Three blondes (金发碧眼的女人) were being trained to become detectives by a policeman. To test their skills in recognizing a suspect (嫌疑犯), the policeman showed the first blonde a picture for five seconds and then asked how she could recognize him. She thought it easy, for the suspect had only one eye. The policeman felt disappointed at this funny answer. He showed the second lady the picture for five seconds and asked her how she would recognize him. The second blonde giggled, flipped her hair, and said, "Ha! It’s easy to find the one-eared person!" Her answer also made the policeman angry. Turning to the third lady, he asked, "This is your suspect, and how would you recognize him?" He added quickly, "Think hard before giving a stupid answer." The third blonde looked at the picture carefully for a moment and said, "HMMMM ... the suspect is wearing contact lenses (隐形眼镜)." The policeman was surprised and speechless, because he really didn't know himself if the suspect wore contacts or not. "Well, that is a good answer. Wait here for a few minutes while I check his file." He left the room and went to his office, checked the suspect's file in his computer and returned with a beaming smile. "Wow! I can't believe it ... it's TRUE! The suspect does in fact wear contact lenses. Good work! How were you able to make such a wise observation?" "That's easy," the blonde replied, "he can't wear glasses because he only has one eye and one ear!"

 

56. Which of the following cannot conclude from the passage that detectives should have?

   A. They must be charming.

   B. Their observation must be keen.

   C. They must be humorous.

   D. They must be good at thinking.

57. According to the passage we can infer that ________.

  A. the suspect was easy to be recognized

  B. the picture was just a side of the suspect

  C. the suspect must be a disabled person

  D. the suspect was caught by the policeman

58. What will probably happen to the three blondes after this test?

  A. The first blonde may be accepted as a detective at once.

  B. The second blonde may be accepted as a detective at once.

  C. The third blonde is good at thinking and needn’t any training.

  D. All of them may be given more training courses or fired.

Water costs money. In some places water is hard 31. What 32 when a town has these problems? A small town in California found a happy 33.

  Very 34 rain ever fell there. The town had no water 35. The water it used was 36 from a river 300 miles away. As more people 37 live in the town, 38 water was needed. Now water 39 to be brought in from 600 miles away. All these cost 40 money.

  The town 41 a plan. It found 42 to clean its “dirty” water. Once the cleaned water was reused 43 many ways. Five 44 lakes were built. Here people could swim and fish and go 45. They 46 have picnics in their new parks. Farmers had more water 47 their crops. New factories can be built, now that they have the promise of 48.

In most places, water is used and thrown 49. The town that saved 50 water has saved the town!

1.A. supplying

B. getting

C. to get

D. to supply

2.95 ha. happens

B. happening

C. is happened

D. happened

3.A. key

B. answer

C. answering

D. way

4.A. little

B. a little

C. few

D. a few

5.A. of it self

B. of its own

C. for its own

D. for itself

6.A. fetch

B. take

C. brought in

D. guided

7.A. come to

B. came to

C. coming to

D. came for

8.A. many

B. plenty of

C. more

D. many more

9.A. has

B. had

C. must

D. needed

10.A. many

B. a few

C. a great many

D. a lot of

11.A. put

B. made

C. supply

D. noticed

12.A. a way

B. ways

C. an answer

D. a key

13.A. for

B. by

C. at

D. in

14.A. man-making

B. man-make

C. man-made

D. manmade

15.A. boating

B. to boat

C. to boating

D. on boating

16.A. must

B. could

C. needed

D. had to

17.A. as

B. with

C. for

D. to

18.A. water enough

B. enough water

C. crops enough

D. enough crops

19.A. off

B. of

C. away

D. out of

20.A. it’s

B. its

C. one’s

D. his

 

It was a beautiful day at the beach—blue sky, gentle wind, calm sea.I knew these things because a man sitting five feet from me was shouting them into his mobile phone, like a play-by-play announcer (实况解说员).

“IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY,” he shouted.“THE SKY IS BLUE, AND THERE’S A GENTLE WIND, AND THE WATER IS CALM, AND…”

Behind me, a woman, her mobile phone pressed to her ear was walking back and forth.

