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　　What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways－or tools－of learning that are different from those of others? The answer is “no”. It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools which makes him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to investigate(调查), how to discover information is important to every one The scientist, however, goes one step further: he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his question and that his answers can be confirmed by other presons. He also works to fit the answers he gets into a large set of ideas about how the world works.

　　The scientist's knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the condittions permit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason why investigations are impory in science. Albert Einsten, who developed the theory of relatity, arrived at this theory through mathematies. The accuracy(正确性) of his mathematies was later tested throught investigations. Einstein's ideas were shown to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may test his investigations.

1．What, according to the passage, make a scientist?

[　　]

A．The tools uses.

B．His ways of learning.

C．The way he uses his tools.

D．The various tools he uses.

2．“…knowing how to investingate, how to discover information is important to everyone.” The author says this show ________.

[　　]

A．the importance of information

B．the importance of thinking

C．the difference between scienttists and ordinary people

3．A sound scientific theory should be one that ________.

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A．works under one set of conditions at one time and also works under the same conditions at other times

B．leaves no room for improvement

C．does not allow any change even under different conditions

D．can be used for many purposes

4．What is the main idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．Scientists are different from ordinary people.

B．The theory of relativity.

C．Exactness is the core(核心) of science.

D．Exactness and way of using tools are the key to the making of a scientist.

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　　Central Park

　　Outside among the trees, watch the wildlife－both the human and animal varieties. Call (212)3603465 or (212)360－2726 for events and tours. Central Park stretches from 59th to 110th Sts., and from 5th Ave. to Central Park. West.

　　Empire State Building

　　This is among the most striking building in the city, the nation, even the world. The observation dock(瞭望台)on the 86th floor is open to general public, offering a wonderful view of the second floor you'll find the New York Skyride, a simulated(模拟的)helicopter ride over Manhattan. 5th Ave. at 34th St., Midtown/(212)736－3100.

　　Intrepid Sea－Air－Space Museum

　　Five blocks west of Time Square, this museum has hundreds of air, deep－sea and space exhibits. Walk the fight deck of the 900－foot－long aircraft carrier Intrepid, see dozens of old and modern aircraft and ride the Intrepid Navy Flight Simulator. Pier 86, W. 46th St. and 12th Ave. /(212)24.5－0072.

　　Madison Square Garden I

　　If it's big, it probably happens at the Garden. Check out sporting events, concerts and much more. Tours are available. 7th Ave, between 31th and 33th Sts, Midtown/(212)465－6741.

1．The New York Skyride is for ________.

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2．If a visitor is interested in music, he will probably go to ________.

[　　]

A．Central Park

B．Empire State Building

C．Intrepid Sea－Air－Space Museum

D．Madison Square Garden

3．What is the purpose of these texts?

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A．To provide information of living in New York.

B．To provide directions of city traffic in New York.

C．To give visitors a guide to New York. '

D．To give a brief introduction to the history of New York.

　　Some building designers are thinking about building whole cities under glass domes(圆顶) in the desert. Of course, those heating and cooling systems(系统) will be necessary to control the climate in the domes. However, there will never be any rain or snow, and the temperature will always be comfortable.

　　Perhaps everyone will live in high vertical(垂直) cities that are so large that they can contain all the necessities of life. Since vertical cities will use less land than horizontal(水平的) cities, and provide homes for people, they will be practical for small countries that have a large population.

　　Another idea that will be helped to small countries and island countries is the floating city. Monaco has already built homes, stores, and offices on the water of the Mediterranean Sea. And a Japanese designer has suggested a plan for constructing building on bridges over Tokyo Bay(湾).

　　There are some people who think we will go back to live in caves. But the caves of future will be very different from the caves of the Stone Age. Computers will control light and climate. Farms and parks will be on the land over the cave city. When people want to go to the country or a park, a short ride in a lift will take them there.

1．The text is mainly about ________.

