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　　Body language is a very powerful tool of communication, not only between people but in the animal world as well.

　　In many instances, we produce idioms, which are all understandable by borrowing examples from animal communication.

　　For example, we know that a frightened cat will arch(拱起)its back high in a rigid curve(拱形). From this staring point we might hear the expression“He gets my back up”meaning“He makes me angry”.

　　In the same manner, we know that many animals, if challenged by attackers, will not turn and run away because this will encourage the attackers to attack them more forcefully. Instead, they will move backwards slowly to get out of harm’s way, always still facing their attackers. We call this action“backing off”and it can be used just as well with humans as with animals.

　　In the case of humans, however, the back－off may not be physical but oral, as in using a kinder tone voice and gentler words instead of fighting against the attackers.

1．When a cat arches its back high in rigid curve, it shows that it is ________.

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2．In order not to be attacked by its enemy, the animal will ________.

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A．move backwards slowly

B．turn and run away

C．face the attackers

D．Both A and C

3．In the article“back off”means”________”.

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A．to escape from the attackers

B．to get away quickly

C．to keep out the attackers

D．to avoid the attackers in words

4．Which of the following is wrong according to the article?

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A．To learn knowledge, humans must learn from animals.

B．Both humans and animals have body languages.

C．Both humans and animals have ways of getting out of harm.

D．“Face your attackers”means to encourage yourself.

5．What is mentioned in this article belongs to a study of English ________.

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　　Chicago－lying in the east of the USA－is a rather young American city. It was almost completely rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1871. One’s first impression of the city may include streams of cars running to and for on the highways, skyscrapers and the wide green water of Lake Michigan, which lies to the northeast of the city. The area of the city is over 228 square miles with a population of about 3 million.

　　The climate of Chicago on the whole is almost the same as that of Beijing with rather hot days in summer, colorful and fresh days in fall and icy but often clear days in winter. The spring in Chicago is also a little changeable in temperature. For instance, I saw a snowfall in early April this year while some of the flowers were already in full bloom. Chicago is famous for its frequent strong winds, and as a result has got the name of“the windy city”.

1．Chicago is a rather young American city because ________.

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A．it is lying in the east of the USA

B．it was rebuilt after the Great Fire of 18th century

C．it has a population of about 3 million

D．it is only about 120 years since it was rebuilt

2．Which of the following may not be the climate of Beijing?

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A．Hot summer

B．Dusty autumn

C．Cold winter

D．Changeable spring

3．Which of the following statements is right?

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A．The weather of Chicago is almost the same as that of China.

B．The April in Chicago is not stable in temperature.

C．Chicago was completely rebuilt in 1871.

D．Chicago’s population is about 300,000.

4．Why does the author think the spring temperature in Chicago is changeable?

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A．Because of the snow after flowers were in bloom.

B．Because of the hot day summer.

C．Because of its frequent strong winds.

D．Because it had the name of“the windy city”.

5．What does the text mainly tell about?

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A．The climate of Chicago.

B．The population of Chicago.

C．Chicago is arather young American city.

D．All of the above.

阅读理解

　　Tradition says that at the beginning of the sixth century one of the tribes(部落)in Ireland was called Celt. The chief(酋长)of Celt had a beautiful daughter, named Ellis, who was from childhood, fond of having honey. When she grew up, lots of knights(骑士)and princes from neighboring countries came to propose marriage to her. Ellis fell in love with a young master of a southern tribe who was among the proposers. They were soon in love with each other. At last they decided to get married. On the wedding day Ellis entertained (款待) the honoured guests with honey wine made from the honey which had been presented by the young master. After drinking the wine the guests sang high praise for it. They said the wine was as sweet as love. But there was too much wine for them to drink up. The bride(新娘)and bridegroom (新郎)continued drinking it next day. They were intoxicated(沉醉)with the sweet honey wine. It took the young couple a whole month to drink it up.

　　From then on it was very popular among the local people to drink honey wine within the first month after the man and woman’s marriage. They thought that it stood for the sweetness and happiness of a newly-married couple. Later on it spread far and wide. People named the first month after marriage honeymoon(密月).

