A qualified doctor who seldom practiced but instead devoted his life to writing．He once said：“Medicine is my lawful(合法的)wife, and literature is my lover．” Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, was a great playwright and one of the masters(大师)of the modern short story．
When Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School in 1879, he started to publish hundreds of comic short stories to support his family．After he graduated, he wrote regularly for a local daily newspaper．
As a writer he was extremely fast, often producing a short story in an hour or less．Chekhov's medical and science experience can be seen through the indifference(冷漠)many of his characters show to tragic events．In 1892, he became a full time writer and published some of his most memorable stories．
Chekhov often wrote about the sufferings of life in small town Russia．Tragic events control his characters who are filled with feelings of hopelessness and despair．
It is often said that nothing happens in Chekhov's stories and plays．He made up for this with his exciting technique for developing drama within his characters．Chekhov's work combined the calm attitude of a scientist and doctor with the sensitivity(敏感)of an artist．
Some of Chekhov's works were translated into Chinese as early as the 1940s．One of his famous stories, The Man in a Shell(《装在套子里的人》), about a school teacher's extraordinarily orderly life, was selected as a text for Chinese senior students．
(1)
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ________．
[ ]
A．
had a lawful lover
B．
was an illegal(非法的)writer
C．
used to be a lawyer
D．
was a capable(有能力的)doctor
(2)
In 1880, Chekhov ________．
[ ]
A．
became a full-time writer
B．
studied medicine in Moscow University
C．
practiced medicine in his hometown
D．
published his most memorable stories
(3)
Which of the following adjectives CANNOT be used to describe Chekhov?
[ ]
A．
Sensitive．
B．
Cool．
C．
Quick-minded．
D．
Warm-hearted．
(4)
Which of the following is the right order of the events?
The Fourth“21th Century Cup”National English Speaking Competition is to be held in Shanghai．
Organizers：China Daily and Shanghai Broadcasting Network．
Co-ordinater：China University English Speaking Association(CUESA)．
Co-sponsors(联办单位)：English Speaking Union(ESU), Lotus Software(China)Co．Ltd．, Times Publishing Group of Singapore, Hilton Shanghai, Pearson Education, Foreign Language Teaching ＆Research Press．
Date：March 26(Friday), 1999．
Place：Hilton Shanghai．
Competition Format(形式)：Each student will present a prepared speech on the given topics, followed by a three-minute off-hand speech and a three-minute question and answer period with the judges．
Prepared speech period：six minutes．
Q ＆A period：three minutes．
Speech topic：People and Nature：In search of harmony(和谐)in a new age＋your personal opinion．(Topics for the off hand speech will be given on the day of competition)．
Prizes：Besides books and certificates(证书)，the top two winners will be offered scholarships(奖学金)to travel to the annual international English-speaking competition which will be held by the English Speaking Union in London in May, 1999．The third and fourth place winners will be offered a study trip to Singapore, sponsored by the Times Publishing Group．The fifth through 10th place winners will be offered cash prizes．All the competitors will receive certificates from the English Speaking Union and book prizes provided by Pearson Education and Foreign Language Teaching ＆Research Press．The teachers of the top winners will also receive a one-year membership to the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language(IATEFL)
(1)
The main purpose of this passage is ________．
[ ]
A．
to invite you to take part in the competition
B．
to tell you some information of the competition
C．
to help to improve your spoken English
D．
to show you how to win the competition
(2)
Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Shanghai English Speaking Competition?________．
[ ]
A．
Where and when it will take place．
B．
Its program．
C．
What each winner will be offered．
D．
The number of its competitors．
(3)
Suppose you get the sixth place, you'll ________．
[ ]
A．
travel to London for free．
B．
become a one－year member of IATEFL
C．
get some money, some books and a certificate
D．
get a chance to study in Singapore
(4)
An“off－hand speech”is ________．
[ ]
A．
a speech not longer than three minutes
B．
a speech without preparation
C．
a speech with a piece of paper in hand
D．
a speech which is well prepared
阅读理解
Some names have special meanings in popular American expressions．One day, an average Joe was walking down the street．An average Joe is a common person－either male or female．He did not know where he was going．So average Joe asked John Q．Public for directions to the nearest bank．John Q．Public is also a common person－male or female．“Jeez Louise,” said John Q．Public．This is an expression of surprise．“Don't you know that all banks are closed today?It is Saturday．”
“For Pete's sake．” said average Joe．This is also an expression used to show a feeling like surprise or disappointment．“I do not believe you,” said he．At that moment, Joe Blow was walking down the street with a woman．Joe Blow is also an expression for a common person．Now this Joe Blow was NOT walking next to a plain Jane．A plain Jane is a woman who is neither ugly nor pretty．The woman with Joe Blow was a real Sheila－a beautiful woman．
Average Joe asked the woman if all banks were closed on Saturday．“No way, Jose,” she answered．This is a way of saying “no．” “No way, Jose．Many banks are open on Saturdays．”
Average Joe did not know either of these two people from Adam．That is, he did not know them at all．But he followed their directions to the nearest bank．
When he arrived, he walked to the desk and said：“I am here to withdraw some money so I can pay my taxes to Uncle Sam”．This represents the United States government．The banker produced some papers and told him to sign his John Hancock at the bottom．A John Hancock is a person's signed name－a signature．Historically, John Hancock was one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence．Hancock had a beautiful signature and signed his name larger than all the others．
(1)
The main idea of this text is that ________．
[ ]
A．
some popular American names have special stories
B．
some popular American expressions have some special names
C．
some popular American names have special meanings
D．
some popular American expressions are interesting
(2)
Which of the following refers to an ordinary－looking woman?
