Every reader of this passage must spend the whole of his waking life looking at things. Looking, like breathing, is natural; we do it without noticing it. Looking is passive but seeing is active. Once you start seeing things you really begin to wake up. People who see things which others have only looked at, and draw conclusions from what they have seen, can add to man's knowledge and help progress.

　　Someone recently discovered a place where metal had been worked continuously longer than anywhere else in England. He “saw” a wall in the Forest of Dean. Thousands of people must have looked at it without really seeing it, but this man noticed that among the usual stones of that place were bits and pieces of a different color; they also felt different to the hand. A closer sight showed that these pieces had been left behind in the fires of ancient （古代的）peoples who had melted（熔解）rocks to get metals, looking around, he found more and more information, until the history of what men had done at the place over tens of centuries was known.

(1) “His waking life” means _______.

[　　]

A．all his life

B．all the time he is awake

C．all the time he is breathing

D．the time when he is waking up

(2) The man found a place where ________.

[　　]

A．men had built some walls of metal tens of centuries before

B．men had learned to make fire with stones in ancient time

C．men had melted metal many years ago

D．men were starting to work metal a thousand years ago

(3) The man who “saw” the wall got more and more information _____.

[　　]

A．from a history book

B．from the unusual stones of that place

C．from the usual metals of that place

D．from thousands of people who had looked at it

(4) According to the passage, which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．In England men had made things of metal before they learned how to make them of stone.

B．Metal was melted in the Forest of Dean longer than at any other place in England.

C．Metal was used in England before any other part of the world.

D．The people in the Forest of Dean were the cleverest people in the world.

　　If you have a watch, don't repair it! I know it for certain. Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch kept perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to wind it up（上发条）. Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to be set by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said, “The regulator（调节器）is to be pushed up as your watch is four minutes slow.”

　　I tried to stop him and tried to make him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed to regulator.

　　My beautiful watch began to gain. It gained faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it had left all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.

　　What did I have to do? To take it to another watch maker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately but he asked me to come in a week's time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to slow down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments（约会）and even missed my dinners.

　　Now I went to the third watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he took it to pieces and said that he could finish this work in three or four days. I had nothing to do but agree. That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.

　　So I kept taking my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable（相当长的）period of time.

　　And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not tell time by my watch. The thing was getting serious. My watch had cost two hundred dollars originally（原先）but I paid for repair over two thousand. At last I decided to buy another watch, which I did.

(1) His watch gained faster and faster because ______.

[　　]

A．the watchmaker pushed up the regulator

B．the watch wasn't set up by the exact time

C．his watch never kept the perfect time

D．the author didn't follow the watchmaker's advice

(2) How many watchmakers did the author go to altogether?

[　　]

(3) How much did it cost to repair the watch?

[　　]

A．Two hundred dollars.

B．Not mentioned.

C．Over ten times as much as its original value.

D．Less than two thousand.

(4) What do you think the author felt after he had his watch repaired?

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　　A lot of us lose life's tough battles by starting a frontal（正面的）attack--when a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum（最后通牒）about being late for the job. Although there was a good reason for Sam's being late--being seriously ill at home--he decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn't work any longer. His supervisor was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech. Yes, the boss was, as Sam entered the office at 9∶35. The place was as quiet as a locker room（更衣室）; everyone was hard at work. Sam's supervisor came up to him. Suddenly, Sam forced a grin and stretched out his hand. “How do you do?” he said. “I'm Sam Maynard. I'm applying for a job, which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Does the early bird get the worm?”

　　The room exploded in laughter. The supervisor clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Sam Maynard had saved his job--with the only tool that could win, a laugh.

　　Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected（忽略）means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying“no”, criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it's the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitively that serious dialogue may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians（喜剧演员）on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance（忍受力）than people in any other forum.

(1) Why was Sam late for his job?

[　　]

A．Because he was ill.

B．Because he got up late.

C．Because he was caught in a traffic jam.

D．He was busy applying for a new job.

(2) The main idea of this passage is ________.

[　　]

A．Sam Maynard saved his job with humor

B．humor is important in our lives

C．early bird gets the worm

D．humor can solve racial discrimination

(3) The phrase“clamped off”in Paragraph 2 means _______.

[　　]

(4) Which of the following statements can we infer from the passage?

[　　]

A．Many lose life's battles because they are lacking in a sense of humor.

B．It wasn't the first time that Sam came late for work.

C．Sam was supposed to arrive at his office at 8∶30.

D．Humor is the most effective way of solving problems.

　　American magician David Blaine left the glass box in which he had lived for 44 days without food on October 19. Hundreds of people came to watch the end of his starvation experiment, which had become one of London's main tourist attractions.

