3. If you get 17/F/NY as an answer to your A/S/L, it rneans

　 A. the person on the other end is 17 from New York and he is fine

　 B. you are talking to a girl who is 17 and lives in New York　

　 C. you are talking to 17 girls who are from New York

　 D. the person who you are talking to is a 17-foot tall New　 York girl

答案: B　 指导：从第七段可得知，A／S／L分别表示：年龄(age)，性别(sex)，地区(location)。

Passage 4

　　　 The following notice is posted in a bus terminal(终点站). Time Table:　　

　　　 --Buses leave the Railway Station, New York City, from 7:00 a. m, and every half an hour thereafter (此后), untii 11: 30 p. m, (7 days a week)

　　　 --Buses leave the Brennan Station 20 minutes before and after every hour from 6:20 a.m.　 to 10:40 p. m　 (7 days a week)

　　　 --Evening rush hours ( 5: 00 p. m, to 7: 00 p. m, ): Buses leave the Railway Station, New York City, every 15 minutes. (Monday-Friday)

--Holidays: Buses leave every hour, each direction. (Trip time. 30 minutes eachway)

　　　 --All tickets must be bought at Window 12, the Railway Station, New York City, or at the Brennan Station Window BEFORE boarding buses.

2. In order to talk to several people at the same time on the Intemet______.

　 A. you have to speak fast and fluently

　 B. you should speak with wit and humor

　 C. you have to express your ideas in a brief way

　 D. one should pay much attention to the accuracy of words

答案: C　 指导：从第四段可得知，同时和几个人聊天需要快速，简捷，聪慧，注意力集中和敏捷的手指。A项中的fluently，B项中的humor，D项中的accuracy都不符合题意。

1. Many people talk on the Intemet______.

　 A. by sending short e-mails

　 B. by using a particular short form of English

　 C. by using peculiar English words and expression

　 D. in a funny way

答案: B　 指导：第一段最后一句。“你已经成为数百万个用特别简短的英语形式在网上聊天的人士之一”。

2. ______is especially proper.

　 A. A big gift

　 B. Large payment as a gift

　 C. A small gift from one's home

　 D. A gift from Singapore

答案: C　 指导：最后一段第一句话。“一般说来，从祖国带来的小礼物就非常合适”。

Passage 3

　　 If you have been joining in chat room conversations, or trading e-mail with web pals (网友), you have become one of the millions who write in a peculiarly short form of English.　　

　And you've got a sense of humor about short forms like SOHF ( = sense of humor failure) to describe Intemet newcomers who don't understand you.

　　 Across the globe, every night teenagers and their elders are talking online, many of them all talking at the same time.

　　 It's fast: try talking to six people at once. It's brief: three Or four words per exchange. It takes wit, concentration, and quick fingers.

　　 And it requires tremendous linguistic economy (语言省略). There's neither time nor space for explanations. Why con- sume precious key-strokes (键盘主敲击) telling six friends you have to leave for a moment to take care of your little brother when BRB ( = be right back) will do?　 Want to enter a conversation? Just type PMFJI (= pardon me for jumping in).

Interested in whom you are talking to? Type A/S/I., thenearly universal request to know your pal's age, sex and loca- tion. You may get 15/M/NY as a response from your pal.　　　

If something makes you laugh, say you are OTF (=on the floor), or LOL ( = laughing out loud), or combing the two into ROTFL (= rolling on the floor laughing).

　　 And when it is time to get back to work or go to bed, you type GTG (=got to go) or TTYL (=talk to you later).

People want to write as fast as possible, and they want to get their ideas across as quickly as they can. Capital letters are left in the dust, except when expressing emotion, as it takes, more time to hold down the "shift" key and capitals. Punctuation (标点) is going, too.　

