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　　The Bay Hotel. It's a quiet, comfortable hotel overlooking (俯瞰) the bay in an uncommercialised Cornish fishing village on England's most southerly point. If pop music is no longer your strong point, and you are considering a relaxing holiday where the scenery is breathtaking and the sound of the sea is live music to your ears, come and stay with us. For adults only. Sssh! Don't tell everyone! 01326 280464

　　Willapark Manor Hotel. Peaceful situation in 14 acres of separated gardens and woodland, overlooking picturesque bay. Close to coastal path and beach. Excellent cuisine. Our excellent service brings our guests back year after year. Children (reductions) and pets welcome. 01840 770782

　　The Country Garden Hotel. Delightful hotel set in lovely gardens; calm Island of Wight near Tennyson Downs. Great food! Garden, sea view and ground floor rooms. Please call for brochure (服务指南) and sample menu. Adults only and pets welcome. 0800 980 1943

　　Boscastle. Romantic 17th Century farmer's cottage in countryside with splendid coastal views. Well equipped. Sleeps 5． Regret no pets/smoking. Garden with furniture. Brochure: 01633 450417

　　Godshill. 4 star self-served units. Non smoking. Sleeps 2－4． Open all year. Good walks. Close to pubs. Peaceful. Cosy. No pets. Brochure: 01983 840371

　　The B1akeney Hotel. Overlooking harbour, traditional privately owned friendly hotel with 60 bedrooms, lift, heated indoor pool, spa bath and saunas. Relax, walk, sail, play golf, explore the Norfolk villages, countryside and coast. Special seasonal midweek price for aged citizens. 01263 740797

　　SW France. Rural setting near Cordes. Two beautifully repainted old houses, sleep 4/5 and 6． Gardens, woodland. pool, views, excellent walks: Available all year round. Outstanding. 01962 776967

1．All of the following hotels are close to the sea EXCEPT ________.

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2．If you want to take your children and your dog with you on holiday, you can choose ________.

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3．One of the hotels offers special price for ________.

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4．The purpose of the passage is to ________.

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　　Taravura is as beautiful as it sounds. It is everything a Pacific city should be. You might have imagined a seafront lined with palm trees, sea-washed beaches as white as the waves, a busy port trading in all the products of the South Seas; you might have dreamed about houses made of dried grass standing among tall trees, brightly painted wooden churches, and open-air markets full of happy, friendly people, dressed as colorfully as the flowers and the fruits they sell. If you have ever thought that you might find all these things in one place, you were thinking of Taravura.

　　Taravura is all things to all men. It is a capital city, with international hotels that will give you the warmest welcome you have ever received; with streets of buildings old and new, and of stores big and small; with shops full of bargains, and parks and gardens full of things to see and do. Government House and the President's Palace are there.

　　The international airport has regular and direct flghts to and from cities all over South-East Asia, Australia and the South Pacific. Yet Taravura does not feel big: few of its buildings are higher than the trees; none of its streets is so full of traffic that it is difficult to cross, even at the busiest times of the day; and from all parts of the city you can see either Mount Bari and its brothers, the Endi Mountains, to the north, or the sky-blue sea to the south. Nowhere in Taravura are you very far from nature.

　　But do not be deceived into thinking that because Taravura is small among capital cities, you will have done everything worth doing within a day. Taravura is a mine of golden opportunities. St. Cecilia's Cathedral, for example, contains many pieces of local art-work; and Komati Museum has a collection of paintings by South Pacific artists that is without equal in the world. For those who enjoy watching sports and games, you can be sure that somewhere in the city there is a national or an international team playing football, cricket or basketball; and for those who would rather play than watch, Taravura offers plenty of opportunities to try your hand at any sport.

　　Until you have been to Taravura, you have not visited the city of your dreamstruly a heaven on earth.

1．“Taravura is all things to all men,” means ________.