　　Looking thinner and darker, 30-year-old Blaine was taken out of his box over the River Thames（泰晤士河）and immediately went to hospital. He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process（过程）doctors said could be life threatening. He had been drinking only water since September 5.

　　A native of Brooklyn, New York, Blaine first became known as a street magician in the early 1990s. He soon found himself doing magic tricks in bars for the likes of American actor Leonardo Dicaprio and his supermodel friends.

　　Over the last decade Blaine had become famous with a combination of breathtaking magic and clever tricks aimed at getting a lot of attention.

　　In 1999, he was buried in a coffin（棺材）for one week and, in 2000, he spent 62 hours in a giant block of ice. Last year he stood on top of a 25-meter pillar（柱子）in the center of New York for 35 hours before jumping into a pile of boxes.

　　“I think a lot of people are unable to accept that they're able to do what they can do,” he said. “They don't realize we can survive. The human being is an amazing creation.”

　　But he seemed to have suffered from spending so long in the glass box. He said that at times he was unable to see, had serious back pains and lost his sense of taste.

(1) It is ____ for David Blaine to eat food after such a long starvation.

[　　]

(2) Having spent such a long time in the glass box, he suffered the following EXCEPT that _____.

[　　]

A．he had become blind

B．he had serious back pains

C．he lost his sense of taste

D．he was in weak health

(3) Which of the following can best describe David Blaine?

[　　]

(4) Which of the following is NOT true of David Blaine?

[　　]

A．Blaine immediately went to hospital after he was taken out of his box because he was in dangerous condition.

B．Blaine was born and brought up in England.

C．In Blaine's opinion, people can create a wonder.

D．Blaine didn't have any food for 44 days.

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　　A man came home from work late，tired and irritated(生气的，不耐烦的), to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

　　“Daddy, may I ask you a question?”

　　“Yeah sure, what is it?”replied the man.

　　“Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”

　　“That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?”the man said angrily.

　　“I just want to know. Please tell me，how much do you make an hour?”pleaded the little boy.

　　“If vou must know, I make $20 an hour.”

　　“Oh,”the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said,“Daddy, may I please borrow $10?”

　　The father was furious(生气的),“If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard every day for such childish behavior.”The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and, started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.“Are you asleep, son?”He asked.

　　“No, daddy, I'm awake,”replied the boy.

　　“I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,”said the man.“It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation(怒气) on you. Here's the $10 you asked for.”

　　The little boy sat straight up, smiling.“Oh. thank you, daddy!”He yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled(皱皱巴巴的) up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father.

　　“Why do you want more money if you already have some?”the father grumbled.

　　“Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,”the little boy replied.

　　“Daddy, I have $ 20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

1．When the man came home from work late. he _____.

[　　]

A．was tired but happy

B．was tired and angry at his son's question

C．was tired but happy to find his son waiting for him at the door

D．was tired and angry to find his son waiting for him at the door

2．The little boy asked the question _____.

[　　]

A．because he wanted to have dinner with his father

B．in order to borrow some money from his father to buy something

C．because he wanted to buy a toy

D．because he was just curious to know

3．After an hour or so, the man went to the little boy's room and _____.

[　　]

A．saw if the boy was asleep

B．asked him what he needed to buy with that $10

C．said sorry to his son

D．gave $10 to his son

4．From this passage, we can infer that _____.

[　　]

A．the boy would like to have dinner with his father

B．the boy often asked for money to buy some nonsense

C．the boy loved his father very much

D．the man would get even angrier angrier at last

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　　Five years ago, David Smith wore an expensive suit to work every day.“I was a clothes addict,”he jokes.“I used to carry a fresh suit to work with me so I could change if my clothes got wrinkled.”Today David wears casual clothes--khaki pants and sports shirt--to the office. He hardly ever wears a necktie.“I'm working harder than ever,”David says, “and I need to feel comfortable.”

　　More and more companies are allowing their office workers change from formal to casual office wear has been gradual. In the early 1990s, many companies allowed their employees to wear casual clothes on Friday(but only on Friday). This“What started out as an extra one-day-a-week benefit for employees has really become an everyday thing,”said business consultant，Maisly Jones.

　　Why have so many companies started allowing their employees to wear casual clothes? One reason is that it's easier for a company to attract new employees if it has a casual dress code.“A lot of young people don't want to dress up for work,”says the owner of a software company,“so it’s hard to hire people if you have a conservative dress code.”Another reason is that people seem happier and more productive when they are wearing comfortable clothes. In a study conducted by Levi Strauss Company, 85 percent of employers said that they believe that casual dress improves employee morale. Only 4 percent of employers said that casual dress has a negative impact on productivity. Supporters of casual office wear also argue that a casual dress code helps them save money.“Suits are expensive, if you have to wear one every day,”one person said.“For the same amount of money，you can buy a lot more casual clothes.”

