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　　Early in 1994, Britain established a millennium committee for planning and arranging celebrations. Of the 185 projects devised by the committee, “the Millennium Dome--British Exhibition Hall 2000”is the most spectacular. The Dome, the largest building of its kind in the world, has been constructed in Greenwich, a city bisected by the prime meridian. Ten million tourists attended the 2000 celebrations.

　　New Zealand was among the first countries to ring in the new millennium. From 5 o'clock in the afternoon on December 31, 1999 to 4:04 in the morning of January 1,2000, New Zealand held mass carnivals in Wellington and on Pitt Island, a Chatham island that lies 800 kilometers east of Wellington. According to London Royal Geography Society, the first rays of dawn shone on top of a Pitt Island mountain. A family's home sits atop the mountain, and so the government paid the family NZ $200, 000 to make use of the surrounding property for millennium festivities.

　　Supposedly, France celebrated the millennium for 18 months. Two 60-meter-tall towers were built upon the summit near Notre Dame, and a 33-ton copper bell named“The World Peace Millennium Commemorative Bell”was casted. The French launched a“Green Meridian Program”by planting several thousand trees along the meridian in Paris.

　　In Berlin, Germany, 1,000 opera stars sang on New Year's Eve. Starting last September, Germany's postal services have been running a program called“2000 Space Postal Matters”. Two thousand representative letters and postcards were selected to be sent into space via rocket. The rocket was launched from a Brazilian launching pad on New Year's Eve. After the rocket landed, the letters were mailed. Both writers and receivers got certificates, proving that their letters and postcards had been sent through space.

　　In the United States a ceremony entitled “Joining Hands to Celebrate the Future” was held on October I at Disney World. A Year 2000 sign sat atop the Epcot Center to mark the occasion. In New York, the millennium celebration lasted from 7:00 p.m. of December 31, 1999 until 7:00 p.m. of the New Year's Day. About 1 million people attended.

　　Australia's Sydney held a 24-hour“Millennium Sydney” celebration along with invited guests from all over the world. Five tons of fireworks fired.

　　In China's Shenzhen and Hong Kong, 2000 couples participated in a collective wedding ceremony on the first day of the new century. Participants included well-known overseas Chinese. Television stations from 50 countries save live broadcasts of the ceremony and ensuing celebrations. （from china Today, January, 2000）

（1）Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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A. Britain began to plan the celebration of the millennium earliest.

B. The family who live atop a Pitt Island mountain are very lucky.

C. Four thousand people got certificates for their letters and postcards in Berlin.

D. A collective wedding ceremony was held in Shenzhen; another one was held in Hong Kong on the first day of the new millennium.

（2）On which city the topic of celebration of the millennium is about nature?

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（3）What did people enjoy in Berlin on New Year's Eve?

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A. The new millennium bell.

B. Operas.

C. Tons of fireworks.

D. Mass celebrations.

（4）Of which ceremony the topic is about the union of all the people?

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A. The mass carnivals in Wellington.

B. The launching in Brasilia.

C. The ceremony in Disney World.

D. The wedding ceremony in Shenzhen.

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　　“I can't go any farther,”John Smith thought.“I must get a rest before I go on. They'll look for me first up there on the mountain where the plane was shot down. They're sure to find the chute (降落伞) in the end. So they' 11 know I'm not dead. They'll think I'm hiding up there in the trees and so they'll look for me there. So I'll go down to the village as soon as possible. With luck by the evening my aching foot will be good enough to get me to the border.”

　　Far above him on the mountain side he could hear someone whispering which frightened him a lot after the great silence. Looking up he saw some lights moving across the face of the mountain in the grey light. But there was nobody on the road for the moment, and he dragged himself along to wards the village, still almost invisible in the first light. At last he reached the church. How he wished to go in, but he knew that would not do. Instead, he struggled along its walls towards a very old building not far away from the church doors. John Smith pushed open the heavy wooden door and slipped inside!

(1)John Smith had to rest because ________.

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A．he had been walking down the mountain too fast.

B．his bag had been so heavy to carry

C．he hadn't slept at all on the plane

D．he wanted to continue on his way later

(2)He decided to go down to the village ________.

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A．to find a doctor to treat his foot

B．to be near the border

C．to keep away from the search part

D．to find a hiding place in the church

(3)When he reached the door, ________.

A．he found it very difficult to open

B．he found it unlocked and went in quietly

C．he found it locked

D．he went in too quickly and fell down

(4)Which of these do you think John Smith was? ________

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A．A prisoner who ran away from the police.

B．An officer who turned against his country.

C．An air man who had landed in an enemy country.

D．A spy who had been hiding in the forest.

(5)Smith's plan was ________.

