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　　     The International Olympic Committee (委员会) (IOC) is an　　 international, non-governmental, non-profit (非赢利) organization.

　　     It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.　　 　　The mission of the IOC is to lead the Olympic Movement by the　　 Olympic Charter (章程).

　　     There cannot be more than one member elected in a country. The IOC　　 may, however, elect a second member in countries in which either the　　 Games of the Olympiad or the Olympic Winter Games have been held.

　　     The IOC elects by secret ballot a President from among its members　　 for a period of eight years.

　　     The official languages of the IOC are French and English. At all　　 sessions (会议), translation must also be provided into German,　　 Spanish, Russian and Arabic.

(1)  A good title for this passage is ____________.

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A. IOC 　　   　　 　　　　　　　　  B. The Olympic Spirits　　 　　   

C. The History of the IOC　　 　　   D. The Olympic Games　　 　　

(2)   The word "mission" in the third paragraph probably means　　 　　   ______. 

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A. direction　　 B. duty or purpose　　    C. difficulty　　D. hope　　 　　

(3)   Which countries can have a second member elected to the IOC? 

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A. The countries where the Games of the Olympiad have been　　 held. 　　   

B. The countries where the Olympic Winter Games have been held.　　 　　   

C. Either A or B. 　　   

D. Both A and B. 　　

(4)   Which of the following statements is not true? 

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A. A president of the IOC may be either a member of the IOC or  a government official of any country.　　 　　   

B. The IOC elects a President secretly.　　 　　 

C. Only the members of the IOC can be elected as president.　　 　　   

D. A President's term of office is 8 years.　　 　　

(5)   No languages but __________ are the official languages of the IOC.

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A. French and English 　　   

B. German and Spanish 　　   

C. Russian and Arabic 　　   

D. French, English, German, Spanish, Russian and Arabia

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   Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely you are there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust-jacket is irresistible , although this method of selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather dull book. You soon become engrossed in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment—without buying a book, of course.

　　This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can wander round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop. no assistant will approach you with inevitable greeting:“Can I help you, sir?”You needn't buy anything you don't want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has led you there, the assistant should retire carefully and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.

　　You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a book shop .It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest best selling novel and perhaps a book about brass-rubbing-something that had only vaguely interested you up until then. This volume on the subject, however, happened to be so well illustrated and the part of text you read proved so interesting that you just had to buy it. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste a great deal of time wandering from section to section.

(1) “Dust-jacket”in the first paragraph probably means“________”.

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A．a kind of clothes

B．protecting paper cover of a book

C．book cover full of dust

D．title of a book

(2) You may spend too much time in a book shop because ________.

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A．the dust-jackets of some books are very attractive

B．you start reading one of the books

C．it keeps raining outside

D．you have to make sure you don't buy a dull book as a present

(3) In a good bookshop ________.

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A．nobody takes any notice of you

B．the assistant greets you in a friendly way

C．you feel as if you are in a music shop

D．you find yourself satisfied with browsing

(4) An assistant's help is needed ________.

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A．as soon as you have entered the shop

B．before you start browsing

C．only when you have finished browsing

D．when you have determined your choice

(5) Picking up books that vaguely interest you can be dangerous because ________.

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A．you may forget about the book you plan to buy

B．you have to give up the best-selling book

C．in makes you break your appointment

D．it costs you too much money and time

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    There are two basic differences between large and the small enterprise. In the small enterprise you operate primarily through personal contacts. In the large enterprise you have established“policies”,“channels”of organization, and fairly rigid procedures. In the small enterprise you have, moreover, immediate effectiveness in a very small area. You can see the effect of your work and of your decisions right away, once you are a little above the ground floor. In the large enterprise even the man at the top is only a cog(嵌齿) in a big machine. To be sure, his actions affect a much greater area than the actions and decisions of the man in the small organization, but his effectiveness is remote, indirect, and difficult to see at first sight. In a small and even in a middle-sized business you are normally exposed to all kinds of experiences, and expected to do a great many things without too much help or guidance. In the large organization you are normally taught one thing thoroughly. In the small one the danger is of becoming a jack-of-all-trades and master of none. In the large one it is of becoming them an who knows more and more about less and less.

　　There is one other important thing to consider: do you derive a deep sense of satisfaction from being a member of a well-known organization-General Motors, the Bell Telephone System, the government? Or is it more important to you to be a well-known and important figure within your own small pond? There is a basic difference between the satisfaction that comes from being a member of a large, powerful, and generally known organization, and the one that come from being a member of a family; between impersonal grandeur(伟大) and personal-often much too personal-intimacy(亲密); between life in a small office on the top floor of a skyscraper and life in a crossroads gas station.

(1) In a large enterprise, ________.

