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    A. The Bargain Books Store              B. The 4-for-3 Books Store.

C. The Significant Seven.               D. The Textbook Store

If you order two 9-dollar books, one 5-dollar book and one 3-dollar book in the 4-for-3 Books Store, then you can get       free.

A. none                         B. the 3-dollar book

C. the 5-dollar book                D. the two 9-dollar books

In the Significant Seven, you can find         .

    A. your favorite books 40% off the list price

B. the reader’s favorite books 30% off the list price

C. the new titles chosen by the editors as the must-read books of the season everyday

D. the best-selling books chosen by editors on show every Monday

The underlined word “categories” means “       ’.

    A. stores           B. shelves      C. types            D. sports

You have heard of Webster Toys.Websters have made good,safe and interesting toys for more than a hundred years.Now we sell them,and children play with them,in countries from New Zealand to Norway,and from Japan to Brazil.We are looking for someone to sell our toys in the Far East.He (or she) will be between the age of thirty and forty.He will already have some years of selling in world markets behind him.He will speak good English,and at least one other language of the Far East.

The person we are looking for will live in Singapore,and work in our office there,but he will travel for up to six months in other countries in one year.He will know the Far East quite well already.He will know how to sell in old markets and where to find new ones.He will understand money and more than ever before,for himself,and for Webster Toys.

Websters want someone who can stand on his own feet.If you think you are the person we are looking for,write to Mr J Sloman at our head office.

Webster Toys Company

Church Mill,Watford

Hert,WD 36 HE

36.What are Webster Toys?

A.A kind of old toys.

B.Factories where good,safe and interesting toys are made.

C.People who are famous for making toys for children.

D.A company that has been making and selling toys.

37.The passage is written because________.

A.they need a right person to work for them

B.they are trying to find the man they have lost

C.they want to have a choice between a man and a woman

D.they are looking for a man living in Singapore

38.The person must be good at speaking________.

A.English and any other language

B.English or any other language

C.English and any other Far Eastern language

D.English or any other Far Eastern language

39.“Someone who can stand on his own feet” means________.

A.someone who can deal with all the business all by himself

B.someone who doesn’t stand on other people’s feet

C.someone who has nothing wrong with his feet

D.someone who can understand and can earn a lot of money

40.Where can you probably read above passage?

A.In a book.                                          B.In a dictionary.

C.In a magazine.                                    D.In a newspaper.


C
Our brains work in complex and strange ways.There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two.Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write.
Dr.J.Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887.He called these people idiot savants.An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment (损伤) , such as in autism or retardation.At the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people.The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory.
One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr.Benjamin Rush, an American doctor.His patient, Thomas Fuller, was brought to Virginia as a slave in 1724.It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 seconds.Despite this ability, he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write.
Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s.Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5 ,000 musical pieces beautifully.
In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on video cassette, Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise, with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly.
Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment.Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills.Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills.However few people wish to participate in such experiments.There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one's brain.The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate.Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots.
63.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities.
B.Human Beings have complicated thinking process.
C.The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired.
D.The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary.
64.Which of the following can be done by Rain Man?
A.He can play wonderful pieces of classical music.
B.He can guess out exactly the length of a man's life.
C.He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast.
D.He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly.
65.What can you infer from the passage?
A.Idiot savants have real talents for art and math.
B.Dr.Down is the first person who found idiot savants.
C.Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations.
D.Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants.
66.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

1—5refer to paragraph 1—5.

Motown songwriter-producer Deke Richards,who was behind songs including The Jackson 5's first three US number one hits,has died aged 68.

Richards,who had oesophageal(食管的)cancer,died in a Washington state hospice(安养院),Universal Music said.The musician,whose real name was Dennis Lussier,Was leader of the Motown songwriting,arranging and producing team—The Corporation.Their hits include The Jackson 5'S I Want You Back and ABC.

Richards also co-wrote Love Child for Diana Ross and The Supremes,as well as Ross’s solo track I’m Still Waiting.He produced and wrote for Martha Reeves and the Vamlellas and Bobby Darin.

The Corporation,which consisted of Motown label head Berry Gordy,Alphonzo Mizell,Freddie Perren and Richards,was set up in 1969 to create hit records for the label’s new act,The Jackson 5.

They also wrote,produced and arranged the band’s singles and Maybe Tomorrow and Mama's Pearl.

According to Michael Jackson biographer,J.Randy Taraborrelli,Mama’s Pearl was originally called Guess Who’S Making Whoopie(With Your Girlfriend).

But Richards had the lyrics changed to preserve the young frontman’s innocent image.

The Hollywood Reporter said Richards' "love of music” kept him involved with a variety of projects,including last year’S production of The Jackson 5's Come and Get It:The Rare Pearls.featuring rare and unreleased(未发行的) tracks.

Richards’ final work was the mixing of eight unreleased tracks by Martha Reeves and The Vandellas for the band's 50th anniversary box set,which is to be released on 5 April.

1.Deke Richard wrote songs for the following singers EXCEPT

A.Martha Reeves  B.Joan Lussier  C.Bobby Darin   D.Jackson 5’s

2.Which of the following is true about Richards?

A.He died at the age of68 in a Washington clinic.

B.He is a musician behind many hit songs.

C.He wrote“I’m Still Waiting”for Martha Reeves.

D.His final work is to be released in May.

3.What Call we learn from the passage?

A.The Corporation has a history of more than 40 years.

B.The lyrics of Mama’S Pearl turned out to be a failure.

C.The lyrics of Mama’S Pearl Was changed by J.Randy Taraborrelli.

D.Richards said his own love of music kept him involved with many projects.

4.It is implied in the passage that______.

A.Richards hardly co-wrote songs for singers

B.the Jackson 5's Come and Get it Was left unfinished as Richards got i11.

C.The corporation Was set up to earn money.

D.Richards had deep love for music.

5.Which column can you most possibly find the passage on a website?

A. Health                     B. Business                  C.Technology                       D. Entertainment

 

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1.In which bookstore can you buy used books?

    A. The Bargain Books Store              B. The 4-for-3 Books Store.

C. The Significant Seven.               D. The Textbook Store

2.If you order two 9-dollar books, one 5-dollar book and one 3-dollar book in the 4-for-3 Books Store, then you can get       free.

A. none                         B. the 3-dollar book

C. the 5-dollar book                D. the two 9-dollar books

3.In the Significant Seven, you can find         .

    A. your favorite books 40% off the list price

B. the reader’s favorite books 30% off the list price

C. the new titles chosen by the editors as the must-read books of the season everyday

D. the best-selling books chosen by editors on show every Monday

4. The underlined word “categories” means “       ’.

    A. stores           B. shelves      C. types            D. sports

 

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