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Dear editor:

　　You can find language pollution whenever you open a newspaper or turn on your TV set, listen to a popular song at various advertisements (广告). Language pollution exists almost everywhere and can be seen in the following places:

    1.Chinese characters are written in the complex (复杂的) form. Although simplified (简化的) Chinese characters were accepted for use many years ago, it seems that more and more people like Chinese characters written in the complex form.

    2.Many goods are produced in China but carry foreign names, which sound strange and have no meaning at all.

    3.Words and expressions being used have a bag meaning. “Ba” (霸), which means bully in Chinese, is one example. Now there are a lot of goods, restaurants, even factories or films, with “Ba” in their names.

    4.There are too many incorrect grammatical expressions. Some films have strange names and incorrect grammatical structures (结构). “Ai ni mei shang liang”, Which means “I love you without consulting”, is grammatically incorrect and this kind of expression in now becoming popular.

    Some language experts point out that language pollution must be done away With, which is an idea shared by myself and many others.

Fan Yongqian, Shanxi

(1)The writer of the letter suggests that ________.

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A．something be done to make our language pure

B．the Chinese language not have the word “ba”

C．everything have a good name and a good meaning

D．everybody try their best to stop pollution

(2)What the writer wants to say is that ________.

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A．great difference exists between the Chinese characters written in the complex form and simplified form

B．out newspapers, TV programs, pop songs and advertisements are getting polluted

C．many people agree with the experts on language pollution in China

D．some film writers haven't studied Chinese grammar

(3)The expression “do away with” in the last paragraphmeans means “________”.

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(4)What do you guess Fan Yongqian is? He or she probably is ________.

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A．a language expert

B．a singer of pop songs

C．a reader

D．an expert of grammar

(5)Choose the best title for the passage.

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A．More Attention to Grammar

B．Pollution of Out Language

C．Experts' Good Advice

D．Films with Strange Names

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　　There are different ways in which people try to deal with the problem of energy. One way is the greater production of common energy sources (能源), such as coal,oil and gas. The trouble with these sources, however, is that they are not renewable.

　　Another way is energy conservation (节能), which means using energy more efficiently (有效地). In some very cold countries people build special houses to save energy. They place materials between the inside and the outside of the walls of the house to keep the cold out and the warmth in. The house is heated by the lights, the body heat of the people and the other equipment in it.

　　Finally, renewable energy sources are used even though they are often expensive to develop. One form of these is geothermal energy. In certain parts of the world the temperature of the earth increases thirty degrees centigrade with each kilometre down. At six kilometres, therefore, it rises to nearly two hundred degrees. To get the heat, water is pumped (压, 抽)down into the rocks and back up to the surface. Heat from the earth is already used in certain countries.

(1)How many ways of dealing with the energy problem are discussed in the text?

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(2)From the text we learn that coal ________.

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A．is quite easy to produce

B．is not used most efficiently

C．is the most common source of energy

D．could be renewed only by new technology

(3)The writer tells about the “special houses” because they ________.

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A．show the excellent skills of the builders

B．serve as an example of energy conservation

C．are heated by different sources of energy

D．are warmer than other types of houses

(4)The underlined words geothermal energy in the third paragraph mean

______.

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A．renewable source

B．underground source

C．heat inside the earth

D．temperature of the earth

(5)Which of the following drawings shows the right way to get geothermal energy?

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(6)At a place where surface temperature is 15℃, how deep do you have to dig so as to get a temperature of 75℃?

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    E-mail systems at thousands of companies and government offices around the world were attacked by a virus（病毒）called“Melissa”that disguised（伪装）itself as an“important message”from a friend.

　　In spite of weekend of warnings, more than 50,000 computers at about 100 places around the world have been attacked by the virus, computer security experts said on Monday.

　　The virus began to show up last Friday and spread rapidly on Monday by making computers fire off dozens of infected（被传染的）e-mails. Although the virus caused no serious damage to a computer, its effects were far-reaching.

