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　　When you are in Nanoko, be sure to stay at the Garden Hotel. Whether you come on business or on holiday you will find everything as comfortable and as convenient as you would expect in a first-class international hotel.

　　Every bedroom has its own bathroom, telephone, and colorful modern materials and furniture in the local style.

　　In the Mistu Restaurant, you can choose your meals from a lot of dishes, both Eastern and European, as you will find anywhere in the country. In the Beach Bar, you can drink, with your family and friends in air-conditioned comfort, listen to the music of internationally-known artists. Or you can take your drink outside into the beautiful garden that gives the hotel its name, or to the tables that surround the swimming pool. Throughout the hotel, you will find the service is both friendly and efficient.

　　By day the pool is alive with the holiday spirit and the happy shouting of children and by night, soft lights and music make it a perfect place for a party, or simply for an after-dinner drink and conversation.

　　The Garden Hotel has its own minibus service. Give us a ring and we will arrange to collect you at the airport or in the city center. Every day a bus leaves the hotel for day trips up into the hills to see the city or the villages and temples of the hill people, or along the seashore to the seaside towns.

　　It you prefer, we can arrange for you to visit the Wainiri Islands that lie just off the coast. Here you can swim in peace; or you can fish there. As it is wellknown, Wainiri is really a good place for people going fishing. The Garden Hotel is right on the beach, only five minutes from Nanoko's modern shopping centre. Here you will find all that money can buy, at prices you can afford.

1．Every bedroom at the Garden Hotel ________.

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A．has a bathroom

B．has a colorful telephone in the local style

C．is colourful and modern with local style

D．is in an international style, comfortable and convenient

2．The pool is just right for ________.

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A．an after-dinner children's party

B．happy shouting and the sound of holiday music

C．drinking soft drinks, or spirits, by day and night

D．fun and games by day and drinking and conversation by night

3．The hotel can arrange for the visitors to ________.

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A．go fishing off Cape St. Cermain near Wainiri

B．go across to the Wainiri Islands to swim or fish

C．see amounts of sea life off the coast of Wainiri

D．go by bus to the Wainiri Islands, for peace and quiet

4．You will find the Garden Hotel ________.

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A．on the beach not far from Nanoko's excellent shops

B．on the beach where you will find all that money can buy

C．close to shops where everything is cheap and justly famous

D．just off the coast, five minutes from the shops

I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language – the way it can

evoke (唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all – all the Englishes I grew up with.

　　　 Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But I feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions (认识) of the limited English speaker.

　　　 I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly and her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.

　　　 I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I won’t get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”; and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal (内在的) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure. I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show: her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.

51. By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that ______.

　 A. she uses English in foreign trade　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. she is fascinated by languages

　 C. she works as a translator　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. she is a writer by profession

52. The author used to think of her mother’s English as ______.

　 A. impolite　　　　　　　　　　 B. amusing　　　　　　　　　 C. imperfect　　　　　　　 D. practical

53. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?

　 A. Americans do not understand broken English.

　 B. The author’s mother was not respected sometimes.

　 C. The author’s mother had positive influence on her.

　 D. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.

54. The author gradually realizes her mother’s English is ______.

　 A. well structured　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. in the old style　　　　　

　 C. easy to translate　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. rich in meaning

55. What is the passage mainly about?

　 A. The change of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English.

　 B. The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother.

　 C. The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English.

　 D. The author’s experiences of using broken English.

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The “Monday morning feeling” could be a crushing pain in the chest which leaves y
ou sweating and gasping for breath. Recent research from Germany and Italy shows that heart attacks are more common on Monday mornings and doctors blame the stress of returning to work after the weekend break.
　The risk of having a heart attack on any given day should be one in seven, but a six-year study helped by researchers at the Free University of Berlin of more than 2600 Germans showed that the average person had a 20 percent high chance of having a heart attack on a Monday than on any other day.
　 Working Germans are particularly not protected against attack, with a 33 percent higher risk at the beginning of the working week. Non-workers, by comparison, appear to be no more at risk on a Monday than any other day.
　A study of 11000 Italians proved 8 a.m. on a Monday morning as the most stressful time for the heart, and both studies showed that Sunday is the least stressful day, with fewer heart attacks in both countries.
　The findings could lead to a better understanding of what is the immediate cause of heart attacks, according to Dr Stefan Willich of the Free University. “We know a lot about long-term risk factors such as smoking and cholesterol (胆固醇) but we don’t know what actually causes heart attacks, so we can’t give clear advice on how to prevent them,” he said.
　Monday mornings have a double helping of stress for the working body as it makes rapid change from sleep to activity, and from the relaxing weekend to the pressures of work.
　“When people get up, their blood pressure and heart rate go up and there are hormonal (内分泌) changes in their bodies,” Willich explained. “ All these things can have an unfavorable effect in the blood system and increase the risk of a clot (血凝块) in the arteries (动脉) which will cause a heart attack.
　 “When people return to work after a weekend off, the pace of their life changes. They have a higher workload, more stress, more anger and more physical activity,” said Willich.
72．Monday morning feeling, as this passage shows, _________.
A．is not so serious as people thought
B．is harmful to working people in developed countries
C．is the first killer in Germany and Italy
D．is created by researchers in Germany and Italy
73．To protect people from heat attacking, doctors have paid much attention to __________-.
A．people’s working time      B．people’s living place
C．people’s diet and life style   D．people’s nationalities
74．It can be learned from the passage that heart attack has nothing to do with __________.
A．blood pressure     B．heart rate      C．hormonal changes     D．blood group
75．If the researchers give us some advice to avoid Monday morning feeling, what might it be?
A．Stop working on Monday 　　　       B．Create a pleasant working environment
C．Get up late on Monday morning　 D．Do to work with a doctor

