阅读理解

　　Jenny loves office work but it's hard on her figure. All those sandwich lunches and her sweet tooth added up to extra pounds till Jenny started slimming(减肥) with Bisks.

　　Every lunchtime she'd have a Bisks chocolate bar with a glass of milk. It filled her up and satisfied her longing for sweet things. And it was all so convenient.

　　She watched what she ate at her other meals and soon she was losing weight. Now Jenny's feeling looking so good even her boss notices the difference.

　　That was her proof that Bisks work.

Housewife

　　A lovely little girl and a hungry husband meant Elizabeth always cooked big, filling meals. And when she cooked them, she couldn't resist eating them, which led to her weight getting out of hand. So Elizabeth tried slimming with Bisks.

　　Bisks offered her 24 different flavours of biscuits and chocolate. Some sweet and some savoury(咸辣的). When she ate them instead of a meal they were really filling and satisfying. She hardly ever felt hungry and soon she began to lose weight.

　　Now Elizabeth's back to what she weighed at her wedding.

　　And she knows that Bisks work.

Student

　　Sue's first year at college was her first opportunity to cook for herself. Only she didn't. She ate whatever the dining room had to offer. Pretty soon，Sue had a weight problem. A problem she worked out with Bisks.

　　Sue had Bisks in stead of meal--easy because there was nothing to cook. The Bisks flavours were so delicious, she really enjoyed them. And she ate more sensibly at her other meals.

　　In a few weeks Sue had lost her extra weight. Now she's even taking a class in cooking!

　　That's proof that Bisks work.

　　1．When did Sue start going to cookery lessons?

[　　]

A．When she entered college.

B．When she had a weight problem.

C．When she didn;t enjoy Bisks.

D．When she'd lost her extra weight.

2．The main purpose of the passage is to _____.

[　　]

A．give proof that Bisks work in slimming

B．ask people to pay attention to their figures while working

C．show people how many different flavors of biscuits and chocolate Bisks can offer

D．ask people not to cook by themselves

3．From the passage, we can infer that the writer clearly aims at _____.

[　　]

A．young readers　　　　B．women readers

C．men readers　　　　　D．older readers

阅读理解

　　While the rest of the world carried on cycling during the　1950s and 1960s, America forgot how even high-school children would drive to school. Recently there has been something of a renaissance(复兴) in cycling, and in many areas it is a very useful way of getting around, especially where bike paths or bike routes have been built. You may well want to buy, hire or borrow a bike.

　　There are two important consequences(后果) of this earlier drop in cycling in the USA. One is that many people do not know how to cycle. That is, cyclists often behave more like pedestrians(行人) than motorists: they ride on the sidewalk or on the wrong side of the road；they do not care for stop signs or traffic lights; they ride without lights at night; they give no hand signals. The other consequence is that cycling is regarded by many people not so much as a way of getting from one place to another but as a way of life, a form of exercise, etc. As a result, large numbers of young Americans have ten-speed racing bikes. These are very high and fast and great if you are cycling long distances, riding up mountains or racing. At first, though, you may find them awkward for cycling in town, sight-seeing or shopping--they are expensive, uncomfortable and hard to control until you get used to them, and unsuitable for rough stony roads.

　　There are also ordinary bikes around. If you get hold of one of these, you may find that the brakes work by pedaling(蹬车) backwards. This is perhaps safer than ordinary brakes when it is wet, but it seems to be less effective. This arrangement also means you can't pedal backwards in order to get the pedals in the right place for getting on or moving off.

1．The passage gives us a brief introduction to _____.

[　　]

A．advantages of bikes

B．cycling in America

C．American transportation

D．how to ride a bike

2．Young Americans prefer racing bikes because they _____.

[　　]

A．provide exciting exercise

B．are easy to learn

C．are safer to ride

D．are expensive and popular

3．Which of the following does NOT result from the early drop in cycling in the USA?

[　　]

A．Cyclists do not care for traffic lights.

B．People ride on the wrong side of the roads.

C．Cycling is not considered a way of transportation.

D．People have to pedal backwards to stop the bike.

4．From the passage we can learn that in the middle of the 20th century _____.

[　　]

A．many Americans enjoyed cycling

B．cycling was popular outside America

C．racing bikes were better than ordinary ones

D．there were no special roads for bikes in America

阅读理解

　　Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station.“The railway owes me ￡12,”she said to Harry Jenks，the young man working at the office.“You sold me a ticket for May 22nd，but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ￡12.”

