One of the most famous singing stars in the west Elton John has been in the singing circle for over 30 years. “Candle in the Wind 97,” a song in memory of Diana, the late Princess of Wales killed in a car accident in Pairs on August 31,1997, was especially well received．About 31.8 million copies of records have been sold, breaking the Guinness World Record of 30 million copies set by Bing Crosby’s “While Christmas”.

    From the 1970s to the 1980s, Elton published over 30 albums and made quite a lot of singing tours. He was known as the best rock- and- roll singer in the world after the Beatles because he filled the blank left by the disappearance of the latter in good time.

    Elton is not only a singer but also a philanthropist (慈善家). In 1993, he organized “Elton John AIDS Fund” and within four years he collected $12 million. It was the same interest in charity that made him a good friend of Princess Diana．He was given the title of Lord(勋爵) in1995.

    Written by Bernie and sung by Elton in1973, “Candle in the Wind” used to be a song especially for Marilyn Monroe, a famous US film star. When hearing the death of Princess Diana, they rewrote the song to honor her. The money from the sales of the records was given to Diana Charity Foundation.

1. The song “Candle in Wind 97” was produced in order to ________.

A．remember the date when Diana died

B．break the Guinness World Record

C．honor Princess Diana

D．honor Marilyn Monroe

2. ________ composed the song in memory of Princess Diana.

A．Bernie

B．Beatles

C．Bing Crosby

D．Bernie and Elton

3. Elton John was given the title of Lord because ________.

A．he was a good friend of Princess Diana

B．he was famous in singing and active in charity

C．he could collect $12 million in only four years

D．he was a member of the royal family

4. Princess Diana took Elton John as one of her good friends because ________.

A．he got the title of Lord

B．he was the best rock- and - roll singer after the Beatles

C．he got the same interest in charity as she

D．he sang a song to honor Marilyn Monroe

5. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A．Elton John has sung for over 30 years.

B．Bing Crosby was a very famous singer.

C．Princess Diana died in an accident in France.

D．“Candle in the Wind 97” is the same as that song in memory of Marilyn Monroe

    A conversation (会话) often depends on questions to keep it going in the direction you want it to go. The one who asks questions in a conversation usually controls the conversation. Various techniques may be necessary to get different sorts of information from different people. Most people are very polite in the way they ask a stranger about something-if you are more direct you may appear to be a person with bad manners！ Anyway, personal questions have to be expressed tactically(策略地).

1. If people want to continue his conversation, they had better keep on ________.

A．answering questions asked by the others

B．asking questions

C．telling interesting things

D．talking about something directly

2. If you want to get different sorts of information from different people you ________.

A．should pay more attention to techniques when asking questions

B．should pay no attention to techniques when asking questions

C．had better ask questions directly

D．had better listen to others carefully

3. Most people are very polite when they ask someone question because ________.

A．they don’t want to be persons with bad manners

B．most strangers have bad manners

C．they need the help of others

D．they hope others will ask questions as they do

4.  After reading the passage above we know ________.

A．personal questions can’t be asked at all

B．personal questions must be asked directly

C．personal questions ought to be asked indirectly

D．it is unnecessary asking personal questions

5. Choose the main idea for this passage.

A．A conversation should be short

B．Polite questions

C．Difficult questions

D．Question techniques

    Reports say 63 persons are dead and 40 persons remained alive after hijackers(劫持) tried to seize an Iraqi (伊拉克的) passenger plane. The plane was flying from Baghdad(巴格达), Iraqi to Amman (安曼), Jordan. A Jordanian official, who was on the plane, said at least two persons tried to seize the plane. He said the hijackers exploded small bombs while the plane was flying. He said that the plane was able to land at Arar (阿尔阿尔), Saudi Arabia．But the plane exploded when it was on the ground．Radio stations, Beirut(贝鲁特) Lebanon(黎巴嫩) said, a group called “The Revolutionary Acton Organization” has declared it was done by them.

1. Which of the following maps shows rightly the whole course of the incident?

2. According to the passage the hijackers were ________.

A．the men who carried arms

B．the men who tried to seize the plane and forced the plane to change its course

C．robbers

D．prisoners who ran away from the prison

3. How many hijackers were there on the plane?

A．One

B．Two or more than two

C．None

D．All the members of “The Revolutionary Action Organization.”

4. When did the plane burst?

A．while it was flying

B．After it had landed at the airport

C．while it was landing

D．After the hijackers had left

5. Hijackers wanted to seize the plane because ________.

A．they wanted to travel in Saudi Arabia

B．they wanted to own the plane

C．they wanted to achieve their political aim

D．they wanted to rob the passengers of their wealth on the plane

    Begin doing the work you love as soon as possible, even if you don’t get paid for it, or if you can only work at it part-time. Albert Einstein was unable to get a job as a physics professor. He could have said to himself, “Well, I just don’t have the work relation to physics. I should give up on it and settle for something else.” Instead, he wrote the two most famous papers while employed as a patent(专利) office worker. After their publication, there was not a major university in the world that would not have been glad to have him work for them.

