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　　Thirty-two people watched Kitty Genovese being killed right beneath their windows. She was their neighbor. Yet none of the 32 helped her. No one even called the police. Was gunman cruel? Was it lack of feeling about one's fellow man?

　　“Not so,”say scientists John Barley and Bib Fatane. These men went beyond the headlines to find out the reasons why people didn't act. They found that a person has to go through two steps before he can help. First he has to notice that is an emergency(紧急情况).

　　Suppose you see a middle-aged man fall to the sidewalk. Is he having a heart attack? Is he in a coma(昏迷)from diabetes(糖尿病)? Or is he about to sleep off a drunk?

　　Is the smoking coming into the room from a leak in the air conditioning? Is it “stea, pipes”or is it really smoke from a fire? It's not always easy to tell if you are facing a real emergency.

　　Second, and more important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally responsible. He must feel that he must help, or the person won't get the help he needs.

　　The researchers found that a lot depends on how many people are around. They had college students in to be “tested”. Some came alone. some came with one or two others. And some came in large groups. The receptionist started them off on the “test”. Then she went into the next room. A curtain divided the “testing room”and the room in which she went. Soon the students heard a scream, the noise of file cabinets falling and a cry for help. All of this had been pre-recorded on a tape recorder.

　　Eight out of ten of the students taking the test alone acted to help. Of the students in pairs, only two out of ten helped. Of the students in groups, none helped.

　　In other words, in a group, Americans often fail to act. They feel that others will act. They, themselves, needn't. They do not feel any direct responsibility.

　　Are people bothered by situations where people are in trouble? Yes. Scientists found that people were emotional, they sweated, they had trembling hands. They felt the other persons' trouble. But they didn't trouble. But they didn't act. They were in a group. Their actions were shaped by the actions of those they were with.

(1)The purpose of this passage is to explain ________

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A．why people fail to act in emergencies

B．when people will be tested in emergencies

C．what people will do in emergencies

D．how people feel in emergencies

(2)Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．When a person tries to help others, he must be clear that there is a real emergency.

B．When a person tries to help others, he should know whether they need his help.

C．A person must take full responsibility for the safety of those in emergencies if he wants to help.

D．A person with a heart attack needs help badly.

(3)The researchers have conducted an experiment to prove that people will act in emergencies when ________

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A．they are in pairs.

B．they are in groups.

C．they are alone.

D．they are with their friends.

(4)The main reason why people fail to act when they stay together is that ________.

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A．they are afraid of emergencies

B．they are reluctant(不情愿的)to get themselves involved

C．others will act if they themselves hesitate

D．they do not feel any direct responsibility for those who need help

(5)The author suggests that ________.

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A．we shouldn't blame a person if he fails to help

B．a person must feel guilty if he fails to help

C．people should be responsible for themselves in emergencies

D．when you are in trouble, people will help you anyway

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　When Elvis Presley died on 16th August, 1977, radio and television programmes all over the world were stopped to give the news of his death．President Carter said:“Elvis Presley changed the fact of American popular culture…”．Eight thousand people went to his funeral（葬礼）．The streets were crowded with cars, and Elvis Presley's films were shown on television, and his records were played on the radio all day．

　Elvis Presley was born on January 8th, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi．His parents were very poor and Elvis never had music lessons．He left school in 1953 and got a job as a truck driver．

　In the summer of 1953 Elvis paid $ 4 and recorded two songs for his mother's birthday at Sam Phillips' Sun Records studio．Sam Phillips heard Elvis and asked him to record “That's All Right”in July 1954．20000 copies were sold, mainly in and around Memphis．On January 10th, 1956, Elvis recorded “Heartbreak Hotel”, and a million copies were sold．In the next fourteen months he made another fourteen records, and they were all sold well．In 1956 he also made his first film in Hollywood．

　In March, 1958, Elvis had to join the army．He wanted to be an ordinary soldier．When his hair was cut thousands of women cried．He spent the next two years in Germany, where he met Priscilla Beaulieu, who became his wife eight years later on May lst, 1967．In 1960 he left the army and went to Hollywood where he made several films during the next few years．

　By 1968 many people had become tired of Elvis．He hadn't sung in public since 1960．But he recorded a new record' From Elvis' in Memphis and appeared in a special television programme．He became popular again, and went to Las Vegas, where he was paid $ 750000 for four weeks．In 1972 his wife left him．He died from a heart disease．He had been working too hard and eating and drinking too much for several years．He left all his money to his only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley．She became one of the richest people in the world when she was only nine years old．

1．Elvis Presley is a famous______．　　　

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A．film star　　　B．pop singer　　　C．president　　　D．musician

2．The first song Elvis recorded was______．　　　

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A．That's All Right

B．Heartbreak Hotel

C．for his mother's birthday

D．sold 20000 copies

3．In his last days, Elvis______．　　　

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A．made several films in Hollywood

B．became a drinker

C．joined the army

D．lived a happy life with his wife

4．Elvis left all his money to______．　　　

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A．his only daughter

B．his wife

C．Priscilla Beaulieu

D．one of his daughters

5．Which of the following is true?　　　

