It is a little after eight in the morning and Jenny and Mary are in the taxi going to the airport．There is a lot of traffic at this hour, and the taxi is not moving very fast．This is rush hour．There are hundreds of automobiles moving in different directions, and there are many buses, trucks, and taxis．Also, there are a lot of people walking on the sidewalks and crossing streets．Everybody is going to work.

“Rush hour” means ________.

A．the time when people are running

B．the time when crowds of people are traveling to or from work in a large town

C．the time when everybody runs quickly

D．the hour when people have to go to the same place

    JINTAN, JIANGSU．The 20 students-18 boys and 2 girls-had a thousand reasons to be proud of themselves．They had just climbed their way to the top rung (阶梯) on Tuesday evening.

The 20 gold medal winners are all primary and middle school students under the age of 14.

    “Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out．It is just unbelievable! ”said a teacher from Guangdong province.

The underlined phrase “figure out” in the text means ________.

A．work out

B．add up

C．guess

D．study

    A giant (very large) panda from the Beijing Zoo has been saved by a transfusion of blood from two black bears．But it’s still under special care, according to the Beijing Zoo.

    Young Liang, two years old, is the first giant panda raised from birth in the zoo．Last month zoo keepers found the panda was suffering from serious anemia (贫血), calling for urgent (紧急) blood transfusion.

    The best way, according to the zoo’s experts, to save Young Liang from anemia would have been to transfuse blood from another panda．But it was the breeding (reproducing) season for giant pandas, making such a transfusion very difficult.

    But the experts found that there exists a close consanguinity (血缘) between giant pandas and black bears, and so they decided to try to take blood from black bears in the zoo and transfuse it to Young Liang.

    With the help of hospitals and the Beijing Blood Donor Station, they made an experiment which proved that the red blood ceils (细胞) in the blood of black bears can be used.

    On the afternoon of February 15th the first red blood cell transfusion was given to the giant panda, from 600 ml of black bear blood．Immediately the young panda started to recover.

1．The best title of the article should be ________.

A．Protecting Giant Pandas

B．Young Liang——a Giant Panda

C．Bear Blood Saves Panda

D．A Successful Transfusion

2．Which of the following is not true according to the article?

A．Giant pandas and black bears are of the same race.

B．The transfusion was based on scientific research and experiments.

C．After the special transfusion, the young panda began to regain health.

D．The 2-year-old panda must have been born in the Beijing Zoo.

3．They decided to try another way instead of the best way to save the panda because ________.

A．it was difficult to find other pandas

B．the blood of pandas was too expensive

C．it was the breeding season for the panda, Yong Liang

D．other pandas were producing young at that time

4．This article must be taken from ________.

A．“China Daily”

B．a doctor’s diary

C．a story book

D．a medical book

    There is a simple economic principle (原则，法则，原理)used to determine prices．It is called the law of supply and demand．Supply means the amounts of or access to certain goods．Demand represents the number of people who want those goods．If there are more goods than wanted, the price of them fails．On the other hand, if the demand for those goods is much greater than the supply, then the price rises of course．Manufactures prefer to see more goods at increased prices.

    Which of the following titles best express the ideas of the passage?

A．Economic Principles

B．Law of Supply and Prices

C．More Goods, Lower Prices

D．Fewer Gods, Hitcher Prices

    Picasso, the famous Spanish painter, was born in 1881．His father was an art teacher, Picasso began to paint very early．He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Art at the age of 15．After 1900, he spent much time in Paris, living there from 1904 to 1947, when he moved to the south of France.

    Throughout his career, Picasso moved from style to style with ease．He practiced sculpture, illustrated (加插图于) books and also showed great interest in pottery-design (陶器设计) and other fields of art.

    Picasso produced a great number of drawings during his lifetime．No later artist of the school of Paris has replaced him in international influence.

    Picasso is generally considered to be the foremost figure in the 20th century French art．His paintings are now exhibited in leading European and American Galleries.

1．The main idea of the passage is ________ .

A．Picasso is considered to be the foremost figure in the 20th century French art

B．Picasso is a famous Spanish painter

C．Picasso spent much time in Paris, living there from 1904 to 1947

D．Picasso’s life and art

2．According to the writer, Picasso was ________.

A．more important than any other French artist in international influence

B．more important than any other Spanish artist in international influence

C．the most important figure in Spain

D．the most important figure in France

3．How long did he stay in Spain and France? ________.

A．15 years in Spain and 43 years in Paris.

B．15 years in Spain and the rest life in Paris.

C．Over 19 years in Spain and the rest life in Paris.

D．He didn’t stay so long in Paris.

4．Picasso moved from style to style with ease. It means ________.

A．he did not like only one style

B．he changed his style without difficulty

C．he not only liked sculpture, but also pottery design

D．he showed great interest in other fields of art

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The Americans believe that anybody can become President of the United States. In a recent Hollywood comedy(喜剧), that is exactly what happens.

