in business. They also make a living by teaching or meeting the needs of tourists.

　　People find life in Canberra very relaxing and pleasant. The city is surrounded by beautiful mountains where people can ski. There is a large man-made lake lined with beaches and parks in the center of Canberra.

　　Canberra is now Australia's largest inland city. Many people living there have come from other cities in Australia and from other lands. They have come to Canberra to work. Some have come to escape the busier way of life found in many other cities.

1．According to the passage, it is ________ kiometers from Sydney to Melbourne.

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2．Canberra is now ________.

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A．a lovely city to which no visitors can go by sea

B．the largest city and an education center in Auustralia

C．a beautiful coastal city with beaches and parks

D．a pleasant place with mountains and big lakes surrounding it

3．Canberra was designed by ________.

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A．the founding fathers

B．an American

C．the Federal Government

D．the world leading architects

4．Which of the following maps tells rightly where Canberra is?

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A．

B．

C．

D．

( C ＝ Canberra; S ＝ Sydney ; M ＝ Melbourne; B.S, ＝ the Bass Strait; I. O. ＝ the Indian Ocean; P.O.＝the Pacific Ocean)

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　　Some of the world's most famous persons have suffered a similar disability, such as Albert Einstein, the scientist; Thomas Edison, the inventor; Auguste Rodin, the artist. What disabled these three highly - intelligent men? Strange as it may seem, they all suffered from learning disabilities, the name given to a number of related learning disorders.

　　Persons with learning disabilities are of normal or higher intelligence (聪明). Yet they have great difficulty leaning to read, write or use numbers.

　　Almost always, there is a problem with one of the mental processes needed to understand or use written signs or spoken language. A learning-disabled child sees and hears perfectly well. Yet he or she is unable to recognize difference in sizes, shapes or sounds that are easy for others to recognize.

　　Learning disabilities are very common. They affect perhaps 10 percent of all children. Four times as many boys as girls have learning disabilities.

　　Since about 1970, new research has helped brain scientists understand these problems better. Scientists now know there are many different kinds of learning disabilities and that they are caused by many different things. There is no longer any question that all learning disabilities result from difference in the way the brain is organized.

　　You can not look at a child and tell he or she has a learning disability. There is no outward sign of the disorder. So some researchers began looking at the brain itself to learn what might be wrong.

　　In one study, researchers examined the brain of a learning-disabled person who had died in an accident. They found two unusual things. One involved cells (细胞) in the left side of the brain, which control language. These cells normally are white. In the learning-disabled person, however, these cells were gray. The researchers also found that many of the nerve (神经) cells were not in a line the way they should have been. The nerve cells were mixed together.

1．How can we learn whether a person has suffered from learning disabilities or not?

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A．By judging whether he or she sees or hears perfectly well.

B．By checking if he or she is of normal or higher intelligence.

C．By judging if he or she is the world's most famous person.

D．By judging whether he or she has any difficulty in recognizing the differences in sizes, shapes or sounds.

2．Which of the following statements is true?

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A．Among the children suffering from learning disabilities, girls are fewer than boys.

B．It is reported that many more girls have learning disabilities than boys.

C．All the world's famous persons have the chance to get the similar disorders.

D．Most of the world's famous persons have suffered from disabilities.

3．Why did researchers examine the brain of a learning-disabled person who died in an accident?

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A．To try to find out the cause of the learning disabilities.

B．To see if the person had any outward sign of the disorder.

C．To check if the person is of normal or higher intelligence.

D．To find out if the person suffered from a learning disability.

4．If somebody has learning disability, ________.

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A．his or her nerve cells are in a line the way they shouldn't be

B．he or she is able to recognize differences in size, shapes or sounds

C．he or she has no difficulty in learning to read, write or use numbers

D．the cells in the left side of the brain are gray and the nerve cells were not in a line

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　　At present, there are five network firmsChina Telecom, China Unicom, Jitong Communications, China Netcom and China Mobilethat are allowed to operate IP services in China. Each company has its advantages in service.

