A: For years some people have been saying that railways are dead. They say, “Trains are slow, and they lose money. Motorcars and planes have made them unnecessary.”

B:    1.   . I think in these days of expensive oil, railways have become highly competitive with motorcars and planes.

A: Right. If you want to carry people or goods from place to place, they are much cheaper than planes.

B:    2.   . A plane goes in a straight line, and so does a railway.

A: What is more, it takes you from the heart of a city into the heart of another.    3.   . Nor does it hold you up as a car does in heavy traffic.

B:    4.   . Modern railway lines give you a smooth, untroubled journey. We’ve just entered the age of super-fast trains, traveling at 160 miles an hour and more.

A：5.

A. So railways will have very bright future, I dare say. 

B. It doesn’t leave you as a plane does, miles and miles from the city center.

C. Far from being dead, railways are developing very quickly.

D. Trains are really slower than planes. 

E. And they have much in common with planes.

F. But it is far from the truth. 

G. Trains are really more comfortable than planes.

情景对话 （共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Jane: Oh, that's Mr. Taylor. He is so boring.

Mother: What do you mean?

Jane:    6    And he's so quick tempered, mum.

Mother:   7   Are you sure, darling?

Jane: Yes, he gets angry very quickly.

Mother :   8 

Jane: And do you know, he spends all his time looking at his reflection in the window, admiring himself.

Mother : Really?   9   

Jane: Because he is vain, that's why! And conceited (自负的). He thinks he knows everything.

Mother: Oh, Jane. Be reasonable. I'm sure you're exaggerating (夸张), Mr. Taylor seems such a nice and kind man.

Jane:   10   He's mean (小气的) and cruel.

Mother: Cruel? Now how can a history teacher be cruel?

Jane: Because he only gave me two out of ten marks in my history test.

Mother: Oh, now I understand, Jane. I think you'd better get on with your homework.

A. Well, he isn't.

B. And why does he do it ?

C. His lessons send me to sleep.

D. That's doesn't sound like Mr. Taylor at all.

E. Quick tempered? Mr. Taylor ?

F. Yes, he does.

G. He doesn’t like me.

--Della likes dancing, but doesn't like swimming.. ----_____.

 A.So does Mary   B.Neither does Mary   C.So it is with Mary   D. Nor does Mary

Mr Smith never does any reading in the evening;____ .

A. so does Mrs Smith                  B. neither doesn’t Mrs

C. nor does Mrs Smith                D. nor Mrs Smith does

C

Napoleon, as a character in Tolstoy’s War and Peace, is more than once described as having “fat little hands.’’ Nor does he “sit well or firmly on the horse.’’ He is said to be “undersized.’’ with“short legs’’ and a “round stomach”. The issue here is not the accuracy of Tolstoy’s description--it seems not that far off from historical accounts but his choice of facts：other things that could be said of the man are not said. We are meant to understand the difference of a warring commander in the body of a fat little Frenchman. Tolstoy’s Napoleon could be any man wandering in the streets and putting a little of powdered tobacco up his nose—and that is the point.

It is a way the novelist uses to show the moral nature of a character. And it turns out that, as Tolstoy has it, Napoleon is a crazy man. In a scene in Book Three of War and Peace, the wars having reached the critical year of 1812,Napoleon receives a representative from the Tsar(沙皇), who has come with peace terms. Napoleon is very angry：doesn’t he have more army? He, not the Tsar, is the one to make the terms. He will destroy all of Europe if his army is stopped. “That is what you will have gained by engaging me in the war!” he shouts. And then, Tolstoy writes, Napoleon “walked silently several times up and down the room, his fat shoulders moving quickly.’’

Still later, after reviewing his army amid cheering crowds, Napoleon invites the shaken Russian to dinner. “He raised his hand to the Russian’s…face,” Tolstoy writes, and “taking him by the ear pulled it gently….” To have one’s ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court. “Well, well, why don’t you say anything?’’ said he, as if it was ridiculous in his presence to respect any one but himself, Napoleon.

Tolstoy did his research, but the composition is his own.

Tolstoy’s description of Napoleon in War and Peace is _________.

A. far from the historical facts          B. based on the Russian history

C. based on his selection of facts        D. not related to historical details

Napoleon was angry when receiving the Russian representative because _________.

A. he thought he should be the one to make the peace terms

B. the Tsar's peace terms were hard to accept

C. the Russians stopped his military movement

D. he didn’t have any more army to fight with

What did Napoleon expect the Russian representative to do?

A. To walk out of the room in anger.      B. To show agreement with him.

C. To say something about the Tsar.       D. To express his admiration.

Tolstoy intended to present Napoleon as a man who is _________.

A. ill-mannered in dealing with foreign guests   B. fond of showing off his iron will

C. determined in destroying all of Europe       D. crazy for power and respect

What does the last sentence of the passage imply?

A. A writer doesn’t have to be faithful to his findings.

B. A writer may write about a hero in his own way.

C. A writer may not be responsible for what he writes.

D. A writer has hardly any freedom to show his feelings.