阅读理解

　　Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him.

　　What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of the countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors, or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist.

　　Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and repose (运动与静止); their choices show that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects.

　　If one painter chooses to paint a gangrenous (坏疽的) leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world. Each painter in telling us something, showing us something, emphasizing something, means that, consciously (有意识地) or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us.

1．An artist hopes that the public will ________.

[　　]

A．understand him and learn from him

B．notice only shapes and colors in his work

C．teach him something

D．believe what he says in his work

2．It is hard to explain what a painter is saying, because ________.

[　　]

A．most painters do not express themselves well

B．a painter uses unusual words and phrases

C．a painter uses shapes and colors instead of words

D．many painters do not say anything

3．A painter chooses certain shapes and colors because he feels that they ________.

[　　]

A．have been used frequently in the past

B．are easy to work with

C．are worth showing to the public

D．will be most attractive to the public

4．Without the artist's work, the public might not ________.

[　　]

A．notice particular shapes or colors

B．see the shapes and colors that express his experience

C．feel his delight in shapes and colors

D．all of the above

　　阅读理解

　　Work is a very important part of life in the United States. Americans spend most of their lives working. For most Americans, their work defines them. They are what they do. What happens, then, when a person can no longer work?

　　Most Americans stop working at the age of sixty-five or seventy and retire. Because work is such an important part of life in this culture, retirement can be very difficult. Retirees often feel that they are useless and unproductive. Of course, some people are happy to retire, but leaving one's job, whatever it is, is a difficult change, even for those who look forward to retiring. Retirement can also bring financial problems. Many people depend on Social Security (保障) checks every month. During their working years, employees contribute a certain percentage of their salaries to the government. Each employer also gives a certain percentage to the government. When people retire, they receive this money as income. These checks do not provide enough money to live on, however, because prices are increasing very rapidly. Senior citizens, those over sixty-five, have to have savings in the bank or other retirement plans to make ends meet. The rate of inflation (物价上涨) is forcing prices higher each year. Social Security checks alone cannot cover these growing expenses. The government offers some assistance, but many serior citizens have to change their life styles after retirement. They have to spend carefully to be sure that they can afford to buy food, fuel and other necessities.

　　Of course, many senior citizens are happy with their retirement. They have time to spend with their families or to enjoy their hobbies. Some continue to work part time, others do volunteer (志愿者) work. Some, like those in the Retired Business Executives Association, even help young people to get started in new businesses. Many retired citizens also belong to “Golden Age” groups. These organizations plan trips and social events. There are many other opportunities (机会) for retirees.

1．Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

[　　]

A．“Golden Age” Groups

B．The American Opinion of Work

C．The Importance of Work in America

D．The Problems of Retirement in America

2．Which of the following is NOT true about the retirees?

[　　]

A．Some retirees feel happy as they can have more time to enjoy themselves.

B．Some retirees have to be careful with their money because of the rising prices.

C．Some retirees like to work without being paid.

D．Some retirees find work in new businesses.

3．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

[　　]

A．the Americans show their value through their work

B．the American government pays little attention to the life of the retirees

C．the retirees' former employers offer some assistance to the retirees

D．the Americans can find no time to travel before their retirement

4．What does the paragraph following the passage most likely discuss?

[　　]

A．An explanation of why the retirees feel lost.

B．The difficult situation the retirees have.

C．A different opinion of the physical and emotional (感情上的) needs of the retirees.

D．A description of other activities the retirees can have.

阅读理解

　　The desire to make explorations is born with man. Wherever his imagination goes, man also has a strong wish to go. A large part of human history is connected with the exploration of the world in which we live. Again and again people have set out with surprising courage and patience to look into unknown regions and lands to see what had not yet been seen, to make known the unknown. With kites, balloons and aircraft they left the ground to pass through the lower atmosphere. Now outer space receives their attention.

　　Why should man take the trouble of conquering (征服) space? It is hard to list the specific practical benefits (利益) that will result in. But one knows, from past experience in other areas, that man will surely see and discover new things in space that will increase our scientific knowledge, and this new knowledge will find its way into valuable practical uses. What we learn about man himself, from his experience in space, and from the effects of space and the space flight environment on him, will be extremely valuable. The new techniques developed to carry out the exploration of space, and to keep man alive in space, will certainly find practical uses in everyday life in some way. The areas that will benefit are manifold. They include communication, generation of power, transportation and travel, food production, materials, fuels and many others. But to say definitely (确定地) just what the practical results will be is almost impossible.

1．The main idea of the first paragraph is that ________.

[　　]

A．man desires to explore what is unknown

B．man often goes wherever his dreams go

C．man is no longer interested in the study of the land and sea now

D．man's history is his exploration of the world

2．The word “manifold” in the second paragraph probably means ________.

[　　]

3．The author seems to be in favour of ________.

