3. A. examining B. checking C. testing D. watching

2. A. color B. design C. price D. size

1. A. reportedB. saidC. wishedD. knew

4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　 A. It is not easy for a person to live on Comera island if he cannot whistle.

　　 B. The whistle language can only be found in Comera.

　　 C. The whistle language has been used for hundreds of years on the island, but will not be used any longer.

　　 D. The record shows that one best whistler can be heard by others seven miles away.

　　 难句注释

　　 ① Comera is the only place in the world which has a whistle language.

　　 Comera是世界上惟一使用口哨语言的地方。

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　　 ② Radio and TV often kill the special ways of speaking in the different parts of a country.

　　 收音机和电视机的使用常常会使一个国家的不同地区的特殊讲话方式彻底消失。

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　　 A well?dressed man entered a famous jewelry (珠宝) shop one day. He 1 to buy a pearl (珍珠) for his wife?s birthday. The 2 didn't matter, since business had been good for him that year.①

　　 After 3 a number of beautiful and expensive pearls, he chose 4 black one. It would 5 5,000 dollars. He paid, took the black pearl, shook hands with the salesman and left.

　　 A few days later, the man 6 and said that his wife liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like this. It 7 be exactly the same size and quality (质量), 8 she wanted to have a 9 of earrings.

　　 The salesman seemed 10 . Then the man suggested that the salesman advertise (登广告) in the newspaper to 11 S｜25,000 for such a pearl.② So the salesman did.

　　 Many people 12 the advertisement (广告), but nobody 13 a pearl which was just the right size and quality. Just when the jeweler had given up, a little old lady came into his 14 . She took out one such black pearl 15 her purse.

　　 “I don't like to 16 with the pearl,” she said sadly. “It was given to me by my mother, who had received it from her 17 mother. But I really need the 18.”

　　 The salesman was very glad and quickly paid her for the pearl. Then he called the 19 to tell him the good news. However, the man could never be 20 . Clever readers, can you guess why?

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3. Comera island is special in that____ .

　　 A. many visitors go there every year

　　 B. no visitors have ever been there

　　 C. people there have special ears to hear whistles

　　 D. people there use the whistle language to communicate with each other

2. From this passage we know radio and TV ____ at that time.

　　 A. killed the special way of speaking

　　 B. whistled all the news and opinions

　　 C. helped Comera people to communicate

　　 D. did not appear on Comera island yet

1. If a person on Comera island is ill, ____.

　　 A. others will phone the doctors in town

　　 B. the whistle language will help pass the message to the doctor

　　 C. his family will take him to the hospital

　　 D. people will take him to town by carriage

2. As not all foreigners understood his gestures, sometimes Mr Jackson ____ to communicate with them.

　　 A. succeededB. feared

　　 C. failedD. gave up

1. Mr Jackson knew only English because____ .

　　 A. he was an English student

　　 B. he had never been abroad

　　 C. he couldn't learn by himself

　　 D. he hadn't studied any foreign languages