3．We learn from the text that on 24 May _______ .

　A．the British won the battle against the Bismarck

　B．the Bismarck won the battle against the British

　C．the British gunfire damaged the Bismarck seriously

　D．the Bismarck succeeded in keeping away from the British

2．Many people believed that the Bismark could not be defeated because she ________ .

　A．was fast and powerful　　　　B．had more men on board

　C．was under Luetjens’ command　　 D．had bigger guns than other ships

1．The Bismarck sailed into the Altantic Ocean _________ .

　A．to sink the Hood　　　　　 B．to gain control of France

　C．to cut off American supplies to Britain　D．to stop British warships reaching Germany

3．Vauvenarges’ remark suggests that ________ .

　A．lying is an age-old human problem

　B．dishonesty increases as people get older

　C．people were dishonest in the 18th century

　D．it is social conditions that make people tell lies

(D篇)

　The report came to the British on May 21,1941 ．The German battleship Bismarck , the most powerful warship in the world , was moving out into the Atlantic Ocean ．Her task : to destoy the ships carrying supplies from the United States to war-torn England .

　The British had feared such a task ．No warship they had could match the Bismarck in speed or in firepower ．The Bismarck had eight 15-inch guns and 81 smaller guns ．She could move at 30 nautical miles(海里)an hour ．She was believed to be unsinkable .

　However , the British had to sink her ．They sent out a task force headed by their best battleship Hood to hunt down the Bismarck ．On May 24 , the Hood found the Bismarck .

　It was a meeting that the German commander Luetjens did not want to see ．His orders were to destroy the British ships that were carrying supplies , but to stay away from a fight with British warships .

　The battle didn’t last long ．The Bismarck’s first torpedo(鱼雷)hit the Hood , which went down taking all but three of her 1,419 men with her .

　But in the fight , the Bismarck was slightly damaged(损坏)．Her commander decided to run for repairs to France , which had at that time been taken by the Germans ．The British force followed her ．However , because of the Bismarck’s speed and the heavy fog , they lost sight of her .

　For two days , every British ship in the Atlantic tried to find the Bismarck , but with no success ．Finally , she was sighted by a plane from Ireland ．Trying to slow the Bismarck down so that their ships could catch up with her , the British fired at her from the air ．The Bismarck was hit .

　On the morning of May 27 , the last battle was fought ．Four British ships fired on the Bismarck , and she was finally sunk .

2．According to the text , most Americans _________ .

　A．hate white lies　　　　　　B．believe white lies

　C．value honesty　　　　　　D．consider others dishonest

1．When the writer says‘Dick Spivak is just an ordinary man’, he means ________ .

　A．it is common that people tell white lies

　B．Dick could do nothing about bad traffic

　C．it is common that people delay their payment

　D．Dick found it hard to deal with everyday problems

3．The text is mainly about ___________ .

　A．the China－U.S．relations　　　B．the Nixon Library

　C．President Nixon　　　　　D．the Youth Summit

(C篇)

　At 9:00 Dick Spivak’s bank telephoned and said his payment was late .‘The check is in the post ,’Dick replied quickly ．At 11:45 Dick left for a 12:00 meeting across town ．Arriving late , he explained that traffic(交通)had been bad ．That evening , Dick’s girlfriend wore a new dress , he hated it .‘It looks just great on you,’he said .

　Three lies in one day ! Yet Dick Spivak is just an ordinary man ．Each time , he told himself that sometimes the truth causes too many problems ．Most of us tell much the same white lies , harmless untruths that help to save trouble ．How often do we tell white lies ? It depends in part on our age , education , and even where we live ．According to one U.S．study , women are more truthful than men , and honesty increases as we get older .

　While most people use little white lies to make life easier , the majority of Americans care , about honesty in both public and personal life ．They say that people today are less honest than they were ten years ago ．Althought it is believed that things are getting worse , lying seems to be an age-old human problem ．The French philospher(哲学家)Vauvenarges , writing in the eighteenth century , touched on the truth when he wrote ,‘All men are born truthful and die liars(说谎者).’

2．The student from Shanghai thought about the time 25 years ago because it was when Nixon __________ .

　A．died　　　B．visited China　　C．became U.　　D．president .

　D．started building the library in his name

1．The words‘Youth Summit’refer to ________ .

　A．visits to the Nixon Library

　B．the Chinese students’ visit to the U.S.

　C．a meeting discussing relations between China and the U.S.

　D．activities to strengthen the ties between the Chinese and American students

4．What is the main point the writer is trying to make in the last paragraph ?

　A．The roller skates needed further improvement

　B．The party guests took Merlin for a fool .

　C．Merlin succeeded beyond expectation .

　D．Merlin got himself into trouble .

(B篇)

　As I stood in front of the grave(墓)of President Richard Nixon , I was thinking about the time 25 years ago when this president helped bring the United States and China closer together ．Young people of our two countries should help this relationship grow .

　This remark was made by a Shanghai student when speaking to his fellow students at the Nixon Library in California , U.S.A．he was one of 80 middle school students from China attending a month-long‘Youth Summit’．The Summit was to mark the 25th anniversary(周年)of President Nixon’s journey to China , which was the turning point in China－U.S．relations .

　The Youth Summit was aimed at increasing understanding and friendship between young students of the two countries through visits and discussions ．Seventy-five American students were selected to visit China ．They also visited the Nixon Library on July 21 before leaving for Beijing the next day ．The head of the library said he was pleased to see the American and Chinese students talking and laughing together .

　One Chinese student said ,‘I didn’t find it particaularly difficult to talk with Americans ．We have our differences , but we have a lot in common ．Dialogue is good for us .’