66. After experiencing the American school life, Mike thought 　　　　__.

A. a better education should include something good from both American and Germany

B. German schools trained students to be better citizens

C. American schools were not as good as German schools

D. the easy life in the American school was more helpful to students

D

People and the sources of air pollution are found in the same places. This means that cities with large populations have the biggest problem of dirty air. Air pollution is caused by many different things. A major source of air pollution is the gas fumes from cars. Statistics show that 93 percent of all auto trips are within cities. Another major source of dirty air is the burning of coal and oil for energy. This energy is needed to make electricity. Of course, much more electricity is used in the city than in the country.

On the average, we throw away more trash and garbage than the year before. The burning of garbage contributes to air pollution. Many major industries are also responsible for the dirty air in the around cities. The fumes from iron, steel, chemical, and petroleum production add particles to the air.

The effects of air pollution range from mild headaches to death. The levels of pollution found in heavy for traffic may cause headaches for loss of clear vision. Wherever coal and oil are used for fuel, fumes may kill trees and plants and cause metal to corrode. In some of the larger cities, these fumes endanger the live of human beings by contributing to lung diseases and causing early death.

65. What is particular in America schools is that 　　　　__.

A. there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings.

B. there are a lot of outside activities

C. students usually take fourteen subjects in all

D. students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car

64. The whole exchange programme is mainly to 　　　　__.

A. help teenagers in other countries know the real America

B. send students in America to travel in Germany

C. let students learn something about other countries

D. have teenagers learn new languages

63. This year 　　　__ teenagers will take part in the exchange programme between America and other countries.

A. twenty-three hundred　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. thirteen hundred

C. over three thousand　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. less than two thousand

62. It can be inferred that _________.

A. when somebody is conscious, he or she usually can’t learn new words by heart

B. we must use the words as often as possible in order to master them

C. it’s the best way to learn new words that one should only guess their meanings from the context

D. only dictionaries can help us learn language well

C

A Two-way Student Exchange (学生双向交流)

This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers(young people aged from 13 -19)from all over the world will spend about ten months in U. S. homes. They will attend U. S. schools, meet U. S. teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.

Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.

Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study, the language began to come to him. The school was completely different from what he had expected - much harder. Students rose respectfully^① when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.

Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.

“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it. ”

At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize^② American schools,” he says. “It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two. ”

Notes:respectfully　 adv. 尊敬地，谦恭地criticize　 vt. 批评，责备

61. Which of the following is most likely NOT true?

A. Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood.

B. Most of the 30,000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones.

C. How many words the writer got wrong are not known.

D. All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them.

60. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refers to _________.

A. the 30,000 words　　　　　　　　　　 　　 B. English teachers

C. misunderstood words　　　　　　　 D. frequently used words

59. It is certain that the best way to learn new words is _____________.

A. to learn them by oneself

B. to learn by living in an English-speaking world and using them frequently

C. to guess them from the context

D. to get more separate meanings of each word

58. From the passage we can see that the boat company __________.

A. isn’t an old one　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B. is a world-famous one

C. is developing slowly　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 D. has to advise customers to buy its boats

B

There is no doubt about it. The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously. I don’t mean while you’re unconscious. I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in.

That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world, mother tongue. I just pick them up. But some of them may be misunderstood. Now, to misunderstand does not mean not to understand. To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly.

The 5 % mislearnt of all the words we “know” will be the least frequently used words, as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt. Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives, without knowing that we got them wrong.

Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one’s own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning. They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game. “There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across,” they will say. “You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context. ”

This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work. It may succeed in many cases, but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words.

And what’s more, there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves. Our learners’ dictionaries usually have many meanings. A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible.

Don’t guess! Look it up!

57. The underlined word “contracts” means ________.

A. application forms from the buyers　　　　　 　 B. letters sent by the sellers

C. formal agreements having the force of law　 D. designs of a new product