In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernadino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run their own businesses for years, first a theater, then a barbecue（烤肉）restaurant, then another drive-in. But in their new operation, they offered a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this small selection they added one new concept: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.

　　Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity, for the brothers had developed a strict routine for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks' sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became incredibly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened. They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.

　　Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake mixing machines. He quickly saw the unique appeal of the brothers' fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise（特许经营）other copies of their restaurants. The agreement struck included the right to duplicate the menu. The equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches（拱门）.

　　Today McDonald's is really a household name. Its names for its sandwiches have come to mean hamburger in the decades since the day Ray Kroc watched people rush up to order fifteen-cent hamburgers. In 1976, McDonald's had over $1 billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most incredible success stories in modern American business history.

(1) This passage mainly talks about ________.

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A．the development of fast food services

B．how McDonald' s became a billion-dollar business

C．the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald

D．Ray Kroc's business talent

(2)．Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses EXCEPT ________.

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(3) We may infer from this passage that ________.

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A．Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc

B．the location the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-in'

C．forty years ago there were numerous fast-food restaurants

D．Ray Kroc was a good businessman

　　One of the largest youth organizations in the world is the 4-H, an organization of clubs for young people between 9 and 19. The main purpose of 4-H is to provide young people with the practical skills and understanding they will need to become useful members of their communities. The four H' s stand for head, heart, hands, and health.

　　When 4-H clubs first began in America in the early 1900s, members were mostly young people from rural areas. The focus was on farm projects, such as raising pigs and growing and canning food. Today over 75% of the club members come from towns, cities, and suburbs, and hundreds of projects exist, each adapted to its geographical area. While rural districts abound in conservation, forestry, and farm management projects, projects in urban areas often involve nutrition , health, automotive care, and money management.

　　The 4-H program in America is a joint service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, state universities, and county governments. Business firms and private organizations provide additional funding. Members of the clubs are guided by volunteer adult leaders and their teenage assistants. In the clubs, 4-H' ers learn about and work on solving serious problems that face their communities, issues like environmental protection and community safety.

　　In addition to the 4-H clubs in the U.S. states and territories, more than eighty countries, including Taiwan, have adapted the 4-H idea to fit their own needs. In the less developed countries, many clubs offer courses in proper nutrition and in new farming technology.

(1) What is the 4-H?

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(2) Who are most of the 4-H members?

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A．Elementary and high school students.

B．Adults and teenagers.

C．Government and business leaders.

D．Young people from rural areas.

(3) How is the 4-H financed?

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A．Through the sale of farm products.

B．Through its membership fees.

C．Through government and private support.

D．Through international economic projects.

(4) According to the article, what is the modern trend in 4-H clubs?

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A．A decreased emphasis on agricultural projects.

B．Balancing younger and order membership.

C．More volunteer leadership in local clubs.

D．Larger involvement of government agencies.

(5) What would probably be a typical 4-H activity?

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　　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 ________.

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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 modern society

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

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

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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? ________

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A．The environment of London is better than Toronto.

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

C．Beijing is badly polluted mainly by coal burning.

D．Liquefied gas is more expensive than petrol.

　　Gestures are the“silent language”of every culture. We point a finger or move another part of the body to show what we want to say. It is important to know the body language of every country, or we may be misunderstood.

　　In the United States, people greet each other with a handshake in a formal introduction. The handshake must be firm. If the handshake is weak, it is a sign of weakness or unfriendliness. Friends may place a hand on the other's arm or shoulder. Some people, usually women, greet a friend with a hug（紧抱）.

　　Space is important to Americans. When two people talk to each other, they usually stand about two and a half feet (69 centimeters) away and at an angle, so they are not facing each other directly. Americans get uncomfortable when a person stands too close. They will move back to have their space. If Americans touch another person by accident, they say,“Pardon me,”or“Excuse me.”

　　Americans like to look at the other person in the eyes when they are talking. If you don' t do so, it means you are bored, hiding something, or are not interested. But when you stare at someone, it is not polite.

