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I.Read the following short passages and choose the best answer.

(20 % )

Passage 1

GENEVA-A 38-year-old Spanish man briefly hijacked 抢劫a French airliner on Majorca Sunday and threatened to blow it up to protest 抗议France's plans to resume nuclear testing, then surrendered in投降放弃Geneva without a struggle after releasing 298 passengers and crew. An official at Geneva's Cointrin Airport described the man as unbalanced.

a ．A Spanish man hijacked a French airline to protest France's nuclear testing.

b. A Spanish man who had threatened to blow up a French airline surrendered in Geneva.

c. A Spanish man who had hijacked a French airline surrendered in Geneva.

Passage 2

TOKYO-When Compaq Computers康帕电脑and Dell Computer invaded 进入the Japanese market three years age with personal computers selling for half the price of the local varieties当地品种, rival竞争对手Japanese companies braced for trouble准备应付动乱. But instead of killing the Japanese personal computer industry, the American onslaught猛攻liberated 放纵it. Proceed by what is known as the “Compaq Shock康帕冲击,” Japanese manufacturers have become fiercer competitors, cutting their prices drastically. The result has been a boom in sales that is benefiting the Japanese manufacturers as much as the Americans.

a. American and Japanese computer companies compete to win the Japanese market.

b. “Compaq Shock,” has benefited Japanese market.

c. Fierce competition between American and Japanese computer companies has helped the computer sales boom in Japan.

Passage 3

PARIS-A bomb 炸弹exploded at a crowded street market in Paris near the Place de la Bastille Sunday morning, leaving four people slightly hurt. The police said that the bomb, packed into a pressure cooker and hidden in a bag under a vegetable stand, did not cause greater damage because of a malfunction.功能失常But the incident clearly left a deep impact on Government

officials who are facing what they believe to be a campaign of terrorism directed by Islamic militants from Algeria. Police did not immediately link the bomb to three devices planted in recent weeks, which killed seven and wounded scores of others in Paris.

a ．A bom

b blast at a Paris market hurt four people.

b. four people were injured in a crowded street market in Paris..

c. Terrorists planted in bomb in Paris that wounded

Passage 4

UNITED NATIONS-The United Nations has run out of money to pay its regular operating expenses and is being forced to borrow from peacekeeping funds, which are also strained, an American accounting expert in charge of financial management here told a General Assembly committee Tuesday.

a. UN is short of cash.

b. UN is borrowing from peacekeeping funds.

c. UN cannot pay regular operating expenses.

Passage 5

Eight people were killed as forest fires ripped through eastern Spain on Monday, destroying thousands hectares of land and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people, officials said.

a ．Forest fires destroyed land and killed 8 people.

b. Hundreds of people were forced to leave their land because of forest fires.

c. Eight people died in for fires that hit eastern Spain.

II.Read the following news and choose the best answer. ( 60% )

Passage 1

Every human being, no matter what he is doing, gives off body heat. The usual problem is how to get rid of it. But the designers of the Johnstown campus of the University of Pittsburgh set themselves the opposite problem – how to collect body heat. They have designed a collection system which uses not only body heat, but the heat given off by such objects as light bulbs 电灯and refrigerators冰箱as well. The system works so well that no fuel is needed to make the campus's six buildings comfortable.

Some parts of most modern buildings –theaters and offices as well as classrooms –are more than sufficiently heated by people and lights and sometimes must be air-conditioned even in winter . The technique of saving heat and redistributing it is called “heat recovery”. A few modern buildings recover heat, but the University's system is the first to recover heat from buildings and reuse it in others.

Along the way, Pitt has learned a great deal about some of its producers. The harder a student studies, the more heat his body gives off. Male students send out more heat than female students, and the larger a student is, the more heat he produces . It is tempting to conclude that the hottest prospect for the Johnstown campus would be a hard-working overweight male genius.

1. What is characteristic of the buildings on Johnstown campus of the University of Pittsburgh? B

A. They are more comfortable to live in than other buildings.

B. They collect body heat to regulate the temperature inside.

C. They use light bulbs to heat the classrooms.

D. They consume less fuel to keep the classrooms cool.

2. According to the passage, the technique of heat recovery is used __D______.

A. to provide a special form of air-conditioning

B. to provide heat for the hot water system

C. to find out the source of heat

D. to collect heat and reuse it

3. The phrase “the hottest prospect” in this passage refers to __C______.

A. the person who suffers most from heat

B. the person who needs more heat than others

C. the person who gives off most heat

D. the person who make better use of body heat

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according the passage?C

A. The harder a student works, the more heat he or she produces.

B. The bigger a student is, the more heat he or she sends out.

C. A girl student sends out more heat than a boy student.

D. A large and hard-working boy student gives off the most heat.

5. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?A

A. Recovery of Body Heat C. Modern Building's Heat System

B. Body Heat and Sex D. Ways of Heating Buildings

Passage 2

The Earth has a force that pulls thing toward itself. We call this force gravity. This is something we live with all the time, and we take it for granted and hardly ever think about it . But it is a most important factor in rocket operation and must overcome if we are to get anywhere in space, or off the ground at all.

