9．It seemed that the purpose of Action Line in a newspaper was to　　　 .

　　　　 A．employ people and publish their letters of complaints

　　　　 B．help consumers correcting wrongs and getting problems solved

　　　　 C．find what was lost by the business and delivered them to the consumers

　　　　 D．make telephone calls to the consumers and business which had made mistakes

8．What President Bill Clinton spoke of at the ceremony shows that　　　 .

　　　　 A．he hopes for a better future for the two sides with better understanding

　　　　 B．he sincerely hopes that the children in the two contries will　 grow well and healthily

　　　　 C．he hopes that all the world will understand why the two countries have joined together

　　　　 D．he thinks that only by addressing their differences openly and with respect can they build a better world for the children.

C

　　　　 Four months ago Mrs B ordered a rug from a store, which promised to deliver it in about two weeks. Three weeks passed, but the rug did not arrive. When Mrs B telephoned the store to talk about it, she was told that the rug had been lost and that the store would send her another one.

　　　　 Weeks later, when Mrs B telephoned again, the store told her that the second rug had been delivered and left on her front porch(门廓).She didn’t believe the story, as she had been at home as usual, and her doorbell was in good working order. However, the store promised her that a third rug would be delivered within a week. It wasn’t. What could she do? How could she get action?

　　　　 Mrs B did what many other Americans have done-with excellent results. She wrote a letter to the newspaper in her town, explaining the problem. A few days later her letter appeared in the newspaper and this sentence was printed below it:

　　　　 “The store found a way to safely deliver your rug immediately after hearing from us.”

　　　　 In this age of machines, it is often hard to get action from businesses that have made mistakes. An individual(个别的)person can complain, but his complaints may accomplish nothing. Luckily, newspapers now employ people to help with such problems, and the results are published in a special section of the paper.

　　　　 Mrs B’s letter appeared in a column called Mr FLX-IT. During the same week the following letter from Mrs J was printed in the ACTION LINE column of another newspaper.

　　　　 “Many weeks ago I bought some living room furniture from the House and Garden Shop in Parkkersvile. They have set three delivery dates, and each time I had to stay home from work and wait for the truck, which never came. I have called the store at least fifteen times, and each time they said they would look for the furniture. This has been going on for two months. I guess they are still looking.”

　　　　 The ACTION LINE writer’s reply was printed below Mrs J’s letter:

　　　　 “They found it. Action Line made one telephone call to the president of the company, who told us: ‘the customer will get satisfaction.’ The furniture was found, and it arrived at your home yesterday.”

7．After the meeting of the two presidents, we can hope that　　　 .

　　　　 A．the two countries will together devote themselves to the study of nuclear weapons

　　　　 B．Taiwan will soon come back　 to the embrace of its motherland

　　　　 C．China will adopt the same system as that of the USA

　　　　 D．the two presidents will call on each other regularly, which will make the two sides understand each other better.

6．“The autumn air might have been chilly, but the welcoming ceremony for the Chinese President was anything but cold.”What does the sentence mean to the reader or the listener?

　　　　 A．Even though the weather was cold, all the people at the welcoming ceremony still felt fairly warm.

　　　　 B．Both the autumn air and the welcoming ceremony were not a bit warm.

　　　　 C．People thought it really interesting to hold the warm ceremony in the chilly autumn air.

　　　　 D．People at the ceremony talked about anything but the cold weather.

5．What style is this short passage?

　　　　 A．TV news broadcasting.　　　　　 B．A document(文件)on state affairs.

　　　　 C．A summary of Bill Clinton’s speech at the welcoming ceremony for the Chinese President.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．A newspaper report.

4．From the passage we can infer that Kissinger’s cable carrying the message“Eureka”must have been sent 　　　　.

　　　　 A．before he had left Beijing　　　

B．soon after he had returned to Pakistan from China.

　　　　 C．as soon as he had arrived in Washington on July 11

　　　　 D．before he returned to Pakistan on July 11

B

　　　　 Good evening. Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his American counterpart Bill Clinton have acknowledged their political differences, but they wrapped up their historic summit(高级会晤)emphasizing(强调)the importance of their common interest. As Mark Thun reports from Washington, the two leaders hammered out agreements on a number of issues(问题，争论点),although human rights remains a sticking point.

　　　　 The two sides came to agreements over plenty of items, which could shake the world for a long time to come. The most important is probably the high-level dialogues and consultations(磋商). The Presidents will visit each other regularly, there will be a Washington-Beijing communications link for direct contact, and there will be regular exchanges or visits by cabinet(内阁)and other officials on political and security(安全)issues. On nuclear cooperation, Mr Clinton promises the sale of nuclear technology to China for peaceful use, something not possible now with an American ban after the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown(严厉取缔).The two countries have agreed to strengthen military maritime safety(加强海军方面的安全合作).And Beijing and Washington are both working towards China’s entry into the WTO, with China aiming to make substantial tariff reductions(大幅度降低关税). Taiwan is considered the most important issue, but there’s little breakthrough(突破)here. The two sides agreed that there should be only one China, and that the Chinese should be allowed to resolve the problem by themselves. It’s over the matter of human rights which the two countries have the most obvious differences.

　　　　 The autumn air might have been chilly(寒冷的)，but the welcoming ceremony for the Chinese President was anything but cold. Mr and Mrs Jiang Zemin were greeted by the American President and the First Lady. The two heads of state inspected the honour guard and national anthems were played with the twenty-one gun salute as the background. With a chime swinging leisurely only a few steps away, President Bill Clinton spoke of a better future,“Let us strengthen the bonds between us, let us pursue common causes, let us address our differences openly and with respect, let us build a better world for our children.”And Mr Jiang gave a similarly optimistic reply, partly in English, “Let us, the Chinese and the Americans, join hands, and together with people around the world, work hard to bring about the new century of peace, stability and the prosperity.”

3．Washington would have no word form Kissinger while he was in China, mainly because　　 .

　　　　 A．his trip must be kept secrect B．President Yapha would not fly together with Kissinger

　　　　 C．Communication between China and Islamabad was impossible

　　　　 D．Al Haig would phone to the author to tell him about Kissinger’s trip.

2．The reporters in Islamabad believed that　　　　 .

　　　　 A．Marco Polo made a trip to China　　　　

B．Kissinger would make a jourey to China.

　　　　 C．Kissinger was making arrangements for their activities.　　

D．Kissinger was sick.

1．Kissinger stopped in Pakistan because　　　　 .

　　　　 A．he had a stomachache B．he needed President Yapha’s help in carrying out a secret plan

　　　　 C．he did not want to be seen by the press

　　　　 D．he would like to take a Pakistani jet on his way back.

20．This article most probably is a 　　　　　.

A．narrative B．fiction 　　　 C．report 　　　 D．advertisement