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　　In Jakarta, if your golf ball goes in the water, it bounces back.

　　It’s not a miracle. You see, here in Jakarta, there are ball boys who are always ready to return any golf ball that happens to go lost.

　　To ensure its magical re-appearance, all you have to do is discuss for the payment of a small fee (usually about US 50$).

　　Some say there’s something magical about Jakarta’s nine beautiful golf courses too, with their thick, tropical (热带的)scenery, accompanied by cloudless blue skies.

　　One of them, the grand Jagorawi course, is rated among the world’s top 100. In one respect though, they don’t compare with those of the rest of the world.

　　After all, where else does a game cost only US $14.00, or a caddie(球童)set you back just US $ 5.00? Indeed, where else can you hit your ball into the water, in the sure knowledge that all is not lost?

　　For directions on the rest way to find your nearest Jakarta golf course, just see your travel agent, or call Garuda Indonesia, Hong Kong on 5-229071. For booking tickets or rooms, call 5-8400000. The most enjoyable route, as either will tell you, is on a Garuda Indonesia flight.

　　Garuda Indonesia

　　Proud welcome you aboard.

1．This article is likely to be ________.

[　　]

A．an introduction for golf ball games

B．an advertisement for a tour to Indonesia

C．a description for Jakarta

D．a comment on Garuda Indonesia

2．Jakarta is a good place to play golf ball games because ________.

[　　]

A．people can fly to the golf ball courses in the cloudless blue skies

B．it has the best service, the hottest weather and the highest cost

C．the Jagorawi course is especially the best among the nine golf courses

D．the service is good, the cost is low and the scenery is beautiful

3．In Jakarta, if your golf ball goes in the water, it will ________.

[　　]

A．be lost

B．be returned by ball boys

C．come back itself

D．be sold for about US 50 $

4．If you want to get more information to choose the nearest Jakarta golf course, you may ________.

[　　]

A．go to the Indonesia travel agent

B．telephone Garuda Indonesia, Hong Kong on 5-229071

C．dial the telephone number 5-8400000

D．fly to the Jakarta golf courses

5．The underlined phrase“set…back” here means ________.

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　　A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands prefer respect in the community than the common labourer or even the skilled factory worker. He may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or labourer of some sort.

　　This attitude toward manual(体力的) labour is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children, yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consisst merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.

1．From paragraph 1, we can know that in America ________.

[　　]

A．people tend to have a high opinion of the selfmade man

B．people can always rise to the top throuph their own efforts

C．college professors win great respect from common workers

D．people feel painful to mention their fathers as labourers

2．According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because ________.

[　　]

A．servants in America are hard to get

B．she takes pride in what she can do herself

C．she can hardly afford servants

D．it is easy to prepare a meal with canned food

3．The expression“wait on table”in the second paragraph means“ ________ ”.

[　　]

A．work in a furniture shop

B．keep accounts for a bar

C．wait to lay the table

D．serve customers in a restaurant

4．Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?

[　　]

A．A Respectable Self-made Family

B．American Attitude toward Manual Labour

C．Characteristics of American Culture

D．The Development of Manual Labour

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　　Alex Harley was born in the northeast of New York in 1921, but he spent most of his early life with his mother’s family in southern Tennessee. His grandmother told him stories about Their family. Their history, she said, began with Toby. He was a slave from Africa and his name was Kunta.

　　Alex Harley went to school and then to college. In 1939, he joined the U. S. coastguard. As he was a Black his job was to wait on table and wash dishes. In his spare time, he learned to write stories. He served in the coastguard for 20 years. After he retired (退休), he put all his time into writing.

　　Alex Harley remembered the stories his grandmother had told him. He began to study his family history. After a lot of research, Harley decided that Toby was probably Kunta Kinte of the West African Mandingo people, Kunta Kinte was caught near the village of Juffure on the Gambia River. He was sold as a slave in Annapolis, Maryland in 1767. Then Harley made a trip to Gambia and talked with a history expert in juffure. The African historian made his conclusion stronger.