　　For Americans,“thumbs up”means yes, very good, or well done,“Thumbs down”means the opposite. To call a waiter, raise one hand to head level or above. To show you want the check, make a movement with your hands as if you are signing a piece of paper. It is oil right to point at things but not at people with the hand and index finger（食指）. Americans shake their index finger at children when they scold them and pat them on the head when they admire them.

　　Learning a culture' s body language is sometimes confusing. If you don't know what to do, the safest thing to do is to smile.

(1) From the first paragraph we can conclude that ________.

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B．gestures can help us to express our meaning

C．we can learn a language well without body language

D．only American people can use gestures

(2) If you stay in the United States, you should ________.

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A．shake your friends' hands all the time

B．shake your friends' hands with your eyes looking up

C．greet your friends in a polite way

D．greet a girl friend by putting hands on her shoulders

(3) In the United States, people often ________.

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A．show their friendship by touching each other

B．show their friendship by glancing at each other

C．say“Pardon me”to each other in a talk

D．get nervous when you stand too close to them

(4) If you talk with an American friend, it' s polite for you to ________.

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A．look up and down

B．look at him in the eyes

C．hide your opinion

D．look at your watch

(5) When your friend gives you a thumb-up, he, in fact, ________.

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A．shows his rudeness to you

B．shows his anger to you

C．expresses his satisfaction to you

D．expresses his worries about you

　　April 27 is Take Our Daughters to Work Day in Britain. Started at first in the United States and brought to Britain in 1994, Take Our Daughters to Work Day has become a special day for girls between 11 and 15. On that day thousands of girls take a day off school and go together with one of their parents to their work places. The purpose of this day is to broaden girls' horizons（视野）and raise their self-confidence（自信）.

　　For many years people have thought that boys can do better than girls in society. But actually, “girls can be whatever they want to be just like boys, whether it is a pilot, a nurse or a chief executive（主管）,”says the chairman of Our Sons and Daughters Chartable Trust, an organization which supported the activity of the Day. “Now the girls have a close look at what their parents are doing and this may help them to be more self-confident when they are faced with a choice of work.”

　　Schools and many companies support the activity too. Palmers Green High School for girls in the north of London has made the Day a necessary part of careers education.

　　Zarina Bart, 15, from Palmers Green, went with her mother Gwen to her Lawyer's Office this year's Take Our Daughters to Work Day. “I learned how to fill in a legal aid（法律援助）and I read details（细节）of a case. Then I went to see the actual trial（审判）,” she said.

　　Zarina found it interesting to see her mother at work. “It's really strange seeing Mum at work--running around, getting serious and telling people what to do.” She has always liked the idea of going into law and thinks it likely that she will follow in her mother's footsteps. Having a chance to see how her mother works has given her more self-confidence.

　　Experts believe that girls with higher self-confidence aim higher and are more likely to be successful in life. Parents have important effect on the confidence of teenage girls. If parents believe in their daughters and show examples both at work as well as at home for them, this will give a lot of help to girls. Take Our Daughters to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction.

(1) The writer's purpose in writing this text is to ________.

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A．introduce to us a special day for girls

B．broaden girls' view and raise their confidence in themselves

C．show us that girls can do things as well as boys

D．tell us how the special day for girls came into being

(2) We can infer that the aim of “careers education” is mainly to ________

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A．teach children to respect their parents

B．help children to get along with grown-ups

C．help children learn about the future jobs

D．get children to be fit for the social life

(3) A particular mention of Zarina's story ________

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A．serves as an example of how the Day works

B．shows a successful mother's effect on the daughter

C．explains why a girl should go to see her mum's office rather than her dad's

D．shows what a woman lawyer's daily work is like

(4) After seeing her mum at work, Zarina Bart ________.

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A．learned how to work as a lawyer

B．decided to become a lawyer

C．started to work with her mum

D．felt more certain about her future

(5) In the text the writer especially suggests the importance of________.

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　　Chinese culture has many, many festivals commemorating（纪念）some unusual events. Dragon Boat Festival is one such festival. The main thing to do on this day is to eat zongzi, the glutinous rice（糯米）dumpling.

