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Ellis Island is located in New York. Harbor Ellis Island is open daily year-round from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended hours during summer. It is closed on December 25.There is no admission charge to Ellis Island; donations(捐款) are gratefully accepted.

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Park information　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 (212)363-7620

Emergencies　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   (212)363-3260

Ferryboat information　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  (212)269-5755

Lost and found　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    (212)363-7620

Dining, gifts,& audio tour　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    (212)344-0996

Transportation

Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Ferry: Boats leave from Battery Park, Manhattan, and from Liberty State Park, New Jersey. They run about every 30 to 45 minutes beginning at 9:15 a.m.(ferry schedule subject to change)

Hours: may vary; call the number below

Closed: December 25

Ferry fees:(Includes Liberty and Ellis Islands) adults,$7;senior citizens,$6;children(age 3 to 17),$3.(group rates are available for 25 or more adults)

Ticket &schedule information:(212)269-5755

1.In summer, visitors will have _____________ to visit Ellis Island.

A. no enough time

B.a longer time

C.a shorter time

D.a wonderful time

2.Which number would you call if your friend were suddenly ill?

A.(212)344-0996　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.(212)363-7620

C.(212)363-3260　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.(212)269-5755

3.Which of the following is not true?

A.People can visit Ellis Island free of charge.

B.The boats departure time from Battery Park is at 9:15 a.m. all the year round.

C.Ferry fees for children are cheaper than for adults.

D.Ferry fees for group visitors can be reduced.

4.We may infer from the passage that _____________.

A.visitors prefer to go to Ellis Island by boat

B.there are more visitors in winter

C.Ellis Island is open every day

D.Boat is the only transportation to Ellis Island

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Rick Stevenson, 16 years old, spends every minute he can on the mountain. He and his friends go snowboarding every weekend. “It’s great,” he says. “The winds are so strong, the boards go 50 miles an hour.” His friend Laura Fields agrees. “No one goes skiing any more,” she says, “that’s for the old folks.”

Rick and Laura are part of a new trend in sports. Its philosophy（purpose）is to get as close to the edge as possible. And more and more young athletes are taking part in these risky（adventurous）activities called “extreme sports” or “X-Sports”.

In the past, young athletes would play baseball. Today, they want risk and excitement—the closer to the edge, the better. They snowboard over cliffs and mountain-bike down steep mountains. They wind-surf near hurricanes and bungy-jump from towers.

Extreme sports started as an alternative（选择余地）to more expensive sports such as golf. A city kid who didn’t have the money to buy expensive sports equipment could get a skateboard and have fun. But now it has become a whole new area of sports, with specialized equipment and high levels of skill. There’s even a special Olympics for extreme sports, called the Winter X-Games, which includes snow mountain biking and ice climbing.

What makes extreme sports so popular? “People love the risk,” says Murray Nussbaum, who sells sports equipment. “City people want to be outdoors on the weekend and do something challenging. The new equipment is so much better that people can take more risks without getting hurt.” An athlete adds, “Sure there’s a risk. Once you go mountain biking or snowboarding, it’s impossible to go back to bike riding or skiing. It’s just too boring.”

Now even the older crowd is starting to join in. Every weekend groups of friends in their early thirties get together. During the week they work as computer programmers in the same office. On Sundays they rent mountain bikes that cost $2 000 each and ride down steep mountains together.

Extreme sports are certainly not for everyone. Most people still prefer to play basketball or watch sports on TV. But extreme sports are definitely gaining in popularity. “These sports are fresh and exciting. It’s the wave of the future,” says Nussbaum.

1.Which of the four pictures does not describe extreme sports?

2.Generally speaking,_____________are unfit for extreme sports by inference from the text.

A. high school students

B.the aged people

C.office workers

D.city teenagers

3.It is clear from the text that extreme sports are_____________.

A.exciting but risky

B.expensive but challenging

C.special but dangerous

D.popular but a little old

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A.Rick Stevenson’s Hobby

B.The Wave of the Future

C.X-Sports

D.People’s Love for Risk

In 1901, H.G. Wells, an English writer, wrote a book describing a trip to the moon. When the explorers landed on the moon, they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. They expressed their surprise to the “moon people” they met. In turn, the moon people expressed their surprise. They asked: “Why are you traveling to outer space when you don’t even use your inner space?”

H.G. Wells could only imagine traveling to the moon. In 1969, human beings really did land on the moon. People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon. However, the question that the “moon people” asked is still an interesting one. A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.

Underground systems are already in place. Many cities have underground car parks. In some cities, such as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there are large underground shopping areas. The “Chunnel”, a tunnel connecting England and France, is now complete. But what about underground cities? Japan’s Taisei Corporation is designing a network of underground systems, called “Alice Cities.” The designers imagine using surface space for public parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on. A solar dome would cover the whole city.

Supports of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth’s space. The surface, they say, can be used for farms, parks, garden, and wilderness. H.G. Wells’ “moon people” would agree. Would you?