　　Alex Harley wanted to tell the experiences of the black people in 18th-and-19th-century America. He spent 10 years researching and writing his family story for the book“Roots”. It was published in 1976. It won a special pulitzer prize. A few years later, a film series (连续剧) based on Harley’s book was shown on American television.

　　Choose the best answer according to the passage.

1．Choose the right order of the events given in the passage.

a．He made a trip to Gambia.

b．Alex Harley knew the stories about their family.

c．Kunta lived near the Gambia River.

d．Harley retired from the US coastguard.

e．Toby was sold as a slave.

f．He began to study his family history.

[　　]

2．Where did Harley spend most of his childhood?

[　　]

A．In Gambia

B．In the north of the U. S.

C．In Maryland

D．In the south of America

3．When did Harley learn to write stories?

[　　]

A．Before 1959

B．After 1921

C．Before 1939

D．After serving in the army

4．Which conclusion did he draw after doing a lot of research?

[　　]

A．Toby was a history expert.

B．Toby’s hometown was near the Gambia River.

C．Toby was an African historian.

D．Toby’s hometown was Annapolis.

5．Which of the following might have happened after watching“Roots”on TV?

[　　]

A．Every American began to talk about their family history.

B．None of Americans began to talk about their family history.

C．Many Americans became interested in researching their family history.

D．Only the black people became interested in researching their family history.

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　　It was at least two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bicycle. As Christmas drew nearer, her desire for a bicycle seemed to fade, or so we thought. We bought the latest rage, Baby-Sitter’s Club dolls, and a doll house. Then, much to our surprise, on December 23rd, she said that she“really wanted a bike more than anything else.”

　　It was just too late, what with all the details of preparing Christinas dinner and buying lastminute gifts, to take the time to select the“right bike”for our little girl. So, here we were－－Christmas Eve around 9:00 p.m., with Almie and her six-year-old brother, Dylan, nestled snug in their beds. Now we could only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child.“What if I make a little bicycle out of clay(泥)and write a note that she could trade the clay model in for a real bike?”her dad asked.“This is an expensive item and she is‘such a big girl,’it would be much better for her to pick it out.”So he spent the next four hours painstakingly working with clay to make a tiny bike.

　　On Christmas morning, we were excited for Almie to open the little heart-shaped package with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. Finally, she opened it and read the note aloud.“Does this mean that I trade in this bike that Daddy made me for a real one?”Beaming, I said,“Yes.”Almie had tears in her eyes when she replied,“I could never trade in this beautiful bicycle that Daddy made me. I’d rather keep this than get a real bike.”At that moment, we would have moved heaven and earth to buy her every bicycle on the planet!

1．Choose the right time order of the following events.

a．The girl asked for a new bike.

b．The girl opened the little heart-shaped package.

c．The parents bought the girl a modern and popular doll.

d．The father made the girl a bike with clay.

e．The girl would rather keep the clay bike than get a real one.

[　　]

2．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

[　　]

A．The parents wanted the girl to have the clay bike for ever.

B．Tears were in the girl’s eyes because she didn’t like the present at all.

C．The girl never lost her desire for a bike.

D．The parents paid little attention to the daughter’s desire for a bike.

3．Why did Dad make the clay bicycle?

[　　]

A．He wanted his daughter to buy a real one.

B．He didn’t want to disappoint his daughter.

C．He thought his daughter would like it.

D．He wanted to give his daughter a surprise.

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　　Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we“fit”in society. As we go about our everyday lives, we mentally attempt to place people in terms of their statuses. For example, we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian, whether the telephone caller is a friend or a salesman, whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a thief or a meter reader, and so on.

　　The statuses we assume often vary with the people we encounter, and change throughout life. Most of us can, at very high speed, assume the statuses that various situations require. Much of social interaction consisits of identifying and selecting among appropriate statuses and allowing other people to assume their statuses in relation to us. This means that we fit our actions to those of other people based on a constant mental process of appraisal and interpretation. Although some of us find the task more difficult than others, most of us perform it rather effortlessly.

