阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目，从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

Carlos Al Mahall was born in Manila in 1950, and at the age of two weeks he was taken by his father, a musician, to the United States by sea. He spent his first ten years in the American southland where he attended school. Between the ages of 10 and 18, he traveled in the south and western Atlantic areas, lived in Florida and graduated from his school in 1968. Early in his life he had great interest in musical instruments and in 1965, he learned to play the piano and quickly became an expert ion it. Since his graduation from Florida State University in 1973, he has been a famous pianist. He is not married, saying that his music should come first.

1．Carlos Al Mahall was born in ________.

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A．western Atlantic areas

B．the United States

C．the cpaital of the Philippines

D．the American southland

2．When Carlos was still a ________, he was taken by ship to America by his father.

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3．He probably began to like musical instruments ________.

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A．when he spent his childhood in the American southland

B．when he was 15 years old

C．shortly after he was taken to the United States

D．since he graduated from his school

4．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT right?

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A．Carlos' parents had once stayed in Asia for a period of time.

B．Carlos began to receive his school education in his early teens.

C．At the age of 15, Carlos learned to play the piano and soon proved to be quick learner.

D．Like his father, Carlos wants to devote himself to music.

5．Which of the following shows correctly the growth of Carlos?

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A．Carlos finished school in Florida.

B．Carlos spent his first 10 years in the American southland.

C．Carlos succeeded in making his mark as a pianist.

D．Carlos was taken to America from Manila

Attending a university is an important part of a person’s life. Today, many people go to a university to study and train for a future job in subjects like law, medicine, or education. But the university is not a modern invention. It has a history that is over a thousand years old.

The world’s oldest university, Al-Azhar, is in Cairo, Egypt. It was first built as a mosque in A.D. 972. A few years later, learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque in “tutoring circles”. They read and talked about the subject of law. Around 988, leaders in the city of Cairo decided to create a school for higher learning and the University of Al-Azhar was founded.

At Al-Azhar, there were many university ‘firsts.’ Courses were created. The earliest ones taught at Al-Azhar were in law and religion. In a course, students read and studied with the teacher, but there was also free discussion. Often, students and teachers talked about a topic, and there was no ‘right’ answer. Finally, scholars from around the world came to Al-Azhar to teach and do research. At the university, people studied the past, but it was also a place for sharing new ideas.

Over a thousand years later, Al-Azhar is still an important university in the world. Its library contains more than 250,000 of the world’s oldest and most valuable books. Today, many of the world’s most important universities such as Oxford and Harvard still follow the traditions started at Al-Azhar.

1.What’s this passage mainly about?

2. The first university was founded over _____ years ago.

3.The oldest university in the world is _____.

4. What does the underlined word “course” mean in this passage?

A. A series of lessons.                                    C. A period of time.

C. A series of actions.                                    D. A group of professors.

5.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

Nowadays, a hospital always manages to keep its beds full. This is good on the one hand, and it’s bad on   36   hand.

One day, I went to see a sick friend at the hospital. I first went to the   37   desk, where I could get a permit to visit the patient.

      38   I could ask which room my friend was in, the lady set down my name, age, filled out a form and   39   a bell. I was just about to tell her what I was coming for when two men arrived with a wheelchair,   40   me in it and pushed me down the hall.

“I’m not   41  ,” I shouted. “I’m just looking for a friend.”

“When he comes,” one man said, “we’ll   42   him up to your room.”

In a minute I   43   myself in a small room. In no time they undressed me and covered some other things   44   me. One man said “If you need anything, press the button.”

“I want to get my   45   back.” I begged.

“Oh, you can   46   us,” a voice said, “Even if the   47   happens, we will see that your wife will get everything.” They left and locked the door   48   them.

I was trying to think of how to escape by the door when Dr. Ward came in with several of his   49  .

“Thank God you finally came,” I said.

“It hurts that badly?” he asked.

“No, on the contrary, I am not ill   50  .”

Dr. Ward looked   51  . “If you don’t feel any pain, that means it’s much more   52   than we expected.” Then he turned to his students, “This is the most difficult kind of patient to deal with because he refuses to   53   that he is ill. __54__ he won’t tell us where it hurts, he will never be well again until we find the hurt out for   55   by doing exploratory surgery (手术探查) .”

