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　　Black Americans have served with honor in every American military action, though this often not written in history books. Even though black men begged to be allowed to serve in the Revolution War, they served well. During the Revolution War a black man named Eastbrook captured Royal Army's General Prescott Newport and Peter Salem, a black, killed Major Pitcairn as he was enjoying his victory at Bunker Hill.

　　Though whites had long believed that blacks could neither command nor use firearms, blacks fought bravely. In 1863, William Carney received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his role in battles.

　　In World War Ⅰ, 40,000 black solders served with this French command. Johnson and Needham Robert were the first Americans to win the Croix de Guerre——France's top military award.

　　During World War Ⅱ over 40,000 black solders served in the army forces. Dories Miler, a black, was one of the first heroes in this war. At Pearl Harbor during Japanese attack, he shot down four planes. The black fighter pilots of Benjamin Davis, Jr. made themselves known as brave soldiers throughout the war.

(1)The main idea of the passage is that ________.

[　　]

A．Black Americans served bravely during the Revolutionary War

B．black Americans served under the French during the World War Ⅰ

C．more black Americans died than whites in wars

D．black Americans have served their country bravely in many wars

(2)Benjamin Davis. Jr. was ________.

[　　]

A．commander of a group of black fighter pilots during World War Ⅱ

B．give the Croix de Guerre, France's highest military award

C．awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor

D．a soldier who died in the World War Ⅱ

(3)We conclude from the passage that ________.

[　　]

A．there are more blacks than whites in the US army

B．black heroes are often written in history books

C．blacks went to serve in the wars because they had difficulty finding jobs

D．blacks love their country

(4)The passage suggests that ________.

[　　]

A．black slaves were forced to fight in the Revolution War

B．blacks didn't fight bravely enough

C．blacks didn't get great honor

D．history tells little of the contribution that blacks made to America's military history

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　　In the Ituri forest of America live many tribes(部落), one of which is Pygmy. Most of the Pygmies in the tribe are not taller than four feet. They weigh only about eighty pounds each.

　　In spite of their small size, they are the best hunters among all the jungle people. Even the great elephant can be caught by them. They can shoot three or four arrows so rapidly that often the last one Leaves the bow before the first has hit its mark. If an arrow should miss its aim, the impatient Pygmy may become very angry, breaking his arrows and stepping on them.

　　Since they do not plant any crops, Pygmies are constantly moving around. They seldom sleep in one camp for more than a few days. In their camps there is not furniture at all except for some weapons such as spears, bows and arrows. There are no cooking pots either. Food is eaten uncooked or smoked over a fire. So when the tribe moves to a new camp there is nothing to carry except these weapons and babies too small to walk.

　　Pygmies can move on the tree tops almost as skillfully as monkeys. Often they travel great distances through the branches without touching the ground.

　　One of the surprising facts about these small men and women is their great appetite(食欲). A Pygmy can eat up sixty bananas at a single meal besides quantities of meat. After eating, they will lie on their hard earth bed and groan(呻吟)in all night. But in the morning, they are ready to eat the same amount of food or fight among themselves.

(1)Pygmies are small in size, but they are brave in ________.

[　　]

A．hunting　　　　B．shooting

C．eating　　　　 D．fighting with their enemies

(2)Why do Pygmies move from place to place continuously? The main reason is that ________.

[　　]

A．that want to look after wild animal

B．they have no furniture

C．they have no crops

D．Their possession are easy to move

(3)Pygmies are so skillful that ________.

[　　]

A．they never walk on the ground

B．they always walk with sticks

C．they can hang from the branches

D．they can move on the top of trees

(4)The writer wrote this article so as to ________.

[　　]

A．ask people to learn from Pygmies

B．help Pygmies go out of the forests

C．tell us the world is big and wide

D．let us know the local condition and customs of the Pygmies

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　　The cigarette industry began in 1870s with the development of the cigarette manufacturing (加工) machine. Today cigarette smoking is a widespread habit, but it has been proved to be bad for the health.

　　In Britain, the government has launched(发动) a movement against smoking. Advertisements list the number of people who die every year from cancer and other lung diseases because they smoke cigarettes. But the public do not take enough notice. The habit of smoking is very strong. When the government announces the results of medical studies on cigarette smoking, for a short time, smokers are worried. They buy fewer cigarettes for two or three months. But six months later sales are up again.

　　In 1971, the British government made a law about cigarettes. Every packet of cigarettes must have a health warning on it. The warning says,“Smoking can damage your health.”Every advertisement for cigarettes in magazines and newspapers must also say this. Television and radio stations can't advertise cigarettes. On British trains there used to be only a few carriages marked“No Smoking”. But people smoke cigarettes where and when they can. Aren't they worried about their health? Do they enjoy smoking so much that they don't care if they are ill?

