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　　If you ever visit the United States, you will probably use only four of the paper bills now in circulation（流通）: the one dollar bill, the five dollar bill, the ten dollar bill, and the twenty dollar bill. On three of these bills you will find pictures of presidents of the United States. On the one dollar bill is a picture of George Washington, the first president; on the five dollar bill, a picture of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president. And a picture of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president, appears on the twenty dollar bill. The ten dollar bill has a picture of the first secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton.

　　The largest denomination（货币单位）you will see is the one hundred dollar bill. However, many people do not like to carry a bill of this size in their pocket. The larger denomination （five hundred dollar, one thousand dollar, five thousand dollar, and ten thousand dollar bills） are no longer being printed and are going out of circulation.

（1）On the paper bills of the United States, we can see _________ of the pictures of the presidents.

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（2）________ of the paper bills are in circulation in America.

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（3）_________ of the United States.

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A. Washington, Lincoln, Jackson and Hamilton were all presidents

B. Washington, Lincoln, and Jackson were all presidents

C. Both Washington and Hamilton were the first presidents

D. Only Hamilton was the first president

（4）Which of the following statements is true?

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A. Of all the paper bills, the one-hundred-dollar bill is the largest.

B. You can see all the paper bills in market in America.

C. Many people like to carry paper bills of all sizes in their pockets in America.

D. In the United States, the largest denomination is the ten thousand-dollar bill but it is going out of circulation.

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　　It was an important day for Rita Van. Two guests were coming for dinner. All week, she planned the dinner with great care. She thought about serving roast beef and red wine, but she finally decided to serve duck and white wine.

　　She didn't have to clean her apartment（公寓）because it was always clean. She was a very neat person, and everything was always in place. She put some interesting books and magazines on the coffee table. Then she looked to see if all of her records were in order so her guests could choose the music they wanted hear.

　　On the day of the dinner, she finished the shopping and bought flowers. She put on her nicest skirt and sweater. Then she set the table and arranged （安排）the flowers. She enjoyed preparing the dinner. Everything looked and seemed so good. It was exactly eight o'clock, and it was almost time to take the duck out of the oven（烤炉）.

　　Suddenly the telephone rang. She picked it up. At first, she didn't understand. Where were they? Why were they calling? Oh, they couldn't come. She couldn't believe it.

　　She had some soup, and then she sat for a long time, looking down at the table, finally she turned on the radio and listened to a man giving people advice about their problems.

（1）Rita Van is the kind of woman ________.

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A. who is easy to change her idea

B. who is nest and thoughtful

C. who is pretty but careless

D. who has few good friends

（2）The underlined word “neat” in this passage means ________.

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（3）Which of the following is right?

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A. The guests phoned Rita Van nearly eight o'clock.

B. Rita Van didn't know who called in the end.

C. Rita Van did her housework all by herself

D. Rita Van decided to serve duck and red wine.

（4）On the day of the dinner, before the guests phone her, Rita Van _______.

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A. was happy and satisfied with all she had done

B. was eager to know if the guests would come in time

C. was busy changing her clothes and arranging the flowers

D. was so tired that she didn't like to do anything

（5）How did Rita Van feel after she knew the guests wouldn't come?

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　　Good afternoon, and welcome to England. We hope that your visit here will be a pleasant one. Today, I would like to draw your attention to a few of our laws.

　　The first one is about drinking. Now, you may not buy alcohol in this country if you are under 18 years of age, nor may your friends buy it for you. Secondly, noise. Enjoy yourselves by all means, but please don't make unnecessary noise, particularly at night. We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be quiet.

　　Thirdly, crossing the road. Be careful. The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use pedestrian crossing and do not take any chances when crossing the road. My next point is about litter ( throwing away waste material in a public place). It is an offence to drop litter in the street.

　　When you have something to throw away, please put it in your pocket and take it home, or put it in a litter bin. Finally, as regards smoking, it is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco if you are under 16 years of age.

　　I'd like to finish by saying that if you require any sort of help or assistance, you should contact your local police station, who will be pleased to help you. Now, are there any questions?

(1)The main purpose of this speech would be to ________.

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A. prepare people for international travel

B. declare the laws of different kinds

C. give advice to travelers to the country

D. inform people of the punishment for breaking laws

(2)How many laws are there discussed in the speech?

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(3)From the speech we learn that ________.

