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. S. 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.

　 Correct answers: 1-4 CDAC

　 　 NMET 98　 B　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　

　　 '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 particularly difficult to talk with Americans. We have our differences, but we have a lot in common. Dialogue is good for us. '　

3. Merlin put wheels under his shoes in order to ___________. A. impress the party guests B. arrive at the party sooner C. test his invention D. show his skill in walking on wheels

2. .People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he __________. A. often gave others surprises B. was a gifted musician C. invented the roller skates D. was full of imagination

1. The text is mainly about __________. A. a strange man B. an unusual party C. how roller skating began　 D. how people enjoyed themselves in the 18th century

4. The purpose of the author in writing this passage is __________. A. to explain and persuade B. to comment and criticize C. to interest and entertain (娱乐) D. to argue and demonstrate (论证)

Passage 4

　　　 Million of people pass through the gates of Disney's entertainment parks in California, Florida and Japan each year. What makes these places an almost universal attraction? What makes foreign kings and queens and other important people want to visit these Disney Parks? Well, one reason is the way they're treated once they get there. The people at Disney go out of their way to serve their "guests, as they prefer to call them, and to see that they enjoy themselves." 　　　 All new employees, from vice presidents to part-time workers, begin their employment by attending Disney University and taking "Traditions I.' Here, they learn about the company's history, how it is managed and why it is successful. They are shown how each department relates to the whole. All employees are shown how their part is important in making the park a success. 　　　 After passing "Traditions I,"　 the employees go on to more specialized training for their specific ( 具体的) jobs. No detail is missed. A simple job like taking tickets requires four eight-hour days of training. When one ticket taker was asked why it took so much training for such a simple, ordinary job, he replied, "What happens if someone wants to know where the restrooms are, when the parade starts or what bus to take back to the campgrounds? ... ... We need to know the answers or where to get them quickly. Our constant aim is to help our guests enjoy the party. " 　　　 Even Disney's managers get involved in the daily management of the park. Every year, the managers leave their desks and business suits and put on special service clothes. For a full week, the bosses sell hot dogs or ice cream, take tickets or drive the monorail (单轨车) and take up any of the 100 jobs that make the entertainment park come alive. The managers agree that this week helps them to see the company's goals more clearly. 　　　 All these efforts to serve the public well have made Walt Disney Productions famous. Disney is considered by many as the best mass service provider in America or the world. As one long-time business observer once said, "How Disney treats people, communicates with them, rewards them, is in my view the very reason for his fifty years of success ......　 I have watched, very carefully and with great respect and admiration, the theory and practice of selling satisfaction and serving millions of people on a daily basis, successfully .It is what Disney does best." 5. This passage is mainly about __________. A. how Disney employees are trained B. the history and traditions of the Disney enterprises C. why Disney enterprises make a lot of money D. the importance Disney places on serving people well

Correct answers: 1-5 BBCAD

NMET 98　 A　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　 Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all.　 Before 1750, the idea of skating didn't exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin's work was making musical instruments. In his spare time he liked to play the violin.　 Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.

　　 One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball (化装舞会). He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

　　 Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll.　 Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.

　　 On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was astonished to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin's grand entrance for a long time!

4. The author wrote this article in order to __________. A. tell us that it isn't good to keep feelings inside B. give us some advice on how to express our feelings C. make us face the problem that we have to deal with feelings D. make us know that it isn't always wise to express our feelings freely

Paragraph 4

　　　 It is possible to do many simple tricks with numbers. Here is one trick. It has several separate steps. 　　　 First, write down your house number. For example, if your address is 73 Lemon Street, you would write down 73. After you write down your house address, next double it. Then add five to this doubled number. For example, if your address was 73 and you doubled it, you would get 146. Then, if you added five, you'd get 151. 　　　 Then multiply this number by 50. In our example here, you'll get 7550. The next step is to add your age to this total. For example, if you're 26 years old, you should add 26 to this total. In our example here, the result would be 7576. After that you have to add the number of days in a year, which is 365. In our example here, 365 added to 7576 is 7941. 　　　 The final step is this: Subtract 615 from the number that you have. Take away 615 from the total, In our example, 7941 minus 615 is 7326. 　　　 The result here - 7326 - is the trick. The first part of the number is the address and the last part of the number is the age of the person. That is, 73 is the address that we started with, and 26 is the age that we used. 5. The best title of the passage is __________. A. The number tricks B. A trick with numbers C. An interesting problem D. How to work out a difficult trick