(1)Which is the best title for the article?

[　　]

A．Cigarette Smoking and Your Health

B．Smoking——the Bad Habit

C．No Smoking on the Train

D．The Result of Cigarette Smoking

(2)Which of the following goes against the idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．The government has warned the smokers not to smoke cigarettes.

B．Many people who had got into the habit of smoking died from cancer.

C．A great number of smokers died or may die from lung diseases.

D．Smoking has been proved to be of no harm to people.

(3)People who smoke cigarettes ________.

[　　]

A．can easily break away from smoking

B．can't get away from smoking

C．can change the habit of smoking

D．are not afraid of dying

(4)According to the law of Britain, there must be health warning ________.

[　　]

A．over TV

B．on trains or buses

C．in newspapers or magazines

D．on packets of cigarettes

(5)Now, in Britain ________.

[　　]

A．you can never find people smoking

B．there are still many people who are smoking

C．you can't find a place where people are smoking

D．people don't enjoy smoking any more

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　　Although Americans spend a great deal of time watching TV and seeing movies, books are still very popular in the USA. Hardcover books commonly sell for $12 to $25, so people buy these most frequently as gifts and choose paperback editions (usually under $10) for their personal use. Most people also have a public library in the neighborhood and can get books on loan for two weeks absolutely free. What books do they read? Good works of literature written by Americans are readily available. Since the 19th century, American writers have moved away from the influence of English writers and have developed a voice of their own. Americans are justly proud of their literary giants, but the most popular readings are how-to-books(how to fix your car, file for your own divorce, and so forth), escape fiction (including murder mysteries and novels about love and adventure), and biographies, Often exposes about famous people. Despite the thousands of books published each year, experts worry that the American people get too much of their knowledge from TV and radio and not enough information from the printed word. Parents, teachers, and librarians are constantly trying to develop in children the habit of reading.

　　Most areas have at least one local daily newspaper which gives news of the surrounding communities and also provides national and international news. However, since 1950, the number of newspaper published in the United States has declined by almost 25%, while the population has increased by almost 70%. Although television has replaced newspapers as the average person's source of news, newspapers and magazines provide more complete news coverage of those who want details and analysis of national and international affairs.

(1)People like to buy hardcover books as gifts because ________.

[　　]

A．they like reading hardcover books

B．hardcover books are cheaper

C．all Americans like hardcover books

D．hardcover books are more beautiful and expensive

(2)In a public library in the neighborhood, ________.

[　　]

A．people have to pay some money in order to borrow some books

B．People can borrow books without paying any money

C．People can't take the books out of the library

D．People can keep books as long as they want

(3)What are the most popular readings in America?

①good works of literature

②how-to-books

③escape fiction

④biographies

[　　]

A．②and③

B．①and②

C．②, ③and④

D．①, ②, ③and④

(4)Before the 19th century, ________.

[　　]

A．there were no American writers

B．American writers used to live with English writers

C．English writers influenced American writers a lot

D．American writers didn't write like English writers

(5)What do experts worry?

[　　]

A．There are not enough books for people to read.

B．People can't get enough information from books.

C．There are so many books that are not suitable for children.

D．There are too many books published each year.

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　　“Creativity(创造性) is the key to a brighter future,”say education and business experts. Here is how schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children.

　　If Dick Drew had listened to his boss in 1925, we might not have a product that we now think of as of great importance: a new type of tape. Drew worked for the Minnesota Mining Company. At work he developed a kind of material strong enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Finally, using his own time, Drew improved the tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his former company learned from its mistake. Now it encourages people to spend 15 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas.

　　Creativity is not something one is just born with, nor is it necessarily a character of high intelligence(智力). The fact that a person is highly intelligent does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of using the resources one has to produce. new ideas that are good for something.

　　Unfortunately, schools have not tried to encourage creativity. With strong attention to test results and the development of reading, writing and mathematical skills, many educators give up creativity for correct answers. The result is that children can give back information but can't recognize ways to use it in new situation. They may know the rules correctly but they are unable to use them to work out practical problems.

　　It is important to give children choice. From the earliest age, children should be allowed to make decisions and understand their results. Even if it's choosing between two food items for lunch, decision-making helps thinking skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money. This is because the most important character of creative people is a very strong desire to find a way out of trouble.

(1)What did the company where Drew once worked learn from its mistake?

[　　]

A．They encouraged people to work a longer time.

B．They discouraged people to think freely.

C．They asked people to spend all their work time developing new ideas.

D．They encouraged people to spend some of their work time considering and improving new ideas.

(2)Creativity is something ________.

[　　]

A．that people are born with

B．that depends on intelligence

C．that is way of using what one has learned to work out new problems

D．that is not important at all

(3)Why don't schools try to encourage creativity?

[　　]

A．They don't understand the importance of education.