　　To make matters worse, a similar virus called“Papa”was discovered on Monday.

　　Papa is programmed to send out even more infected e-mails than Melissa.

　　The Melissa virus comes in the form of an e-mail, usually containing the subject line“Important Message”. It appears to be from a friend. The body of the e-mail message says,“Here is that document you asked for...don't show it to anyone else.”Attached（附）to the message is a document file. Once the user opens that file, the virus digs into the user's address book and sends infected documents to the first 50 addresses.

　　E-mails from the Papa virus include an attached spread-sheet（电子数据文件）file. When the user opens that file, the virus sends 60 infected e-mails.

　　The reason why this is spreading so fast is that you are getting it from people you know. You should never open documents or attachments from people you don't know. People who get an unexpected e-mail with the“important message”subject line should delete it immediately and not open the message.

（1）Thousands of computers were attacked by the Melissa virus _______ .

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A. covered with an important message

B. under cover of an urgent message

C. under the clothes of an important e-mail

D. with a beautiful coat

（2）The Melissa virus made a computer _______.

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A. receive tens of bad e-mail messages

B. fire at many sick e-mails

C. send out scores of infected messages

D. burn with a fire because of many infected e-mails

（3）After the attack by the Melissa virus a computer ________.

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A. became entirely out of order

B. could not send out any e-mail any longer

C. would have to be thrown away

D. was slightly damaged

（4）If you opened an infected file by the Melissa virus, the virus would ________.

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A. damage the user's addresses book at once

B. soon spread through the user's list of addresses

C. let the first 50 addresses go out of the computer

D. change the user's address book in the computer

（5） ________ gave one an attachment called spreadsheet file.

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A. The Melissa virus

B. The e-mails infected by the Melissa virus

C. The computer attacked by the virus

D. The e-mails infected by the Papa virus

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    In the 1930's, a lot of people in the USA were out of work. Among these people was a man named Alfred Butts. He always has an interest in word games and so, to fill his time, he planned a game which he called“Lexico”. However, he was not completely satisfied with the game, so he made a number of changes to it and, in time, changed its name from“Lexico”to“Alph”and then to“Criss·Cross”. He wanted to make some money from his new game, but he didn't have any real commercial（商业性的）success.

　　In 1939, Butts happened to meet a man called Jim Brunot who showed an interest in the new game. The two men worked together on developing the game and in 1984 it was offered for sale in the United States under its new name--“Scrabble”.

　　At first, it didn't sell very well. In the first year it sold just 2,250 sets and by 1951 it had only reached 8,500sets a year.

　　Then, in 1952 the manager of Macy's department store in New York, Jack Strauss, happened to play“Scrabble”while he was on holiday. He thought it was a wonderful game and, when the went back to work after his holiday, he insisted that Macy's should stock（储备）the game and make an effort to call the public's attention to it.

　　As a result,“Scrabble”became a big success in the United States and it soon spread to Australia and then to other English-speaking countries.

（1）The text is mainly about _______.

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（2）Alfred Butts invented the game“Lexico” ________.

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A. to make himself famous

B. to make spelling simpler

C. when he was out of work and looking for a job

D. when he was playing word games to pass the time

（3）Who made“Scrabble”popular?

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A. Alfred Butts.

B. Jack Strauss.

C. Alfred Butts and Jim Brunot.

D. Jack Strauss and Jim Brunot.

（4）When did Alfred Butts first put his game on the market?

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A. In 1939.

B. In 1948.

C. Before 1939.

D. Between 1939 and 1948.

（5）What does the underlined word“call”mean in Paragraph 4?

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　　A new enemy is threatening Japanese traditions: As part of its attempt to increase imports, the government is trying to get people to work less and spend more. The workers are disgusted.