　　Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket.“Come into the office，Madam,”he said politely.“I'll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”

　　The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn't have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child.“You look sunburnt,”he said to her.“Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”

　　“Yes,”she answered, shyly.“The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!”

　　“That's fine.”said Harry.“My little girl can't swim a bit yet. Of course, she's only three….”

　　“I'm four,”the child said proudly.“I'll be four and a half.”

　　Harry turned to the mother.“I remember your ticket, Madam,”he said.“But you didn't get one for your daughter, did you?”

　　“Er, well…”the woman looked at the child.“I mean…she hasn't started school yet. She's only four.”

　　“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child's return ticket to Jersey costs…let me see… ￡13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe ￡1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine….”

　　The woman stood up, took the child's hand and left the office.

1．The woman was angry because _____.

[　　]

A．she couldn't use the ticket for her round trip

B．she had to return home a day earlier than she had planned

C．she spent more money than she had expected

D．Harry had sold her a one-way ticket but charged her for a return

2．Harry started talking to the little girl _____.

[　　]

A．because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do

B．because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl

C．because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice

D．when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl

3．When Harry said,“The law is the law，but since the fault was mine…”he meant that _____.

[　　]

A．they must follow the law，even though the fault was his

B．he had to be strict with the woman because of the law, although he didn't want to

C．the woman had to pay him ￡1.50 and the railway would pay her for the hotel

D．she should pay ￡1.50, but since he had made a mistake, she could go without paying

4．The woman left the office without saying anything because _____.

[　　]

A．she wanted to go home and get money for the child's ticket

B．she was so angry that she didn't want to have anything more to do with the young man

C．she was moved by Harry's kindness

D．she knew she would have to pay ￡1.50 if she insisted

阅读理解

　　In the past, Americans used to think of the United States as a“melting pot”of immigrants(移民) from many different cultures to the United States, their old ways melted away and they became part of a completely new culture. The United States was likened to a big pot of soup, which had bits of flavor(味道，滋味) from each different culture. All of the different cultures were so well blended(混合，掺杂) together that it formed its own new flavor.

　　Today, Americans realize that the simple“melting pot”theory is less true. Instead, different groups of people keep many of their old customs. Often groups of Americans from the same culture band together. They live together in distinctive communities, such as“Chinatowns”or“Little Italy”--areas populated almost exclusively(惟一，仅) by Americans of a single ethnic group--which can be found in many large American cities. Living in ethnic neighborhoods gives new Americans the security of sharing a common language and common traditions with people who understand them.

　　In time, however, people from different backgrounds mix together. They also mix with native-born Americans. Old traditions give way to new customs. The children of immigrants are often eager to adopt new, American ways. They often want to dress in American fashions, to speak English and to follow American social customs. By one estimate(估计), about 80 percent of European immigrants marry outside their own ethnic groups by the time they reach the third generation. Third generation means that their great-grandparents were immigrants. Yet as successive generations become more“Americanized”, they often retain significant elements of their ethnic heritage.

1．Ｗhat does the text mainly talk about?

[　　]

A．The American way of life.

B．Immigrants vs．native-born Americans.

C．Old traditions vs．new customs.

D．The multi-cultural heritage of the United States.

2．Why does the author mention“Chinatowns”in the 2nd paragraph?

[　　]

A．To give an example that many people keep their old customs.

B．To show that Chinese cherish their old traditions.

C．To contrast(对比) the Chinese way of life with that of the Italian's.

D．To give an example of the Americanization(美国化).

3．The underlined word“ethnic”in the last sentence most probably means _____.

[　　]

A．moral　　　　B．national

C．cultural　　　D．social

4．The underlined word“Americanized”generally means _____.

[　　]

A．immigrants who still retain their tradition, but behave like Americans in some ways

B．immigrants who still retain their own language, but speak English sometimes

C．immigrants who reject the traditions of their parents, and accept Western culture only

D．immigrants, naturalized by native American culture, in character, way of thinking etc. though still retaining some ethnic heritage

阅读理解

　　The shopping malls are designed for only one thing: encouraging people to buy，buy, buy. How do they do this? Well, it is something of an art, an art that has been brought to perfection in the 50 years since malls first started appearing in America.

　　Every aspect(方面) of mall design is carefully considered to appeal to(吸引) the customer's psychological(心理的) needs. This starts with the overall environment. Tests have shown that people feel most relaxed and comfortable at a temperature of 24-26 degrees. So, this is the air temperature of most malls. If it is any hotter, people may become too lazy to walk. Any cooler, they may rush around and leave before they've spent enough money.

