“Organic produce is always better,”Gold said.“The food is free of pesticides(农药),and you are generally supporting family farms instead of large farms.And more often than that it is locally(本地)grown and seasonal,so it is more tasty.” Gold is one of the growing number of shoppers buying into the organic trend,and supermarkets across Britain are counting on more like him as they grow their organic food business.But how many shoppers really know what they are getting,and why are they willing to pay a higher price for organic produce?Market research shows that Gold and others who buy organic food can generally give clear reasons for their preferences—but their knowledge of organic food is far from completing.For example,small amounts of pesticides can be used on organic products.And about three quarters of organic food in Britain is not local but imported(进口) to meet growing demands.“The demand for organic food is increasing by about one third every year,so it is a very fast-growing market,”said Sue Flock,a specialist in this line of business.?

1.More and more people in Britain are buying organic food because________.?

A.they are getting richer?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　B.they can get the food anywhere?

C.they consider the food free of pollution?　　　　D.they like home-grown fruit

2.Which of the following statements is true to the facts about most organic food sold in Britain??

A.It grows indoors all the year round.?　　 B.It is produced outside Britain.?

C.It is grown on family farms.?　　　　　　　　D.It is produced on large farms.

3.What is the meaning of “the organic trend” as the words are used in the text??

A.Growing interest in organic food.?

B.Better quality of organic food.?

C.Hating organic food.?

D.Higher prices of organic food.

4.What is the best title for this news story??

A.Organic Food—Healthy,or Just for the Wealthy??

B.The Making of Organic Food in Britain?

C.Organic Food—to Import or Not??

D.Good Qualities of Organic Food

5.How much do customers know about organic food??

A.Their knowledge of organic food is limited.?

B.Their knowledge of organic food is complete.?

C.They know nothing about organic food.?

D.They know that some amounts of pesticides are used on organic food.?

The chance came in the form of a newspaper advertisement for work on cruise ships(游船).At the time Estrella was the housekeeping manager at a Melbourne hotel.He applied and,after two interviews,a medical check and police clearance,the job was his.?

Estrella is responsible(负责的) for the cleanliness of the ship,making sure that 160 crew work properly.“I enjoy it because there is no other work—you wake up each day in a different place and a different culture.It's exciting when you go to the next country and you don't understand the language,” he says.?

Estrella likes being busy and getting to know people from all over the world.The 1000　　crew come from 94 countries,and Estrella has learnt Spanish and a little Croatian.?

But there is a downside.“You cannot get really drunk because you have safety responsibilities to yourself and others,” he says.“You don't really think about home.You start to think about home only when you get closer to your vacation and wonder what you'll be doing.”?

Life on the ship is anything but cruising.Estrella and his fellows work at least 10 hours a day,seven days a week.He warns the job is not for everybody.“You have to love being busy and be prepared to work every day—and to give up drinking too much alcohol.” In his spare time,if the ship sails into a prot,Estrella explores it,otherwise he works out in the crew's gym,goes on the internet or calls home.

1.What do we know about Estrella??

A.He is very fond of traveling.?

B.He doesn't drink wine now.?

C.He cannot speak a foreign language.?

D.He used to be a housekeeping manager.?

2.The underlined work “downside” in Paragraph 5 probably means__________.?

A.disappointmentB.disadvantage?

C.failureD.loss?

3.Which of the following is true??

A.Estrella doesn't often feel homesick because of his work.?

B.The work on the ship is not suitable for a married person.?

C.Estrella can find no other job except the one on the ship.?

D.The people on the ship are from 94 countries.?

4.In the last paragraph the writer thinks that life on the ship is __________.?

A.not a tiring journey at all?

B.just an interesting voyage?

C.far from a voyage for pleasure?

D.more than a pleasant travel by sea?

　　Popular music in America is what every student likes.Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class,after class,and at lunch.Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the streets.?

　　Adult drivers listen to music on the car radios as they drive to work.They also listen to the news about sports,the weather,politics,and activities of the American people.Most of the radio broadcast is music.?

　　Pop or popular music singers make much money.They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state.Once the popular singer is heard throughout the country, young people buy his or her tapes.Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer.Wherever the singer goes,all the young people want to meet him or her.Now the singer has become a national star.?

　　There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans.One is called folk music.It tells stories about the common life of Americans.Another is called western or country music.This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching.Today,any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.?

　　Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music.Music for instruments is called orchestra music（管弦乐）,such as the symphonies（交响乐）of Beethoven.There is opera（歌剧） for singers.There is ballet（芭蕾舞剧）for dancers like the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in China.

