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　　Among various programmes, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. And an one who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style (风格). But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.

　　Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk”. The contents on his show are as surprising as can be. For example, the show takes the ever - common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people's lives.

　　Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its top, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality (质量) of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.

　　Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech about the entire idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.

　　Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main viewers are middleclass Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and ability to deal with life's tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. These are 18 - to - 21 - year - olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show's exploitation.

1．Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are ________.

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2．Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the shows ________.

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A．remain interested in them

B．are ready to face up to them

C．remain cold to them

D．are willing to get away from them

3．Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?

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4．We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows ________.

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A．have become the only ones of its kind

B．exploit the weaknesses in human nature

C．appear at different times of the day

D．attract different people

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United States President George W. Bush yesterday expressed doubt on efforts by United Nations arms inspectors(调查人员)to get detailed information from Iraqi scientists, adding the presence of Iraqi officials as a reason for it. A US official said any interference (干涉、干扰) by Iraq with the interview would be another sign that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was failing to meet UN disarmament(解除武装) demands. “The inspectors are there to decide whether or not he is disarming. You hear these reports about Iraqi scientists being interviewed, but there's an official in the room.” Bush told reporters during a tour of his Texas farm. Bush had been asked whether he was satisfied with the UN inspectors' attempts to interview Iraqi scientists. Bush's answer included broad criticism (批评) of Saddam and a warning that a war was near. “He is a man who likes to play games and jokes. The question is, will Saddam Hussein disarm?” Bush said. “The first sign isn't very satisfactory that he will voluntarily disarm.”Bush talked of Iraq's declaration on its arms, which he called “false”, as well as the scientist interviews. “He's got to understand his day is coming,” Bush said of Saddam. Bush spoke as more than 11,000 US soldiers prepared to head for the Gulf to join in US preparations for a possible invasion (入侵) of Iraq to force an end to any programmes Saddam has to make nuclear biological or chemical weapons(武器). The news came the same day as warplanes dropped 480,000 leaflets(传单) over two cities in a so called no - fly area of southern Iraq on Thursday, pressing Iraqi army and citizens to listen to US special - forces radio broadcasts to the area, the US armed forces said.

1．What didn't President Bush talk about according to this news report?

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A．The interview with Iraqi scientists.

B．The warning towards Iraq.

C．The doubt about Saddam's disarmament.

D．Sending 480,000 soldiers to Iraq.

2．Why didn't Bush believe what the Iraqi scientists said during the interviews?

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A．Because the scientists wouldn't like to tell the truth.　　　　　　　　　　

B．Because Bush never believed anythi g the scientists said.

C．Because Iraqi officials were watching them during the interviews.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

D．Because Saddam asked them to tell lies during the interviews.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

3．Which of the following statements is true?

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A．The farm owned by Bush is in Califor nia.

B．11,000 US soldiers haven't got to the Middle East.

C．The no - fly zone is in the northern part of Iraq.

D．Bush thinks Saddam will disarm of himself.

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　　Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life: death and taxes. Americans do not have a corner on the “death”market, but many people feel that the United States leads the world with the worst taxes.

　　Taxes consist of the money which people pay to support their government. There are generally three levels of government in the United States: federal(联邦), state, and city; therefore, there are three types of taxes.

　　Salaried people who earn more than a few thousand dollars must pay a certain percentage of their salaries to the federal government. The percentage varies (变化不同) from person to person. It depends on their salaries. The federal government has a graduated income tax, that is, the percentage of the tax (14 to 70 percent) increases as a person's income increases. With the high cost of taxes people are not very happy on April 15, when the federal taxes are due.

　　The second tax is for the state government: New York, California, North Dakota, or any of the other forty - seven states. Some states have an income tax similar to that of the federal government. Of course, the percentage for the state tax is lower. Other states have a sales tax, which is a percentage charged to any item (项目) which you buy in that state. For example, a person might want to buy a packet of cigarettes for twenty - five cents. If there is a sales tax of eight percent in that state, then the cost of the cigarettes is twenty - seven cents. This figure includes the sales tax. Some states use income tax in addition to sales tax to raise their revenues(收入). The state tax laws are diverse (多样) and confusing(混淆).