“She DIDN’T,” she was saying.“No.She DIDN’T.She DID? Really? Are you SERIOUS? She did NOT.She DID? No she…”

And so on.This woman had two children, who were playing in the sea.I found myself watching them, because the woman surely was not.A huge squid could have caught and snatched the children, and this woman would not have noticed.Or, if she had noticed, she’d have said, “Listen.I have to go, because a huge squid just……No! She didn’t ! She DID? No! She……”

And next to me, the play-by-play man would have said: “…AND A HUGE SQUID JUST ATE TWO CHILDREN, AND I’M GETTING A LITTLE SUNBURNED, AND …”

It used to be that the major trouble at the beach was the fellow who brought a boom box (便携式录音机) and turned it up so loud that the bass notes caused seagulls to explode.But at least you knew where these fellows were; you never know which beachgoers have mobile phones.You’ll settle next to what appears to be a sleeping sunbather, or even (you hope) a corpse , and you’ll lie happily on your towel, and you’ll get all the way to the second sentence of your 467-page book before you fall asleep to the hypnotic surge of the surf (催人入梦的潮声), and …

BREEP! BREEP! The corpse sits up, feels urgently for its mobile phone, and shouts “Hello! I’m at the beach! Yes! It’s nice! Very peaceful! What? She did? No, she didn’t! She DID? No, she…”

Loud mobile-phoners never seem to get urgent calls.Just once, I’d like to hear one of them say, “Hello? Yes, this is Dr.Johnson.Oh, Dr.Smith.You’ve opened the abdominal cavity (腹腔)? Good! Now the appendix should be right under the … What? No, that’s the liver.Don’t take THAT out, ha ha! Oh, you did? My God! OK, now listen carefully…”

1.From the passage we can know that the writer of the passage _____.

A.had a wonderful holiday at the beach

B.must have suffered a lot because of the terrible weather

C.is only interested in talks by doctors about operation

D.experienced an unhappy holiday at the beach

2.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A.The writer often spends his holidays at the beach.

B.A huge squid ate two children while their mother was not watching.

C.Some people used to play boom box while spending their holidays at the beach.

D.Some people often make loud mobile phone calls without caring for others.

3.The underlined word“ corpse”in this passage has the closest meaning to________.

A.a dead body

B.a loud mobile phone

C.a sound sleeper

D.a sleep lover

4.In the past the fellow who brought a boom box_________.

A.turned it up to make the seagulls happy

B.turned it up to cause the seagulls to explode

C.might cause less trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones

D.might cause more trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones

5.We can infer from the passage that _______.

A.the writer is interested in mobile phone.

B.the writer hates people using mobile phone

C.the writer hates to be disturbed while enjoying holidays on the beach.

D.the writer seldom finishes reading a book before going to sleep.

 

    Michael was a farmer in Texas.His parents moved to the USA from Ireland in the 1940’s, and they became very rich.Michael decided to go back to Ireland to meet his old grandfather, who was still living on the same farm.

Michael booked his ticket,flew to Shannon airport,hired a car and drove to the small village where his parents had been born.He asked for directions to the Ohagan farm,and in the end he drove up a bumpy path.He was shocked by what he saw:a small field,and in the middle of it was an old house,which looked as if it was falling down.Animals were wandering in and out of the front door,and on the porch an old man was smoking a pipe.

“Are you Mr. Ohagan?”asked Michael。

“Yes,”replied the old mall.

“I'm your grandson,Michael,”said Michael.

“A--ha,”replied the old man.

“Is this your farm?”asked Michael.

“Yes,all the way to the wall over there,”said the old man.

Michael was astonished.“Grandfather,”he said,“I have a farm in Texas.I can get into my car and drive all day and I still haven’t reached the end of the farm.”

“Yes,”said his grandfather.“I used to have a car like that.”

1.Michael’s parents _______.

A.still lived in Ireland alone

B.owned a small farm in Texas

C.returned to their birthplace

D.were Irish immigrants(移民)in America

2.Which of the following shocked Michael?

A.The farm was small

B.The old house looked like his own.

C.Living conditions were poor in the fields.

D.Animals were free in the fields.

3.The old man _______.

A.owned a small farm, which extended only to the wall not far away

B.had so large a farm that he couldn’t cover it in a day

C.hadn’t his modern car any longer

D.used to have as good a car as his grandson’s

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Michael owned a large farm in Ireland.

B.Michael’s car was in such poor condition that it couldn’t reach the end of the farm within a day.

C.Michael’s farm was too large for a car to reach its end in a day.

D.Michael didn’t know what to say to his grandfather

5.From“I used to have a car like that”,we can see that________.

A.the old man really had a car like that

B.the old man knew his son’s farm in the US was quite large

C.the old man misunderstood what Michael said

D.the old man wanted to buy a car like that

 

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