1.In what sense can music be regarded as an international language??

A.Popular music is what everyone enjoys.?

B.The songs that are sung or played by instruments are so beautiful and understandable that everyone can enjoy them.?

C.When music is played,it seems as if it were speaking to us.?

D.Music is so popular throughout the world that everyone can play it.?

2.What can we know about music and people in America??

A.Student drivers carry small radios with earphones when they drive on the streets.?

B.Students always listen to music before class,in class and after class.?

C.Adult drivers listen to news as well as music when they drive to work.?

D.Adult drivers never listen to music when they drive to work.

3.Country music__________.?

A.is a kind of music that is popular in America?

B.has nothing to do with folk music?

C.in only sung by cowboys?

D.is not played in the concert halls

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage??

A.All people in America like popular music.?

B.Pop singers can get all the money from the tapes.?

C.Now,western or country music is a little different from its beginning.?

D.Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is a kind of pop music.

　　 Every nation has its special holidays.China observes New Year's Day(January 1),May Day and National as legal holidays,as it was on Oct.1,1949 that People's Republic of China was founded.The Chinese have long celebrated the Chinese lunar year.In the United States,congress has declared several as legal days such as New Year's Day (January 1);Martin Luther King,Jr's Birthday;Washington's Birthday; Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day and so on.Some holidays celebrate special events in the development of a country,such as Greece's Independence Day;Italy's Liberation Day and India's Independence Day.

　　 In the States,banks and schools usually close on a legal holiday.When such a holiday falls on Sunday,the following Monday is usually observed. Schools and organizations often observe days known as traditional holidays,although schools and business do not close then.Those holidays include Valentine's Day and Halloween.

1.Which of the following holidays has nothing to do with a country's development?

A.China's National Day

B.Valentine's Day

C.Italy's Liberty Day

D.America's Independence Day

2.From the passage we can infer that _______.

A.Chinese will no longer observe the Spring Festival

B.students don't have to go to school on any holiday

C.Chinese and Americans share at least one holiday

D.Americans can easily draw money from the banks on legal days

3.In the sentence “China observes New Year's Day(January 1)”,“observe” means _____.

A.praise

B.spend

C.celebrate

D.care

　　Vegetables costs more when they have been washed and cut and sometimes even cooked before being packaged.Chicken costs more when it has been cut into pieces by someone other than the one who buys it.A family should expect to pay more when several”TV dinners“ are taken home from the store.These are fully cooked meals,including meat,vegetables,and so on,all arranged on a metal dish.The dish is put into the fire and heated while the housewife is doing something else (cleaning the house,perhaps,or resting or watching TV).Such a convenience costs money.It transfers（转换） much of the time and work of meal preparation from the kitchen to the food plant.?

　　Economists tell us that many modern housewives have jobs outside their home.They make money that helps to pay the family food bills.The housewife naturally has less time and energy for cooking after a day's work.She wants to buy many kinds of food that can be put on her family's table easily and quickly.?

“If the housewife wants all kinds of these,” the economists say,“that is her right,but she must be prepared to pay for those who make her work easier.”?

1.The price of food increased by ____ in the United States from the year 1959 to 1972.?

A.about fifty percent

B.about twenty percent?

C.nearly one third

D.nearly two thirds

2.According to the passage,“TV dinners” are usually________.?

A.expensive food sold by TV stations

B.meat mixed with vegetables?

C.fully cooked food sold in shops

D.heated vegetables cooked on TV

3.The reason why food costs so much in America now is that_____.?

A.the price of everything has increased as well?

B.a lot of work of food preparation has been done by food plants?

C.American housewives have less time and energy?

D.there isn't enough food for so many people

584 Asians?

124 Africans?

95 Eastern and Western Europeans?

84 Latin Americans?

55 former Soviets(including Lithuanians，Latvians，Estonians，and other national groups)?

52 North Americans?

6 Australians and New Zealanders?

The people of the village would speak:?

165 Mandarin?

86 English?

83 Hindu/Urdu?

64 Spanish?

58 Russia ?

37 Arabic?

The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.?

One?third of the people in the village are children，and only 60 are over the age of 65.Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modern equipments.?

This year 28 babies will be born.Ten people will die，3 of them for lack of food，1 from cancer.Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year.With the 28 births and 10 deaths，the population of the village next year will be 1018.?

In this village of 1000 persons，200 people receive 75 percent of the income;another 200 receive only 2 percent of the income.?

About one have access to clean，safe drinking water.?

Of the 670 adults in the village，half can not read nor write.?