　　Charge

　　As the Ministry of Information Industry coordinates, the charges of IP calls of the five companies are the same, 0.30 yuan per minute for DDD calls, 4.80 yuan per minute for IDD calls, 2.50 yuan for calls from the mainland to Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, and 1.50 yuan from Shenzhen to HK, Zhongshan and Zhuhai to Macao. IP callers don't enjoy discounts on holidays.

　　Range

　　China Telecom has the widest coverage. All cities in China with telephone access and most countries in the world are open to China Telecom's IP card.

　　China Unicom's IP card can reach 29 cities nationwide and more than 130 countries and regions worldwide.. Jitong IP can access(接通) 12 cities in China and over 70 countries and regions worldwide. China Netcom's IP card can reach 14 cities in China and 149 countries and regions in the world. China Mobile's IP card is open to only six cities nationwide but can access more than 200 countries and regions worldwide.

　　Voice quality

　　China Telecom realizes its IP service by the public Internet, therefore net congestion(拥挤) and voice delay may sometimes disturb conversations. The other four companies have their private data networks, which help to increase transmission speeds and improve voice quality.

　　Other services

　　China Telecom, Jitong and China Mobile offer account transfer services, Users can transfer the remaining sum of money on one card to another card.

　　Jitong and Netcom link their services with bank cards. One can enjoy IP's service without an IP card. Bank card users can make IP phone calls with their bank card numbers, so they needn't buy new IP cards and remember the new number again and again.

　　As for customer service, China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile provide free hot line service, while Jitong and Netcom charge for their services.

1．What does the passage mainly talk about?

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A．Organization of the five IP firms.

B．Difference between the five IP firms

C．Foundation of China's five IP firms.

D．Development of China's five IP firms.

2．Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?

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A．China Unicom charges IDD calls more than the other four firms.

B．China Mobile's coverage is the least of the five firms

C．China Telecom accesses many more cities nationwide than the other four

D．China Netcom is the only one to be allowed to operate IP service.

3．When enjoying IP service, ________.

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A．Jitong users needn't buy IP cards.

B．China Telecom users needn't buy new IP cards

C．Netcom users have to link with a bank

D．China Mobile users have to pay for their hot line service

4．1f you want to access more foreign countries and regions with better voice quality, you'd better choose ________ IP card.

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　　Sometime in the next century, the familiar earlymorning newspaper on the front porch will disappear. And instead of reading your newspaper, it will read to you. You'll get up and turn on the computer newspaper just like switching on the TV. An electronic voice will distribute stories about the latest events, guided by a program that selects the type of news you want. You'll even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear. Want more information on the brief story? A simple touch makes the entire text appear. Save it in your own personal computer file if you like. These are among the predictions from communications experts working on the newspapers of the future. Pictured as part of broader homebased media and entertainment systems, computer newspapers would unite print and broadcast reporting, offering news and analysis with video images of news events.

　　Most of the technology is available now, but convincing more people that they don't need paper to read a newspaper is the next step. But resistance to computer newspapers may be stronger from within journalism(新闻界). Since it is such a cultural change, it may be that the present generation of journalists and publishers will have to die off before the next generation realizes that the newspaper industry is no longer a newspaper industry. Technology is making the end of traditional newspapers unavoidable.

　　Despite technological advances, it could take decades to replace newsprint with computer screens. It might take 30 to 40 yeas to complete the changeover because people need to buy computers and because newspapers have established finanicial interests in the paper industry.

1．The best title of this passage is ________.

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A．Computer Newspapers Are Well Liked

B．Newspapers of the Future Will Likely Be on Computer

C．Newspapers Are out of Fashion

D．New Communications Technology

2．It might take 30 to 40 years for computer newspapers to replace traditional newspaper;, because ________.

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A．it is technologically impossible now

B．computer newspapers are too expensive

C．there is strong resistance from both the general population and professional journalists

D．traditional newspapers are easier to read

3．Which of the following is NOT an advantage of computer newspaper?

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A．They are cheaper than traditional newspapers.

