After a quick breakfast in the station restaurant, Peter set off to look for a room where he could live for the next few months. He knew ex actly what he wanted: a room which was not too small, nor so large that it would be difficult to heat in winter. It had to be clean and comfortable too, but above all, it had to be quiet. In the newspaper he had bought from the bookshop, there were very few advertisements（广告）for rooms to let. But, as he glanced down the page, a notice caught his eye.

This seemed hopeful, so he made a note of the address and set off in search of the agency. He found it in a narrow street just off the main road. The woman at the desk gave him a bright smile as he entered and, after Peter had explained what sort of room he was looking for, he paid two pounds for a list of about half a dozen land ladies who had rooms let.

(1) What does the text mainly describe?

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A．Peter's room-hunting experience.

B．Peter's determination to find room.

C．The difficulties in finding rooms.

D．The housing market.

(2) Peter's most important consideration in choosing a room was that it should be ________.

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(3)The underlined word“this”in the second paragraph refers to ________.

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　　To save time in your planning, the Jianguo Hotel offers four full day conference and meeting packages, at very attractive rates:

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RMB 290.00 NET per person including

　　-- Complimentary（免费）use of the meeting room (8 hours)

　　-- Morning coffee breakfast with Danish food

　　-- Chinese set menu in Four Seasons (inclusive of one soft drink or local beer)

　　-- Afternoon coffee with fruits

　　-- Complimentary use the equipment of the meeting room

Enterprise Package

RMB 198.00 NET per person including

　　-- Complimentary use of the meeting room(8 hours)

　　-- Morning coffee breakfast

　　-- Standing business lunch (inclusive of one soft drink or local beer)

　　-- Afternoon coffee with fruits

　　-- Complimentary use the equipment of the meeting room

　　Each of the above packages is valid for（适用于）a minimum of 10 persons. For further information, please telephone our office at extension 8028 or fax to 65002871.

(1) If you ten managers will have a meeting in the daytime on Monday and Tuesday in Jianguo Hotel, you have to pay at least ________.

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(2) If you want to have Chinese food, you'd better choose ________.

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　　Cheats have taken large amount of money out of trusting Japanese in 2003 by phoning and pretending to be relatives in trouble, Japanese police said. In what media are calling the“Hi, it's me”trick, victims（受害者）receive calls from cheats who call themselves only as“me”and say they are in great need of money to cover anything from an uninsured traffic accident to an unexpected trouble. Victims think the person on the telephone must be a close relative and often agree to send the money to bank account specified by the cheat straight away. There had been 3 807 reported cases till November 2003, with victims paying out a total of almost 2.3 billion yen ($ 21.1 million), according to police figures. Many of the victims were women over 40, according to domestic newspapers. Police said they were recommending that people check the identity of people asking for money on the telephone. In a more shocking development, some telephone cheats now force money by pretending they have kidnapped a victim's child, with 76 such cases in October alone.

(1) Why did the victims send money to the cheats?

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A．Because they recognized their close relatives in trouble.

B．Because they thought the person on the phone was close relative though they didn't recognized who it was.

C．Because the cheats pretended to be their close friends.

D．Because the cheats called themselves their close relatives.

(2) Who were more easily cheated in the trick?

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(3) According to the passage, the more worrying tend is ________.

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A．there will be more and more cases in Japan

B．a larger amount of money will be paid out by victims

C．Japanese take no notice of the warning by the police

D．cheats pretended they have taken more dangerous actions when they asked for money

(4) The best title of this passage might be“________”

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　　Vallandigham was a lawyer. In his last appearance in the courtroom, he represented a client（委托人）on trial for murder. He insisted that the victim（受害人）had drawn his own gun in a way that caused it to fire, killing himself. To prove what he said was true, Vallandigham showed the victim's method of drawing a gun using the evidence gun filled with bullets. The gun went off, and he lost his life but proved his case.