Take the throwing of a ball as an example. The harder the ball is thrown, the faster and higher it will go. What is the secret? Its speed. If we could throw the ball hard enough it would go up and up forever and never come down. The speed at which it would have to be thrown do this is known as escape speed. Of course, we cannot throw a ball hard enough because the speed required to escape completely from the Earth's gravity is seven miles per second, or over twenty-five thousand miles per hour.

Once escape speed has been reached by a spacecraft, no further power is needed. A rocket aimed at the Moon, for instance, will ‘coast' （滑行）the rest of the way because the Earth's gravity cannot then pull it back, and there is no air resistance in space to slow it down. This ‘coasting' is known as ‘free fall'.自由落体That does not mean the rocket is falling down towards the Earth but that it is traveling freely in space without the aid of power, like a bicycle coasting downhill.

Free fall is an important feature of space travel: it would be impossible to carry enough fuel to provide powered flight all the time.

6. What is the most important factor for a rocket to escape from the Earth?B

A. To travel as fast as it can.

B. To overcome the Earth's gravity.

C. To reduce the air resistance.

D. To carry enough fuel with it.

7. How fast will a rocket go to escape completely from the Earth's gravity? D

A. Seventy miles per second.

B. Seven thousand miles per hour.

C. Twenty-five thousand miles per second.

D. Twenty-five thousand miles per hour.

8. As there is always the Earth's gravitational pull, people A________.

A. accept it without questioning it

B. never notice its presence

C. seldom think about how to use it

D. often try to escape from it

9. When a bicycle ‘coasts' downhill, it __B______.

A. runs faster and faster

B. runs freely without any further power

C. is no longer affected by the Earth's gravity

D. does not meet with air resistance

10. Why is it not necessary to provide powered flight in space all the time? C

A. Few spacecraft complete their flight operations.

B. The spacecraft will be attracted by the Moon.

C. No further power is needed after the escape speed is reached.

D. ‘Free fall' takes the place of the Earth's gravitational pull.

Passage 3

Crime is a very serious problem in Britain. One sort of crime which particularly worries people is juvenile delinquency –that is, crimes committed by young people. For some years juvenile delinquency 青少年犯罪had been increasing. There are two main sorts of juvenile crimes: stealing and violence. Most people do not understand why young people commit these crimes. There are, I think, a large number of different reasons.

These crimes are not usually committed by people who are poor or in need. Young people often dislike and hate the adult world. They will do things to show that they are rebels.反抗Also in Britain today it is easier for young people to commit crimes because they have more freedom to go where they like and more money to do what they like .

There are two other possible causes which are worth mentioning. More and more people in Britain live in large towns. In a large town no one knows who anyone else is or where they live. But in the village I come from crimes are rare because everyone knows everyone else.

Although it is difficult to explain, I think the last cause is very important. Perhaps there is something with our society which encourages violence and crime. It is a fact that all the time

children are exposed to films and reports about crime and violence. Many people do not agree that this influences the young people, but I think that young people are very much influenced by the society they grow in. I feel that the fault may be as much with our whole society as with these young people.

11. From the passage we know that many British people are confused about _D_______.

A. the causes of juvenile crimes

B. the rise of the crime rate

C. the problem of crimes in their country

D. the various kinds of juvenile delinquency

12. One reason why young people in large cities are more likely to commit crimes is that B________.

A. they need more money

B. they are free to move

C. they live a better life

D. nobody knows anything about others

13. According to the passage, which groups of the following young people are LEAST likely to commit crimes? B

A. Those living in big cities.

B. Those living in the countryside.

C. Those who are very poor.

D. Those who are in need of help.

14. Unlike many others, the author holds that one important cause for juvenile delinquency is that _____A___.

A. young people nowadays do not like adult world

B. young people in Britain today are freer than before

C. young people are influenced by crime and violence in films and newspapers

D. too many young people have come to live in big cities

15. According to the passage, which is to blame for juvenile crimes, apart from the young people themselves? C

A. The adult world.

B. Their parents.

C. The society.

D. The development of the cities.

III.Cloze ( 20% )

A contract is an agreement between two or more people (1) ________ one person agrees to do something by a specified date in return for something done by (2) ________. Usually the contract is a written document signed and dated by both (3) ________. It must state clearly the consideration, that is, what is to be given or done by one person in (4) _______ for what is given or done by the other. If one person does (5) ________ was promised and the other does not, that other may be sued in court and required by court order to make good. He or she (6) ________ also to be required to pay for damages suffered as a result of the failure to perform. The things (7) ________ by both parties must be stated in definite terms (8) ________ the court will hold that the contract is (9) ________ vague and general to be enforced. (10) ________, the time period within which the work is to be done must be definite or the court will say that the document is not a contract.

1. A. in which B. which C. that D. on that

2. A. another B. other C. the other D. others

3. A. parts B. people C. parties D. aspects

4. A. replace B. change C. payment D. exchange

5. A. that B. what C. the thing D. something

6. A. need B. has C. ought D. may

7. A. to be done B. to do C. done D. being done

8. A. and B. or C. else D. so

9. A. so B. too C. rather D. over

10. A. Similar B. The same C. Similarly D. Too

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