[　　]

2．What kind of city covers less land?

[　　]

A．The city under glass domes in the desert.

B．The vertical city.

C．The city in the desert.

D．The horizontal city.

3．People living in ________ can enjoy natural climate.

[　　]

A．the cities under glass domes

B．either vertical cities or cave cities

C．both vertical cities and floating cities

D．all the above cities except the underground cities

4．Which of the drawing below gives the correct imagination that is described in the text?

A．

B．

C．

D．

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　　Elephants don't forget－at least, female(雌性的) elephants don't. Elephant families are matriarchal. And the social knowledge gained by the oldest females is the key to a family group's survival(生存), according to a study published in April by Karen McComb, a biologist at Sussex University in England.

　　Elephants announce their presence by making a deep, long sound, a practice referred to as contact calling(联络呼叫). An unfamiliar call may mean that an elephant from outside the family group is nearby. A stranger can cause trouble, interrupting feeding or disturbing the young. So an elephant matriarch signals the family to gather around her; then they all lift their trunks in the air to smell the unfamiliar caller. False alarms can disturb the group and take time and energy away from feeding, so survival may depend in part on getting it right.

　　Working with Cynthia Moss, who founded the Amboseli Elephant Research Project in Kenya 30 years ago, McComb tested the social knowledge of 21 Amboseli elephant families with matriarchs 27 to 67 years old. She played recordings of contact calls to each family and found that the oldest matriarchs were much better at picking out unfamiliar calls. In fact, a group with a matriarch in her fifties was several thousand times more likely to form into a group upon hearing an unfamiliar contact call than when hearing a familiar call. However, families with younger matriarchs were less than twice as likely to gather together upon hearing an unfamiliar contact call as compared with a familiar call. And they gathered together a lot. Moreover, the social knowledge of older matriarchs translated into favourable results; families with older matriarchs produced more baby elephants in each female－reproductive year.

　　This finding shows how difficult it is to protect the oldest members of elephant families. As elephants age, they continue to grow larger, as do their much wanted tusks(象牙). So the older－and wiser－a matriarch is, the greater the chance she will be killed. About 800,000 elephants have been killed by people, in the past 20 years.

1．What does the underlined word “matriarch” mean?

[　　]

A．An old member of an elephant family.

B．A female head of an elephant family.

C．A wise elephant.

D．A large elephant.

2．When do elephants form into a group?

[　　]

A．When they are feeding the young.

B．When they see a familiar elephant.

C．When they are giving birth to baby elephants.

D．When the leading elephant gives out a warning.

3．The research with recordings of contact calls shows ________.

[　　]

A．how fast elephants form into groups

B．how important the age of a leading elephant is

C．how frightened elephants are when hearing a strange call

D．how frequently old elephants call other members of the family

4．The older a female elephant is, ________.

[　　]

A．the stronger she will be

B．the poorer memory she will have

C．the more useless her tusks will be

D．the more likely she will be killed

5．We can infer from the passage that elephants may ________.

[　　]

A．run into other elephant families

B．give wrong warnings to their mothers

C．run away upon hearing a strange sound

D．produce more babies by gathering together more often

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　　Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.

　　When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, was eager to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding job.

　　They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn't match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She'd read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说), and many buyers spent more than $ 300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.

　　On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Cafe near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family's money to start a shop. To cover the $ 100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.

　　The store merely broke even in its first year, with only $ 120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.

　　Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $ 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $ 34,000.

　　“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”

1．When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ________.

[　　]

A．they had to put their plan into practice

B．health was more important than wealth

C．heart trouble was a serious illness

D．they both needed to stop working

2．After Mary got well from her illness they began ________.

[　　]

A．to study industrial management

B．to buy and read more mystery books

C．to do market research on book business

D．to work harder to save money for the bookstore

3．How did their bookstore do in the first year?

[　　]

A．They had to borrow money to keep it going.

B．They made just enough to cover all the costs.