　　The choice of colors is also very important. Dark colors like orange or purple can make people feel irritable or unhappy. With such feelings, they are not likely to do much shopping. Therefore, very dark colors are almost never used in malls. Instead, walls are usually painted in light colors, which make customers feel relaxed and give the mail a spacious feeling.

　　The arrangement of space in the mall is also done with great care. Research shows that most people are unwilling to walk more than two hundred meters to shop. In one of the new giant malls this could be a problem. The walkways in malls can be made curved(弯曲的) or angled to hide their true length. Or they can be broken up by fountains(喷泉), art displays or any of those other things that you thought were just there to entertain you.

1．From this passage we know that malls _____.

[　　]

A．are where people go for entertainment

B．came into being in the early 1950s in America

C．are places for art displays and social activities

D．have been perfect places for shopping since they were born

2．According to this passage, a mall with dark-coloured walls _____.

A．is likely to enjoy good business

B．looks peaceful and pleasant

C．costs more to be lighted

D．is likely to have poor business

3．What are the fountains and art displays for in a mall?

[　　]

A．To make the walkways seem shorter as well as entertain the customers.

B．Just to make the customers feel happy when they are taking a rest.

C．To cool the mall so that the customers will buy more.

D．To beautify the mall to attract more customers and children.

4．Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．Malls are the best places to do shopping in.

B．The choice of colors is very important in designing malls.

C．Malls are carefully designed to encourage people to buy more and more.

D．Without good service there will be no good business.

阅读理解

　　Washington--Laura Straub is a very worried woman. Her job is to find families for French teenagers who expect to live with American families in the summer.

　　It's not easy, even desperate(希望渺小).

　　“We have many children left to place: 40 out of 75”, said Straub, who works for a Paris-based foreign-exchange programme called LEC.

　　When the exchange programme started 50 years ago, family life was more accommodating. For one thing, more mothers stayed home.

　　But now, increasing numbers of women work outside home. Exchange-student programmes have struggled in recent years to sign up host families for the 30000 teenagers who annually come from abroad to spend all academic year in the United States, as well as the thousands more who participate in summer programmes.

　　School systems in many parts of the US, unhappy about accepting non-taxpaying students, have also strictly limited the number of exchange students they accept. At the same time, the idea of hosting foreign students is becoming less exotic(异国情调的).

　　In searching for host families, who usually receive no pay, exchange programmes are increasingly broadening their appeals(呼吁) to include everyone from young couples to retirees.

　　“We are open to many different types of families,”said Vickie Weiner, eastern regional director for ASSE, a 25-year old programme that sends about 30000 teenagers on academic-year exchange programme worldwide.

　　For elderly people, exchange students“keep us young--they really do,”said Jean Foster, who is hosting 16-year-old Nina Porst Denmark.

1．In the past, Straub's job was easy，because _____.

[　　]

A．American families needed more money to live

B．American families had fewer childlren to support

C．American families had spare rooms to rent

D．American families were not as busy as now

2．The underlined word“accommodating”in the 4th paragragh means _____.

[　　]

A．simple and interesting

B．colourful but poor

C．hard to deal with

D．eager or willing to help others

3．To deal with the problem in recent years, Straub and her workmates have to _____.

[　　]

A．ask different kinds of families to help

B．limit the number of the exchange students

C．borrow much money to pay for the costs

D．force some families to accept students

4．How many facts can you find that may have caused difficulty for the exchange programmes?

[　　]

A．None.　　　B．One.

C．Two.　　　 D．Three.

阅读理解

　　When the TV viewer turns on his set, what sort of programs does he have to choose from? You might think there would be more programs devoted to entertainment than to anything else, but that's not the case. In most countries, fewer than 20％ of broadcasting hours are devoted to entertainment. U.S. figures are high--34.8％, and the fun-loving Canadians are even higher with 44％. Except Canada and Italy, all countries give more broadcasting time to education than to either information(news, documentaries and so on) or entertainment programs. Of course, few educational broadcasts take place during peak viewing times. In Japan though, more than 60％ of broadcasting time is taken up with education of one kind or another--just another example of the business-like Japanese philosophy. In the U.K., the figure is 56.4％. The Italians have fewer educational programs than anyone else. They don't go in for entertainment either. Only about ten percent of viewing time is devoted to dramas and serials, quiz shows, music, sports, etc. You will find more news information programs on Italian TV than anything else. That's understandable in a country experiencing social and political changes. The Italians rely on TV to tell them what's going on--and events are happening almost too fast to follow. The percentage of time the U.S. devoted to news and documentary programs is much smaller. After education, most TV time is given to entertainment. Many of these programs are shown around the world.

