47. During the test, those who were tested were given ________.

A. no breakfast at all　　　　　　　 B. very rich breakfast

C. little food for breakfast　　　　 D. different breakfast or none

46. Which is the best topic of the passage?

　　 A. The care and proper selection of dogs for family.

　　 B. Different breeds of dogs.

　　 C. Responsibility for seeing that dogs are properly cared for.

　　 D. Different kinds of books about dogs.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D

Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast? Recently a test was given in the United States. Those tested included people of different ages, from 12 to 83. During the experi­ment, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect than if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person works with his brains. If a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with more attention to class.

Opposite to what many people believe, if you don't eat breakfast, you will not lose weight. This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch, and end up gaining weight instead of losing. You will probably lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.

45. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　 A. Don’t buy a hunting dog if your house is not big enough.

　　 B. A dog may not be so good as it is described in books.

　　 C. The German shepherd never loses its popularity for it provides not only

companionship but also protection.

　　 D. You should have a discussion with you family before buying a dog in case

it causes you a lot of troubles.

44. The German shepherd is a popular dog _____.

　　 A. because it is easy to train　　　　　 B. because it is big and strong

　　 C. because it is powerful and friendly　　 D. because it is alert and active

43. ____should take the responsibility(责任)for making sure that the dog is properly treated.

　　 A. The children　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. The parents　

C. Both the parents and the children　　 D. Anyone who wants the dog

42. Which of the following statements is true according to this passage?

　 A. The words used in Basic English are strictly limited to 850.

　 B. Basic English seems not to be so easy to learn.

　 C. Basic English can be used to expressed our complicated thought easily.

　 D. Basic English is not a natural development of the English language.

　C

　　　　　 Is your family interested in buying a dog? A dog can be a pleasant companion to your family, but if you choose the wrong kind of dogs, you will have a lot of troubles.

　　　　 Families should sit down and thoroughly discuss the possible problems before buying a dog. Even if the children in your family are the ones who want the dog, the parents are the ones who are really responsible for seeing that the animal is properly cared for. If you don’t know much about dogs, it is a good idea to go to the library for books about different kinds of dogs ,as well as books about how to train a young dog. In reading about the different breeds(种类) you should know that a dog described(描述) as very alert(机敏灵活的) may be too active. When a book describes a dog as an excellent hunting dog , it probably means that the dog won’t be happy living in a small house. Dog breeds vary(变化)in popularity as the years go by. One of the most popular dogs these days is the German shepherd. This is because it provides protection as well as companionship. The family should be warned that these dogs grow up to be very big, and may be too powerful for children to control. If space is limited, a toy dog may be a good choice. These dogs are very small and easy to train. They don’t need to be walked daily, since they can exercise in the home.

41. This passage begins with a question. According to the writer’s opinion, the answer to the question may be “_____” .

A. It will be possible in the future

B. It seems to be possible if people agree to use Basic English

C. It seems impossible that people can use a simply language to express themselves in various lives

D. It is impossible except that the five official UN languages are used at the same time

40. If we write a composition in Basic English, it will be _____.

　 A .longer than usual　

　 B. shorter than usual

　 C. hard to express what we want to

　 D. able to express ourselves in different style as we like

39. In this passage “tell it as it is ” means”______”

　 A. people can use Basic English to say want they to

　 B. people think Basic English can express what they see or hear

　 C. people say what they want to according to the fact

　 D. tell something they like to

38．How did the calf feel about the mother elephant’s roaring?

A．It was a great comfort　　　 B．It was a sign of danger

C．It was a call for help　　　 D．It was a musical note

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　B

　　 Is it possible that people of the world today could agree upon a single international language that everyone would be able to speak and understand?

　 In the United Nations there are five official languages----English, Chinese, Russian, Spanish. How about making one of them into an international language? English has been worked on for this purpose. A basic word list of 850 English words named Basic English was made. These are the only verbs in the entire list: “come, go, give, keep, let, do, put, make, say, be, seem, may, will, have, send”. Writing in Basic English may require you to use a greater number of words--- as in having to say “it comes to my ears” instead of “I heard”---- but you can still say anything you want to with just 850 different words and a few suffixes(后缀)and prefixes(前缀). This is a much smaller number of the words to have to memorize than the ordinary number offered to the students of a foreign language, but people have always had a need to do more than simply “tell it as it is”. Language is for reporting not only one’s work. For this, a language needs idioms, needs all kinds of grammar and style that reflect its history and development just as a person needs eyebrows. Is there some special reason why our lips should be a different colour from the rest of our face? Perhaps not, but this is how people-real people--- are. For communication between people, languages in all diversity will remain to reflect the growth and soul of the societies that speak them.