　　A status has been compared to ready－made clothes. Within certain limits the buyer can choose style and fabric. But an American is not free to choose the costume (服装) of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hinduprince. We must choose from among the clothing presented by our society. Further more, our choice is limits to a size that will fit, as well as by out pocketbook (钱包). Having made a choice within these limits we can have certain alterations made, but apart from minor adjustments, we tend to be limited to what the stores have on their racks. Statuses too come ready made, and the range of choice among them is limited.

1．In the first paragraph, the writer tells us that statuses can help us ________.

[　　]

A．determine whether a person is fit for a certain job

B．behave appropriately in relation to other people

C．protect ourselves in unfamiliar situations

D．make friends with other people

2．According to the writer, people often assume different statuses ________.

[　　]

A．in order to identify themselves with others

B．in order to better identify others

C．as their mental processes change

D．as the situation changes

3．The word“appraisal”(Para. 2, Line 7) most probably means“ ________ ”.

[　　]

4．In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the pronoun“it”refers to“ ________ ”.

[　　]

A．fitting our actions to shose of other people appropriately

B．identification of other people’s statuses

C．selecting one’s own statuses

D．constant mental process

5．By saying that“an American is not free to choose the costume of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince”(Para. 3, Lines 2－3), the writer means ________.

[　　]

A．different people have different styles of clothes

B．ready－made clothes may need alterations

C．statuses come ready made just like clothes

D．our choice of statuses is limited

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　　Beijing-Beijing is to spend up to US $20 billion to change the Chinese capital into a 21st-century one for the 2008 Olympics.

　　The government managed to host the 2008 games. The general aim is for Beijing to have the same environmental standards as Paris, London or Washington by 2008.

　　Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent to pipe natural gas to the city’s homes, taking away dirty coal burning gradually while 60,000 buses will be changed to liquefied gas.

　　The money will also be used for relocating the polluting factories and building green belts. By 2008 around 90 percent of Beijing’s waste will be treated, compared to only 40 percent at present.

　　Olympic officials realize the city has a long way to go to match the environmental standard of such cities as Paris, Toronto, Istanbul and Osaka.

　　City officials have already announced that around 50 large projects are being dealt with to improve traffic congestion(拥挤) and cut down pollution. They include construction of Beijing’s first light railway, a 40.5-kilometer line which is expected to be completed in 2005.

　　Beijing plans to build an 82.55-kilometer long subway to existing 53 kilometers. Nine major roads will be rebuilt or widened.

　　Beijing also plans to build a 70-meter-wide green belt along the waterways to protect water quality as well as increase the green areas.

1．The government will pipe natural gas to the city’s homes in order to ________.

[　　]

A．solve the problem of being short of fuel

B．bring down the cost of daily life

C．reduce the pollution of our capital

D．keep up with the development of modem society

2．The underlined word“relocating” in this report (Paragraph 4) means ________.

[　　]

3．From the last three paragraphs we know that ________.

[　　]

A．lengthening the existing 53-kilometer subway is among the 50 large projects

B．the length of the subway will be up to 135.25 kilometers in 2005

C．a 40.5-meter-long line will be added to Beijing’s first light railway

D．a 70-meter-wide green belt will supply us with enough water

4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

[　　]

A．The environment of London is better than Toronto.

B．In the first paragraph the underlined part means a modem and advanced capital.

C．Beijing is badly polluted mainly by coal burning.

D．Liquefied gas is more expensive than petrol.

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　　One of the interesting things about Cuba is its educational system. As in many other countries, schools are free. What is unusual is that schools combine study with manual work. Each school has a plot(一块) of land where the children work for each day. They plant vegetables, which they weed and water, and later they harvest the crops. In this way, they develop good working habits and learn how important it is to produce. Usually, children do not like vegetables such as spinach(菠菜), green beans, or cabbage. But by growing vegetables themselves, Cuban children soon develop a taste for them. During the summer, older children also go to the country to help the farmers with the crops.

　　In this system, the children spend part of their school time studying and the rest working in the open air helping increase the nation’s production.