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A．there is nothing that you will not find there

B．everyone will find something there to suit him

C．there are as many things to do as there are men

D．the men will do anything you wish them to do

2．Taravura “does not feel big” in spite of the fact that ________.

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A．it is a capital city with an airport and international hotels

B．its streets are full of traffic at all times of the day

C．few of its buildings are higher than the trees

D．its buildings are old and new, its stores big and small

3．Nowhere in Taravura are you very far from nature in that

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A．the open-air markets are full of flowers and fruit

B．the houses are made of grass and the churches of wood

C．there are mountains on one side and sea on the other

D．there are parks and gardens full of things to see and do

4．“Taravura is a mine of golden opportunities” means that

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A．St. Cecilia's Cathedral is a local piece of gold art-work

B．there are many things made of gold in the Cathedral and the museum

C．there are all sorts of things to do in the city

D．Taravura is a very wealthy city in many ways

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　　Early one morning，more than a hundred years ago，an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep．He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem：it seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle．

　　Though he was tired，Howe slept badly．He turned and turned．Then he had a dream．He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages（野人）whose king wanted to kill and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine．When he tried to do so，Howe ran into the same problem as before．The thread kept getting caught around the needle．The king flew into a cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe．They came up towards him with their spears raised．But suddenly the inventor noticed something．There was a hole in the tip of each spear．The inventor awoke from the dream，realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem．Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle，he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle．This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practical sewing machine．

　　Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way．

　　Thomas Edison，the inventor of the electric light lamp，said his best ideas came to him in dreams．SO did the great physicist Albert Einstein．Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre．

　　To know the value of dreams，you have to understand what happens when you are asleep．Even then，a part of your mind is still working．This is unconscious（无意识的），but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day．It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed．It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake．However，the unconscious part acts in a special way．It uses strange images（图像）which the conscious part may not understand at first．This is why dreams are sometimes called“secret messages to ourselves”．

1．According to the passage，Elias Howe was ________．

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A．the first person we know of who solved problems in his sleep

B．much more hard-working than other inventors

C．the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked

D．the only person at the time who knew the value of dreams

2．The problem Howe was trying to solve was ________．

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A．what kind of thread to use

B．how to design a needle which would not break

C．where to put the needle

D．how to stop the thread from getting around the needle

3．Thomas Edison is spoken of because ________．

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A．he also tried to invent a sewing machine

B．he got some of his ideas from dreams

C．he was one of Howe's friends

D．he also had difficulty in falling asleep

4．Dreams are sometimes called“secret message to ourselves”because ________．

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A．strange images are used to communicate ideas

B．images which have no meaning are used

C．we can never understand the real meaning

D．only specially trained people can understand them

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　　Extracts（摘录）from Information Booklet（手册）for car-ferry（渡船）passengers．

　　CAR DECKS

　　Car drivers are advised to use the handbrake before leaving their cars，to lock all doors and to take with them all belongings that may be needed during the crossing．

　　CURRENCY EXCHANGE

　　We regret that there are no facilities（设施）aboard for the exchange of cheques of any kind but most European currencies（notes but not coins）together with Eurocards and various types of international credit are accepted for payment in restaurants，shops，cinemas etc．and to carry out other transactions（交易）on board．

　　PASSENGER FACILITIES ON BOARD

　　The following are a small selection of those available．

　　PROMENADE DECK

　　Here you can enjoy a pleasant stroll，go for a jog，or sit or lie back in the sunshine in adaptable reclining seats．We would however advise passengers that decks may be slippery in wet or freezing weather．

　　VIEWING BRIDGE：This is situated below the Captain's Bridge and offers a view over the top of the ship．The viewing bridge is reached from the promenade deck via the foremost stairway．

　　A LA CARTE RESTAURANT：This serves the same breakfast buffet as the main

dining-room．Scandinavian and international specialties are available at lunch and dinner times．No reservations（订座）required．

　　DUTY-FREE SHOP：This is a supermarket offering Scandinavian and international goods，spirits，tobacco goods，sweets etc．

