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When I think of the post office, I’m reminded of that awful little man who is in charge of the parking lot. He won’t let me leave my car there even for a moment, unless I park exactly as he wishes. And he’s very difficult to please! I hear that soon my local post office will arrange a program to have stamps sent to homes, so that I won’t have to visit the post office to buy stamps when I need them. What’s more, the post office will soon install a drive- through letterbox. That way, I will hardly have to stop my car to drop off mail. So with all these new and modern postal conveniences, I won’t have to deal with that rude little parking lot officer. I just hope I never see his face on a postage stamp!

(A)1. What is that awful little man?

A. He is the person who minds the cars in the parking lot.

B. He is the person who always parks his car there.

C. He is the author’s friend.

D. He is a clerk in the post office.

(A)2. What kind of new program of service will NOT the local post office offer?

A. To offer free car parking.

B. To send stamps to the buyer’s homes.

C. To install a drive-through letterbox.

D. To provide customers more conveniences.

(B)3. The little man does not let the author park his car unless______.

A. the author gives him some money.

B. the author parks his car exactly as he the man wishes.

C. the author goes in to the office to buy some stamps.

D. the author parks his car there only for a moment.

(D)4. Why does the author no longer need to deal with the little parking lot officer?

A. He needn’t buy stamps at all.

B. The parking lot officer will not be there because he has been sent somewhere else.

C. He has sold his car and has no car to park at all.

D. He can depend on the new and modern postal conveniences.

(D)5. From the passage, we can conclude that the parking lot officer is ______.

A. rather friendly B. very attractive

C. a little polite D. too strict with car drivers

Passage 2

People in the United States like to entertain people at home. They invite friends for a meal, a party or even a cup of tea. Sometimes, however, people use expressions that sound like an invitation, but actually are not. For example, “Please come over for a drink sometime.” In fact, it is only just a polite way of ending a conversation. It is not a real invitation, because it does not contain a specific time or date. It just shows that the person who is speaking is friendly. So when you hear what sounds like an invitation, listen carefully.

When you accept or reject an invitation, it is polite to show pleasure at receiving the invitation. When you cannot accept the invitation, it is better to offer a vague excuse, such as an appointment with a certain friend, some other work to do or a prior engagement.

(A)6. People in the U. S. love to entertain people ______.

A. at home B. at a snack bar C. in a hotel D. in a restaurant

(B)7. A real invitation must include ______.

A. a name list of all the guests B. a specific time or date

C. a menu for the dinner D. what kind of dress you should wear

(B)8. What does the speaker mean by saying “Please come over for a drink sometime.\"?

A. to invite B. to show politeness C. to entertain D. to accept

(D)9. It’s normal to show ______ when you decline an invitation.

A. disagreement B. disbelief

C. discouragement D. disappointment

(A)10. An expression sounding like an invitation is often used because it’s a good way of . A. ending a conversation B. showing friendship

C. being hospitable D. being friendly

Passage 3

Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his aim is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. The job can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any small talk to everyone’s satisfaction.

Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look round”. She will try on any number

of things. The most important thing in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always ready for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one shelf to another, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a long and hard job, but obviously one to be enjoyed. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.

(A)11. “The price is the secondary consideration” means that A. the price is not the first concern

B. the price is not important

C. the price should be overlooked

D. the prices would be considered twice.

(B)12. The first concern of a man shopper is .

A. the cheap price B. the purpose of shopping

C. the pleasure of shopping D. the way of shopping

(C)13. When women go shopping for clothes .

A. they buy what they really need.

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B. they make a plan before going shopping

C. they look for something that everyone thinks suits them

D. they only buy clothes they tried on.

(D)14. The passage tells us that .

A. women go shopping with a clear purpose in mind

B. men go shopping for pleasure

C. men and women share l lot in their way of shopping

D. men and women are very different in their way of shopping

(A)15. “It is a long and hard job, but obviously one to be enjoyed.” The word “one” in the above sentence refers to_ .

A. a woman’s way of shopping for clothes

B. a man’s way of shopping for clothes

C. a woman who is shopping for clothes

D. a man who is shopping for clothes

Passage 4

The United States is a very large country. It has many different kinds of landscapes and many different kinds of people.

