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            • 1．
              You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight． They hit one another hard． At the start they only fight with their fists． But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs． And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below． He is dead!
              Of course he isn't really dead． With any luck he isn't even hurt． Why？ Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast-moving trains， who crash cars or even catch fire， are professionals． They do this for a living． These men are called stuntmen． That is to say， they perform tricks．
              There are two sides to their work． They actually do most of the things you see on the screen． For example， they fall from a high building． However， they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress． Again， when they hit one another with chairs， the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows， the glass is made of sugar!
              But although their work depends on trick of this sort， it also requires a high degree of skill and training． Often a stuntman's success depends on careful timing． For example， when he is "blown up" in a battle scene， he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just a the right moment．
              Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work， but they lead dangerous lives． They often get seriously injured， and sometimes killed． A Norwegian stuntman， for example， skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high． His parachute（降落伞） failed to open， and he was killed．
              In spite of all the risks， this is no longer a profession for men only． Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous actions． For nowadays there are stuntwomen， too!

              (1) Stuntmen earn their living by ______ ．
              A. playing their dirty tricks
              B. selling their special skills
              C. jumping out of high windows
              D. jumping from fast-moving trains
              (2) When a stuntman falls from a high building， ______
              A. he needs little protection
              B. he will be covered with a mattress
              C. his life is endangered
              D. his safety is generally all right
              (3) Which of the following is the main factor of a successful performance？ ______
              A. Strength．
              		B. Exactness．
              		C. Speed．
              		D. Carefulness．
              (4) What can be inferred from the author's example of the Norwegian stuntman？ ______
              A. Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman．
              B. The percentage of serious accidents is high．
              C. Parachutes must be of good quality．
              D. The cliff is too high．
              难度：较易
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            • 2．
              Why should people spend their valuable"free time"reading fiction，the purpose of which，at best，is only entertainment？We recognize that some novels are entertaining，but leave no lasting impression．What makes a novel more than entertainment？
              Our answer is that we don't just read great books----they read us as well．The human condition is complex and contradictory（矛盾的），layered like an ice-cream，with flavors blending（混合）among the layers．A great novel reflects that complexity．We may read it several times，as we do with our favorites，and each time it is like finding an old friend and gaining new insights from that friend．We put it down with new understandings of the world around us and，most important，of ourselves．
              Let's look at the novel Frankenstein，written in 1818 by Mary Shelley．Frankenstein is a young man who is impatient to seek out the secrets of the universe．He collects body parts， assembles an eight-foot creature，and charges it with life．When the yellow eyes open，however，Frankenstein is shocked．He abandons the creature，which is laughed at and attacked．It becomes angry and ends up as a monster．
              On one level，Frankenstein is entertaining-a good horror story，though a little dated when compared，for example，to Stephen King's best sellers like the Dark Tower series．But Shelley writes more than just scary entertainment．
              On a deeper level，her book forces us to ask whether humans reach too far in playing God．Genetic engineering（基因工程）already enables us to change the food we eat and the very bodies in which we live．At what point are we trying to take over God's creativity，to gain knowledge that is as forbidden as the fruit of the Garden of Eden？
              Shelley，of course，knew nothing of genetic engineering．But she did know that the Industrial Revolution was sweeping across England and ambitions for scientific progress were intense in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century．She was deeply troubled by what human beings might discover about themselves，and the effects of those discoveries on society．
              Our reading of great literature can also be enriched by understanding the author's personal interests and anxieties．Shelley was only eighteen when she wrote Frankenstein．Birth and death are closely linked in her prose and in her experiences．Her mother had died giving birth to her，and by the time she began writing this great novel，she herself had already had two babies out of marriage．One had died within a few weeks．The novel reflects her deep anxieties about giving birth and her fears that birth will bring death．