　　The figures support the western prejudice that the Japanese are all work and no play. Trying to force workers away from their desks and machines, the government said last April that the country should cut down from its 2,100 hours average work year to 1,899 hours and a five-day week by 1992. Beginning in February, banks and stock markets will be closed on Saturdays, staff or civil service will be forced out of their offices two Saturdays a month. The government hopes that others will follow that practice.

　　But some persuasion will be needed. Small companies are very angry about it and they fear competitors may not cut hours. The unions are on happier; they have even advertised in newspapers are on happier; they have even advertised in newspapers arguing their case against the foreign pressure that is forcing leisure upon them. They say that shorter hours are a disguised(伪装的)pay cut. The industrialists, who have no objection to the government's plans, admit that shorter hours will help them cut costs. Younger Japanese who are supposed to be acting against their hardworking parents, show no sign of wanting time off, either. But unlike older workers, they do spend money in their spare time. Not content with watching television, they dance, dress up, sit in cafes, go to pop concerts and generally drive the leisure-industry boom. Now that they know how to consume. Maybe the West can teach them to relax and enjoy themselves, too.

(1)The purpose of getting the Japanese to have more spare time is that ________.

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A. the government wants to show more concern for the health of the people

B. the government needs to get more goods from abroad

C. the Japanese have been working too hard

D. the Japanese hope to change the western prejudice

(2)The group of people who welcome the shorter-hour system in Japan is ________.

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A. the small companies

B. the industrialists

C. the unions

D. the younger generation

(3)The unions think that ________.

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A. the shorter hours they work, the higher pay they can get

B. the more they work, the less leisure they can enjoy

C. the shorter hour they work, the less pay they can have

D. the greater pressure the government is forcing on them, the less happy they can be

(4)What is the result of younger Japanese's relation to the leisure industry?

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A. It costs more money than they can offer.

B. It is more and more unbearable to older workers.

C. The younger generation become more and more in favour of it.

D. It becomes a new fashion for people to enjoy.

(5)The best title for this passage can be ________.

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A. Oh No! Not Saturday Again!

B. Leisure: the Greatest Threat!

C. Enjoy While You Are Young!

D. Less Work and More Play!

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　　June came and the hay was almost ready for cutting. On Midsummer's Eve, which was a Saturday, Mr Jones went into Willington and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he did not come back till midday on Sunday. The men had milked the cows in the early morning and then had gone out rabbiting, without bowering (操心) to feed the animals. When Mr Jones got back he immediately went to sleep on the living-room sofa with the “News of the World” over his face, so that when evening came, the animals were still not fed．At last, they could stand no longer. One of the cows broke in the door of the storehouse with her horns (角) and all the animals began to help themselves to the grains. It was just then that Mr Jones woke up. The next moment he and his four men were in the storehouse with whips in their hands, whipping in all directions. This was more than the hungry animals could bear. Together, though nothing of the kind had been planned beforehand, they jumped upon their masters. Jones and his men suddenly found themselves being butted (顶撞) and kicked from all sides. The situation was quite out of their control. They had never seen animals act like this before, and this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used to beating and whipping just as they chose, frightened them. After only a moment or two they gave up trying to defend themselves. A minute later all five of them were in full fright down the road, with the animals running after them joyfully.

(1)Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

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A．Willington was a name of a hotel.

B．Red Lion was a name of a restaurant.

C．News of the World was a TV programme.

D．Storehouse is a place to feed the cows.

(2)The four men didn't feed the cows because ________.

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A．the cows fed themselves

B．Mr Jones wasn't at home

C．they went hunting for rabbits

D．they had nothing for the cows

(3)The cows broke into the storehouse to feed themselves because ________.

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A．they were so angry at their masters

B．they wanted to fight with the men

C．they wanted to go on strike

D．they were too hungry

(4)What is the best title for the story?

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A．Midsummer's Eve

B．A Bad Sunday

C．Cows and their Masters

D．The Rebellion of the Cows

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　　Many cities around the world today are heavily polluted．Careless methods of production and lack of consumer demand for environment (环境) friendly products have contributed to the pollution problem. One result is that millions of tons of glass paper, plastic, and metal containers are produced, and these are difficult to get rid of.

