Television in the United States is free. To p...

Television in the United States is free. To pay for programs, there are many advertisements. Often these advertisements are short plays with actors. The following television advertisement is like many others that Americans see daily.

We see a man and his wife at the breakfast table. They have been married for a long time. They are not speaking to each other. They haven't spoken to each other at the breakfast table for years. The husband is reading his newspaper. We can't see his face. The wife looks very bored as she pours a cup of coffee for him. Today, she is using a new kind of coffee for the first time. The husband picks up his cup. He isn't very interested. He tastes his coffee. Suddenly he puts down his newspaper. Something is different.! Can it be the coffee? He takes another taste. It's wonderful! He smiles. He looks at his wife and says in amazement,

"Doris, when did you cut your hair?"

Doris is pleased. She answers, "Two months ago."

Doris asks, "Herbie, when did your hair begin to turn gray?"

He replies, "A long time ago."

Doris says, "Oh, very handsome."

Now they aren't bored any more. Breakfast is different. Has a new kind of coffee changed their lives?

1.In the television advertisement, Doris looks bored because ______.

A. she doesn't like the breakfast that morning

B. she has been married to Herbie for a long time

C. Her husband doesn't care much for her

D. Herbie isn't interested in the breakfast she cooks

2.The TV advertisement wants to tell the viewers ______.      .

A. to have an immediate try at the new coffee

B. to have a good laugh at the good couple

C. that a nice breakfast must go with nice coffee

D. that advertisements can certainly increase goods production

3.What does the author mean by saying the last sentence?

A. What kind of coffee can change people's lives?

B. How can a new kind of coffee change people's lives?

C. Nice coffee can change one's life.

D. A new kind of coffee costs quite a lot.

4.This text is mainly about ______.

A. who pays for TV programs in the United States

B. what a TV advertisement is usually like in the USA

C. why long married couples dislike speaking to each other

D. what made Herbie and Doris not bored any more

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Most laws in the United States and Canada are similar to laws in other countries. For example, it is against the law everywhere to murder a person, and it is illegal to steal money. Everyone knows these laws, but foreign students or tourists in a new country may not know some of the local laws. For instance, a legal action in Peru may be against the law in Korea, and an illegal activity in an Asian city may be perfectly legal in a European city. On the other hand, laws may be the same in various countries but vary in different cities or states of the same nation.

In many cities in the United States, for instance, it is not legal to “jaywalk.” This law may seem strange to visitors. Sometimes they cross a street, and a police officer gives them a ticket. Then they need to pay a fine of $10 to $25. They soon learn to cross a street only in a crosswalk or at a corner. It’s against the law to cross in the middle of the street.

Most people know that states in the United States have different laws about the legal drinking age; this age varies, but in most states no one under twenty-one can buy alcohol, even beer or wine. Also, in most U.S. cities, it is illegal to drink alcohol in public. Of course, liquor is legal in restaurants and bars, but it’s against the law to drink a can of beer, for instance, on a public street. Some people put the can in a paper bag and drink; nobody can see the beer, but it still isn’t legal. In addition, it is illegal to have an open liquor bottle inside a car.

1. We can learn from Paragraph 1 that ______.

2.The word “jaywalk” underlined in the second paragraph most probably means ______.

3. Which of the following is legal in the United States?

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In the United States, it is important to be on time , or punctual , for an appointment , a class, a meeting, etc. However, this may not be true in all countries. An American professor discovered the difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian (巴西的) university. The two-hour class was scheduled to begin at 10 A.M. and end at 12. On the first day , when the professor arrived on time, no one was in the classroom. Many students came after 10:30 A.M. Two students came after 11 A.M. Although all the students greeted the professor as they arrived, few apologized for their lateness.Were these students being rude? He decided to study the students’ behavior.

The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation:at a lunch with a friend and in a university class, respectively.He gave them an example and asked them how they would react, If they had a lunch appointment with a friend,the average American student defined lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time. On the other hand, the average Brazilian student felt the friend was late after 33 minutes.

In an American university, students are expected to arrive at the appointed hour.In contrast, in Brazil,neither the teacher nor the students always arrive at the appointed hour.Classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States,but also end at the scheduled time.In the Brazilian class, only a few students left the class at 12:00;many remained past 12:30 to discuss the class and ask more questions.While arriving late may not be very important in Brazil , neither is staying late.

