John was born in a small town in England. His father has a farm and can supply him enough money to finish university where he's studying law. The young man studies hard and hopes to be a famous lawyer.

　　Last Friday their term was over. John said to his father on the telephone that he was going to travel in a small country during his summer holiday. His father agreed to his plan and posted some money to him. Their plane landed on the only airport of the country safely. He took a taxi and got to a hotel in the centre of the capital. He felt hungry and tired. So he had a dinner and then a good sleep. The next morning he was all right and was going to visit some places of interest. He met an English visitor while he was having breakfast and the man told him to be careful of thieves.

　　John thanked the man and left. But he thought he was smart and strong and he decided to have a try. He brought out a piece of paper and wrote on it, “A pig has stolen my wallet!”Then he put the note into his empty wallet. After that he put the wallet into a pocket and set off. He did all carefully and hoped to find out who would steal it.

　　“Everything went well,”John thought to himself after he had returned to the hotel. He brought out his wallet and put his money into it again. He had a look at the note. To his surprise, it was rewritten. It said, “Your uncle has touched your wallet!”

(1)John can study in the university because ________.

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A．he wants to be a lawyer

B．his father is a rich farmer

C．he's smart and strong

D．he keeps his wallet well

(2)John went to the small country to ________.

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A．make fun of the thieves

B．catch some thieves

C．visit the places of interest

D．have a nice meal and a good sleep there

(3)John brought his money out of his wallet because ________.

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A．he had to pay for the meals and room

B．he had to find a place to put the note

C．he wanted to buy something for his parents

D．he was afraid to lose his money

(4)John put the note in the wallet because ________.

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A．he wasn't afraid of the thieves

B．he hoped to make fun of the thieves

C．he wanted to show he was smart

D．he wondered if the thieves could read

(5)As soon as John returned to the hotel, he didn't think ________.

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A．there were some thieves in the city

B．the English visitor was in the city

C．the thieves could steal his wallet

D．the thieves were stronger than him

　　Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today, because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events --love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It tells real-life stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated, it is good to hear music about ordinary people.

　　Country music comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the west. The singers usually play guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars. At first city people said country music was of low class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.

　　Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada--in small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. About 1200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty-four hours a day. English stars sing it in British English, and people in other countries sing in their own languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor Southerners is now popular all over the world.

(1)It can be learned from the passage that country music comes from ________.

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A．the Northeast and Midwest

B．factories and army camps in the South

C．the Appalachian Mountains and the West

D．real-life stories in small towns

(2)Before World War II country music was popular mainly in ________.

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A．the South

B．the West

C．the Midwest

D．the Northeast

(3)The underlined word “complicated”probably means ________.

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A．hard

B．difficult

C．complex

D．beautiful

(4)Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the world today because ________.

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A．city people said it was low class

B．people could sing it in many different languages

C．it started with cowboys and poor Southerners

D．it is loved by different kinds of people in the world

(5)Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

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A．Country music is about human feelings and events.

B．Country music is sung by stars all in English.

C．Country music is popular among city people today.

D．City people didn't like country music at first.

　　Pop music is the name for various popular, commercial music. It originated in the USA and spread through the whole world during the 1950s and 1960s. It is widely liked by the young people. The best-known early form of pop music was “rock 'n' roll”; another was “blues”. A more recent development is “folk rock”. Pop music has taken the place of native music in many parts of the world. It has caused the number of people for “jazz”music to become much smaller than in the 1950s and earlier, and it now began to rule music stage productions. It is a big industry. Much pop music is without artistic value, but the works of some pop singers for example：the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the groups like Pink Floyd and Crosby, Stills and Nash, are on a higher musical level. And there is still great interest in it today. Pop music concerts and festivals are held all over the world.

(1)All of the following forms belong to pop music except ________.

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(2)According to the text, the number of people for jazz in the 1950s and earlier was ________ it is today.

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A．much greater than

B．much smaller than

C．as great as

D．as small as

(3)In this text the underlined word “originated” means ________.

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(4)Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．No pop music is on a high musical level.

B．Much pop music is on a high musical level.

C．Pop music is high artistic.

D．Not all the pop music is without artistic value.

(5)The text says that ________ has now begun to rule musical stage productions.

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　　There are three branches of medicine. The first kind of medicine is called “doctor medicine”or “scientific medicine.”Scientific doctors try to observe sickness, look for logical patterns, and then find out how the human body works. From these they figure out what treatments may work. This kind of medicine is believed to date from the 4th century BC. Although nowadays it is successful, in the ancient world this approach probably did not cure many patients.