              (1) According to the passage，reading fictions ______ ．
              A. may make our life simple
              B. may bring back long-lost friends
              C. can get rid of our contradictory ideas
              D. can deepen our understanding of ourselves
              (2) The underlined word"assemble"in Paragraph 3 probably means ______ ．
              A. to create something interesting
              B. to develop something unusual
              C. to explore the unknown secrets
              D. to put together the separate parts
              (3) By reading Frankenstein， ______ ．
              A. we may reach the point to play God
              B. we may get to eat the forbidden fruit
              C. we get more than scary entertainment
              D. we learn more about genetic engineering
              (4) What might be the best title for the passage？ ______
              A. Why People Read Fictions
              B. How Fictions are Written
              C. Fictions and Entertainment
              D. Fictions and Wisdom．
              难度：较易
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            • 3．
              DOHA （AFP） - The destruction of natural habitats in Europe is wiping out butterfly， beetle and dragonfly species across the region， the updated European "Red List" of endangered species showed Tuesday．
              Scientists examining Europe's 435 butterfly species found that the populations of one in three species are falling and nine percent are already threatened with extinction．
              "For example， the Madeiran large white butterfly is seriously endangered， having not been seen on Madeira for at least 20 years，" International Union for the Conservation of Nature （IUCN） said．
              "Most butterflies at risk are in southern Europe，" said Annabelle Cuttelod， coordinator of the European Red List at IUCN．
              "Their main threat is habitat loss， most often caused by changes in agricultural practices． Climate change， forest fires and the expansion of tourism make the situation even worse．"
              Cutting trees has led to a decrease in the population of some beetle species that depend on decaying （腐烂的） wood． Known as saproxylic beetles（食腐甲虫）， they play an important role in ecosystems by recycling nutrients．
              Some 11percent or 46species of them are at risk of being lost from the region， while seven percent are threatened with extinction worldwide．
              "The main long-term threats to saproxylic beetles are habitat loss due to logging and the decrease in the number of mature trees，" said the IUCN．
              For dragonflies， it is the overuse of freshwater resources that is causing these species to drop in numbers． Five percent of dragonfly species are threatened with global extinction， while some 11 percent are considered to be threatened within Europe．
              "Increasingly hot and dry summers combined with overuse of water for drinking and agriculture are causing the dragonflies' wetland habitats to dry up，" said the IUCN．

              (1) What is true for Europe's butterfly species？ ______
              A. The populations of more than 435 butterfly species are shrinking．
              B. About 40butterfly species in Europe are in danger of dying out．
              C. Eastern Europe is in more danger of losing the butterfly species．
              D. The Madeiran large white butterfly has been living on Madeira for more than 20years．
              (2) What is the main cause of habitat loss of butterflies in Europe？ ______
              A. Climate change．
              B. Changes in agricultural practices．
              C. Environmental pollution．
              D. The expansion of tourism．
              (3) How many species of beetles feeding on decaying wood are threatened with extinction worldwide？ ______
              A. About 7．
              		B. About 11．
              		C. About 15．
              		D. About 29．
              (4) The main threat facing the dragonflies is ______ ．
              A. the lack of fresh water resources
              B. the decreased number of mature trees
              C. agricultural practices
              D. the hot and dry weather
              (5) We may learn from the passage that ______ ．
              A. European "Red List" has nothing to do with IUCN．
              B. dragonfly species are well protected in other parts of the world
              C. wildlife is generally well protected in Europe
              D. the disappearance of natural habitats is largely due to human activities
              难度：较易
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            • 4．
              The need to feed a growing population is putting much pressure on the world's supply of water．With 97% of the world's water too salty to be drunk or used in agriculture，the worldwide supply of water needs careful management，especially in agriculture．Although the idea of a water shortage（短缺）seems strange to someone fortunate enough to live in a high rainfall country，many of the world's agricultural industries experience constant water shortages．
              Although dams can be built to store water for agricultural use in dry areas and dry seasons，the costs of water redistribution（重新分配）are very high．Not only is there the cost of the engineering itself，but there is also an environmental cost to be considered．Where valleys（山谷）are flooded to create dams，houses are lost and wildlife homes destroyed．Besides，water many flow easily through pipes to fields，but it cannot be transported from one side of the world to the other．Each country must therefore rely on the management of its own water to supply its farming requirements．
              This is particularly troubling to countries with agricultural industries in areas dependent on irrigation（灌溉）．In Texas，farmers'overuse of irrigation water be resulted in a 25% reduction of the water stores．In the Central Valley area of south eastern USA，a huge water engineering project provided water for farming in dry village，but much of the water use has been poorly managed．
              Saudi Arabia's attempts to grow wheat in desert areas have been the pumping of huge quantities of irrigation water from underground reserves．Because there is no rainfall in these areas，such reserves can only decrease，and it is believed that fifty years of pumping will see them run dry．