[　　]

A．doubting the necessity of space exploration

B．the exploration of space

C．exploring more in space than in sea

D．his experience in space

4．In the last sentence of paragraph 2 the phrase “practical results” refers to results ________.

[　　]

A．that are obtained from experience

B．that can be learned as knowledge

C．that can be made use of

D．helping us make further exploration

阅读理解

　　A certain lawyer lived in a city in the north of India. One day he had his photograph taken. In the photo he appeared wearing English clothes, coat, waistcoat, trousers, boots, collar and tie. And over them was his lawyer's gown. And his two hands were in his trouser pockets.

　　He was pleased with the photograph, and used to show it to his friends. All of them praised it, and said it was very good and very life-like.

　　One day he was showing the photograph to some of his friends in his office. As they were looking at it, a Pathan (帕坦人), who had just appeared in a case, came in.

　　He also looked at the photograph, and they asked him how he liked it.

　　“Not at all,” replied the Pathan. “It is not at all life-like.”

　　“Why? What is the matter?” they all cried. “We think it a very good likeness. What fault do you find with it?”

　　“Well, just look at it,” he replied. “Where are the man's hands?”

　　“They are in his pockets,” said they.

　　“In whose pockets?” asked the Pathan.

　　“In his own, of course,” replied they.

　　“Well, that is just where the picture is wrong. I know it to my cost. His hands should be in someone else's pockets.”

1．From the passage we may infer that ________.

[　　]

A．the lawyer was good-looking but he didn't come out well in that photo

B．the lawyer was a good-natured gentleman who knew how to take a joke

C．the lawyer's greed (贪婪) led him to charge his client (当事人) far too much

D．the lawyer was found to have stolen from people's pockets

2．The Pathan ________.

[　　]

A．played a joke on the lawyer

B．found out what the lawyer was realy like

C．tried to turn the lawyer's friends against him

D．was always finding fault with lawyers

3．The Pathan learned where the picture was wrong from ________.

[　　]

A．the lawyer's friends

B．his own experience

C．the lawyer's clients

D．the lawyer himself

4．The word “life-like” in the second paragraph means ________.

[　　]

A．alike

B．living

C．like a good-looking person

D．very much like the person presented

阅读理解

　　Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways. The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are more ideas, more disagreements in interest, and more groups and organizations with different beliefs in addition, there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors tend to promote (促进) social change by opening more areas of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditions may not be satisfactory, they are at least customary and undisputed (无争议).

　　Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects (方面) of the culture than in the nonmaterial, for example, in technology rather than in values; in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early, in the less basic and less emotional aspects of society than in their opposites; in the simple elements (原理) rather than in the complex ones; in form rather than in substance (本质); and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements.

　　Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with sharp dichotomies (一分为二). This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities (少数民族), because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their white counterparts.

1．The passage mainly discusses ________.

[　　]

A．two different societies

B．the necessity of social change

C．certain factors that determine the ease with which social changes occur

D．certain factors that promote social change

2．________ is one of the factors that tend to promote social change.

[　　]

A．Joint interest

B．Advanced technology

C．Less emotional people

D．Different points of view

3．The expression “greater tolerance” refer to ________.

[　　]

A．greater willingness to accept social change

B．quicker adaptation (适应) to changing circumstances

C．more respect for different beliefs and behaviour

D．greater readiness to agree to different opinions

4．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．Social change tends to meet with nore difficulty in basic and emotional aspects of society.

B．Disagreement with and argument about conditions tend to slow down social change.

C．Social change is more likely to occur in the material aspect of society.

D．Social change is less likely to occur in what people learned when they were young.

5．Social change is less likely to occur in a society where people are quite similar in many ways because ________.

[　　]

A．people there have got so used to their conditions that they seldom think it necessary to change

B．people there have identical (一致的) needs that can be satisfied without much difficulty

C．people there are easy to please

D．people there are less disputatious (有争议的)

阅读理解

　　——Picture this: You are driving down the highway, trading stocks, getting news and sports scores, emailing the office and listening to U2, while the kids play “Tomb Raider” on back-seat video screens.

　　Welcome to telemetric——the brave new world of technical wonder in automobiles.

　　Advances in computers, wireless and satellite communications and entertainment are making 20th century breakthroughs such as high compression engines and microprocessors seem antique (古老).

　　The car is being transformed into a computerized disco on wheels.

　　For the 21st century driver, voice-activated gadgets will do everything from finding a petrol station to dialing for help if your air bags deploy.

　　On-board computers will make the car a mobile extension of the office, connected to the Internet and email. It also will be a moving entertainment center with 100 channels of crystal-clear radio and videos on demand.

　　Telemetric leapt into the future this month when General Motors' OnStar service joined with Fidelity Investments to provide drivers with financial (金融) information and allow them to trade stocks and mutual funds (投资公司) from their cars.