　　In some places, people race boats that are colorfully decorated（装饰）with dragon designs, but I have never seen such a race. I have, however, eaten lots of zongzi. You can buy them or eat homemade ones. They are commonly eaten as a snack food. Tile rice may be white, and it may have some red bean paste（红豆沙）inside. Sometimes the rice is brown from a sauce and inside is a small chunk（块）of ham. In any case, each one is wrapped in reed leaves and steamed, I suppose, for a long time. At first, I thought they were rather tasteless, but I have developed a taste for them now, and I like to eat them, though once a year is enough.

　　The origin of the zongzi is as strange as the food itself. There was a Chinese poet and official (Chinese officials in old times were always poets)named Qu Yuan. He was an official in the kingdom of Chu around 340~278 BC. China has a tradition of ministers（大臣）who give advice to the king, and Qu Yuan was such a minister. Qu Yuan advised the king of Chu to prepare for war because the state of Qin was ready to devour（吞灭）his state. But the king thought he was safe since the emperor of Qin seemed to be more interested in other, weaker states. But, finally, Qin did attack Chu, and the Chu kingdom was defeated.

　　Qu Yuan was so sad about this that he killed himself by jumping into the Miluo River. His countrymen, on learning of this, rushed to the scene in small boats and tried to find his body. They failed to find it, so they made the dumplings wrapped in reed leaves and threw them into the river so the fish would eat the dumplings and not Qu Yuan's body. That day was the fifth day of the fifth lunar（阴历）month. Later, it became a ritual（仪式）to eat the zongzi and to hold dragon boat races on that day every year.

(1) What do people mainly do on Dragon Boat Festival?

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A．They eat zongzi.

B．They all go boating.

C．They swim in the river.

D．They all buy something to throw into the river.

(2) According to the text, which of the following is TRUE?

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A．The author becomes so interested in zongzi that he eats them once a month.

B．The tale of how the zongzi came into being is even stranger than the food itself.

C．The king of Chu didn't like Qu Yuan's advice and killed him.

D．Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated in commemoration of the death of Qu Yuan.

(3) Qu Yuan killed himself because ________

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A．the king of Chu didn't take his advice, and as a result the Chu kingdom was defeated by Qin

B．the Chu kingdom was the weakest state

C．he couldn't live a good life

D．he wanted to show his bravery in face of danger

(4) What is the purpose of this text?

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A．To tell the readers about different kinds of zongzi.

B．To give information about the war in old times.

C．To tell the readers about the zongzi, as well as the origin of Dragon Boat Festival.

D．To recommend that the readers eat more zongzi.

　　In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” about. It is the, story of someone who tries to look as rich as his neighbors.

　　The expression was first used in 1913 by a young ,American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself： He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and mowed with Ms. wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw,that rich people rode horses, Monand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Monand and his wife also hired（雇佣）a servant and gave big parties for. their new neighbors.

　　It was like a race, but one could never finish it because one was always, trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife. when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.

　　Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich life style of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “keeping up with the Joneses”, because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich life style of the people around you. Momand's series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.

　　People never seems to get tried of keeping up the Joneses. And there are Joneses. And there are “Joneses”in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr.Joneses always seems to be ahead.

(1) Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________

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A．want to be as rich as their neighbors

B．want others to know or to think that they are rich

C．don't want others to know they are rich

D．want to be happy

(2) It can be inferred（推断）from the story that rich people like to________

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(3) The underlined word neighborhood in the second paragraph means

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(4) Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in the series of short stories because “Jones” is ________.

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A．an important name

B．a popular name in the United States

C．his neighbor's name

D．not a good name

　　People in the United States honor their parents with 2 special days： Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May and Father's Day on the 3rd Sunday in June. These days are to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care. These two days offer an opportunity to think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home and more fathers must help with child-care.

　　These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother's Day; people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It's,also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery. On these days families get together at home as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues（吃烤烧肉的野餐）for Father's Day, These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.

　　Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are more valued than those bought in stores. It's not the value of the gift that is important, but “the thought that counts”. Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakers, phone companies and other stores do lots of business during these holidays.

(1) Which is not a reason for, children to show love, and respect for parents?

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A．parents bring up children.

B．Parents give love and care to children.

