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    In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. To have read Gulliver’s Travels is to have had the experience of listening to Jonathan Swift, of learning about man’s inhumanity (残酷) to man. To read Huckleberry Finn is to feel what it is like to drift (漂流) down the Mississippi River on a raft (木排). To have read Byron is to have suffered his rebellions with him and to have enjoyed his nose—thumbing at (对……的蔑视) society. To have read Native Son is to know how it feels to be frustrated (受挫折) in the particular way in which Blacks in Chicago are frustrated. This is effective communication (交流). It enables us to feel how others felt about life, even if they lived thousands of miles away and centuries age. It is not true that “We have only one life to live.” If we read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
1. The sentence “People who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read” suggests that ______.
   A. reading stimulates(激发) a desire to travel
   B. reading broadens(扩大) a person’s experience
   C. people who read much live longer
   D. people who read are more relaxed
2. The author implies that good literature ______.
   A. must deal with social problems             B. must teach a lesson
   C. is varied in subject and in content (内容)     D. is always exciting and heart--warming
3. According to the author, reading good literature ______.
   A. produces new income                    B. is quite useless
   C. satisfies the curious                     D. opens new worlds to us(眼界)
4. The underlined word effective in this passage means ______.
   A. actual         B. striking           C. existing          D. having an effect

22、（1分）
    When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所). I suggested that they should stay at ‘bed and breakfast’ houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.
    “We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday.”
    I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought ‘VACANCIES’ meant ‘holidays’, because the Spanish word for ‘holidays” is ‘vacaciones’. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said ‘VACANCLES’, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said ‘NO VACANCLES’, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!
    We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word ‘DIVERSION’ means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word ‘DIVERSION’ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold.
    English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris. when someone offered me some more. coffee, I said ‘Thank you’ in French. I meant that I would like some more, However , to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that ‘Thank you’ in French means ‘Mo, thank you.’
1. My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______.
   A. learning English                     B. finding places to stay in England
   C. driving their car on English roads        D. going to England by car
2. I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ______.
   A. they would be able to practise their English
   B. it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels
   C. it would be convenient for them to have dinner
   D. there would be no problem about finding accommodation there
3. “NO VACANCIES” in English means ______.
   A. no free rooms          B. free rooms      C. not away on holiday    D. holidays
4. If you see a road sign that says ‘Diversion’, you will ______.
   A. fall into a hole
   B. have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself
   C. find that the road is blocked by crowds of people
   D. have to take a different road
5. When someone offered me more coffee and I said ‘Thank you’ in French, I ______.
   A didn’t really want any more coffee       B. wanted them to take the coffee pot away
   C. really wanted some more coffee         D. wanted to express my politeness
6. I was surprised when the coffee pot was taken away because I ______.
   A. hadn’t finished drinking my coffee        B. was expecting another cup of coffee
   C. meant that I didn’t want any more         D. was never misunderstood

23、（1分）
    A beautiful and very successful actress was the star of a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didn’t want to have to go back there every night, so she rented (租用) an expensive flat in the centre of the city, bought some beautiful furniture (家具) and hired a man to paint the rooms in new colours.
    It was very difficult to get tickets for her show because everybody wanted to see it, so she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better and more willingly for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painter’s bill. At the bottom of it were the words “Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance,£3,” with this note： “After 5 p.m. I get fifteen shillings an hour instead of ten shillings.”
1. In the article, “Miss Hall” was the name of ______.
   A. a place where people sang and danced             B. an unmarried woman
   C. a hall                                       D. a street
2. The woman’s flat was situated ______.
   A. near the city                       B. near her home
   C. in the middle of the city              D. by the side of the country road
3. The actress gave the painter two tickets, hoping he would______.
   A. be pleased                      B. ask less money for his work
   C. charge more money for his work     D. say a good word for her musical show
4. After the painter got the tickets from the actress, he ______.
   A. sold them for £3                 B. went to watch the musical show
   C. paid £3 for them                 D. was very thankful to her
5. In the story , ______ made a mistake.
   A. both the actress and the painter       B. neither the actress nor the painter
   C. the painter                       D. the actress