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A．to stay in the village as long as he could

B．to cross into another country

C．to reach the church and rest there

D．to have his foot made well again

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　　My friend Henry has a most unusual hobby (业余爱好). He likes planting flowers in strange places. When spring comes round, you can always found that the dirty sides of canals, land covered with rubbish and railway banks suddenly become full of flowers. In his spare time, with his pockets full of seeds, Henry goes around on his bike. He has a long pipe with him to blow seeds into places which are hard to reach. When flowers die away, he goes round again to collect their seeds. In this way, he always has a big supply.

　　Many people make fun of Henry, but he never lets him-self get upset! Recently I was having tea with him and he told me that once he was planting seeds in a large piece of waste land when the owner came along and sent him away. Henry returned some days later when there was no one around. You can imagine how surprised the owner was when, one day, he saw a large letter“H”in flowers which went right across this piece of land.

(1)Henry' s hobby was ________.

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A．planting flowers in strange places

B．collecting seeds when flowers die away

C．having seeds when flowers die away

D．blowing seeds with his pipe

(2)In this way, he always has a big supply. Here“supply”means ________.

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(3)The letter“H”in flowers which went right across a piece of waste land stood for ________.

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(4)Many people make fun of Henry. This means ________.

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A．many people have a lot of fun with Henry

B．many people laugh at Henry

C．Henry makes many people happy

D．Henry's funniness

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　　“We don' t have rush hours any more,”said Charles M. McLean, who runs the nation's busiest road.“We have rush periods, and they keep getting longer and longer.”McLean was describing Chicago's 235 miles of expressway, but the same might be said about almost any of the expressways that have become an important part of American city life--and about the heavy traffic that often blocks (阻塞) them.

　　In Chicago, a computerized system has been developed that controls traffic on the city's seven expressways. Now one man--a controller--can follow the movement of Chicago's traffic by looking at a set of lights.

　　The system uses electronic sensors (传感器) that are built into each expressway, half a mile apart several times a second, the computer receives information from each sensor and translates it into green, yellow, or red lights on a map in the control room. A green light means traffic is moving forty-five miles an hour, yellow means thirty to forty-five miles an hour, and red means heavy traffic--cars standing still or moving less than thirty miles an hour.

　　“See that red light near Austin Avenue?”The controller asked a visitor ,“That' s a repair truck fixing the road, and the traffic has to go around it.”

　　At the Roosevelt Road entrance to the expressway, the light kept changing from green to red and back to green again.“A lot of trucks get on the expressway there,”the controller explained.“They can' t speed up as fast as cars.”

　　The sensors show immediately where an accident or a stopped car is blocking traffic, and a truck is sent by radio to clear the road. The system has lowered the number of accidents by 18 percent. There are now 1.4 deaths on Chicago' s expressways for each one hundred million miles traveled, while in other parts of the country there are 2.6.

　　Traffic experts say that the Chicago system is the“coming thing”. Systems like Chicago's are already in use on some expressways in Los Angeles and Houston.“Chicago has taken the lead,”says New York city' s traffic director, and he adds,“We are far behind...”

(1)What would be the best title for this text?________

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A．Computerized Traffic Control System

B．Rush Periods Getting Longer

C．The Nation's Busiest Road

D．Sensors on Expressways

(2)How does the controller follow Chicago's traffic? ________

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A．By learning how to use a computer.

B．By waiting for the red light to turn to green.

C．By watching the sensors built into the expressways.

D．By looking at a set of lights on the map in the control room.

(3)What colour shows that the traffic moves the fastest? ________

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(4)The system in Chicago ________.

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A．is really effective

B．is actually of very little use

C．will be sent to Los Angeles

D．is looked upon by New York' s traffic director

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　　During the American War of Independence, women played an active part in fighting in three ways. Firstly, some women worked as nurses in the field hospitals, taking care of wounded soldiers; some worked as cooks in the army; many women acted as water carriers. When necessary, all these women, who had many chances to see how the men fired guns, could take the place of the wounded men. The second way that women served in the Army was to fight side by side with their men comrades. Although women were not supposed to fight as soldiers in battles, when the Army was badly short of soldiers and when women were really good soldiers, who would be against women fighting in battles? Thirdly, from city streets to country villages, many able women were in charge of the work to supply food, clothing and medicine for the Army, and when the situation was dangerous, they called on all the women to take up anus to defend their own homes.

(1)What is probably the main reason that women were permitted to fight in the war? ________.

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A．Women were braver than men in battles.

B．They were badly needed to act as cooks.

C．Women of that time were particularly healthy and strong.

D．Soldiers were badly needed to fight in battles.

(2)A field hospital is a hospital ________.

