新视野大学英语答案

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Part 1 Short dialogs and multiple choice questions

1. A. He does not like what the woman bought.

B. He does not remember the price of the shirt.

C. He does not remember in which shop the shirt was.

D. He remembers only the woman's phone number.

2. A. She did not take the shopping list along with her.

B. She did not write a shipping list.

C. She does not want to shop in a crowded supermarket.

D. She wants to finish shopping quickly.

3. A. He has lost his memory completely.

B. He has lost his sight.

C. He drank heavily last night.

D. He danced until after midnight.

4. A. He remembers his life in primary school.

B. He remembers his life in his nursery.

C. He remembers his life in primary school but not that in the nursery.

D. He remembers his life in both primary school and the nursery.

5. A. He has a bad memory.

B. The woman has a bad memory.

C. The couple have forgotten to bring their keys.

D. The couple are blaming each other for forgetting the keys.

Part 2 Short passages and multiple-choice questions

6. How long is it the man and woman haven't seen each other?

A. a couple years.

B. several years.

C. quite a few years.

D. less than 10 years.

7. How did the man find the woman in the Math class?

A. The best in the class.

B. At the bottom of the class.

C. A mystery because nobody knew where she came from.

D. Able to solve easy problems but not difficult problems.

8. How did the woman find the man in the English Writing class?

A. He was weak in writing.

B. He was strong in writing.

C. He often read his compositions to his classmates.

D. He sometimes posted his compositions on the walls.

9. What do we know from the conversation?

A. Alice did not play table tennis in school.

B. Ed did not hate the drama class.

C. The woman played an instrument.

D. The man played in the school band.

10. What do we learn about the man and the woman from the conversation?

A. The man has a good memory while the woman has a bad memory.

B. The man has a bad memory while the woman has a good memory.

C. Both the man and woman have a bad memory.

D. Both the man and woman have a good memory.

Part 3 Vocabulary and Structure

11. The big sign on the back of my door that says "keys" is to ______________ my keys when I go out.

A. remind me of taking

B. remind me to take

C. memorize me to take

D. memorize me of taking

12. I wish I was like David. He has a ______________ memory, you know. How useful that would be!

A. photo

B. photograph

C. photographic

D. photography

13. I read an article in a scientific journal that linked studying with ______________, based on recent research into the brain.

A. remembering

B. reminding

C. remind

D. memorize

14. You’d better write down my instruc tions because I know your memory is ______________.

A. dropping

B. falling

C. failing

D. flunking

15. ______________, you should use your memory as much as possible.

A. To put it simply

B. To put it simple

C. To take it simple

D. To make it simply

16. While reading the numerous advertisements, don’t try to ______________ everything that catches your attention; focus on what you consider important.

A. memory

B. memorize

C. remind

D. recite

17. An 80-year-old couple was having problems ______________ things, so they decided to go to their doctor to make sure nothing was wrong with them.

A. to remember

B. to have remembered

C. for remembering

D. remembering

18. Here are some factors they believe to be important in ______________ memory capacity.

A. raising

B. rising

C. expanding

D. inflating

19. Lack of water in the body has an immediate and deep effect ______________ memory.

A. on

B. in

C. to

D. with

20. Lack of sleep would make one feel exhausted and would weaken one's ability to concentrate. Also one's ability to store information would ______________.

A. be effected

B. be affected

C. have an influence

D. get an influence

21. "Have you chosen your ___________ for next term yet? Are you taking French writing again?" "Yes I am, but it's compulsory for us next term."

A. elections

B. elects

C. electives

D. selections

22. Although the teacher expects a lot, I believe I can ___________ everyone else in the class.

A. keep up with

B. keep forth with

C. keep up on

D. keep forward on

23. The student discovered having fun was expensive, and he was rapidly ___________ money.

A. running short

B. running out of

C. running from

D. running over

24. Seeing his wife was going to give the son so much money, the husband yelled, "You're ___________ . He'll just spend it all in a couple of weeks.