1．How is Cuba’s educational system different from that of other countries?

[　　]

A．Schools are free.

B．Schools force childen to work.

C．Manual work is emphasized.

D．Schools produce a lot of crops.

2．How do Cuban children spend their school time?

[　　]

A．Fewer hours for classroom study than for manual work.

B．Part of the classroom study and the rest for manual work.

C．Half of the time studying and the other half working on the land.

D．Most of the time studying and the rest playing in the open air.

3．What do children do for their manual work?

[　　]

A．They plant vegetables.

B．They harvest the crops they grow

C．They help the farmers with the crops.

D．All of the above.

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

[　　]

A．The nation’s production is increased.

B．Children go to the country to help the fanners with the crops once a year.

C．Children enjoy working in the open air.

D．Children grow less interested in study.

5．What does the word“taste”mean here?

[　　]

A．A kind of sense

B．Liking

C．Ability to enjoy beauty

D．Small quantity

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　　School’s Out Diary

　　Half-term holiday fun

　　Angel Leisure Centre

　　Boredom Busters. Range of sports including football, trampolining (蹦床), wrestling, skating. May 31, 10am－12 noon; June 1, 9:30－11:30 am; June 2, 2－4 pm; June 3 and 4, 10 am－12 noon.

　　Trampolining. May 31, 2－4 pm for ages five to 12 years.

　　Gladiators. June 1, 2－4 pm for ages five to 12 years.

　　Angel Fun Fair. Fun and games for all. June 3, 2－4 pm for ages five to 12 years.

　　Mini Basketball. June 4, 2－4 pm for ages seven to 12 years.

　　Boredom Busters Camp. Week long activity camp which can be booked daily or for the week. May 31 to June 4, 9 am－4 pm for ages 5 to 12 years. Activities include Ten Pin bowling (保龄球), swimming, osrinteering, gladiators (击剑)and much more. Booking in advance advised due to limited places. Children will need to provide their own Packed lunch.

　　Angel Leisure Centre, Angel Lane, TunBridae. 01732 359966. Tunbridge Wells Sports and Indoor Tennis Centre.

　　All day sports package (including lunch), under fives junior gym special, trampolining, swimming, tennis, football, diving camp, mini sports. Five day courses. All courses and activities are pre－bookable at reception.

　　Tunbridge Wells Sport and Indoor Tennis Centre, St John’s Road, Tunbridge Wells. 01892 540704.

　　Uplands Sports Centre

　　Fun Club. June 1 to 4. Half day 9 am to 1 pm, full day 9 am to 5 pm. For ages eight to 12 years. Children should bring a packed lunch and refreshments. A variety of indoor and outdoor activities including football, badminton, volleyball, treasure hunt, tennis, cooking, trampolining and crafts.

　　Saturday Fun Club. Four hours of fun every Saturday morning. ￡3.50 per day, per child. Children should bring refreshments for break, 9 am－1 pm.

　　Uplands Sports Centre, Lower High Street, Wadhurst, 01892 782136.

　　Special Days Out

　　Spa Valley Railway. May 30 and 31. Steam trains, tunbridge Wells to Grooinbridge. Just arrived after full restoration, Polish TKH Ferrum Class 0-6-0 Loco. Also model railways, brake van rides, cinema coach, shop, refreshments coach. Full details 01892 870821 or 537715.

　　WealdenModel Railway Club Open Day. May 31, 10:30 am－4:30 pm. Platform 3, Eridge Railway Station.

　　Parents are advised to contact the individual centres or councils to check on availability of places, course booking requirements, lunch arrangements, cost and confirmation of details or the listed courses.

1．If my son wants to practise wrestling and skating, where will he go?

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A．Uplands Sports Centre

B．Angel Leisure Centre

C．Wealden Model Railway Club

D．Tunbridge Wells Sports and Indoor Tennis Centre

2．John’s daughter is four and she wants to learn trampolining. Which number should John dial?

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3．Mary has seven children to take to Uplands Sports Centre on Saturday. How much will she pay for the four hours of fun?