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A. in this country, if you are under 18 years of age, you may not buy alcohol,  but your friend can buy it for you

B. you may not buy cigarettes or tobacco unless you are above 16 years of age

C. because the traffic moves on the left side of the road, you must use pedestrian crossings when crossing the road

D. you can't make noise except at night

(4)The underlined word “contact” in the seventh paragraph means ________.

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A. keep in touch with

B. get in touch with

C. join

D. report

(5)Who do you think is most likely to make the speech?

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A. A policeman.

B. A lawmaker.

C. A teacher.

D. A lawyer.

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　　For a small town, Manhattan ,Kansas has some big surprises, And one of them is the Holiday Inn Hotel, with rooms built around a swimming pool and a friendly family atmosphere.

　　The Holiday Inn is where Manhattan people often go for a special party or a night out. A lot of them choose to eat in the brightly-lit restaurant near the pool. And many of them will be served by Ellen Logan, who has worked as a waitress here for more than two years.

　　Ellen, like most of the waitresses is also a student. She comes from Nebraska, but she's planning one day to be a veterinary surgeon, and to care for small animals. But in order to support herself at college, she works twenty hours a week at the Holiday Inn.

　　Ellen soon learns what every waitress finds out. You had better have a good pair of shoes. She paid forty-five dollars for hers, much more than she would usually spend. She's discovered something else, too. You don't have to know much about food be a good waitress, but you do have to know a lot about people.

　　“A lot of business people always stay here when they come to Manhattan,” she explains. “They like you to recognize them and remember their favorite dishes. But some couples come for a night out together. They just want to be left alone. Then there are people who can't make up their minds. They look down at the menu and say ‘What do you suggest! So I ask them how hungry they are. If they say‘ Not very,’ I suggest the salad bar with soup, salad, bread, and a fruit plate. But if they say they're very hungry, I suggest a Kansas Strip Steak, with potatoes or rice. You get salad and bread as well. It's very nice. Real good value.”

　　Ellen may get tired feet sometimes, but at least she's learning too much about people. She'll probably make a good animal doctor, but if she finds she doesn't like it after all, she can always become a psychiatrist (心理医生) instead.

(1)A good title for this passage is ________.

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A. Ellen Logan at the Holiday Inn

B. American Holiday Inn

C. A Special Holiday Inn Hotel in Manhattan

D. How to Deal with People

(2)The underlined phrase“ a veterinary surgeon” means ________.

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A. an animal doctor

B. an animal trainer

C. a hotel manager

D. a food expert

(3)From the passage we can infer that ________.

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A. waitresses in the Holiday Inn are all students

B. waitresses are required to buy a good pair of shoes before they go to work

C. waitresses should be familiar with the food there

D. it is more important for the waitresses to know much about people than food

(4)According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

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A. The Holiday Inn hotel is one of the big surprises in Manhattan.

B. Businessmen like to be recognized by the people and suggested what to eat.

C. The couples like to be left alone.

D. One of the reasons why people like to eat in the hotel is that it is full of a friendly atmosphere.

(5)From the passage we get to know that ________.

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A. waitresses have to deal with all kinds of people except couples

B. the Holiday Inn Hotel is a good hotel except the place where it lies

C. Ellen Logan may get tired of the job sometimes because her feet get fired often

D. Ellen Logan will help the people who aren't sure which food to choose to eat

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　　I went down to my friend Tom's farm last August to help him. August is the busiest time of the year for farmers,because it is then that they have to cut the corn. It is also the time I had chosen for my holiday,so I decided to do something that was useful and at the same time quite different from my work at the office in London. Luckily the weather was fine during my two weeks on the farm. One cannot cut corn when it is wet,because then it will go bad when one piles it up. The farmers have to wait for sunshine,and then cut and dry the corn quickly before rain comes.

　　My job in the fields was to throw the corn onto the high trucks. Luckily I am a strong man,so that I was able to satisfy my fellow workers,who were mostly men that had done this kind of work all their lives. When I woke up early the next morning,I was so fired that I could hardly stand up after all the hard work the day before. However,by the time I had walked out to the field,I felt perfectly all right again. Each day I began to feel stronger and healthier. Of course,this meant I also grew hungrier day by day,but luckily there was good food in plenty on the farm,so there was always more than we could eat.

(1)The cause of the writer's going to Tom's farm in August was that _______.

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A．in August the farmers had to cut the corn

B．he had chosen the time for his holiday

C．August is the busiest time of the year

D．he decided to do something useful in August

(2)During his two weeks on the farm _________.