1．In Ireland there was a tribe named Celt ________.

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A．thousands of years ago

B．after the sixth century

C．before the twenties of the 6th century

D．about fourteen centuries ago

2．Among the proposers Ellis fell in love with a young master ________.

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A．of Holland

B．from a southern tribe

C．came from France

D．of her own tribe

3．What did the guests sing high praise for at the wedding feast(宴席)?

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A．The grand wedding.

B．The bride’s beauty.

C．The honey wine.

D．The bridegroom’s brightness.

4．How long did it take the bride and bridegroom to drink up the left over honey wine?

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A．Over forty days.

B．Around a month.

C．A month less three days.

D．A full month.

5．Which title could replace the former for the passage?

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A．The Origin of Honeymoon

B．How Did the Tribe of Celt Come Into Being

C．Ellis and Her Husband

D．The Interest of Ellis

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　　The United States covers a large part of the North American continent. Its neighbors are Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Although the United States is a big country, it is not the largest in the world. In 1964, its population was over 185,000,000.

　　When this land first became a nation, after winning its independence(独立)from England, it had thirteen states. Each of the states was represented(代表)on the American flag by a star. All these states were in the eastern part of the continent. As the nation grew towards the west, new states were added and new stars appeared on the flag. For a long time, there were 48 stars. In 1959, however, two more stars were added to the flag, representing the new states of Alaska and Hawaii.

　　Indians were the first people of the land which is in now the United States. There are still many thousands of Indians now living in all parts of the country. Sometimes it is said that the Indians are“the only real Americans”. Most Americans, come from all over the world. Those who came first in greatest numbers to make their homes on the eastern coast of North America were mostly from England. It is for that reason that the language of the United States is English and that its culture and customs are more like those of England than those of any other country in the world.

1．Which of the following is true?

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A．America is the largest country in the world.

B．The population of America is larger than that of any other country in the North American continent.

C．America covers most part of the North American continent.

D．Mexcio is to the north of Canada.

2．The first thirteen states were in the ________ of the United States.

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3．The United States didn’t have ________ states until ________.

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A．thirteen; 1959

B．fifty; 1959

C．fifty; this land first became a nation

D．fifty; 1964

4．Why is English the language of America?

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A．English is the Indians’ native language.

B．Most Americans come from all over the world.

C．Most of the people who first came to live in America were from England.

D．Canada is America’s nearest neighbor.

5．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

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A．The States of America.

B．The Language of America.

C．The United States of America.

D．The Culture and Customs of America.

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　　Prof. Smith,

　　I should like to say that you gave us an unforgettable entertainment on Friday. It was most enjoyable. It was very kind of you.

　　Stephen Turner

1．This is a note of ________.

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　　Bill,

　　Sorry I couldn’t attend the 10 o’clock meeting. My dental appointment lasted a lot longer than I expeced. May I have some information about the meeting tomorrow at 2?

Gary

2．The major purpose of the note is to ________.

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March 31

　　To Margaret,

　　I’d like to have you return any of the materials you are not using. I need to be using some of these now. If you need some of the things still, please let us talk about which ones.

　　Thank you.

Harvey

3．Harvey would like to ________.

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A．borrow some materials

B．lend Margaret something

C．get something back

D．have a talk with Margaret

Football

Hensley against Mayfair

　　The annual football match between Hensley School and Mayfair School will be held on Saturday. However, if there is heavy rain the match will be held on Sunday 15 at the same time.

4．It all depends on ________ whether the football match will be put off.

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NOTICE

　　As you may know, the College of Education runs some summer courses for foreigners(aged 14－18) in July and August every year. But the college doesn’t have enough rooms for all the students to live in and we usually try to place some of them with families who live close to the college If you feel you have the right housing conditions and would like to take in a paying guest for part of the summer, could you please get in touch with Mrs Champman at the College of Education?

5．Of the following people, who do you think will most probably come to Mrs Champman after reading this note?