　　Telemetric in seen as a rich source of possible income by several automakers. UBS Warburg analyst Saul Rubin estimates (估计) the market for telemetric hardware and services will grow from US ＄4.2 billion this year to US ＄47.2 billion 2010.

　　GM has settled its OnStar service in a million vehicles and has made deals to offer it in cars built by Toyota and Honda. Ford has set up a joint venture (联合股份公司) with Qualcomm called Wingcast to sell telemetric in Ford vehicles.

　　But the Chrysler unit of Daimler Chrysler, which once offered a talking car, says it has no plans to rush in. Chrysler officials says they will wait until technology advances further and a set of industry standards for telemetric is set up.

　　Price is another factor. GM offers two OnStar packages, one for US ＄200 a year and one for US ＄400. The company offers it free for the first 12 months.

1．“Telematics” is a ________.

[　　]

A．name for a new type of car

B．company name which produces hardware for cars

C．name for a set of industry standards

D．High-tech product used for cars

2．“Tomb Raider” is most likely to be ________.

[　　]

A．a film popular with children

B．a textbook for children

C．radio propram for children

D．video game provided to children

3．Which vehicle in the following is/will not be equipped with telemetric?

[　　]

阅读理解

　　“I want to see a time in this country when a woman in medicine is not such an outstanding exception. I want to see a time when everyone with a bent for medicine is in the field, contributing to better health care for all of us. I want to see a time when people with special talent, whatever their sex (性别), take their place in making the world free of disease.” The speaker is Dr. Jane C. Wright, who, on July 1, 1967, became the first black woman to be appointed to (委认) a high post in medical administration associate dean and professor of surgery at the New York Medical College in New York City.

　　When asked what influenced her to go into medicine, she replied, “when I was at Smith as a student, little did I know that at the end of my second year I would have to select a major, and I couldn't decide whether to major in art or in something else.” For a while, she had thought of becoming a painter, but her father discouraged her because “art offered an impractical and uncertain future.”

　　“In 1949 my father gave me a job as a clinician at his cancer research foundation, and I found the work a great challenge (挑战).” Thus began Dr. Wright's involvement in cancer research, which continues to the present day and has brought her national and international recognition and fame.

　　In a speech to young women she said, “I am one of those women who have had the creative joys of a medical career. I have also had the joys of a family. I cannot think of a better way of life. Because of the challenges, the rewards, and the opportunities for a full and productive future, I would like to urge you to consider medicine as a career for you.”

1．The first sentence in the first paragraph implies that ________.

[　　]

A．women were looked down upon in America

B．it was very difficult for women to find a good job

C．women were usually excluded from the field of medicine

D．there were a lot of women engaged in cancer research

2．The under lined word “bent” probably means ________.

[　　]

3．Wright's father discouraged her to become a painter because ________

[　　]

A．her father did not like painting

B．girls were not suited to learn art

C．it was not so easy to find a job in the future as a painter

D．the future of art was quite uncertain

4．It was ________ that made her well known at home and abroad.

[　　]

阅读理解

　　The sun was hot. A small crowd of staring children had gathered round the car. They were very small and rather charming, with their thick black hair and enormous dark eyes and thumb sucking curiosity. The place seemed dead, with an afternoon deadness. No one was working, if there was a cafe it was only some dark room in one of the cottages; and I saw no women. Apart from the children, the skinny hens scratching, and a miserable-looking donkey with rope sores, the only creature moving was an old man who sat in the sun smoking a pipe. He could, indeed, hardly be said to be moving. He seemed to be smoking almost in his sleep, and his eyes turned up slowly and half blind as Hamid greeted him and asked him who would sell us the fruit that hung still on the lovely trees.

　　The old man waited a full half minute while the question wound its way through his brain, then he removed the pipe from his mouth, turned his head round slightly, spat into the dust, and said something we could not understand. Then he went on staring at nothing and the pipe went back into his mouth.

　　Hamid smiled at me over his shoulder, said:“I won't be a moment,” and disappeared into a dark doorway.

　　I wandered across the street, the children following. At the edge of the road was a six-foot wall holding up, it seemed, the piece of flat land on which the village was built. Below this were the terraced fields where I had been the rider on the brown horse. The sunflowers were too tall and too thickly planted to allow many other flowers to grow, but there were a few blue flowers at the foot of the wall, and a red one like a small rose.

1．The second sentence in the first paragraph implies, but not directly says, that ________.

[　　]

A．the children were small and charming

B．the children had thick and black hair

C．the children's eyes were big and dark

D．the children were showing quiet interest to the car

2．In the village, the writer guessed that ________.

[　　]

A．there might be several cafes

B．there were no cafes in the main street

C．there might be a cafe in one of the cottages

D．there were no cafes at all

3．The old man was not very helpful, because he ________.