Dave Kovic, played by Kevin Kline, is a kind-hearted man who runs a business that finds people jobs. He leads a typical(典型的) American way of life, except for one thing—he looks exactly like the President, Bill Mitchell. In fact, the only thing that makes him different from the nation’s leader is that he is very nice!

The president has started using look-alikes during some public appearances. Dave is offered a chance to “serve his country” by becoming one. However, things go wrong. The President becomes very ill and Dave ends up acting as the President forever.

Director Ivan Reitman, who made the popular and successful comedies like Twins, Ghostbusters and Legal Eagles, could have gone for easy laughs by making fun of the American government. Instead, Dave is an attractive comedy about an ordinary man in extraordinary situations. Kevin Kline gives a double performance as Dave and the President, and Sigourney Weaver is at her best as his First Lady. The love story that develops between her role and Dave is a real classic(经典).

The film is 100% American. However, if you’ve ever felt that anybody could do a better job running the country than the people in power, then you’ll enjoy Dave!

1.What is the purpose of the text?

A. To tell the reader about the American government.

B.To discuss the American’s ideas about the President.

C.To make a comparison between Dave and other films.

D.To introduce a new film to the reader.　　 

2.Who plays the role of the President in the film?

A.Sigourney Weaver.

B.Kevin Kline.

C.Bill Mitchell.

D.Ivan Reitman.

3.The underlined word “one” in the 3rd paragraph refers to ______.

A.the President

B.the director

C.an actor

D.a look-alike

4.Which of the following is best supported by the text?

A.The author makes fun of the President.

B.The author thinks highly of the film.

C.The author is a fan of Hollywood comedies.

D.The author wishes to become the American President.

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Before World War Ⅱ Chicago, Illinois, standing at the southern end of huge Lake Michigan, had the reputation(名声)of being one of the toughest, most lawless and corrupt(腐败的) cities in the world. It earned its ill reputation largely from those who sold strong wine during the days of 1919 to 1933, when a law forbade Americans to make or sell strong wine in any form.

Chicagoans have a great pride in their city. They say it is of great importance to the nation than New York. It is the center of American commerce(商业 ) and transportation. O’Hare Airport is the busiest airport in the world. 44 million passengers pass through it every year, and there are 2000 take offs and landings every day.

Chicago is also a great inland port(港).It can send goods by oceangoing ships all the way to Europe-via the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. It can send goods by barge(驳船),through water-way and canals, to the Mississippi and down it to the Gulf of Mexico.

1.Which of the following diagrams(图解) gives the correct relationship between Lake Michigan, Chicago and Illinois?

L.M.=Lake Michigan Ch= Chicago Ill=Illinois

2.According to the passage, Chicago is more important than New York because ______.

A. Chicagoans love their city more than others

B.Chicago is the center of America

C. Chicago is an inland port and has O’Hare Airport

D. Chicago lies at the southern end of Lake Michigan

3.44 million passengers each year and 2 000 take-offs and landings prove that O’Hare Airport is ______.

A. the only one in America

B.the biggest one in the world

C.the busiest one in the world

D.the most well-known one in the world

4.If we carry goods to Chicago from Mexico, we probably go through ______.

A. the Gulf of Mexico— Mississippi—Canals—Waterway—Chicago

B.the Gulf Mexico—Mississippi—the Great Lake—Chicago

C.Lake Michigan—the Saint Lawrence Seaway—the Gulf of Mexico

D.Waterway—Canals—Mississippi—the Gulf of Mexico

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Toronto—A pleasant attitude can do wonders for patients recovery, according to researchers who reviewed 16 studies that looked at patients’ attitudes toward health. The studies lasted 30 years and looked at patients’ attitudes after operation.

“In each case the better a patient’s expectations about how they would do after operation or some health procedure, the better they did,” said the author Donald Cole, of the Institute for Work and Health in Toronto.

“This mind-body connection that we have been toying with for the past couple of decades really does have hard science behind it. The result shows that the power of positive thinking is real,” Cole said.

New York—A Pablo Picasso painting sold at Christie’s auction house in New York Wednesday for 55-million dollars. The price set a new auction record for a Picasso, and is the fifth-highest price ever paid for any work of art at auction.

The painting—Woman with her arms crossed—was purchased（购买） by an telephone bidder(投标者).Painted in 1902 in Barcelona, the portrait is one of the best-known works from what is called Picasso’s blue period.

Christie says the painting by the famous Spanish artist is of a quality not seen on the market in more than 10 years. It sold for more than twice its pre-sale estimate.

Xinhua Agency—A report that three kindergarten teachers knelt down before a South Korean couple to apologize, in Nanjing, of East China’s Jiangsu Province, has triggered wide criticism（批评）.

