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阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　JOHANNESBURG A crowded school bus swerved to avoid a car on a narrow bridge and smashed into a steel railing, killing thirty children and three teachers, police said on Sunday. The accident happened on Saturday night near Dundee, a small town about 200 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg, said Major Coert Marias of Gurban police. Thirty-six children were injured, and most were hospitalized in satisfactory condition.

(China Daily, Tuesday, April 14,2003)

1．The accident happened on ________.

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2．It is reported that the condition of the injured children is ________.

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3．The number of the passengers in the school bus suffered from the accident was ________.

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4．The best title of this news might be ________.

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　Long before the end of the school year, American students begin to look for their jobs (工作) during the summer vacation (June, July, August). They send letters to businesses, talk to employers and ask friends for help. By June the students have usually found the jobs and been ready to leave their books to come into the business world.

　　Reasons for wanting a summer job are different from student to student. Some work to help pay their school cast(费用); others work to get knowledge in the jobs; still others work just to enjoy themselves.

1．By June the students are going to leave their books ________.

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A．for their hometowns or villages

B．to look for their summer jobs

C．to work for a business

D．to ask their friends for help

2．During the summer vacation many American students ________.

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A．are employed in the business world

B．have a good time

C．have enough time to do their homework

D．can go everywhere to enjoy themselves

3．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．The reasons for looking for jobs are different.

B．In order to find jobs, American students try all possible ways.

C．American students have a three-month vacation in summer.

D．All the students work for money.

4．Which of the following titles(标题) best gives the general idea of the passage?

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A．The Summer Vacation in the USA.

B．Summer Jobs.

C．Life During the Summer Vacation.

D．How to Spend the Summer Vacation.

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　An old man went to the butcher's to buy a piece of meat. As he didn't know how to cook meat, he asked the butcher to tell him the way of cooking it. The butcher told him how to cook the meat. “But I can't remember what you say,”the old man said,“Would you please write it down for me?”

　　The butcher was kind enough to write it down for him. The old man went home happily with the piece of meat in his hand and the note in his pocket. A dog followed him on the way. It suddenly jumped at him, and then ran away with the meat. The old man stood there, not knowing what to do. Then he laughed and said, “Never mind. You dog don't know how to eat it. The note is still in my pocket.”

1．A butcher is a person who ________.

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2．The old man asked the butcher ________.

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3．The butcher ________.

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A．laughed at the old man

B．was ready to help the old man

C．wasn't pleased with the old man

D．was angry with the old man

4．A dog took the meat from the old man ________.

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A．in the butcher's

B．in his own house

C．soon after he brought the meat home

D．when he was walking home

5．Why did the old man laugh?

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A．Because he thought the dog didn't know how to cook the meat.

B．Because he got the meat back from the dog soon.

C．Because the dog would carry the meat home for him.

D．Because he thought the dog could not read the note.

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　　Do you have bright ideas? Ideas for inventions that change society or at least, make life easier for somebody? Perhaps we all do sometimes, but we don't often make the idea a reality. Recently, in Britain, there was a competition called “British Designers for Tomorrow”, which encouraged (鼓励) young people to carry out their bright ideas. There were two groups in the contest: Group One was for school children under 16; Group Two was for school children over 16. And there were eleven prize winners altogether.

　　Neil Hunt, one of the prize winners, was called“Sunshine Superman” by one newspaper carrying his design. It's important when people study the weather to be able to record sunshine accurately (准确地). We need to know how many hours of sunshine we have and how strong it is. Most sunshine recorders only record direct sunlight. Neil's is more accurate and this is very imporant for research into way of using solar power (太阳能). With his prize of $ 100, Neil plans to carry on inventing.

　　You can do so much with animation (动画片). Look at Simon West's idea for animated road signs. He uses pictures which appear to move as you go nearer to or farther from them. This isn't a new idea. But it is new to use these pictures on road signs. “We found that people were more likely to see moving signs,” said Simon. So now, you can really see rocks falling, trains moving, horses galloping (飞奔) or a car falling over the edge of a cliff. Quite a warning!