Correct answers: 1-5　 DCACB

Passage 1

　　　 An Australian wildlife park attendant survived a crocodile attack after her father jumped on the huge crocodile's back and dugout its eyes as the horrified tourists looked on. 　　　 Karla Bredl, 21, was in a fairly good condition in good care in hospital with a broken bone, a broken leg and some injuries after the attack. 　　　 The 4.5 - metre crocodile caught Karla Bredl around the leg and then the waist when she fell during a crocodile feeding show for tourists. 　　　 Karla's father seized a long-handled tool and beat the crocodile about the head to force it to let go of her, but the tool was doing nothing. So he jumped on its back and stuck his fingers in its eyes and the crocodile let go of her. 1. The best title of the passage is _________. A. The Hateful Crocodile B. Father Saved Daughter's Life C. A Terrible Accident D. The Dangerous Place

Passage 2

　　　 Trees should only be pruned (剪除) when there is a good and clear reason for doing so and, fortunately, the number of such reasons is small. Pruning involves the cutting away of overgrown and unwanted branches, and the inexperienced gardener can be encouraged by the thought that more damage result from doing it unnecessarily than from leaving the tree to grow in its own way. 　　　 First, pruning may be done to make sure that trees have a desired shape or size. The object may be to get a tree of the right height, and at the same time to help the growth of small side branches which will thicken its appearance or give it a special shape. Secondly, pruning may be done to make the tree healthier. You may cut out diseased or dead wood, or branches that are rubbing against each other and thus causing wounds. The health of a tree may be encouraged by removing branches that are blocking up the centre and so preventing the free movement of air. 　　　 One result of pruning is that an open wound is left on the tree and this provides an easy entry for disease, but it is a wound that will heal (治愈) . Often there is a race between the healing and the disease as to whether the tree will live or die, so that there is a period when the tree is at risk. It should be the aim of every gardener to reduce that risk of death as far as possible. It is essential (基本的) to make the area which has been pruned smooth and clean, for healing will be slowed down by roughness. You should allow the cut surface to dry for a few hours and then paint it with one of the substances available from garden shops produced especially for this purpose. Pruning is usually done in winter, for then you can see the shape of the tree clearly without interference from

the leaves and it is, too, very unlikely that the cuts you make will bleed. If this does happen, it is, of course, impossible to paint them properly. 2. What was the writer's purpose when writing this passage? A. To give practical instructions for pruning a tree B. To give a general description of pruning C. To explain how trees develop diseases D. To discuss different methods of pruning

Passage 3

　　　 Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full-blown. Quite the contrary, just as the cook has to undergo an intensive training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose- schoolwork, matters of business, or purely social communication. You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding. 　　　 There are still some remote places in the world where you might find a public scribe to do your business or social writing for you, for a fee. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note form. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves. 　　　 We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to paper. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters and reports put into the mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figure must be enormous. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes, that this writing will be read. We want to arouse (引起 ) and hold the interest of the readers. We want whatever we write to be read, from first word to last, not just thrown into some " letters-to-be-read" file (档案) or into a wastepaper basket. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practising the skills of　 interesting, effective writing. 3. According to the author, if your letter is thrown into some "letters-to-be-read" file, __________. A. it will receive immediate attention B. it will be dealt with by the secretary C. it is likely to be neglected (忽略) D. it is meant to be delivered

3. The best title for this article is __________. A. Emotions Affect Our Bodies B. What Happens to A Frightened Cat C. What Happens to An Excited Person D. Feelings That People Have

2. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. Nature Balance Itself B. Floods and Earthquakes C. American Settlers D. Humans--a Disaster to Nature

Paragraph 3

　　　 At this time the state of South Carolina was having hard times. Year after year the soil had been planted to the same crop. It was farmed by uneducated and careless slaves, and the planters knew little about soil conservation. Because the soil was beginning to wear out, crops were smaller. The younger people were not satisfied to raise cotton on the poor soil of the old South. Many of them moved westward and started cotton plantations (种植园) in Alabama and Mississippi. What was more, so much cotton had been shipped to factories in England and New England that they had as much cotton as they could use. This brought the price of cotton down. More and more slaves were needed to work on the new and large plantations, and higher and higher prices were demanded for them. Planters found their expenses rising and their incomes from the sale of cotton reduced. Hard times had come to South Carolina. 3. The subject of this passage is __________. A. economic (经济的) difficulties of South Carolina B. that the planters knew nothing about farming C. that the soil in South Carolina was not good D. the causes of hard times in South Carolina 4. Which of the following sentences can summarize (概括) the main idea of the passage? A. Hard times had come to South Carolina. B. Planters found their expenses rising and their incomes from the sale of cotton reduced. C. The soil was farmed by uneducated and careless slaves. D. More and more slaves were needed to work on the new and large plantations.