C．They succeeded in earning a lot of money.

D．They failed though they worked hard.

4．According to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is ________.

[　　]

A．to pay for their children's education

B．to get to know more writers

C．to set up more bookstores

D．to do what they like to do

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　　When I was small, I loved animals and dreamed of going to Africa. I wanted to go to Africa and live with animals and write books about them.

　　My mother used to say to me, Jane, if you really want something, and if you really work hard, if you take advantage of opportunities ( chances ), and if you never give up, you will find a way. I believe that the study of chimpanzees (黑猩猩), while it has taught us a great deal about the place of chimpanzees in nature, has taught us an equal amount about humans' place in nature. It's made us a little humble(卑微的). It's certainly made me a little humble because I realize that humans are not the only thinking beings on the planet. Chimpanzees differ from us genetically(遗传学地) in the structure of the DNA by only just over one percent. Chimps can reason, solve problems. They have some idea of the future. And they can make plans, and perhaps most important are the similarities in the expression of the emotions. And that leads us to a new respect for all the other amazing nonhuman beings with whom we share the planet.

　　When I suddenly realized the plight(困境) of the chimpanzees around the world, both in the wild and in captivity, I knew that I must leave my forest paradise and travel around the world and try to raise people's awareness－not only about the plight of chimpanzees, but about the plight of the poor old planet. And ways in which we as humans need to change to live in greater harmony with the planet. And to try to make people realize that what they do as indivduals truly makes a difference. I believe very strongly that it's extremely important that children should be taught to be respectful of all life.

　　I believe that the most important message to all humanity is that every single individual matters, including non－humans. Every single one of us has a role to play in the life. And every single one of us can make a difference. This I believe.

1．We can learn from the article that ________.

[　　]

A．Jane's mother encouraged her to go to Africa

B．Jane's mother stayed with her in Africa

C．Jane went to Africa when she was young

D．Jane has written several books about animals recently

2．The author feels humble when she realizes ________.

[　　]

A．chimpanzees behave better than humans

B．chimpanzees are almost as clever as human beings

C．people don't get along well with champanzees

D．a lot of animals can express their emotions like human beings

3．Which of the following statements is true?

[　　]

A．People are the only beings who live on the earth.

B．The author specializes in animals especially, chimps.

C．Human beings and non－humans should respect each other.

D．Chimps share the same structure of the DNA as the humans.

4．What does the third paragraph tell us about the author?

[　　]

A．She encourages children to take good care of animals.

B．She has lost interest in animals and will never go to the forest.

C．She is sure that every single person will do something to change the planet.

D．She is worried about the environment where humans and animals live.

5．Which is the best title for the passage?

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　　Sometimes, something that is considered to be negative turns out to be an advantage on the job. Though he is only 18 years old and blind, Suleyman Gokyigit is among the top computer technicians and programmers at Inteli－Data Technologies Corp., a large software company with several offices across the United States.

　　“After our company united with another one last October, two different computer networks were driving us crazy,” recalls Douglas Braun, the InteliData president. “We couldn't even send e－mail to each other.” In three weeks Mr. Gokyigit created the software needed to connect the two networks. “None of the company's 350 other employees could have done the job in three months,” says Mr. Braun. “Suleyman can ‘see’ into the heart of the computer.”

　　Mr. Gokyigit's gift, as Mr. Braun calls it, is an unusual ability to form an idea of the inside of a machine. “The computer permits me to reach out into the world and do almost anything I want to do,” says Mr. Gokyigit.

　　The young programmer is at home with hardware as well, thanks partly to highly developed sense of touch. Mitzi Nowakowski, an office manager at InteliData, remembers how he easily disconnected and reconnected their computer systems during a move last year. “Through feel, Suleyman can find the position of connectors, pins and wires much faster than most other people with sight,” he says.