1.The word‘punctual’ most probably means________.

A.leaving soon after class B.coming early

C.arriving a few minutes late D.being on time

2.Why did the professor study the Brazilian students’ behavior?

A.He felt puzzled at the students’ being late.

B.He felt angry at the students' rudeness.

C.He wanted to make the students come on time later.

D.He wanted to collect data for one of his studies.

3.It can be inferred from the professor’s study of lateness in the informal situation that ________.

A.American students will become impatient if their friend is five minutes late

B.neither Brazilian nor American students like being late in social gatherings

C.being late in one culture may not be considered so rude in another culture

D.Brazilian students will not come thirty-three minutes after the agreed time

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

A.It is important to be on time for class in the United States.

B.The importance of being on time differs among cultures.

C.People learn the importance of time only from their own culture.

D.Students being late for class should explain the reason to their teacher.

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In the United States, it is important to be on time , or punctual , for an appointment , a class, a meeting, etc. However, this may not be true in all countries. An American professor discovered the difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian（巴西的） university. The two-hour class was scheduled to begin at 10 A.M. and end at 12. On the first day , when the professor arrived on time, no one was in the classroom. Many students came after 10:30 A.M. Two students came after 11 A.M. Although all the students greeted the professor as they arrived, few apologized(道歉)for their lateness．Were these students being rude? He decided to study the students’ behavior.

The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation：at a lunch with a friend and in a university class, respectively．He gave them an example and asked them how they would react, If they had a lunch appointment with a friend，the average American student defined lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time，On the other hand．the average Brazilian student felt the friend was late after 33 minutes．

In an American university, students are expected to arrive at the appointed hour．In contrast, in Brazil，neither the teacher nor the students always arrive at the appointed hour．Classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States，but also end at the scheduled time．In the Brazilian class, only a few students left the class at 12：00；many remained past 12：30 to discuss the class and ask more questions．While arriving late may not be very important in Brazil , neither is staying late．

36. The word‘punctual’most probably means________.

A．1eaving soon after class      B．coming early

C．arriving a few minutes late    D．being on time

37. Why did the professor study the Brazilian students’behavior?

A．He felt puzzled at the students’ being late．

B．He felt angry at the students' rudeness．

C．He wanted to make the students come on time later．

D．He wanted to collect data for one of his studies．

38.  It can be inferred from the professor’s study of lateness in the informal situation that____．

A．American students will become impatient if their friend is five minutes late

B．neither Brazilian nor American students like being late in social gatherings

C．being late in one culture may not be considered so in another culture

D．Brazilian students will not come thirty-three minutes after the agreed time

39.  From the last paragraph we know that in Brazil____.

A. it is important to arrive at the appointed time

B．it is rude to keep the professor staying after class

C．it is normal for students to leave during lectures

D．it is acceptable for professors to be late for class．

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She is said _____in the United States for four years before she came back to work in our company.

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The United States Department of Agriculture has a program called Wildlife Services. Its job is to help protect agricultural and other resources. Often that means helping farmers deal with unwelcome visitors. This organization has experts from different fields and it has set up thousands of inquiry centers all over the country where farmer can explain their difficulty and get practical help.

One example from Wildlife Services of its work involved a farmer in Washington State in the Pacific Northwest. Several years ago, thousands of Canada geese landed on his fields. The geese began to eat his carrot crop. Biologists from the program suggested that the farmer use noise-making devices and other measures to scare the large birds away. These efforts succeeded, which made the farmer quite happy. Wildlife Services also has a livestock protection program. The program just offers suggestions to keep those unwelcome visitors away instead of killing them. The Wildlife Services program is part of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS. APHIS offers some suggestions of ways to keep away predators. For example, try to keep food and water safe from wildlife. Fences may help keep out wolves, especially if the fences are at least two meters high.

Experts suggest providing secure shelter for chickens, sheep and other animals that could be attacked. They also suggest using lights above places where these animals are kept. And they advise people who see wolves to chase them away by shouting, making loud noises or throwing rocks. And to protect livestock, consider using guard animals such as dogs and donkeys, which are very effective.

