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阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　Today only one person in five in the United States lives within 50 miles of his birthplace． Since the country was first settled, Americans have moved around a great deal, and are often far away from their parents． Because they have broken ties with their past at a young age, chosen their own occupations, established their own homes and developed their own lifestyles, few American children grow up closely surrounded by grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins as they do in Italy, Nigeria, or India, for example． This along with the fact that modern American families do not have servants has made the “baby-sitter” a vital part of the American scene． A “sitter” is some-one who is hired to care for children for a specific length of time-usually relatively short-while the parents are out for an evening, going to a party or a course of study for example． Sometimes the baby-sitter is also hired for longer period, perhaps when the parents are away for a weekend． In such cases the “sitter” is likely to be a mature and motherly woman． For short periods, teen-ageis, college students, nursing students, and others are commonly employed on an hourly basis．

　　From the point of view of convenience, the best sitters are often young people who live in your apartment building or close by in the nationhood． This gives you as chance to meet the parents and see what they are like． If an emergency occurs, young sitters can call upon their parents quickly for help; you do not have to take them far to see them home at night or pay expensive taxi fares． Another advantage is that young people living close by can usually fill in quite readily on short noticeor for short periods of time．

　　In an apartment house you can ask the superintendent for permission to post a notice for a ba-by-sitter by the mailboxes． This is often the best way to find out if there is anyone in the building who is interested in baby-sitting． Retired people as well as students are often glad to earn a little money in this way and can be found by such a note．

1．A baby-sitter is a person who ________．

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A．helps to do housework

B．is a cleaning woman worker

C．looks after babies while their parents are out

D．takes care of babies and cooks for their family

2．It is advised that when you are out for a short period, you may hire one of ________to be yourbaby-sitter．

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A．motherly women

B．retired people

C．young people

D．mature women

3．The best title for the passage is ________．

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A．American Families

B．American Baby-Sitters

C．A Way of Earning Money

D．A Way to Find Baby-Sitters

答案：C;C;B

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阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　When I asked my daughter which item she would keep; the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said “the phone”． Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual, because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology．

　　Point 1 The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic． My daughter comes home from school at 4：00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day． If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?

　　Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone． “The mobile saved my life , ” says Crystal Johnstone． She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton． Trapped inside , she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance (救护车) to her rescue．

　　Point 3 The mobile removes our secrets． It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch , Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are, where they are going, any how their last meeting went．

　　Point 4 The telephone separates us． Antonella Bramante in Rome says , “ We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window． It was easy to get his number． We were so near－but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks!”

　　Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives． Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously (同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does． I wouldn’t know what to talk about)． We can talk across the world． We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they’re space-walking． And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can use the Internet, the biggest library on the Earth．

1．What does the writer mean by saying “The telephone creates the need to communicate”?

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A．People don’t communicate without telephone．

B．People communicate because of the creating of the telephone．

C．People have communicated more since the telephone was created．

D．People communicate more because of more traffic．

2．Which of the following best shows people’s attitude towards mobile phones?

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A．Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency．

B．Mobile phones bring convenience as well as no secret to people．

C．Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged．

D．Mobile phones encourage people to waste time in chatting．

3．Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people’s life?

a． Point 1． b． Point 2． c． Point 3． d． Point 4． e． Point 5．

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4．It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously

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A．on the TV screen

B．with a computer

C．on chat lines

D．by telephone

5．The best title for the passage is

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A．Views on Telephones

B．Kinds of Phone

C．How to Use Phones

D．Advantages of Phones

第二部分:阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

第一节　阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A car needs gas to run and your body also needs food to work for you. Eating the right kind of food is very important. It can help your body grow strong to take care of what you eat.

There are four main food groups altogether. The dairy group has food like milk, cheese and sour milk. The other three groups are the meat and fish group, the fruit and vegetable group, and the bread and rice group. Each meal should have at least one food from all four main groups. With all these food together, you will be given enough energy during the day.