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A．new technology is employed quickly

B．all people work efficiently

C．one's effectiveness is felt very slowly

D．one can get promotion easily

(2) In the first paragraph, a “jack-of-all-trades”means“________”.

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A．a person who is very capable as a businessman

B．a person who is very capable as a businessman

C．a person who knows a little bit of everything

D．a person who is very knowledgeable about trade

(3) We can conclude from the first paragraph that the writer ________.

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A．prefers to work for a large enterprise

B．does not mention his own preference

C．prefers to work for a small enterprise

D．is against anything that goes to its extreme

(4) In the second paragraph, the contrast between the organization and the family is employed to show ________.

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A．how necessary a deep sense of satisfaction is

B．what satisfaction means to different types of people

C．how families may differ from one another

D．what large enterprises can offer to ordinary families

(5) It seems that the writer ________.

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A．is giving advice to applicants for jobs

B．is commenting on the country's industry

C．has written the passage from an economist's view

D．has been working for many enterprises

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　One day Tom bought, for two dollars, a large number of used books．He put them in a 　1　　 　and pulled them to the　　 　2　　 　．He had to 　3　　 　at work until three in the morning．　

　At three, he 　4　　 　to walk home ．The streets were dark．Tom could 　5　　 　wait to arrive home to begin reading his new books．

　“　　 　6　　 　!” a voice shouted．But Tom was too 　7　　 　to hear the shout．A moment later, a gunshot went 　8　　 　his ear．He heard the shot．Tom turned to see what was　　 　9　　　．An angry policeman ran toward him．The policeman thought that the bag did not 　10　　 　Tom．He shouted at Tom, “Drop it!”

　“ Open it!” the policeman 　11　　 　．

　Tom opened it and the old books 　12　　 　out of it．

　“Why did you not stop 　13　　 　when I shouted?” the policeman asked．“If I could shoot 　14　　　, you would be dead．”“I didn't 　15　　　you,” Tom said．“I am almost deaf．”

　The policeman told Tom he was 　16　　 　for having shot at him．“　　 　17 　would be better for you not to walk on the 　18　　 　at night,” he said．

　Tom smiled, and told the policeman that his job 　19 　a clerk in the telegraph office was a night job．The policeman could think of 　20 　to answer this．

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　A man bought a donkey (驴) at the market one day and took him home on approval．Now the man owned several donkeys already and he knew each one's character very well．One of the donkeys was very strong and brave．Another was eager to please but quickly tired out ．One donkey was very lazy．He hated going to work in the morning and he did as little as he possibly could all day long．When the other animals were being loaded (装载v．) up, he always tried to be the last so that he would get the lightest load．

　The man led the new donkey into the yard．For a moment the donkey stood sniffing (嗅) at his new companions (同伴)．Then, without hesitation (犹豫), he moved fairly quickly up to the lazy donkey and began feeding comfortably at his side．

　Though it was late in the day, the man immediately led the new donkey out of the yard, straight back to the market．

　“You cannot have given him a fair test yet,” said the salesman．“It is only ten minutes since you bought him．”

　“I don't need to try him any more,” replied the man．“I know just what he is like from the friend he chose for himself．Take him away and give me my money back．I can do without donkeys like him．”

(1) What does the story tell us?

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A．A new donkey should be tested．

B．Each donkey has his character．

C．The man was expert at choosing donkeys．

D．You can tell what people are like from the friends they choose．

(2) The underlined part“on approval” may mean“______”．

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A．to be returned if not satisfactory

B．to be thought worthy of the price

C．to be praised by all

D．without any difficulty

(3) What do you think of the new donkey?

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A．He disliked work．

B．He wanted to eat constantly．

C．He walked quickly．

D．He couldn't get on well with others．

(4) Why did the man immediately lead the new donkey back to the market?

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A．He could do all the work without the donkeys．

B．He had donkeys enough to do the work．

C．He needed money more than the donkey．

D．He found the new donkey was not what he wanted．

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　In the year 2000, the world is going to have a population of about 8 billion (十亿)．Most scientists agree that the most severe problem is food supply．

　Who is going to feed all those people? Where is the food going to come from? Are we going to have enough food? Are we going to produce more artificial (人造的) food?

　One way of improving the situation for people is to eat less meat．Why? Because it takes 4 kilos (公斤) of grain protein (蛋白质) to produce half a kilo of meat protein．Clearly, there is not going to be sufficient meat protein for 8 billion people．Therefore, it will also be necessary to change eating habits because meat is the main part of many people's food today.

