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　　Many people like cooking but never have much time for it. Helen Fry's new book Quick Cooking has been specially written for busy people. It has over 1, 000 ways to cook dishes. The book is well written and the photographs, the drawings are clear. The book has a strong plastic cover. It is easy to find your way around it too. And busy people, notice this! Mrs Fry tells you how much time you need in order to get each dish ready.

　　Quick Cooking has four parts, one for each season. This helps you to use fresh fruit and vegetables when they are cheaper and, of course, better. There are a lot of exciting ideas from foreign countries, and most of the ways are not complicated(复杂). You take something simple like a chicken or some cheese, and make an unusual dish out of it. For example, there are no fewer than 40 ways for cooking eggs! The beginner will have to find out a lot of things for him to try many of the ways as soon as he reads them. For people with little spare time, Helen Fry's Quick Cooking is of excellent value.

1．The writer writes this short passage in order to ________.

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A．make you like cooking

B．let you know the book Quick Cooking

C．help you to cook eggs

D．teach you cooking

2．Helen Fry's book is called Quick Cooking because ________.

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A．none of the dishes are complicated

B．there are over 1, 000 ways to cook dishes in it

C．it is written for people who don't have much time

D．it tells you how to cook all kinds of food quickly

3．Busy people should notice that ________.

[　　]

A．it is easy to find your way around the book

B．they are told how long each dish takes to cook

C．there are photographs and drawings in this book

D．the book has a strong cover

4．“It is easy to find your way around it too.” means ________.

[　　]

A．it is easy to find things around the book

B．it is easy to find things in the supermarket to prepare the food in the book

C．it is easy to find the ways you want to cook dishes in the book

D．it is easy to find the cover of the book

5．Once you read the book, you ________.

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A．can't help trying the ways in it

B．find the cover is very strong

C．find most of it is about cooking eggs

D．find it very cheap

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　　The first tape recorder didn't use tape. It used long thin wire. It was invented in 1900 by Valdermar Poulsen. In 1930, German scientists invented the tape we use today. Back then the tape was on big rolls. In 1964 the Philips company in Holland invented the cassette. It's pretty much a holder for the tape. People use cassettes all over the world. If you don't have a cassette recorder, borrow one.

　　Think of a book your parents read out loud to you. That might be a great book to read out loud to your mom or dad in their car. Put a cassette in the recorder, open the book, hit the record button and start reading out loud.

　　Remember there is no such a thing as a wrong way to do this. You might think you've made a mistake, but this gift is part of you, and nothing about that can be a mistake. It's impossible.

　　You get to be all artistic and creative here. You might want to play music in the background. Do whatever you want. The gift is you, so you decide. Remember to say “I love you” at the end of your reading. That's like the prize at the end of the book.

1．Choose the right order that shows the development of the tape recorder.

a．Using big rolls.

b．Using cassettes.

c．Using thin wire.

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2．Why does the author mention the history of tape recorders in paragraph 1?

[　　]

A．To inform readers of new inventions.

B．To lead into his following suggestion.

C．To give an example of his suggestion.

D．To show the importance of tape recorders.

3．What does the author advise us to do?

[　　]

A．To read a book to our parents in their car.

B．To ask our parents to record a book.

C．To make a gift for our parents.

D．To practise reading out loud.

4．Why does the author say it is impossible to make a mistake in paragraph 3?

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A．Because the tape shows your true love.

B．Because it's easy to use a tape recorder.

C．Because the music is what your parents like.

D．Because it's impossible to find a mistake in the book.

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　　Shanghai: Car rentals(出租) are becoming more and more popular as an inexpensive way of taking to the roads. Business people, foreigners and families alike are making good use of the growing industry.

　　The first car rental firm opened in Shanghai in 1992 and now 12 car rental players are in the game, with more than 11, 500 cars in their books.

　　The largest player－Shanghai Bashi Tourism Car Rental Center offers a wide variety of choices－deluxe sedans, minivans, station wagons, coaches. Santana sedans are the big favorite.

　　Firms can attract enough customers for 70 percent of their cars every month. This figure shoots up during holiday seasons like National Day, Labor Day and New Year's Day, with some recording 100 percent rental.

　　The major market force results from the growing population of white-collar employees(白领雇员), who can afford the new service, said Zhuang Yu, marketing manager of Shanghai Angel Car Rental Co.

1．The words “deluxe sedans”, “minivans” and “station wagons” used in the text refer to ________.

[　　]

2．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

[　　]

A．70 % of the cars can be rented out on holiday.

B．70 % of the customers are white-collar employees.

