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　　Read the following advertisements and then choose the correct answers.

1．If the customers had a Beijing Daily of March 3, 1996, he would get a small present ________.

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2．If an Englishman who has worked in China for 3 years comes to English Newspaper office to ask for the job in April, he will ________.

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3．If three adults and six students went to watch the match, the tickets would cost them________ yuan.

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4．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

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A．The shopping center is at No. 6 Xidan road.

B．The telephone number of English Newspaper is 3890666.

C．The match was between Beijing Team and Guo'an Team.

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　　How to protect children Web fans from unsuitable material on-line while encouraging them to use the Internet has long been discussed in US.

　　For some parents the Internet can seem like a jungle, filled with danger for their children. But jungles contain wonders as well as hazards and, with good guides, some education and a few precautions (预防措施), the wilds of the Internet can be safely navigated (航行). “Kids have to be on-line. If we tell our kids they can't have access (进入) to the Internet we're cutting them off from their future,” said an expert.

　　Most kids have started to learn to use search engines. Many of them are great for finding tons of interesting Internet sites, and they can also locate places where you might not want your kids to go. There are search engines designed just for kids. A certain software contains only sites that have been selected as safe. But the most popular that was to limit access would be to use what is known as a “content screener (过滤) ”. But this can't be wholly reliable, and the best thing parents can do is to talk to their kids and let them know what's OK or not OK to see or do on the Internet. Another way is that mum or dad is nearby when the child is surfing (浏览)the Internet.

　　A few other tips：

　　 Don't put the PC in a child's room but keep it in an area where mum or dad can keep an eye on things. That also makes the Internet more of a family activity.

　　 Ask your child what he or she has been doing and about any friends they make on-line.

　　 Tell your child not to give on-line strangers personal information, especially details like address and phone number.

　　 And tell your children never to talk to anyone they meet on-line over the phone, send them anything, accept anything from them or agree to meet with them unless you go along.

1．The passage is mainly about the subject of ________.

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A．American children's going on-line

B．Internet in America

C．appreciating Internet

D．opposing Internet

2．The best way to protect children from improper materials is ________.

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A．to install a content screener in the computer

B．to buy some search engines for the children

C．to be nearby when they are surfing the Internet

D．to talk to the children and persuade them to tell right from wrong

3．Which of the following is right according to the passage?

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A．Surfing the Internet is the best method of educating children.

B．Children's not having access to Internet may have effect on their progress.

C．Using a content screener is most reliable for keeping children having access to Internet.

D．Search engines can help children to select materials fit for them.

4．The passage tells most about ________.

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5．According to the passage, we can infer that ________.

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A．softwares fit for children want programming

B．a child who is on-line is in danger

C．Internet is a jungle full of danger

D．Internet contains lots of harmful sites

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　　Ellis Island is located in New York Harbor. Ellis Island is open daily year-round from 9:30a. m. to 5 p. m. ,with extended hours during summer. It is closed on December 25. There is no admission charge to Ellis Island; donation(捐款) are gratefully accepted.

　　Statue of liberty and Ellis Island Ferry: Boats leave from Battery Park, Manhattan, and from Liberty State Park, New Jersey. They run about every 30 to 45 minutes beginning at 9:15 a. m. (ferry schedule subject to change)

　　Hours: May vary; call the number below

　　Closed: December 25

　　Ferry fees: ( Includes Liberty and Ellis Island) adults, $ 7; senior citizens, $ 6; children (age 3 to 17), $ 3. (group rates are available for 25 or more adults)

　　Tickets & schedule information: (212)269-5755

1．In summer, visitors will have ________ to visit Ellis Island.

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2．Which number would you call if your friend were suddenly ill?

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3．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．People can visit Ellis Island free of charge.

B．The boat departure time from Battery Park is at 9:15 a. m. all the year round.

C．Ferry fees for children are cheaper than for adults.

D．Ferry fees for group visitors can be reduced.

4．We may infer from the passage that ________.

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A．visitors prefer to go to Ellis Island by boat

B．there are more visitors in winter

C．Ellis Island is open every day

D．Boat is the only transportation to Ellis Island

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　　The interview has been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well. Then, suddenly, the interviewer asks an unexpected question. “Which is more important, law or love?”

　　Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this. And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China.