              (1) From the first two paragraphs we learned that ______ ．
              A. much of the world's water is available for use
              B. people in high rainfall countries feel lucky
              C. the costs of water redistribution should be considered
              D. water can be easily carried through pipes across the world
              (2) Which of the following is true？ ______
              A. The water stores in Texas have been reduced by 75%．
              B. Most industries in the world suffer from water shortages．
              C. The underground water in Saudi Arabia might run out in 50years．
              D. Good management of water use resulted from the project in the Central Valley．
              (3) What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows？ ______
              A. Stepsto improving water use management．
              B. Ways to reduce the costs of building dams．
              C. Measures to deal with worldwide water shortages．
              D. Approaches to handling the pressure on water supply．
              (4) The text is mainly about． ______
              A. water supply and increasing population
              B. water use management and agriculture
              C. water redistribution and wildlife protection
              D. water shortages and environmental protection．
              难度：较易
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            • 5．
              Conflict is on the menu tonight at the café La Chope．This evening，as on every Thursday night，psychologist Maud Lehanne is leading two of France's favorite pastimes，coffee drinking and the"talking cure"．Here they are learning to get in touch with their true feelings．It isn't always easy．The customers-some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2（plus drinks） per session-are quick to intellectualize （高谈阔论），slow to open up and connect．"You are forbidden to say‘one feels，'or‘people think'，"Lehane told them．"Say‘I think，'‘Think me'．"
              A café society where no intellectualizing is allowed？It couldn't seem more un-French．But Lehanne's psychology café is about more than knowing oneself：It's trying to help the city's troubled neighborhood cafés．Over the years，Parisian cafés have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours，a fast food boom and a younger generation's desire to spend more time at home．Dozens of new theme cafes appear to change the situation．Cafes focused around psychology，history，and engineering are catching on，filling tables well into the evening．
              The city's psychology cafés，which offer great comfort，are among the most popular places．Middle-aged homemakers，retirees，and the unemployed come to such cafés to talk about lover，anger，and dreams with a psychologist．And they come to Lehance's group just to learnto say what they feel．There's a strong need in Paris for communication，says Maurice Frisch，a café La Chope regular who works as religious instructor in a nearby church．"People have few real friends．And they need to open up，"Lehanne says she'd like to see psychology cafés all over France．"If people had normal lives，these cafés wouldn't exist，"she says，"If life weren't a battle，people wouldn't need a special place just to speak．"But then，it wouldn't be France．

              (1) What are people encouraged to do at the café La Chope？ ______
              A. Learn a new subject．
              B. Keep in touch with friends．
              C. Show off their knowledge．
              D. Express their true feelings．
              (2) How are cafés affected by French lifestyle changes？ ______
              A. They are less frequently visited．
              B. They stay open for longer hours．
              C. They have bigger night crowds．
              D. They start to serve fast food．
              (3) What are theme cafes expected to do？ ______
              A. Create more jobs．
              B. Supply better drinks．
              C. Save the cafe business．
              D. Serve the neighborhood．
              (4) Why are psychology cafes becoming popular in Paris？ ______
              A. They bring people true friendship．
              B. They give people spiritual support．
              C. They help people realize their dreams．
              D. They offer a platform for business links．
              难度：较易
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            • 6．
              In today's world，almost everyone knows that air pollution and water pollution are harmful to people's health．However，not all the persons know that noise is also a kind of pollution，and that is harmful to human health，too．
              People who work and live under noisy conditions usually become deaf（聋）．Today，however，scientists believe hat 10 percent of workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work．Many of the workers who print newspapers and books，and who weave（织）cloth become deaf．Quite a few people living near airports also become deaf．Recently it was discovered that many teenagers in America could hear no better than 65-year-old persons，for these young people like to listen to pop music and most of pop music is a kind of noise．Besides，noise produced by jet planes or machines will make people's lfe difficult and unpleasant，or even make people ill or even drive them mad．
              It is said that a continuous noise of over 85decibels（分贝）can make people deaf．Now the governments in many countries have made laws to control noise and make it less than 85decibels．
              In China，the government is trying to solve not only air and water pollution problems but also noise pollution problems．