It is easy to get into bad eating habits. You may eat your breakfast in a hurry to get to school on time. Or you may not have time for a good lunch. It may seem easy to finish your supper with fish and chips all the time. But you will find yourself tired in these days and you can not think quickly.

Watching what you eat will help keep your body healthy and strong. It is also good to take some exercise. It will help you eat more if you take a walk or play games in the open air. Having a good eating habit with some exercise is the key to your health.

41. Which of the following diets do you think is the best one?

Eggs, tomatoes and chicken.

B. Milk, bread, cabbages and beef.

Corn, fish, cream and pork.

D. Rice, beancurd（豆腐）, apples, fish and chicken.

42. Which of the following is a good eating-habit?

A. Going to school without any breakfast

B. Eating fish and chips for supper all the time..

C. Having at least one food from all four groups each meal.

D. Having different food from all four food groups.

43. In this passage the writer mainly tells us that _____.

A. every person needs food to grow well

B taking exercise can keep your body strong

C. the right kind of food with exercise will keep you healthy

D. enough energy helps people think more quickly

44. The best title for this passage is _____.

A. The Four Food Groups B. A Healthy Diet

C. Your Body And Food D. Food And Your Health

四、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A businessman walks into a bank in San Francisco and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow ＄5000 . The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan. So the businessman hands over the keys to a Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls Royce into the bank’s underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the businessman returns, and repays the ＄5000 and the interest, which comes to ＄15.41.

The loan officer says, “ We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is that why would you bother to borrow＄5000?”

Laughing, the businessman replies, “ Where else in San Francisco can I park my car for two weeks for ＄15?”

56. The businessman walks into the bank with the true purpose of .

A. borrowing＄5000 B. meeting the loan officer

C . finding a place to park his car D. showing how rich he is

57. The loan officer is puzzled because .

A. he never thought he could meet a multimillionaire in his bank

B. he thinks the businessman is crazy to leave his car in the bank

C . he never thought the businessman could drive a Rolls Royce

D. he thinks＄5000 is so small a sum of money to the businessman

58. The underlined word “collateral” in Paragraph 1 most probably means“ ”.

A. security B. payment C . reward D. deal

59. Which of the following words can best describe the businessman according to the story?

A. Honest B. Clever C . Rich D. Kind

四、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Two weeks later, the businessman returns, and repays the ＄5000 and the interest, which comes to ＄15.41.

Laughing, the businessman replies, “ Where else in San Francisco can I park my car for two weeks for ＄15?”

56. The businessman walks into the bank with the true purpose of .

A. borrowing＄5000 B. meeting the loan officer

C . finding a place to park his car D. showing how rich he is

57. The loan officer is puzzled because .

A. he never thought he could meet a multimillionaire in his bank

B. he thinks the businessman is crazy to leave his car in the bank

C . he never thought the businessman could drive a Rolls Royce

D. he thinks＄5000 is so small a sum of money to the businessman

58. The underlined word “collateral” in Paragraph 1 most probably means“ ”.

A. security B. payment C . reward D. deal

59. Which of the following words can best describe the businessman according to the story?

A. Honest B. Clever C . Rich D. Kind

四、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Two weeks later, the businessman returns, and repays the ＄5000 and the interest, which comes to ＄15.41.

Laughing, the businessman replies, “ Where else in San Francisco can I park my car for two weeks for ＄15?”

56. The businessman walks into the bank with the true purpose of .

A. borrowing＄5000 B. meeting the loan officer

C . finding a place to park his car D. showing how rich he is

57. The loan officer is puzzled because .

A. he never thought he could meet a multimillionaire in his bank

B. he thinks the businessman is crazy to leave his car in the bank

C . he never thought the businessman could drive a Rolls Royce

D. he thinks＄5000 is so small a sum of money to the businessman

58. The underlined word “collateral” in Paragraph 1 most probably means“ ”.

A. security B. payment C . reward D. deal

59. Which of the following words can best describe the businessman according to the story?

A. Honest B. Clever C . Rich D. Kind

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