1．Based on this passage, the percentage of TV broadcasting hours devoted to education is greatest in _____.

[　　]

A．Japan　　　B．Italy

C．Canada　　 D．the United States

2．More news information programs are broadcast on Italian TV than anywhere else because the Italians _____.

[　　]

A．are interested in what is happening in the world

B．like to experience social arid political changes

C．like watching news programmes better than anything else

D．expect TV to tell them about what is going on in their country

3．So far as the broadcasting hours devoted to entertainment are concerned, _____.

[　　]

A．the Japanese figure is the highest in the world

B．the U.S. figure is smaller than the U. K. figure

C．the U. K. figure is second to the Japanese figure

D．the Canadian figure is higher than that of any other country

4．From this passage, we learn that most TV stations in the world devote more broadcasting hours to _____.

[　　]

A．educational programs

B．entertainment programs

C．news programs

D．sports programs

5．Which of the following would the writer most probably agree with?

[　　]

A．In most countries the education channel has the largest number of viewers.

B．The television is a tool for education rather than for entertainment.

C．Educational programs are the most popular in most countries.

D．People tend to think most TV stations devote more hours to entertainment.

阅读理解

　　Percy's mysterious(神秘的) disappearance upset every body a great deal. Percy is a performer in a night-club and just before he was due to appear on the stage, it was discovered that he was not in his usual place. There was certainly good cause to worry because Percy is a dangerous snake and he is over six feet long.

　　The search for Percy lasted several days and a great number of people joined in. As Percy could not possibly have gone out into the streets, he must still be hiding somewhere in the club. The searchers found that some of the boards in Percy's room had rotted and there was a gap(间隙) in the floor. It seemed likely that Percy had slipped under the floor and then crept behind a wall where there was a nice warm central heating unit.

　　The manager of the club suggested that Percy might have found some mice behind the wall and eaten them. Since then he had probably curled round the warm pipes and gone to sleep. As a snake that has had a satisfying meal can sleep for several days continuously, a determined effort had to be made to get him out. The hot water was therefore turned off immediately and the temperature in the room fell to a few degrees above zero. But Percy, who has the reputation(名誉) of being a lazy creature, made no attempt to come out. The manager then tried something else. He placed a dish full of tasty delicacies(精美食品) near the broken floor-boards. Again Percy failed to appear. With the hot water turned off, it was decided that Percy must be freezing by now, so an electric fire was put into his room to encourage him to come in and warm himself. To help him make up his mind even more quickly, cold air was blown under the floor-boards. Even these measures did not succeed, so there was only one thing left to do. The next morning, the whole wall was carefully knocked down brick by brick so as not to frighten Percy with too much noise. The hot water pipes were gradually laid bare, but, to their astonishment, the searchers found no sign of Percy anywhere.

1．Why did Percy's mysterious disappearance upset everybody a great deal?

[　　]

A．He was an actor on the stage.

B．He was a dangerous snake.

C．He was only six feet long.

D．He was a performer in a night-club.

2．People think he must still be hiding somewhere in the club because _____.

[　　]

A．he could not possibly have gone out into the street

B．he was a night-club performer

C．there was a gap in the floor

D．Percy liked to stay under the floor

3．The hot water was turned off to _____.

[　　]

A．cool the snake

B．force Percy out

C．let Percy have a reputation

D．let Percy enjoy the meal

4．Cold air was blown under the floor-boards to help Percy to make up his mind to _____.

[　　]

A．stay　　　　B．sleep

C．eat　　　　 D．come out

5．The sentence“The hot water pipes were gradually laid bare”means“_____”.

[　　]

A．everything around the hot water pipes were taken away

B．the hot water pipes were barely put down

C．the hot water pipes were broken down

D．the water in the hot water pipes was let out

阅读理解

　　The dark, narrow streets of London were dangerous places for a lad to wander during the ruling of Charles Ⅱ (1660-1685). Bands of hoodlums(强盗), in the pay of some ships' captains, were found everywhere. Their job was to seize as many boys as they could find and carry them off to waiting ships in the harbor. Many a pale city lad would wake up from a drugged sleep, or a blow on the head, to find himself on the high seas, bound for the New World. There he might become a farmhand, an apprentice, or perhaps a household servant.

