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   ★Share Flat. Happy Valley big flat, one room ready for use immediately, quiet and convenient, fully furnished, park view. $6,800 including bills with maid.

Female nonsmoker. No pet. Sara 25720836 or 10077809.

   ★Moving Sale: 2 armchairs, red/ brown at $400 each; coffee table, black, wood,$800; oil painting, big, $900; Tianjin carpet, green, 3×7, $600; double bed, $500; mirror, big square, $500;  fridge, big, double-door, $1,000; old pictures, $140 up, each.  Tel: Weekend, 2521-6011; Weekday, 2524-5867.

   ★Part-time Laboratory Assistant Wanted. Required by busy electronics company to help with development of computer. Should have an electronics degree and some practical experience of working in an electronics laboratory. Hours 9:30am-1:00pm, Mon.-Fri. Fourteen days paid leave. Salary 6,598-10,230 dependent on experience. Letter of application to: Mrs G Chan, NOVA ELECTRONICS, 45 Gordon RD, Hung Hom Knowloon.

1.The one who puts on the first advertisement probably wants to ______.

A. rent a beautiful flat of her own in Happy Valley 

B. find another lady to share the cost to rent a flat

C. share her room in a flat with whoever has no pet

D. find a maid to look after herself

2.According to the advertisements, you may _______. 

A. buy an old picture for $150

B. call 25720836 to see a beautiful park

C. buy two armchairs for $400 

D. hire a maid（女仆）by paying $6,800

3.If you want to buy some old furniture, you should  ______.

A. get in touch with NOVA ELECTRONICS

B. call 2524-5867 any day except Monday

C. do it before you move to another place

D. call either 2524-5867 on Monday or 2521-6011 on Saturday

4.Once you get a part-time job in NOVA ELECTRONICS,  _______.    

A. you will be given 14 days off each year besides weekends

B. you will get $6,598 each month no matter how experienced you are

C. your have to work at least 4 hours a day

D. you should write a letter of application to Mrs. G Chan

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    假设你是李华，于2010年6月3日搭乘国外某航空公司航班（flight number BA793）回国后，发现遗失了一个行李箱（suitcase）。现请用英文给该航空公司写一封信，请他们帮你寻找。

信件要点包括：

·陈述写信原因

·简要描述该行李

·说明其重要性

·期待回复并表示感谢

The common cold is the world’s most widespread illness, which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives.

The most widespread fallacy(谬误) of all is that colds caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses(病毒) passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.

During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.

In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp(奥斯维辛集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds. At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in Experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.

If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter？Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.

No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors(止痛片) such as aspirin, but all they do is relieve the symptoms(症状).

51. The writer offered _______ examples to support his argument.

A. 4        B. 5        C. 6        D. 3

52. Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage?

A. The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.

B. Colds are not caused by cold.

C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.

D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.

53. Arctic explorers may catch colds when _______.

A. they are working in the isolated arctic regions

B. they are writing reports in terribly cold weather

C. they are free from work in the isolated arctic regions

D. they are coming into touch again with the outside world

54. Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit _______.

A. suffered a lot               B. never caught colds

C. often caught colds           D. became very strong

55. The passage mainly discusses _______.

A. the experiments on the common cold

B. the fallacy about the common cold

C. the reason and the way people catch colds

D. the continued spread of common colds

London Underground
The world’s first subway was built in London in 1863. At the time, the government was looking for a way to reduce traffic problems in the city of London. The poor areas of the city were so crowded with people that it was almost impossible for horse carriages to get through. The city officials were interested in trying to make it possible for workers to live outside of London and travel easily to work each day. If people had a cheap and convenient way that they could depend on to go to and from work, they would relocate their homes outside of the city. This would help ease(减轻) the pressure of too many people living in the poor parts of London. From these problems, the idea of the London Underground, the first subway system was born.
The plans for building the Underground met with several problems and delays, but the fast track was finally opened in January 1863. A steam train pulled the cars along the fast underground track which was 6 kilometers (3. 7 miles) long. About 30,000 people got on the subway the first day.  Riders were treated to comfortable seats (standing up while the train was moving was not allowed), and pleasant decorations inside each of the cars. However, the smoke from the engine soon filled the air in the tunnels with ash and soot(煤灰), as well as chemical gases. Fans had to be put in the tunnels later to keep the air clean enough for people to breathe. Even with its problems, riding in the Underground did catch on. It carried 9 million riders in its first year.
40. What led the British government to build the London Underground？
A.  Traffic jams and pollution.
B.  Population and pollution.
C.  Overcrowding and traffic jams.
D.  The poverty and subway problems. 
41. How did the London Underground solve the smoke problem？
A.  It made the tunnels larger.
B.  It put fans in the tunnels.
C.  It cleaned the chemical gases in the tunnels. 
D.  It reduced the number of passengers riding in the train.
42. The underlined phrase “catch on” most probably means “______”.
A.  be troublesome         
B.  become popular and fashionable
C.  keep up with           
D.  seize
43. Which of the following is TRUE？
A.  To relocate the workers’ homes outside London，the government built the subway.
B.  There were so many problems and delays that in 18th century the first subway opened.
C.  The subway greatly eased the pressure of traffic.
D.  There were not enough seats for the passengers the first day the subway opened.