题目内容
A sixth of undergraduates in Beijing this year have registered at driving school. The students, mostly from majors such as business management or international trade, will finish their driving courses within 20 days or so.
Training costs have dropped to 2, 600 yuan for students, according to the Haidian Driving School in Beijing. The price is not really low, but students will accept it, seeing it as an investment （投资）in their future. Familiarity with the operation of computers and fluent English are the basic skills graduating students need to find a job. But a driver’s permit has become another factor （因素）.
“In the job market, owning a driver’s permit sometimes strengthens a graduating student’s competitiveness for a good position, ”says Zhou Yang, an undergraduate at the China University of Political Science and Law.
Cars will become a necessary part of many people’s lives in the coming years, and it is difficult to get a permit of campus because of the pressures on working people’s time. “Having a fulltime job after graduation offers limited time to learn to drive. We senior students have plenty of spare time, plenty of opportunity to learn. ”Zhou says.
Xu Jian, an official at the driving school, said undergraduates were very able and serious, and could grasp in an hour what ordinary people took four hours to learn. In this driving school, middle -aged people, young women and college students are the main customers.
To get a driver’s permit, a beginner is now required to have at least 86 hours’practice before the final road test.
________ in Beijing want to learn to drive.
A. Most of the undergraduates
B. Many undergraduates
C. Many students in the driving school
D. Most of the students who learn business or international trade
The undergraduates are learning to drive because ________.
A. they need this skill to find a good job
B. they like to drive cars
C. they will not have any time to learn to drive after they have
found a full - time job
D. most of them will be able to buy cars in the future
Which of the following is likely to be Xu Jian’s opinion of students learning to drive?
A. He thought it was better to learn it at college than at work.
B. He decided it was a waste of money and time to learn to drive.
C. He agreed that they could learn to drive.
D. He thought they would spend three times more time to learn to drive than usual.
Which of the following can be the best headline for the passage?
A. Students Pay Less to Learn to Drive Now.
B. Students Learn to Drive.
C. It is Better to Learn to Drive at Colleges.
D. Welcome to the Driving School.
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ASINGAPOREAN singer JJ Lam，29，admitted that this March couldn’t be better：He outshined Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou and bagged four awards at the China Original Music Pop Chart Award(中国原创音乐流行榜) ceremony，including the most coveted(最渴望得到的)best male singer title．Yet the trophies(奖杯)were only part of an exciting month．Knowing that he has an O1ympic champion fan，Lam was so happy that he prepared his own gifts for Zhou Yang，the speed skating gold medalist：an autographed(签名的)CD and a Mickey Mouse doll．He even invited Zhou to his birthday party on March 26 after Zhou told him that it was a great pity she had had to miss Lam's Beijing concert last year．Lam showed his love and talent for music as early as middle school，but it doesn't mean he easily got to where he is now．Like many young men his age，Lam was once hooked(沉迷)on video games．“One in particular，World of Warcraft，obsessed(迷住)me,” he said．“I made up my own stories and characters and once I even composed(编曲)a soundtrack for the game.”But luckily Lam soon realized things would have to change．“There was no future in playing games and I had to think about the years ahead,” he said．After finishing high school，Lam joined the army. On the small island where he was stationed，he wrote dozens of songs．Still，his ambition of one day being a pop singer seemed an unrealistic dream to others．“Later，when my former officers heard my songs being played on the radio, they couldn’t believe it.” he said．Not that the road to success wasn't a rocky one．When Lam went to Taiwan to develop his career, he felt lonely at first．He started playing computer games again．“I indulged(沉溺) myself in games day and night," he said．“But I came to realize that I mustn’t 1et the games take over my 1ife．I had to go out，see people and meet life’s challenges head on．” 61．JJ Lam outshone Jay Chou by___________．A．winning four awards at a ceremonyB．being the gold medalist Zhou Yang’s favorite singerC．winning the award for best new artistD．writing more popular original songs62．Which of the following statements about JJ Lam is FALSE?A．His parents guided him through success．B．He was once obsessed with video games．C．He wrote a song for the game WOW．D．He understood that playing games would not give him a secure future．63．The last paragraph tells us that___________ A．lam has a talent for different music stylesB．lam became famous overnightC．playing video games helps Lam release pressureD．lam went through hard times before he became successful64．Which of the following elements has NOT contributed to Lam’s success，according to the article?A．His passion for music． B．His song-writing talent．C．Support from fans． D．The skills he learned in the army．
Training costs have dropped to 2, 600 yuan for students, according to the Haidian Driving School in Beijing. The price is not really low, but students will accept it, seeing it as an investment （投资）in their future. Familiarity with the operation of computers and fluent English are the basic skills graduating students need to find a job. But a driver’s permit has become another factor.