　　The ideas in the competition were so inventive that we are surprised why British industry doesn't ask more school children for suggestions. Perhaps this will be the start of pupil power!

1．________ was carried out recently in Britain.

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A．A competition among school children

B．A competition in designing industry

C．A competition named British Designers for Tomorrow

D．A competition for 11 prize winners

2．The aim of the competition was ________.

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A．to ask children for suggestions

B．to encourage young people to carry out their bright ideas

C．to start pupil power

D．to ask for British industry for ideas

3．What is Neil Hunt?

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4．Neil Hunt was called Sunshine Superman because ________.

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A．he suggested the ways of using solar power

B．he designed a more accurate sunshine recorder

C．he was able to record direct sunshine accurately

D．he invented the way of using solar energy

5．Who invented animated road signs?

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　　Hundreds of years ago, a Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland. The Scots, a brave people, loved their country dearly. They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland. But there were too many of the Romans. It looked as if the Romans would win.

　　One night, the leader of Scots marched his soldiers to the top of a hill.“We will rest here tonight, my men,”he said.“Tomorrow we will fight one more battle. We must win or we will die.”

　　They were all very tired, so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep. There were four guards on duty, but they too were very tired, and one by one they also fell asleep.

　　The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill. Slowly they were up the hillside, taking care not to make a sound. Closer they came to the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the top. A few minutes more, the war would be over. Suddenly, one of them put his foot on a thistle. He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots. In a moment they were on their feet and ready for battle. The fighting was hard, but it did not last long. The Scots wiped our the Romans and saved Scotland.

　　The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has sharp needles all over it. Few people like it. But the people of Scotland like it so much that they made it their national flower.

1．The Scots were so tired that ________.

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2．That night, the Romans ________.

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3．Who put his foot on a thistle and cried out?

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4．The people of Scotland regarded the thistle as their national flower because ________.

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A．the thistle was very beautiful

B．the thistle was once a great help to the Scots

C．the thistle had sharp needles all over it

D．they liked it very much

5．The battle between the Scots and the Romans that night ended with the ________ of the Romans at last.

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Quick cooking has 4 parts, one for each season. This helps you to use fresh fruit and vegetables when they are cheaper—and, of course, better. There are a lot of exciting ideas from foreign countries, and most of the recipes are easy to follow. You take something simple like a chicken or some cheese, and make an unusual dish out of it. For example, there are no fewer than 40 recipes for eggs! Mrs. Fry does not plan complete meals for the quick book. The beginnings will have to find out a lot of things for himself—or herself. But this ought not to be difficult with such a good book. I wanted to try many of the recipes as soon as I read them. For people with little spare time, Helen Fry’s Quick Cooking is excellent value.

1. Helen Fry’s book is called Quick Cooking because__________.

A. you can cook all the dishes in it quickly

B. there is over 1 000 recipes in it

C. it is written for people who don’t have much time

D. it tells you how to cook all kinds of food quickly

2. The passage is most probably __________.

A. a book review

B. a notice

C. a letter to an editor

D. an introduction on cooking

    The total traffic death toll in 1998 was 7 600, a1．4 per cent drop from the previous year’s toil. The number of traffic accidents also fell, from 39 500 to 39000 cases in 1998, a decrease of 1．23 percent. However, the number of people injured in traffic accidents rose from 27 000 in 1997 to 32 000 this year.

    Economic losses caused by accidents accounted for26.5 million yuan.

    There are more police officers in Guangdong than in most other provinces. Traffic controlling facilities here are also considered to be better than in the rest of the country.

1．According to the passage, the total traffic death toll in 1997 was ________.

A．78000

B．7700

C．7600

D．7500

2．The number of people injured in traffic accidents rose ________ percent in 1998.

A．17

B．18.5

C．17.9

D．20

3．The writer tended to think that ________.

A．the traffic of Guangdong should be like that

B．the traffic of Guangdong should have been better

C．There shouldn’t be so many traffic police officers in Guangdong

D．Traffic controlling facilities should be improved

4．From the passage we can infer that ________.