In the east, the countryside is green and fresh. Here are some of the first states and some of the big cities. New York and the capital, Washington D.C., are in the east.

In the south, there is the beautiful city of New Orleans, the capital of jazz. It is sometimes hot here, and the people here are very different from those in the east.

The central plains of the United States are fertile with field of wheat and corn. And California, on the west coast, is famous as a “paradise” state.

The weather in the mid-west, near the great lakes, is often cold and windy, and there is a lot of snow in winter.

(D)16. It’s well-known that the United States has many different kinds of______.

A. landscapes B. people C. climates D. all of the above

(A)17. Some of the first states and some of the big cities are in the east, including _______.

A. Washington D.C. B. New Orleans

C. California D. Los Angeles

(C)18. New Orleans is famous for its _______.

A. ballet B. Country music C. jazz D. classic music

(B)19. Big fields of wheat and corn can be found in _______.

A. The east B. the central plaints

C. the south-west D. the south

(A)20. In the fifth paragraph, the word “paradise “means_______.

A. wonderful B. clean C. terrible D. large

Passage 5

Read the passage and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi-driver and to the truck –driver. He also spoke to a boy, tom, who was a witness. This is what they said.

Truck –driver: I was driving from the airport towards Newtown. A car ran across the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was seriously injured, but both cars were damaged.

Taxi-driver: I was driving behind a truck several miles from Newtown. The truck stopped suddenly. The driver did not give me a warning. I was driving very slowly, and I could not

catch up with the truck, and some glass cut my left hand.

Tom: I was watching the traffic about a mile from the airport. a truck was going to Newtown. It was not going very quickly. There was a taxi about two hundred feet behind the truck. It was going fast. When the truck slowed down, the taxi hit it. The taxi-driver was not looking at the truck. He was looking out of the window at something. My friend saw the accident, too.

Tom’s friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom.

(T)21. The traffic accident took place on the road from the airport to the Newtown

(F)22. Suppose what tom said was true, the accident was probably caused by the truck-driver.

(T)23. Nobody was seriously hurt in the accident.

(F)24. The taxi-driver said that he was responsible for the accident..

(T)25. Tom’s friend also told the policeman about what he had seen in the accident.

Passage 6

The cup final is still the only football match guaranteed to attract 100,000 specters to Wembley stadium every year, even though it is a great public event , as much as a game of football . I was very excited when my father managed to get two tickets for the final a few years ago, though I did not realize then that it could be the most memorable ever played.

The teams, Blackpool and Bolton wanderers, both came from the north, but almost everyone in England wanted Blackpool to win because the greatest player of his generation, Stanley Matthews, then 40 years old, was playing for them in what would surely be his last cup final. He had twice reached the final before, but each time a cup winner’s medal had eluded him.

The atmosphere before the match was traditional, but electric. The crowd sang songs for an hour, led by a conductor in the middle of the pitch. At one end there was a sea of orange, with Blackpool supporters roaring for their team: at the other, there were black and white scarves, hats and banners waving in the air for Bolton.

(A)26. The cup final______.

A. has long been considered a national show

B. used to be an important event

C. was expected to be the greatest ever played

D. was an important football match

(D)27. Stanley Matthews’ team had _____won the cup final.

A. three times B. twice C. once D. never

(B)28. Before the match,_______.

A. most people thought Blackpool was the better team

B. people favored Blackpool for sentimental reasons

C. support for the two teams was evenly divided

D. all thought Blackpool would win the match

(C)29. The supports of the two clubs were______.

A. aggressive and towards each other B. mixed up among the crowd

C. mostly separated D. fighting against each other

(D)30. The atmosphere before the match was ______but_______.

A. traditional, electricity B. tradition, electric

C. tradition, electricity D. traditional, electric

Passage 7

Read the following passage, and then give brief answers to the questions

All over the country these days, electronic mail messages are concluding with this odd little punctuation sequence :-) or one of its many variants, like :-( .