[ ]
A．
A average Joe
B．
John Q．Public
C．
Joe Blow
D．
A plain Jane
(3)
The name “Jeez Louise” is ________．
[ ]
A．
an expression of surprise
B．
a feeling like disappointment
C．
an expression for a common man
D．
a woman who is neither ugly nor pretty
(4)
What does the banker really want to ask Joe to sign on the papers?
[ ]
A．
John Hancock．
B．
United States Declaration．
C．
His own name．
D．
Uncle Sam．
阅读理解
The Fourth：“21st Century Cup”National English Speaking Competiton is to be held in Shanghai．
Organizers：China Daily and Shanghai Broadcasting Network．
Co-ordinater：China University English Speaking Association(CUEAS)．
Co-sponsors：English Speaking Union(ESU), Lotus Software(Chian)Co．Ltd, Times Publishing Group of Singapore, Hilton Shanghai, Pearson Education, Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press．
Date：March 26(Friday), 2008．
Place：Hilton Shanghai．
Competition Format：Each student will present a prepared speech on the giving topic, followed by a three-minute off-hand speech and a three-minute question and answer period with the judges．
Prepared speech period：Six minutes．
Q & A period：Three minutes．
Speech topic：People and Nature：In search of harmony in a new age＋your personal opinion．(Topic for the off hand speech will be given on the day of competition)．
Prizes：Besides books and certificates, the top two winners will be offered scholarships to travel to the annual international English-speaking competition which will be held by the English Speaking Union in London in May, 2008．The third and fourth place winners will be offered a study trip to Singapore, sponsored by the Times Publishing Group．The fifth through 10th place winners will be offered cash prizes．All the competitors will receive certificates from the English Speaking Union and book prizes provided by Pearson Education and Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press．The teachers of the top winners will also receive a one-year membership to the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language(IATEFL)．
(1)
The main purpose of this passage is ________．
[ ]
A．
to invite you to take part in the competition．
B．
to tell you some information of the competition
C．
to help to improve your spoken English
D．
to show you how to win the competition
(2)
Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Shanghai English Speaking Competition?
[ ]
A．
Where and when it will take place．
B．
Its program．
C．
What each winner will be offered．
D．
The number of its competitors
(3)
Suppoes you get the sixth place, you’ll ________．
[ ]
A．
travel to London for free
B．
become a one-year member of IATEFL
C．
get some money, some books and a certificate
D．
get a chance to study in Singapore
(4)
An“off-hand speech”is ________．
[ ]
A．
a speech not longer than three minutes
B．
a speech without preparation
C．
a speech with a piece of paper in hand
D．
a speech which is well prepared
阅读理解
Intelligence Quotient
I．Q．stands for “Intelligence Quotient” which is a measure of a person's intelligence found by means of an intelligence test．Before marks gained in such a test can be useful as information about a person, they must be compared with some standard, or norm(规范)．It is not enough simply to know that a boy of thirteen has scored, say, ninety marks in a particular test．To know whether he is clever, average or dull, his marks must be compared with the average achieved by other boys of thirteen in that test．
In 1906 the psychologist, Alfred Binet(1857--1911), devised the standard by which intelligence has since been assessed．Binet was asked to find a method of selecting all children in the schools of Paris who should be taken out of ordinary classes and put in special classes for defectives(后进生)．The problem made him realize the need for a standard for measuring intelligence, and he hit upon the very simple concept of “mental age”．
First of all, he invented a variety of tests and put large numbers of children of different ages through them．He then found at what age each test was passed by the average child．For instance, he found that the average child of seven could count backwards from 20 to 1 and the average child of three could repeat the sentence：“We are going to have a good time in the country．” Billet arranged the various tests in order of difficulty, and used them as a scale against which he could measure every individual．If, for example, a boy aged twelve could only do tests that were passed by the average boy of nine, Binet held that he was three years below average, and that he had a mental age of nine．
The concept of mental age provided Binet, and through him, other psychologists, with the required standard．It enabled him to state scores in intelligence tests in terms of a norm merely by subtracting(减去)the “mental” age of a child from his “chronological” age(实际年龄)．Then the boy in the example given would be “three years retarded”(迟缓、耽误)．Later the “mental ratio” was introduced; that is to say, the ratio of the mental age to the chronological age．Thus a boy of twelve with a mental age of nine has a mental ratio of 0.75．
The “mental age” measurement was then replaced by the more famous I．Q(intelligence quotient)．The “I．Q．” is the mental ratio multiplied by 100．For example, a boy of twelve with a mental age of nine has an “I．Q．” of 75．Clearly, since the mental age of the average child is equal to the chronological age, the average “I．Q．” is 100．
(1)
To judge a child's intelligence, his marks in a test must be compared with marks gained by ________．
[ ]
A．
others of the same age
B．
children of different ages
C．
a number of children aged thirteen
D．
the same child at different ages
(2)
Binet used a large number of children in his tests because he wanted to find out ________．
[ ]
A．
who were the most stupid
B．
the defectives
C．
what a bright child could do
D．
a norm
(3)
The purpose of I．Q．test is to find out ________．
[ ]
A．
whether one has the intelligence of thirteen-year-old children
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