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A．Elvis's father taught his son music himself．

B．Presley's hair was cut in army because of his wrong doings．

C．Elvis once lost his popularity in 60's．

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　　A strange thing happens to nearly everybody at night . They turn off the lights, pull up the covers and close their eyes . Six or seven sleeping hours later, they wake up again . Strange, isn't it?

　　Sleep puzzles science . Scientists and doctors would rather talk about why one can't fall asleep . They are not sure what causes sleep. The best conditions for sleep are good health and meal neither too big nor too small. No worries and a comfortable place are important, too. They advise against two in bed.

　　Strange things happen during sleep. For example, you move often. You would feel tired if you didn't. You also dream. Part of your brain is still awake when you dream. Dreaming happens when the memory and imagination in parts of your brain are still awake . Experiments have shown most of us dream in color. Bad dreams may be caused by stomachache.

　　Don't worry if you dream . Some great stories and poems were begun while their writers slept .

1．Sleep puzzles scientists because they are not certain ________

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2．The best conditions for sleep are ________ .

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A．good health

B．a meal neither too big nor too small

C．no worries

D．good health , limited meal, no worries and a good place

3．You would feel tired during sleep if you ________ .

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4．The best title for the passage is ________ .

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A．How Can you Get a Good Sleep

B．The Strangeness of Sleep

C．What Happens During Sleep

D．Experiments of Sleep

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　　Teacher John Wise and his wife Doreen who emigrated to Tasmania 12 years ago, decided to revisit England and see the world on the way by motor cycle .

　　After driving 10,000 miles overland without even a puncture (轮胎穿孔), they arrived in England in June .

　　They left Tasmania in January and now plan to stay for two months at Tauntos, Somerset, where Mr. Wise's mother lives on Hamilton Road .

　　Mr. Wise, 46, once a science teacher at Askwith Middle School in Taunton and his wife, who has three daughters, went to Hobart, Tasmania, in 1961.

　　For their return world trip Mr. Wise took a year's unpaid leave . “We didn't have any spares with us .”said Mr. Wise, “We just put our trust in ourselves and the machines. ”

　　So far the journey on a B. M . W . R 50 has gone through Australia, Hew Zealand, Asia and India, another 14, 000 miles . They expect their final bill to be about ￡ 1, 000 .

1．The underlined phrase “emigrated to Tasmania” most likely means ________.

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A．visited Tasmania

B．left Tasmania

C．left their own country in order to go and live in Tasmania

D．spent their holiday in Tasmania

2．Their journey to England from Tasmania ________ .

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3．Their journey to Tasmania from England will be ________ .

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A．more expensive than the journey from Tasmania to England

B．quicker than the journey from Tasmania to England

C．longer than the journey from Tasmania to England

D．more exciting and interesting

4．The total cost of their journey is expected to be about ________ .

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　　Jane Clark, fair - haired, blue - eyed and tough as steel, just won the most difficult race the world .

　　In seventeen days she drove a dog team and sledge (雪撬) across 1,050 miles of the Arctic Circle and through some of the most difficult land in the world. In bitter winds and snowstorms she drove her dogs along the Arctic track, in temperatures that reached - 38℃.

　　When Jane was asked how she felt about being the first woman ever to win the race, she said, “I still can't believe it. ”She then went over to inspect her thirteen wild - eyed dogs.

　　David Wilson, who came second, said, “It is sure hurts when a young woman is ahead of you . But it doesn't hurt for long. She was a good winner. ”

1．Which of the following best gives the main idea of this newspaper article?

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A．Woman drives a dog team across the Arctic .

B．Woman fights bitter winds and snowstorms .

C．Woman wins a sledge race in the world .

D．Woman wins the world's toughest race .

2．What was so special about Jane winning the race?

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A．No woman had ever won this race in the past .

B．Her 13 dogs were wild and diffcult to control .

C．She broke the record by taking only 17 days to complete the race .

D．This was the first time she had taken part in this kind of race .

3．How did David Wilson feel about the race?