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A．the farmers could not cut the corn because of the bad weather

B．the farmers had to wait for sunshine

C．the corn went bad when it was piled up

D．the farmers cut and dried the corn quickly

(3)Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．The writer was satisfied with his fellow workers.

B．The writer was a strong and young man.

C．Most of his fellow workers were used to harvest week.

D．The cut corn was thrown onto the trucks.

(4)What happened to the writer as time went on?

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A．He like the farm work very much.

B．He got used to the hard work on the farm.

C．He didn't want to leave the farm.

D．He decided to stay with his friend Tom.

(5)The last sentence of the passage tells us _________.

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A．the result of the writer's hard work after a few days

B．the changes of the writer's hard work after a few days

C．the relation between work and health

D．how the writer became even stronger and healthier

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　　Nobody likes staying at home on a public holiday,especially when the weather is fine. Last August we decided to spend the day in the country. The only difficulty was that millions of other people had exactly the same idea．We moved out of the city slowly behind a long line of ears,but at last we came to a quiet country road and after some time,stopped at a lonely farm. We had brought plenty of food with us and we got it out of the car. It was very peaceful in the cool grass until we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up our things and run back to the car as quickly as possible. There were about two hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.

1．Nobody likes staying at home on a public holiday,___________

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A．because the weather is especially fine that day

B．because everyone is afraid of being busying at home

C．because each wants to have a good time in the country

D．because he feels too crowded at home that day

(2)There were a long line of cars because ________.

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A．people were busy going to. work

B．many people were going out to spend a public holiday

C．the cars couldn't move

D．it was a market of cars

(3)The family stopped at a lonely farm __________.

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A．to watch sheep

B．to have a meal

C．so that they could climb the hill

D．to have a play

(4)They ran to their car ___________.

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A．to hide themselves

B．so as not to be in the way

C．to enjoy their dinner

D．to get their guns and shoot at the sheep

(5)Which of the following is true?

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A．The road to the country is very busy on a public holiday.

B．The cars were too many to move that day.

C．Seeing 200 sheep coming,they were very afraid．

D．That day they didn't have any meal.

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　　The elephant is the biggest four-legged animal in the world. It is also, perhaps the gentlest; but not always.

　　Elephants are like us in some ways. They live for a long time-fifty or sixty years. They can remember things very well. They never forget great sadness or great happiness. If a female（雌性的）elephant dies, her daughters and grand-daughters are sad for many months. They stay with the dead body. Then they carry a bit of it away with them. They never forget a dead friend.

　　Elephants are like us. But they are also different. They live in families, families of females. There will be a few young males--a few “baby boys”. But the females will soon send them away. An elephant family keeps only its daughters, mothers and its great grandmothers.

　　The females stay together for fifty, sixty or even a hundred years. The older animals look after the young ones. The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example.

　　And what happens to male elephants? Well, the young stay with their mothers for a time. Then they must leave the family. The females just send them away. A bull elephant doesn't often have a friend. He lives apart away from the family, often away from other bulls. Sometimes the females call a bull. He can visit them then, and stay for a time. But soon his “wives ”and sisters send him away again. The females have a very happy family life. What do the bulls think about it? We don't know.

（1）Elephants are very sad when _________.

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A. their parents die

B. a bull leaves their family

C. they are attacked by man

D. they lose a female in the family

（2）When a female elephant dies, the others _________.

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A. leave its dead body there

B. shed tears together

C. take a bit of the dead body away

D. bury the dead

（3）In the elephant family, there are _________.

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A. females and sometimes, a few young males

B. parents live together

C. only bulls with their male friends

D. parents and all their babies living together happily

（4）An adult bull elephant often ___________.

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A. live together with his “wife”

B. live by himself

C. has many female friends

D. has many male friends

（5）The best title for the passage is ___________.

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A. The elephant

B. The four-legged animal

C. The female Elephant

D. The elephant's family.

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　　There are places in North Africa where green cities once stood. There were gardens, trees and grass. But now these places are like deserts. Scientists began to study this land find out what happened. Many of them believe that the land died when the trees were cut down.

　　Trees help other plants grow. Tree roots hold the soil in place. They keep the soil from blowing away. In forests, leaves on the ground keep rainwater from running off. Trees near farms protect growing plants from strong winds.

　　Once there were hundreds of farms in the southwestern United States. Then the farms turned into fields of dry dust. Trees might have saved these farms. But few trees grow in the dry southwest.

　　Now we try to save trees. In many forests when a tree is cut down, a new tree is planted in its place. We don't want the land to die.

