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　　This morning, Bob Lee left home very early, against the wishes of his father, to see the ships at Port Richards, he saw a small fire at one end of the S. S. PANAMA. There was nobody else around, and in no time, the fire grew dangerously big.

　　Young Bob stood at the foot of the stairway up to the ship and shouted at the top of his voice. He woke up the port workers living nearby, who were enjoying a Sunday morning in bed.

　　The S.S. PANAMA was one of six big ships in port at the time, all of which were within twenty-five meters of old buildings, shops and houses, of wood. What is more, the S.S. PANAMA was carrying oil, as well as paint, and paper from ports in the Far East.

　　The fire burned a lot of boxes of paper, which is why it spread very quickly. That end of the ship is now black with smoke, but thanks to Bob Lee, the fire did not reach the paint or the oil.

　　Bob was also lucky because his father was pleased rather than angry with him.

1．When Bob Lee saw the fire, he _____.

[　　]

A．was at home very early on a Sunday morning

B．was standing at the foot of the stairway up to the ship

C．was at one end of the S. S. PANAMA

D．was on the ships at Port Richards

2．It was a small fire, _____.

[　　]

A．and it grew bigger very slowly

B．and luckily it stayed small

C．but it grew big very quickly

D．and so it was not dangerous

3．The fire _____.

[　　]

A．burned boxes of paper and made part of the ship black

B．burned the paper and a little of the oil

C．burned one end of the ship

D．reached the paint but did not burn it

4．The six ships were _____.

[　　]

A．not much more than twenty-five meters from the shops

B．not with the S. S. PANAMA at the time

C．less than twenty-five meters from the buildings

D．more than twenty-five meters from the buildings

5．Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．Bob's father was angry with him at first because he set fire to the ship. But he became pleased when he learned that it was Bob who reported the fire.

B．Bob's father was pleased because his son could go to the port by himself and found the fire.

C．Bob's father was pleased to have taken Bob to the port and have found the fire.

D．Bob's father didn't like him to go to the port.

阅读理解

　　Read these two advertisements, and then answer the questions.

　　When you stretch out in the sun you can do one of three things.

　　You can use no sun tan oil. You can use an ordinary sun tan oil. Or you can use Bergasol.

　　If you don't use any sun tan oil at all when you're in sun that is stronger than you're used to, you will burn surprisingly quickly.

　　If you use an ordinary sun tan oil you will protect your skin to a lesser or greater degree. How much depends on the“protection factor(系数)number”on the bottle.

　　Some of these oils block out so many of the sun's rays you can stay in the sun all day without burning--but you won't go very brown, either.

　　Bergasol will protect your skin like an ordinary sun tan oil. But Bergasol oil also has a tan accelerator(加速剂) which comes from the oil of the Bergamot fruit.

　　It speeds up the rate at which the sun activates(激活) the skin cells that produce melanin.

　　And it is melanin which gives the skin its brown colour.

　　So when you use Bergasol sun tan oil you go brown faster, and as the days pass the difference will become more and more obvious.

　　Unfortunately this special formulation isn't cheap to prepare. So Bergasol is rather more expensive than ordinary sun tan oil.

　　However the price looks more attractive as you do.

　　Protection

　　Many people imagine that“cover-up”means you don't get a tan. Nothing to show for your holiday. What a shame.

　　Not so. With“cover up”, you can get brown if you want to. The point of cover-up is to protect your skin from the harmful rays of the sun--the ones which, according to the experts, make your skin look older.

　　That's what Solex Cover-up is all about--protection for your skin. It has a Sun Protection Factor of 8, which makes it suitable for anyone.

　　Find 0ut how it works for you by consulting(咨询)the Solex Sun Chart. On sale wherever Solex is.

　　With Solex Cover-up, you can tan as slowly as you like. As gently as you like. And with much less chance of peeling.

　　Your tan will look better. Your skin will stay young longer. Solex Cover-up.

　　Gentle tan…full protection.

1．The underlined word“tan”is closest in meaning to _____.

A．brown　　　　B．protection

C．light　　　　 D．health

2．Both Bergasol and Solex serve to _____.