These are \"smileys,\" so-called because when you tilt your head to the left they look like little faces with a colon for eyes and a hyphen for a nose. Thus when a message ends :-) it means \"just kidding.\" If it ends :-( it means \"I'm depressed.\"

It was 20 years ago that Scott Fahlman taught the Net how to smile. The Carnegie Mellon computer scientist has devoted his professional life to artificial intelligence, the practice of teaching computers how to think like humans, but the bearded scientist is perhaps best known for a flash of inspiration that helped to define Internet culture.

By the early 1980's, the Computer Science community at Carnegie Mellon was making heavy use of online bulletin boards. A good many of the posts were humorous. The problem was that if someone made a joke, a few readers would fail to get it. This problem caused some people to suggest (only half seriously) that maybe it would be a good idea to explicitly mark posts that were not to be taken seriously. After all, when using text-based online communication, we lack the body language or tone-of-voice cues that convey this information when we talk in person or on the phone.

31. What do the punctuation sequences :-) and :-( mean?

:-) means just kidding; :-( means I’m depressed.

()32. Who is Scott Fahlman?

He is a computer scientist in Carnegie Mellon.

()33. What is artificial intelligence?

It is the practice of teaching computers how to think like humans.

()34. What happened to the posts sometimes when a joke was made in them?

A few readers would fail to get the joke.

()35. What is the difference between text-based online communication and talking in person or on the phone?

The text-based online communication lack the body language or tone –of- voice cues that convey this information.

Passage 8

Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

On the fourth Thursday in November, in houses around United states ,families get together for a feast, or a large meal. Almost all families eat turkey and cranberry sauce for this meal, and have pumpkin pie for dessert. This feast is part of a very special day, the holiday of thanksgiving.

In 1620 the pilgrims made a difficult trip across the ocean from England. They landed in what is now Massachusetts. In England the pilgrims had not been allowed to freely practice their religion. So they went to the new world in search of religious freedom.

The pilgrims’ first winter was very hard. Almost half the group died of cold, hunger, and disease. But the Indians of Massachusetts taught the pilgrims to plant corn, to hunt, and to

fish. When the next fall came, the pilgrims had plenty of food. They invited the Indians to join them. This was the first thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving became a national holiday many years later because of a woman named Sarah hale. For forty years Sarah hale wrote to each president and asked for a holiday for thanksgiving. At last she was successful. In 1863 president Lincoln declared thanksgiving a holiday.

How much is thanksgiving today like the pilgrims ‘thanksgiving? in many ways they are different .for example, historians think that the pilgrims ate deer , not turkey. The idea of thanksgiving, though, is very much the same: thanksgiving is a day on which people celebrate and give thanks.

(F)36. thanksgiving falls on the first Thursday of November.

(F)37. in 1620, after a long trip , the pilgrims finally landed in a place called Massachusetts.

(T)38. the pilgrims went to the new world in order to freely practice their religious beliefs.

(T)39. many pilgrims died because of cold, hunger, and disease during their first winter in America.

(F)40. the pilgrims managed to gather in a good harvest through their own efforts .

(T)41. the pilgrims held a feast to thank god for his blessings, thus the first thanksgiving came into being.

(T)42. it was not until 1863 that thanksgiving became a national holiday.

(T)43. thanksgiving today is different from the pilgrims from the pilgrims’ thanksgiving in many ways although it has kept its original name.

(F)44. thanksgiving became a national holiday because of a man.

(T)45. historians think that the pilgrims ate deer ,not turkey.

Passage 9

People often greet each other with “Hello” or “Hi”. Other forms of greetings are “Good morning”, “Good afternoon”, or “Good evening” according to different times of the day. When talking with foreign friends, we should pay attention to their social conventions(习俗). For example, we should not ask people questions about their private activities. So we may talk about the weather, sports or show our concern about their children.

In general introductions, a man is usually introduced to a woman, and the young are introduced to the old. The titles of Miss, Mrs. Professor, or Doctor etc. Can be used with the surname. Newly acquainted(相识的) people will shake hands and greet each other with “How do you do” or “I’m glad to meet you”.

（B）46. When people are introduced for the first time, they usually greet each other with _______.

a. “How are you?” b. “How do you do?”

c. “Nice to see you again” d. “Good morning.”

（D）47. People usually greet each other with all of the following except _______.

a. Good morning! b. I’m glad to meet you!

c. How are you? d. Good night.