C．Parents educate children to be good persons.

D．Parents pass away before children, grow up.

(2) What do you know from the passage?

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A．Both festivals are in May.

B．Fewer women worked outside the home in the past.

C．Not all the children respect their parents.

D．Fathers are not as important as mothers at home.

(3) Which do you know about “carnation” ?

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A．It only has two kinds, of color.

B．It refers to the special clothes people wear on Mother's Day.

C．It's a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.

D．People can wear them only on the second Sunday in May.

(4) On Mother's Day and Father's Day ________.

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A．people usually have family parties

B．everyone goes to the cemetery

C．children always go to parents' home

D．hand-made cards are the most valuable gifts

(5) What do you think “florists” do?

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A．They sell flowers.

B．They make bread or pastry.

C．They offer enough room for having family parties.

D．They sell special clothes for Mother's Day and Father's Day.

　　The food we eat seems to have deep effects on our health. Although science has made very large steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made some food unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illness are connected with food and forty percent of cancer is connected with food as well. Different cultures（文化）are more probable to get certain illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures. That food connected with illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, American researchers realized that nitrates（硝酸盐）and nitrites（亚硝酸盐）, commonly used to protect color in meat, and other food additives（添加剂）, caused cancer. Yet these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult, all the time, to know which things on the packaging label（标签）of treated food are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct.

　　Sometimes similar medicine is given to animals not for medical treatment, but for financial reasons, the farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals for more money on the market.

(1) “Different cultures are more probable to get certain illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures.” This sentence means ________.

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A．cultures may bring about diseases to human beings

B．people in different countries probably understand cultures and diseases in different ways

C．people in different countries may suffer from the same diseases

D．different customs of diet probably bring about different diseases

(2) The word “carcinogenic” means “________”

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(3) Since about 80 percent of all human illness are connected with food, ________.

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A．we should never be on a diet

B．we should not eat packaged food

C．we should be more careful of our food

D．we should eat fresh food

　　A poor traveler stopped under a tree to eat the boiled rice and vegetables which he had brought with him. A few metres away, there was a small shop by the side of the road where a woman was frying（煎）fish and selling it to travelers. The woman watched the poor traveler carefully, and when he finished his food and began to go, she shouted rudely, “Stop! You haven't paid me for the fried fish!”

　　“But I have not had any fried fish!” he said.

　　“But everyone can see that you enjoyed the smell of my fried fish with your rice and vegetables,” said the woman. “If you had not smelled the fish, your meal would not have been so pleasant.”

　　Soon passers-by gathered around, and although they supported the poor traveler, they had to admit that wind was blowing from the shop to the place where he had eaten, and that it had carried the smell of the fried fish to him.

　　Finally, the woman took the poor traveler to a judge, who said, “The woman says that you ate your meal with the smell of her fried fish.” The traveler agreed that the wind was blowing from the woman's shop to the place where he ate his rice and vegetables and that it carried the smell of her fried fish to his nose while he was eating. “So he must pay for it. What does your fried fish cost?” he asked the woman.

　　“Twenty-five cents a plate,” she answered, delighted.

　　“Then go outside together,” said the judge. “There the traveler must hold up a twenty-five-cent coin so that its shadow（影子）falls on the woman's hand. The price of the smell of a plate of fried fish is the shadow of the twenty-five-cent coin.”

(1) Why did the traveler refuse to pay the woman for the fried fish? Because ________.

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A．he was poor

B．he was rude

C．he was supported by a crowd

D．he hadn't eaten her fried fish at all

(2) When the judge asked the woman a question, she felt ________.

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(3) Which of the following statements is TRUE?

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A．The traveler bought the boiled rice and vegetables from the woman and ate them by the Side of the road.

B．The judge had no idea what the woman meant.

C．In the 5th paragraph, the first “it” has the same meaning as the second “it”.

D．The woman got nothing but the shadow of a twenty-five-cent coin in the end.

(4) What do you think of the judge after reading the passage?

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A．He was foolish.

B．He was neither foolish nor clever.

C．He was clever.

D．He was kind enough to give the woman 25 cents.