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　　There are two types of twins: identical and non-identical twins. Identical twins are formed from a single egg in the mother's body which divides to form two separate babies. Identical twins look the same, and are often dressed by their parents in clothes of the same colors. It is often difficult to tell identical twins from each other, even when they are standing side by side. Non-identical twins come into being when the mother produces two separate eggs at the same time, both of which grow to form babies. In this case the twins look like normal brothers and sisters and are easy to tell one from the other.

　　In the 1970s and 1980s a scientist did some research into twins. He invited many pairs of identical twins to university and asked them to take part in a week of tests. He was particularly interested in adopted (收养) twins who had been separated at birth. He would give the twins different kinds of tests to study their speed of thinking, their speech, their memory, the ways they saw and heard different things, and so on. Time and time again he found separated twins who preferred clothes of the same color, used the same kind of shaving soap, wore the same shaped square glasses and the same colored socks.

　　There is a third type of twins, but it is a very unusual one. Twins which are joined together at birth are known in western countries as Siamese twins.

(1)It is difficult to tell identical twins apart because ________.

[　　]

A．they are dressed in the same clothes

B．they are dressed in the same color

C．they are very alike

D．they are standing side by side

(2)If the twins are easy to tell from each other, they are ________.

[　　]

A．very probably non-identical twins

B．actually not brothers or sisters

C．surely identical twins

D．always a brother and a sister

(3)Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?

[　　]

A．In the 1970s and 1980s a scientist did some research into the two main types of twins.

B．In the week of tests, he tested their speed of thinking, their speech, their memory and some other things.

C．There were twins who had been separated from each other as soon as they were born.

D．Very often, separated twins were found to choose things of the same kind, the same shape and the same color.

(4)This passage mainly tells us ________.

[　　]

A．the main types of twins

B．what has been found out about twins

C．how twins are formed

D．how a scientist studied twins

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　　Early in the 18th century, Captain Cook, a famous explorer of England, unexpectedly caught sight of an unusual animal during his first visit to Australia. The animal had a large head like mouse and jumped along on its large legs. To his great surprise, the unusual animal carried its young in a special pocket of flesh. Captain Cook pointed to the animal which was eating grass in the distance and asked his native guide what the animal was referred to. The guide seemed not to know what he was pointing at and finally said “Kang-a-roo”, but their requests were met with puzzled looks of the native people. Before long they got to discover that the native guide who made the answer to Cook's question really meant, “I don't know what you are pointing at.” Funny enough, the name “Kang-a-roo” stuck and it is still in use today.

(1)Which of the following sentences best expresses the main idea?

[　　]

A．Captain Cook's guide made a joke.

B．Native Australians could not speak English in Cook's time.

C．Some words have rather funny origin (起源).

D．Captain Cook was a lover of wild animals.

(2)When the native guide said “Kang-a-roo”, he really meant “________”

[　　]

A．Ah, it is a special kind of animal.

B．I wonder what you have said

C．What do you mean by pointing at that animal?

D．I have no idea of what you are referring to.

(3)We can infer from this passage ________.

[　　]

A．We should learn many different languages

B．Captain Cook made a mistake in understanding

C．Captain Cook was a foolish explorer

D．The importance of a language in common

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　　Suppose you want to study English but you are not sure where there are classes of English. It happens that you see two advertisements in the newspaper. Please read them and then answer questions.

　　Classes of foreign students at all levels 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year course open all year. Small class（12 students at the most）, library, language lab and listening centre, accommodations（膳宿供应）with selected families 25 minutes' ride from London.

　　Course fees（费用）for English for one year are $ 1380 with reduction for short periods of study.

　　State-run（国办的）English language centre（SELC）Britain's leading state-run English language centre.

　　* Held from June to August for foreigners

　　* Classes at all levels

　　* Preparation for public exams

　　* Accommodation in selected families

　　* Pleasant seaside town

　　* Very full social programme

　　*English through activity e. g. art, photography, etc.

　　* Special English e. g. medical, business, etc.

　　* Advice service for university and college students

　　* Teachers course in July

（1）_________ can study in these two classes.

[　　]

A. Only foreign beginners

B. Only foreign advanced learners

C. Both foreigners and native speakers

D. Foreigners at all levels

（2）When you study there, you will live ________.

[　　]

A. at school

B. in hotels

C. with the family you choose

D. with the teachers

（3）If you are a teacher and would like to improve your English ,where can you learn English?

