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B. After a while, the sign began to look like this +. C. After a while, the sign began to look like this &. 6. The main idea of the whole story is that ______. A. the signs for adding and subtracting have changed. B. People could not write in the 1500s

C. the old signs were good for Egyptians but not for us Key: 1.D 2.substract 3.signs 4.C 5.A 6.A 【018】

Mexico's neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the world's largest Spanish-speaking country.

Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 metres). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population, of Mexico City grows bigger every day. About thirty million people live there. It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.

Mexico also has its specialities. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cactus (仙人掌) plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country. (Words: 161 Minutes: 3 ) 1. Mexico is ____the USA.

A. on the south of B. on the north of C. a part of D. as large as 2. Mexicans speak______.

A. English C. French B. Spanish D. Latin(拉丁语) 3. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Mexico City is the capital of Mexico. B. The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000. C. Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population. D. Mexico City is the highest city in the world. 4. Tomatoes were originally (最初) grown in ______. A. America B. Spain C. Tokyo D. Mexico 5. The best title (题目) of the passage is ___.

A. Mexico City B. Mexico's plants C. Mexico D. Mexico's population

[Key] 1. A 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. C 【019】

A Trip to the Forest

One day Bob took two of his friends in-to the mountains. They put up their tents (帐篷) and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.

In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp(营地), it start-ed to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?

Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would hap-pen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!

It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!

1. John and his two friends went to the forest to ____.

A. build their camp B. find their way home C. enjoy the mountains in the snow D. watch the trees in the forest 2. They could not find their way back be-cause ____. A. there was only one road to their camp

B. they couldn't decide which of the two roads led to their tents C. there were no roads in the mountains at all D. everything was covered by the white snow

3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to ____.

A. John's house B. the camp C. the forest D. the mountains 4. The horses stopped because____.

A. it was getting late B. they were tired after running for a long way

C. they knew that they had got to the camp D. they had seen John's house 5. The story happened ____.

A. on a cold winter day B. on a dark snowy evening

C. in a cold camp far from villages D. at night when nothing could be seen [Key] 1. D 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A

【020】

Two farmers were on their way home one evening after a hard day's work. Both were tired. They happened to look up at the sky and saw a black cloud overhead.

\second answered, \胡说), the rain will only kill the crops (庄稼).\

So they began to quarrel (争吵). Just then a third farmer came along and asked them why they were quarreling. Both farmers explained about the black cloud.

\longer there.

Choose the right answer 1. The two farmers were _____.

A. going home B. going to the field C. going to work D. going to see their friend

2. The two farmers _____ on that day.

A. had a holiday B. didn't work

C. worked hard D. wanted to quarrel with each other 3. When there are black block clouds in the sky, _____. A. it will rain soon B. it will be fine

C. it will get hot D. the sun is shining brightly 4. The two farmers fought in words because _____. A. they were hungry B. it rained

C. one said the rain would do good to the crops and the other didn't think so D. they both hoped for rain

5. The third farmer came with and said to the other two. He _____.

A. wanted to make friends with them B. joined them in the quarrel C. wanted to know why they were quarreling D. had nothings to do 6. How many farmers said that the rain would be helpful? _____. A. None B. One C. Two D. Three Keys: ACACCB 【021】

Renting a color television makes more sense than buying. Here‘s why:

1. The longer you rent (租), the less you pay. Each year the monthly rate is reduced. You can reach a low rate of not much more than $12 a week.

2. Service is fast and free. We can have your set installed (安装) in two days. If anything goes wrong, we‘ll have it fixed the same day or lend you another set while we‘re mending it. And don‘t forget: service and spare parts are free!

3. If you don‘t have an aerial (天线), we‘ll install one for you, and that will be free, too. All you have to pay is the installation charge (安装费)!

4. You can choose from all kinds of models, and what‘s more, if after a certain period of time, and you would like a new model, you can change. How‘s that for service?

5. No deposit (押金) is needed. You pay only the monthly rental fee. But if you pay in advance, you can save money. Pay twelve months‘ fees when you begin to hire, and we‘ll give you a month‘s hire without charge.

6. If you decide that you want to stop renting and buy the set you have on hire, this can be arranged—with a generous allowance (折扣) for the fees already paid. 1. From the passage we know _______________________. A. the more you rent, the less you pay

B. the lowest weekly rental fee is much more than $12 C. the longer you rent, the less you pay

D. if you rent a TV set for a long time, service and spare parts will be free 2. What is the good of paying twelve months‘ fees when you begin to hire? A. One and a half months‘ hire free of charge. B. One month‘s hire free of charge. C. Half a month‘s hire free of charge.

D. One-fourth of a month‘s hire free of charge. 3. What does ―pay in advance‖ mean?

A. You pay the rent for a period of time before you actually get the television. B. You go ahead and pay the rent. C. You pay the rent in front of anyone. D. You will be the first to pay the rent.

4. If you want to rent a color television, ____________________.

A. leasing company (租赁公司) can have your set installed the same day B. you can have a choice of sets to rent

C. leasing company will install an aerial for you free of charge D. you must have an aerial

5. This passage is a (an) _______________________.

A. book B. report C. advertisement D. picture

Key: 1-5 CBABC 【022】

We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different time of day. This is so familiar that there seems to be no need to ask the reason for it. Yet no one really understands why flowers open and close like this at particular times. The process (过程) is not as simple as we might think, as recent experiments have shown. In one study, flowers were kept in constant (连续的) darkness. We might expect that the flowers, without any information about the time of day, did not open as they normally do. In fact, they continued to open at their usual time. This suggests that they have some mysterious (神秘的) way of knowing the time. Their sense of time does not depend on information from the outside world; it is, so to speak, inside them, a kind of ―inner clock‖.

This discovery (发现) may not seem to be very important. However, it was later found that not just plants but also animals —including man —have this ―inner clock‖ which controls the working of their bodies and influences (影响) their activities. Men, then, are also influenced by this mysterious power. Whether we wish it or not, it affects such things in our life as our need for sleep, our need for food.

In the past, this did not matter very much because people lived in natural condition. In the modern world, things are different; now there are spacemen, airplane pilots and, in ordinary life, a lot of people who have to work at night. It would be very useful, then, to know more about the ―inner clock‖. Such ordinary things as flowers might help us understand more about ourselves.

1. A recent experiment showed that ________________. A. different flowers open and close at different times of day

B. for their opening and closing, flowers do not need information from the outside world C. flowers are influenced by weak light even when they are in a dark room D. flowers can be used for telling the time 2. The ―inner clock‖ _________________________.

A. is an unimportant discovery B. is only found in animals C. has not been understood by far D. has an effect on human life