Cars will become a necessary part of many people’s lives in the coming years, and it is difficult to get a permit out of campus because of the pressures on working people’s time. “Having a fulltime job after graduation offers limited time to learn to drive. We senior students have plenty of spare time, plenty of opportunity to learn. ”Zhou says.
Xu Jian, an official at the driving school, said undergraduates were very able and serious, and could grasp in an hour what ordinary people took four hours to learn. In this driving school, middle-aged people, young women and college students are the main customers.
To get a driver’s permit, a beginner is now required to have at least 86 hours’ practice before the final road test.
1.The undergraduates are learning to drive because ________.
A. they like to drive cars
B. they need this skill to find a good job
C. they will not have any time to learn to drive after they have found a full-time job
2.Which of the following is likely to be Xu Jian’s opinion of students learning to drive?
A. It is better to learn it at college than at work.
B. Young people have an advantage in learning to drive.
C. It is a waste of money and time to learn to drive.
D. They will spend three times more time to learn to drive than usual.
3.Which of the following can be the best headline for the passage?
A. Students Learn to Drive.
B. Students Pay Less to Learn to Drive Now.
Head coach Li Yan bursts into tears of joy when she sees Zhou Yang first _____ the finish line at the women's 1500m short track speed skating final．
A．to cross B．having crossed C．cross D．crossed
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LOS ANGELES, the US
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff ruled Michael Jackson,s father can
receive some medical records related to his superstar son,s death．
The judge will review the records first before making them accessible to Joe Jackson,s
lawyer，Brian Oxman．Beckloff said the man can only receive records on or after June 25一
the day Michael Jackson died．
VANCOUVER，CANADA
World number one Zhou Yang overcame three South Korean players to win the women,s
short track speed skating 1,500 meters final at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games．
The l8-year-old made perfect debut(首次亮相)as she set an Olympic record of a winning time
of 2 minutes and l6,993 seconds among other seven skaters．
China has never won the women,s l,500 meters in the Olympics before，and this time Zhou,s
performance gave China its third gold medal in Vancouver．
BElJING，CHINA
China,s first compulsory,(强制性的)safety regulation on primary school buses，which re-
quires every seat to have a seat belt，will take effect on July l to help ensure safer transporta-
tion for the country,s 100 million students．
Each primary school bus must also be equipped with a“black box，”0r a recording monitor，
to record speed，travel time and distance．Also，the bus must be staffed by teachers who will
ensure student safety．
In addition，the new rule states that the color of the school buses should be yellow，and each bus must have at least two emergency exits．
Texas，the US
A software engineer who crashed his plane into a Texas building housing a United States
tax agency office，killing himself and at least one worker，apparently left behind an angry anti-government manifesto(宣言) detailing his financial difficulties and tax problems．
The pilot took off from an airport in Georgetown．about 48 km from Austin．He flew low
over the Austin skyline before plowing into the building．
57．We can learn from the first news that_________．
A．all Michael Jackson,s medical records can be accessed
B．Mitchell Beckloff will not go over the record first
C．medical records before June 25 won,t be received
D．Joe Jackson,s lawyer will not get any records
58．The new school bus safety rules include all the followings EXCEPT_____________.
A．the driver,s experience B．the equipment of the bus
C．the color of the bus D．emergency exits
59．It seems the software engineer crashed into the US tax office mainly because of___________.
A．unhappy marriage B．mental disease
C．heavy work pressure D．financial and tax problems
60．We can infer from the news that____________.
A．Joe Jackson will be the first to receive the medical records
B．Zhou Yang once broke the Olympic records in the same event
C．the tax agency office is somewhere inside the building in Texas
D．the software engineer flew high over skyline before crashing into the building