　A possible solution to this latter problem is the soybean (大豆)．The soybean plant produces beans which have a very high fat and protein content．Scientists can now make these look and taste like real meat．They can also make many other artificial products such as soybean milk, for example, which has a taste of milk and can be used in cooking in very much the same ways as cow's milk．In fact, one woman in the United States fed her family only on soybeans for a year! She gave them soybean beef, soybean chicken, soybean milk, and sometimes just soybeans．Possibly, we are all going to eat soybeans in the future and finally give up meat completely from our tables．

(1) What is the main subject of the passage?

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A．A solution to man's food problem．

B．A solution to the population problem．

C．Advantages of soybean．

D．How to develop good eating habits．

(2) According to the passage, meat will completely disappear in the future because ______．　　　　

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A．people have to spend too much time and energy to produce it

B．too much grain protein is needed to produce it

C．it contains too much fat and protein

D．it is not good to the health

(3) According to the passage, the main part of food that many people are eating today is ______． 　　　

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A．soybeans

B．grain

C．meat

D．milk

(4) In this passage, “artificial food” refers to food made from ______．

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A．milk

B．grain

C．protein

D．soybeans

(5) Soybean meat is similar (相似的) to real meat ______．　　　

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A．in appearance but not in taste．

B．neither in appearance nor in taste．

C．both in appearance and in taste．

D．in taste, but not in appearance．

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　Though the horses got off to a good start, it was not long before over half of them went out of race．As was expected, College Boy and Sweet Seventeen had got well in front with the remaining horses grouped together some way behind．On a sharp corner, three of the horses leading the group fell, throwing the riders behind．As the race went on, the track became full of horses without riders．Towards the end, there were only three horses left: College Boy and Sweet Seventeen were still leading with an unknown horse．Tom Thumb, a very long way behind．The crowd was very disappointed when on the last jump in the race, the riders of both horses which were expected to win failed to keep in the saddle．Everyone shouted with delight when College Boy continued by himself and “win” the race --- without the rider! Tom Thumb now took his time and the crowd cheered as he crossed the finishing line without a rival in sight．　

(1) Half of the horse went out of the race ______．　　　

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A．as soon as the race began

B．on their leaving the starting point

C．when three horses got off to a good start

D．before College Boy and Sweet Seventeen went ahead

(2) On a dangerous bend ______．　　　

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A．all of the horses going ahead fell

B．few riders were thrown behind

C．most of the horses fell out of the race

D．the remaining houses were grouped together and then fell

(3) People had expected ______ to win the race．　　　

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A．Tom Thumb

B．College Boy and Sweet Seventeen

C．Tom Thumb, College Boy and Sweet Seventeen

D．None of the above

(4) Towards the end of the race ______．　　　

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A．Tom Thumb went in front of College Boy and Sweet Seventeen

B．College Boy and Tom Thumb were a very long way behind

C．the riders of Sweet Seventeen and College Boy fell too

D．there was not any horse left

(5) The real winner was ______．　　　

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A．College Boy

B．Sweet Seventeen

C．Tom Thumb

D．None of the above．

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　Arabs consider it extremely bad manners to start talking immediately．Even the busiest government official always takes extra time to be polite and offer refreshments (茶点)． No matter how busy you are, you should make time for this．

　The conference (招待会式) visit is a way of doing business throughout the Arab world．Frequently, you will have to discuss your business in the presence of strangers, who may or may not have anything to do with your business．Do not be surprised if your meeting is interrupted several times by people who come into the room unannounced, whisper, or speak softly to the person with whom you are talking, and leave． Act as though you do not hear, and never show displeasure at being interrupted．

　Making decisions quickly is not an Arab custom．There is a vagueness (模棱两可) in doing business in the Middle East, which will puzzle a newcomer．Give yourself lots of time and ask lots of questions．

　When an Arab says yes, he may mean“maybe”．When he says maybe, he probably means“no”．You will seldom get a direct“ no” from an Arab because it is considered impolite．Instead of “no”, he will say “inshallah”, which means “ if God is willing”．On the other hand, “yes” does not necessarily mean“yes”． A smile and a slow nod might seem like an agreement, but in fact, your host (主人) is being polite． An Arab considers it impolite to disagree with a guest．

(1) The main purpose of this article is to explain ______．

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A．why you need extra time when you visit Arab countries

B．how to be polite when doing business in the Arab world

C．why Arab officials are so busy

D．what Arabs say when doing business

(2) According to the article, which of the following would be considered polite?

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A．You leave angrily because of interruptions．

B．You look out of the window while a stranger comes in to speak to your host．　

C．You demand an immediate decision.

D．You refuse a cup of tea and show pictures of your products right away.

(3) From this article we know that ______．　　　　

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A．when an Arab wants to say yes, he often says“maybe”

B．when an Arab agrees, a smile and a slow nod will be given

C．an Arab seldom disagrees with a guest to his face

D．“inshallah” is an English word

(4) Which of the following is NOT an Arab custom?