At a local kindergarten, a Chinese teacher frightened a South Korean child by saying she would cut off his fingers if he continued to make mischief. Although the kindergarten had apologized to the couple and dismissed the teacher surnamed Yang, the mother insisted that Yang should kneel down before her.

Sheng Dalin, a columnist, wrote in the XINXI SHIBAO that it was enough to fire the teacher and make an apology to the couple, but the mother’s request was beyond all reason.

1.News Item 1 intends to make us believe that ______.

A. positive thinking can make people healthy

B.a better attitude results in a better operation

C.researchers have observed 16 patients recovery during the past 30 years

D.great attention has been paid to how attitudes affect health

2.Which of the following is NOT true about the painting Woman with her arms crossed?

A.The painting was once thought to be worth around $25 million.

B.The painting is one of the most expensive pictures ever sold at auction.

C.The painting was purchased through telephone.

D.The painting has not been seen on the market for more than 10 years.

3.The report in News Item 3 has caused wide criticism because ______.

A.the kindergarten fired the teacher surnamed Yang

B.the mother demanded an unreasonable apology from the teachers

C.the teacher frightened a South Korean boy

D.the kindergarten punished a boy so severely

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All plant cells are capable（有能力的） of taking up water. Even dead ones do to a certain degree. Absorption（吸收） of water by dead cell walls makes wood become larger. In common land plants, the living cells of roots take up most of the water. Land plants without roots do exist, however. Those greenish-yellow lichens（苔藓）you see on rocks in the high mountains have no roots. Half a billion years ago, when water plants started to enter the land, the first land plants did not have roots.

Even among the flowering plants, one finds rootless forms. These flowering plants are “the higher plants” because they evolved（进化） recently and are thus considered higher on the evolutionary scale（进化树）.In the Peruvian desert, there grows one of these rootless higher plants, a bromeliad. It is a relative of the pineapple. Even if this plant had roots, they would be of no use, because where the plant grows, it never rains. The plant gets its water only from the dew（露水）it collects at night, when its leaves cool off. Such rootless plants, of course, can be moved with ease, but they will only grow when they are placed out in the open. If they are placed too near a house, the radiation from the heat of the house prevents the leaves from cooling and so prevents dew from forming, and the plant dies. In the southern United States and in Puerto Rico, one sees bromeliads growing high above the streets on the insulation（绝缘物）of electric wires. These plants get their water from rain, and the only soil they ever come in contact with is the dust that may blow on their leaves.

1.Wood becomes larger because of ______.

A. dead cell walls

B. water entering dead cells

C. the growth of cells

D. the death of cells

2.From the passage we know that the evolutionary scale is graded according to ______.

A. evolutionary cycles

B. heights and depths

C. time

D. kinds

3.The “bromeliad” is a plant that ______.

A. has useless roots

B. is a pineapple

C. can grow anywhere

D. takes up water through its leaves

4.The most suitable title for this passage is “______”.

A. Absorption of water by plants

B. Rootless plants

C. Plants in the desert

D. Higher plants

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Venice, one of the cities in Italy, was founded in A.D.811 by the people of Malamocco, fleeing（逃跑）from the Franks. It was said that they were guided by pigeons carrying little crosses ,and settled where now Venice lies.

Venice is built on 117 islands. It has 150 canals and 400 bridges. The narrow streets, with their historic names, are covered with stones, but have no footpaths. They are dotted with flower shop signs and lanterns. Shops and palaces stand by side. The brick bridges are high enough to allow boats to pass freely under them.

The center of public life is St. Mark’s Square where tourists and citizens sit in the famous Florian and Quadri cafes to listen to music, enjoying themselves. The Quadri is more popular but the Florian, founded in 1720, is the best-known cafe because it has received such great persons as Byron (an English poet) and Goethe (a German poet).

Unfortunately the special position of Venice is threatening（威胁）its own existence. The terrain（地势）on which it is built began to sink while the level of the surrounding waters is constantly rising. However, many measures have already been taken to prevent the city from sinking.

1.In the second paragraph, the author ______.

A. told us who built the city of Venice

B.showed up where Venice is

C.described what Venice is like

D.talked about why Venice is surrounded by waters

2.Which of the following shows the right relationship? （○=Italy;△=Venice;□=St. Marks Square）

3.Why is the Florian the famous cafe? Because ______.

A. it appeared in Byron and Goethe’s poems

B.it is more close to St. Mark’s Square than the Quadri

C. it was founded in 1720,much older than the Quadri

D.Byron and Goethe were once its customers

4.From the article we can see that ______.

A.many people have fled because Venice’s existence is being threatened

B.the level of the surrounding water is constantly rising because the city of Venice began to sink

C.the government has already taken many measures to save the city from going down

D.many steps have already been taken to prevent the terrain from rising