　　The third tax is for the city. This tax comes in two forms: property tax(people who own a home have to pay taxes on it) and excise (国产) tax, which is charged on cars in a city. The cities use these funds (资金)for education, police and fire departments, public works and municipal (市政内) buildings.

　　Since Americans pay such high taxes, they often feel that they are working one day each week just to pay their taxes. People always complain about taxes. They often protest that the government uses their tax dollars in the wrong way. They say that it spends too much on useless and impractical programs. Although Americans have different views on many issues (问题), they tend to agree on one subject: taxes are too high.

1．How do you understand the sentence “Americans do not have a corner on the ‘death’ market”?

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A．It means that Americans, just like all other people, must die.

B．It means that Americans do not have a secret place to keep from death in their life.

C．It means that Americans are not good at doing business in the death market.

D．It means that there is no such place as a death market in the U. S..

2．Why should the American people usually pay three types of taxes?

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A．There are three levels of governmentfederal, state and cityto support the United States.

B．There are three kinds of taxes to pay. They are graduated income tax, sales tax and property tax.

C．They earn different salaries: high, middle, and low.

D．Tax laws in different states are different.

3．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to para. 4?

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A．New York, California, and North Dakota have the same tax system.

B．Some states have an income tax but no sales tax.

C．Some states have a sales tax but no income tax.

D．Some states have both an income tax and a sales tax.

4．What does the title “Taxes, Taxes, and More Taxes” imply?

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A．Americans are not satisfied with the three types of taxes.

B．The three levels of government do not use the taxes in a right way.

C．Americans complain that taxes are too high.

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　　Advertising gives useful information about which products to buy. But modern advertising does more than gives news about products and services. Today's advertisements, or ads, try to get consumers(消费者)to buy certain brands(品牌). Writers of advertising are so skillful that they can sometimes persuade a consumer to wear a certain kind of clothing, eat a special kind of cereal (麦片), or see a movie. Consumers might never even want a product if they did not see or hear advertisements for it.

　　For example, you probably do not need the newest cereal in the supermarket. There are probably many cereal brands on your kitchen shelves. You may not have space on your shelf for another. But if you see ads about a new cereal that is your extra - tasty and has a free prize in the box, you may want it. Advertising must get attention. To be effective, it must be exciting, entertaining, or provide some pleasure. The secret of writing good advertising copy is to offer a good idea as well as a product. The idea is what the ad is really selling. One example is an ad that says eating a certain cereal will make a person do well in sports. That cereal brand may sell better if consumers think it offers strength and energy.

1．What is discussed in this passage?

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A．The content of modern advertising.

B．The skills of modern advertising.

C．The results of modern advertising.

D．The writing of modern advertising.

2．According to the passage, a good advertisement should ________.

[　　]

A．be both persuasive and effective

B．give people useful information

C．show people a product

D．show people a new idea of a product

3．From the passage, we can infer that ________.

[　　]

A．modern advertising has less effect on customers

B．once customers see ads about a new cereal, they are sure to buy it

C．cereal can make people strong

D．cereal is a kind of food which is popular among people

4．What can we infer from the passage?

[　　]

A．Customers can easily be persuaded by advertisements.

B．Customers should be persuaded by advertisements.

C．It's impossible for customers to buy a product without advertisements.

D．Customers buy products according to their demands rather than the advertisements.

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　　ZHUHAIChina will soon put a person into space and become the third nation in the world to have manned spaceflight, a tap Chinese aerospace(航空航天)official said on November 5.

　　A manned launch(发射) 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 beginning of the 21^st 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, Hu said.

　　But the company, which includes over 130 aerospace agencies, said the lifting ability and success rate of China's space - launches 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 end up manned spaceflights, Hu said China had made important development after the successful launch 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 spaceflight plan with the aim of setting up a spacestation served by a spaceship travelling between two places.

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

[　　]

A．the 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 7^th paragraph is ________.

[　　]

A．we haven't tested the manned spaceship

B．before we send a 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 a manned spaceship can show a country's scientific level

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

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4．The writer wrote the passage to ________.