              (1) The text is mainly about ______ ．
              A. air pollution B. water pollution
              C. noise pollution D. world pollution
              (2) Ten percent of the workers in Britain are being deafened because ______ ．
              A. they are working in noisy places
              B. they often listen to pop music
              C. they live near airports
              D. they are too busy to listen to others'talk
              (3) According to the text，a continuous noise of ______ decibels can make people deaf．
              A. less than 85 B. less than 65 C. about 65 D. over 85
              (4) The government of China is trying to solve ______ ．
              A. only air pollution
              B. only air and water pollution
              C. only water pollution
              D. air，water and noise pollution．
              难度：较易
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            • 7．
              In sport the sexes（性别）are separate．Women and men do not run or swim in the same races．Women are less strong than men．That at least is what people say．Women are called the weaker sex，or，if men want to please them，the fair sex．But boys and girls are taught together at schools and universities．There are women who are famous Prime Ministers，scientists and writers．And women live longer than men．A European woman can expect to live until the age of 74，a man only until he is 68．Are women's bodies really weaker？
              The fastest men can run a mile in under 4minutes．The best women need 4.5mintes．Women's time are always slower than men's，but some facts are a surprise．Some of the fastest women swimmers today are teenage girls．One of them swam 400 metres in 4minutes 21.2 seconds when she was only 16．The first‘Tartan'in film was an Olympic swmmer，Johnny Weissmuller．His fastest 400 metres was 4minutes 49.1 seconds，which is 37.9 seconds slower than a girl 50 years later!This does not mean that women are catching men up．Conditions are vey different now and sport is much more serious．It is so serious that some women athletes are given hormone （荷尔蒙）injections（注射）．At the Olympics a doctor has to check whether the women athletes are really women or not．It seems sad that sport has such problems．Life can be very complicated（复杂的） when there are two separate sexes!

              (1) Women are called the weaker sex because ______ ．
              A. women do as much as men
              B. people think women are weaker than men
              C. sport is easier for men than for women
              D. in sport the two sexes are always together
              (2) Which of the following is true？ ______
              A. Boys and girls study separately everywhere．
              B. Women do not run or swim in races with men．
              C. Famous Prime Ministers are women．
              D. Men can expect to live longer than women in Europe．
              (3) "That at least is what people say"means people ______ ．
              A. say other things，too
              		B. don't say this much
              C. say this but may not think so
              		D. only think this
              (4) What problems does sport have？ ______
              A. Some women athletes are actually men．
              B. Some women athletes are give hormone injections．
              C. Women and men do not run or swim in the same races．
              D. It is difficult to check whether women athletes are really women．
              (5) In this passage the author implies that ______
              A. women are weaker than wen，but faster
              B. women are slower than men，but stronger
              C. men are not always stronger and faster than women
              D. men are faster and stronger than women．
              难度：较易
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            • 8．
              Terrafugia Inc．said Monday that its new flying car has completed its first flight，bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year．The vehicle---named the Transition-has two seats and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car．The Transition，which flew at 1，400feet for eight minutes last month，can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115in the flies using a 23-gallon tank of gas and bums 5 gallons per hour in the air．On the ground，it gets 35miles per gallon．
              Around 100 people have already put down a﹩10，000 deposit to get a Transition when they go on sale，and those numbers will likely rise after Terrafugia introduces the Transition to the public later this week at the New York Auto Show．But don't expect it to show up in too many driveways．It's expected to cost﹩279，000．And it won't help if you're stuck in traffic．The car needs a runway．
              Inventors have been trying to make flying cars since the 1930s，according to Robert Mann，an airline industry expert．But Mann thinks Terrafugia has come closer than anyone to making the flying car a reality．The government has already permitted the company to use special materials to make it easier for the vehicle to fly．The Transition is now going through crash tests to make sure it meets federal safety standards．
              Mann said Terrafugia was helped by the Federal Aviation Administration's decision five years ago to create a separate set of standards for light sport aircraft，which are lower than those pilots of larger planes Terrafugia says an owner would need to pass a test and complete 20hours of flying time to be able to fly the Transition，a requirement pilots would find relatively easy to meet．