A. from your mind

B. away from your mind

C. out your mind

D. out of your mind

25. Once the books are open or the computer is turned on, phone calls ___________ unanswered.

A. go

B. come

C. turn

D. leave

26. What's your group like for this statistics ___________? Mine's terrible. Two members in my group do not pull their weight.

A. present

B. presenting

C. presented

D. presentation

27. All students agreed ___________ the need for consistency. They maintained a certain period of time every day for studying.

A. with

B. to

C. on

D. for

28. Educators often exert a lot of pressure on students to be as ___________ as possible.

A. well-rounding

B. well-rounded

C. all-round

D. good-rounded

29. One thing that disturbs me is that the so-called weak students are separated ___________ the rest of the school.

A. with

B. away

C. from

D. to

30. The professor agreed that the four students could ___________ the final the following day.

A. make

B. make up

C. make up from

D. make through

31. Amy, sit down, we need to talk. Your mother and I are going to ________________.

A. separate

B. separate with each other

C. divorce ourselves

D. divorce with each other

32. So you're still single? If you ________________ to me and used the Internet, you'd have a husband by now.

A. listen

B. have listen

C. have listened

D. had listened

33. I ________________ an online ad that read “Husband Wanted.”

A. put

B. posted

C. positioned

D. pressed

34. I do have a right ________________ stability for my children and myself, don't I?

A. in

B. for

C. to

D. at

35. Do you yell at him and call ________________?

A. him names

B. his names

C. him name

D. his naming

36. She seemed perfectly ________________ that arrangement.

A. content for

B. content with

C. contented with

D. contended at

37. ________________ the psychological pressure, I thought about remarriage.

A. In

B. With

C. Under

D. Through

38. Remarriage was the ________________ word I'd consider for two years after my divorce. I had heard about the high rate of remarriage failures.

A. final

B. eventual

C. lasting

D. last

39. As time ________________, my son gradually grew up, and he became conscious of my loneliness and anxiety.

A. went by

B. went past

C. passed over

D. passed through

40. ________________ he said this, I ignored him.

A. In the first time

B. The first time

C. The first time when

D. At the first time when

41. Did you pick up the paper for me today? I really want to check the job _____________.

A. emptiness

B. empties

C. vacant

D. vacancies

42. You don't have enough experience or qualifications for this role. What makes you believe you could _____________ the position?

A. handle

B. handle with

C. deal

D. cope

43. A good resume should list your experience in (the) _____________ chronological order.

A. back

B. reverse

C. diverse

D. overturned

44. I would feel proud to work for a company like this and to contribute a great deal _____________ its success.

A. in

B. at

C. to

D. for

45. The young student can understand so much of the world. He seems very mature

_____________ his age.

A. in

B. for

C. with

D. at

46. The manager's answer took the Irishman _____________. He simply couldn't believe it.

A. in amazement

B. by astonishing

C. by surprise

D. in surprise

47. Put statements in your resume _____________ importance and relevance to the job you want.

A. in order of

B. in the order of

C. in order to

D. in order with

48. You have to work out what you need to take with you: A copy of your CV, originals of your qualification papers, samples of your work, _____________, and anything else that they may want to see.

A. if applicable

B. if applied

C. when apply

D. if applicant

49. I'm looking forward to _____________ more involved in dealing with customers directly and learning their needs

A. get

B. doing

C. be

D. being

50. Your resume is usually the first impression an employer has _____________ you.

A. on

B. in

C. of

D. at

51. We're upgrading all our staff equipment, and we'll need 50 laptops _______________ the 1st of next month.

A. as of

B. as on

C. in

D. since

52. We ordered 50 laptops from your company, but on the invoice I see there's an extra charge for shipping. I thought shipping was included in the _______________.