（C）48. We usually reply to “How do you do” with _______.

a. Hello. b. How are you?

c. How do you do? d. I’m fine, thank you.

（D）49. When we talk with native speakers of English, we should not ask them the question “_______”

a. How are you? b. What do you think of the football match?

c. Do you like the weather here? d. Are you married?

（A）50. Newly acquainted people usually _____ besides the greeting of “How do you do?”

a. shake hands b. nod head

c. kiss each other d. smile at each other

Passage 10

Taken for a Ride

I love traveling in the countryside, but I don't like losing my way. I went on a trip recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected.

\"I'm going to Wood ford Green,\" I said to the conductor as I got on the bus,

\"but I don't know where it is.\"

\"I'll tell you where to get off,\" answered the conductor.

I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking around, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus. \"

\"You'll have to get off here,\" the conductor said. \"This is as far as we go.\"

\"Is this Wood ford Green?\" I asked.

\"Oh, dear,\" said the conductor suddenly. \"I forgot to put you off.\"

\"It doesn't matter,\" I said. \"I'll get off here.\"

\"We are going back now, \"said the conductor.

\"Well, in that case. I would prefer to stay on the bus,\" I answered.

（C）51. The author sat in the front of the bus because he ______ .

a. didn’t know where his destination was

b. wanted to see where he should get off the bus

c. wanted to enjoy the beautiful scenery

d. always sat there when he traveled

（D）52. He traveled by _____.

a. his own car b. train c. bike d. bus

（B）53. The author finally _____.

a. reached his destination b. missed his destination

c. enjoyed himself d. got very angry

（A）54. He _____ when the bus stopped.

a. was the only passenger

b. was enjoying himself in Woodford Green

c. was sleeping

d. none of the above

（B）55. When he heard the bus was going back, the author decided to _____.

a. get off the bus

b. remain on the bus

c. give up his trip

d. return to the starting place

Passage 11

Because there are so many different nationalities in America, visitors can find almost any kind of restaurant in most of the large cities. The telephone book lists restaurants for each city according to the name, area of the city, or kind of food. Restaurants in large cities vary greatly in price. Many restaurants post their menus in the window so you can

Have some idea of the price and kind of food before you enter. If the menu is not posted, and you are uncertain about how expensive the place is, ask to see a menu before you are seated at a table, or else just ask about the price range. Appearances from the outside can be misleading----what looks like a small, informal restaurant may really be very expensive, and what looks a large, expensive restaurant may be very reasonable.

You can get a meal for about $4 or $5 or slightly more if you eat in snack bars or coffee shops, but in most city restaurants you should expect to pay $8 or $ 10 a person for dinner, with alcoholic drinks and wine extra. Prices in New York City are even higher.

（D）56．Restaurants for each city are listed in the telephone book according to the ______.

A. area of the city B. name of the restaurant

C. kind of food D. any of the above

（A）57. Where is the menu posted in many restaurants?

A. In the window. B. On the door of the restaurants.

C. On the tables. D. In the front of the restaurants.

（D）58. To let people get some idea of _____, many restaurants have their menu posted in the window.

A. the price. B. The kind of food.

C. The kind of restaurant. D. Both a and b.

（D）59. If you are not sure about the prices of the restaurants, what should you do?

A. Ask to see a menu before you sit down at a table.

B. Ask to post a menu in the window.

C. Just ask the price range.

D. Either a or c.

（D）60. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Prices in New York City are even higher.

B. Visitors can find almost any kind of restaurant in most of the large city.

C. Appearances of the restaurants from the outside can give you some wrong idea.

D. Restaurants in big cities vary greatly in price.

Passage 12

Uncle Wang works in a book shop in the middle of the city. The shop is not far from his home. It is about one kilometer away. So Uncle Wang seldom(很少)goes to work by bus. He usually goes there by bike, sometimes on foot. It takes (花费) him twenty minutes to get there by bike and forty minutes on foot. Today his bike is broken. He wants to walk there. Now he is having breakfast. He leaves home at ten minutes to eight and he walks to work twenty minutes earlier. His work starts at half past eight in the morning and finishes at a quarter to five in the afternoon.