[　　]

（4）If you have to stay abroad for a year and you want to improve English, which course will you choose?

[　　]

（5）In which way are these two classes like each other?

[　　]

A. they both have many social activities.

B. There are special English courses.

C. You have to live with families when you study.

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　　During the summer holidays there will be a revised（修改过的）schedule（时刻表）of services for the students. Changes for dining-room and library service hours and for bus schedules will be posted on the wall outside of the dining-hall. Weekly film and concert schedules, which are being arranged（安排）, will be posted each Wednesday outside of the student club.

　　In the summer holidays, buses going to the town center will leave the main hall every hour on the half hour during the day. The dining-room will serve three meals a day from 7∶00am to 7∶00pm during the week and two meals from noon to 7∶00pm on weekends. The library will continue its usual hours during the week, but have shorter hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to5∶00pm.

　　All students who want to use the library borrowing services must have a new summer card. This announcement will also appear in the next week's student newspaper.

（1）The main purpose of this announcement is to ________.

[　　]

A. tell students of important schedule changes

B. tell students of new bus and library services

C. show the excellent services for students

D. ask students to renew their library cards

（2）At which of the following times will the bus leave the main hall?

[　　]

A. 8∶00, 9∶00, 10∶00, 11∶00

B. 8∶30, 9∶30, 10∶30, 11∶30

C. 8∶30, 9∶00, 9∶30, 10∶00

D. 8∶00, 9∶30, 11∶00, 12∶30

（3）Times for films and concerts are not listed in this announcement because ________.

[　　]

A. they are not to be announced

B. they are hard to arrange

C. the full list is not ready

D. the full list is too long

（4）In the summer holidays, the library will have ________.

[　　]

A. no special hours

B. special hours on weekdays

C. special hours on weekends

D. special hours both on weekdays and weekends

（5）We may infer that during the summer holidays ________.

[　　]

A. the student newspaper will sell more copies

B. there will be a concert or a film once a week

C. many students will stay in the university

D. no breakfast will be served on weekends

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　　GARDEN RESTAURANT

Telephone: 2706030

　　Address: 9020 Bridgeport Road

Open--Mon. To Fri. 7∶00a.m.--2∶30 p.m.and 5∶00 p.m.--9∶00

　　　p. m. Sat. 7∶00a. m.--11∶00 a.m. and 5∶00p.m.--9∶00

　　　p.m. Sun. 11∶00 a.m.--2∶00 p.m. and 5∶00p.m.--9∶00

　　　p.m.

　　NEW YORK MUSEUM

Telephone: 7364431

　　Address: Vanier Park, 1100 Chestnut St. New York American largest museum specializing（专门研究）in American history and art of our native people.

　　Open--Mon. To Fri. 9∶00 a.m.--5∶00p.m. （Monday free） Sat. 8. a.m.--1∶00 p.m.

　　LANSDOWNE PARK SHOPPING CENTRE

　　Telephone: 3562367

　　Address: 5300 No. 3 Road

　　Mon. Tues. & Sat. 9∶30 a.m.--5∶30 p.m.

　　Wed. Thurs. 9∶30a.m.--9∶30 p.m.

　　Sun. 11∶00a.m.--5∶00 p.m.

　　SKYLINE HOTEL

　　Telephone: 2785161

　　Address: 3031 No 3 Road （at Sea Island Way）

　　* The Hangar Den--Wed. To Sun. Lunch from 10∶30pm

　　* Coffee Shop--Mon.--Fri. 6∶00 a.m., Sat. 6∶30, Sun. 7∶00 a.m.

　　Mon.--Wed, to 10∶00 p.m. Thurs.--Sun. to 11∶00 p.m.

（1）If you want to buy a new jacket, you have to go to ________.

[　　]

A. 3031 No. 3 Road

B. 5300 No. 3 Road

C. 9020 Bridgeport Road

D. 1100 Chestunt Street

（2）If you want to go out for lunch on Sunday you can call up the number ________.

A. 2785161 or 2706030

B. 2706030 or 3562367

C. 7364431 or 2785161

D. 3562367 or 2785161

[　　]

（3）You don't have to pay on Mondays if you go to ________.

[　　]

A. Skyline Hotel

B. Lansdowne Park Shopping Centre

C. New York Museum

D. Garden Restaurant

（4）If you want to enjoy yourself on Sunday mornings, you can go to _______.