　　Employers want people who are skilled, enthusiastic(热情的) and devoted. So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicant will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are. In response, employers are increasingly using questions which try and show the applicant's true personality.

　　The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Kiersey Personality Sorter. It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know. This is often called aptitude testing.

　　According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult. When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test he or she will think there is a right answer and they may well fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.

　　This is sometimes called the prisoner's dilemma (窘境). Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest. But they fail because they don't understand what the interviewer is looking for. Remember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is always the honest answer.

1．The writer wrote the passage to ________.

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A．give you a piece of advice on a job interview

B．tell you how to meet a job interviewer

C．describe an aptitude test

D．advise you how to find a good job

2．According to the writer, in an aptitude testing, Chinese job applicants should ________.

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A．not tell the truth

B．learn to tell what they really think

C．be more enthusiastic

D．try to find out what the examiner really wants to know

3．From the passage we know that ________.

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A．job applicants are always asked such questions

B．more Chinese applicants fail to find a job

C．applicants should not act as reasonably as a prisoner

D．aptitude testing is becoming popular the world wide

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　　BRITAIN's parents have admitted school is harder today than it was when they were kids.

　　A poll (民意测验) of 1500 parents shows that those with children who have recently sat(参加…) A-level or GCSE exams believe today's exams are harder than the ones they sat at school.

　　One in four thought A-levels were getting harder-compared to just twelve per cent who thought they were easier.

　　The figures for GCSEs were more evenly split with 26 per cent thinking they were harder and 21 per cent believing they were easier. This is the first survey (调查) of the opinion of parents whose youngsters have just sat exams.

　　They told pollsters they believed the higher pass rate in examinations today were due to the youngsters concerned working harder.

　　But another reason given was that they believed today's youngsters felt there was little chance of success in life without qualification (资格) ‘Parents are seeing standards rise and their children working harder and being smarter than their generation,' says Dr Christina Townsend, president of the Edexcel exam board, which commissioned(委托) the survey.

　　The poll , carried out by Opinion Research Business for the exam board, also showed parents supported government plans to allow students to see their marked papers after they had completed their exams.

　　The move (行动，步骤) is designed to help them decide whether they should doubt their standard.

1．What do you know about Britain's school education from the text?

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A．Students are burdened with too much homework after school.

B．Students are tired of learning at school.

C．Most students can't pass A-level or GCSE exams.

D．Exams are more difficult today and pupils are working harder.

2．The writer's purpose in writing this text is ______.

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A．to show the result of a poll of 1500 parents

B．to tell parents that their youngsters are working hard

C．to prove that youngsters are smarter than their parents

D．to request that exams be easier

3．We can infer from the text that ______.

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A．the government will take steps to lower the standards of exams

B．students were once not allowed to see their marked papers

C．parents didn't work hard when they were at school

D．more parents think A-levels are getting harder and GCSEs are getting easier

4．The second part of the text mainly shows that ______.

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A．parents support government plans

B．parents don't accept the school education

C．students have less chance of success in life

D．parents probably think well of the school education

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Beijing plans to send up manned spaceship

　　ZHUHAI-China will soon put a person into space and become the third nation in the world to own manned space flight, a top Chinese aerospace (航空航天) official said on November 5.

　　A manned launch was not far off , Vice President Hu Hongfu of China Aerospace Science Technology Corp(CASTC) told a news conference at the third Zhuhai air show. “It will not be long before Chinese astronauts can ride locally-made spaceships into space,” Hu said. The official gave no timetable but said it would happen “at the beginning of the 21st century.”

　　The former Soviet Union and the United States have been putting people into orbit since the early 1960s, but other nations have not considered the challenge worth following.

　　China has already built and sent up its own satellites for communications and weather forecasting. The new communication satellites would help to encourage the country's broadcasting industry, he said.

　　But the company, which includes over 130 aerospace agencies, said that the lifting ability and success rate of China's launch spaceships were almost equal in quality to those of other countries.

　　China would gradually close the distance between its country's space industry and that of other nations. He added that they were willing to send up commercial satellites for Taiwan.

　　On China's plan to send up manned space flights, Hu said China had made important development after the successful launch (发射) in November last year of the country's first experimental spaceship, Shenzhou.