（A）61. What does Uncle Wang do?

a. He sells books. b. He grows flowers.

c. He makes shoes. d. He works in a hospital.

（B）62. Why does he seldom go to work by bus? Because .

a. there is no bus b. his shop is not far from his home

c. he likes riding a bike d. his shop isn't in the middle of the city

（B）63. How long does it take him to walk to his book shop?

a. Twenty minutes b. Forty minutes

c. Ten minutes d. Half an hour

（D）. What time does he usually leave home by bike?

a. At ten minutes to eight b. At half past eight

c. At ten minutes past eight d. At twenty minutes past eight

（A）65. He usually gets back home from work at ______ in the afternoon.

a. 4:45 b. 5:15 c. 4:55 d. 5:05

Passage 13

Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown worked in the same office. One day Mr. Jones said to Mr. Brown, “We are going to give a small party at our house next Wednesday evening. Will you and your wife come?”

Mr. Brown said, “Thank you very much. That’s very kind of you. We are free that evening, I think, but I will telephone my wife and ask if she wants to go.”

So Mr. Brown went to the other room and telephoned. When he came back, he looked very surprised. “What’s the matter?” said Mr. Jones, “Did you speak to your wife?”

“No,” answered Mr. Brown, “She wasn’t there. My little son answered the phone.

I said to him, ‘Is your mother there, David?’ And he answered, ‘No, she is not in the house.’ ‘Where is she then?’ ‘She is somewhere outside.’ ‘What’s she doing?’ ‘She is looking for me.’”

（C）66. The office has ______.

a. only one room b. many rooms

c. two rooms d. no rooms

（C）67. Mr. Jones invited ______to the party.

a. nobody b. Mr. Brown only

c. Mr. Brown and his wife d. all of his colleagues

（B）68. Mr. Brown ______ whether his wife could come.

a. knew b. did not know c. was told d. asked

（D）69. Mr. Brown’s little son answered the phone because ______.

a. his wife was at work b. his wife was too busy

c. his wife didn’t like to d. his wife was out

（A）70. Hearing his son’s answer, Mr. Brown felt ______ .

a. surprised b. glad c. sorry d. angry

Passage 14

An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.

“My money has finished and my friends have gone,” said the young man. “What will happen to me now?”

“Don't worry, young man,” answered Nasreddin. “Everything will soon be all right again. Wait and you will soon feel much happier.”

The young man was very glad. “Am I going to get rich again then?” he asked Nasreddin.

“No, I didn't mean that,\" said the old man.” I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends.\"

(C)71. An old man died and left his son_______.

a. nothing b. some gold c. much money d. only a house

(D)72. When the son was________, he went to see Nasreddin.

a. short of money b. quite poor and sick

c. in trouble d. quite poor and alone

(B)73. The young man was very glad because Nasreddin a. he would become rich again

b. he would soon feel much happier

c. he would become clever

d. he would have more friends

(B)74. Nasreddin meant the young man______.

said that________.

a. would get rich again

b. would get used to having nothing

c. would get used to being in trouble

d. would get out of poorness

(D)75. What this story tells us is________.

a. that money is everything

b. that money makes the mare go

c. to save each penny

d. that misfortune tests the sincerity of friends

Passage 15

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, \"I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there.\" \"Where are you going to stay there?\" his wife asked. \"I don't know yet.\" Dick answered. \"Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报),\" his wife said. \"All right,\" Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his

hotel in it.

In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, \"Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner.\"

He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, \"Where do you want to go?\" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.

\"Which hotel are my things in?\" he said, \"And what am I going to do tonight?\" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, \"Please send me my address at this post office.\"

(B)76. Dick flew to New York because ___.

A. he went there for a holiday B. he had work there

C. he went there for sightseeing (观光) D. his home was there

(A)77. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

A. Because she didn't know his address yet

B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too

C. Because she might send him another telegram

D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York

(B)78. Where did Dick stay in New York?

A. In the center of the city. B. In a hotel.

C. In a restaurant. D. At his friend's house.

(D)79. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

A. The manager (经理) of his hotel. B. The police office.

C. The taxi driver. D. His wife.

(C)80. Which of the following is not true?

A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.

B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.

C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.

D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.