[　　]

A. Lansdowne Park Shopping Centre

B. New York Museum

C. the Hangar Den

D. Coffee Shop

（5）Visiting new York Museum, you can know _______.

[　　]

A. the history of America's native people

B. the history of New York

C. the history of America

D. the art of New York

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案.

　　Lincoln College of English Classes for foreign students at all level 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year course open all year.

　　Small cla.ss（maximum [最大限度]12 students）, library language laboratory and listening centre, accommodation（膳宿供应）with selected families 25 minutes from London. Course fee（费用）for English for one year are ￡1, 380 with reduction（减少）for shorter periods of study.

（1）The college that placed the advertisement is trying to ________.

[　　]

A. introduce itself to the public

B. take in the students who want to get accommodation

C. take on English teachers

D. take in the students who want to study English there

（2）_______ are admitted in.

[　　]

A. Foreign students from beginners to the advanced

B. Only foreign beginners

C. Only foreign advanced students

D. Both foreigners and native speakers

（3）If you want to study there you will be accepted _______.

[　　]

A. in Spring

B. in Autumn

C. at the beginning of the year

D. whenever you wish to

（4）While you stay there, ________ will take care of you.

[　　]

A. your classmates

B. your parents

C. the family you have chosen

D. the school where you study

（5）If you go there for one term course, you will pay ________.

[　　]

A. 1, 380

B. over ￡1,380

C. much less than ￡1,380

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　　Colony Theatre

　　Slow Pokes 1∶40, 3∶45, 5∶50, 7∶55

　　Mayberry Cinema

　　Rip Tide 1, 3, 5, 7, 9

　　Shirley Twin

　　Visitors from the Planet Zoltar 3∶10, 5∶15, 7∶20, 9∶40

　　Bear Hug 6, 8, 10, midnight

　　Movieland

　　Butler Place Beauties 2∶20, 4∶30, 6∶40, 8∶50

　　Cinema 59

　　I-Last Train to Parksville 2, 4, 6, 8

　　II-Jive Talk 2∶45, 4∶45, 6∶45, 8∶45

　　III-Bear Hug 1∶30, 3∶30, 5∶30, 7∶30

　　IV-Jive Talk 3, 5, 7, 9

（1）According to the timetable, which movie is playing at the Mayberry Cinema?

[　　]

A. Slow Pokes

B. Visitors from the Planet Zoltar

C. Rip Tide

D. Bear Hug

（2）According to the timetable, what is the latest starting time for the movie Bear Hug at the Shirley Twin?

[　　]

（3）According to the timetable, how many different films are being shown at Cinema 59?

[　　]

（4）At 6∶30, a man shows up at Cinema 59. According to the timetable, which is the first movie he can see from the start?

[　　]

A. Last Train to Parksville

B. Jive Talk

C. Bear Hug

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　　The most frightening words in the English language are,“Our computer is down.”Yon hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport wailing for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said,“I' m Sony. I can' t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”

　　“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”

　　“I can' t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”

　　I looked down the counter and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, What do yon do.

　　“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”

　　So when it goes down, you go down with it.

　　“That's all right, air.”

　　“How long will the computer be down?”I wanted to know.

　　“I have no idea. Sometimes it' s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There is no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it' s clown it won't answer us.”

　　After the girl told me they had no backup computer, I said,“Let' s forget the computer. What about your planes They're still flying, aren't they?”

　　“I couldn't tell without asking the computer.”

　　“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he' s firing to Washington.”I suggested.

　　“I wouldn't know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn't take you if you didn't have a ticket.”

　　“Is there any other airline firing to Washington within the next few hours?”

　　“I wouldn't know,”she said, pointing at the dark screen.“Only'IT'knows.'IT'cant tell me.”

　　By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The words soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.

(1)The best headline for the article is ________.

[　　]

A．Asking Computer of the Airport

B．The Computer of the Airport

C．The Most Frightening Words

D．When the Computer Is Down

(2)What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?

[　　]

A．She could answer the passenger' s questions.

B．She could do nothing.

C．She could sell a ticket.

D．She could write out a ticket.

(3)Why do you think they had no backup computer? ________.

[　　]

A．Because it was easy down.

B．Because it was not advanced enough.

C．Because it was not as big as the main computer.

D．Because it was very expensive.

(4)The last paragraph suggests that ________.