The village has a total yearly budget，public and private of over $3 million. $3000 per person if it is distributed evenly.Of the total $ 3 million:

$181 000 goes to weapons and warfare?

$159 000 to education?

$132 000 to health care?

These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people.The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety，wondering whether they can learn to get along together.?

1.According to the passage，the population in Asia and Africa make up 　　 .?

A.one-third

B.more than half?

C.more than two-thirds?

D.90%

2.Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text??

A.Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.?

B.About 8.25% of the people speak Mandarin in the village.?

C.About 16.5%of the people speak Mandarin in the village.?

D.Nearly all the Mandarin?speaking people are from Asia in the village.

3.Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text??

A.Poverty.?

B.Education.?

C.Environment.?

D.Marriage.

4.The underlined part “have access to”(in Para.4)means 　　 .?

A.use

B.buy?

C.produce

D.try

5.The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for 　　　　.?

A.a peaceful world?

B.good education ?

C.better health care?

D.a life without anxiety

　　 Millions of people pass through the gates of Disney's entertainment parks in California, Florida and Japan each year. What makes these places an almost universal attraction?What makes foreign kings and queens and other important people want to visit these Disney parks?Well, one reason is the way they're treated once they get there. The people at Disney go out of their way to serve their “guests”, as they prefer to call them, and to see that they enjoy themselves.

　　All new employees(雇员), from vice presidents to part-time workers, begin their employment by attending Disney University and taking “Traditions(传统) I ”. Here, they learn about the company's history, how it is managed, and why it is successful. They are shown how each department relates to the whole. All employees are shown how their part is important in making the park a success.

　　After passing “Traditions I”, the employees go on to more specialized training for their specific(具体的) jobs. No detail(细节) is missed. A simple job like taking tickets requires four eight-hour days of training. When one ticket taker was asked why it took so much training for such a simple, ordinary job, he replied, “What happens if someone wants to know where the rest-rooms are, when the parade starts or what bus to take back to the campgrounds（野营地）?...We need to know the answers or where to get them quickly. Our constant aim is to help our guests enjoy the park. ”

　　Even Disney's managers get involved in the daily management of the park. Every year, the managers leave their desks and business suits and put on special service clothes. For a full week, the bosses sell hot dogs or ice cream, take tickets or drive the monorail(单轨车), and take up any of the 100 jobs that make the entertainment park come alive. The managers agree that this week help them to see the company's goals more clearly.

　　All these efforts to serve the public well have made Walt Disney Productions famous. Disney is considered by many as the best mass service provider in America or the world. As one longtime business observer once said, “How Disney treats people, communicates with them, rewards them, is in my view the very reason for his fifty years of success. I have, watched, very carefully and with great respect and admiration, the theory and practice of selling satisfaction and serving millions of people on a daily basis, successfully. It is what Disney does best. ”

63. The first day they come to Disney parks, all new employees _______.

A. begin by receiving on-the-job training

B. must learn several jobs

C. begin as ticket takers

D. have already attended Disney University

64. The main aim of the Disney employees is to _______.

A. learn all parts of the business

B. see that their guests enjoy themselves

C. be able to answer all kinds of questions

D. keep their important guests happy

65. Each year, managers wear special service clothes and work in the park to_______.

A. set a good example for employees

B. remind themselves of their beginnings at Disney

C. gain a better view of the company's objectives(目标)

D. replace employees on holiday

66. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Tourists learn the history of Disney in its entertainment parks.

B. Disney attracts people almost from all over the world.

C. Parades are regularly held in Disney's entertainment parks.

D. Disney's managers are able to do almost all kinds of work in the Disney parks.

67. This passage is mainly about _______.

A. how Disney employees are trained

B. the history and traditions of the Disney enterprises

C. why Disney enterprises make a lot of money

D. the importance Disney places on serving people well

During World WarⅡ the British made a practical use of this rule to discover German planes on their way to bomb(轰炸) London long before the enemy was near the object.They used radio waves instead of sound waves,since radio waves can pass through fog and clouds.The outnumbered Royal Air Force(RAF)(皇家空军) always seemed to be lying in wait at the right time and the puzzled Germans never to be surprised.It was radio echoes more than anything else that won the Battle of Britain.?

　　Since the radio waves were used to tell the direction in which to send the RAF planes and the distance to send them［their range(距离范围) of flight,in other words］,the device(装置) was called radio directing and ranging,and from the first letters the word radar(雷达) was formed.?

1.Sound waves reflected from a hill can be used to calculate the __________.?