[　　]

A．treat various kinds of skin disease

B．help people enjoy the sun

C．help people get sun tan without being burnt

D．paint the skin with a brown color

3．What's special about Bergasol?

[　　]

A．It is more expensive than ordinary sun tan oil.

B．It has a tan accelerator that makes the skin go brown faster.

C．It has a protection-factor of 8, which makes it suitable for anyone.

D．It protects the skin from the harmful rays of the sun.

4．Which of the following decides how well your skin may be protected?

[　　]

A．The price.　　　B．Melanin.

C．Cover-up.　　　D．SPF number.

阅读理解

　　Compulsive(强迫的)shoppers may have a new psychological excuse to blame for their wild shopping. Psychologists at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand are studying the“shop-till-you-drop”habit as a behavioral disorder similar to compulsive eating. Compulsive shoppers frequently buy more than they can afford or more than they need, and it causes them distress.

　　“It becomes a problem when you are out of control.”psychology lecturer Neville Blampied said.“When you are feeling bad and blue，what do you do? Some people eat chocolate cake and ice cream. Some people take the credit card and go out to the shop.”Bank managers understand the problem because they have to deal with people who have to be persuaded to stop using their cards drawing money.

　　Compulsive shopping was first discovered in 1915, although it was then known as oniomania. Few studies have been done on the problem.

　　An advertisement in a Christchurch paper, calling for people to take part in an experimental treatment program designed by Mr Wilson, attracted 10 replies. But the problem, said Mr Wilson，is“clearly not rare”. He thinks that compulsive shopping should be treated with drugs.“As psychologists we are interested in non-drug treatments for behavioral difficulties,”Mr Wilson said.

　　Compulsive eaters or shoppers get a kick from their habit.“Both activities provide an immediate kind of kick and you feel a bit better,”he said.“You have long-term problems, but human beings are extremely good at not seeing long-term problems and are very sensitive to short-term benefits,”he said.

　　The aim of the treatment was to help people find better ways of managing their emotions. The program, consisting of 10 one-hour weekly lessons and two follow-up treatments, is loosely based on teaching stress management.

　　“You 0ften have to start to get people to correctly recognize their emotions. Not being able to know what you really feel weakens your ability to solve the problems connected with what's making you feel that way,”Mr Wilson said.

1．What is this article mostly about?

[　　]

A．Signs of compulsive shopping.

B．Studies of compulsive shopping.

C．comparison of compulsive shopping and compulsive eating.

D．An experimental treatment program designed by Mr Wilson.

2．The compulsive shoppers will go shopping when _____.

[　　]

A．they have lots of money

B．they are taking drugs

C．they are feeling sad

D．they win a prize

3．The underlined word“it”in the first paragraph most probably refers to _____.

[　　]

A．compulsive eating

B．a new psychological excuse

C．the study done by Blampied

D．the behavior of wild shopping

4．Which of the following is considered important in treating compulsive shoppers?

[　　]

A．Teaching them to manage their money better.

B．Teaching them to understand their emotions.

C．Persuading them not to draw money from the bank.

D．Treating them with right drugs.

5．When the writer says that compulsive shoppers get a kick from their habit, he means that they _____.

[　　]

A．feel distressed after their wild shopping

B．feel better after treatment from psychologists

C．are better able to deal with stress problems

D．have a feeling of excitement after shopping

阅读理解

　　Columbus made four voyages to the west between 1492 and 1504 in his vain(徒劳的)search for a sea route to Asia. The mystery of why he failed to find it haunted(萦绕心头的，耿耿于怀的)him and filled him with sadness.

　　Wherever he went to Cuba(古巴), Puerto Rico(波多黎各), Jamaica(牙买加), South America, Panama(巴拿马), down the coast of Central America--it was always the same story. Instead of golden palaces, there were grass huts and palm-leaf tents. Instead of silk-robed merchant princes, he found“Indians”who did not have so much as a shirt on their backs.

　　When Columbus explored the West Indies in 1493, he heard tales of a fierce Indian tribe(凶狠的印第安部落) who literally devoured(吞食) its defeated enemies after a battle. These people were called by many names in the area, including Calina, Canima, Carib, and Caniba. Columbus recorded the name of the American natives as Canibales in Spanish, a word which came to refer, within a few years, to any eater of human flesh(食人部落, 食人族). In the similar fashion, the word Caribbean, a title for the sea as well as for the region, came into English.