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A．that is built in an open field

B．that is on or near the front of battle and gives the wounded soldiers quick treatment

C．where wounded soldiers are operated on

D．where soldiers can be taken good care of

(3)What is the main idea in this passage? ________

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A．Women played an important part in the field hospitals during the War of Independence.

B．The Army was successful in teaching women to fight as soldiers.

C．Victory lay in the services of women.

D．Women were active in the struggle against Britain during the War of Independence.

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　　All food chains begin with the sun, and all food chains become broken up if one of the links disappears. All life depends on energy from sunlight. Only plants can use this energy directly. Their leaves are little factories that use sunlight to make food from water and things in the soil and air. Plants in turn feed all other living things. Animals can only use the sun's energy after it has been changed into food by plants. Some animals feed directly on plants, other eats smaller animals. Meat-eating animals are only eating plants indirectly.

　　What about human being? We are members of many food chains. We eat vegetables and fruit. We also eat meat and drink milk. This means the sun' s energy passes through plant to animal before it reaches us. Nature is a great thing. Any food chain always produces enough for each of its members if it is left alone. When there isn't enough food or any link in the chain, some of members die off. So the balance is always kept.

(1)Which of the following is NOT true? ________

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A．All animals feed on plants directly.

B．All life depends on energy from sunlight.

C．The sun's energy can't reach human beings directly.

D．Plants can use the sun's energy directly.

(2)Just guess what the food chain is.________

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A．It's a chain made of food.

B．It's a short chain without any links.

C．It refers to the relation among different kinds of living things in nature as a result of food.

D．It's a chain for feeding plants and animals.

(3)According to the passage, we may conclude that it is important to ________.

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A．keep the balance of nature

B．make full use of the sun's energy

C．plant a lot of vegetables and fruit trees

D．produce enough food

(4)Which of the following is the best title for this passage? ________.

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A．Energy From Sunlight.

B．Plants and Animals.

C．Food Chains.

D．The Making of Food.

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There is probably no field of human activity in which our values and lifestyles are shown more clearly and strongly than they are in the clothes that we choose to wear. The dress of an individual is a kind of “sign language” that communicates a set of information and is usually the basis on which immediate impressions are formed．Traditionally, a concern for clothes was considered to be an affair of females, while men took pride in the fact that they were completely lacking in clothes consciousness (意识)

　　This type of American culture is by degrees changing as man dress takes on greater variety and color. Even as early as 1995, a researcher in Michigan said that men attached rather high importance to the value of clothing in daily life. White-collar workers in particular viewed dress as a symbol (象征) of ability, which could be used to impress or influence others, especially in the work situation. The white-collar worker was described as extremely concerned about the impression his clothing made on his superiors (上司). Although blue-collar workers were less aware (察觉到的) that they might be judged on the basis of their clothing, they recognized that any difference from the accepted pattern of dress would be made fun of by fellow workers.

　　Since that time, of course, the patterns have changed: the typical office worker may now be wearing the blue shirt, and the laborer a white shirt; but the importance of dress has not become less. Other researchers in recent years have helped to prove its importance in the lives of individuals at various age levels and in different social and economic status groups (阶层).

(1)The passage tells us that ________.

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A．our values and lifestyles are in no field of human activity

B．the clothes that we choose to wear have something to do with our values and lifestyles

C．our values and lifestyles are from the sign language

D．the clothes we choose to wear depend on a set of information and immediate impression

(2)raditionally, people usually thought that ________.

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A．men cared very much for clothes

B．women concerned greatly about what they wore while men didn't

C．both men and women paid great attention to their clothes

D．neither men nor women showed interest in clothes

(3)Blue-collar workers pay great attention to their clothes because ________.

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A．they extremely concern about the impression their clothes make on their Superiors

B．they know very dearly that people will judge them on the basis of their clothing

C．they want to impress and influence others

D．they don' t want to be laughed at

(4)The passage mainly suggests that ________.

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A．now men pay more attention to their clothes than women to

B．women always like beautiful dresses

C．people have paid more and more attention to the importance of dress

D．American culture is changing greatly

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　　Frank Lloyd Wright probably is the greatest architect (建筑师) that the United States has ever produced．He had a natural ability to design buildings. His buildings were not only beautiful, but they were also functional. They fit their purposes very well. Wright's churches, for example, make people feel like thinking and praying. His office buildings make people enjoy working, and his houses make people feel comfortable, at home. However, Frank Lloyd Wright's beautiful, functional buildings are not the only reason that he is famous. There is another reason.