B．They don't want their students to make mistakes.

C．They pay too much attention to exam marks, language and mathematical skills

D．They think it more important to remember some information

(4)Why is it necessary to give children choices at the early age?

[　　]

A．They can choose between two food items.

B．They can learn how to make decision and understand their results.

C．They can do whatever they want.

D．They will get rid of their parents' control.

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　　One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card they give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants and hotels, at home, across the country and even abroad and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatically. Making it possible to withdraw or deposit(存)money in scattered (分散的)places, whether or not the local branch bank is open. For many of us the“cashless society”is not on the horizon——it's already here.

　　While computers offer these conveniences(方便)to consumers, they have many vantages for sellers, too. Electronic cash registers can do much more than simply ring up sales, they can keep a wide rang of records, including who sold what, when and to whom. This information allows businessman to keep track of their list of goods by showing, which items are being sold and how fast they are moving. Decisions to reorder or return goods to suppliers can then be made. At the same time these computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient. And they also identify(确定)preferred customers for promotional(奖励)campaign(活动). Computers are relied on by manufacture for similar reasons. Computer - analyzed marketing reports can help to decide which products to be made now, which to develop for the future, and which to drop. Computers keep track of goods in stock, of raw materials on hand, and even of the production process itself.

(1)What does the“cashless society”refer to in Paragraph One?

[　　]

A．It refers to the society without money.

B．It refers to the society with many money.

C．It refers to the society with available bank issued credit cards.

D．It refers to the society in which all the Americans are given credit across the country and even abroad.

(2)According to the passage, the credit card enables its owner to ________.

[　　]

A．cash money wherever he wished to

B．enjoy greater trust from the storekeeper

C．obtain more convenient services than other people do

D．withdraw as much money from the bank as he wished

(3)From the last sentence of the first paragraph we learn that ________.

[　　]

A．nowadays many Americans do not pay in cash

B．in the future all the Americans will use credit cards.

C．it is now more convenient to use credit cards than before.

D．credit cards are mainly used in the United States today

(4)What is this passage mainly about?

[　　]

A．Conveniences brought about by credit cards.

B．Advantages of credit cards in business.

C．Significance of automation in business.

D．Approaches to the commercial use of computers.

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　　There are all kinds of devices for marking a book intelligently and fruitfully. Here's the way I do it.

　　(1) Underlining: of major points, of important or forceful statements.

　　(2) Vertical(竖直的)lines at the margin(书页的空白边缘): to emphasize a statement already underlined.

　　(3) Star, asterisk(星状记号), or other marks at the margin: to be used economically, to emphasize the ten or twenty most important statements in the book.

　　(4) Numbers in the margin: to indicate the sequence(顺序) of points the author makes in developing a single argument.

　　(5)Numbers of other pages in the margin: to indicate where else in the book the author made points related to the point marked; to tie up the ideas in a book, which, though they may be separated by many pages, belong together.

　　(6) Circling: of key words or phrase.

　　(7) Writing in the margin, or at the top or bottom of the page: for the sake of recording questions which a passage raised in your mind; reducing a complicated discussion to a simple statement; recording the sequence of major points right through the books. I use the end papers at the back of the book to make a personal index(索引) of the author's points in the order of their appearance.

(1)The author tells us that the purpose of writing numbers of other pages in the margin is ________.

[　　]

A．tying up the ideas belonging together in a book

B．emphasizing the statements

C．indicating the points

D．developing the arguments

(2)How to deal with the key words and phrases in marking a book according to the passage?

[　　]

A．Circling them.

B．Writing them.

C．Underlining them

D．Drawing vertical lines

(3)Why does the reader need to write in the margin, or at the top or bottom of the passage? Because he or she needs to ________.

[　　]

A．record questions or answers in this mind

B．change a complicated discussion into a simple statement

C．record the major points right through a book

D．do all of the above.

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

[　　]

A．all of the readers know how to mark a book

B．none of the readers know how to mark a book

C．the author is persuading and teaching readers to mark a book

D．the author likes marking a book and does it intelligently and fruitfully

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　　Stars have been significant(有意义的)features in the design of many United States coins and their number has varied from one to forty-eight stars. Most of the coins issued(发行)from about 1799 to the early years of the twentieth century bore thirteen stars reprinting the thirteen original colonies(殖民地).

　　Curiously enough, the first American silver coins, issued in 1749, had fifteen stars because by that time Vermont and Kentucky had joined the Union. At that time it was apparently the intention of mint(铸)officials to add a star for each new state. Following the admission of Tennessee in 1796, for example, some varieties of half dimes, dimes and half-dollars were produced with sixteen stars.