　　Much of the student programmer's speed comes from his ability not to be interrupted while at the computer. When typing, he listens carefully to the synthesizer(合成器). His long, thin fingers fly over the keyboard. “Nothing seems to shake his attention,” says Mrs. Nowakowski, his boss.

　　Mr. Gokyigit is the only company employee who is available(可找到的) 24 hours a day. “We consider him our top problem solver,” says Mr. Braun.

1．According to Mr. Braun, Suleyman ________.

[　　]

A．can work wonders on computer

B．is the best technician in the world

C．has done a hard job in three months

D．has united InteliData Technologies Corp. with another computer company

2．The underlined part “is at home with hardware” ( paragraph 4 ) means ________.

[　　]

A．is good at dealing with computer hardware

B．is fond of computer hardware

C．works with computer hardware at home

D．feels comfortable when working with computer hardware

3．Suleyman was quick while at the computer mostly because of ________.

[　　]

A．his blindness

B．his attention on the synthesizer

C．his long, thin fingers

D．his ability not to be interrupted

4．What does the text mainly tell us?

[　　]

A．Computer technicians are more likely to be gifted.

B．One's disadvantages may prove to be advantages.

C．The disabled can also play an important role in society.

D．Top computer scientists have unusual abilities to form ideas of computers.

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　　Monarch butterflies(黑脉金斑蝶) are a common summer sight in the northern United States and Canada. These large orange and black insects(昆虫) brighten parks and gardens as they fly lightly among the flowers. What makes monarchs particularly interesting is that they migrate(迁飞) all the way to California or Mexico and back. They are thought to be the only insect that does this.

　　Every year in the late summer monarchs begin their journey to the south. Those heading for Mexico go first for the Louisiana－Mississippi area, then fly across the Gulf of Mexico into Texas. Once in Mexico, they settle themselves in one of about fifteen places in a mountain forest filled with fir trees. Each place provides a winter home for millions of monarchs. The butterflies are so many that they often cover entire trees. When spring comes, they begin their long journey north.

　　The question is often asked whether every butterfly makes the round－trip journey every year. And the answer is no. The average monarch lives about nine months. So one flying north might lay eggs in Louisiana and then die. The eggs of that generation may be found in Kentucky; the eggs of the next generation may end up in Wisconsin or Michigan. The last generation of the season, about the fourth, will make their way back to Mexico and restart the journey.

　　Scientists learn about monarchs' migration by catching and making marks on the insects. By recatching a monarch with such a mark and noticing where it came from, the next scientist can get to know things like the butterfly's age and its routing(路线).

1．One of the places where monarchs spend the winter is ________.

[　　]

2．The routing of monarchs' migration can be learned ________.

[　　]

A．by examining the marks made on them

B．by collecting their eggs in the mountains

C．by comparing their different ages

D．by counting the dead ones in the forests

3．What is the subject discussed in the passage ________.

[　　]

A．Migration of monarchs.

B．Scientists' interest in monarchs.

C．Winter home of monarchs.

D．Life and death of monarchs.

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　　William Shakespeare, who is perhaps the greatest writer in the history of the world, was looked upon in his own day as little more than a writer of popular plays. Yet in this lies the key to his greatness. The theatre of his day gave him freedom, and, he in return gave it the best that was in him.

　　Shakespeare was born in 1564, far from London, in the little English town of Stratford on the river Avon. He is usually believed to have been born on April 23, but all that is known for certain is that he was baptized(受洗) on Sunday, April 26．Stratford was a busy little town, and Shakespeare's father, a rich businessman, had been its mayor for a time. Shakespeare grew up in a comfortable house on Henley Street with several small brothers and sisters.

　　All the boys in Stratford went to the same school as soon as they could read and write, and they learned the same subject：Latin. Perhaps Shakespeare was lucky not to go on to a university. Instead, at 18 he married Anne Hathaway who was 8 years older than him and was the daughter of a neighboring farmer. They had three children.