　　However, today, more and more consumers are choosing “green” and demanding that the products they buy should be safe for the environment. Before they buy a product, they ask questions like these: “Will this shampoo damage the environment?”“Can this metal container be reused or can it only be used once?”

　　A recent study showed that two out of five adults now consider the environmental safety of a product before they buy it. This means that companies must now change the way they make and sell their products to make sure that they are“green”, that is, friendly to the environment.

　　Only a few years ago, it was impossible to find green products in supermarkets, but now there are hundreds. Some supermarket products carry labels (标签) to show that the product is green. Some companies have made the manufacturing (生产) of clean and safe products their main selling point and emphasize it in their advertising.

　　The concern for a safer and cleaner environment is making companies rethink how they do business. No longer will the public accept the old attitude of “Buy it, use it, throw it away, and forget it”. The public pressure is on, and gradually business is cleaning up its act.

(1)It becomes clear from the text that driving force(动力) behind green products is ________.

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A．public caring for the environment

B．companies' desire for bigger sales

C．new ways of doing business

D．rapid growth of supermarkets

(2)What would be the best title for the text?

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A．Business and Pepple

B．Business Goes Green

C．Shopping Habits Are Changing

D．Supermarkets and Green Products

(3)The underlined word “it” in the fourth paragraph refers to ________.

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A．a selling point

B．the company name

C．a great demand for health foods

D．the manufacturing of green products

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  The worst danger is a house on fire when people are asleep. Always be ready to leave through a window into the garden by making sure you can open it if necessary. If you should be on holiday in a tall building or hotel, make sure you know where the first escape is. When you can't find any way out, try to find pieces of cloth and make a rope to get out of a window to safety. If you smell burning in your home, get out right away. If you can't breathe properly because of smoke on your way out, crawl（爬行）on your hands and knees because smoke rises and the air will be cleaner near the floor. Smoke is a killer and more people have died from breathing it in that actually being burnt.

　　Fire in a cinema, hall or public place often means people pushing to reach a door. Keep your heads up with arms up in front of your chest. This protects your chest and gives you the best chance to breathe. Above all, don't get frightened!

（1）People can leave a burning house through a window if _______.

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A. there is no other way out

B. there is smoke in the room

C. they want to put out the fire

D. they can't breathe properly

（2）In a room filled with smoke you'd better crawl on the door because _____ .

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A. the floor is cleaner

B. there is less smoke near the floor

C. you won't get burnt

D. you won't breathe in any smoke

（3）Which of the following is NOT talked about in the passage?

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A. Raise your head and keep your chest from being hurt.

B. Get out of the house, dressed in wet clothes.

C. Rush out of the house, dressed in wet clothes.

D. Leave the house right away when you smell clothes.

（4）Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

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A. The most important thing is not to be frightened in a fire.

B. Be ready to leave a burning house through a window if there is a garden down below.

C. In a fire, more deaths are caused by smoke.

D. When a public place is on fire, people usually push to leave.

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    Cats are animals of habit（习惯）. They like to go to sleep at about the same time every day and for a certain length of time. They seem to have a natural clock inside them that tells them when to sleep.

　　Besides their regular sleep, cats take naps. Some scientists think that people should also take cat naps. The habit would do good to people's health. Cat naps help to build up energy in the body. Since cats have moods（情绪）like those of people, scientists believe that people can improve their moods and attitudes（态度）by catnapping. People might become happier and more active.

　　A lot of famous people take cat naps during the day. The naps would usually last 15-30 minutes. Winston Churchill took cat naps. So did a few presidents of the United States. These people were known for their energy. They were able to work long hours into the night. Napping was their secret. Perhaps more people could learn from cats and take cat naps to feel better and live longer.

（1）The cat is an animal that _______.