A. report

B. demand

C. invoice

D. quote

53. This was a time-sensitive document! There's no _______________ in delivering it three hours late!

A. place

B. point

C. circle

D. mean

54. We want to keep our clients happy, and unfortunately we've _______________ this time.

A. dropped short

B. dropped long

C. fallen short

D. fallen long

55. I can't wait to get some of my own business leads. You know, start making new _______________.

A. connections

B. combinations

C. relations

D. ties

56. Let's _______________ so we can cover more ground.

A. split down

B. split up

C. break down

D. break up

57. If you distribute those brochures at the party, you'll look like _______________.

A. a black hand

B. a white hand

C. a red hand

D. a green hand

58. You have to consider the location when _______________ a business.

A. starting for

B. beginning on

C. launching

D. throwing

59. You have to keep in mind a few things when _______________ a place to open your business.

A. deciding

B. deciding for

C. deciding at

D. deciding on

60. I've summarized the results the survey on leisure sporting activities in the handouts, _______________ by consumer age groups and sporting activities.

A. broken down

B. broken up

C. divided in

D. classified in

61. Based on your market survey, I think we should consider ___________ the 18 to 26 year-old age group more in the future.

A. targeting to

B. targeting

C. aiming to

D. aiming in

62. The 46 to 55 group is becoming more concerned about _________.

A. keeping health

B. remaining fitting

C. staying fit

D. staying health

63. Believe me, I'll never again be a slave ____________ smoking.

A. at

B. in

C. to

D. with

64. It's the local “youth” throwing firecrackers. Don't go out. They're likely to throw one ____________ you if you bother them.

A. to

B. at

C. for

D. through

65. The beggars really ____________. I can't help but feel sorry for them. They look so miserable.

A. get to me

B. get in me

C. make to me

D. make in me

66. Someone must've made a copy of your credit card. You'll have to cancel it at once and get a new one. Hopefully, the bank will ____________ the damage.

A. include

B. embrace

C. cover

D. pay with

67. My accountant is preparing my income tax ____________, and I need to go over some of the receipts with her.

A. turn

B. return

C. pay

D. report

68. The government just squanders our ____________tax money on some unnecessary projects

A. hard-earned

B. hardly-earned

C. hard-earning

D. hardly-earning

69. Most people would rather work than ____________ charity,

A. receive

B. to receive

C. receiving

D. to be received

70. "Well, I only ____________ sure things," said the professional gambler.

A. bet

B. bet on

C. bet at

D. bet in

71. The bartender thought the gambler must be drunk now. So he said, "Okay, you're ____________."

A. up

B. down

C. in

D. back

72. New research shows teens can get ____________ on nicotine more quickly than adults

A. attracted

B. attached

C. hooked

D. booked

73. The Chinese government has been encouraging people to plant trees along the edges of the Gobi Desert. Now those trees act as wind _______________.

A. bars

B. barriers

C. prevention

D. destruction

74. Government organizations are helping people to dispose safely _______________ old refrigerators or, in the case of cars, to upgrade their air conditioning.

A. away

B. off

C. of

D. out of

75. In 2003 the hole in the ozone layer shrank by 20 percent, so there's no reason _______________.

A. to panic

B. to get panic

C. to be panic

D. panicking

76. The students are more aware of all the environmental problems that are _______________.

A. happening on

B. getting along

C. getting on

D. going on

77. If people throw cigarette butts on the floor, they should _______________.

A. fine

B. be fine

C. be fined

D. get fine

78. ________ its largest this year, the ozone hole covered more than 15 million square kilometers.

A. In

B. At

C. For

D. With

79. The chemicals were restricted _______________ an international agreement called the Montreal Protocol in 1987.

A. under

B. below

C. to

D. over

80. China has already __________ some remarkable steps to reduce damage to the environment.

A. posed

B. gone

C. got

D. taken

81. A thick cloud of pollution covering southern Asia is damaging agriculture and affecting rainfall _______________.

A. extents

B. ranges

C. degrees

D. levels

82. A lot of clubs promote environmental safety, and some TV programs do too. They talk about environmental safety and _______________.

A. thing like that

B. stuff like that

C. such stiff

D. such thing

一、Reading Comprehension 阅读理解(4小题,共40.0分)

(10分)[1]

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.