Gone fishing

　　A fisherman in Kiev killed himself by electricity while fishing in the river. The 43-year-old man connected cables to the main power supply of his home and put the end into the river. The electric shock killed the fish, which floated to the top of the water. The man stepped into the river to collect his catch, forgetting to remove the live wire, and terribly suffered the same fate as the fish. The man was fishing for a mourning meal to remember the first anniversary（周年纪念）of his mother-in-law's death.

Wrong and wronger

　　A 40-year-old official of the local government took his dog out for a walk. He met with a Police Academy student who was guarding two women to their homes. The student pointed out that the official's dog was not allowed on a public street without a lead. Now, no one would be brave enough to tell a village official what to do, so the two men began to argue. Unable to resolve the matter by oral means, the official finally pulled out a military RGD-5 hand grenade（手榴弹）and threw it to the student's feet. His well-trained dog immediately ran for the object and fetched it for his master…and the man and dog met the same fate.

What's that sound?

　　Police said an Olathe man was struck and killed by a train after his vehicle broke down on Interstate 35. His attempts to repairing his car had failed, and he had stepped away from the busy freeway to call for help, when the train engineer spotted him standing on the tracks. The engineer said the man was holding a cell phone to one ear, and cupping his hand to the other ear to block the noise of the train.

(1) What the lawyer Vallandigham did showed that ________.

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A．he had to kill himself to prove the case

B．he had planned carefully to prove the case by killing himself

C．he hadn't thought he would lose life

D．he killed himself in order to save his client

(2) What caused the death of the fisherman?

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(3) Who is wronger?

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(4) How dare the driver stand on the tracks while a train was coming near?

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A．He thought the train would stop in front of him.

B．He thought the train wasn't near enough to kill him

C．He couldn't hear the train coming.

D．He failed to notice the danger of the coming train.

(5)The best title of the passage might be“________”

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　　Clive was climbing an old tree on Butter Hill. His father and Mr Drew were deeply absorbed in conversation not far away, which Clive could overhear.

　　“…North Dakota, capital Bismarck,”said Clive's father.

　　“Yes, and of South Dakota, it's Pierre. Delaware next, capital Dover, with a population of only 5000…”

　　Clive listened, checking the names. When they got stuck on Indiana, he came down the tree and went across to them.

　　“Let me see now,”Mr Drew was saying,“Indiana, Indiana…the capital must be Fort Wayne.”

　　“No,”said the other,“I think it's Evansville.”

　　“Indianapolis,”said Clive.“That's the easiest of all to remember.”

　　Both the men laughed.“He's right, you know,”Mr Drew said. Clive's father agreed,“Yes, yes. Indiana, Indianapolis. Now Kansas…”

　　Clive, who was thirteen then, was not very clever at school. But at that moment he felt rather proud of himself.

　　Looking back now, after many years, Clive remembers some of the ways he learned geography. One thing he remembers clearly is the“test”that took place every other week. The teacher used to pin up a big map on the board China perhaps, or the United States, Australia or Europe…The map would have everything on it, except the names. The teacher, pointing with a long, wooden stick, began.

　　“Ready? Fifty questions. Number 1--write the name of this river. Number 2--the name of this State. 3--its capital, here. 4--the name of this bay（海湾）. 5…”

　　Clive has quite forgotten whether he enjoyed learning geography or not. He didn't consider the rights or wrongs. Though he has never studied geography since he left school, he has never forgotten it. He is glad about the way he learned. The work might have been dull, unexciting; but if so, the dullness has given him a lifetime of interest, understanding and pleasure.

(1) The passage shows that the two men ________.

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A．gave Clive a regular test in geography

B．were themselves interested in geography

C．disliked some modern ways of teaching

D．discouraged Clive feeling of pride

(2) Indianapolis was the easiest of all to remember because ________.

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A．it is the capital of the state

B．it is larger than the other cities in the state

C．Clive had learned it so well

D．it repeats the name of the state

(3) The maps were suitable for their purpose be cause ________.

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A．they didn't give any names

B．they showed everything that the students had learnt

C．they made the test interesting

D．they made it easy to remember things

(4) Which of the following is true?