[　　]

A．a modem computer won't he down

B．computers can take the place of humans

C．sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people

D．there will be great changes in computers

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　　Ralph Ellison is by no means the first writer to inlay his work with the silver and gold of Afro-American folklore(民间传说). Mark Twain, Charles Chesnutt, James Weldom Johnson, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, Sterling Brown, and Langslon Hughes used it before Ellison, often with supreme skill. But Ellison' s case is special because of the sheer virtuosity (艺术鉴赏力 )of The Invisible Man, which relate with its“inside”use of Black folklore, is also very modern in its technique. In this contemporary novel, the vital transformation from folk item to written literature seems wonderfully complete. The language is consistently active with actual Afro-American speech, as well as with the tales, songs, and games of folklore. What Ellington and Wagner achieved in music is here achieved in fiction, the transmutation (衍变)of folk materials into a fully orchestrated masterpiece.

(1)The main idea of the passage is that ________

[　　]

A．Ellison was not the first writer to use Afro-American folklore

B．Ellison transformed folk material into a masterpiece

C．Ellison collected folklore that might have been lost

D．Ellison' s work made him a very wealthy man

(2)The writer listed a group of names in the second sentence in order to ________

[　　]

A．support the argument of the first sentence

B．show that these people were mete skillful than Ellison

C．introduce another new idea

D．give the names of Ellison' s teachers

(3)The-Invisible Man is ________

[　　]

A．a long monologue

B．a collection of short stories.

C．a contemporary novel

D．a musical comedy

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　　South Korean films

　　Beijing audience can view five new South Korean films all with Chinese subtitles(中文字幕),until April 19 at the Tuixin Cinema in the National Library grounds.

　　Two other South Korean films completed their full runs at the Tuixin Cinema earlier this month. Location: Tuixin Cinema, National Library,39 Baishiqao Bond. Haidian District, Beijing

　　Telephone: 68415566

　　“My Love, My Bride”

　　April 15:9;00,13:30,15:15,17:30,19:30

　　“Kim' s War”

　　April 16 : 9:00. 13:30,18:15

　　“Because You Are a Woman”

　　April 17:13 ;30,18:15

　　“Sopyore”

　　April 19: 9:00, 13:30. 15:30, 17:30, 19:30

　　Leon' s Show

　　Hong Kong pop star Leon Lai will give a personal performance at 7:30 p. m. from tomorrow through to September21 at the Shanghai Gymnasium. The show is to celebrate the opening of the ' 99 Huangpu Tourism Festival. Tickets : 60,90,120,180yuan, RMB, available (有票)at 66 Jiangning Road

　　Address: Shanghai Gymnasium. 1111 Caoxi Road N

Tel: 29189188, 29171145, 49384952, 29197113

　　Russian Concert

　　The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra will put on some excellent Russian choral(合唱的)works at 7:15p. m. on September 26 and 27 at the Shanghai Concert Hall. They will sing Russian folk songs with a mass under a Russian conductor who is very famous for conducting choirs and had given a successful choral concert in Beijing.

　　Tickets: 6,8, 12yuan RMB, available at the hall's ticket office

　　Address: 532 Yan'an Road M. , Shanghai

　　Tel: 32275694

　　Korean Songs

　　The Song and Dance Troupe of the Republic of Korea will give a song and dance show at 7:30p. m. tonight at the Shanghai Centre Theatre.

　　Tickets: 10,20,30yuan RMB, available at the theatre' s ticket office

　　Address: 1376 Nanjing Road W. Shanghai

　　Tel: 29798663

(1)________ will be on April 15. The cinema' s telephone number is ________.

[　　]

A．Kim's War 29798663

B．My Love, My Bride; 32275694

C．Because You Are a Woman; 29189188

D．Marriage Story ; 68415566

(2)________ will give a song and dance show at 7:30 p. m. tonight at Shanghai Centre Theatre.

[　　]

A．Leon Lai, a Hong Kong pop star

B．The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra

C．The Song and Dance Troupe of the Republic of Korea

D．A Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

(3)The address of the Shanghai Centre Theatre is ________.

[　　]

A．1111 Caoxi RoadN

B．1376 Nanjing Read W

C．532 Yah'an Read M

D．66 Jianning Road

(4)According to the advertisement, a six yuan ticket is for ________.

[　　]

A．Russian Concert

B．Korean Songs

C．South Korean Films

D．Leon's Show