Eye contact is a nonverbal technique that helps the speaker “sell”his or her ideas to an audience. Besides its persuasive powers, eye contact helps hold listener interest. A successful speaker must maintain eye contact with an audience. To have good rapport (关系) with listeners, a speaker should maintain direct eye contact for at least 75 percent of the time. Some speakers focus exclusively on their notes. Others gaze over the heads of their listeners. Both are likely to lose audience interest and esteem. People who maintain eye contact while speaking, whether from a podium (演讲台) or from across the table, are “regarded not only as exceptionally well-disposed by their target but also as more believable and earnest.”

To show the potency of eye contact in daily life, we have only to consider how passers-by behave when their glances happen to meet on the street. At one extreme are those who feel awkward and immediately look away. To make eye contact, it seems, is to make a certain link with someone. Eye contact with an audience also lets a speaker know and monitor the listeners. It is, in fact, essential for analyzing an audience during a speech. Visual cues (暗示) from audience members can indicate that a speech is dragging, that the speaker is dwelling on a particular point for too long, or that a particular point requires further explanation. As we have pointed out, visual feedback from listeners should play an important role in shaping a speech as it is delivered.

1. This passage is mainly concerned with _______.

A、the importance of eye contact

B、the potency of nonverbal techniques

C、successful speech delivery

D、an effective way to gain visual feedbacks

2. According to the passage, a good speaker must _______.

A、“sell”his or her ideas to an audience

B、maintain direct eye contact with listeners

C、be very persuasive and believable

D、be exceptionally well-disposed

3. The word “target”in the last sentence of the first paragraph can best be replaced by _______

A、“destination”

B、“goal”

C、“audience”

D、“followers”

4. In daily life, when the glances of two passers-by happen to meet, these two persons will inevitably _____.

A、smile to each other

B、feel awkward and look away immediately

C、try to make a conversation with each other

D、none of the above

5. Eye contact with an audience, according to the author, has all the following benefits for the speaker EXCEPT that it doesn’t help the speaker ______.

A、to control the audience

B、to gain audience interest and esteem

C、to know whether he is talking too much about a certain point

D、to analyze his audience when he is beginning his speech

(10分)[2]

Directions: Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.

Personal computers and the Internet (互联网) give people new choices about how to spend their time. Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members, but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. I know this from personal experience. E-mail (电子邮件) makes it easy to work at home, which is where I now spend most weekends and evenings. My working hours aren't automatically much shorter than they once were, but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if she'd been born before electronic (电子的) mail became such a practical tool.

The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. Say you do something fun - see a great film, perhaps - and there are four or five friends who might want to hear about it. If you call each one, you may tire of telling the story. With e-mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience (方便), and address it to all the friends you think might be interesteD、They can read your message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. They can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience. E-mail is also an inexpensive way to stay in close touch with people who live far away.

More than a few parents use e-mail to keep in touch, even daily touch, with their children off at college. We just have to keep in mind that computers and the Internet offer another way of staying in touch. They don't eliminate (排除) any of the old ways.

1. The purpose of this passage is to ________.

A、explain how to use the Internet

B、describe the writer's joy of keeping up with new technology

C、tell the merits and usefulness of the Internet

D、introduce the reader to basic knowledge about personal computers and the Internet

2. The use of e-mail has made it possible for the writer to ________.

A、spend less time working

B、have more free time with his child

C、work at home on weekends

D、work at a speed comfortable to him

3. According to the writer, e-mail has a clear advantage over the telephone because e-mail helps one _______.

A、reach a group of people at one time conveniently

B、keep one's communication as personal as possible

C、pass on much more information than the telephone

D、get in touch with one's friends faster than the telephone

4. The passage discussed all the following elements of e-mail EXCEPT _______.

A、its cost

B、the way of writing

C、the saving of time

D、its easy and convenient use

5. The best subject for this passage is ________.

A、Computers: New Technological Advances

B、Internet: A New Tool to Make Friends

C、Computers Have Made Life Easier

D、Internet: A Convenient Tool for Communication

(10分)[3]

Questions 1---5 are based on the following passage:

More than one-sixth of the American working –age population ---- close to 27 million people --- do not owe allegiance(效忠) to a single employer. According to Link Resources, the number will have risen to 36.5 million by the year 2001.