    If you want to work as an artist and you are making a living as a waiter, don’t think of your- self as a waiter who hopes one day to become an artist. That puts the work you love somewhere off in the distant future. Rather, think of yourself as an artist, supporting yourself by waiting table-and paint, or draw as much as you can. It is possible to earn a living wage as a waiter working 24 hours a week. That leaves plenty of time to devote to training or developing your craft(手艺) in the off hours.

    While seeking the work you love, it helps to expand your awareness (意识) into the universe of all possibilities. You don’t want to be limited to the ideas of what should do or what you have done before. Having opened to all possibilities, you can make a final decision and select the work you love as your own.

　　 Doing the work you love requires that you be equally comfortable with the imaginative and the practical. It requires the ability to dream big dreams and the ability to face and master all the little details that make dreams come true.

1. According to the passage, perhaps Einstein once said to himself, “ ________ ”

A．Well, I just don’t have the work relative to physics. I should give up on it and settle for something else

B．The job is just what I want, I should work very hard on it

C．I have to support myself by working as a patent clerk now, but I won’ t give physics up

D．I must wait until I find my favorite job

2. If a person works 24 hours a week, he can

A．have enough spare time for his hobbies

B．have no time left to make his dream come true

C．do nothing else

D．make a good living

3. Which of the following is not implied in the last paragraph?

A．Sometimes the imaginative is different from the practical.

B．We have to take care of a lot of details before we make our dreams come true.

C．We shall do practical things rather than dream.

D．We shall dream big dreams and practice as well.

4. According to the passage, the author encourages us to ________

A．start to work quickly

B．select job carefully and patiently

C．dream often

D．make up our minds quickly

1. Where can you probably find this text?

A．In a school magazine.

B．In a national paper.

C．In a guide book.

D．In a university daily newspaper.

2. If you are interested in arts, where would you go for a visit?

A．Leacock 116.

B．Union room 432.

C．Union room 108.

D．Newman Centre, 3448 Peel.

3. Which of the following is the name of a play?

A．Blazing Saddles.

B．Guess Who’s Coming to Breakfast.

C．Importance of deciding basic goals of the Women’s Union.

D．Unskilled Labors on Rivers and Canals in Upper Canada, 1820 - 1850

The Grand Canyon(科罗拉多大峡谷)

    The Grand Canyon, a long, narrow gorge(峡谷) in Arizona, is rich in geological history. Its record of past plant and animal life also makes it an exciting and invaluable object of study for biologists. Using samples (样品) form the two hundred and seventeen miles of the canyon’s walls, scientists analyze(分析)the building materials that form the earth’s surface and study the natural processes which have affected the canyon over its four - billion - year history. These processes include the eruption (喷发) of volcanoes, which were active as recently as one thousand years ago, and gradual decomposition (分解) by erosion(侵蚀). Scientists also study a great variety of fossils that can be found in the canyon. These imprints of past forms of life are preserved in rock. The lower levels of canyon rock contain fossils of seashells and primitive algae (原始类), while the upper levels contain fossils of such creatures as dinosaurs(恐龙)and other prehistoric land animals. All of these discoveries provide scientist with information both on the earth’s history in general and on the area around the Grand Canyon in particular.

1. What is the main topic of this passage?

A．The fascination of geological history.

B．The effect of volcanoes on the Grand Canyon.

C．Prehistoric plants and animals

D．A canyon’s record of natural history.

2. Why is the Grand Canyon of particular interest?

A．It contains a wealth of information on the walls.

B．There is varied and exciting modern plant and animal life.

C．There is great potential (潜在的) mineral wealth in the canyon.

D．Published history of the area is already detailed and complete.

3. According to the passage, why is the Grand Canyon of special importance to the geologists?

A．It reveals (显露) much of the earth’s past.

B．It is longer and deeper than any other canyon.

C．It has suffered little destruction over the years.

D．It is completely dry all year long.

4. The Grand canyon has a history of ________.

A．217 years

B．1,000 years

C．4,000,000 years

D．4,000,000,000 years

5. What is one natural phenomenon(现象) that is now taking place in the canyon?

A．Fossilization

B．Preservation of rock

C．Erosion

D．Eruption of volcanoes

    Many chronicles show that man has known from ancient times that there is much water underground．Only recently has he begun to appreciate how much. Beneath most land areas of the world there is a zone where the pores (细孔) of rocks and sediments are completely made very wet with water. Hydrogist call this ground water, and the upper limit of the wet zone is called the water table. The water table may be right at the land surface, as in a marsh, or it may lie hundreds of feet below the land surface, as in some arid areas. Water in the unwet zone above the water table is called vadose water and includes the belt of soil moisture. Water in the intermediate part of this zone has passed through the soil and is dripping downward toward the water table.

1. Chronicles are ________.

A．a historical painting

B．a historical analysis and interpretation of events

C．a historical account of events arranged in order of time

D．scientific writings on the circulation of water on the surface of the land

2. As used in this test, a table is ________.

A．a piece of furniture

B．a level within the ground

C．a thin, flat piece of wood used as a writing surface

D．an orderly arrangement of facts and figures

3. Arid refers to ________.

A．dry lands

B．wet lands

C．bodies of water

D．high water table areas

4. In the phrase “the belt of soil moisture”, the word belt means ________.

A．to move or act in a vigorous manner

B．to encircle or fasten

C． a piece of material worn around the waist.