1．David Smith refers to himself as having been“a clothes addict”because _____.

[　　]

A．he often wore khaki pants and a sports shirt

B．he couldn't stand a clean appearance

D．he didn't want to spend much money on clothes

2．David Smith wears casual clothes now, because _____.

[　　]

A．they make him feel at ease when working

B．he cannot afford to buy expensive clothes

D．he no longer works for any company

3．According to this passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

[　　]

A．Company workers started to dress down about twenty years ago.

B．Dress down has become an everyday phenomenon since the early 1990s.

C．“Dress-down Friday”was first given as a favor from employers.

D．Many workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people.

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　　A woman president? Many American women have bravely but unsuccessfully run for President of the United States: Victoria Woodhull, Shirley Chisholm and Geraldine Ferraro to name a few. But when an American woman named Janet Jagan ran for president of Guyana, she actually won.

　　Janet Jagan was a trained nurse from Chicago. In 1943, when she was twenty-three, she went to Guyana to work in the dental(牙科) office of Dr. Cheddi Jagan. Janet Jagan immediately became involved in the Guyanan labor movement, and in 1946 helped to found the Women's Political and Economic Organisation(W.P.E.O.) and the Political Aflairs Committee(P.A.C.), and began editing the P.A.C. newspaper. In 1950 she co-founded the People's Progressive Party along with her husband, Cheddi Jagan. This party was instrumental in achieving Guyana's independence from British rule.

　　While her husband gained fame in the P.P.P., Janet Jagan continued as a leader in the struggle for workers' rights. In 1970, she was elected president of the Union of Guyanese Journalists(UGJ), and from 1973 to 1997, edited the Mirror, a national newspaper.

　　The People's Progressive Party had refused to cooperate with the government for many years to protest the dishonest control of elections. In 1992, after the first free presidential election, Dr. Cheddi Jagan became president of Guyana.

　　In 1997 President Jagan died, and Janet Jagan ran successfully for president. On Dec. 19, 1997. Janet Jagan was sworn in as the first woman president of the Republic of Guyana. Unfortunately, she was only able to serve for 20 months. On August 8, 1999,Janet Jagan resigned from her ground-breaking post for health reasons.

1．Which of the following is true about Janet Jagan?

[　　]

A．She was the only woman who had successfully run for President of the U.S.

B．She was such a good nurse that she won the Guyanese people's respect.

C．She was a woman with strong interest in politics.

D．She became president of Guyana a few years after her husband's death.

2．How old was Janet Jagan when she became president of the country?

[　　]

A．75.　　　B．30.

C．50.　　　D．77.

3．The underlined word“resigned”most probably means _____.

[　　]

A．辞职　　　B．病倒

C．倒台　　　D．再起

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　　Wouldn't it be great to get paid to not work? This isn't just a dream at companies that offer sabbaticals(休假). Employers say they're a valuable way to give their workers a change of scenery and prevent them from being tired out. Unfortunately, only 3％ of companies offer paid sabbaticals (12％offer unpaid), according to the Society for Human Resource Management(SHRM). But even if you're not lucky enough to work for one of them, you can still enjoy a break. Three choices:

　　Chunk of Time. To get a lengthier break than normal, save long weekends for vacation time, delay your days off till next year, borrow some time from next year to use now, or use extratime off for overtime hours, suggests Bonnie Michaels, president of the Society.

　　Unpaid Time. If your family has no money problem, ask for a longer leave without pay.“But do your homework first,”says Michaels. Research the costs for your break, plan your break at a time during which your company is not operating if possible, then be business like and present your leave proposal so that your manager will believe that you'll work better if you are more energetic after the leave.

　　No Time. Just can't get away? Read How to Take a Sabbatical without Taking More than a Week Off(Simon & Schuster),by Pam Ammondson, which shows an eight-week program to renew your energy and reduce your stress even while you're working.

1．The words“one of them”in the first paragraph refer to _____.

[　　]

A．12％ of companies that offer unpaid sabbaticals

B．a company that offers paid sabbaticals

C．one of the three choices

D．SHRM

2．The writer describes three choices to make the point that _____.

[　　]

A．busy employees can also enjoy longer holidays

B．it is the employees' right to have a paid holiday every year

C．an eight-week program to renew your energy is the best choice

D．employees should persuade their managers to give them sabbaticals

3．When Michaels says that you should do your homework first, he means before asking for a leave _____.

[　　]

A．you should work hard to satisfy your manager

B．you should finish all the work that is required of you

C．you should talk to your manager about the cost for your break

D．you should find out the basic information and facts about yourjob

4．Which of the following information can you probably find in the book by Ammondson?