　　OPENING-TIMES：The opening times of the various shops，restaurants and other facilities are shown on the relevant entrance doors as well as on the boards in the main halls on Decks 4 and 5．

1．Passengers to the A La Carte restaurant ________．

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A．can order their breakfast from the menu

B．cannot reserve a place for lunch or dinner

C．can have the full menu whenever they like

D．can sit wherever they like when they come in

2．Information about opening times of shops and restaurants can be gotten ________．

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A．outside the shop or restaurant

B．inside the shop or restaurant

C．from the information office

D．elsewhere in the booklet

3．Which of the following car-ferry passengers might have trouble or difficulty on the ferry？

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A．A British standing on the viewing bridge below Captain's Bridge．

B．An Australian taking with him all his belongings in the car．

C．A Canadian with only banknotes from his own country．

D．A German sitting and lying on Promenade deck．

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　　People who studied plants is have found out that plants carry a small electrical charge（电荷）．It is possible to measure this charge with a small piece of equipment called“galvanometer”．The galvanometer is placed on a leaf of the plant，and it records any changes in the electrical field of the leaf． Humans have a similar field which can change when we are shocked or frightened．

　　A man called Baxter used a galvanometer for his studies of plants and was very surprised at his results．He found that if he had two or more plants in a room and he began to destroy one of them-perhaps by pulling off its leaves or by pulling it out of its pot-then the galvanometer on the leaves of the other plants showed a change in the electrical field．It seemed as if the plants were signaling a feeling of shock．This happened not only when Backster started to destroy plants，but also when he destroyed other living things such as insects（昆虫）．

　　Backster said that the plants also knew if someone had destroyed a living thing some distance away，because they signaled when a man who had just cut down a tree entered the room．

　　Another scientist，named Sauvin，achieved similar results to Backster's．He kept galvanometers fixed to his plants all the time and checked regularly to see what the plants were doing．If he was out of the office，he telephoned to find about the signals the plants were sending．In this way，he found that the plants were sending out signals at the exact times when they felt strong，pleasure or pain．In fact，Sauvin could cause a change in the electrical field of his plants over a distance of a few miles simply by thinking about them．

1．What was Backster's discovery？

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A．Plants carry galvanometer．

B．It is possible to measure a small electrical charge with a small piece equipment

called“galvanometer．”

C．The small electrical charge on the leaves of the other plant can change if he destroyed the leaves on one of the two plants．

D．Humans have a similar field which can change when we are shocked or frightened as plants．

2．Backster was surprised at the results of his studies because ________．

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A．he destroyed an insect

B．he destroyed a plant by pulling off its leaves

C．he found that plants seemed to express feelings of shock

D．he found that plants could move and speak after all

3．The scientist called Sauvin ________．

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A．did not agree with Backster's ideas

B．did not get any results about the electrical charge

C．got different results from Backster's

D．found out some of the same things that Backster did

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

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A．The electrical charge plants carry may shock or frighten us．

B．A tree will signal when it has been cut down．

C．Sauvin could only make his plants receive nearby signals．

D．Plants have feelings because they can receive signals without moving．

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　　Creativity（创造性）is the key to a brighter future，say education and business experts．Here is how schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children．

　　If Dick Drew had listened to his boss in 1925，we might not have a product that we now think of as of great importance：a new type of tape．Drew worked for the Minnesota Mining Company．At work he developed a kind of material strong enough to hold things together．But his boss told him not to think more about the idea．Finally，using his own time，Drew improved the tape，which now is used everywhere by many people．And his former company learned from its mistake．Now it encourage people to spend 15 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas．

　　Creativity is not something one is just born with，nor is it necessarily a character of high intelligence（智力）．The fact that a person is highly intelligent does not mean that he uses it creatively．Creativity is the matter of using the resources one has to produce new ideas that are good for something．