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A．He had an accident during the race and thought it was not fair.

B．He was sorry to lose but it was fair that Jane won the race .

C．He thought that it was not right to put men and women in the same race .

D．He was very upset because he thought that he should have won .

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　An old friend from abroad, whom I was expecting to stay with me, telephoned from the airport to tell me that he had arrived．I was still at the office at the time, but had made arrangements（安排）for his arrival．After explaining where my new flat was, I told him that I had left the key under the door-mat（蹭鞋垫）．As I was likely to be home rather late, I advised him to go into the kitchen and help himself to food and drink．

　Two hours later, my friend telephoned me from the flat．At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having just had a truly wonderful meal．He had found a pan on the gas stove and fried two eggs and had helped himself to some cold chicken from the refrigerator（电冰箱）．Now, he said he was drinking a glass of orange juice and he hoped I would join him．When I asked him if he had reached the flat without difficulty, he answered that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but fortunately the living room window just by the apple tree had been left open, and he had climbed in．I listened to all this in astonishment．There is no apple tree in front of my living-room, but there is one in front of my neighbour's!

1．The story was about______．

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A．a thief who entered the writer's house

B．an old friend of the writer's who returned from some foreign country

C．a man who liked to climb an apple tree

D．a man who tried to enter his friend's flat but got into the flat next to his friend's

2．When his friend arrived from abroad, the writer was______．

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A．at the airport

B．at home

C．still at the office

D．on his way home

3．As the writer was busy and couldn't go home on time, he asked his guest______．

A．to cook something for him

B．to have a meal and drink himself

C．to wait for him

D．to go into the kitchen and cook first

4．A flat is a ______．

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A．house

B．set of rooms

C．hotel

D．restaurant

5．The writer was surprised to find that his friend had______．

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A．entered his neighbour's house by mistake

B．entered his living-room by climbing the apple tree

C．entered the house from the back door．

D．got into his living-room through the open window

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　　Teachers have always said, as they still say, ‘Listen carefully’ or‘pay attention’. However recently teachers have become more interested in listening as a part of a student's education. Tests have shown that some people listen much better than others, and that there are times when one listens well and times when one does not. Certainly, you will want to do what you can to improve your listening habits. The lessons which many teachers give will help you to evaluate (估价) these habits and suggest ways to improve them .

　　Listening is an important skill, a skill which you can develop if you really want to. A good listener takes in many more ideas than a poor one does . He probably does better in school or in his job or profession. He also gives pleasure, for we all like to talk to an attentive listener.

1．Teachers ________ .

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A．used to say ‘Listen carefully’

B．have always said ‘Listen carefully’

C．like to listen to students more

D．shouldn't repeat the sentence so much

2．Teachers find that ________ .

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A．students listen carefully when the lesson is interesting

B．students do listen carefully when their teachers warn them

C．students like to have listening lessons

D．students have different listening habits

3．Teachers want to ________ .

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A．teach students more knowledge

B．help students with their lessons

C．help students improve their listening habits

D．help students improve their listening in English

4．Listening is ________ .

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A．an important skill

B．more important than watching

C．what we want to listen to

D．is an unimportant skill

5．A good listener can ________ .

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A．enjoy music very much

B．do better in school or in his job

C．hear far away

D．be listened attentively

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　　Millions of words have been written about young people in the United States . There are some reasons for this great interest in the ideas, feelings and actions of youth .

　　Today there are about seven million Americans in the colleges and universities . Young persons under twenty - five make up nearly half of the American population . Many of them will be in power in the U . S . Naturally their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and it is necessary for older people to understand what they think and feel.

　　College students today have strong opinions about right and wrong. They are deeply interested in making a better life for all people, especially for those who have not been given a fair chance before now. They see much that is wrong in the lives of their parents . It is hard for them to see what is right and good in the older ways . As a result , there is often trouble in American families .

1．Nearly half of the population consists of the young people of ________ .

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2．What the young people think and feel are important to all the American people because ________ .

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A．they are mostly correct

B．a number of them will manage the country as leaders

C．they are something now

D．they stand for the modern force

3．The thoughts and the feelings of the young persons should be necessarily understood by ________ .

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4．The students at colleges pay special attention to the people ________ .-

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A．who keep their life in the older ways

B．who enjoy a tearful life

C．who are treated not in a just way

D．who have strong opinions about the society

5．Which is the correct one?

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A．We've talked much about the young American people .

B．The young people in American interest millions of people .

C．They are making a better life for themselves .

D．People have written many books and articles about the young people in America.