　　The second kind of medicine is called “natural cures”, or “folk medicine”, in which less educated people try to cure sickness with various herbs（药草）. These folk healers（医疗者）also use obser-vation and logic, but they are not so aware of it. They try things until they find something that seems to work, and then they keep doing that.

　　Folk medicine flourished（兴旺）long before the development of scientific medicine and was more successful in ancient times than doctor medicine.

　　The third kind is called “health spas”, or “faith healing（调节）”. Sometimes, this may be as simple as touching the holy（神圣的）man and being immediately healed. Other times, a magician may make you a magic charm, or say a spell, to cure you. Some religious groups organize special healing shrines（圣地）for the sick. In these places people rest, get plenty of sleep, eat healthy food, drink water instead of wine, and exercise in various ways. They also talk to the priests（神父）and pray to the gods. If you are feeling depressed or you have been working too hard, going to these places may be just the right thing to make you feel-better.

(1)Doctor medicine ________.

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A．has a longer history than folk medicine

B．has been practised for around 1600 years

C．bases its treatments on observation and logic

D．was very successful in curing sick-ness in ancient times

(2)According to the passage, which of the following is NOT used in health spas?

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A．Magic power.

B．Various herbs.

C．Religious faith.

D．A healthy life style.

(3)According to the passage, which of the statements is TRUE?

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A．Folk healers choose different herbs to cure diseases without any sound basis.

B．People who practise folk medicine need lots of formal education on herbs.

C．The success of folk medicine led to the development of doctor medicine.

D．Natural cures worked better than scientific medicine in ancient times.

(4)The second kind of medicine mentioned in this passage ________.

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A．is more successful in modern times

B．has a much longer history than the other two kinds of medicine

C．is also based on observation and logic as the first kind does

D．advise people to rest, sleep, eat healthy food and take exercise

(5)The author's primary purpose in this passage is to ________.

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A．describe different types of medicine

B．argue for the importance of medicine in health care

C．show the crucial（到关重要的）role religion plays in medical treatment

D．compare the educational background of three different types of patients

　　Almost everyone knows the meaning of Mr. Mrs. and Miss. Mr. is used before the names of men, Mrs. is for married women and Miss is for single women. But what is Ms?

　　For some time businessmen in the United States have used Ms before a woman' s name when they do not know whether the woman is married or not. Today, however, many women prefer to use Ms rather than Mrs. of Miss. The word Mr. does not tell us whether or not a man is married. Many women think this is an advantage（优势）for men. They want to be equal（平等）to men in this way. These women feel that it is not important for people to know whether they are married or not.

　　There are some problems with Ms, however. Not all women like it. Some like the older ways of doing things. Some find it difficult to pronounce.（Ms sounds like “Miz”.）Generally, young women like it better than older women do. It is difficult to know whether or not Ms will. be used by more American women in the future.

(1) Which of the following sentences is true?

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A．Businessmen in the United States always use Ms before women's names.

B．All women like the new word Ms.

C．All women do not like the new word Ms.

D．The women who like Ms feel it important for people to know whether or not they are married.

(2) Who used the word Ms first?

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(3) Why do many women like the word Ms? Because ________.

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A．Ms is easier to spell than Mrs. or Miss.

B．Ms is more pleasant to hear than Mrs. or Miss

C．they want to use the new word instead of Mrs. and Miss

D．they want to be equal to men

(4) In the author' s opinion, it is ________ if more American women will use Ms in the future.

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(5) The author of this passage mainly wants to tell ________.

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A．the word Ms is an advantage for all women

B．how the word Ms has come into use

C．Ms is different from Mr. Mrs. and Miss

D．businessmen use Ms when they don' t know if a woman is married

　　In the United States, boys and girls start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school until they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they graduate from secondary school. Another name for secondary school is high school.

　　Most children go to public elementary schools and secondary schools. The parents of public school pupils do not have to pay directly for their children' s education because tax money supports the public schools. If a child attends a private school, his parents pay the school for the child' s education.

　　Today about half of the high school graduates go on to colleges and universities. Some colleges and universities receive tax money from the government. A student at a state university does not have to pay much if his parents live in that state. Private colleges and universities are expensive, however. Almost half of the college students in the United States work while they are studying. When a student' s family is not rich, he has to earn money（赚钱）for part of his college expenses.

(1) Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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B．In some states, students cannot leave schools until they are sixteen years old.

C．About fifty percent of secondary school graduates attend a college or university.

D．Students are usually sixteen when they graduate from high school.

(2) Students in state universities ________ if their parents live in that state.

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(3) The parent of children who attend private schools ________ for their children's education.

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(4) Nearly half of all college students ________ while they are in school.

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(5) The best title for the passage would be“________”.

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B．Elementary Schools in the USA

C．Secondary schools in the USA

D．Colleges and Universities in the USA