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10. A) The whole house was moving.B) The path in front of the door disappeared.C) All the cows had escaped.D) Nothing was in the right place any more.Section CDirections: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. Both the passage andthe questions will be read two times. When you hear a question, you shouldcomplete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase (in no more than 3words).11. What problem do many young people today have?They have problems __________________.12. What is the percentage of jobless young people one year after graduation?_____ percent in some parts of the country.13. What has the Jobs Information Service done for young people who have just leftschool?It has given them a lot of ____ and ______.14. How to get in touch with the Jobs Information Service?Just make a __________.15. When is the Jobs Information Service open?Any workday between ______ and ________.Part II Vocabulary and Structure( 15 points)16. When I got to the cinema, the film had already started; I ________ there earlier.A) ought to get B) ought to have gotC) might have got D) must get17. The young man fooled the old lady ________ saying that the product was imported.A) around B) by C) in D) on18. When he was in danger, nobody came to his ________.A) help B) assistance C) aid D) rescue19. Only when you have acquired a good knowledge of grammar _________ write Englishsentences correctly.A) you will B) you can C) can you D) you could20. I _______ to give you the book today, but I forgot to bring it.A) realized B) concerned C) counted D) meant21. The price of paper _______ according to its quality.A) varies B) falls C) rises D) exchanges22. The new book has received _________ attention in China and abroad.A) considerate B) considered C) considerable D) considering23. The editor published the article ________ it had originally been written.A) where B) when C) which D) as24. He ________ the importance of careful driving.A) emphasis B) emphasize C) emphasized D) emphatic25. Accidents often _______ from carelessness.A) cause B) arise C) lead D) trust26. I can hardly imagine ________ my old classmate on the street.A) meet B) to meet C) met D) meeting27. Influenced by the earthquake, they all evacuated the building _______ the wall should collapse. A) lest B) unless C) that D) though 28. Some schools put great emphasis ________ language study. A) on B) at C) in D) to 29. I am amazed at what I have seen and _______ he has told me. A) all what B) that C) which D) all that 30. There is no reason ________ he should refuse to join us. A) why B) that C) because D) so thatT ask 1 Today, air travel is much safer than driving a car on a busy motorway. But there is a danger that grows every year. From the moment an airplane takes off to the moment it lands, every movement is watched on radar screens. Air traffic controllers tell the pilot exactly when to turn, when to climb and when to come down. The air traffic controllers around a busy airport may handle 1000 planes a day. Any plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there. Even a small mistake on the part of the controllers could cause a disaster. Recently, such a disaster almost happened. Two large jets were flying towards the airport. One was carrying 69 passengers from Toronto. The other was carrying 176 passengers from Chicago. An air traffic controller noticed on his radar screen that the two planes were too close to each other. He ordered one to turn to the right and to climb, but he made a mistake. He ordered the wrong plane to do this. So, instead of turning away from the second plane, the first plane turned towards it. Fifteen seconds later, it flew directly in front of the second plane. They avoided each other by the smallest part of a second. The distance between them was less than that of a large swimming pool. This is an example of the danger that grows every year. 31. What is the main idea of the passage? A) Air travel is much safer than driving a car on a busy motorway. B) There was a disaster recently. C) For air traffic, there is a danger that grows every year. D) Traveling by plane is dangerous. 32. Which factor can most seriously endanger airplanes according to this passage? A) Crowded air traffic. B) The large size of airplanes. C) Mistakes by air traffic controllers. D) Bad weather. 33. What happened to the two large jets? A) They jumped into each other over a swimming pool. B) They avoided each other by turning in different directions. C) They narrowly escaped crashing into each other. D) One plane climbed above the other. 34. Why were the two large jets especially mentioned? A) To show the key role played by air traffic controllers. B) To show the great responsibility shouldered by the pilots. C) To give an example of air disasters.D) To show that air travel is far safer than driving a car.Part III Reading Comprehension ( 40 points)35.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A) The two jets realized the danger and tried to avoid it.B) Driving a car on a busy road is more dangerous than traveling in the air.C) The air traffic controller should be very careful.D) Any small mistake might cause a disaster in air travel.T ask 2It is, everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation.Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and late starters are often long listeners. Most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can sp eak, though the word obey is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative of del ight, distress, sociability, and so on. But since these cannot be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their voices. This self imitation leads on to deliberate imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.36. By “… challenges explanation”(Para 1), the author means that _________________.A) no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenon.B) no explanation has been made up to now.C) it’s no easy job to provide an adequate explanationD) it’s high time that an explanation be provided37. The third paragraph is mainly about ___________________.A) the development of babies’ early forms of languageB) the difficulties of babies in learning to speakC) babies’ strong desire to communicateD) babies’ intention to communicate38. The author’s purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that children _________.A) usually obey without asking questionsB) are passive in the process of learning to speakC) are born cooperativeD) learn to speak by listening39. From the passage we learn that __________________.A) early starters can learn to speak within only six monthsB) children show a strong desire to communicate by making noisesC) imitation plays an important role in learning to speakD) children have various difficulties in learning to speak40. The best title for this passage would be _________________.A) How babies learn to speakB) Early forms of languageC) A huge task for childrenD) Noise making and language learningT ask 3Winter-swimming has become popular in Beijing. Three years ago, few people would go swimming in the icy waters. But