For home gardeners, a two-meter fence might help keep out deer. To keep out rabbits, a wire fence has to be only about a half-meter high. It should extend fifteen centimeters underground to keep rabbits from digging under it. If snakes are a problem, remove dead trees and cut high grass to destroy their hiding places. Due to its effective work, ever since the Wildlife Services was started, it has been well received by farmers all over the States and neighboring countries such as Canada and Mexico.

1.What does wildlife Services aim to help farmer handle?

A.Animals that attack farmers.

B.People who pollute the farmland.

C.People who don't care about wildlife.

D.Animals that do harm to crops or livestock.

2.It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that ______.

A.the cabbage crop was eaten up by Canada geese

B.the farmer didn't have a gun to kill those Canada geese

C.Wildlife Services involves some biologists in its group

D.the farmers like to eat Canada geese very much

3.What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?

A.Ways to protect livestock.

B.Ways to deal with wolves.

C.How to protect crops.

D.How to hunt wildlife.

4.Why should the bottom of the fence extend about 15 centimeters into the ground?

A.Wolves can climb over it easily.

B.The strong wind might blow it away.

C.Snakes can cross it from under the ground.

D.Rabbits may enter by digging holes under it.

5.Where does the passage probably come from?

A.A tourist brochure.

B.A science magazine.

C.An entertainment program.

D.A business report.

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The United Nations Environment Program is calling for urgent action to reduce growing risks from chemicals. Better management of chemicals could save millions of lives and billions of dollars. As estimated, 143,000 chemicals are now produced. Yet the report says only a small number of these chemicals have been studied for their effects on human health and the environment. It says death and disability rates are high from the unsafe use of chemical products.

Sylvie Lemmet, director of the UNEP, says poor management of chemicals has a high economic cost. For example, she says the cost is higher than the amount of overseas development aid, or ODA, for health care in sub-Saharan Africa.

She says, “If you look at the estimated cost of poisoning from pesticide (杀虫剂) in sub-Saharan Africa, only the injury and the loss of working time is estimated to be 6.3 billion US dollars in 2009. This is higher than the total ODA that is going to the health part in the same area.”

The UNEP estimates that chemical sales worldwide will increase by around three percent a year until 2050. Chemical production is moving quickly from developed to developing countries. By 2020, chemical production is expected to increase by 40 percent in Africa and the Middle East and 33 percent in Latin America. One of its biggest concerns is pollution of rivers and lakes by pesticide and fertilizer. Other major concerns are heavy metal pollution from the production of cement (水泥) and textiles (纺织品), and dioxin pollution from mining.

The UN report urges the chemical industry and governments to work together to develop safety policies. It says preventing harm costs less than fixing it.

1.The purpose of Paragraph 3 is mainly to indicate that ______.

A.chemicals have a high production cost

B.Africa needs more development aid

C.the use of pesticide causes a great loss

D.the estimated cost of poisoning from pesticide is incorrect

2.Which of the following is NOT a source of danger according to the text?

A.Pesticide. B.Fertilizer.

C.Heavy metals. D.Minerals.

3.According to the text, what is the main reason for the risks from chemicals?

A.The mass production of cement and textiles.

B.Lack of research funds on chemicals.

C.Poor management of chemicals.

D.Contradictions between chemical producers and governments.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A.The truth in Sylvie Lemmet’s comments

B.A UN warning about chemical dangers

C.The unpredictable future of chemical industry

D.Preventing is much better than fixing

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John ________ in the United States for decades, but in the last years he has already adapted to living in China.

A. was living　　　　　 B. had lived

C. has lived　　 D. Lived

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For many years it was common in the United States to associate Chinese Americans with restaurants and places that wash clothes. People did not realize that the Chinese had been driven into these occupations by the prejudice and discrimination that faced them in this country.

The first Chinese to reach the United States came during the California Gold Rush of 1849. Like most of the other people there，they had come to search for gold. In that largely unoccupied land， the men staked a claim (立界标表明所有权) for themselves by placing makers’ in the ground. However，either because the Chinese were so different from the others or because they worked so patiently that they sometimes succeeded in getting a mining claim to make a profit ( where others saw no way to do so) ,they became the target".Of their competi­tors. They were troubled and attacked in many ways. Often they were prevented from working their claims; some places even passed regulations forbidding them to own claims. The Chinese therefore started to seek out other ways of earning a living. Some of them began to wash clothes for the white miners; others set up small restaurants. (There were almost no women in California in those days and the Chinese filled a real need by doing this" women's work". ) Some went to work as farmhands or as fishermen.