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A．Juana, a girl student who comes from Spain to attend the summer courses.

B．Mr. Smieth, an old man who lives in a one-room flat.

C．Mrs. Jones, a lady who has a spare room in her house.

阅读理解

　　Cross was what people call a mystery(神秘和)man. We had known him for over five years, even since he became a member of our club. But he had a way of keeping his personal life to himself in all but unimportant facts. We knew his address, though he did not ever invite us to his home, and his age too, but only small matters of this kind.

　　It appeared that he did not have to work for a living as we did. He had once mentioned a piece of property left by someone on which he managed to live comfortably. He was not, however, a man of luxurious(奢侈的)habits: he was not especially well-dressed and he did not even have a car. At the age of forty-five he was still single, since marriage was not a subject(话题)he ever discussed. We had no means of finding out whether he regretted the lack of a wife.

　　Cross disappeared suddenly from our circle shortly after we came to learn the first really meaningful facts about our mystery man. From reports that appeared in the newspapers, together with photographs of a man who was, without any doubt, our Mr Cross, it was discovered that he was a most skilled house -breaker, operating mainly in the London area; and that he had practised this for many years, until he was caught and sent to prison.

1．Cross’s prersonal life ________.

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2．It seemed that Cross ________.

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A．had different jobs

B．had lost his job

C．lived only for his work

D．had enough money without working

3．Cross went out of sight ________.

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4．Cross was ________.

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5．Cross worked ________.

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　　Within a few short years, girls in Europe have become heavier smokers than boys, for reasons experts still fail to understand, according to a British study presented(递交)last week to an international conference on smoking.

　　Anti－smoking activists(积极分子)at the second“Tobacco or Health”conference in the Canary Islands pointed out that while adults(grown－ups) were giving up smoking in ever growing numbers, more and more young people were taking up the habit, particularly girls.

　　One 15－year－old in four is a regular smoker, according to a study made in 27 countries in Europe and the United States, Canada and Israel－by Edinburgh University together with the World Health Organization.

　　In Western Europe, girls were more likely than boys to smoke. In Germany or in England, one third of the girls were smokers compared to one in four boys. In Eastern Europe, the girls“still fall beind”those in the Western Europe but were“catching up”quickly, said the study.

　　The study dealt with the behaviour(行为)of 15－year－olds in seven European countries over four year－periods between 1986 and 1998.

　　The percentages(百分比)of young women smoking went from 17 percent to 36 percent in Austria, from 17 percent to 28 percent in Norway, from 21 percent to 28 percent in Hungary.

　　In the seven countries and regions studied－Austria, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales－more girls smoked than boys in 1998, with the exception of Hungary.

1．According to the article, more and more ________ in Europe were giving up smoking.

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2．The number of boy smokers is ________ that of girl smokers.

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3．The study was made by ________.

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A．Edinburgh University

B．the World Health Organization

C．Oxford University

D．Edinburgh University and the World Health Organization

4．The country where the number of young women smokers increases fastest is ________.

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5．The Main idea of the passage is ________.

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A．to introduce something about girl smokers in Europe

B．to report something interesting happened in England

C．to describe the present condition of European smokers

D．to warn young people around the world against smoking

阅读理解

　　Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and even of books especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-in-creasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy“proper books”, too, printed on good paper and bound between hard covers.

　　There are many streets in London containing shop which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charing Cross Road in the very hearts of London. Here book-shops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the famous one which boasts of being“the biggest bookshop in the world”to the tiny, dusty little places which seems to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock any kind of books, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the myriad subjects about which books may be written, one shop in this area specializes only in books about bailer!

1．What are“proper books”like?

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A．They are cheaper than paperbacks.

B．They are just the same as paperbacks.

C．They are more expensive than paperbacks.

D．They are second-hand books.

2．Charing Cross Road is famous for ________.

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A．selling books

B．printing books

C．big shops

D．high buildings

3．Book shops in Charing Cross Road are ________.

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4．What kind of book can be found in this street?