These people work mainly from home, selling their skills in the open marketplace. What is new is that it will influence social classes and it promises to redefine the nature of work in the 21st century.

Terri Lonier's business, Working Solo Inc., offers advice to people who wish to go it alone and to big businesses eager to make use of those with skills. Lonier works in the Hudson Valley, 70 miles north of New York. She reaches her followers through her web site (www. Workingsolo. com) and has clients (客户) all over America, most of them a continent away in California's Silicon Valley. She says that the new working culture began to develop fast in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when personal computers became affordable to large groups of people.

The age of the computer has come with the period of big business downsizing and a growing concern about the quality of people's lives. A good example is a Hollywood film Jerry Maguire. Dissatisfied with the inefficiency of his job, Maguire lectures his bosses on the importance of honesty and quality. However, Maguire is fired, but he rebuilds his life as a self-governed sports representative, discovering that the escape from the control of the company was the necessary first step towards greater happiness.

“This has happened very quietly. Traditional jobs will not be the only way we organize work in the future; soon they may not even be the most common way.”

1. What is the best title of this passage?

A、Terri Lonier's Mission.

B、Tom Cruise's Sports Company

C、A New Working Revolution.

D、A New Definition of Working.

2. According to the passage, who are those who don't owe allegiance to a single employer?

A、Those who aren't satisfied with their employers.

B、Those who have a web site.

C、Those who work under pressure.

D、Those who have a saleable skill.

3. What's the business of Terri's Working Solo Inc.?

A、Offer advice to individuals who wish to go it alone.

B、Offer advice to any business which is eager to employ self-governed employees with skills.

C、Offer advice to businesses in California's Silicon Valley.

D、Both A and B.

4. According to Terri Lonier, the emerging style of work is mainly conditioned on ________.

A、downsizing big business

B、people’s great desire to escape from traditional way of working for a change

C、people’s dissatisfaction with the inefficiency of work

D、the widespread of personal computer

5. The new working culture can provide all of the following benefits for the employees EXCEPT __________.

A、the improvement of the quality of their life

B、flexible working time

C、the possibility of leading a self-sufficient life

D、easy access to their own affairs

(10分)[4]

Questions 1---5 are based on the following passage:

A few thousand years ago, people lived about thirty years. From their point of view, we have already extended our lives to an amazing degree. However, from where we stand today, we can see that we still have a long way to go. Some people still die in their 40’s from cancer, heart attack, stroke, and infections. This is tragic, and frustrating. Today's medicine is only somewhat able to deal with these and other conditions -- and it has scarcely started to attack the problem of aging. But we can see light at the end of the tunnel.

Fifty years from now, what causes of death will be preventable? That depends largely on the technology we will have available, so let's start by projecting some technology tendencies. Gene sequencing and identification will be as easy as a blood sugar test. Medical devices such as artificial hearts and insulin(胰岛素) pumps will be implantable (可植入的) and well-integrated with the body's natural demands. Surgical(外科的) instruments will be more delicate and less destructive; what today is “major surgery”will be done with an office visit. Computers will be millions of times faster than today's machines. Last but not least, we will probably have the ability to build strong, useful, complex machines out of individual atoms. This is called “nanotechnology”(纳米技术) or simply “nanotech”, and it will make us healthier in several important ways.

Can we expect technology to solve all our medical problems? With the following explanations, it will become clear that nanotech can solve most or all of the medical problems that might keep us from being in good health, thus allowing us to remain in a state of good health for many decades or even centuries.

1. According to the first paragraph, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A、We have a bright future in dealing with aging problem.

B、Modern people have a surprisingly longer life span than ancient people

C、Modern people should take credit for having developed medicine to conquer such life-threatening diseases as cancer or heart attack.