[　　]

A．tell us the present situation of China's aerospace technology

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

C．find out the reason why China falls behind

D．tell us that China will send up its manned spaceship soon

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　　Open University course materials are of the highest quality and come in a variety of forms, including video and audio tapes as well as texts. The OU leads the world in its use of new technology for learning. A number of courses provide source material on CD Rom. What else can the Open University offer you? The best way to find out is to use the coupon below or phone us today.

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1．This is an advertisement of ________.

[　　]

A．inquiring(调查)English learning

B．setting up Open University

C．selling books

D．attracting students

2．As a student of the Open University, you don't need to ________.

[　　]

A．buy any course materials

B．have lessons all the time at the university

C．choose which course to learn

D．pay any money for your study

3．The Open University can supply you with ________.

[　　]

A．a course for training you English

B．a classroom and a library for study

C．different kinds of free instructions

D．different jobs to choose from

4．We can learn from the text that ________.

[　　]

A．OU courses are popular in Britain

B．money for learning must be paid off at one time

C．we can't telephone the university during the night

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　　Part A

　　In 2001 the United Kingdom was hit again by foot-and-mouth disease, the first time since the 1960s, causing a national crisis. However, much of the panic and confusion was spread largely as a result of ignorance of the disease.

　　Foot-and-mouth is a highly contagious(传染性的) disease found in Africa, South America, Asia, the Middle East and parts of Europe. It affects cloven-footed (偶蹄) domestic animals such as cows, pigs, sheep and goats, as well as wild animals like rats and deer and zoo animals such as elephants. Horses, however, cannot contract(感染) the disease.

　　It is very rare for humans to catch the disease Indeed, only one case has been recorded in Great Britain and that was in 1967.

　　Part B

　　Foot-and-mouth disease is insidious(潜伏的)and can be spread by direct or indirect contact with infected animal. The disease can be spread on the wind, and can also be spread by people, equipment or vehicles which have been in contact with the disease.

　　Although the authorities do not really know where this latest outbreak of the disease originated, it can enter a country in frozen meat imported from other countries where the disease is common. Unlike Mad Cow Disease (BSE) and the human equivalent CJD, foot-and-mouth has no implications(牵连) for the human food chain. Any meat, milk, cheese and other dairy products can be consumed quite safely.

　　Part C

　　It seems that the only way to contain the disease is to kill infected animals. There is no cure for the disease, and although adult animals normally recover in 2-3 weeks, they sadly remain carriers of the virus (病毒) for up to two years.

　　From the time the disease was first reported to the time the epidemic (流行) was officially declared over, one and a half million and more domestic animals were slaughtered and large areas of the countryside were closed to the public. These areas included parks, woods and forests, and various leisure attraction situated in the countryside.

1．The main purpose of writing this text is ________.

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A．to warn people of the danger of the disease

B．to describe the disaster caused by the disease

C．to share some of the facts about the disease

D．to declare the success in control of the disease

2．Foot-and-mouth disease is insidious because it is spread ________.

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A．by farmers and farm vehicles

B．in so many different ways

C．by being carried in the air

D．mainly by people who have been in contact with infected animals

3．How is foot-and-mouth different from Mad Cow Disease?

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A．It affects the human food chain.

B．People cannot consume dairy products.

C．It is found in frozen meat.

D．Meat is still safe to eat.

4．The, underlined word“they”in Part C refers to ________.

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　　Whatever our differences as human beings are, we all think we're more like the rest of the animal world than we realize. It is said that we share 40 per cent of our genetic(遗传的) structure with the simple worm.

　　But that fact has helped Sir John Sulston win the 2002 Nobel Prize for Medicine. Sir John is the founder of the Sanger Institute in Cambridge, which was set up in 1992 to get further understanding of the human genome(染色体组).

　　To help them do this, they turned to the worm. The nematode(线虫类的) worm is one of the earliest creatures on planet earth. It is less than one millimeter long, completely transparent and spends its entire life digging holes through sand. But it still has lots to say about human life, and what can be done to make it better.

　　What the worm told Sir John and his colleagues was that each of the cells in the human body is programmed like a computer. They grow, develop and die according to a set of instructions that are coded in our genetic make-up.

　　Many of the diseased that humans suffer from happen when these instructions go wrong or are not obeyed. When the cell refuses to die but carries on growing instead, this leads to cancer. Heart attacks and diseases like AIDS cause more cell deaths than normal, increasing the damage they do to the body. Sir John was the first scientist to prove the existence of programmed cell death.