In the early 1860's many more Chinese arrived in California. This time railroad companies brought the men in to build the first railroad line from California to the East. They were sorely needed because the work was so hard and dangerous，and it was carried on in such an isolated part of the country that the railroad company could not find other laborers for the job. As in the case of the first Chinese in America， these Chinese were almost all males; and like them，too，they encountered a great deal of prejudice. The hostility grew es­pecially strong after the railroad project was completed，and the Chinese laborers returned to California—thousands of them，all out of work

Many of today's Chinese Americans are the descendants of some of the early miners and railroad workers.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The first Chinese to reach the United States came during the California Gold Rush of 1849.

B. Many more Chinese arrived in California to construct the first railroad from California to the East.

C. Early Chinese immigrants to America experienced a lot of prejudice and discrimination.

D. Prejudice and discrimination that Chinese Americans met.

2. Why did the Chinese become the target of their competitors?

A. Because the Chinese were different and they worked patiently to achieve a lot of success while others couldn't.

B. The Chinese were so different from the others.

C. They worked so patiently with little payment

D. There were almost no women in California in those days.

3.What was the fate of the Chinese after the construction of the railroad?

A. They went back to their own country

B. They stayed to work in the railroad companies.

C. They went to California to search for gold.

D. The hostility grew especially strong.

4.What is the meaning of the word" encountered"?

A. face.            B. Count.         C. Enter.             D. Handle.

5.The following statements are true EXCEPT       .

A. during the California Gold Rush of 1849，people staked a claim for themselves by placing markers in the ground

B. the first Chinese went to America because they wanted to work as farmhands or as fishermen

C. many of today's Chinese Americans are the descendants of the early miners and railroad workers

D. the Chinese were sorely needed because the work was so dangerous

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The United States will introduce a new and comprehensive(综合的) exam for students who seek to study in American and other English-speaking countries, Xinhua News Agency reported from New York.

The exam, which stands for a great change from the current English level test, was disclosed by Theresa Chang Wei Jen, associate director of the International Service of the US College Board, America’s leading educational organization.

The Advanced Placement International English Language (APIEL) will be offered for the first time throughout the world on May 10, 2002, said Jen.

However, the APIEL is a strange title to most Chinese students, and it is unlikely to soon gain the similarity of other already existing exams, such as the TOEFL(Test of English as a Foreign Language), the GRE(Graduate Record Examination), or the IELTS(International English Language Testing System).

“I have never heard of such a test and I would prefer the IELTS if I need another exam,” said Xu Jingyan, a graduating student from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, who wants to study in England and has already taken the TOEFL.

Most of Xu’s classmates have never heard of the APIEL. “The APIEL is designed for international students who wish to get university studies in English-speaking countries, including the United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia.” said Jen.

The APIEL has been adopted, said Jen, because the TOEFL can no longer accurately reflect the abilities of students of using the English language comprehensively in an academic environment. Xinhua reported that a fairly large number of foreign students who earned high scores in TOEFL exam turned out to be very ordinary educational performers after admission.

Compared with the TOEFL, the APIEL measures a student’s ability to read, write, speak and understand English through testing his or her skills in listening comprehension, speaking with accuracy(精确) and resourcefulness, and writing with clarity(清晰) and fluency, Jen said.

1.The United States will introduce a new exam because _______.

A. more and more students want to get further education in the USA

B. the Chinese people pay special attention to English studies with China’s entry into the WTO

C. the already existing exam systems seem to be far from perfect

D. it will bring the US government quite a lot of money

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the selection？

A. It will take quite a period of time for people to accept the APIEL.

B. The TOEFL is more popular with the Chinese than the IELTS.

C. A student will have to take the APIEL if he or she wants to study in English—speaking countries from 2002.

D. Chinese students will prefer the IELTS rather than the APIEL even in the future.

3.The underlined word current in the second paragraph means _______.

A. modern B. present

C. standard D. formal

4.Which is the best title for this news report?

A. The Key to English-speaking Countries

B. The Four Skills in Learning English

C. TOEFL, IELTS and GRE to be Out of Date

D. New Exam Designed for Students

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