（1）Places where green cities once stood are now turned into _________.

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（2）After we have read this passage, we know that _________.

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A. tree roots blow soil away

B. men can destroy the land

C. trees grow only in sandy land

D. men can change trees into other plants

（3）“Trees are helpful for other plants to grow” means __________.

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A. trees keep other plants green

B. trees help other plants grow

C. trees hold other plants down

D. trees protect other plants from being cut down

（4）Which is right?

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A. Trees are important to the land.

B. Farms are better than Cities.

C. Trees can destroy the land

D. There are no deserts in Africa.

（5）How can we save trees?

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A. Trees mustn't be cut down.

B. We must try our best to make trees evergreen

C. When we cut a tree, we must plant a new tree in its place.

D. Trees must grow for so many years.

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　　Some people seem to have a knack (诀窍) for learning languages. They can pick up new vocabulary,master roles of grammar,and learn to write in the new language more quickly than others. They do not seem to be any cleverer than others,so what makes language learning so much easier for them? Perhaps if we take a close look at these successful language learners,we may discover a few of the techniques which make language learning easier for them.

　　First of all,successful language learners are independent learners. They do not depend on the book or the teacher;they discover their own way to learn the language. Instead of waiting for the teacher to explain,they try to find the patterns and the rules for themselves. They are good guessers who look for clues (线索) and form their own conclusions. When they guess wrong,they guess again. They try to learn form their mistakes. Successful language learning is active learning. Therefore,successful learners do not wait for a chance to use the language;they look for such a chance. They find people who speak the language and they ask these people to correct them when they make a mistake. They will try anything to communicate. They are not afraid to repeat what they hear or to say strange things;they are willing to make mistakes and try again. When communication is difficult,they can accept information that is inexact or incomplete. It is more important for them to learn to think in the language than to know the meaning of every word.

　　Finally successful language learners are learners with a purpose. They want to learn the language because they are interested in the language and the people who speak it. It is necessary for them to learn the language in order to communicate with these people and to learn from them. They find it easy to practise using the language regularly because they want to learn with it.

　　What kind of language learner are you? If you are a successful language learner,you have probably been learning independently,actively,and purposefully. On the other hand,if your language learning has been less than successful,you might do well to try some of the techniques discussed above.

(1)If you want to be a successful language learner,you should ________.

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A. be cleverer than others

B. learn the language independently,actively,and purposefully

C. master the rules of grammar

D. remember the meaning of every word

(2)Independent language learning means ________.

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A. one cannot learn a language well without a teacher

B. one should try not to make any mistakes

C. one should try to understand for himself what he is learning

D. one should ask his teacher to explain the difficult points

(3)An active language learner is one who ________.

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A. makes use of any chance to practise the language

B. tries to accept as much information as he can

C. thinks it more important to know the meaning of every word

D. is waiting for difficult communication with others

(4)The last sentence of the passage suggests that ________.

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A. unsuccessful language learners should try the techniques of successful language learners

B. less successful language learners try to use successful language learning techniques

C. there are different techniques for language learners to try

D. less successful language learning is the result of using these techniques

(5)The author writes this article to

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A. answer some questions about language learning

B. explain why language learning is difficult

C. tell us which language learning technique is more helpful

D. encourage language learners to use these techniques

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　　English words don't stay the same. People need new words for new ideas and new inventions. Different words come into use,or older words are used in a new way.

　　English can change by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico,and“tea”came from China and so on. Now a great many of new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries,too. New words can be formed in other ways. For example,some can be formed by adding two words together.“Weekend”and“cookbook”are made up of two parts. Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. The word“photo”was made from“photograph”by cutting off the end of the longer word. “Plane” was made by cutting off the front part of“airplane”. The names of people and products can become new words. Our“sandwich”was named after a man named Sandwich and“sello”(透明胶带) was a name given by the company that first made the product.

(1)New English words are needed because ________.

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A. people use old words in a new way

B. people need a new way to explain things

C. the world is changing and developing quickly

D. new ideas and new inventions come about quickly

(2)Which of the following words was taken to England from another country?

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(3)We know from the passage that ________.

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A. new science words are shorter than the old ones

B. the best way to make a new word is adding words together

C. some new English words come from company names

D. most new English words are borrowed form other languages

(4)How many ways of developing English words does the passage tell us?

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(5)The main idea of the passage is ________.

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A. that the English language is always changing

B. that there are new ideas in English today

C. how people name new products and inventions

D. how the change of languages goes on in the world