　　“The whole project is in the research stage and a lot of work needs to be done,” Hu said. “We need to have more tests of the unmanned spaceship.”

　　China last year announced a four-step manned space flight plan, with the aim of setting up a space station served by spaceship traveling between the two places.

1．The underlined word “they” here probably refers to ______.

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A．the former Soviet Union and the USA

B．over 130 aerospace agencies

C．Russia and China

D．Russia and the USA

2．The main idea of the last paragraph but one is _____.

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A．we haven't done any test of the manned spaceship

B．before we send manned spaceship, we should carry out many tests

C．though we tried once, we need to do more tests of the unmanned spaceship

D．sending up manned spaceship can show its country's scientific level

3．Which of the following is close to the underlined word“close”?

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4．The writer wrote the passage to ______.

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A．tell us the present situation of Chinese aerospace technology

B．remind us what we should do compared to other countries

C．find out the reason why our homeland fall behind with America

D．make us know that Beijing will send up manned spaceship

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　　The human nose has given to the languages of the world many interesting expressions. Of course. this is not surprising. Without the nose, we could not breathe or smell. It is the part of the face that gives a person special character. Cyrano de Bergerac said that a large nose showed a great man-courageous , courteous (谦恭的) , manly , and intellectual.

　　A famous woman poet wished that she had two noses to smell a rose! Blaise Pascal, a French philosopher, made an interesting comment about Cleopatra's nose. If it had been shorter, he said, it would have changed the whole face of the world!

　　Historically, man's nose has had a principal(主要的) role in his imagination. Man has referred to the nose in many ways to express his emotions. Expressions concerning the nose refer to human weakness: anger, pride, jealousy(嫉妒) and revenge (报复).

　　In English there are a number of phrases about the nose. For example, to hold up one's nose expresses a basic human feeling-pride. People can hold up their noses at people, things, and places.

　　The phrase , to be led around by the nose , shows man's weakness. A person who is led around by the nose lets other people control him. On the other hand, a person who follows his nose lets his instinct(本能) guide him.

　　For the human emotion of rejection, the phrase to have one's nose put out of joint is very descriptive. The expression applies to persons who have been turned aside because of a competitor. Their pride is hurt and they feel rejected. This expression is not new. It was used by Erasmus in 1542.

　　This is only a sampling of expressions in English dealing with the nose. There are a number of others. However, it should be as plain as the nose on your face that the nose is more than an organ(器官) for breathing and smelling!

1．This passage is about ______.

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A．the human nose as an organ for breathing and smelling

B．the nose providing us with various expressions

C．a woman poet's wish to have two noses

D．interesting comments made on Cleopatra's nose

2．A person who is led around by the nose _____.

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A．lets his instinct guide him

B．has no will of his own

C．is strong-minded

D．is full of imagination

3．When you say it is “as plain as the nose on your face” you mean ______.

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A．“it is easy to solve”

B．“something looks like your nose”

C．“it is something quite easy to understand”

D．“there is a plain-looking nose on your face”

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　　Our surroundings are being polluted faster than nature and man's present efforts cannot prevent it. Time is bringing us more people, and more people will bring us more industry, more cars, larger cities and the growing use of man—made materials.

　　What can explain and solve (解决) this problem? The fact is that pollution is caused by man—- by his desire (欲望) for a modem way of life. We make “increasing industrialization” (工业化) our chief aim. So we are often ready to offer everything: clean air, pure water, good food, our health and the future of our children. There is a constant flow of people from the countryside into the cities, eager for the benefits of our modem society. But as our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years, pollution has become a serious problem.

　　Isn't it time we stopped to ask ourselves where we are going and why? It makes one think of the story about the airline pilot who told his passengers over the loudspeaker: “I've some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we're making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour. The bad news is that we're lost and don't know where we're going. ” The sad fact is that this becomes a true story when spoken of our modem society.

1．Man cannot prevent the world from being polluted presently because ______.

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A．the population of the world is increasing fast

B．people use too many man—made materials

C．we have more and more industry

D．we are producing more cars , trucks and buses

2．People crowd into the cities for ______.

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A．they want very much to find well—paid jobs

B．They are anxious to enjoy the achievements of our society

C．they have become tired of their homeland

D．they have a strong wish to become industrial workers

3．According to the passenger , what does man value most among the following?

