Most sharks are dangerous. The largest kind of sharks—the whale shark—has small teeth and is quite harmless to people. However, blue sharks, tiger sharks, white sharks and hammerheads are enemies of man.

Man-eaters are always a danger to swimmers in shark waters. Sometimes, though, men have used strange methods when they’re suddenly faced with a shark.

During world War Ⅱ, soldiers and sailors whose boats or planes were destroyed drifted(漂流) helplessly on the ocean in small rafts(筏子). While waiting to be saved, the men had to struggle to stay alive and were often attacked by sharks. In some cases, they had few weapons to protect themselves with. They found that just splashing(溅水) water seemed to help keep the sharks away.

One sailor was swimming for his life in the Atlantic Ocean after his boat had been blown up. He saw a shark swimming towards him. He hit the shark with his bare fist, and that drove it off.

Once, in Australia, a fisherman was fishing after sunset. He hooked a big fish and drew it towards the shore. His line broke when the fish was only a few yards from the shore. The fisherman waded(涉水) into the water to try to catch it with his hands. In the dim light, it looked like the kind of fish that could be dealt with without danger.

He put his arms around the fish and wrestled with it. Dragging it to the beach turned out to be harder than he had expected, but at last he pulled it in. When he turned a light on it, he was amazed. He had caught a shark. It was small for a shark, but it was the man-eating type and was about as long as a tall man.In a word, the best way to deal with sharks is to keep far away from them.

60. The shark that is least dangerous to man is the ________.

A. white shark      B. whale shark   C. tiger shark      D. hammerhead shark

61. This story tells you that sharks are usually ________.

A. friendly         B. small         C. afraid of people     D. dangerous

62. After the Australian fisherman found he had caught a shark, he was _________.

A. surprised      B. frightened      C. unhappy       D. angry

63. This story tells you that the best way to handle sharks is to ________.

A. hit them with your fist                  B. keep far away from them

C. splash water                          D. wrestle with them

64. The passage mainly tells us something  ________.

A. about fishing sharks                   B. about sharks

C. how to eat  sharks                    D. that sharks are man’s enemies

It seems that politicians around the world are thinking about the health of their countries. While in China, Chen Zhu has announced his plans for a universal health service and reform across health services. Gordon Brown, the UK Prime Minister, has also announced he is planning to make some changes in our health service.

    The crux(问题的中心) of Mr. Brown's proposals are related to giving the NHS (National Health Service) a greater focus on prevention, rather than just curing patients.

    He is planning to introduce increased screening for common diseases such as heart disease, strokes, and cancer, for example, breast cancer. In Britain there are 200,000 deaths a year from heart attacks and strokes, many of which might have been avoided if the condition had been known about.

    Initially, the diagnostic (诊断的) tests will be available for those who are vulnerable, or most likely to have the disease. One example is a plan to offer all men over 65 an ultrasound(超声波) test to check for problems with the main artery (动脉), a condition which kills 3,000 men a year.

The opposition have criticized Mr. Brown's proposals, saying that they are just a trick, and claiming that there is no proper timetable for the changes. They also say that Mr. Brown is reducing the money available for the treatment of certain conditions while putting more money towards testing for them.

    The NHS was founded in 1948, and is paid for by taxation. The idea is that the rich pay more towards the health service than the poor. However in recent years there has been a great increase in the use of private healthcare, because it’s much quicker. NHS waiting lists for operations can be very long, so many people who can afford it choose to pay for medical care themselves.

87. The underlined word vulnerable in the fourth paragraph probably means ________.

   A. sick     B. weak     C. wounded     D. old

88. Which of the following is the reason for the increasing private healthcare?

   A. People are paying more attention to their own health.

   B. People are well off enough to pay their healthcare.

   C. The NHS was not available for most of the people.

   D. It’s not so convenient for people to go to the NHS for their healthcare.

89. According to the passage, the purpose of the health reform plan in the UK is to _______  

   A. encourage more private healthcare.

   B. focus on the prevention rather than on curing the patient.

   C. deal with the main artery problems.

   D. fight against the opposition in the UK.

90. The author of this passage intends to tell us _________.

   A. the NHS should be reformed right away.

   B. more and more people are dying from diseases.

   C. the plan to reform the NHS in the UK.

   D. the criticism of Mr. Brown's proposals.

As a professor at a large American university, there is a phrase that I hear often from students: “I’m only a 1050. ”The unlucky students are speaking of the score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), which is used to determine whether they will be admitted to the college or university of their choice, or even have a chance to get a higher education at all. The SAT score, whether it is 800, 1 100 or 1550, has becomes the focus at this time of their life.

It is obvious that if students value highly their test scores, then a great amount of their self-respect is put in the number. Students who perform poorly on the exam are left feeling that it is all over. The low test score, they think, will make it impossible for them to get into a good college. And without a degree from a prestigious university, they fear that many of life’s doors will remain forever closed.

According to a study done in the 1990s, the SAT is only a reliable indicator of a student’s future performance in most cases. Interestingly, it becomes much more accurate when it is set together with other indicators——like a student’s high school grades. Even if standardized tests like the SAT could show a student’s academic proficiency(学业水平),they will never be able to test things like confidence, efforts and willpower, and are unable to give us the full picture of a student’s potentialities(潜力). This is not to suggest that we should stop using SAT scores in our college admission process. The SAT is an excellent test in many ways, and the score is still a useful means of testing students. However, it should be only one of many methods used.

64.The purpose of the SAT is to test students’   .

A.strong will                   B.academic ability

C.full potentialities              D.confidence in school work

65.Students’ self-respect is influenced by their   .

       A.scores in the SAT                 B.achievements in mathematic

       C.job opportunities                      D.money spent on education

66.“A prestigious university”is most probably     .

       A.a famous university               B.a technical university

       C.a traditional university             D.an expensive university

67.This passage is mainly about  .

       A.how to prepare for the SAT         B.stress caused by the SAT

       C.American higher education         D.the SAT and its effects

第二节  短文改错(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断;如无错误,在该行右边横线上面一个勾(√);如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:

   此行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。

   此行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

   此行错一个词:在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。原行没有错的不要改。

As we know, our country suffer heavy snow last                                           76. _________

Spring Festival. Everything was covered with heavily                                      77. _________

snow, that made the buses, trains and planes stop.                                                  78. _________

Million of people couldn't go home. Many people                                         79. _________

suffered trouble. There were no food, water or light in                                     80. _________

some places. Our government called on people to fight                                              81. _________

against the heavy snow. As a student, I think they should                                      82. _________

learn from that the heroes. We must study hard at school.                                            83. _________

We should learn all kinds knowledge to make our                                          84. _________

motherland strong, better and richer.                                                    85. _________

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