　　Unfortunately，schools have not tried to encourage creativity．With strong attention to test results and the development of reading，writing and mathematical skills，many educators give up creativity for correct answers．The result is that children can give back information but can't recognize ways to use it in new situations．They may know the rules correctly，but they are unable to use them to work out practical problems．

　　It is important to give children choices From the earliest age，children should be allowed to make decisions and understand their results．Even if it's choosing between two food items for lunch，decision-making helps thinking skills．As children grow older，parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money，but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision．The child many have a hard time，but that is all right．This is because the most important character of creative people is a very strong desire to find a way out of trouble．

1．What did the company where Drew once worked learn from its mistake？

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A．They encouraged people to work a longer time．

B．They discouraged people to think freely．

C．They asked people to spend all their work time developing new ideas．

D．They encouraged people to spend some of their work time considering and improving new ideas．

2．Creativity is something ________．

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A．that people are born with

B．that depends on intelligence

C．that is a way of using what one has learned to work out new problems

D．that is not important at all

3．Why don't schools try to encourage creativity？

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A．They don't understand the importance of education．

B．They don't want their students to make mistakes．

C．They pay too much attention to examination marks，language and mathematical

skills．

D．They think it more important to remember some information．

4．What should the parents do when their children decide how to spend their money？

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A．Try to help them as much as possible．

B．Take no notice of whatever they do．

C．Help them if their decision is wrong，but not too much．

D．Leave them as they are．

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　　The success of Pickwick Papers made Dickens very popular．He suddenly found himself at twenty-four，the most famous novelist of his day．Busy as his social life was，he worked on two novels at the same time-Oliver Twist and Pickwick Papers． He was particularly proud of Pickwick，which was a huge success and was regarded as a comic（喜剧）masterpiece（杰作）．“ If I were to live a hundred years and write novels in each，I should never so proud of any of them as I am proud of Pickwick．”

　　It has been said of Dickens that he grasped（抓住）the imagination of his readers because his imagination grasped himself． The people in his works were so real that they could make him laugh or cry．When writing Oliver Twist he said that he could not rest until Fagin，the wrongdoer（做坏事的人），had been hanged．

　　Dickens'marriage to Catherine Hagarth，with whom he had nine children，ended unhappily in 1858．He started to travel about giving readings of his works．His interest in theatre gave his novels the qualities that made them suitable for reading aloud on the stage．A tiring travel to the United States affected his health．On June 9，1870，when he was working on a new novel，he died．Dickens had always wanted to die of working．

1．It seems clear that Dickens became the most famous novelist ________．

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A．because his social work

B．with the success of Pickwick

C．because he was writing two novels at the same time

D．when he began to give leading of his works

2．According to this passage，we know that Dickens ________．

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A．was only interested in writing novels

B．didn't like Oliver TwistC．wished to live one hundred years and write three novels in each

D．didn't think he could write a better novel than Pickwick in his life

3．As a novelist，Dickens ________．

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A．was full of imagination

B．found it hard to satisfy his readers

C．always wrote about real people in life

D．wrote works according to his readers'imagination

4．Fagin must be ________．

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A．a person in real life

B．a character in Oliver Twist

C．a character in Pickwick

D．one of Dickens'works

5．Which of the following is true？

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A．Dickens had always enjoyed his marriage to Catherine Hagarth．

B．Dickens was a successful actor．

C．Dickens'death had little to do with his hard work．

D．Dickens had wished to die in the course of work．

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　　Art Exhibition：The 16th Asian International Art Exhibition from Dec．18，2001 to Jan．10，2002 at the Guangdong Museum of Art．

　　The exhibition will highlight over 300 works from Japan，Korea，China Mainland，China Hong Kong，China Macau，Malaysia，Singapore，The Philippine，Indonesia and Australia．

　　RMB 70，90，100

　　Booking Tel：88677766

　　Concert：Christmas Concert performed by German organist（风琴演奏者）Thorsten

Macder and the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra，conducted by Yu Feng．