C．More firms are open for service during holiday seasons.

D．Some firms rent out all their cars during holiday seasons.

3．Shanghai's car rental industry is growing so fast mainly due to ________.

[　　]

A．better cars supplied by producers

B．fast service offered by car rental firms

C．the increasing number of white-collar employees

D．people's growing interest in travelling during holidays

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　　Sometime today－perhaps several times－Dick Winter will think about the 19-yearold who saved his life.

　　Because of this young man, Winter enjoys things like friendships, colours and laughter every day.

　　The young man saved Winter's life by signing an organ donor card(器官捐献卡).

　　“I can't say thank you enough.” Winter said yesterday at a news conference marking the tenth anniversary of the Multi Organ Transplant Program at Toronto General Hospital.

　　What Winter knows of the 19-year-old who saved his life is only that he died in a car accident and that his family was willing to honour his wishes and donate his organs for transplantation.

　　His liver(肝脏) went to Winter, who was dying from liver trouble. “Not a day goes by that I don't think of what a painful thing it must have been for them.” Winter said yesterday.

　　“They are very, very special people.”

　　Winter, 63, is fitter now than he was 10 years ago, when he got the transplant. He has five medals from the 1995 World Transplant Games in swimming and hopes to collect some more next year in Japan.

　　“At one time, we were probably strange people in the eyes of other people. Now it's expected you should be able to go back and do everything you did before, only better.”

　　The biggest change for Winter, however, isn't that he has become a competitive athlete. The biggest change is how deeply he appreciates every little thing about his life now.

　　“I have no time for arguments,” said Winter.

　　“You change everything. Material things don't mean as much. Friendships mean a lot.”

　　Also at yesterday's news conference was Dr Gray Levy, Winter's doctor.

　　Levy said he has bitter-sweet feelings when he looks at Winter and hears of his athletic exploits.

　　Levy knows that for every recipient(接受者) like Winter, there are several others who die even though they could be saved because there aren't enough donated organs.

　　“For every Mr Winter, we have five to ten people that will never be given the chance that Mr Winter was given,” Levy said.

　　Levy said greater public awareness and more resources are needed. He noted that in Spain and the United States, hospitals receive $ 10, 000 per donor to cover the costs of the operating room, doctors, nurses and teams to work with the donors' families.

1．Which of the following is TRUE about the 19-year-old?

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A．He died of liver trouble.

B．He got wounded in a battle.

C．He was willing to donate his organs.

D．He became a recipient of a prize.

2．What do we learn about Dick Winter?

[　　]

A．He is becoming less competitive now.

B．He is always thinking about his early life.

C．He knows all about the young man and his family.

D．He values friendships more than material things.

3．Dr Levy would agree that ________.

[　　]

A．Spanish hospitals have more favorable conditions for organ transplant

B．the Canadian public have realised the importance of organ donation

C．Spanish hospitals received more money from the donors

D．Canadian hospitals now have, enough donated organs

4．What's the author's purpose in writing this article?

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A．The public should give more support to organ transplant.

B．Transplant patients are thankful for the help they receive.

C．Transplant can change a patient's life greatly.

D．It is not easy to get organs for transplant.

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　　Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles(困扰) old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ball game, come back three and a half hours later, and they're still sitting on the sofa, talking?

　　What in the world, Harold wonders, do they have to talk about?

　　Betty shrugs. Talk? We're friends.

　　Researching this matter called friendship. Psychologist Lilian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. No matter what their age, their job, their sex, the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is “marked and unmistakable”.

　　More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend, and almost always it was a woman. More married men than women named their wife/husband as a best friend, most trusted person, or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress(感情危机). “Most women,” says Rubin, “identified(认定) at least one, usually more, trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment, and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.”

　　“In general,” writes Rubin in her new book, “women's friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men's relationships are marked by shared activities.” For the most part, Rubin says, interactions(交往) between men are emotionally controlled－a good fit with the social requirements of “manly behavior”.

　　“Even when a man is said to be a best friend,” Rubin writes, “the two share little about their innermost feelings. Whereas a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn't unusual to hear a man say he didn't know his friend's marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.”

1．What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that ________.

[　　]

A．he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband

B．women have so much to share

C．women show little interest in ballgames

D．he finds his wife difficult to talk to

2．Rubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to ________.

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3．According to the text, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?

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A．Ending his marriage without good reason.

B．Spending too much time with his friends.

C．Complaining about his marriage trouble.

D．Going out to ballgames too often.

4．Which of the following/statements is best supported by the last paragraph?

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A．Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves.

B．Women are more serious than men about marriage.