　　Frank Lloyd Wright is called the greatest American architect because he started an American style in architecture. Most of the architecture in United States before Wright was really European, not American. Wright's buildings do not look like old European buildings. They have their own style. Wright's ideas about style are still used in the United States and in other parts of the world．

　　The most important idea in Frank Lloyd Wright's Style of Architecture is that a building must fit its purpose and the land around it. His houses are often called “grass- land houses” because their lines are similar to the lines on the grass-land．Both the lines of the grass-land and the lines of Wright's house are parallel (平行) to the horizon (地平线), the place where earth and sky seem to meet. They are horizontal lines. Most European style houses, in contrast (对比), have many vertical (重直的) lines that form 90° angles with the horizon.

(1)Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

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A．The Influence of European Architecture on America Architecture.

B．The Buildings Designed by the Greatest Architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

C．The Influence of Architect Frank Lloyd Wright on American Architecture.

D．Frank Lloyd Wright's Contribution to the Improvement of Environment.

(2)What do you know about American architecture before Wright's time?

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A．It hadn't formed its own style yet.

B．It was a model of modern style.

C．Most of the houses were designed by Europeans.

D．Most of the houses were practical but not good-looking.

(3)What is the most important idea in Wright's style?

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A．Architecture should present a variety of designs.

B．A building must have a large grass-land around it.

C．Architectural design should match natural surroundings.

D．The function of a house is the most important in design.

(4)Which of the following styles of architecture is true of Wright's “grass-land houses?”

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A．The houses appear to stand on horizon.

B．The houses are built mainly on the grass-land．

C．The houses have many lines that form a right angle (角)with the horizon.

D．The houses are special in style with lines similar to those on the grass-land．

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　　Like fine food, good writing is something we approach (接近) with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full-blown. Quite the contrary, just as the cook has to undergo (经历) an intensive training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose is ---- schoolwork, matters of business, or purely social communication. You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding.

　　There are still some remote places in the world where you might find a public scribe to do your business or social writing for you, for a fee. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.

    We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to paper. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters and reports put into the mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figure must be very great. What is more, everyone who writes, expects, or at least hopes.

　　We want whatever we write to be read, from first word to last, not just thrown into “letters-to-read” file (文件) or into a wastepaper basket. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.

(1)In this passage, good writing is compared to fine food because ________.

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A．both writers and cooks have to work long hours every day

B．both are necessary to life

C．both writers and cooks can earn a good living

D．both are enjoyable

(2)The underlined word “scribe” means

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A．a secretary who does your business or social writing

B．a machine that does writing for you

C．a school where writing is taught

D．a person who earns a living by writing for others

(3)According to the passage, some managers don't have to do any letter writing because

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A．they depend on quick notes

B．they have excellent secretaries

C．they have a computer to do it

D．they prefer making phone calls

(4)According to the author, if your letter is thrown into some “letters-to-be- read” file, ________.

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A．it will receive immediate attention

B．it will be dealt with by the secretary

C．it is likely to be passed over

D．it is meant to be delivered soon

(5)The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to ________.

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　　The Atlantic Ocean, named for the lost island of Atlantis in very old stories, has made up for the romantic beginning of its name by becoming the most important business highway in the world; yet traces (痕迹) of romance are continually mixed with the business of the sea.

　　For instance, the Spanish adventurers who first sought gold and silver in America frequently found their ships stopped because there was no wind, usually on the edge of the steady trade winds ---- about 30 degrees north or south latitude (纬度). A sailing ship could carry only so much water, and as it lay still under a hot sun for days or weeks, the severe pains of thirst would make anyone dying or go away forever.

　　The horses were generally the first victims (牺牲品);they had to be thrown overboard when they died or became mad with thirst. Because the Spanish gentlemen thought highly of their horses, even believing they had souls after their death, they suffered bitter regret and believed the ghosts (灵魂) of the proud war horses would so often come to the scene; and they saw the restless spirits in their dreams and related their dreams to sailors.

　　Whenever the seamen passed that way, they would see in the waves or clouds images of wild horses bearing down on them; they began to call the broad belts of calm the “horse latitudes”. The romantic name by which they are known today.

(1)According to the passage, Atlantic ________.

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A．probably did not exist even long, long ago

B．was an island named after the ocean in which it was supposed to have existed

C．was surely an actual island which had disappeared

D．was the name of an island given by the Spanish adventurers

(2)Today the Atlantic is ________.

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A．romantic, rather than businesslike

B．completely lacking in romance

C．less important to business than in the days of the sailing ships

D．more important to business than in the days of the sailing ships

(3)The area of “horse latitudes” was dangerous because ________.

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A．ships could easily sink there

B．there was no wind there

C．ships were overloaded with horses

D．there were souls of dead horses often making trouble to seamen.

(4)Dying horses were probably thrown overboard in order to ________.

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A．save water

B．lighten the ship

C．spare them the serious pains of thirst

D．spare the men the trouble of caring for them