1.A. another            B. other            C. the other        D. others

2.A. meeting           B. office          C. information      D. medicine

完形填空。从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出一个能填入空格的最佳答案，每小题1.5分，共30分。

My name's Jim Shelley and I'm an addict(有瘾的人）.With these words I began to_36__the problem, the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people_37___, from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep,I__38__to be phoned, I wanted to phone, Just one more call. It started socially --a few calls each day. It seemed__39___, just a quick chat.

 Gradually though, the __40___got worse. Soon it was__41___use,until,finally,addiction. And it began to affect my__42___.During the work day, I would disappear for a quick 43 . If I couldn't make a call, I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more__44___,in the end, I would ring someone, then someone else,__45___myself just one more call. I was phoning people and__46___messages to make sure__47___calls would see me through the day.

I used to arrive at friends homes and before the door was closed, go straight for the phone with the___48___"Is it OK if I just use the phone...?"At work, I became__49___when my fellow workers tried to__50___me from using the phone. And one day I hit my boss(with the phone). Finally the police caught me___51___a phone box that had take my last one pound coin, and I was__52___to see a psychiatrist(心理医生）. I haven't__53__a phone in the house for three weeks now, and it's several days__54___I used a phone box. I try not to watch TV because there are__55___people on it making phone calls. My name is Jim Shelley and I am an addict.

36.A.face            B.find         C.accept      D.notice

1.A.now and then    B.all the time    C.at home     D.at work

2.A.tried           B.asked         C.waited      D.invited

3.A.polite          B.important      C.fine        D.special

4.A.condition       B.situation        C.result      D.effect

5.A.frequent        B.regular         C.unusual    D.particular

6.A.friends         B.study           C.family     D.work

7. A. a call         B. a secret         C. an accident    D. a reply

8.A.hopeful        B.delighted        C.frightened     D.anxious

9.A.forcing         B.telling         C.giving    D.limiting

10.A.sending        B.taking         C.passing    D.recording

11.A.long          B.immediate      C.enough    D.surprising

12.A.saying          B.demands       C.with    D.words

13.A.careful        B.mad       C.determined    D.helpless

14.A.save           B.reduce      C.protect      D.stop

15.A.destroying      B.using        C.stealing      D.emptying

16.A.offered        B.guided       C.ordered      D.reminded

17.A.missed        B.had          C.accepted    D.fixed

18.A.as            B.when        C.if      D.since

19.A.always        B.just      C.more      D.different 

 通读短文，掌握其大意，然后选择能填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

During the past hundred years, the railway, the car, the radio, the cinema and now the TV, have produced very  1  changes in the amusement (娱乐活动) with which people pass their  2  time.

    A hundred years  3 , people were in the habit of making their own amusements. When a group of people  4  together, they talked, played cards or other games, read aloud to each other, or went out riding, shooting or walking. Most people could sing a little or play  5, so at a party the guests amused each other. Above all, conversation was an art. Amusing conversation could  6  people happy for hours.

    As for games,  7  football and tennis, people were also in the habit of playing them themselves. Most of them did not play very well,  8  they amused themselves and their friends. Nowadays we are amused  9  professional (专业的) singers or players.  10  listen to your friends singing when you can hear the great singers of the world over the radio or on TV? What about playing football with players who  11  very good at it when you can see some of the best players playing an important match? You may just sit comfortably  12  and watch the game without the trouble of going outside.

    The art of conversation and the habit of playing and singing are dying. People are becoming more and more lookers and listeners, and  13  doers and talkers. This change does more  14  to people than good. It is better to do something not very well oneself than  15  to sit and watch others doing it.

1.A. great                                             B. much        C. well          D. big

2.A. busy                                               B. free          C. work        D. day

3. A. later                                             B. before      C. ago           D. passed

4.A. came                                             B. got            C. worked         D. put

5.A. basketball                                    B. the basketballC. piano         D. the piano

6.A. keep                                              B. made       C. bring        D. let

7.A. for example                                 B. such as         C. like           D. for

8.A. and                                                B. for             C. but           D. so

9.A. of                                                    B. on             C. in             D. by

10.A. Why not                                     B. Why don’t    C. How about  D. What about

11. A. is                                                 B. are            C. is not       D. are not

12. A. at a cinema                              B. at school      C. at home       D. in a park

13.A. much                                           B. little         C. more        D. less

14.A. harm                                           B. harmful         C. bad           D. badly

15. A. sometimes                               B. always     C. usually D. never