[　　]

A．Advice on planning a paid leave.

B．Advice on managing your traveling cost.

C．Ways of making the best use of your weekend breaks.

D．Ways of persuading your manager to give you a sabbatical.

5．The best title for the text would be _____.

[　　]

A．Do-It-Yourself Sabbatical

B．Paid and Unpaid Sabbatical

C．What to Do in Your Sabbatical

D．How to Win a Paid Sabbatical

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　　The Japanese have genius(天才) for dreaming up small, useful and fun machines. You must have used or at least heard of Sony's walkman, Nintendo or Sega's video games, and Bandai's Tamagotchi. And how about karaoke, invented by Daisuke Inoue?

　　Daisuke who? Not many people have heard of him, and he never made much money from his invention. But anyone who has ever experienced the thrill(刺激) of singing karaoke in front of a crowd has Mr Inoue to thank….

　　Daisuke Inoue is an easygoing man with a quick smile. He was born in the suburbs of Osaka in 1940. At Osaka Technical High School he took up the drums because, he says,“All you have to do is hit them.”Before long he was making money as a drummer in a Hawaiian band that played in the old dancehalls left behind by American soldiers.

　　By 1970, he and six partners were playing the clubs of nearby Kobe, accompanying(陪伴) middle-aged businessmen who wanted to sing traditional Japanese country and even army songs. His friends, Inoue says, could all read music and so they could pick up the latest tunes(曲调). He, on the other hand, had to rely on memory and play by following the lips of the singer as they moved.“Out of 108 club musicians in Kobe,”he says,“I was the worst! And the clients(顾客) in my club were the worst singers!”

　　One client, the president of a small steel company，was especially fond of Inoue's slow, follow-along style. It made the president's bad, out-of-time singing sound much better. One evening he wanted Inoue to play for him on a trip to a hot springs resort(胜地). The boss wanted to sing Frank Nagai's Leaving Haneda Airport on a 7:50 Flight for his friends. But Inoue was unable to leave his job.

　　To help out his most loyal client, he decided to provide him with a tape. Inoue wouldn't be there, but the singer would still have his accompaniment. Karaoke was born.

1．Daisuke Inoue took up the drums at high school because _____.

[　　]

A．they were his favourite musical instruments

B．he knew they would help him make money

C．he thought they were easy to learn

D．it was easy for a drummer to find a job

2．What does the underlined word“they”stand for?

[　　]

A．His partners.　　　　B．His friends.

C．The latest tunes.　　 D．The singer's lips.

3．From this passage we know Daisuke Inoue was _____.

[　　]

A．an outstanding musician

B．not quite good at music

C．a good singer and dancer

D．good at inventing things

4．Why did the president like Inoue's playing so much?

[　　]

A．Because Inoue followed his singing.

B．Because Inoue played very well.

C．Because he had got used to Inoue's fast, exciting style.

D．Because Inoue was an easy-going man with a quick smile.

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　　The weather is not beautiful all of the time. Perhaps you can remember a day when bad weather made you afraid. One kind of bad weather that frightens(惊吓) many people is called a thunderstorm(雷暴雨).

　　This is what happens when there is a thunderstorm. First you see a sudden flash(闪亮) of bright light. A few seconds later you hear a loud rumbling sound. This quick flash is called lightning, and the loud sound is called thunder. Lightning is colorful, but it can cause serious problems.

　　Lightning is electricity that is moving very rapidly. It may be moving between a cloud and the ground，between two clouds, or between two parts of the same cloud. The lightning heats the air around it. This hot air expands(扩大)or gets bigger, and it causes the air to move in waves which pass you in a series(系列), one after another. For this reason, you may hear many rumbles and not just one sound.

1．A good title for this selection is _____.

[　　]

A．Air Waves

B．Lightning and People

C．The Weather Is Not Beautiful All of the Time

D．Thunderstorms

2．The word“rumble”in this passage means _____.

[　　]

A．a sharp voice

B．a loud and joyful sound

C．a sudden flash

D．a deep, heavy continuous sound

3．When you hear thunder, you may hear a series of loud sounds and not one big sound. This is because _____.

[　　]

A．the hot air moves between two clouds

B．the air waves pass one after another

C．the thunder comes after the lightning

D．the lightning comes after the thunder

4．Which of these is NOT TRUE about thunder and lightning?

[　　]

A．Lightning may move between a cloud and the ground.

B．Thunder is a very bright light in a thunderstorm.

C．Lightning is electricity.

D．Lightning heats the air around it and causes the air to move in waves.

5．Lightning always moves _____.

[　　]

A．between two clouds

B．in waves

C．in a series

D．rapidly