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Jenny suggested our going on an outing to the countryside next weekend, but the rest didn’t sound very _________ about the idea．

A．anxious B．enthusiastic C．cautious D．secure

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A．We did not make B．Having not made

C．We had not made D．Not having made

Rose _________ tell her mother that she didn’t pass the exam.

A．dare not to B．doesn’t dare to C．doesn’t dare D．dares not

Modern inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly．Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world inside a day, while computers operate at lightning speed．Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending．Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boasts （吹嘘） of saving precious seconds in handling tasks．

All this saves time, but at a price．When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so．We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone．Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers．Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientists; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about．

However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems．We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time．Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world．

There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle．No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern．There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this．Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faced: they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone．Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence．

1．The new products become more and more time-saving because ．

A．time is limited B．our love of speed seems never-ending

C．the prices are increasingly high D．the manufacturers boast a lot

2．What does “the days” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Simple life in the past． B．Imaginary life．

C．Times of inventions． D．Time for constant activity．

3．What is the author’s attitude towards the modern technology?

A．Objective． B．Critical． C．Optimistic． D．Negative．

4．What does the passage mainly discuss?

A．Machinery and human beings． B．The present and past times．

C．Imaginations and inventions． D．Modern technology and its influence．

Despite the fact that all three teams ________ different approaches to the problem, they were all immediate successes．

A．adopted B．acquired C．adapted D．accumulated

To hitch-hike successfully in any country you must be able to do two things: attract attention and at the same time convince the driver at a glance that you do not intend to rob or murder him．To fulfill the first requirement you must have some mark to distinguish you at once from all other hikers．A serviceman, for instance, should wear his uniform, a student his scarf．In a foreign country an unmistakable indication of your own nationality will also arrest a driver’s attention．

When I hitch-hiked 9,500 miles across the United States and back recently I wore a well-tailored suit, a bowler hat and a trench coat, and carried a pencil-thin rolled black umbrella．My suitcase was decorated with British flags．Having plenty of luggage, moreover, I was not likely to be suspected of being a dangerous lunatic（精神病患者）．I then had to get across to the driver the idea that I was a real traveler, and needed to get somewhere cheaply．

But even with careful preparation, you must not assume（认为） that the task will be easy．You should be prepared to wait a little, for there are drivers who confess to（承认） a fierce prejudice against, （not to say hatred of）, hitch-hikers, and would no more pick up a hiker than march from Aldermaston to London．In America, my average wait was half-an-hour, and my longest two hours, but I have heard of people waiting all day; they probably took less pains to make themselves easy to notice．

Nor must you assume that all the drivers who stop for you are nice, normal people．On one occasion I found myself driving with two boys of about nineteen who turned out to be on the run from the police, and were hoping to use me as an alibi．There are also lesser（较小的） risks: you may find yourself in the car of a Fascist fanatic, a Mormon missionary（传教士）, or just a bad driver．You cannot tell, of course until you are in the car．But you soon learn the art of the quick excuse that gets you out again．

If the hitch-hiker in the U．S．will remember that he is seeking the willingness of drivers to give him a free ride, and is prepared to give in exchange entertainment and company, and not go to sleep, he will come across the remarkable, almost legendary, hospitality of American of the West．It will also help if he can drive—I think that I drove myself about 4,500 of those 9,500 miles I hitch-hiked in the States．

1．A hitch-hiking serviceman should wear his uniform ．

A．so as not to look too unusual B．to attract attention

C．to show he is on duty D．to put the driver at ease

2．In paragraph 3, we learn that the writer ．

A．has sometimes failed to hitch a ride

B．has marched from Aldermaston to London

C．has always been successful in hitching a ride

D．has had to wait for long hours for a ridew

3．The main idea of Paragraph 4 is that ．

A．it is dangerous to be in a car with strangers

B．hitch-hiking may turn out to be risky sometimes

C．a hitch-hiker must also learn the art of quick excuse

D．hitch-hikers might come across bad drivers

4．In the last paragraph, the writer mainly wants to tell us that a hitchhiker should ．

A．not talk to the driver too much

B．fall asleep to make it a peaceful ride

C．try to make himself pleasant and entertaining

D．seek the willingness of drivers

5．A suitable title for the passage would be ．

A．“The Art of Hitch-hiking” B．“An Englishman’s View of the U．S．”

C．“An English Hitch-hiker” D．“The joys and Dangers of hitch-hiking

His best-known work that is ___ all praise can be seen in the museum．

A．with B．beyond C．without D．within

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Do the Europeans shake hands wherever they go and with whomever they meet? No．Some-times the Chinese abroad reach out their hands too often to be polite, it is really very impolite to give your hand when the other party, especially when it is a woman, shows little interest in shaking hands with you and when the meeting does not mean anything to him or her．Even if', for politeness, lie holds out his unwilling hand in answer to your uninvited hand, just touch it slightly．There is generally a misunderstanding （误解） among the Chinese that westerners are usually open and straightforward, while the Chinese are rather reserved （保守的） in manner．But in fact some people in western countries are more reserved than some Chinese today． So it is a good idea to shake hands with a westerner only when he shows interest in further relations with you.

1．In the old days in Europe, people put out their unarmed hands to each other .

A．to make a deal B．to greet each other

C．to show friendliness D．to reach an agreement

2．The first paragraph mainly tells us .

A．where handshaking was first practised

B．how handshaking came about

C．about the relationship between handshaking and trade

D．about the practice of handshaking both in Europe and in China

3．According to the text, which of the following statements is true?

A．Westerners are more reserved than the Chinese.

B．Westerners are unwilling to shake hands.

C．We should make a judgment before shaking hands.

D．We shouldn't shake hands with European women.

4．The main purpose of the text is

A．to tell us some differences between the East and the West

B．to offer us some important facts about handshaking

C．to introduce us to some different customs in the West

D．to give us some advice before we travel abroad

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More than 87 million tickets were bought for the Pennsylvania lottery drawing．Those who bought tickets had to choose seven numbers from 1 to 80．The chance of winning was one in 9．6 million．But that little chance certainly didn’t affect ticket sales．In the last few days before the drawing, tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second．

Experts say many people buy lottery tickets because they just want to have a piece of the action．Others say the lottery is a stock market for poor people．It allows them to dream about wealth they’ll probably never have．

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1．The main idea of the passage is that ．

A．lotteries are of great benefit to everyone who buys them

B．playing a lottery is just like investing in the stock market

C．a lot of people buy lottery tickets, but lotteries cause disagreement

D．lotteries are just legalized vice

2．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Politicians like lotteries because they don’t have to pay extra tax．

B．The popularity of lotteries in America actually is social progress．

C．Some critics don’t like lotteries because many poor people waste their money on them．

D．People love the lottery because it is a stock market．

3．In just one hour in the last few days, the Pennsylvania lottery sold tickets totaling ．

A．$1．62million B．﹩90million C．﹩9．6million D．﹩87million

4．People who are addicted to playing lotteries should ．

A．join a club B．kick the habit

C．win the Pennsylvania D．save every cent

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