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　　He lived his whole life as a poor man. His art and talent were recognized by almost no one. He suffered from a mental illness that led him to cut off part of his left ear in 1888 and to shoot himself two years later.

　　But after his death, he got world fame.

　　Today, Dutch artist Vincent Yan Gogh is regarded as one of the leading artists of all time. Postcards and posters of his paintings and drawings continue to sell like hot cakes.

　　Yan Gogh was the son of a pastor. He left school when he was just 15By the age of 27, ht had already tried many jobs including an art gallery salesman and a French teacher. Finally in 1880, he decided to begin his studies in art.

　　His masterpieces including portraits, sunflowers and landscapes were produced in just 10 years.

　　Yan Gogh was well-known for his ability to put his own emotions into his paintings and show his feelings about a scene. His style is marked by short, broad brushstrokes(笔画).

　　“Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I have before my eyes, I use colour more freely, in order to express myself more forcibly,” he wrote in a letter to his brother, Theo, in 1888.

　　Van Gogh sold only one painting during his short life. He relied heavily on support from Theo, an art dealer who lived in Paris.

　　But now his works are sold for millions of dollars. His Portrait of Dr. Cachet sold for US $ 89.5 million in 1990It is the highest price ever paid for a painting.

　　“I thins his paintings are powerful and the brilliant colors in them are attractive to people,” said Molly Anderson, a Van Gogh fan.

1．The underlined words “hot cakes” here mean ________.

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A．cakes that are cooking

B．cakes that taste hot

C．things that are popular

D．things that cost less

2．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．Gogh killed himself in 1890

B．Gogh's painting styles are unique(独特)

C．Gogh's art was well received at his times

D．Theo, an art dealer got on well with Gogh

3．The passage suggests that ________.

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A．the author thinks highly of Gogh's painting

B．Molly Anderson knew little about Gogh's work

C．Gogh was not pleased with his work so that only sold one painting in his life

D．Gogh's interest in drawing formed at school

4．Why did the writer cite(引用) a part of a letter written by Van Gogh?

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A．To show Van Gogh's skill.

B．To show his style.

C．To show that he was an emotional person.

D．To show he was an unusual man.

5．The best title for the passage is ________.

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A．Gogh-A great artist

B．Artist's life is not easy

C．Owning Gogh's works means wealth

D．Artist's dream comes true after death

The Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) is considered to be one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and the finest example of the late style of Indian architecture (建筑). It is at Agra in northern India. It lies beside the River Jumna in the middle of gardens with quiet pools.

　　The Taj Mahal was built by the Mogul emperor (皇帝) Shah Jehan, who ruled India in the 17th century. It is used to honour his favorite wife, known as Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1631. The building, which was completed between 1632 and 1638, was designed by a local Muslim architect (建筑师), Ustad Ahmad Lahori. The whole building, with gardens and gateway structures, was completed in 1643. The Taj Mahal stands at one end of the garden tomb with marble (大理石) path. The room is softly lighted by the light that passes through double screens of carved marble set high in the walls. The building now is kept in good condition.

　　The Taj Mahal took 22 years to build. Shah Jehan planned a similar building, but in black instead of white, to lie on the other side of the river. But before it could be built, Shah Jehan was imprisoned (监禁) by his son and buried next to his wife in the Taj Mahal.

1.The Taj Mahal was built for____.

2.Why do you think Shah Jehan was buried next to his wife?

3.The passage mainly tells us about ____ .

4.Form the passage we can learn that____ .