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A．Only paperbacks.

B．Only proper books.

C．Only second-hand books.

D．Nearly all kinds of books.

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　　One morning when we had been riding for five hours, we came to a bridge where the railway cross a pond(池塘). For 30 feet there was nothing but the widely-spaced wooden sleepers(枕木) under our wheels, and nothing to stop us falling into the steaming pond below if we overbalanced. Right under the bridge lay the body of a dead cow. I watched Mat as he approached(接近) the bridge and rode straight over, without even slowing down. I stopped.

　　“What’s up?”he cried out from the other side.

　　“I’m not riding over that thing. If I slip, I’ll be in there with that cow.”

　　“There’s nothing to it, I just did it, didn’t I?”

　　“You are stronger and taller. My feet don’t touch the ground. You do it for me!”

　　Mat said strength didn’t come into it and rode off. I knew he would give me at least an hour before coming to help. The sun burned my face, sweat ran off my forehead into my eyes and stuck my shirt to my body. Try myself rather than wait for Mat to help. I rode back to get a good run-up and over I went. Mat was right: All difficulties were in the mind.

1．The bridge looked dangerous to the girl because ________.

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A．there was a 30 foot drop to the water below

B．it had nothing on the sides

C．there was a railway below

D．there were pieces of wood all over the road

2．The reason she stopped was ________.

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A．she was tired

B．she suddenly saw the dead cow below

C．she wanted to let Mat go first

D．she was afraid of losing her balance

3．Mat argue that, ________.

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A．the bridge wasn’t at all difficult to cross

B．she had no other, choice but to cross the bridge

C．the cow was harmless because it was dead

D．there was no difference between them in strength in crossing the bridge

4．Mat rode away leaving the girl behind because ________.

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A．he didn’t know what he could do to help her

B．he felt she should overcome her fear by herself

C．he didn’t believe she was really afraid

D．he couldn’t wait any longer for her

阅读理解

　　All right! Enough cookies, Cola, and chips! It seems that junk food is all that the children want to eat these days. Television controls their tastes. The kids see well-known people eating potato chips, candy and other processed food, and they want to be like their heroes. How do they do it? They eat the same food. I wish there were more characters like old Popeye, the sailor, who ate spinach and not French fries.

　　Now I don’t expect my children to eat healthy food because I like brown rice(糙米), beans, and fresh vegetables. I’m glad to cook traditional meals of meat and potatoes for them. I really can’t be too upset with the kids because most adults aren’t careful about what they eat. The other night, my wife and I went to a party where there was plenty to drink but very little for us to eat. They served hot dogs, with all those preservatives, and hamburgers were filled with chemicals so that they looked better. Besides the meat, they had sugar-filled cookies and cake, and, of course, chips. I don’t want the world to change because of me, but I think that people should realize that there are alternatives to eating meat. They always tell me that I probably don’t get my essential proteins. I feel better than ever and I’m sure that it’s because I’m a vegetarian. I would really like to see more television advertisements which show the benefits of good, healthy, and natural food.

1．According to the passage, it seems that ________.

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A．the children like to have fried chicken only

B．the kids prefer to have cold drinks but not junk food

C．canned food is the only one that the kids enjoy most

D．the children like nothing better than junk food: cookies and chips

2．The narrator ________.

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A．required rich food

B．gave an example of having junk food frequently

C．complained about the food the party had served

D．suspected both the adults and the children to be healthy

3．Hamburgers look better ________.

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A．but taste bad

B．because they are treated with chemicals

C．so the narrator prefers them to hot dogs

D．and the narrator expects the children to eat them

4．Which of the following is not true?

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A．Television influences children’s food choice.

B．The narrator is not single and definitely he eats meats.

C．Though the narrator is a vegetarian, he feels very healthy.

D．It is certain that brown rice, beans and spinach are not junk food.

5．The narrator is a vegetarian, so people doubt very much ________.

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A．why he goes to the party

B．whether he gets enough protein

C．whether he is healthy and strong

D．whether he allows his children to eat meat