A.speed of sound

B.time between a sound and its echo?

C.height of the hill

D.distance to the hill?

2.The British used radio waves because they__________ .?

A.were more exact than sound waves?

B.could not be discovered?

C.could pass through fog and clouds?

D.were easier to use than sound waves?

3.Practical use of radio waves brought about __________.?

A.new machines for planes?

B.a radio directing and ranging device?

C.new radio sets for RAF bombers?

D.a discovering device?

4.Radar allowed British to be able to__________ .?

A.discover German planes on their way to London?

B.direct the outnumbered RAF planes effectively?

C.kill German bomber pilots?

D.both A and B

5.The author of this passage mainly wanted to explain __________.

A.exactly how radar worked?

B.why the British used radio waves in their device?

C.how radar(word and device) came into being?

D.how radar helped the British win the battle??

　　Making an advertisement for television often costs more than a movie. For example, a two-hour movie costs $6 million to make. A TV commercial can cost more than $6000 a second. And that does not include cost of paying for air time(电视节目开始的时间). Which is more valuable, the program or the ad?In terms of money and making money is what television is all about，the commercial is by far the more important.

　　Research, market testing, talent, time and money—all come together to make us want to buy a product. No matter how bad we think a commercial is, it works. The sales of Charm went up once the ads began. TV commercials actually buy their way into our head. We, in turn, buy the product.

　　And the ads work because so much time and attention are given to them. Here are some rules of commercial ad making. If you want to get the low middle-class buyer, make sure the announcer has a tough, manly voice. Put some people in the ad who work with their hands. If you want to sell to upper-class audience, make sure that the house, the furniture, and the hair style are the types that the group identifies(识别) with. If you want the buyer feel superior to the character selling the product, then make that person so stupid or silly that everyone will feel great about himself or herself.

　　 We laugh at commercials. We don't think we pay that much attention to them. But facts show we are kidding ourselves. The making of a commercial that costs so much money is not kid stuff. It's big, big business. And it's telling us what to think, what we need, and what to buy. To put it simply, the TV commercial is a form of brainwashing.

64. TV commercials are more important than other programs to television because _______.

A. they bring in great profits(利润)

B. they require a lot of money to make

C. they are not difficult to produce　　

D. they attract more viewers than other programs

65. The purpose of all the efforts made in turning out TV commercials is _______.

A. to persuade people to buy the product

B. to show how valuable the product is

C. to test the market value of the product

D. to make them as interesting as TV movies

66. From the rules set for making commercial ads, we can see that_______.

A. the lower-middle-class buyer likes to work with his hand

B. the more stupid the characters, the more buyers of the product

C. ad designers attract different people with different skills

D. an upper-class buyer is more interested in houses and furniture than a lower-middle-class buyer

67. It is believed by the writer that_______.

A. few people like to watch TV commercials

B. TV commercials are a good guide to buyers

C. TV commercials often make people laugh

D. people do not think highly of TV commercials

We may laugh at home robots today,but some day they may see and hear better than humans do.We humans can only see certain wavelengths(波长) of light,and hear certain sounds.That's because the abilities of our eyes and ears are limited(有限的).Robots,?however,?need not have the same limits as we have.Robots may also?be equipped with devices that pick up information humanscan't.Tounderstand what their sensing devices(传感器) pick up is a hard job.Remember,manmade brains handle information, including all kinds of data(数据),as zeroes and ones.Imagine the difficulty in trying to explain to a robot what a football looks like—using only zeroes and ones.?

1.Which of the followings about robots is true??

A.They can be used in many ways,acting in the movies,for example.?

B.Robots are coming into the families as quickly as into the factories.?

C.Today's robots are so perfect that they can do almost anything for us.?

D.Many boring or sometimes dangerous work are now being done by robots in industry.

2.From the passage,we can see that factory robots _________.?

A.help to improve other types of robots?

B.are most active in industrial revolution?

C.are playing a more important role than other types of robots?

D.are the tallest type among robots

3.It seems that home robots are __________.?

A.more widely used than factory robots?

B.less common than factory robots?

C.capable of doing any kind of housework?

D.free from making mistakes while performing(执行) duties

4.The development of robots suggests that __________.?

A.science and technology are developing fast?

B.people are interested in new inventions?

C.machines are more capable than humans?

D.robots can be very interesting

5.The biggest difficulty in making a robot working like a human being is to_______.

A.shape it the exact like a real man?

B.have it has the same intelligence as human beings?

C.make it think the same way a man does?

D.transform the real matters in the form of zeros and ones?