　　RMB 80，120，180，230

　　8pm on Dec 23，2001

　　Symphony Performing Hall，Guangdong Xinghai Concert Hall．

　　Booking Tel：87352222

　　Hotel：Thailand cuisine festival：in the Greenery Cafe at Garden Hotel from Dec．20，2001 to Feb 20，2002．

　　Booking Tel：87675443

　　Performance：The night between him and her

　　At Sun Yatsen Memorial Hall；8pm on December 6，7，9

　　RMB 100，160，200，260

　　Tel：89785656

1．The group of the advertisements are mainly on ________in Guangzhou Morning Post．

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2．If you want to go to the concert with your two friends，you'll at least carry ________yuan with you．

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3．The countries in the 16th Asian International Art Exhibition are all in Asia except ________．

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4．If you want to enjoy yourself on December 7，you'll probably dial the telephone number ________．

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　　In what now seems like the prehistoric times of computer history，the earth's postwar era，there was quite a wide-spread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day． Already today，less than forty years later，as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives，we are faced with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem．People tend to be over-trusting of computers and are reluctant to challenge their authority．Indeed，they behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons may be pushed，or that a computer may simply malfunction（失误）．

　　Obviously，there would be no point in investing in a computer if you had to check all its answers，but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the ma-chine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong．

　　Questioning and routine double-checks must continue to be as much a part of good

business as they were in pre-computer days．Maybe each computer may provide，it should

not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills．

1．What is the main purpose of this passage？

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A．To look back to the early days of this passage．

B．To explain what technical problems may occur with computers．

C．To discourage unnecessary investment in computers．

D．To warn against a mentally lazy attitude towards computers．

2．According to the passages，the initial concern about computer was that they might

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A．change our personal lives

B．take control the world

C．create unforeseen problem

D．affect our businesses

3．The passage recommends those dealing with computers to________．

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A．he reasonably doubtful about them

B．check all their answers

C．substitute them for basic thinking

D．use them for business purposes only

4．The passage suggests that the present-day problem with regard to computers is________．

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　　Money spent on advertising is money spent as well as any I know of．It serves directly to assist a rapid distribution of goods at reasonable prices，there by establishing a firm home market and so making it possible to provide for export at competitive prices．By drawing attention to new ideas it helps enormously to raise standards of living．By helping to increase demand it ensures an increased need for labor，and therefore an effective way to fight unem-ployment．It lowers the costs of many services ：without advertisements your daily newspaper would cost four times as much，he price of your television license would need to be doubled，and travel by bus or tube would cost more．

　　And perhaps most important of all，advertising provides a guarantee of reasonable value in the products and services you buy．Apart from the fact that twenty-seven Acts of Parlia-ment govern the terms of advertising，no regular advertiser dare promote a product that fails to live up to the promise of his advertisements．He might fool some people for a little while through misleading advertising．He will not do so for long，for mercifully the public has the good sense not to buy the inferior article more than once．If you see an article consistently advertised，it is surest proof I know that the article does what is claimed for it，and that it represents good value．

　　Advertising does more for the material benefit of the community than any other force can think of．

　　There is one more point I fee I ought to touch on．Recently I heard a well-known television personality declaring that he was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs．He was drawing excessively fine distinctions．Of course advertising seeks to persuade．

　　If its message were confined merely to information-and that in itself would be difficult if not impossible to achieve，for even a detail such as the choice of the color of a shirt is subtlty persuasive-advertising would be so boring that no one would pay any attention．But perhaps that is what the well-known television personality wants．

1．Which is the advantage of advertisements in the first paragraph？

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A．It can help to raise standard of living．

B．It lowers the costs of many services．

C．It is an effective way to fight unemployment．

D．All of above．

2．The writer thinks that advertising seeks to persuade is________．

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3．In the author's opinion，________．

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A．advertising costs too much money

B．advertisements can secure greater fame

C．It is worth spending money on advertising

D．advertisements never seek to persuade

4．The attitude of the author about advertising is________．

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