D、The problem of aging seems to present more questions than answers

2. How many technology trends have been mentioned here?

A、3

B、4

C、5

D、6

3. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to paragraph 2?

A、Some man-made medical devices can work well with natural body organs.

B、Nanotech has found a wide application in guaranteeing a healthier life.

C、Technology possessed by human beings plays a dominant role in preventing certain deaths.

D、Thanks to technology, gene identification can be done with ease.

4. Where is this passage most likely to be taken from?

A、A magazine for nanotech specialists.

B、A front page of a newspaper.

C、A special government report.

D、A magazine with a general readership.

5. What will this passage probably discuss next?

A、Nanotech and human health.

B、Conditions of good health.

C、Different medical problems.

D、Other technology tendencies.

答案部分，(卷面共有4题,40.0分,各大题标有题量和总分)

一、Reading Comprehension 阅读理解(4小题,共40.0分)

(10分)[1]答案1. A、2. B、3. C、4. D、5. D

(10分)[2]答案C|B|A|B|D

(10分)[3]答案C|D|D|D|C

(10分)[4]答案C|C|B|D|A

一、Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.

When I was in 7th grade, I had a lot of trouble reading. My mother used to sit by my side, and explain each paragraph of each school reading assignment to me because I didn't understand what I was reading. She would have to read each paragraph to me, and then after each paragraph, she told me the general meaning of what we just reaD、In class, I tried to hide the fact that I couldn't reaD、My teachers gave us the last 10 minutes of class to start our reading homework, and I would sit there for the last ten minutes of class staring at the page, pretending I was reading it.

I remember a terrible feeling of not wanting to get into trouble for not being able to understanD、I had to wait until I got home so my mother could explain it to me. How did I ever get into Cornell University? By eighth grade I started understanding a little on my own, but I was reading at a very slow speeD、In eighth grade, I got hold of all the speed reading books I could get my hands on. I read them all very slowly at the time.

I even went out and took a course on speed-reading. Then I developed my own way which was easier and produced quicker results. I started practicing these techniques every day, and as I started to read faster, my understanding increaseD、I found that I stopped daydreaming and thinking about other things while I was reading, and started getting the larger meaning. I was reading faster and comprehending better. I found that when you read slowly, word by word, you get lost in the words, lose the bigger picture, and your comprehension drops. When you read faster, your comprehension goes up because instead of getting lost in the words, you see the general picture. (317 words)

1、The main difficulty the writer had in reading in her 7th grade was that __________.

A、she often forgot her school reading assignments

B、she had difficulty reading with comprehension

C、she had a poor vocabulary and very bad grammar

D、she always looked elsewhere when asked to read

2. The writer would pretend to be reading in the last 10 minutes of class because __________.

A、she was afraid of being found out

B、the reading class was terrible

C、she had to do what others were doing

D、her mother told her to do so

3. The writer's reading ability improved a great deal mainly because ________.

A、she entered Cornell University.

B、she took a course on speed reading

C、her mother managed to help her out

D、she developed her own way of reading

4. From her own experience, the writer found that ________.

A、one's comprehension drops if one reads too slowly

B、in order to understand better, one has to read slowly

C、one does not pay enough attention to information if one reads fast

D、many people read fast in order to save time

5. After reading this passage, we think that the writer wrote the passage in order to ______.

A、prove to readers the importance of higher education

B、tell a story in honor of her mother

C、give a detailed description of different reading skills

D、prove the importance of fast reading

[答案]B|A|D|A|D

二、Reading Comprehension 阅读理解(2小题,共20.0分)

When I was in 7th grade, I had a lot of trouble reading. My mother used to sit by my side, and explain each paragraph of each school reading assignment to me because I didn't understand what I was reading. She would have to read each paragraph to me, and then after each paragraph, she told me the general meaning of what we just reaD、In class, I tried to hide the fact that I couldn't reaD、My teachers gave us the last 10 minutes of class to start our reading homework, and I would sit there for the last ten minutes of class staring at the page, pretending I was reading it.