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A．Disliking being interrupted during their meeting．

B．Often giving you a vague answer．

C．Seldom saying“no” directly．

D．Seldom hesitating to start discussing business in the presence of strangers．

(5) The writer of this article has probadly ______ ．　　　

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A．never been to the Arab world

B．been against the Arab customs

C．worked in the Arab world

D．liked the Arab customs

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　Mr Iban's class went on a special trip to the National Museum of Art in Washington, D.C.． There they saw a famous painting by a Spanish artist named Picasso．The painting shows a circus (马戏) family in France and is called “Family of Saltimbanques”． Saltimbanques is a French word meaning performers．

　In the painting, a grandfather, a father and three children are standing outdoors on a bare (光秃的), brown hill．　　 The mother, wearing a straw hat with flowers, is seated alone in one corner, looking sadly off into space．　　 The tallest boy is wearing circus costumes (戏装) in soft tones (色调) of blue and red．　　 The father and grandfather are dressed like clowns (小丑)．　　 The grandfather wears a red, pointed fool's cap and has a white ruffle (装饰摺边) around his neck．But there are no happy clown faces in sight, and everyone in the family looks very serious．

　“Why aren't the performers smiling the way clowns are supposed to?” Justin asked

　“Does anyone have any ideas about that?” Mr Iban said．

　Lonie waved his hand．　　 “Maybe the circus family is sad because they don't have an audience (观众) to show off for any more．”

　“Or they might feel bad because people didn't clap (鼓掌) when their act was over,” Tom said．

　“I have an idea,” Cassie said, pointing to the grandfather．　　 “See that bundle (包袱) on his back? I guess the clown family has to move on to the next town, and they're sorry to go．”

　“Perhaps Picasso didn't ask them to have a special expression while he was painting them,” Mr Iban suggested．

　“I think,” said Jane, “they just wanted to be themselves without any pretended smiles．”

　“Yes, that must be it,” Justin agreed．“They just need to relax after all that clowning around．”

(1) The person in the painting who is farthest from the others is ______．

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A．the girl

B．the mother

C．the father

D．the grandfather

(2) Which of these was NOT one of the student's ideas?　　　

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A．The family must move on．

B．The family needs to relax．

C．The family has no place to live．

D．The family misses having an audience．

(3) From what the passage tells, the teacher's opinion was that Picasso probably wanted the family ______．　　　

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A．looking happy

B．looking natural

C．positioned outdoors

D．performing circus acts

(4) Which of these most probably would have happened if Mr． Iban had immediately answered Justin's question?　　　

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A．The students would have learned more about the artist' life．

B．Justin would have asked the other students the same questions．

C．Justin would not have had an opinion about the picture．

D．The students would not have thought as much about the picture．

(5) Which of these would be the best title for the passage?　　　

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A．“Clowning Around with Art”．

B．“Viewing a Famous Painting”．

C．“Famous Family-Portrait Painting”．

D．“Family Performing at the Circus”．

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    Nearly all the tourists (旅游者) who come to southeast France make　　 a tour of Monaco, too. Lying near the French-Italian border, Monaco is　　 not part of France, but a separate principality (公国), though it is　　 surrounded by its great neighbor.

    Monaco became a principality in the 16th century after being owned　　 by a family member of a certain Italian king. The French and Italians　　 soon came to "protect" it one after the other until 1861, when it　　 became its own master again.

    Facing the blue Mediterranean (地中海), Monaco is mainly made up　　 of two cities, Monaco, where the palace for the prince stands, and　　 Monte Calo, which is a wonderful place for tourists very year, around　　 half a million people from all parts of the world come to Monaco,　　 nearly 25 times as much as its population.

    Believe it or not, Monaco has no soldiers or policemen of its own.　　 Law and order is kept by the French police and the French stand for it　　 in its foreign affairs, even the money used in Monaco is the French　　 Franc, too.

(1)  Which of following maps shows the right position of Monaco and  its neighboring countries? 

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●=Monaco　　F=France   I=Italy　　M=Mediterranean 　　   

(2)  The capital of Monaco must be __________.

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A. Monaco　　　　  B. Monte Calo 　　   C. both A and B　　D. either A or B 　　

(3)  Which of the following statements is true?

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A. Monaco belongs to France because law and order is kept by  the French police. 　　   

B. Monaco has a few soldiers and policemen.

C. Monaco is a completely independent country.

D. Manaco is not completely independent. 

(4) The right order which tells the story of Monaco in the passage is ___________.

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a. Ruled by the Italians 　　   

b. Ruled by the French 　　   

c. Became a principality 　　   

d. Became a principality again 　　   

e. Owned by a family member of a certain Italian king 　　   

A. a,e,b,c,d　　B. e,c,b,a,d　　C. a,b,e,c,d　　D. e,b,a,c,d