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　　The journey two naval (海军的) officers made some time ago to the very deepest point on the earth makes us realize how much of the world still remains to be explored (探测). The two men went down seven miles to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean inside a small steel ball called a“bathyscaphe”to find out if there are any ocean currents (急流) or signs of life.

　　It was necessary to set out early, so that the bathyscaphe would come to the surface in daylight(白昼), and so be easily found by the mother ship which would be waiting for it. The divers began preparations at dawn and soon afterwards, when all was ready, the steel ball disappeared under the surface of the water.

　　In time, the temperature dropped to freezing-point and the men trembled (颤抖) inside the ball. They kept in touch with the mother ship by telephone describing how they felt. Then, at a depth of 3,000 feet, the telephone stopped working and they were quite cut off from the outside world. At 30,000 feet, the men were surprised by a sudden, loud noise: even the smallest hole in the ball would have meant instant (立即的) death. Luckily, though, it was only one of the outer windows that had broken. Soon afterwards, the bathyscaphe touched the soft ocean floor raising a big cloud of“dust”made up of different kinds of small, dead sea animals. Here, powerful lights lit up the dark water and the men were surprised to see fish swimming just above them quite untroubled by the very large water pressure. But they did not dare to leave the lights on for long, as the heat from them made the water boil. Quite unexpectedly, the telephone began working again and the weak but clear voices of the officers were heard on the mother ship. After a stay of thirty minutes the men began their journey up, arriving three hours later, cold and wet through, but none the worse for their experience.

1．What did the officers find out at the bottom of the sea?

[　　]

A．They only found different dead sea animals.

B．They did find signs of life.

C．There was no signs of any life.

D．There was only dust.

2．The journey to the bottom of the sea helped us to realize that ________.

[　　]

A．much of the world hasn’t yet been explored

B．there are not any signs of life at the bottom of the sea

C．strong water - pressure has great effect on fish

D．powerful lights can not turned on at the ocean floor without killing fish

3．Which of the following is closest in meaning to“They were cold and wet through, but none the worse for their experience.”

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A．They were cold and wet through, which was the worst thing of all.

B．They were even worse than cold and wet through at the bottom of the sea.

C．Considering what they had just experienced, being cold and wet through was not too bad.

D． For such an experience, being cold and wet through was not bad for them at all.

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　　Recently, a professor of philosophy in the United States has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has discovered that how we deal with money in our day-to-day life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep a record of every penny they spend for a week. From the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value in life.

　　He says our relation with others often become clearly defined when money enters the picture. You might have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some money. If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stronger than ever before. Or it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn’t. This person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it.

　　Since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it to be very important. The author interviewed some millionaires in researching his book.

Question: What is the most surprising thing you have discovered about being rich, because you are a self-made man?

　　Answer: The most surprising thing is how people give me so much respect. I am nothing. I don’t know much. All I am is rich.

　　People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it for? How much do I need for any given purposes in my life? In his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back the idea that money is an instrument rather than the end. Money plays an important role in the material world, but expecting money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life.

1．According to the first paragraph, people have not realized ________.

[　　]

A．how important money is in their day-to-day life

B．how one spends money shows what is important to him

C．that money is more important than their philosophy of life

D．that their understanding of life is more important than money

2．The author seems to believe that asking your friend to lend you some money ________.

[　　]

A．is a good way to test your friendship

B．will do harm to your friendship

C．will strengthen (增进) your friendship

D．is a good way to break off your friendship

3．What can we learn about the millionaire from his answer in the interview?

[　　]

A．He does not feel that he is well educated.

B．He does not think that he is a very important person.

C．He does not think that being rich deserves so much attention.

D．He does not consider himself to be very successful.

4．What does the American professor of philosophy want to explain in his book?

[　　]

A．Money is an end.

B．Money is a means.

C．Money is everything.

D．Money is unimportant.

5．Which of the following might the author disagree?

[　　]

A．Money is important in modern society.

B．The meaning of life does not completely lie in money.

C．Wealth will surely bring the owner happiness.

D．Happiness is not necessarily the result of wealth.