C．Men often take sudden action to end their marriage.

D．Women depend on others in making decisions.

5．The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around ________.

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A．happy and successful marriages

B．friendships of men and women

C．emotional problems in marriage

D．interactions between men and women

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　　Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying: Friends are God's way of taking care of us. But how do you find real friendship and keep it?

　　The Care and Keeping of Friends by American author Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends. Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed and take care of it to make it grow.

　　First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints and do their best to help. To make a friend, you cannot be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives. But things cannot always be happy. Even the best friends have fights.

　　What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When there is no one around, have an honest talk. If he or she doesn't want to talk, you could write a letter. Sally says there are three steps to be friends again: Tell him or her how you are feeling, say that your friend has done wrong, and explain why you did this or that.

　　The book also has advice on some small but important things like celebrating your friends' success.

　　Even if you haven't had a real friend before, you will start to think of having one if you read this book. Because the book tells that friendship is the most important thing in your life.

1．The best title for this article is ________.

[　　]

A．Life Is Great If We Have Friends

B．What Is a Friend?

C．Everyone Must Have a Friend.

D．How to Make Friends

2．According to Sally, ________.

[　　]

A．friendship comes to you naturally

B．friendship is given by God

C．friendship exists among good friends

D．if you have no friends, you'll die

3．If you have a good friend, you will both ________.

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A．live together

B．live and die together

C．eat together

D．have the same interest in some things, enjoy yourselves selves together in some activities, and tell each other troubles and joys

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　　I worked for a short time as a cashier(出纳员) at a restaurant a few months ago. I also helped clean off the tables when it was especially busy. One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet on the floor near one of the tables. I guess I should have checked it to find out who was the owner, but I was very busy at the time. Also, I imagined that if the wallet contained anything valuable, the owner would be back. Sure enough, an hour later a man came up to the counter and asked if anyone had found a wallet. I asked him to describe the lost wallet, and after he described it exactly, I gave him the wallet. He expressed his sincere(真挚的) thanks when I handed it to him. He asked me if I had opened it, and when I told him “No”, he immediately opened it and showed that it contained nearly $ 800 in cash(现金). I gasped(喘息) as he took out a twenty-dollar bill and handed it to me. “A reward(回报) for your honesty,” he said and then turned and walked away.

　　Thinking about it later, I began wondering whether I would have been so honest if I had known what was in the wallet! I think that if there had been no way to find the owner and no one had returned to claim(认领) it, I might have kept it. But it also came into my mind that I had actually saved someone's Christmas plans by finding and returning the wallet, The good feeling it gave me was worth much more than anything money could buy.

1．This story happened ________ in a restaurant.

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A．one night in November

B．one day in December

C．a few weeks before Christmas

D．a couple of days before December 25

2．Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．The owner of the wallet found a twenty-dollar bill gone.

B．The writer wasn't surprised as the man gave him a reward.

C．Nothing in the wallet was missing.

D．The man was extremely excited when he got his wallet back.

3．The writer returned the wallet to the owner because ________.

[　　]

A．he thought Christmas was coming

B．the owner came back too soon

C．he didn't know there was so much money in it

D．being an honest man, he didn't care much about money

4．The title of the passage “Finders, Keepers?” implies(含意是) that the saying, “Finders keepers, losers weepers”, ________.

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5．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

[　　]

A．He accepted a reward of $ 20.

B．He regretted that he had returned the wallet.

C．He didn't return the wallet until the owner came back.

D．He felt very happy after he returned the wallet.

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It was a very hot summer Sunday. Most of the neighbors were indoors with air-conditioners and color TVs going on. Suddenly, there was a power failure. After about half an hour, most houses had lost their pleasing coolness and people began to come outdoors in search for a gentle breeze. Before long, everyone was sharing all kinds of soft drinks and iced tea or coffee. Food began to appear, someone brought some small tables, and a natural block party developed. All around me, people were talking and laughing, and no one seemed to care that the power is still off. Nor did the spirit of the party die with the end of the evening. We since have organized a block football team and a number of clubs. Ever since that power failure, our neighborhood had been a more pleasant place to live in.

1．On that particular day people came out in order to ________.

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2．From this passage we can infer that people in this neighborhood ________.

[　　]

A．like to have block parties on Sundays

B．often have power failures on Sundays

C．are all close friends

D．get on better than before

3．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

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A．The air-conditioners and color TVs were broken one night.

B．It is the power failure that brought people in the neighborhood together.

C．The block party didn't stop until the next morning.

D．The power failure lasted for about half an hour.

4．The best title of this passage should be ________.