now, there is a Winter-swimming Enthusiasts Club with more than 2,000 members. The oldest is 84 years of age and the youngest is only 7. The members are from all walks of life. They may be workers, peasants, soldiers, teachers or students.Though it is now the coldest part of the season and the water temperature in the city’s lakes is around 0℃, many winter-swimmers still swim in the icy waters, even when it is snowing. They enjoy themselves in the lake, while the people by the side of the lake are wearing heavy clothes.Why are so many people interested in winter-swimming? Because winter-swimming can be good for one’s health. Bei Sha is a good example. He is 69 years old, and he had once suffered from heart trouble for 26 years. After ten years of winter-swimming, he is now in good health. Scientists are now studying the effects of winter-swimming on health.41. Among the winter-swimmers, the oldest is ________ years older than the youngest one.A) 91 B) 84 C) 77 D) 742. “The members are from all walks of life” (Para. 1, L. 4) here means that ________.A) the members do different jobs at different placesB) they come from all parts of BeijingC) they are persons of different agesD) they are men and women, old and young43. The winter-swimmers are able to swim in the city waters, even on snowy daysbecause_______.A) they are not afraid of coldB) they often swim in the icy waters and get used to itC) they think they can benefit from itD) winter-swimming can make people healthy44. Winter-swimming has become popular in Beijing because ________.A) more and more people like to swim in winterB) it is more interesting than swimming in summerC) winter-swimmers are brave menD) winter-swimming does a lot of good to one’s health45. The best title for this passage should be _________.A) People in Beijing Like Swimming in WinterB) Winter-swimming-A Craze in BeijingC) People Benefit from Winter-swimmingD) Winter-swimmers Are Brave MenT ask 4Those who welcomed the railway saw it as more than a rapid and comfortable means of passing. They actually saw it as a factor in world peace. They did not foresee that the railway would be just one more means for the rapid movement of aggressive armies. None of themforesaw that the more we are together-the more chances there are of war. Any boy or girl whois one of a large family knows that.Whenever any new invention is put forward, those for it and those against it can always find medical men to approve or condemn. The anti-railway group produced doctors who said that tunnels would be most dangerous to public health: they would produce colds, catarrhs （粘膜炎）and consumptions. The deafening noise and the glare of the engine fire, would have a bad effect on the nerves. Further, being moved through the air at a high speed would do grave injury to delicate lungs. In those with high blood-pressure, the movement of the train might produce apoplexy （中风）. The sudden plunging of a train into the darkness of a tunnel, and the equally sudden rush into full daylight, would cause great damage to eyesight. But the pro-railway group was of course able to produce equally famous medical men to say just the opposite. They said that the speed and swing of the train would equalize the circulation, promote digestion, tranquilize the nerves, and ensure good sleep.The actual rolling-stock was anything but comfortable. If it was a test of endurance to sit for four hours outside a coach in rain, or inside in dirty air, the railway offered little more in the way of comfort. Certainly the first-class carriages had cushioned seats; but the second-class had only narrow bare boards, while the third-class had nothing at all; no seats and no roof; they were just open trucks. So that third-class passengers gained nothing from the new mode except speed. In the matter of comfort, indeed they lost; they did, on the coaches, have a seat, but now they had to stand all the way, which gave opportunities to the comic （滑稽的）press. This kind of thing: A man was seen yesterday buying a third-class ticket for the new London and Birmingham Railway. The state of his mind is being enquired into.A writer in the early days of railways wrote feelingly of both second-and third-class carriages. He made the suggestion that the directors of the railways should have sent all over the world to find the hardest possible wood. Of the open third-class trucks he said that they had the peculiar property of meeting the rain from whatever quarter it came. He described them as horizontal shower-baths, from whose searching power there was no escape.46. All boys and girls in large families know that _________.A）a boy and a girl usually fight when they are togetherB）people tend to be together more than they used to beC）a lot of people being together makes fights likelyD）Railway leads the world to peace47. According to those who welcomed the railway, the railway itself should inc lude all thefollowing except__________.A）the railway enables people travel fastB）the railway brings comfort to peopleC）the railway makes the world peacefulD）the railway leads the world to war as well.48. According to the anti-railway group, all the followings are true but _________.A）tunnels are dangerous to public healthB）the noise and the glare of the engine fire may affect people's nervesC）the rapid speed through the air does damage to people's lungsD）to those with high blood-pressure, the rapid speed of the train causes them to die 49. We may safely conclude that __________.A）the author belongs to the anti-railway groupB ）the author belongs to the for-railway groupC ）the author speaks highly of the railwayD ）the author may never take train because of its potential dangers 50. What is the tone of this passage? A ）Practical B ）Satirical C ）Humorous D ）Exaggerated．After eating some apples ， he took a nap under the （51）_______．He and the tree loved each other ．When the boy grew up ，he （52）_______ played around the tree ． One day ，the boy came back to the （53）_______．The tree （54）_______ the boy to play with him ．“I am no longer a kid ，I don’t play around trees any more ．" The boy replied ，"I want （55）_______．I need money to buy them ．" "Sorry ，but I don’t have money ，but you can sell all my apples and have money to buy ．" The boy was so （56）_______ that he picked all the apples and （57）_______ happily ．The boy never came back after he picked the apples ．The tree was （58）_______． Later ，the boy needed a house for （59）_______，so he turned to the tree ．And the tree asked him to cut off all his branches. So the boy did. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then ．The tree was again （60）_______and sad ． ( )51. A ) sunshine B) screen C) shadow D) shelf ( )52. A) no longer B) no more C) no farther D) no better ( )53. A ) top B) area C) tree D) village ( )54. A ) asked B) told C) inspired D) added ( )55. A) pleasure B) help C) toys D) fruits ( )56. A) shamed B) excited C) embarrassed D) trouble ( )57. A ) played B) sang C) sold D) left ( )58. A ）sad B ）happy C ）concerned D) forgettable ( )59. A ) shelter B) sale C) example D) preparation ( )60. A) angry B) lovely C) friendly D) lonely61. 尊重别人、理解别人、帮助别人等是礼貌的重要方面。