3. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A. in winter the sun doesn’t set in Iceland

B. the sun rises and sets regularly in Iceland

C. the climate in Iceland is rather mild because there is no daylight in winter

D. the sun never rises in winter and never sets in summer in Iceland

2. The following statements are true EXCEPT ________.

A. there are no soldiers in Iceland

B. the Icelaoders don’t drink beer

C. there is no service fee of any kind

D. there are no crimes in Iceland

1. The American visitor enjoys visiting Iceland because ______.

A. no dogs are permitted in the capital

B. the police do not carry handguns

C. the climate is rather mild

D. it is very different from America

1．作者提出恢复健康的方法。2．文中可看出作者是安慰患者，劝其不要忧虑。3，从秘书的谈话中可知老板的秘密在公司被公开，由此推断出B项。4．从文章内容可知作者是安慰同事，使其早日康复。卡片上的内容-宿是祝愿早日康复的话，故判断c项。

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To the American visitor Iceland is a very interesting country, partly because it is dif-ferent in so many ways from what he or she is used to seeing at home. There are quite a few things that are not done, or that do not exist on the island-quite a few “nos”.

There is no pollution, for example. No dogs are permitted in Reykjavik, the capital. There is no television on Thursdays or during the entire month of July, and only three hours of black-and-white TV the rest of the time. There is no hard liquor on Wednesdays and no beer at any time. There are no handguns; only one jail of 35 cells in the entire land-an admirable figure, even for a small country of 222000 people.

There is no army, air force or navy. There is no tipping for anything. There are no large stores open on Saturdays and Sundays. Since Iceland is located just under the Arctic Circle, there is no darkness in summer and no daylight in winter. But thanks to the Gulf Stream, the climate is rather mild, with temperatures ranging from 34 degrees Fahrenheit to 52 degrees in July.

The rules on television, liquor, and guns are the result of governmental decisiorn But the absence of pollution is due in great part to the fact that Iceland get its power from the enormous geysers [间歇(喷)泉] and the thousands of hot springs that come out of ground. They provide all the energy needed by the country. In fact, Iceland uses only 3 percent of all its available power.

Iceland has been described as a democratic independent country where more fish are caught and more books published per person than anywhere else in the world. The Ice-landers have always felt a particular love for literature. They composed their first works in the ninth and tenth centuries AD. These works were poems and tales about the kings, heroes, and heroines of Iceland and Norway. At first the stories were memorized and pas-sed from generation to generatiom They were finally written down between 1140 and 1220. The Icelanders have never stopped writing ever since. “Rather shoeless than book-less,” they proudly say.

4. Which of the cards below do you think is the one the writer sent?

答：1. B 2. D 3. B 4. C

解析：

3. What does the writer suggest about one of the secretaries?

A. She’s hard-working.　 B. She talks too much.

C. She likes secrets.　 D. She enjoys weddings.

2. The writer wrote the text ______.

A. to find out about a wedding present

B. to arrange to see friends

C. to learn about a person’s accident

D. to help him stop worrying

1. What is the writer trying to do in the text?

A. To give some cheerful news.　

B. To suggest ways to recover.

C. To describe her office work.　

D. To offer professional advice.

1．文中表明世界贸易组织成立于1995年元月，关贸总协定诞生于二战之后，于1994年结束。历经7年的谈判(乌拉圭圆桌会议)，关贸总协定让位于WTO，可知GATT在1994年结束工作。4．从下文the areas of ... limited和the lack of ...可知其两个弱点。5．第二段the WTO has become as one of the world’s most powerful economic or-ganizations与C意思吻合。WTO成立后，GATT已不存在，故A项错误。

5. The best title for the passage is _____.

A. WTO-Another Name for GATT

B. WTO-an International Service Organization

C. WTO-One of the World’s Strongest Economic Organizations

D. WTO-the World’s Most Powerful Economic Organization

答：1. B　 2. A　 3. D　 4. A　 5. C

解析：