[　　]

A．was asleep

B．wanted to sell the fruit

C．did not answer clearly

D．would not stop smoking

4．The last paragraph tells us that ________.

[　　]

A．the village was enclosed by a wall

B．the village was on level ground

C．the village was on a small slope

D．the village was among the sunflowers

阅读理解

　　When you are in Nanoko, be sure to stay at the Garden Hotel. Whether you come on business or on holiday you will find everything as comfortable and as convenient as you would expect in a first-class international hotel.

　　Every bedroom has its own bathroom, telephone, and colorful modern materials and furniture in the local style.

　　In the Mistu Restaurant, you can choose your meals from a lot of dishes, both Eastern and European, as you will find anywhere in the country. In the Beach Bar, you can drink, with your family and friends in air-conditioned comfort, listen to the music of internationally-known artists. Or you can take your drink outside into the beautiful garden that gives the hotel its name, or to the tables that surround the swimming pool. Throughout the hotel, you will find the service is both friendly and efficient.

　　By day the pool is alive with the holiday spirit and the happy shouting of children and by night, soft lights and music make it a perfect place for a party, or simply for an after-dinner drink and conversation.

　　The Garden Hotel has its own minibus service. Give us a ring and we will arrange to collect you at the airport or in the city center. Every day a bus leaves the hotel for day trips up into the hills to see the city or the villages and temples of the hill people, or along the seashore to the seaside towns.

　　It you prefer, we can arrange for you to visit the Wainiri Islands that lie just off the coast. Here you can swim in peace; or you can fish there. As it is wellknown, Wainiri is really a good place for people going fishing. The Garden Hotel is right on the beach, only five minutes from Nanoko's modern shopping centre. Here you will find all that money can buy, at prices you can afford.

1．Every bedroom at the Garden Hotel ________.

[　　]

A．has a bathroom

B．has a colorful telephone in the local style

C．is colourful and modern with local style

D．is in an international style, comfortable and convenient

2．The pool is just right for ________.

[　　]

A．an after-dinner children's party

B．happy shouting and the sound of holiday music

C．drinking soft drinks, or spirits, by day and night

D．fun and games by day and drinking and conversation by night

3．The hotel can arrange for the visitors to ________.

[　　]

A．go fishing off Cape St. Cermain near Wainiri

B．go across to the Wainiri Islands to swim or fish

C．see amounts of sea life off the coast of Wainiri

D．go by bus to the Wainiri Islands, for peace and quiet

4．You will find the Garden Hotel ________.

[　　]

A．on the beach not far from Nanoko's excellent shops

B．on the beach where you will find all that money can buy

C．close to shops where everything is cheap and justly famous

D．just off the coast, five minutes from the shops

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　Ⅰ．Share Flats Happy Valley, big flat, I room ready for use immediately, quiet and convenient, fully furnished, park view. $ 6 800 including bills with maid. Female nonsmoker. No pet. Sara 25720836 or 10077809.

　　Ⅱ．Moving Sale 2 armchairs red/brown at $ 400 each; coffee table, black wood, $ 800; oil painting, big, $ 900; Tianjin carpet, green, 3 ×7, $ 600; double bed, $ 500; mirror, big, square, $ 500; fridge, big, double-door, $ 1 000; old pictures, $ 140, up each; plants, big and small. Tel: Weekend, 2521-6011/ Weekday, 2524- 5867.

　　Ⅲ．Part-time Laboratory Assistant wanted. Required by busy electronics company to help with development of computer. Should have an electronics degree and some practical experience of working in an electronics laboratory. Hours 9:30 a. m. 1:00 p. m. Mon. Fri. fourteen days paid leave. Salary ￥6 598 10 230 dependent on experience. Letter of application (申请) to: G. Chen, NOVA ELECTRONICS, 45 Gordon Rd, Hung Hom, Kowloon.

1．The one who put the first ad probably wants to ________.

[　　]

A．rent a beautiful flat of her own in Happy Valley

B．find another lady to share the cost to rent a flat

C．share her room in a flat with whoever has no pet

D．take on a maid to look after herself

2．According to the ads , you may ________.

[　　]

A．buy an old picture for $ 150

B．call at 25720836 and see a beautiful park

C．buy two armchairs for $ 400

D．hire a maid by paying $ 6 800

3．If you want to buy some old furniture, you should ________ .

[　　]

A．get in touch with NOVA ELECTRONICS

B．call at 2524-5867 any day except Monday

C．do it before you move to another place

D．call at either 2524-5867 on Monday or 2521-6011 on Sunday

4．Once you can get a part-time job in NOVA ELECTRONICS, ________.

[　　]

A．you will be given 14 days off each year besides weekends

B．you will get $ 6 598 each month no matter how experienced you are

C．you have to work at least 4 hours a day

D．you should write a letter of application to Mrs. G. Chan