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A. keeps good hours（按时作息的）

B. likes sleeping in the daytime

C. helps to improve people's health

D. shows the time correctly like a clock

（2）The underlined word“nap”means _______.

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A. a short sleep during the day

B. a longer sleep in bed at mid-day

C. a fast sleep in bed after meals

D. a sound sleep in bed after work

（3）Some scientists believed that the habit of taking cat naps will make people ________.

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A. fall asleep in no time

B. gain weight and become strong

C. fresh and full of energy

D. sleep well and take more food

（4）From this reading, we can conclude that Winston Churchill was ______.

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A. a man who liked to have regular sleep during the day

B. a well-known heavy sleeper

C. one of the presidents of America

D. a person known to the whole world

（5）Why were some people able to work long hours?

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A. Because they used to work in secret.

B. Because they had the habit of taking cat naps.

C. Because they were young people living an active life.

D. Because they were important characters in their countries.

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　　Every December millions of Christmas cards go through the post. There are pictures of stars and snow or Christrmas trees. In these days it is hard to think of a Christmas without Christmas cards. Yet little over a hundred and fifty years ago there were none at all. Here is just one story of the way in which they started.

　　Some boys of those days who were at boarding schools had to write a special piece of English at Christmas time. This was sent to their parents so that they could see how the boy's work had improved during the year.

　　Young people like to make little drawings on the paper when they write letters or poems. These boys were the same. They used to draw little pictures all round the writing. Sometimes they coloured them, and after a time the pictures became more important than the writing. These were the first Christmas cards.

　　Then, grown-up people copied the idea. The early Christmas cards, of course, were all made by hand, and there has always been some doubt about who was actually the first person to send one. But some people believe that one of the first artists who designed a Christmas card was John C. Horsley. In 1843, he was asked to design a Christmas card. These cards were printed in black and white and colored by hand. It is said that about 1000 of them were sold in London that year. At about the same time, another English artist, William Egley, designed a card and had it printed. He had one hundred of them sent to his friends with the now familiar greeting “A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.”

　　Soon printing machines began to improve. The new ones were much better than the old ones, and could print much more quickly. Printing became much cheaper, and the printers began to sell Christmas cards. Then the idea of sending Christmas cards suddenly spread.

　　At first the cards were small and flat. Then folded cards appeared with greetings printed inside. The cards became more and more beautiful. Some were covered with little spots that looks like real snow. Some had stars that shone in the night. Some were printed in gold or silver. Some were made of silk. Hundreds of people started sending cards to each other.

　　Year by year the idea spread. Year by year more people sent cards to their friends both at home and abroad. The number of cards grew into thousands and then into millions. In Great Britain, for example, the Post Office employs over 150,000 extra workers in December to sort out about 655 million Christmas cards.

　　Today many countries have accepted the idea. Every year, billions of greeting cards are sent all over the world. Whatever language the greetings are written in, the message is the same--a wish for peace and goodwill among all people.

(1)Christmas cards first appeared about ________.

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A. centuries ago

B. one and a half centuries ago

C. one hundred and fifteen years ago

D. none of the above

(2)Some boarding school boys ________.

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A. used to write a special letter to their parents at Christmas

B. enjoyed drawing on the letters to their parents

C. would report their progress in studies to their parents at the end of a year

D. all the above

(3)Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

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A. The Christmas cards designed by John C. Horsley became very popular among people in Britain.

B. William Egley was much better than John C. Horsley in designing Christmas Cards.

C. It was not until printing became much cheaper and quicker that many British people began to send Christmas cards.

D. “A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year”is no longer used today.

(4)The original Christmas cards were invented by ________.

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A. boarding school students

B. John C. Horsley

C. William Egley

D. unknown

(5)Why do millions of people all around the world send Christmas cards?

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A. Christmas cards are beautifully designed.

B. Christmas cards are cheap.

C. People want to show goodwill to their friends.

D. Sending Christmas cards had become a fashion.