D．a natural area characterized by some distinctive feature

    It is none too soon that a national forest should bear the name of Gifford Pinchot, and it is appropriate that the forest selected for this honor should be the Columbia National Forest on the slopes of the Cascade Range in Washington. This national forest was originally established and named when Gifford Pinchot was Chief of the United States Forest service, and its administration was begun under his direction. In June of1949, President Truman signed a proclamation officially changing the name to Gifford Pinchot National Forest, and in October the million and one- quarter acres were officially dedicated when the Society of American Foresters held its annual meeting in Seattle. Mr. Pinchot was born in the greatest era of waste of national resources in our country’s history. And he chose a profession then almost unknown in America —forestry. As the country’s first “consulting forester” he discovered, however, that there were many who felt some concern for the future of our forest resources. In 1898 Mr. Pinchot became Chief of the Division of Forestry in the Department of Agriculture; in 1900 he helped organize the Society of American Foresters; in 1905 he became Chief of the new United States Forest Service and took over the administration of the forest reserves of the public domain. The rest of his life was devoted to public service, with conservation ever foremost in his mind．No memorial to his contribution could be more appropriate than great forest of green and growing trees.

1. The title that best expresses the main theme or subject or this selection is ________.

A．The boyhood of Gifford Pinchot

B．A memorial to a great conservationist

C．The United States Forest Service

D．The importance of our national forests

2. It is appropriate to name this forest after Mr. Pinchot because

A．it is more beautiful than any other forest in the country

B．it is the only national forest

C．it is the one Mr. Pinchot wanted

D．it is one of those forests he supervised when they first became national forests

3. Mr. Pinchot devoted his life to

A．satisfying his own selfish desires

B．serving the public in the field of forestry

C．with drawing from public contact

D．choosing a suitable memorial

4. The author of the selection shows clearly that he ________.

A．admires the work that Mr. Pinchot did

B．does not approve of changing the names of forests

C．thinks the price for conservation is over- rated

D．is himself a “consulting forester”

    Liberia, the tiny republic on the west coast of Africa, has long been of interest to the United States. This is partly because it was founded as a sovereign state by little bands of freed slaves from the United States and the West Indians who settled there a little over a century ago, and partly because of its fast- developing rubber plantations.

    Only slightly larger than Ohio, Liberia is unique in that it is the only part of the African continent remaining in Negro hands and under Negro control. Its name refers to the new - found liberation of the former slaves who colonized it shores, and whose descendants today rule the little nation. Besides some 2,000,000 primitive natives who live in the tropical inland areas, there are about 70,000 civilized inhabitants with a standard of living patterned after that of the United States or Europe. Only Negroes may be citizens of Liberia.

1. The title that best expresses the main theme or subject of this selection is ________.

A．Rubber from Liberia

B．The west coast of Africa

C．Descendants of the slaves

D．A Negro republic

2. Liberia was settled ________.

A．before the United States

B．twenty-five years ago

C．more than one hundred years ago

D．about eighty years ago

3.  The name “Liberia” was chosen because ________.

A．it described the small size of the country

B．the founders had recently been freed from slavery

C．the United States was interested in it

D．rubber was an important crop

4. The citizens of Liberia are ________.

A．of many races

B．American slaves

C．all Negroes

D．British subjects

5.  From the selection we may conclude that

A．Liberia has no military

B．the Liberian landscape is similar to that of Ohio

C．the seaports of Liberia are exceptionally good

D．Liberia is important for its export of rubber

“No woman is ever too slim or too rich,” goes a popular adage. It may be wrong. Though the fat persons definitely run the great of hypertension, heart attacks and other ills, the very thin are not necessarily any healthier. Studying data collected during a 24 - year study, National Institutes of Health Epidemiologist Paul Sorlie and his colleagues were surprised by similar high mortality rates for the underweight. The finding could not be explained by such factors as the amount of smoking or undiagnosed illness. These results, Sorlie writes in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “raise questions as to the health benefits from weight reduction in persons of average or near average weight.”

1. An adage is a ________.

A．song

B．wrong observation

C．poem

D．saying based on common observation

2. Hypertension is ________.

A．abnormally low blood pressure

B．abnormally high blood pressure

C．irregular blood pressure

D．normal blood pressure

3. An epidemiologist is ________.

A．a specialist in the control of a disease in a population

B．a specialist in the actions and diseases of the heart

C．a specialist in the study of man

D．a specialist in the study of man’s ways of life

4. A person who is obese is ________.

A．suffering from high blood pressure

B．highly overweight

C．underweight

D．normal weight

5. A mortality rate refers to

A．the percent of overweight persons compared to the percent of underweight persons

B．the degree of obese people who suffer heart attack

C．the proportion of deaths in a given population

D．a comparison within a given population of the obese to the thin- bodied