Day　　　　 Number of People

    Thursday Friday Saturday 3, 168   5, 879 9,267

    3, 168 is nearer to 3, 000 than to 3, 500, so 3, 000 is a number rounded (四舍五入) to the nearest 500. Can you make a horizontal bar graph(水平线条图) showing the daily attendance at the market for the above three days rounded to the nearest 500?

    The following is a horizontal bar graph showing the daily attendance for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

    The manager of the market studied the horizontal bar graph and found it more careful to his than any other kind of graph, because it showed him most clearly on which day he had the largest attendance. He acted accordingly ( 相应地 ) and thus balanced his buying and selling.

    The Horizontal bar graph showing the daily attendance for Thursday, Friday and Saturday should be ________.

Quickly, Two giant Martin seaplanes were sent up to search for Flight 19. Several hours later, the wind became strong and visibility (能见度) dropped．A return to base was ordered．But only one of the Martin seaplanes landed．Fore days later, the Navy and Coast Guard combed a100, 000 square miles area with more than 100 planes and ships. No sign was ever shown of the missing planes.

Today, people have noted the disappearance of many ships and planes in the southwest part of the North Atlantic and began to call this area the Bermuda Triangle(百慕大三角区).

The points of the triangle are Bermuda, Puerto Rico and a spot in the Gulf of Mexico, west of Florida．It is a twofaced water world of tiny islands, bright beaches and beautiful waters. Yet thick fogs, powerful currents (激流) and sudden storms are hidden behind this smiling surface.

1. Why did Flight 19 disappear?

A．Because the wind became strong and visibility dropped

B．Because Tailor was given wrong orders to dive.

C．Because Tailor couldn’t reed his compasses correctly.

D．Because something unknown made the compasses unable to work as usual.

2. In what position did Flight 19 disappear?

A．In the southeast part of the Atlantic Ocean.

B．In the northeast part of the Atlantic Ocean.

C．To the southwest of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean.

D．To the northeast of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean.

3. How many planes disappeared altogether that day?

A．Five.

B．Six.

C．Two.

D．Only one.

4. The word “ comb” in the passage means________.

A．cover with  

B．fly over

C．do up one’s hair with a comb

D．search all over

5. Which of the following shows the correct position of the Bermuda Triangle?

(F = Florida, Bm = Bermuda, PR = Puerto Rico, Bh= Barhamas, MG = the Gulf of Mexico, Atl= the Atlantic Ocean, B= Base)．two primary means of transportation

The petrol tank is fitted at the back of the car where it is out of the way, yet easily filled at a gas station. Tanks are in various capacity (容量) but they usually hold enough petrol for 250 – 300 miles running. Because the tank is at the opposite end of the car from the carburetor, which is fitted high up on the engine, a pump is needed to draw the petrol from one to the other, as it is from the carburetor that the petrol is finally fed into the engine. Pumps can be of two kinds: electrically operated or mechanically driven from the engine.

Choose the picture which shows the correct petrol system described in this passage.

    Which of the following diagrams shows the correct geographic location of the British Isles, Japan and the Eurasian Landmass?

(B-British Isles; E-Eurasian Landmass; J-Japan)

　　　　　　    Men　　　　 Women

    In favor　　  70%　　   80%

    Against　　   10%　　  20%

    Don’t know   20%　　  0%

    We asked readers to write and tell us their opinions．Here are some of the hundreds of letters we got.

    I’m a woman photographer．I make plenty of money, travel a lot, and see a lot of people．I enjoy my work, and wouldn’t have to stay at home．I would never marry a man who wanted me to give up my work .

Ms Joji O’Leary Hampstead

    At present there are over 1,000,000 men who were out of work in Britain．If a woman gets a job, she puts one more man out of work．Perhaps that man has a wife and twelve children to support．Let women stay at home as they used to.

Ted Stubbs    Southend

    I’m the mother of twelve children．When I go to work, my husband, looks after the children．He is good with children and enjoys staying at home with them．And I enjoy the job as a bus driver.

Mrs. F．Boot    Battersea

1．________of men are on the side of working wives.

A．Most.

B．None

C．100%

D．A few

2．The Woman photographer would not marry a man who ________.

A．had less money than her

B．forbade her to work

C．was not very gentle

D．wanted to stay at home

3．Ted Stubbs thought that women’s going out to work would ________.

A．weaken the rights of the husband at home

B．be better than men

C．make men lose chances

D．make their husbands useless for work

4．in England, 51% ________.

A．of．working women are married

B．of the women who have been married go out to work.

C．of the married women want to go to work

D．of the people are in favor of married women’s going out to work

    That’s what the library is offering to do in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province．But the books have to be about technical and scientific matters.

    The plan was recently announced by Zhongshan’s Association of Science and Technology and the local(当地的) library.

    Zhongshan lies near Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, It has attracted a good many technicians(技术员)and scientists from inland provinces in recent years due to the fast economic(经济) development.

    But the book stores and libraries in Zhongshan cannot meet the reading demand of these professionals(专业人员).

    One engineer complained(抑怨)．“We cannot keep up with the most up to date(新式的) scientific and technological developments without reading new books.”

    To solve the problem, early this month, with the support from the Association of Science and Technology, Zhongshan library adopted (采取) the “book reimbursing system.”

    Professionals who buy books on their business tour (任职期) can reimburse their expenses on the books after reading them and sending them to the library.

    The new system will increase the book storage of the library and can guarantee (保证) that readers can share different books.

1．The library has adopted the new system because ________.

A．books on science and technology are getting more expensive

B．there are not enough books for the professionals to read

C．professionals haven’t enough money to buy books

D．in this way the bookstore can sell more books

2．Under the “book reimbursing system” professionals can ________.