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4．The story about the airline pilot tells us that ______.

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A．man knows where the society is going

B．people do not welcome the rapid development of modem society

C．man can do little about the problem of our society

D．the spesker is worried about the future of our society.

5．What does the writer really want to say in this passage?

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A．With the development of technology pollution has become a serious problem.

B．Lower the speed of development to stop pollution.

C．It's time for us to do something to reduce pollution.

D．As industry is growing fast, pollution is the natural result.

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　　Washington D.C.—with its long, tree lined avenues , white markable buildings , and many parks—looks more specious and handsome than many United States cities. One reason for this is that Washington was designed from the beginning to be a capital city.

　　In 1790, the U. S. Congress decided that the new federal government should have its capital in a federal district—a place that is not part of any state. George Washington selected the site, and the name “District of Columbia” was chosen in honor of Christopher Columbus. The district occupies an area of 174 square kilometers (67 square miles) on the northeastern shore of the Potomac River, between the states of Maryland and Virginia.

　　As the capital and political center of the United States , Washington today is one of the country's most important cities. It is the city where the national legislators (立法官) meet to make laws, where the president carries out the laws, and where the country's highest court meets to judge questions about the laws.

　　Washington has six universities and several colleges. Georgetown University, founded in 1789 by the Jesuit order, is the oldest Catholic college in the United States. Howard University was founded by the federal government shortly after the Civil War as a school of higher learning for freed slaves. Now it is a university with an international enrollment (注册). George Washington University was founded in 1821, Catholic University in 1887, and the American University in 1893. The University of the District of Columbia was formed by the merger (合并) in 1975 of the Washington Technical Institute, Federal City College, and Miner College. Gallaudet College, the world's first college for the deaf, was founded in 1857.

　　In 1971, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was completed, just upstream from the Lincoln Memorial. The center provides Washington with a theater, concert hall, and opera house under one roof. It also houses the American Film Institute.

　　Washington has many fine galleries and museums, including the National Museum of American History, the National Air & Space Museum, the National Archives, the Natural History Museum, the National Gallery of Art , the Museum of African Art, and the Renwick, Freer, Corcoran, and Phillips galleries.

1．Why does Washington D.C looks more specious than many other cities in America?

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A．Because it was designed by Washington.

B．Because Christopher Columbus once lived there.

C．Because of its long history.

D．Because its capital avenues and buildings.

2．Which statement is not true?

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A．Georgetown University is the first Catholic college in America.

B．The passage mentioned 6 universities and colleges in Washington.

C．The first college for the deaf in the world has been for about 150 years.

D．Howard University was founded only for the American blacks then.

3．What doesn't it mention about Washington in the article?

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4．Which of the following maps marks the correct location(位置) of Washington city?

M= Maryland V= Virginia W= Washington P= the Potomac River

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A．

B．

C．

D．

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　　Tour 1　　(Sentosa discovery tour) Adult : S 40.00 Child : S 　25.00

　　·Scenic Cable Car (缆车) Ride

　　·Underwater World

　　·Sentosa Admission

　　·Sentosa Orchid Gardens

　　·Dragon Court

　　·Images of Singapore

　　Tour 4　　(Morning explore tour) Adult: S 38.00 Child: S 23.00

　　·Scenic Cable Car Ride

　　·Butterfly Park

　　·Sentosa Admission

　　·Underwater World

　　·Dragon Court

　　Tour 5　　(Daily express tour) Adult: S 38.00 Child: S 23.00

　　·Little India

　　·Images of Singapore

　　·Sentosa Admission

　　·Underwater World

　　·Dragon Court

　　Tour 6　　(Evening explorer tour with butterfly)

　　Adult: S 41.00 Child: S 26.00

　　·Scenic Cable Car Ride

　　·Underwater World

　　·Sentosa Admission

　　·Images of Singapore

　　·Night Safari

　　·Butterfly Park

1．If you want to visit Orchid in Singapore, which tour will you choose?

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2．The cheapest tour for an adult to Sentosa and Images of Singapore should pay ______.

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A．S 38

B．S 40

C．S 41

D．S 23

3．The tourist will leave Singapore at 15:00, he wants to know more about the country, which tour will he choose?

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4．Singapore is well known for a garden city. Which is the worthiest of the following to be visited according to the passenger?

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