A．there are no standard roads in Guangdong

B．either drivers drive carelessly or few people pay much more attention to traffic rules

C．the drivers are not so skillful

D．there are too many motor vehicles in Guangdong

　　 Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid．He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in particular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he has caught.

It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.

1. What is true about children when they play games?

A．They can stop playing any time they like.

B．They can test their personal abilities.

C．They want to pick a better team.

D．They don’t need rules.

2. To become a leader in a game the child has to ________.

A．play well

B．wait for his turn

C．be confident in himself

D．be popular among his playmates

3. What do we know about grown-ups?

A．They are not interested in games.

B．They find children’s games too easy.

C．They don’t need a reason to play games.

D．They don’t understand children’s games.

4. Why does a child like playing games.?

A．Because he can be someone other than himself.

B．Because he can become popular among friends.

C．Because he find he is always lucky in games.

D．Because he likes the place where he plays a game.

5. The writer believes that ________.

A．children should make better rules for their games
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B．children should invite grown-ups to play with them

C．children’s games can do them a lot of good

D．children play games without reasons

    George had stolen some money. The police had caught him and he had been put in prison. Now his trial(审判) was about to begin, and he felt sure that he would be found guilty(有罪) and sent to prison for a long time.

    Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. Of course, he didn’t tell anybody, but he managed to see his friend secretly one day. He said to him “Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money.  I cannot hope to be found not guilty of taking it—that would be too much to expect. But I should be thankful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add strong recommendation (说明) for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty.”

    “Well, George, I shall certainly try to do what I can for you as an old friend but of course I cannot promise anything. The other eleven people of the jury look terribly strong- minded to me,” answered him.

    George said that he would quite understand if Jim was not able to do anything for him, and thanked him warmly for agreeing to help.

　　 The trial went on, and at last the time came for the jury to decide whether George was guilty, with a strong recommendation for mercy.

　　 Of course, George was very pleased, but he didn’t have a chance to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, however, Jim visited him in prison, and George thanked him warmly and asked him how he had managed to persuade the other members of the jury to recommend mercy.

“Well, George,” Jim answered, “as I thought, those eleven men were very difficult to persuade, but I managed it in the end by tiring them out. Do you know, these fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!”

1. What does the word “jury” mean in this passage?

A．Someone who works in prison.

B．A policeman.

C．The Judge.

D．A body of persons to decide if one is guilty.

2. The jury made a decision ________.

A．shortly after hearing Jim’s words

B．after having had a vote(投票)

C．soon after Jim said George was guilty

D．only after several hours of heated discussion

3. Who do you think is the biggest fool?

A．George.

B．The policeman who caught George.

C．Jim.

D．The other members of the jury.

Shanghai’s Hospice

    Shanghai now has more than two million people over the age of 60. They make up about 15 percent of the city’s total population.

    China’s first hospice was set up in Nanhui County(县) near Shanghai in 1988. During the past few years, the hospice has cared for about 270 people suffering from terminal (晚期的) illness such as cancer and heart disease.

    Thus far, Shanghai has set up three such hospices, which can accommodate (提供食宿)200 elderly people. The city plans to build another10 in the coming two years.

    Experts in Shanghai believe that hospice care should include medical, nursing and psychological(心理的) care. This year, the city will open a research center for the study of hospice care.

1. In this passage, the word “hospice” probably means________.

A．a special home for old people

B．a place for old people to get pleasure

C．a hospital dealing with serious disease of old people

D．a place for old people to talk with each other

2. Shanghai has a population of more than________million.

A．2

B．13

C．15

D．10

3. The hospices only allow the persons ________ to live in.

A．who have no sons and no daughters

B．who are usually near the end of life

C．who are ill

D．who can’t make a living by themselves

4. The best headline of the news is________.

A．Old People in Shanghai

B．Shanghai’s Population Grows Older

C．How to Care for Old People

D．Shanghai Opens Hospices for Old People