　　After the birth of the children, there's record of what Shakespeare did from 1585 to 1592 until he was mentioned as a London actor. It was in London, not Stratford, that Shakespeare got his education, learning not only the ways of the theatre but nearly everything else. He read books and met many people－foreigners, old soldiers, the whole lively civilization of that time. London was a port city of 250, 000 people, and Shakespeare could not have come to it at a better time.

1．Shakespeare is usually believed to have been born on ________.

A. Monday B. Wednesday C. Thursday D. Friday

2．In the school of Stratford, Shakespeare learned ________.

[　　]

A．how to read and write

B．knowledge required to enter a university

C．how to act and write plays

D．Latin

3．Why did the author say “Perhaps Shakespeare was lucky not to go to a university ”?

[　　]

A．Because at that time, universities were not very good.

B．Because he might not have been a great playwright if he had gone to a university.

C．Because so he could marry Anne Hathaway.

D．Because he was not suitable to be a university student.

4．The best title for the article is ________.

[　　]

A．Shakespeare's early life.

B．How Shakespeare became a great writer

C．The children of Shakespeare

D．The family of. Shakespeare

5．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．Shakespeare was regarded as a great playwright in his own day.

B．Shakespeare was the biggest child in his family.

C．Shakespeare married a neighboring girl.

D．Shakespeare's life in London was very useful to his later playwriting.

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　　In the age of reality television, success isn't the only way to the public eye. Failure can also create fame, just like William Hung, 21, a native of Hong Kong.

　　Hung recently has made an agreement with US－based entertainment firms Koch Records and Fuse Music Network. They will publish a full－length record, titled “The True Idol(偶像) ” on April 6.

　　The idol is a civil engineering student at the University of California at Berkeley. He did a version(改写本) of Ricky Martin's “She Bangs” on the television show “American Idol 3”, on January 27. The Fox TV singing contest searches for pop stars among ordinary people. In the case of Hung, however, his act was so bad that the judges cut him off in mid－act.

　　Hung's response? “I already gave my best, so I have no regrets at all. ”That's good, because any common person would have found plenty to regret：The off－key singing. The blue Hawaiian shirt worn with pants pulled up too high. The terrible dancing. The hips jerking(摇摆) to a beat that did not belong to the song, maybe not even to this planet. It was, by all accounts, bad.

　　But, it was this very bad act that sold well.

　　Marc Juris, president of Fuse, explained it this way：“Everyone of us is happily guilty of singing our favorite song at the top of our lungs with complete freedom, completely off－key and completely unworried. That's what William did and immediately won the hearts of America.”

　　Whatever it is, for the moment it's big. Three websites devoted to Hung have gone up on the Internet in the past few weeks. Versions of his performance have been remixed with hip hop and techno music and have made it to the top 10 request list at a Chicago radio station.

　　So, what does Hung think of this?

　　“There were all these people saying things about me. A lot were saying I was very courageous and that I was great on the show, but some didn't have much respect for me and some were kind of mean.

　　Now he says he's not so sure whether to distance himself from the glamour(魅力) or to accept it. Returning to normal hasn't been easy.

1．What is the main idea of this passage?

[　　]

A．Sometimes an idol behaves quite foolishly.

B．Hung's performance attracted the public eye.

C．How an unsuccessful person became famous.

D．Success sometimes does not require hard work.

2．Hung was popular in America for all the following reasons EXCEPT ________.

[　　]

3．What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 6 refer to?

[　　]

4．Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened to Hung?

a．The entertainment firms made an agreement with Hung.

b．The judges cut Hung off in mid－act in the singing contest.

c．Hung became popular among Americans.

d．Hung gave a terrible performance though he tried his best.

e．Three websites put Hung's funny performance on the Internet.

[　　]

5．Why was Hung able to win the hearts of America?

[　　]

A．His success was based on his own hard work.

B．He attracted people's attention in the contest.

C．He was good－looking though he didn't sing well.

D．His character was completely different from other idols'.