　　At times Columbus knew that this new land was not China, not Japan，not the Spice Islands. He seemed to accept it as a part of the earth that the geographers of Europe had never heard of before. It was another world--and he called it exactly that--but Columbus also insisted until he died that land he had reached was an unknown part of Asia.

1．What is the best title for this text?

[　　]

A．Sailing to Asia

B．Columbus' voyages

C．West Indies

D．Spice Islands

2．In the course of his four voyages, Columbus succeeded in _____.

[　　]

A．finding China and the Spice Islands

B．trading with many merchants

C．visiting several parts of Central and South America

D．sailing to Asia

3．According to this text, Columbus _____.

[　　]

A．sailed to find new lands for the king

B．sailed to find a water route round the world

C．sailed to establish trading ports

D．named the Caribbean which literally means any eater of human flesh

4．Columbus thought that _____.

[　　]

A．others had sailed to Asia before him

B．it was impossible to sail to Asia

C．the land he had found was not China or Japan

D．the geographers knew about the land he had found

5．The text implies that _____.

[　　]

A．Columbus never realized the full meaning of his discovery

B．Columbus was disappointed with his voyages

C．there was no way to reach Asia from Europe at that time

D．Columbus found exactly what he had intended to

阅读理解

　　CATV is a short way of saying“community antenna(社区天线)television”. But“cable television”is the term most people use. Cable television allows viewers to receive TV programs that they cannot pick up with their regular antennas.

　　Television signals do not follow the curve (曲线) of the earth. They travel in straight lines in all directions. Signals from a TV station move toward the horizon(地平线)and then go into space. If you live only a few miles from a station, you may not get any picture at all.

　　CATV began in 1948. People in places far from TV stations shared the cost of putting up high antennas. A community antenna was usually placed on a hill, a mountain，or on a high tower. The antenna picked up TV signals and fed them into a small local station. From the station, thick wires called cables ran out to nearby homes. Each person using the cable paid a monthly charge.

　　CATV worked well, and soon new uses were found for it. Local stations could feed programs into empty channels that were not in use. People along the cable could have local news, weather reports, and farm and school news at no extra charge.

　　Today, cable television has moved into cities. It brings in extra programs that city viewers with regular antennas cannot see. It is also used in many classrooms throughout the country.

1．From the first paragraph we know that _____.

[　　]

A．most people use cable television

B．“community antenna”is another name for“regular antenna”

C．a community antenna is used for cable television

D．regular antennas cannot pick up TV programs

2．Of the following, which is NOT the way TV signals travel?

[　　]

A．In a curve.

B．In a straight line.

C．In all directions.

D．Toward the horizon.

3．Cable TV is becoming more and more popular because _____.

[　　]

A．it is free of charge

B．it can provide more programs with better pictures

C．it provides all TV users good pictures

D．it can be used in classrooms，too

4．On the whole, this passage is about _____.

[　　]

A．how to put up high antennas

B．a better way of picking up TV programs

C．how to use the empty channels on your TV set

D．the way that TV signals are sent

阅读理解

　　LONDON Tuesday April 11--Dustin Hoffman fan Pamela Crack got the shock of her life when the movie star telephoned her as she was doing her housework. Crack, 58, said she was“flabbergasted”when she picked up the phone and heard the star at the other end.

　　“It's not every day you get a Hollywood superstar phoning you when you're doing the housework,”Crack told the Sun.“It was a moment I'll never forget.”

　　Hoffman was in the back of a London taxi driven by Crack's husband，Dave, when he made the call after being told Pamela was a fan. Dave Crack later became the star of Hoffman's speech at the Bafta award ceremony Sunday, where the 62-year-old American actor presented the Best Film award.

　　“He said to give him a mention,”Hoffman told the audience to a burst of laughter.“Cheers Dave.”Taxi driver Crack said the Hollywood star was a joy to drive from the moment he got into the taxi eating a cheese and tomato sandwich.

　　“I said‘You're that Dustin Hoffman, aren't you?’and he said,‘Yes I am--would you like a sandwich?’I was a bit surprised but I took a sandwich from him and ate it hungrily.”