1.　　   The explorers in H.G. Wells’ story were surprised to find that the “moon people”_________.

A.　　  knew so much about the earth.

B.　　  lived in so many underground cities

C.　　  understood their language

D.　　 were ahead of them in space technology

2.　　   What does the last word “it” in the second paragraph refers to?

A.　　  Discovering the moon’s inner space.

B.　　  Traveling to outer space.

C.　　  Meeting the “moon people” again.

D.　　 Using the earth’s inner space.

3.　　   What kind of underground systems are already here with us?

A.　　  Gardens, car parks, power station.

B.　　  Tunnels, car parks and shopping areas.

C.　　  Tunnels, gardens, offices.

D.　　 Offices, shopping areas, power stations.

4.　　   What would be the best title for the passage?

A.　　  Alice Cities---cities of the future.

B.　　  Space travel with H.G. Wells

C.　　  Building down, not up

D.　　 Enjoying living underground

　　 CBC is a famous air company which has over twenty planes carrying passengers and goods, flying along 12 fixed lines all over the world．Its ser- vice is very good but some passengers are still not satisfied with it and that is why in 1995 and 1997 the company received letters of complaints from consumers or passengers who pointed out over a dozen kinds of problems which are divided in groups in the following table. This division is called Category. Problems that appear when the plane is flying are Flight problems. Those about passengers’ things carried by the plane are Bag- gage problems. Customer service refers to service work which passengers are not satisfied with. The company provides, Refund Oversales of seats are about the fact that more seats are sold and as a result the plane is too crowded to be safe. Refund problems appear when passengers fail to receive the money paid (back) to them because of what they have lost. Fares are problems about the price of tickets. Reservations (定金) are problems that appear when passengers could not get the tickets they have already booked．Tours are problems about the passengers’ traveling by air or hotel problem. Advertising is what the passengers think about advertisement on the plane. Credit problems are about the use of credit cards.

CONSUMER COMPLAINTS

RECEIVED BY THE CBC

 category　　　　    1996    1997

　　 (percent)  (percent)

Flight problems……………………20.2 %  22.1%

Baggage………………………………18.3 %  21.8%

Customer service……………………13.1%   11.3%

Oversales of seats…………………10.5%  11.8%

Refund problems……………………10.1%  8.1%

Fares……………………………………6.4%  6.0%

Reservations and ticketing ………5.8 %  5.6 %

Tours……………………………………3.3%  2.3%

Smoking…………………………………3.2 %  2.9 %

Advertising……………………………1.2%  1.1%

Credit……………………………………1.0%  0.8%

Special passengers……………………0.9 %  0.9 %

Other……………………………………6.2%  5.3%

Total Number of Complaints in 1996 is 13278.

1.  About how many complaints concerning about Credit were received by the CBC in 1996?________.

A．133

B．240

C．230

D．1328

2. By about what percent did the Refund problems decrease from 1996 to 1997?________.

A．8.1%

B．2%

C．20%

D．25%

3. Which of the following statements of sayings can be inferred (推断) from the table?

a．In 1996 and in 1997, complaints about Flight problems, Baggage, Fares and Reservations and ticketing together took more than 50% of all consumer complaints received by the CBC Company.

b．The number of special passenger complaints was unchanged from 1996 to 1997.

c．From 1996 to 1997 the number of Flight problem complaints increased by more than 2%.

A．a only

B．b only

C．a and b only

D．a and c only

　　 The full of gravity of the sun, which is less half than that of the moon, somewhat makes matters difficult or complex. When there is a new moon, the moon is placed between the earth and the sun so the attraction of the sun and the moon strengthens each other. Two weeks later, when the moon is full, it has moved round to the opposite side of the earth to the sun so that the earth is between them and once again they are pulling on the ocean, this time in opposite directions but along the same axis (轴线). At these times the earth experiences its highest tides (潮汐), commonly known as spring tides.

1. Which of the following statements is true?

A．The pull of gravity of the sun is greater than that of the moon

B．If the pull of gravity of the Sun is 10, then the pull of gravity of the moon is 20

C．The pull of gravity of the moon, sometimes has great effect on the earth

D．When there is a new moon, the earth experiences its highest tides

2. According to the passage, tell which is the new moon from A,B,C,D in the picture.

    Every four years the people of the United States select a president. The president tries to keep in dose touch with the people. They see him making speeches on television and hear him on the radio. They read about him in newspapers. And thousands of people write him letters e very day.

    At one time, Americans did not know so much about their president. Before radio and television were invented, people rarely had a chance to see or hear him. When the first presidents were elected, few people saw them take office. In fact, many people did not vote at all.

    Andrew Jackson became the seventh president in 1828. He came from a poor family and worked at many trades. He was a soldier and a war hero, a farmer, and a lawyer.

    Most Americans liked Andrew Jackson very much. They thought he was lively and spirited, and he became a hero. They called him “Old Hickory. ” Three times as many people voted in1828 as had voted four years before. Thousands of people came to Washington to see old Hickory become president. Men, women and children crowded the muddy streets. They wanted to cheer their president.