1. It is no good inviting people of different social positions to the same party in the country where.

　 A. people don't pay any attention to your positions　

　 B. people care much about their statuses

　 C. entertainment is important

　 D. entertainment is not advisable

答案: B　 指导：第一段第二句话。“在那些很重视社会地位的国家，最好不要把不同层次的人放到一起。”

3. According to Britney Spears, she works______.

　 A. to be a great actress

　 B. for the enjoyment

　 C. for money

　 D. to be more famous

答案: B指导：由文章最后一句“．．．she has been quoted as saying she does it for the love，not the money"知：Britney所做一切只是为快乐和喜欢，而非钱与名利。

Passage 2

　　 Cultural differences in business entertaining include problems such as whom one entertains and where, and how one entertains. In countries where status (地位) is important, it is not advisable to invite people of different statuses to the same dinner party. Americans will often invite people to their homes. However in some societies the home is considered too private, unworthy, or too small to serve as a proper place for business entertaining. In some countries there is a"help your- self" method of entertaining done in the home. This methoddoes not work well when entertaining people whose culture teaches them to wait to be asked three times before accepting an offer of food. In one instance, a Chinese guest went hungry all the evening without eating though he was quite hungry because he was too shy to take food after only being asked to do so once.　 In another case, an American woman executive (负责人) was being entertained in London. After having the tea served, the American woman helped herself to cream and sugar rather than waiting to be served. The English hostess was upset by the thought that she was not serving quickly enough.

As a general rule, a small gift from your home country is OK. A gift that is tied to the particular interest of the person is especially good. Gifts for children are also well received. Be careful that the" hometown" gift you are bringing to Sin- gapore was not made in Hong Kong. Because many gifts carry symbolic meanings, it is always best to seek the advice of a cultural informant before selecting gifts. The giving of large gifts, or payments for special service, should only be carried out after talking with legal department in the home and host culture.

2. Which of the following is not true according to the text?

　 A. Though young, Britney can support her family now.

　 B. While touring, Britney sleeps about 12 hours a day.

　 C. The teenage comedy movie was based on Britney's own　 story.

　 D. Britney will be even richer with her movies successful.

答案: C　 指导：由第三段最后一句"The movie was her own concept．．．”知，这部青少年电影喜战只是她的"concept"，而非她自己的故事。

Passage 1

　　　 Everyone would like to be a millionaire but can you imagine having over $ 30 million and only being 20 years old? Brimey Spears from Kentwood, a small town in Louisiana, is only 20 years old; she is an international pop superstar with not only $ 30 million but also a $ 2 million house in LA. At her young age, she can look after her family financially (经济上)all her life.

　　　 This year is a big year for Britney, she is currently on a 31 date tour of the US and every concert is a sell out. That means she plays in front of a crowd of around 18,000 every time. It's tiring schedule (安排表)but brings great rewards. When tou- ting, she goes to bed around 1 a. rn. and then has a lie-in until I p. m. or 2 p. rn. the next day. Her philosophy(人生观) is to take care of the body and relax but always make sure you work hard and have fan.

　　　 Spears is not satisfied with only touring and selling nearly 40 million records so she decided to branch out into the movie business and try a bit of acting.　 She made an appearance in "Austin Powers 3' this year and she is filming a teenage come- dy that will be released in March 20典型例题this movie, she has a starring role. The movie was her own concept and she picked the writer.

For Britney, acting is another way to express herself and she is enthusiastic (热心) about it all. If her movies are successful, her bank account is sure to grow by another few mil-lion dollars but she has been quoted as saying she does it for the love, not the money.

1. Tick ets for her concerts are______.

　　 A. cheap　　　　　　　　 B. expensive

C. on sale soon　　　　 D. all sold

答案: D　 指导：由第二段第一句“．．．and every concert is a sell out"可知，每场音乐会的票都能售空，故选D.

5. The saying from Benjamin Franklin "Those things that hurt,instruct" suggests that______.

　 A. we do not learn from experience

　 B. we do not learn when we are in pain

　 C. pain teaches us important lessons

　 D. pain cannot be avoided

答案: C　 指导：由文中"It is through the para of meeting and working out problems that we learn"可知答案为C，意思是”正是通过解决问题的痛苦，我们学到了知识”。

4. According to the passage, we give school children difficult　 problems to solve in order to______.

　 A. encourage them to learn

　 B. teach them to fear the pain of solving the problem

　 C. help them learn to deal with pain

　 D. teach them how to respect from problems

答案: A　 指导：由文章倒数第四句"we encourage the human ability to solve problems，justasin school we set problems for our childrentosolve"可知A为最佳选项。