B．They are very convenient to use

C．You can get more information from them quickly

D．You can easily save information for future use

4．Journalists are not eager to accept computer newspapers, because ________.

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A．they don't know how to use computers

B．they think computer newspapers take too much time to read

C．they think the new technology is bad

D．they have been trained to write for traditional newspapers

5．We can infer from the passage that ________.

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A．all technological changes ate good

B．all technologies will eventually replace old ones

C．new technologies will eventually replace old ones

D．traditional newspapers are here to stay for another century

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Believe it or not, America's favorite snack food is the potato chip. There is a story behind how it was first made. One might think that somewhere a genius thought up the first potato chips, but it didn't happen that way, Picture an elegant restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1853. The Moon Lake Restaurant's menu included Frenchfried potatoes, a popular food recipe brought back from France by Thomas Jefferson. These were thickly cut potatoes, fried until golden brown and crisp on the outside. One evening a guest in the dining hall felt that his potatoes were too thick and sent them back to the kitchen, The cook sliced some potatoes thinner than before and prepared them for the complaining guest. He was still not satisfied and sent them back again! By this time the cook was angry and decided to do exactly what the dinner guest wanted: slice the potatoes as thin as possible. Then they would be so crisp that the diner wouldn't be able to use his fork to eat them. When the paperthin browned potatoes arrived, the diner was pleased. He was so happy with them that other guests started ordering the new potatoes. The cook's plan to stop the dinner guest from complaining did not turn out as he had planned. Soon Saratoga Chips appeared on the menu and became so popular that people wanted to take some home. The restaurant started selling small packages of the potato chips. A few years later, they were selling all over the United States. But because the potatoes had to be peeled by hand, it was a timeconsuming chore and potato chips were often out of stock. In the 1920s, a mechanical potato peeler was invented and soon there were potato chips in abundance. They gradually spread all over the world, and have remained popular ever since.

1．According to the passage, mass production of potato chips was made possible when ________.

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A．potatoes could be peeled by machines

B．potatoes were peeled by a large number of cooks

C．there was a growing demand for them

D．they first appeared in a Sarotaga restaurant

2．According to the article, the cook of the Moon Lake Restaurant ________.

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A．enjoyed making potato chips very much

B．planned to sell potato chips everywhere

C．wanted to silence a complaining diner

D．was pleased that other guests liked the chips

3．Potato chips have been popular in the U. S. A. ________.

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A．for more than 200 years

B．ever since 1920

C．for less than 100 years

D．since the 19th century

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　　Even though they were written 150 years ago, Alexander Dumas'action novels still excite millions of readers around the world, in close to a hundred languages.

　　Dumas's two most famous stories, The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, have inspired more than 100 films. His 1848 novel The Man in the Iron Mask, was recently made into a movie. In this movie, Leonardo DiCaprio played both King Louis ⅩⅣ and his twin brother Philippe.

　　Few people know, however, that the author was the grandson of a Haitian slave. Even fewer people

　　know that Dumas'father rose rapidly from a soldier to a general in the French Army before he was 31. The general died young, leaving Alexander penniless. But Dumas overcame poverty, the lack of formal education, and the hardship of racism to become one of the world's most popular writers.

　　Dumas's life sometimes was just like his action novels. He participated in three revolutions and fought with people when he was insulted, After making a fortune by writing novels, he built a mansion outside Paris and kept it open to starving artists, friends, and even strangers. Luckily for his fans, the mansion has recently been restored and opened to the public.

1．Which of the following statement about Alexander Dumas is false?

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A．He was a victim of racism

B．He was welleducated

C．He was the son of a general

D．He was the grandson of a slave

2．Alexander Duma's novels ________.

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A．have lasted for less than 100 yeas

B．have been translated into more than 100 languages

C．have not been well received until recently

D．have fascinated readers for many years

3．We may infer from the article that Dumas ________.

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A．did not lead a colourful life

B．was a man who kept money to himself

C．was a generous and kindhearted man

D．was a peaceloving writer