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A．The Pleasure of the Power Failure

B．The Trouble of the Power Failure

C．The Harm of the Power Failure

D．The Unexpected Gains of the Power Failure

　　If the world were a village of 1,000 people it would include:

　　·584 Asians

　　·124 Africans

　　·95 Eastern and Western Europeans

　　·84 Latin Americans

　　·55 Former Soviets(including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups)

　　·52 North Americans

　　·6 Australians and New Zealanders

　　The people of the village would speak:

　　·165 Mandarin

　　·86 English

　　·83 Hindu/Urdu

　　·64 Spanish

　　·58 Russian

　　·37 Arabic

　　The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.

　　One－third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65. Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modern equipments.

　　This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from cancer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and 10 deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1, 018.

　　In this village of 1, 000 persons, 200 people receive 75 percent of the income; another 200 receive only 2 percent of the income.

　　About one－third have access to clean, safe drinking water.

　　Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read or write.

　　The village has a total yearly budget(预算), public and private, of over $ 3 million－$ 3, 000 per person if it is distributed evenly. Of the total $ 3 million:

　　$ 181, 000 goes to weapons and warfare

　　$ 159, 000 to education

　　$ 132, 000 to health care

　　These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together.

1．Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?

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A．Nearly one－third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.

B．About 8.25 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

C．About 16.5 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

D．Nearly all the Mandarin－speaking people are from Asia in the village.

2．Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?

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3．The underlined part “have access to” (in Para. 4) means ________.

[　　]

4．The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for ________.

[　　]

　　Bird flu(禽流感) has puzzled scientists by striking millions of chickens in several Asian countries within a very short period of time, with the worst hit areas in Thailand. China and Viet Nam and by February 10,2004 at least 13 people were reported to have died.

　　The following is a chronology of the most recent bird flu outbreak in Asia, which also suffered outbreaks in 1997 and 1998:

　　Dec. 15,2003－South Korea con firms(证实) a highly contagious(传染的) type of bird flu at a chicken farm near the capital, Seoul, and begins a mass killing of poultry(家禽) when the virus(病毒) rapidly spreads across the country.

　　Dec. 31, 2003－Taiwan reports its first case of the virus. It later destroys thousands of chickens suffering from a milder form of bird flu.

　　Jan. 8, 2004－Viet Nam confirms that bird flu has been found on many of its poultry farms.

　　Jan. 11, 2004－Japan says 6, 000 chickens have died of bird flu on a farm, and says it is the first time the disease has been confirmed in the country.

　　Jan. 13, 2004－The World Health Organization (WHO) confirms that the deaths of three people in Viet Nam are linked to bird flu.

　　Jan. 23, 2004－Cambodia confirms an outbreak of bird flu at a farm on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.

　　Jan. 25, 2004－Indonesia discovers an outbreak of bird flu among chickens but has no evidence that the disease has spread to humans. Pakistan says 2 million chickens have died of a mild form of bird flu.

　　Jan. 26, 2004－Thailand confirms the death of a six－year－old boy, its first human death from bird flu.

　　Jan. 27, 2004－The bird flu virus kills ducks in southern parts of China, which begins a killing of 14,000 birds to stop the spread. The agriculture ministry in Laos confirms bird flu in the area around Vientiane(万象).

　　Jan. 30, 2004－China says tests confirm the H5N1 virus in Hubei and Hunan provinces as well as the southern region of Guangxi.

　　Feb. 1, 2004－China's state television reports five more areas with suspected (可疑的) cases of bird flu in poultry. The WHO says two sisters have died in Viet Nam after contracting bird flu and they may have caught the virus from their brother, who had also died.

　　Feb. 2, 2004－An 18－year－old person dies of bird flu in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing to nine the fatalities(死亡事件) in Viet Nam A．Thai woman dies of bird flu, taking that country's toll from the virus to three. The total number of fatalities stands at 12.

1．In how many countries and regions is Asia has bird flu broken out by Feb. 2, 2004?

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2．What does the underlined word “chronology” probably mean?

[　　]

A．A list of events in the order in which they happen.

B．A list of dates.

C．All kinds of bird flu.

D．A list of countries where bird flu has broken out.

3．Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?

[　　]

A．Three people died of bird flu in Thailand.

B．Nine people died of bird flu in Viet Nam.

C．Tests confirm the H5N1 virus in eight areas in China.

D．Japan says it's the first time bird flu has broken out in the country.

4．What would be the best title for the passage?

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A．Millions of chickens killed in Asia

B．Many people dying of bird flu in Asia

C．Scientists finding out the cause of bird flu

D．Bird flu spreading in Asia