              (1) What is the first paragraph mainly about？ ______
              A. The basic data of the Transition．
              B. The advantages of flying cars．
              C. The potential market for flying cars．
              D. The designers of the Transition．
              (2) Why is the Transition unlikely to show up in too many driveways？ ______
              A. It causes traffic jams．
              B. It is difficult to operate．
              C. It is very expensive．
              D. It bums too much fuel．
              (3) What is the government's attitude to the development of the flying car？ ______
              A. Cautious．
              		B. Favorable．
              C. Ambiguous．
              		D. Disapproving．
              (4) What is the best title for the text？ ______
              A. Flying Car at Auto Show
              B. The Transition's Fist Flight
              C. Pilots'Dream Coming True
              D. Flying Car Closer to Reality．
              难度：中等
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            • 9．
              The kindly"Chinese Fortune Grandpa"wearing Han Chinese clothing and holding a fortune bag debuted（亮相） at the Imperial Ancestral Shrine in Beijing on the day after Christmas．The final image of the Chinese gift-giver was selected through a global design competition that cost millions of yuan．Its debut seems to be a sign of competition against"Santa Claus"，according to a report by Guangming Daily．
              Many Chinese cities have been filled with Christmas neon lights，Christmas songs，Christmas trees，and the images of"Santa Claus"in recent days．As a matter of fact，foreign festivals are becoming more popular than certain traditional Chinese festivals among the Chinese people，particularly the youth．"Certain traditional festivals have died out because people have forgotten their spiritual meanings，"said noted writer Feng Jicai．More and more Chinese people are beginning to exchange gifts on Valentine's Day and Christmas．However，many of them know nothing about Chinese New Year pictures or sugarcoated figurines（小糖人），and have never heard suona music．Certain folk customs on the Dragon Boat Festival，Tomb Sweeping Day，and other traditional festivals have gradually disappeared．Under such circumstances，even the"Chinese Fortune Grandpa"is unlikely to defeat"Santa Claus"．
              However，it is not a bad thing to some extent．It constantly reminds people to restore the"true face"of traditional festivals．China has listed traditional Tomb Sweeping Day，Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival as legal holidays，which brings more paid leaves to the public，and helps to awaken the public awareness of traditional festivals．
              In modern society，festival is a carrier of culture and its meaning largely depends on their understandings and usages by people．Compared with foreign festivals，traditional Chinese festivals are not inferior（次于） in cultural meanings，but lack of fashion sought by modern people．If people do not appreciate the historical culture contained by traditional festivals，and only take pleasure-seeking as the most important，the significance of traditional festivals will fade away and the inheritance（继承） of fine traditional culture will be cut off．

              (1) The second paragraph implies that ______ ．
              A. traditional festivals should co-exist with foreign festivals
              B. all the Chinese festivals are disappearing in the near future
              C. western festivals are constantly impacting on our festivals
              D. Chinese people have the public awareness of traditional festivals
              (2) We can learn from the passage that ______ ．
              A. an image design by Chinese people will be displayed
              B. many foreigners know nothing about Chinese Festivals
              C. the Chinese gift-giver was intended to symbolize traditional culture
              D. the Chinese are beginning to exchange gifts on the Mid-Autumn Festival
              (3) Many Chinese youth dislike traditional festivals because they think ______ ．
              A. traditional festivals are out of fashion now
              B. the historical culture is more difficult to understand
              C. western festivals contain more cultural meanings
              D. the inheritance will cut off their contact with western festivals．
              难度：较难
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            • 10．
              People are being attracted to Facebook with the promise of a fun，free service without realizing they're paying for it by giving up large amounts of personal information．Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages．
              Most Facebook users don't realize this is happening．Even if they know what the company is up to，they still have no idea what they're paying for Facebook because people don't really know what their personal information is worth．
              The biggest problem，however，is that the company keeps changing the rules．Early on，you keep everything private．That was the great thing about Facebook-you could create your own little private network．Last year，the company changed its privacy rules so that many things-your city，your photo，your friends'names-were set，by default （默认） to be shared with everyone on the Internet．
              According to Facebook's vice-president Elliot Schrage，the company is simply making changes to improve its service，and if people don't share information，they have a"less satisfying experience"．
              Some people think this is more about Facebook looking to make more money．Its original business model，which was about selling ads and putting them at the side of the page，totally failed．Who wants to look at ads when they're online connecting with their friends？
              The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington．In April，Senator Charles Schumer called on Facebook to change its privacy policy．He also urged the Federal Trade Commission to set guidelines for social-networking sites．"I think the senator rightly communicated that we had not been clear about what the new products were and how people could choose to use them or not to use them，"Schrage admits．
              I think that whatever Facebook has done so far to invade our privacy is only the beginning，which is why I'm considering stopping using it．Facebook is a convenient site，but I'm upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don't know．That's too high a price to pay．

              (1) What is the main idea of the passage？ ______
              A. Facebook is becoming a more useful site．
              B. Facebook is improving its service gradually．
              C. Facebook is stealing and selling users'information．
              D. Facebook is losing more customers．
              (2) What did Facebook's business model include at the beginning？ ______
              A. Selling its service．
              		B. Selling ads．
              C. Selling its products．
              		D. Selling personal information．
              (3) According to the writer，why Facebook make changes to its rule？ ______
              A. To provide better service to its users．
              B. To follow the Federal guidelines．
              C. To encourage its users'communication．
              D. To gain its users'more personal information．
              难度：较易
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