1．Sir John Sulston got a Nobel Prize for Medicine because he has ________.

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A．found that human beings are similar to the worm

B．got the fact we share 40 per cent of our genetic structure with the simple worm

C．found the computer which controls each of the cells in the human body

D．proved that cell death is programmed

2．People might be seriously ill if the cells in their body

A．grow without being instructed

B．die regularly

C．fail to follow people's instructions

D．develop in the human body

3．The underlined word“they”(paragraph 5) refers to ________.

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4．What is the subject discussed in the text?

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A．The theory of programmed cell deaths.

B．A great scientistSir John Sulston.

C．The programmed human life.

D．Dangerous diseases.

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　　Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column(专栏). After she retired, she found a volunteer job with an agency. The agency that she chose to work for was a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she talked with other retired people like herself. By talking, she recognized two things; Old people had abilites that were not being used. Old people also had problemsmostly problems with communication.

　　Mrs. Douglas found a new purpose for herself. Through the year, from time to time she had written stories about people for national magazines. Now there was a new subject: old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called“Sixty Plus,”which focuses on getting old. She writes about the problems of old people, especially their problems with being misunderstood.

　　Anna Douglas used her thinking ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands the reasons why problems begin. She understands old people and young people, too. For example, one of her readers said that his grandchildren left the house as soon as he came to visit. Mrs. Douglas suggested some ways for him to increase understanding with his grandchildren. She told him to listen to young people's music and to watch the most popular television shows.

　　“It's important to know something about your grandchildren's world,”says Mrs. Douglas.“That means questions and listeningand listening is not what old people do best.”She continues,“Say good things to them and about them. Never criticize your grandchildren or any other youngsters, teenagers, or young adults. Never tell them that they are wrong. Don't give them your opinion. They have been taught that they should have respect for old people. The old should have respect for the young as well.”

1．Anna Douglas understands the problem of old people because ________.

[　　]

A．she herself is old

B．she likes their music

C．she has grandchildren

D．she watches their television programs

2．Anna Douglas' newspaper column ________.

[　　]

A．contains mostly funny stories

B．has some ideas for youngsters

C．is about how to find jobs for old people

D．discusses the problems of the aged

3．Which of the following might NOT be Anna Douglas' advice to her reader who had troubles with grandchildren?

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A．Listen to pop music.

B．Watch popular TV shows.

C．Give more explanations.

D．Try to understand his grandchildren.

4．According to Mrs. Douglas, old people need to learn how to ________.

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5．According to the last paragraph, the main point of Mrs. Douglas' advice is that old people ________.

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A．have a lot to learn from the young

B．should understand and respect the young

C．had better improve their hearing in order to understand the young

D．should show respect for the young even when criticizing them

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　　Everyone has got two personalitiesthe one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control your behavior, but when you're asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their positions. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.

　　If you go to sleep on your back, you're a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don't like to displease people, so you never express your real feelings. You're quite shy and you aren't cite sure of yourself.

　　If you sleep on your stomach; you are a rather secretive person. You worry a lot and you're always easily upset. You always stick to your own opinions or judgement, but you don't raise your hopes too much. You usually live for today not tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.

　　If you sleep curled up you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you're often defensive. You're shy and you don't normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You're easily hurt.

　　If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You're usually careful. You believe in yourself. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don't often get sad. You always say what you think even if it makes people rather angry.

1．According to the passage, a person, who is not willing to change his mind and hard to deal with, probably sleeps ________.

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2．If a person prefers to sleep curled up rather than on his back, he may be well content to ________.

[　　]

3．Which of the following people, in the author's opinion, most likely have personalities opposite to each other?

[　　]

A．The people sleeping on their stomachs and those sleeping on their backs.

B．The people sleeping on their sides and those sleeping curled up.

C．The people sleeping on their backs and those sleeping on their sides.

D．The people sleeping curled up and those sleeping on their stomachs.

4．What the author mainly intends to tell us is that ________.

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A．one's sleeping position has something to do with one's character

B．everyone has got both real and secret personalities

C．the position in which one goes to sleep is the mast important one

D．when awake, one does not show one's secret personality