1．What does the word“flabbergasted”in the first paragraph probably mean?

[　　]

A．Pleased.　　　　 B．Honored.

C．Frightened.　　　D．Surprised.

2．How did Dustin Hoffman learn that Pamela was a fan?

[　　]

A．He learned it at a dinner party.

B．He learned it from Dave Crack.

C．He learned it when he was at the Bafta ceremony.

D．He learned it when he was watching a Hollywood movie.

3．What was Hoffman doing when he talked about Dave Crack?

[　　]

A．He was riding in a taxi.

B．He was presenting the Best Film award.

C．He was talking to Pamela on the phone.

D．He was eating a cheese and tomato sandwich.

4．It is most likely that Dustin Hoffman came to London _____.

[　　]

A．to meet Pamela Crack

B．to spend a sight-seeing holiday

C．to attend the Bafta award ceremony

D．to meet a Hollywood superstar from America

5．Which of the following is the correct order of events mentioned in the article?

a．Hoffman mentioned Dave's name in his speech at the ceremony.

b．He got into Dave Crack's taxi in London.

c．He telephoned Pamela Crack.

d．He talked to Dave Crack.

[　　]

A．bdca　　　B．cdab

C．abdc　　　D．dbca

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　　My topic is fashion, and to make my talk more lively, I have brought along five objects. Fashion is important to all of us. Now we are all wearing school uniforms. When we go home, what do we do? We change into other clothes. So my first object is this blouse. It looks beautiful, doesn't it? It is my most expensive piece of clothing, and I love it. It cost over 600. You may say that it is too expensive, but luckily I can afford it. The more you spend, the better quality. So, you see, fashion is quite important to me, I admit it.

　　However, I'm not as fond of fashion as my elder brother. Last summer, my parents took us both to London. They wanted to show us some famous sights. But my brother Gary did not appreciate the old buildings. He just wanted to spend all his time in the big shopping arcades, searching for the coolest pair of trousers! For him, fashion was more important than culture. These are the trousers he bought. Were they worth the expense of a trip to London to buy these? I don't think so. I think it was a waste of time and money.

　　We must, however, remember that fashion is very big business. Changes in fashion can create or jobs. As an example, I have bought this blonde wig to show you. Do you like it? It belongs to one of my mother's friends. She told me that in the 1960s, it was fashionable for western women to wear wigs. But a few years later fashions changed and women wore wigs much less often. Then the wig factories closed down and hundred of workers lost their jobs.

1．What is the author doing at the moment? The author is _____.

[　　]

A．selling some fashionable clothes

B．buying the coolest school uniforms

C．making a speech to the audience

D．traveling to London

2．In the author's opinion, fashion is _____.

[　　]

A．important　　　　B．unimportant

C．fierce　　　　　 D．dull

3．What objects did the author show to the audience?

[　　]

A．The blonde wig.

B．The expensive blouse.

B．The cool trousers.

D．All of the above.

4．According to the author, _____.

[　　]

A．the more money you spent，the worse the clothes would be

B．the lower the price is, the better the goods are

C．the less money you pay，the better clothes you can get

D．the higher the price is, the better the quality is

5．What does the author want to tell us in the last paragraph?

[　　]

A．Wigs were always popular in the past.

B．People in the east once like wearing blonde wigs.

C．Fashion is actually a business.

D．Business often depends on the production of wig.

阅读理解

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　　The appeal of advertising to buying motives can have both negative and positive effects. Consumers may be convinced to buy a product of poor quality or high price because of an advertisement. For example, some advertisers have appealed to people's desire for better fuel economy for their cars by advertising automotive products that improve gasoline mileage. Some of the products work. Others are worthless and a waste of consumers' money.

　　Sometimes advertising is intentionally misleading. A few years ago a brand of bread was offered to dieters with the message that there were fewer calories in every slice. It turned out that the bread was not dietetic, but just regular bread. There were fewer calories because it was sliced very thin, but there were the same number of calories in every loaf.

