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Do Americans have morals? That’s a good question. Moral values in America are like those in any 　1 .

One of the most 2 moral values for Americans is honesty. The well-known 3 about George Washington and the cherry tree teaches this value 4 .Little George cut down his father’s favorite cherry tree 5 trying out his new hatchet. When his father asked him about it, George said, “I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my hatchet.” Instead of 6 ,George received praise. Sometimes American honesty-being open and direct-can 　7 people. But Americans still believe that “honesty is the best policy.”

Another 　8 Americans respect is perseverance(毅力）.Remember Aesop’s fable about the turtle and the rabbit that had a 　9 ?The rabbit thought he could 10 easily, so he took a nap. But the turtle finally won because he did not 　11 .

Compassion(同情）may be the queen of American virtues. The story of “The Good Samaritan” from the Bible 　12 a man who showed compassion. On his way to a 　13 city, a Samaritan man found a poor traveler lying on the road. The kind Samaritan, 　14 just passing by, stopped to help this person in need. Compassion can even turn into a positive 15 .In autumn 1992, people in Iowa sent truckloads of water to help Floridians 　16 by a hurricane. The next summer, during the Midwest flooding, Florida 　17 the favor.

In no way can this brief description 　18 all the moral values honored by Americans. Courage, responsibility, 　19 , gratitude and many others could be discussed. But no matter how long or how short the list, moral values are 　20 .

1．A．continent　　 B．character　 C．content　　 D．culture

2．A．lovely　　　 B．basic　　　 C．particular　 D．scientific

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3．A．novel　　　　 B．joke　　　　 C．legend　　　 D．music

4．A．politely　　 B．clearly　　 C．easily　　　 D．slightly

5．A．while　　　　 B．for　　　　 C．whereas　　 D．as

6．A．agreement　　 B．punishment　 C．achievement D．argument

7．A．puzzle　　　 B．injure　　　 C．interrupt　 D．offend

8．A．person　　　 B．action　　　 C．virtue　　　 D．system

9．A．quarrel　　　 B．race　　　　 C．fight　　　 D．trip

10．A．win　　　　 B．fail　　　　 C．defeat　　　 D．beat

11．A．slow down　 B．come up　　 C．give up　　 D．fall off

12．A．describes　 B．praises　　 C．tells　　　 D．mentions

13．A．lonely　　　 B．alone　　　 C．certain　　 D．deserted

14．A．inspite of　 B．on account of　　　　　　　 C．as a result of D．instead of

15．A．row　　　　 B．circle　　　 C．movement　　 D．action

16．A．hurt　　　　 B．destroyed　 C．ruined　　　 D．hit

17．A．offered　　 B．returned　　 C．honored　　 D．reminded

18．A．cover　　　 B．respect　　 C．shape　　　 D．reflect

19．A．strength　　 B．silence　　 C．loyalty　　 D．reality

20．A．invaluable　 B．honorable　 C．unbelievable D．invisible

DBCBA　 BDCBA　 CACDB　 DBACA

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听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1．Why is the woman so late for work?

A．Her car was out of gas．

B．She had to go home for clean clothes．

C．She could’t ■(couldn’t)mend her car．

2．Why couldn’t the man get through?

A．Because the woman’s receiver was not put in the right place．

B．Because the woman’s telephone was out of order．

C．Because the woman’s receiver was broken．

3．Why did the man come to China?

A．To do business．

B．To come sightseeing

C．To visit friends．

4．Why can’t the woman offer any help?

A．Because she doesn’t know how to help him．

B．Because she isn’t in good health．

C．Because she is too busy to help him．

5．What does the man mean?

A．He can help the woman．

B．The clerk doesn’t like to be troubled．

C．The machine has not yet been repaired

第二节(共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6．What is the man doing when this conversation takes place?

A．He’s getting his guitar ready for the performance to be given this coming weekend．

B．He’s doing his homework for the coming examinations．

C．He’s watching a concert over TV．

7．what is the woman worried about for the man?

A．About his failure in the concert．

B．About his future as well as his scores in the coming examinations．

C．About the impression of the man from“Dream Discs”on the man’s performance．

8．Why does the man care so little for a good job as a bank clerk?

A．Because he thinks being happy is much more important that being wealthy．

B．Because he thinks the salary of a bank clerk is too low．

C．Because he thinks the position of a bank clerk is too low for him．

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9．Where does this conversation most probably happen?

A．In a class-teacher’s office．

B．At a doctor’s office．

C．At a waiting-room．

10．What kind of disease does the man think the woman may have suffered?

A．A bad cold．

B．A stomachache．

C．An infectious disease．

11．Why did the woman not tell her mother about Tonny’s trouble?

A．She would have been stopped from visiting Tonny if she had told her the truth．

B．She would have been seriously punished if she had told her mother the truth．

C．Her mother would have forced her to stay in bed if she had known the truth．

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12．What kind of conversation is the one you have just listened to?

A．A private conversation．

B．A phone conversation．

C．A business conversation．

13．How much money will the man pay when he collects the tickets?

A．9 pounds．

B．11 pounds．

C．12 pounds．

14．When will the man have to go to the theatre?

A．By 8∶30 pm this Saturday．

B．Before 5∶00 pm next Saturday．

C．By 5∶00 pm this Saturday．

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15．How much money will the woman pay for the tickets?