　　Thousands of unsuspecting youths were kidnapped who were never to return to the land of their birth. The traffic in young boys became, in time, a great public scandal, and this is the way it had come about.

　　America desperately needed colonists. At first, many people had come willingly, lured by tales of quick wealth and unlimited opportunity. But once they arrived, they found it to be a far rougher place than they had imagined. It was true that, there was opportunity, but hard work was needed to make it pay off. Many of the new colonists, hoping for easy fortuned, were not used to the difficulties of hard manual labour.

　　Nor could they manage the large farms by themselves. They needed help of every sort: for planting, for harvesting, for building their houses, etc. Some few skilled workers had come and set up shops--blacksmiths, carpenters, wheelwrights(修造轮子的工匠) and such--but they, too, were in need of help. Without apprentices and laborers, they could not possibly do all the work that the colonists required.

　　British shipowners offered free transportation to all those who would come, in return for an agreement to work for seven years without wages. Thousands of immigrants accepted the offer. After seven years of service they were farmers in their own right--and needed help. So there was an increasing need for workers. When the captains could not get colonists any other way, they hired hoodlums to seize any young boys they could lay hands on.

　　Over 100000 youngsters were taken to America in this way. Kidnapping became such an open scandal that in 1682 the London Council passed a law forbidding any person under fourteen to be bound into service without the knowledge and consent of his parents.

1．What shocked the London citizens in the late 17th century?

[　　]

A．The British shipowners needed hands in their business.

B．Bands of hoodlums wandered in the dark streets of London.

C．Many young boys turned to drugs and violence.

D．Many young boys were captured and shipped to America.

2．According to the passage, many British people were willing to settle in America because _____.

[　　]

A．they were poor and desperate

B．they thought they could find jobs easily and soon make a fortune

C．they were desperately tired of the bad conditions in London

D．they learned that skilled workers were badly needed there

3．According to the passage, the colonists were in need of hands for the following reasons except that _____.

[　　]

A．many rail tracks had to be built

B．there was a lot of work on the farms

C．many houses had to be built

D．there was a lot of work in various kinds of shops

4．Why did thousands of immigrants sign the agreement to work for seven years without pay?

[　　]

A．Because they had no money to pay for their voyage to the New World.

B．Because they could become farmers in their own right after their seven-year work.

C．Because they had no land of their own when they just arrived in America.

D．Because they were kidnapped and forced to sign it.

5．We can infer from the passage that the British government passed a law in 1682 because _____.

[　　]

A．the shipowners had seized a great fortune of the country apart from the young boys

B．it intended to stop the employment of the young workers under the age of fourteen

C．the public strongly condemned the kidnapping of young boys

D．it did not want to lose a lot of its young residents

阅读理解

　　Leeds, England--A Leeds University psychology(心理学) professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.

　　“The hate we hold within us is a cancer,”Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

　　More than 70 people have become members in Hart's first 20-week workshop in London--a course he says is the first of its kind in the world.

　　These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian-born Hart.

　　The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight.

　　The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hate in these people.“People have lots of negative attitudes towards forgiveness,”he said.“People confuse(混同) forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one.”

　　Hart and his team have created instructions to provide the training needed.

　　“The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with.”said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project.

　　Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can he taught, as these people“want to get free of the past”.

1．From this passage we know that _____.

[　　]

A．high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hate

B．high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professors

C．without hate，people will have less trouble connected with blood and heart

D．people who stiffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies

2．If you are angry with somebody, you should _____.

[　　]

A．try your best to defeat him or her

B．never meet him or her again

C．persuade him or her to have a talk with you

D．relax yourself by forgiving him or her

3．In Hart's first 20-week workshop, people there can _____.

[　　]

A．meet their enemies and talk with them

B．change their attitudes towards their enemies

C．enjoy the professor's speech

D．learn how to quarrel with others

4．If you are a member in Hart's workshop, you'll _____.

[　　]

A．pay much money to Hart

B．go to the workshop every night

C．attend a gathering twice a month

D．pour out everything stored in your mind

5．The author wrote this passage in order to _____.

[　　]

A．persuade us to go to Hart's workshop

B．tell us the news about Hart's workshop

C．tell us how to run a workshop like Hart's

D．help us to look at various kinds of angers