4. Form the last three paragraphs we know Chen Yinhua _________.

　 A. does well only in public activities

　 B. has no interest in school

　 C. studies English the best of all his lessons

　 D. has the nature of being a leader

答案：D　 指导：推断题。A、B,C与原文意思不符。可推知。是后一段最后一句。

Passage 2

　　　 There is one foreign product the Japanese are buying fasterthan others, and its popularity has caused an uneasy feeling among many Japanese.

　　　 That product is foreign words.

　　　 Gairaigo--words that come from outside--have been part　 of the Japanese language for centuries. Mostly borrowed from English and Chinese, these terms are often changed into forms　 no longer understood by native speakers.

　　　 But in the last few years the tfi. ckle (涓涓细流) of foreign　 words has become a flood, and people fear the increasing use of foreign words is making it hard for the Japanese to understand　 each other and could lead to many people forgetting the good　 qualities of traditional (传统的) Japanese.

　　　 "The popularity of foreign words is part of the Japanese　 interest in anything new, "Days university lecturer and writer Takashi .%alto. "By using a foreign word you can make a subject　 seem new, which makes it easier for the media (媒体) to pick up. '

　　　 "Experts (专家) often study abroad and use English terms　 when they speak with people in their own fields. Those terms are then included in government white papers,'said Muturo　 Kal, president of the National Language Research Institute.

　"Foreign words find their way easily into announcements made　 to the general public, when they should really be explained in Japanese.”

　　　 Against the flow of new words. many Japanese turning back to　 the stud)rd their own language Saito's Japanese to Be Read Aloud is　 one of many language books that ate now flying off booksellers'shelves.

　　　　 "We were expecting to sell the books to young people," said the writer, "but it turns out they are more popular wii the older generation, who seem uneasy about the future of Jal anese."

3. Chen Yinhua was invited to the conference because________.

　 A. he is a rather famous person among the students invited

　 B. he has　 special skills of leadership in his school

　 C. he did quite well in his SAT application form　 sore influential people take much interest in him

答案：C　 指导：细节推理题。根据第五段第二句可知。

2. By saying "It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience" Chen Yinhua means"____________"

　 A. this is the first time for him to have such experience

　 B. he will value this chance to perform excellently

　 C. this kind of chance is seldom given to a school student

　 D. he is the only one to get such an opportunity

答案：B　 指导：细节理解题。once-in-a-hfetxme“一生中只有一次的”，ChenYinhua如是说，说明他对此机会的重视和珍惜。其他意义都不合乎此种环境的心理。

　　 A Shanghai boy, Chen Yinhua, is going to take part in theGlobal Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D. C. and New York from July 4--15. It is organized by the Congressional Youth Leadership Council (CYLG).

　　 "I'm very lucky to get this opportunity to make friendswith so many excellent students.' said Chen, who attends Shanghai Nanyang Model High School. "It is a once-in-a-life-time experience."

　　 The 18-year-old will join 350 secondary school students from across the world, all of whom have shown leadership po- tential and academic ability.

　　 As well as trying out simulations (模拟) designed to develop leadership and decision-making skills, the students will communicate with influential figures in politics, finance, culture and the diplomatic (外交的) world.

　　 Chen knew nothing about CYLC until last March, when the organization invited him to take part in the conference. It was his SAT application form that caught CYLC's eye at the end of last year. "I was totally surprised but felt very honored after I learned about it from the Intemet," he recalled.

　　 As monitor of his class, he was involved in a wide range of school affairs. His many activities included debating, basketball, robot research and producing his class newsletter.

　　 "Although these things took up plenty of time, I enjoyed　 the feeling of making decisions. And I still worked very hard in the classroom as well as at home,'Cben said proudly. Besides passing SAT1 and SAT2, he scored 663 in the TOEFL exam while only in Senior 1.

Chen will continue his studies at Fudan,a University. After that, he hopes to build on his interest in international relations, working for an organization like the United Nations.

1. What's the purpose of the Global Young Leaders Conference?

　 A. To discuss some important matters in the world.

　　 B. To develop young people' s leadership skills.

　　 C. To compete and decide who will be the best to be leaders.

D. To offer chances for young people to communicate with　 each other.

答案：B　 指导：细节理解题。从文中第三、四自然段可知，这次会议的中心目的在于培养和发展学生的领导能力。A不符合事实，C、D是中心目的的附带活动。

4. We can know from the passage that spuare-dancing _______.

　 A. is a nationwide custom of the US

　 B. varies from one place to another

　 C. is perforrmed only by people with colorful dresses

　 D. has changed Arrericans' dressing customs

答案：A　 指导：短文第一段第一句可知。

3. If 1,000 people dance at the same time, how many squares can be formed?

　 A. Only one big square,

　 B. 1,000 squares.

　 C. More than 100 squares.

　 D. Less than 100 squares.

答案：C　 指导：计算题。由第二段可知，每一个square由八个人组成，由此可推知。

2. In the first paragraph, the underlined word “clap” means“_______”.

　 A. hit the hands together to make a sound

　 B. a kind of thing like a radio

　 C. shout at the top of one's voice

　 D. knock something to make a sound

答案：A　 指导：猜测词义题。前面说“if there was no one to play an instrument"，此处接着说“就用clap的方式打节奏(rhythm)"，由此可推知其为“拍手”之意。

1. From the passage we know that squaredaneing originated from_______.

　 A. the schools　　　　　　　　　 B. the countryside

　 C. big cities　　　　　　　　　 D. factories

答案：B　 指导：细节判断题，由文章第一段第二句可知。

4. This information would most likely be found on_______.

　 A. an advertisement

　 B. a historical stone

　 C. a tourist guide

　 D. a notice

答案：C　 指导：推理判断题。因为本文主要介绍了莎士比亚曾经演出过的剧院，所以应属于旅游指南。

Passage 18.

　　 In the United States the most popular form of folk dancing since the earliest days has been squa,redancing. In early times, when men and women worked in gr6ups to build a bam(牲口) or harvest crops, they danced when the work was done. The music coming from a violin formed the most part, but if there was no one to play an instrument, clapping was used to produce the rhythm by which to dance. The early settlers danced in a store, in a Dam, or in a farm kitchen.

　　 A square is formed by four couples who stand facing the center of the square, Each couple stands on one side of the square, the boy on the left and the girl on the right.

　　 The caller is an important part of the dance, since he tells the dancers which steps to do. If the dancers do not know the steps, he teaches them. It takes time to learn to be a good caller, and good callers are always in demand.

　　 These are the names of some of the steps the dancers do: Form a square; Circle; Honor your partner; Promenade (walk about slowly); Swing your partner; Form a star. There are many more. As the caller tells the dancers what to do next, they move to form the pattern he calls.

　　 Large or small numbers of people can dance at one time. Sometimes 800 or 1,000 people may be dancing at the same time. Or there may be only one square of eight people.　　

Costumes are worn by some who square-dance,　 This makes the dancing more colorful to watch. The costumes vary from place to place. Women often wear full skirts of variouscolors with a pretty blouse, Men have colored shirts and west- ern trousers that they wear only when square-dancing. In some country areas, everyone wears his best clothes.

3. Under the window there is a_______.

　 A. painting of seventeenth-century Southwark

　 B. wooden picture

　 C. carved figure

　 D. grave of Shakespeare's brother

答案：C　 指导：细节考查题。由第二段第四句可得出答案C