A．￡2.40．

B．￡80．

C．￡4.80．

16．What does the woman ask the man to do when she leaves the man?

A．To take her suitcase to the entrance．

B．To wait for her in the queue．

C．To get something to eat．

17．Where will the two speakers meet each other again?

A．At Platform 16．

B．At the entrance to Platform 60．

C．At the entrance to Platform 16．

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18．What is the most surprising thing about basketball in the USA?

A．Even a little child can play it well．

B．People shout, cheer and even dance when they watch a game．

C．Even a young child is able to tell almost everything about the game．

19．Why do America’s universities take basketball so seriously?

A．Because it makes a big money．

B．Because the sport is considered helpful in character training．

C．Because the sport is interesting and popular．

20．What purpose do the Americans think education should have?

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B．Education should fill the student’s mind with a great deal of knowledge．

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What brings a nation together? Of the four choices — shared values, language, history, and religion, it’s shared values. In our latest poll (民意调査), seven out of 16 countries chose values as the greatest factor (因素）bringing a nation together, and six preferred language. Both choices scored high in the poll, suggesting that our values and how we express them are closely linked .Still, history was not forgotten in some countries, particularly in Mexico and Russia. Even Canada and the United States chose national histories as the second-most important factor uniting their people. The biggest surprise? Not one country picked religion as its top choice.

Respect your elders
In most countries, the oldest generation considered values more important to a nation than did those who are under 45 years old.

Do you speak Canadian?
Language scored lower in Canada than in all other countries polled, perhaps because the country speaks two official languages, French and English.

Church and state
Most people polled do not connect their religious beliefs to their national pride. Religion ranked last in 13 countries — with France scoring it at 1%, the lowest of all.

【小题1】According to the poll, what was the most important factor in bringing a nation together?

【小题2】In which country did language score the lowest in their national pride?

【小题3】According to the charts, shared values and language were considered equally important in .

【小题1】What is Kelly Chan going to do?

【小题2】According to the news the player from ________ won the tennis match on Saturday.

【小题3】The medical group from America said last week that _________.

A．America has too many good athletes

B．children shouldn’t have too many soft drink

C．schools should organize more picnics

D．most parents in America have health problem

【小题4】From the news we know that __________.

A．Kelly Chan has been dancing with 40 people

B．Maria Sharapova has won the Japan Open 17 times

C．soft drinks and fast food are really good for children’s health

D．many American children have too much fast food and too little exercise

Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart(购物手推车). They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.
Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging(吃力地携带) groceries around in baskets they had to carry.
One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.
On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention.
But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.
After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied.
But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To end this, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony(假冒的)customers.
As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come—those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.
Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s original model. Perhaps that’s one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart.
【小题1】What do the underlined words “chrome-plate contraptions” in Paragraph 1 refer to ? ( no more than 3 words)
【小题2】What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention? (no more than 8 words)
【小题3】Why was Goldman disappointed at first? (no more than 6 words)
【小题4】Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market? (no more than 10 words)

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“The Jews have taken land of the Muslims,” he said. “What if part of America was given to the Jews as Israel? Would the Americans let it happen? Of course not.”
His words angered many western governments, but Mahathir doesn’t care. “I like to speak my mind,” the 77-year-old explained. “Sometimes people don’t like it. But that is what leadership is all about.”
Loved by some and disliked by others, his 22 years in power have seen great changes in Malaysia. He has taken it from being one of Asia’s poorest countries to the world’s 18th largest trading nation. It is also a peaceful country with native Malaysians living alongside minority groups. Chinese make up a quarter of the population, while a further 7.4 percent are of Indian origin. Teenage girls wearing Muslim^① headscarves happily walk around large stores as ethnic Chinese play mah-jong^② in nearby cafes.
But Mahathir has made enemies at home and abroad and some people will be glad he has gone. The US was unhappy when he often blamed it for globalization. Meanwhile, critics say that he has limited the freedom of the Malaysian people in order to stay in control of the country. Despite this, he is a hero to leaders in Southeast Asia as well as those in the Islamic^③ world. “He marked out the path to success for developing nations in the region to follow,” said Thai President Thaksin Shinawatra.
Now he just wants to enjoy his retirement and insists that he will not take on a special role in government. “I’m a nobody,” he said. But many Malaysians do not agree with this.
Notes:
①    Muslim adj. 穆斯林的
②    mah-jong n. 麻将
③    Islamic adj. 伊斯兰教的
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1.
What does Mahathir probably mean by saying “But that is what leadership is all about.”?
1. A.
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2. B.
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3. C.
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4. D.
  As a leader of a country, you have the right to teach those in other countries what to do and how.
2.
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1. A.
  Malaysia was no longer poor after Mahathir came into power.
2. B.
  Malaysia is a country with natives and other minorities like Jews living alongside
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3. C.
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4. D.
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3.
The best title of this passage would be _________.
1. A.
  A Religion Enthusiast
2. B.
  Mahathir’s Political Policy
3. C.
  Mahathir Is Malaysia
4. D.
  Hero of the World

What does Mahathir probably mean by saying “But that is what leadership is all about.”?

Which is NOT true about the following?

The best title of this passage would be _________.

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