　　As more states were admitted to the Union, however, it quickly became apparent that this scheme(方案) would not prove practical and the coins from 1798 on were issued with only thirteen stars one for each of the original colonies. Due to an error at the mint, one variety of the 1808 half cent was issued with only twelve stars. But this is the result of a die(模具)break and is not a true error.

(1)What is the main topic of the passage about?

[　　]

A．The teaching of astronomy in state universities.

B．Stars on American coins.

C．Colonial stamps and coins.

D．The star as national symbol of the United States.

(2)Which of the following can be inferred about the order in which Kentucky, Tennessee, and Vermont joined the Union?

[　　]

A．Vermont and Kentucky joined at the same time.

B．Kentucky joined before Tennessee and Vermont.

C．Tennessee joined after Tennessee and Kentucky.

D．Vermont joined after Tennessee and Kentucky.

(3)Why was a coin produced in 1808 with only twelve stars?

[　　]

A．There were twelve states at the time.

B．There was a change in design policy.

C．Tennessee had left the Union.

D．The mint made a mistake.

(4)Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?

[　　]

A．A narrative account of coinage.

B．An argumentative discussion of stars on the U.S. coins.

C．A general statement followed by specific examples.

D．According to the time arrangement.

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　　For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up with their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications: a never-ending flood of words. In getting a job or dealing with affair, the ability to read and comprehend quickly can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are poor readers.

　　Most reading faults can be traced to early school training. According to Dr. Betts, two persons out of five in school were forced to read material too difficult for them to understand at the time, a frustrating(令人沮丧的)experience which left them with bad reading habits.

　　Fortunately, almost anyone can learn to read faster and with more comprehension. Age makes little difference. According to a recent study of 138 students at The Reading laboratory, Inc, all age groups showed a marked increase in reading rate after training ——from 93 percent for the 50～90 age group to 99.4 percent for the 20~29 age group. Dr. Mila Banton Smith, director of New York University's Reading Institute, says that the average adult student, in 28 training hours, nearly triples(三倍的) his reading speed and boosts(增长)his comprehension by about 30 percent.

　　The best way to improve your reading, of course, is to enroll (登记)in a reading clinic. If there's no clinic handy(手边的) or you can improve your reading ability yourself——provided you have no eyes trouble. (If reading tired you easily or makes your eyes or head ache, you should consult a doctor.)

(1)To many people today, ________.

[　　]

A．reading quickly is easy

B．reading quickly and comprehending quickly can ensure their success

C．reading is only for fun

D．reading can ensure their success

(2)Most reading faults are ________.

[　　]

A．due to early school training

B．a frustrating experience

C．made by reading difficult materials

D．made by reading careless

(3)Who can learn to read fast and with comprehension?

[　　]

A．Teachers only　　　　B．Students only

C．A few people　　　　D．Almost everybody

(4)According to the passage, what is the best way to improve one's reading?

[　　]

A．Go to a doctor

B．Review what has been learnt at school

C．Go to a reading remedial class for special training

D．Consult a dictionary

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　　In Europe, many people make friends across the borders between their countries through town twinning. Town or city twinning means two towns in different countries agree and decide to become“twins”with sister city relationship.

　　Their citizens find pen friends in the twin town. They exchange newspapers and stamps. The school teachers discuss teaching methods with the teachers in the twin town. Officials visit the twin town for celebrations. Ordinary citizens travel to the twin town, too, but not very often if it is far away.

　　Sometimes, schools even exchange their classes for two or three weeks! For example, German middle school students study for a while at the school in their twin town in Britain, staying with British families. A few months later, their British friends come to study in Germany.

　　Some towns even arrange exchange visits for theatre groups, choirs(歌唱队) and orchestras(管弦乐队). Others send lecturers to the twin town who tell the people there all about their own town, and show photos and slides.

　　Some towns organize exhibitions to show works of art, for example paintings by artists from their twin town.

　　Tonbridge, a medium-sized town in Kent, for example, has twin towns in both Germany and France. Richmond near London has links with Germany, France and even a town in a Balkan(巴尔干岛)country!

　　Town twinning can help making friends and motivates (促进)people to learn from each other. It helps students to improve their language skills, and it contributes to promoting and strengthening peace and understanding between different nations.

(1)Which is the best title for the passage?

[　　]

A．Town Twinning

B．Friendly Towns

C．Exchange Teachers and Students

D．Peace and Understanding

(2)Twin towns develop ________.

[　　]

A．between European countries and China

B．in the English-speaking countries only

C．in the same country

D．between different countries

(3)Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?

[　　]

A．Twin towns exchange newspapers and stamps.

B．Twin towns exchange business skills.

C．Schools in twin towns exchange classes for a period of time.

D．Lecturers are sent to the twin town to introduce to the people there their own town.

(4)One of the advantages of town twinning is ________.

[　　]

A．to earn more money

B．to set up schools

C．to improve students language skills

D．to develop industry and agriculture