I remember a terrible feeling of not wanting to get into trouble for not being able to understanD、I had to wait until I got home so my mother could explain it to me. How did I ever get into Cornell University? By eighth grade I started understanding a little on my own, but I was reading at a very slow speeD、In eighth grade, I got hold of all the speed reading books I could get my hands on. I read them all very slowly at the time. I even went out and took a course on speed-reading. Then I developed my own way which was easier and produced quicker results. I started practicing these techniques every day, and as I started to read faster, my understanding increaseD、I found that I stopped daydreaming and thinking about other things while I was reading, and started getting the larger meaning. I was reading faster and comprehending better. I found that when you read slowly, word by word, you get lost in the words, lose the bigger picture, and your comprehension drops. When you read faster, your comprehension goes up because instead of getting lost in the words, you see the general picture. (317 words)

1. The main difficulty the writer had in reading in her 7th grade was that __________.

A、she often forgot her school reading assignments

B、she had difficulty reading with comprehension

C、she had a poor vocabulary and very bad grammar

D、she always looked elsewhere when asked to read

2. The writer would pretend to be reading in the last 10 minutes of class because __________.

A、she was afraid of being found out

B、the reading class was terrible

C、she had to do what others were doing

D、her mother told her to do so

3. The writer's reading ability improved a great deal mainly because ________.

A、she entered Cornell University.

B、she took a course on speed reading

C、her mother managed to help her out

D、she developed her own way of reading

4. From her own experience, the writer found that ________.

A、one's comprehension drops if one reads too slowly

B、in order to understand better, one has to read slowly

C、one does not pay enough attention to information if one reads fast

D、many people read fast in order to save time

5. After reading this passage, we think that the writer wrote the passage in order to ______.

A、prove to readers the importance of higher education

B、tell a story in honor of her mother

C、give a detailed description of different reading skills

D、prove the importance of fast reading

2、Personal computers and the Internet (互联网) give people new choices about how to spend their time. Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members, but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. I know this from personal experience. E-mail (电子邮件) makes it easy to work at home, which is where I now spend most weekends and evenings. My working hours aren't automatically much shorter than they once were, but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if she'd been born before electronic (电子的) mail became such a practical tool.

The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. Say you do something fun - see a great film, perhaps - and there are four or five friends who might want to hear about it. If you call each one, you may tire of telling the story. With e-mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience (方便), and address it to all the friends you think might be interesteD、They can read your message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. They can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience. E-mail is also an inexpensive way to stay in close touch with people who live far away.

More than a few parents use e-mail to keep in touch, even daily touch, with their children off at college. We just have to keep in mind that computers and the Internet offer another way of staying in touch. They don't eliminate (排除) any of the old ways.

1. The purpose of this passage is to ________.

A、explain how to use the Internet

B、describe the writer's joy of keeping up with new technology

C、tell the merits and usefulness of the Internet

D、introduce the reader to basic knowledge about personal computers and the Internet

2. The use of e-mail has made it possible for the writer to ________.

A、spend less time working

B、have more free time with his child

C、work at home on weekends

D、work at a speed comfortable to him

3. According to the writer, e-mail has a clear advantage over the telephone because e-mail helps one _______.

A、reach a group of people at one time conveniently

B、keep one's communication as personal as possible

C、pass on much more information than the telephone

D、get in touch with one's friends faster than the telephone

4. The passage discussed all the following elements of e-mail EXCEPT _______.

A、its cost

B、the way of writing

C、the saving of time

D、its easy and convenient use

5. The best subject for this passage is ________.

A、Computers: New Technological Advances

B、Internet: A New Tool to Make Friends

C、Computers Have Made Life Easier

D、Internet: A Convenient Tool for Communication

二、Reading Comprehension 阅读理解(2小题,共20.0分)

(10分)[1][答案] B|A|D|A|D

(10分)[2][答案] C|B|A|B|D