A．borrow any kind of books from the library

B．get back the money they spent on the scientific or technical books

C．buy books on science and technology for less money

D．get back their money on the books after they read them and send them to the library

3．The main advantage (优点)of the new system is that ________.

A．professionals can spend less money on books

B．the book storage of the library can be increased

C． professionals can read more different books

D．it can attr?


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D．break a record

A．there are at least two fire accidents at the Seabreeze Hotel that year

B．the bedroom lamps were very old in some hotels in Beldon

C．firemen went to the hotel to put out the fire

D．fire accidents never happened in Canfield

4．Which of the following phrases can take the place of the phrase due to in the 5th paragraph?

A．because of

B．according to

C．about to

D．out of

  To Susan Chan,

  Just to remind you that you have four overdue books．

  Title Author

  Rose Meets Mr. Wintergarten Bob Graham

  due 22/1

  My friend Whale Simon James due 23/1

  Edward the Emu Sheena Knowles due 24/1

  Imagine Alison Lester due 25/1

  Please return these tomorrow． Other people

  may be waiting to borrow them．

  Mrs. Josie Jones

  Librarian

  Date 3/2/98

  Note: You may not borrow any new books

  until these books have been returned．

1．This note was sent to________

A．Josie Jones

B．Susan Chan

C．the librarian

D．Alison Lester

2．The book Imagine was written by ________．

A．Bob Graham

B．Simon James

C．Sheena Knowles

D．Alison Lester

3．On what date was My friend Whale due to be returned to the library?

A．23rd January

B．24th January

C．26th January

D．3rd February

4．This note could best be described as a________

A．newsletter

B．report card

C．reminder letter

D．set of instructions

5．From this note we know that________

A．Susan does not like reading

B．the library has many books to lend

C．someone else has borrowed these books

D．Susan may not borrow any new books at the moment

    Friday, September 30

  Channel 2

  9:55 Olympic Games: men’s basketball final

  11:40 Olympic Games: special

  20:22 1988 National Day Evening Party

  22:09 TV drama: Li Juan and Her Braised

  Duck Ship

  22:57 Olympic Games: men's basketball final

  Channel 8

  9:40 Film: Daughter of the Sea

  14:20 Olympic Games: men’s tennis single final

  15:50 TV Serial: Red leaves beyond the mountain

  16:37 TV Drama: Zhu and orchid(兰花)

  18:00 Olympic Games: Women’s table tennis double final

  CCTV English Service

  22:10 News

  22:30 Olympic special

1．Suppose Mr. Li wants to watch TV in the morning and he doesn’t have much interest in sports and games． Which program would he like to choose?

A．Channel 2, 1988 National Day Evening Party

B．Channel 8, Film: Daughter of the Se

C．Channel 8, TV drama: Zhu and Orchid

D．CCTV English Service: News

2．At night Mr. Li wants to know some result of the Olympic games so he chooses ________．

A．Channel 2, Olympic Games: men’s basketball final

B．Channel 2, Olympic games: Special

C．Channel 8, Olympic Games: women’s table tennis double final

D．CCTV English Service, Olympic Games, special

3．Mr. Li is a football fan． What will he feel after he has read through the list?

A．Anxious．

B．Disappointed．

C．Excited．

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4．By watching TV today, Mr.．Li can at least get to know the results of ________ finals if he would like to．

A．three

B．two

C．five

D．four

    One day, he received an exciting telephone call from someone． He told Mr. White that there was a sudden flood somewhere in the north and several people had disappeared．Mr. White was glad to see that no other paper had known the news．

    But the next day, another person telephoned him and told him he was tricked．So in the next day’s paper he wrote: “We were the first and the only newspaper to report yesterday that the village in the northern mountain was caught in a flood．Today, we are proud to tell you that we are again the first newspaper to bring our readers the news that yesterday’s story was not true．”

From the passage above we can learn that ________

A．Mr. White’s newspaper was the best

B．Mr. White was fit for his job

C．Mr. White always printed the latest news

D．Mr. White was unfit for his work

    You may remember that we have discussed the noise your children make while practicing their musical instruments(乐器)． You agreed to make sure that they would stop practicing in the evenings．

    You can imagine my astonishment, then, when I realized that nothing had changed and the situation was continuing as before． I find it difficult to stay in the house and invent any excuse to go out for the evening to be away from the terrible noise． Much as I like music, I have had enough, and to be frank (坦诚的), I am not prepared to put up with the situation any more．

  I think it high time you realized your duty as a member of the community (团体), and I must warn you that unless you do something about the situation I will be forced to take legal (法律) action．

I have sent a copy of this letter to my lawyer．

1. In their discussion, Mr. Barge________．

A．expressed his astonishment

B．showed his anger to Mrs. Hogget

C．made Mrs. Hogget’s children not practice their musical instruments in the evenings．

D．was told that he wouldn’t be troubled by the noise in the evenings any more

2．Mr. Barge feels angry because ________．

A．Mrs. Hogget’s children play their musical instruments so badly

B．Mrs. Hogget’s refused to talk about the noise problem with Mr. Barge

C．Mrs. Hogget does not allow her children to play their musical instruments in the evening

D．Mrs. Hogget has broken her promise

3.Which of the following statements is correct according to the passage?

A．Mr. Barge is not fond of the music．

B．Mr. Barge likes music, but he doesn’t like the noise．

C．Mr. Barge often goes out in the evenings to give music lessons．

D．Mr. Barge expects a reply from Mrs. Hogget．

4. Mr. Barge is prepared to________

A．help Mrs. Hogget to persuade her children not to play their musical instruments any more

B．take his duty as a member of the community

C．sue (诉论)Mrs. Hogget for the noise made by her children

D．force Mrs. Hogget to send a copy of his letter to her lawyer