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    The basenji is a central African hunting dog. It comes from a country called Chad, which is north of the Central African Republic. The basenji was well—known as the “silent dog” because for centuries no basenjis has ever been known to bark (吠). Then at a dog show in London in 1953, a basenji actually barked.
    As well as being clever, basenjis are known for their natural courage and are still popular hunting dogs in Africa. But in America people keep them mainly because they are gentle and full of fun. The basenji has an unusual habit, it washes itself all over like a cat. It is a middle—sized dog, 16 or 17 inches high from the shoulder. It weighs about 20 pounds. A basenji’s coat is short and silky. It may be brown, white, or gold , or a mixture of these three colours.
1. Basenjis were first found       .
   A. in Africa, Europe and America  B. in both Africa and America
   C. in central Africa  D. in North Africa
2. What made Basenjis so special?
   A. They were funny enough to make people laugh.
   B. One of them barked at a dog show in London.
   C. They were a true friend of man.
   D. They were born quiet dogs.
3. Americans like basenjis because they are      .
   A. pleasant B. pretty C. clean D. quiet
4. In what way are basenjis like cats?
   A. They make gentle sounds instead of barking.
   B. They are fond of people and look like cats.
   C. They clean themselves all over.
   D. They have short, silky fur.
5. Basenjis are good hunters because they are      .
   A. strong       B. fearless       C. the right colour       D. the right weight

25、（1分）
阅读理解。
    O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was william Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were they would finish with a sudden change at the end to the reader’s surprise.
1.In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. lived in New York   b. worked in a bank  c. travelled to Texas  d. was put in prison  e. had a newspaper  f. learned to write stories
(A)e.c.f.b.d.a.    (B)c.b.e.d.a.f.    (C)e.b.d.c.a.f    (D)c.e.b.d.f.a.
2.People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because ____.
(A)they had surprise ending          (B)they were easy to understand
(C)they showed his love for the poor   (D)they were about New York City
3.O.Henry went to prison because ____.
(A)people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
(B)people thought he had taken money that was not his
(C)he wanted to write stories about prisoners
(D)he broke the law by not using his own name
4.What do you know about O. Henry before he began writing?
(A)He was well-educated             (B)He was very good at learning
(C)he was devoted to the poor         (D)He was not serious about his work
5.Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
(A)His life inside the prison        (B)The newspaper articles he wrote
(C)The city and people of New York    (D)His exciting early life as a boy

26、（1分）
    An ape has a larger brain than any animal except man, though it is much smaller than a man’s brain. Apes all belong to the hot countries of the world—tropical Africa and South—east Asia.
    The gorilla is the largest of the apes. He is as tall as six feet when standing upright. Many people think that gorillas are very fierce. They are often described as standing upright like a man, beating their fists and roaring. In their home, in the forests of Cetral Africa, however, they are not at all like this, They are peaceful animals and never use their great strength unless attacked. Even then, they retreat if they can.
    Gorillas have black faces and long, black, hairy coats. They feed during the day on plants and fruit. At night the old male often sleeps on the ground at the foot of a tree, while the others each make a sleeping platform in the tree bending the leafy branches. Besides this, gorillas climb trees very seldom.
1. Apes live in        .
   A. different parts of the world  B. the cold countries
   C. South America and Africa  D. the countries of Africa and South—east Asia
2. An ape’s brain is        .
   A. as large as a man’s brain  B. a lot smaller than a man’s brain
   C. larger than that of any other animal including man D. a lot larger than a man’s brain
3. A gorilla is about six feet tall when he     .
   A. stands on his legs  B. stand on his arms
   C. roars  D. uses his great strength
4. All gorillas live on       .
   A. vegetables B. leaves and grass C. plants and fruit D. rice
5. During the night gorilla usually sleep in trees except       .
   A. the old female gorilla  B. the old male gorilla
   C. the young gorillas up to six years old D. the baby gorillas

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    Sam and Joe were astronauts. There was once a very dangerous trip and the more experienced astronauts knew there was only a small chance of coming back alive (活着). Sam and Joe, however, thought it would be exciting though a little dangerous. “we’re the best men for the job,” they said to the boss. “There may be problems, but we can find the answers.” “They’re the last people I’d trust,” thought the boss. “But all the other astronauts have refused to go.”
    Once they were in space, Joe had to go outside to make some repairs. When the repairs were done, he tried to get back inside the spaceship. But the door was locked. He knocked but there was no answer. He knocked again, louder this time, and again no answer came. Then he hit the door as hard as he could and finally a voice said, “Who’s there?” “It’s me! Who else could it be?” shouted Joe. Sam let him in all right but you can imagine that Joe never asked to go on a trip with Sam again!
1. Most of the astronauts were unwilling to go on a trip because       .
   A. there was little chance of being selected  B. they weren’t experienced enough
   C. they thought they might get killed D. it wasn’t exciting enough
2. Why were Sam and Joe chosen?
   A. The boss wanted them to get more experience.
   B. The boss trusted them more than anyone else.
   C. They were the last people who wanted to go.
   D. They were the only men who offered to go.
3. What did Sam and Joe think the trip would be like?