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A．Clive's geography was poor.

B．Clive's geography teacher didn't teach well.

C．Clive's teacher taught geography well.

D．Clive was proud of his cleverness.

(5) Now that he is grown up, Clive thinks that ________.

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A．learning which places are is not all that important

B．his geography lessons must have been enjoyable

C．he was lucky to have been taught in that way

D．unless the work is interesting you won't remember it

June 8th, 2004

　　Tian'anmen. Square. Forbidden City. The Ming Tombs. Summer Palace. The Great Wall Peking Duck. Street of Bars.

　　I feel like I've been run over by a tractor. Beijing has too much history. It's completely overpowering. I think my friend is just as blinded by the pure brightness of China's long past. Oh… the glory of ancient China still exists. I think out of all the places I visited, I like the Great Wall the best. We climbed, and climbed and climbed. Parts of it were basically straight up. We were out of breath all the way up. But it was all worth it. One sight of the length and lasting power of this monument of humankind blew the wind out of me. From our point of vision, the wall was endless; travels as far as the eye could see.

　　On a totally unrelated topic, people here really like to use umbrellas and spit(not in that order). A great majority of the women here hold these little colored umbrellas--in fear of darkening the skin. I feel so out of place. I'm really brown. My mom calls me a black cat. One thing I can't get used to is people smoking in the restaurants and stores. Smoking is forbidden in most buildings in America unless there is a specified area . The food, however, is unbelievable. Salivating（流口水）became common.　　I heard the National Entrance Exam ended today or yesterday. I'm still shocked at the idea of having so many exams crowded into two days. Thankfully, we didn't have to go through with it. Instead, we had to deal with the SATs. I had the chance to talk with a few students of my age. I really admire these students. They get the spirit of“patience and perseverance”.

(1) What reminded the author of his brown skin?

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A．Umbrellas used on the Great Wall.

B．The women on the Great Wall.

C．The steep part of the Great Wall.

D．The author's mother.

(2) What puzzled the author most according to the passage?

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A．The ancient Chinese buildings.

B．The Great Wall.

C．Chinese food.

D．The way the National Exam held in China.

(3) Which of the following is an unpleasant experience during the writer's visit in China?

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A．Climbing the Great Wall.

B．Eating Chinese food.

C．Smoking is not forbidden in some public places.

D．So many students took part in the National Exam.

(4) What's the writer's attitude towards the Chinese students?

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　　To make coffee when he signed, he was quite confident. (He thought the experience would make a nice book. )

　　After 40 of the 70 days, he was ready to give up.“I was beaten down, completely humbled,”admits Peters. Three weeks later he spoke to the local press (also part of the bargain), stating,“Not only is motherhood a difficult task, not only is it never-ending, it is an impossible job for any normal human being.”

　　 Bob and Pat were high school sweethearts. After they were married in 1960, she worked as a secretary to help put him through university. Since then Bob has been the football and wrestling coach at Palo Alto's Cubberley High while Pat raised the kids.

　　Then two years ago Pat went back to work as a secretary at Cubberley.“I had been around children so much,”she sighs（叹气）,“I couldn't talk to a grownup.”She continued to run the household, however until Bob signed the contract, whereupon she decided to relax and enjoy it.

　　Although Peters had consulted with his school's home economics teachers and the head of the cafeteria（食堂）,his meals were sometimes a disaster.“I tried to slip the butter I'd forgotten under the eggs after they were frying,”he says. For the last three weeks, the family ate out a lot sometimes having Macdonald's hamburgers for lunch and dinner.

　　As for housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean if the bed is made.“I found an easier way--I shut the doors,“he says. Soon the kids were wearing the same clothes for a week.“I made them wear their shirts inside out, and when we went to pick up Pat at work they turned them fight side out so they would look clean.”

　　Now that Bob has publicly admitted he was wrong, he is routinely（日常地）sharing the child-raising and household tasks with Pat. The tentative（暂定的）title of his book about the summer is taken from something he shouted at the kids one day:“A contract”.