1. On the whole, this passage is mainly about

A．how American people liked the seventh president

B．how American people elect their president

C．how the American presidents try their best to keep in touch with their people

D．How Andrew Jackson became the seventh president

2. Why did thousands of people come to Washington to cheer Andrew Jackson?

A．Because he liked people to see him

B．Because people were proud of him

C．Because he was a popular president

D．Because people couldn’t see him on TV and couldn’t hear him on the radio

3. What do you think of Andrew Jackson from the nick name “ Old Hickory” given by American people? ________.

A．He was considered to be as hard as hickory wood

B． He was considered the support of the whole nation

C．He was a lovely person

D．He was really a hero

4. Which of the following statements do you think is not true?

A．People in the United States elect a president every four years

B．“Old Hickory” is the nick name (绰号) of all the American presidents

C．Andrew Jackson was a popular president

D．Many people came to see Andrew Jackson when he took office

The Princeville Country Market was help six days a week. The attendance (顾客) for Thursday, Friday and Saturday was reported as shown below:

    Day　　　　 Number of People

    Thursday Friday Saturday 3, 168   5, 879 9,267

    3, 168 is nearer to 3, 000 than to 3, 500, so 3, 000 is a number rounded (四舍五入) to the nearest 500. Can you make a horizontal bar graph(水平线条图) showing the daily attendance at the market for the above three days rounded to the nearest 500?

    The following is a horizontal bar graph showing the daily attendance for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

    The manager of the market studied the horizontal bar graph and found it more careful to his than any other kind of graph, because it showed him most clearly on which day he had the largest attendance. He acted accordingly ( 相应地 ) and thus balanced his buying and selling.

    The Horizontal bar graph showing the daily attendance for Thursday, Friday and Saturday should be ________.

At 2:30 on December 5, 1945, five US Navy training planes took off in clear weather from the base Lauderdale, Florida．The planes flew east over the coast… and disappeared．The group was Flight 19, on a run between Florida and Bahamas. Tailor was the group leader.  At about3∶40, Tailor reported that his compasses were not reading properly. The other planes followed their leaders aimlessly, first east, then west, then northeast over the ocean, as Tailor tried to make sure of the direction by radio. Then, suddenly Tailor was heard to give orders to dive…

Quickly, Two giant Martin seaplanes were sent up to search for Flight 19. Several hours later, the wind became strong and visibility (能见度) dropped．A return to base was ordered．But only one of the Martin seaplanes landed．Fore days later, the Navy and Coast Guard combed a100, 000 square miles area with more than 100 planes and ships. No sign was ever shown of the missing planes.

Today, people have noted the disappearance of many ships and planes in the southwest part of the North Atlantic and began to call this area the Bermuda Triangle(百慕大三角区).

The points of the triangle are Bermuda, Puerto Rico and a spot in the Gulf of Mexico, west of Florida．It is a twofaced water world of tiny islands, bright beaches and beautiful waters. Yet thick fogs, powerful currents (激流) and sudden storms are hidden behind this smiling surface.

1. Why did Flight 19 disappear?

A．Because the wind became strong and visibility dropped

B．Because Tailor was given wrong orders to dive.

C．Because Tailor couldn’t reed his compasses correctly.

D．Because something unknown made the compasses unable to work as usual.

2. In what position did Flight 19 disappear?

A．In the southeast part of the Atlantic Ocean.

B．In the northeast part of the Atlantic Ocean.

C．To the southwest of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean.

D．To the northeast of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean.

3. How many planes disappeared altogether that day?

A．Five.

B．Six.

C．Two.

D．Only one.

4. The word “ comb” in the passage means________.

A．cover with  

B．fly over

C．do up one’s hair with a comb

D．search all over

5. Which of the following shows the correct position of the Bermuda Triangle?

(F = Florida, Bm = Bermuda, PR = Puerto Rico, Bh= Barhamas, MG = the Gulf of Mexico, Atl= the Atlantic Ocean, B= Base)

In cars of normal design, the petrol system is made up of three main parts: storage tank, a pump and a carburetor (汽化器).

The petrol tank is fitted at the back of the car where it is out of the way, yet easily filled at a gas station. Tanks are in various capacity (容量) but they usually hold enough petrol for 250 – 300 miles running. Because the tank is at the opposite end of the car from the carburetor, which is fitted high up on the engine, a pump is needed to draw the petrol from one to the other, as it is from the carburetor that the petrol is finally fed into the engine. Pumps can be of two kinds: electrically operated or mechanically driven from the engine.

Choose the picture which shows the correct petrol system described in this passage.

Japanese history has been shaped to an important degree by the affect of geographic location．It is a bit like the British Isles at the other end of the Eurasian Landmass．The Japanese Islands, however, are more independent than the British Isles; 115 miles separate before their defeat in World War Ⅱ , the Japanese had been seriously threatened by foreign attack only in the thirteenth century, The Japanese, therefore, have been close to the mainland to get from the great Chinese civilization (文明), but distant enough to be able to select or reject as they wish．In fact, the Japanese have been unusually quick and clever in what they have brought in from abroad．Although widely regarded as a nation of borrowers, they have independently developed，because of their independence in their own way of life.

    Which of the following diagrams shows the correct geographic location of the British Isles, Japan and the Eurasian Landmass?

(B-British Isles; E-Eurasian Landmass; J-Japan)