　　On the positive side, emotional appeals may respond to a consumer's real concerns. Consider fire insurance. Fire insurance may be sold by appealing to fear of loss. But fear of loss is the real reason for fire insurance. The security of knowing that property is protected by insurance makes the purchase of fire insurance a worthwhile investment for most people. If consumers consider the quality of the insurance plans as well as the message in the ads, they will benefit from the advertising.

　　Each consumer must evaluate her or his own situation. Are the benefits of the product important enough to justify buying it? Advertising is intended to appeal to consumers, but it does not force them to buy the product. Consumers still control the final buying decision.

1．Advertising can persuade the consumer to buy worthless products by _____.

[　　]

A．stressing their high quality

B．convincing him of their low price

C．maintaining a balance between quality and price

D．appealing to his buying motives

2．The reason why the bread advertisement is misleading is that _____.

[　　]

A．thin slices of bread could contain more calories

B．the loaf was cut into regular slices

C．the bread was not genuine bread

D．the total number of calories in the loaf remained the same

3．The passage tells us that _____.

[　　]

A．sometimes advertisements really sell what the consumer needs

B．advertisements occasionally force consumers into buying things they don't need

C．the buying motives of consumers are controlled by advertisements

D．fire insurance is seldom a worthwhile investment

4．It can be inferred from the passage that a smart consumer should _____.

[　　]

A．think carefully about the benefits described in the advertisements

B．guard against the deceiving nature of advertisements

C．be familiar with various advertising strategies

D．avoid buying products that have strong emotional appeal

5．The passage is mainly about _____.

[　　]

A．how to make a wise buying decision

B．ways to protect the interests of the consumer

C．the positive and negative aspects of advertising

D．the function of advertisements in promoting sales

阅读理解

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　　SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND--A British teaching union famous for strange ideas has supported a plan to employ dogs as classroom assistants.

　　At the yearly conference of the Professional Association of Teachers in Southport, northwest England, one person suggested properly trained dogs be able to keep order in primary schools. They can round up lost children and protect those who experience unfortunate“accidents”. Wendy Dyble, a Sheet-land Islands woman who teaches children up to age seven, made it clear to her fellow friends that she was not“barking mad”. They obviously believed her, supporting her idea by 16 votes to 13, with a total of 63 abstentions(弃权).

　　She said big dogs could help round up children, keep them in line, lick up the milk they spill on the floor and provide the extra eyes that a teacher needs to keep order.“A big dog would also be helpful for stopping fights and look for lost property, like gym shoes or dolls,”Dyble said at the conference.“The dog will also be useful in sniffing out smells that children do not own up to,”she added.“It would be nice for the teacher not to have to go round sniffing each child to find the culprit.”

　　The idea was welcomed by the Dog Defense League but less so by bigger teaching unions. A spokesman for Education Secretary, David Blunkett, who is blind, said his guide dog was always popular with pupils when he visited schools. The Professional Association of Teachers, with around 35,000 members, is the smallest teaching union in Britain. It has an honour for occasional strange ideas.

　　Earlier this week, its yearly conference here suggested stopping exams because they lead to stress and introducing selection at the age of 12 based on physical coordination(调整) and manual( 手工的)skill.

1．According to the writer's opinion, to employ dogs as classroom assistants _____.

[　　]

A．is not a good idea

B．can improve the relation between children and animals

C．is beyond ordinary people's imagination

D．can make some teachers lose jobs

2．What Dyble said at the conference _____.

[　　]

A．gained some support from the members

B．frightened everyone present

C．interested everyone present

D．caused some trouble to trained dogs

3．The last paragraph of this passage _____.

[　　]

A．has nothing to do with the topic of this passage

B．shows there are too many exams in British school

C．provides further facts about the teaching union

D．shows the writer's anger to the union

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

1．The number of the rooms in the best hotels in Boswell is _____.

[　　]

A．120　　　　　　B．470

C．450　　　　　　D．240

2．If a Japanese traveler wants to eat in a French restaurant, _____ is the right place for him to go to.

[　　]

A．233 Edward Road　　　　　　B．12 Venning Road

C．222 Edward Road　　　　　　D．129 North Road

3．Which hotel faces the Orchard Hotel?

[　　]

A．The First Hotel.　　　　　　B．The Osaka Hotel.

C．The Fairview Hotel.　　　　D．We don't know.