(1) The couple signed the contract because ________.

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A．Pat complained a lot about her doing the housework all by herself

B．Bob loved taking care of children and wanted his wife to have a good rest

C．they agreed that husband and wife should share household tasks

D．Bob thought it easy to take care of the family and wanted the experience for a book

(2) It was agreed that if Bob failed to keep to the contract, he would have to ________.

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A．pay a certain amount of money

B．do all the housework for years

C．say sorry to his wife

D．admit publicly he was wrong about motherhood

(3) What can we learn about Pat Peters?

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A．She was hardworking and selfless.

B．She was pretty and kindhearted.

C．She was tired of the child-raising and house-hold tasks.

D．She did not love Bob any longer.

(4) Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

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A．Bob managed to keep the kids' clothes clean.

B．Bob tried to cook good meals for his children.

C．Bob frequently took the kids out to eat because he was too busy at work.

D．Bob taught the kids to make their beds every day.

　　I needed to get some money, so after Christmas, I took a job in the clothes department at Graham's for the first fortnight of the January sale. I can't say that I enjoyed it, but it was an experience I'1I never forget.

　　I could never understand why there were so many things in the sales; where did they all come from? Now I know the secret! Firstly, there is the special winter stock（货物）and the stock that people buy all the year round; some of these things are slightly reduced. Secondly, there are the stammer clothes they couldn't sell last year; these are heavily reduced to clear them Thirdly, there are cheap clothes bought in specially for the sales; these are put out at high prices ten days be-fore the sale, begins and then are reduced by 60％in the sale Clever! lastly, they buy in“seconds”(clothes mot in perfect condition)for the sale and they are sold very cheaply.

　　When I arrived half an hour before opening on the first day of the sale, there was already a queue around three sides of the building. This made me very nervous. When the big moment arrived to open the doors the security guards, looking less confident than usual, came up to them, keys in hand. The moment they had unlocked the doors, they hid behind the doors for protection as the noisy crowd charged in. I couldn't believe my eyes; this wasn't shopping, it was a battlefield! One poor lady couldn't keep her feet and was knocked over by people pushing from behind.

　　Clothes were flying in all directions as people searched for the sizes, colours and styles they wanted. Quarrels broke out. Mothers were using their small children to crawl（爬行）through people's legs and get hold of things they couldn't get near themselves.

　　Within minutes I had half a dozen people pushing clothes under my nose, each wanting to be the first served. Where had the famous English queue gone? The whole day continued like that, but I kept my temper（脾气）! I was taking money hand over fist and began to realize why, twice a year, Graham's were happy to turn their expensive store into a battlefield like this.

　　In the sale fever, people were spending money like water without thinking whether they needed what they were buying. As long as it was a bargain it was OK.

　　You won't believe this but as soon as I got home I crashed out for four hours. Then I had dinner and went back to bed, fearing the sound of the alarm which would tell me to get ready for the second day of the sale.

(1) What kind of clothes is likely to be sold 5％cheaper?

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A．Last summer's clothes.

B．Clothes not in perfect condition.

C．Clothes bought in specially for the sales.

D．Clothes for winter.

(2) Which of the following statements is true?

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A．The customers gave up the queuing, for which the English are famous.

B．The customers kept their temper while looking for clothes they wanted.

C．Small children enjoyed crawling through people's legs.

D．The security guards were fearless of the crowd.

(3) In the author's opinion, why were Graham's happy to make their expensive store into a“battlefield”?

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A．There were too many clothes and they wanted to clear them in the sales.

B．They were eager to show that they were clever at doing business.

C．They could take the chance to raise the prices of all their clothes.

D．They wanted to make more money by having sales.

(4) The expression“crashed out”means ________.

　　A few years ago it was popular to speak of a generation gap, a disagreement between young people and their elders. Parents said that children did not show them proper respect and obedience, while children complained（抱怨）that their parents did not understand them at all. What had gone wrong? Why had the generation gap suddenly appeared? Actually the generation gap has been around for a long time. Many people argue that a gap is built into the fabric（结构）of our society.