Paragraph 4

　　　 When a piece of paper burns, it is completely changed. The ash that is left behind does not look like the original piece of paper. When dull-red rust appears on a piece of tinware (锡制品), it is quite different from the gleaming tin. The tarnish that forms on silverware is a new substance unlike the silver itself. Animal tissue (组织) is unlike the vegetable substance from which it is made. A change in which the original substance is turned into a different substance is called a chemical change. 5. The author writes this passage to tell us _________. A. how paper burns B. that dull-red on tinware is unlike tin itself C. that animal tissue is different from plant's D. what a chemical change is Correct answers: 1-5 DDAAD

Paragraph 1

　　　 One of the most important weapons used during the Second World War was not a weapon used against people, but rather a drug used against disease. The wartime use of penicillin saved thousands of lives. In the First World War, for example, pneumonia was responsible for eighteen percent of all the deaths in the United States army. In the Second World War, the rate went down to less than one percent. In addition, penicillin was instrumental in keeping wounds from getting infected and in helping to speed the healing process of those wounds that did become infected.　 1. which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. A Dangerous Weapon B. Guns in the Second World War C. A Terrible Pneumonia D. An Important Drug

Paragraph 2

　　　 Mr. Brown, a shopkeeper, was going to count the day' s cash takings. There was more than £300 in notes. He was about to put them in a bag. He heard a sound. 　　　 A door at the back of the room was opening. A voice shouted "Don't shout. Don't look round. I have a gun." Mr. Brown stood still. The voice went on, "Drop that bag and the notes. Go and stand in the corner beside the safe. Keep quite still. Remember, I have a gun." 　　　 Mr. Brown was frightened. He obeyed all the robber' s orders. The robber picked up the notes and was about to go out by the door at the back of the room. 　　　 It was a quarter past six. John Taylor arrived outside that very same back door. He raised his hand and was about to knock. At that very moment the robber opened the door. He was frightened to see John there. He lost his head. He became panic-stricken. He tried to push his way past John. But John was suspicious. He blocked the robber' s way. There was a fight. 　　　 Mr. Brown heard the fight. He forgot his fear, turned round and rushed from his corner. He threw both his arms round the robber. This pinned the robber' s arms to his sides so he could not use his gun. At the same moment John struck the robber hard in the stomach and knocked all the breath out of his body. The robber fell to the ground in a pile. He still held the notes but his gun fell on the floor and John quickly picked it up. All was now over. Soon the police arrived 2. The main idea of this passage is _________. A. a robber robbed a shop B. Mr. Brown and Mr. Taylor fought against a robber C. None but the brave can win victory D. John Taylor was a brave man

Paragraph 3

　　　 Sometimes people call each other "scared-cat", but have you ever thought about this expression? When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemicals in its bloodstream. Although the cat doesn't realize this, its body is getting ready for action. If the danger continues, the animal will do one of two things. It will defend　 itself, or it will run away as fast as it can.　 　　　 Something like this also happens to people. When we are excited, angry, scared, or aroused by

other emotions (feelings), our bodies go through many physical changes. Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense. All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react. We, too, get ready to defend ourselves or run. 　　　 Human beings, however, have a problem that animals never face. If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we can get into trouble. Have you ever said something in anger-or hit somebody-and regretted it later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher, told somebody you were lonely, or said you were in love, and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut? It isn't always wise to express your feelings freely. 　　　 Does this mean that it's smarter always to hide our feelings?　 No! If you keep feelings of anger, sadness, and bitterness hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illness can develop, and you can feel churned up inside. It can actually be bad for your health. (It isn't good to keep pleasant feelings inside either; all feelings need to be expressed.) 　　　 Feeling that you keep all bottled up inside, don't just go away. It's as if bought some bananas and stuck them in a cupboard. You might not be able to see them, but before long you'd smell them, if you opened the cupboard, chances are you'd see little fruit flies hovering all over them. They'd be rotten.　 　　　 You can try to treat emotions as if they were bananas in the cupboard. You can hide them and you can pretend they don't exist, but they'll still be around. And at last you'll have to deal with them, just like those bananas.