8. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. All Africans are born musicians.

B. Most Africans don't do very well in playing the musical instruments along with the performers.

C. African expert musicians never perform in the open air.

D. It's difficult to tell the spectators from the performers in Africa.

7. The writer writes the passage to tell us that ________ .

A. all Africans are musicians and there fore much music is performed in Africa

B. not all Africans are born with musical talent though much music is performed in Africa

C. most Africans are able to join in the music by playing musical instruments

D. most Africans perform as well as expert musicians

6. The underlined word such in the passage refers to the fact that ________ .

A. music is performed with spectators joining in

B. music is performed without spectators joining in

C. people try to tell the spectators from the performers

D. people have recorders, TV, concerts and radio to meet their musical needs

5. The difference between us and Africans, as far as music is concerned, is that ________ .

A. most of us are performers while most of them are producers of arts

B. we are musical performers and they are expert musicians

C. most of them are active spectators while most of us are passive spectators

D. we are the spectators while they are passive performers

4. The writer writes the passage to ________ .

A. call on people to protect the environment

B. introduce a new product

C. make an ad for a new product

D. save energy

(B) (Words: 258; Time: 5')

It has been said that all Africans are born with musical talent. Because music is so important in the lives of many Africans and because so much music is performed in Africa, we probably think that all Africans are musicians. The impression is strengthened when we look at ourselves and find that we have become largely a society of musical spectators. Music is important to us, but most of us can be considered consumers rather than producers of music. We have recorders, TV, concerts and radio to meet many of our musical needs. In most situations where music is performed in our culture it's not difficult to tell the spectators from the performers, but such is often not the case in Africa. Ablan Ayipaga, a Kasena musician from northern Ghana, says that when his flute and drum group is performing, "Anybody can take part." This is true, but Kasena musicians recognize that not all people are equally able to take part in the music. Some can sing along with the drummers, but few can drum and even fewer can play the flute with the group. It's fairly common in Africa for there to be a group of expert musicians surrounded by others who join in by clapping, singing, or somehow adding to the totality of musical sound. Performances often take place in an open area (that is, not on a stage) and so the lines between the performing actors and the additional performers, active spectators and passive spectators may be difficult to draw from our point of view.

3. Compared with new bacteria batteries, similar batteries can turn ________ percent of sugar into electrical energy.

A. 80 B. 30 C. 50 D. 100

2. Which of the following is already a fact?

A. The bacteria battery has been invented.

B. You make calls with the electricity made from sugar in a minute.

C. The bacteria battery has been made as small as a household battery.

D. The bacteria battery has been used to run medical devices in the human body.

1. The underlined sentence in the passage means ________ .

A. this invention still has much to be improved

B. we've used solar power for 20 or 30 years

C. solar power is out of date

D. we produce electricity from sugar in the same way as from solar power

8. When you are watching a close match, your brain ________.

A. is active B. will feel painful because of hard workC. is not so active D. can't estimate time correctly

key: 1. B。见第一段的最后一句。 2. D。见第二段第三句:"公共管理"专业是一个全新的专业,而商业管理早已经成为大学的著名专业了(见第二段最后一句)。 3. B。从后面的"根据你的素质和兴趣从不同的大学中......专业"可推知。4. A。根据第三段最后一句,可知任何专业的毕业生在市场上达到饱和之后,都会最终失去就业的优势。其余三项都与文章内容不符(参考最后两段)。 5-8 DBCA

7. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The more subjects the volunteers focused on, the more accurate their estimates of time were.

B. The brain estimates time through movements.

C. The areas of the brain that help estimate time also help us control our movement.

D. The fact that an athlete waits for the sound of a starter's pistol is used to explain how some areas of the brain are important in controlling movements.