　　One important cause of the generation gap is the chance that young people have to choose their own ways of life. In more traditional societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and agree to, and to continue the family occupation（职业）.In our society, young people often travel great distances for their education, move out of the family home at an early age, marry or live with people whom their parents have never met, and choose occupations different from those of their parents.

　　In our easily changing society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did: to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often, however, the strong desire that parents have for their children is another cause of the disagreement between them. Often, they discover that they have very little in common with each other.

　　Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the gap between the generations. In a traditional culture, elderly people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become out of date overnight. The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds, separated by different skills and abilities.

　　No doubt, the generation gap will continue to be a feature（特点）of American life for some time to come. Its causes are rooted in the freedom and changes of our society, and in the rapid speed at which society changes.

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

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A．the generation gap suddenly appeared

B．the generation gap is a feature of modern social life

C．people can reduce the generation gap

D．many critics argue over the nature of the generation gap

(2) The word“around”in Paragraph 1 means ________.

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(3) Which cause of the generation gap is not mentioned in the passage?

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A．Young people like to choose their own life styles.

B．American society is changing very fast.

C．Parents place high hopes on their children.

D．Modem education makes them think differently.

(4) In American society, young people often ________.

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A．depend on their parents to make a life

B．stay with their parents in order to get a chance for higher education

C．seek the best advice from their parents

D．have very little in common with their parents

(5) Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

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A．Parents should be strict with their children.

B．The younger generation should value the older generation for their wisdom.

C．The generation gap is partly caused by the older generation.

D．The generation gap does not exist in American society.

　　Puerto Rico（波多黎各）may be part of the USA but its music and dance is a mixture of both Spanish and American rhythms. The country, as a result, is a mixture of very new and very old. It exhibits the open American way of life yet remains the more formal Spanish influences. This is reflected in the architecture, not just the difference between the old and the modern in urban areas but also in the countryside, where older buildings sit side by side with schools and houses. It is found in the cooking, too many fast food restaurants together with local cooking which has its roots in the mixture of culture of all the Caribbean and in the music, where rock music is played in beach resorts（圣地）but in the hilly center, Puerto Rican music can be heard. Old volcanic mountains, long motionless, take up a large part of the center, with the highest peak, Cerro de Punta, at 1338m in the Cordillera Central. The mountains are surrounded by a coastal plain with the Atlantic shore beaches cooled all the year round by trade winds（信风）.

　　The population is 3.8 million, of which about 1.5 million live in San Juan, although about another two million Puerto Ricans live in the USA. Average life is 73.8 years and GDP per person is$ 12212,the highest in Latin America, although not up to the level of mainland USA. The people are largely a mixture of Amerindian, Taino-Arawak, Spanish and African. Most Puerto Ricans do not speak English and less than 30％speak it fluently（流利地）.Second generation Puerto Ricans who were born in New York, but who have returned to the island, are called Nuyoricans（新波多黎各人）.The people are very friendly and hospitable but there is crime, linked to drugs and unemployment.

(1) It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

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A．Puerto Rico belongs to the USA

B．Puerto Rico is part of Spanish

C．Puerto Rico is an independent country

D．Puerto Rico has the highest peak in Latin America

(2) The underlined word“It”in the first paragraph refers to ________.

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A．the country

B．a result

C．a mixture of very new and very old

D．Puerto Rico

(3) What's the character of the culture of Puerto Rico?

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A．Either new or old.

B．A mixture of different peoples.

C．Too many fast food restaurants.

D．Either Spanish or American.

(4) What are the disadvantages of Puerto Rico?

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A．Too many Puerto Ricans live in the USA.

B．Few people in Puerto Rico can speak English.

C．Puerto Rico's GDP is lower than that of the USA.

D．Social problems connected with drugs and lack of jobs.

(5) According to the passage, old volcanic mountains lies ________.

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