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　Matt grows the best vegetables in the village．He grows fruit too big, sweet apples and oranges ．And what else? Well, the biggest and the prettiest flowers．

　Things grow in Matt's garden all through the year．He cuts some flowers for his sittingroom table; and of course, he eats some fruit and vegetables．But he sells everything else in the market．Matt is not a poor man．

　He knows a few other gardens; but he does not have any friends．You might ask, “What is that? Why doesn't he have friends?”

　I will tell you．People do not understand him．And they do not understand his garden．“Why not?”you will ask．“It's a very good garden, isn't it?”

　It is a wonderful garden．Matt plants things in spring, summer, autumn and winter．After that he does very little work．He sits in the garden with his small radio．And everything grows．

　People ask, “How does Matt grow these wonderful things? He waters the plants sometimes, but he doesn't do anything else．He just sits under an orange tree with his radio．He listens to music nearly all day!”And that is all quite true．People cannot understand it, and so they don't like it very much．

　Matt likes music．But what about the garden? Who does the work? I will tell you another true thing: the music does the work．All plants love music; and Matt knows that．

　Do you want big vegetables and the loveliest flowers? Well, just give your plants a lot of music．

1．There are not only vegetables and flowers, but also ______ in Matt's garden．

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A．plants　　　B．fruit trees　　　C．ants　　　D．crops

2．Matt makes a living by ______．　　　

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A．selling his vegetables, fruit and flowers

B．growing trees in his garden

C．working in the market

D ．helping other people growing plants

3．Everything in Matt's garden grows well because ______．　　　

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A．he has a good garden

B ．he is good at growing things and likes listening to the radio

C．music helps his plants a lot

D．he is very hardworking

4．People think that ______ ．　　　

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A．Matt's garden is better than theirs

B．Matt works harder than they

C．Matt knows how to grow vegetables well

D．the radio helps Matt to grow everything well in his garden

5．People don't like Matt because ______．　　　

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A．he doesn't give them any vegetables or fruit

B．he listens to the radio too much

C．they are jealous of him

D．Matt doesn't let them listen to his radio

阅读理解

　　Ever since humans have lived on the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral speech. When there is a language barrier (障碍), communication is carried out through sign language in which motions stand for letter, works, and ideas. Tourists, the deaf, and the mute have had to make use of this form of expression. Many of these symbols of whole works are very clear and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot.

　　Body language transmits (=sends) ideas or thoughts by certain action, either intentionally or unintentionally. A wink (眨眼) can be a way of flirting (传情) or indicating that the party is only joking. A nod means approval, while shaking the head indicates a negative reaction.

　　Other forms of nonlinguistic (非语言的) language can be found in Braille (盲文), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs, guide, warn, and instruct people.

　　While oral speech is the most common form of language, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.

1．Which of the following best summarizes this passage?

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A．When language is a barrier, people will find other forms of communication.

B．Everybody uses only one form of communication.

C．Nonlinguistic language is invaluable to foreigners.

D．Although other forms of communication exist, oral speech is the fastest.

2．Which of the following statements is true?

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A．There are mainly two forms of communication in existence today.

B．Oral speech is the most common form of communication.

C．The deaf and mute use an oral form of communication.

D．Ideas and thoughts can be transmitted only by body language.

3．Which form other than (=besides) oral speech would be most commonly used among blind people?

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4．How many different forms of communication are mentioned here?

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5．Sign language is said to be very clear and exact and can be used internationally except for ________.

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　　B

　　The United States has many different kinds of climate. On the west coast the temperature change very little between summer and winter. But the north central states have a very different kind of climate. In those states, people wear light clothing during the summer, and they need heavy wool (毛织的) of fur clothing in the winter.

　　In the southwest the climate is pleasantly warm during the winter, but the summer is unpleasantly hot.

　　In the eastern part of the United States, summer temperatures are very different from winter temperatures. Summers are usually hot, and winters are usually cold. Spring temperatures are comfortable warm, and fall temperatures are pleasantly cool.

　　Years ago, People in the cold parts of the United States didn't often get fresh vegetables and fresh fruits during the winter, Today, however, trucks and trains carry fruits and vegetables very quickly to all parts of the United States. In the way, Americans “send their climates” to people in other states.

6．The climate in different parts of the United Stetes is ________.

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7．________, people wear light clothing during the summer.

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8．In the southwest, the climate is ________ during the summer.

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9．In the eastern part of the United States, ________ temperatures are pleasantly cool.

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10．This passage mainly tells us ________.

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A．the temperature of the United States.

B．about the climate of the United States.

C．all parts of the United States can get fresh vegetables during the winter.