TYPING

This course is for those who want to learn to type, as well as those who want to improve their typing. The course is not common. You are tested in the first class and begin practicing at one of eight different skill levels. This allows you to learn at your own speed. Each program lasts 20 hours. Bring your own paper.

Course fee: $ 125   Materials: $25

Two hours each evening for two weeks. New classes begin every two weeks.

This course is taught by a number of qualified business education teachers who have successfully taught typing courses before.

UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS

This twelve-hour course is for people who do not know very much about computers, but who need to learn about them. You will learn what computers are, what they can and can’t do and how to use them.

Course fee: $75    Equipment fee: $ 10

Jan. 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, Wed. & Sat. 9—11:30 a.m.

Joseph Saunders is Professor of Computer Science at New Urban University. He has over twenty years of experience in the computer field.

STOP SMOKING

Do you want to stop smoking? Have you already tried to stop and failed? Now is the time to stop smoking using the latest methods. You can stop smoking, and this twelve-hour course will help you do it.

Course fee: $30

Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23 Mon. 2—5 p. m.

Dr John Good is a practicing psychologist who had helped hundreds of people stop smoking.

If you choose the UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS course, you will have classes _______.

A. from Monday to Sunday                 B. from Monday to Friday

C. on Wednesday and Saturday                  D. on Saturday and Sunday

Mr. Black works every morning and evening, but he wants to take part in one of the three courses. The most probable course he will attend is ______.

A. typing                                           B. understanding computers  

C. stop smoking                                     D. any of the courses

If you want to learn computer and at the same time you want to improve your typing, you will pay _______.

A. $ 75                        B. $ 15                  C. $ 115                       D. $ 235

The typical difference of “Typing” from the other two is that ______.

A. people with different skill levels may learn at different speeds

B. you will take a test after the course

C. you will pay the fee before practicing

D. you will pay less money

There is a small group of English words which even some native speakers and writers find _____.

   A. puzzled        B. to be puzzled       C. to puzzle         D. puzzling

Some of the naughty boys were standing by the Green Lake, ______ swimming suits.

  A. all of them wore     B. all were wearing     C. all wearing     D. all of whom wearing

--- Is there any possibility of the film ____ in Paris International Festival?

   --- Not in the least, because the audience generally think little of it.

   A. trying out      B. tried out      C. to try out     D. being tried out

Our listener question this week comes from Abdullahi Farah, who wants to know about the life and work of Doctor Benjamin Carson.

Doctor Carson is an internationally recognized doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He has been the director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the hospital for twenty-five years. At the age of thirty-three, he became one of the youngest doctors in the United States to hold that position. And he was the first African-American to have that position at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Ben Carson is known for his work as a brain surgeon for children. For example, in nineteen eighty-seven, he led a team of seventy doctors and nurses in an operation to separate two babies joined at the head. Earlier attempts by other surgeons on other babies had failed. Doctor Carson successfully performed the operation. Both babies were able to survive independently.

Doctor Carson has written four books. His first book, "Gifted Hands," tells the story of his life. Benjamin Carson was born in nineteen fifty-one in Detroit, Michigan.

As a boy, Ben was not a good student. In fact, he was the worst in his class. When his mother learned of his failing grades she asked her sons to read two library books every week. She limited the amount of time they watched television. And she told them to respect every person.

Ben Carson soon became the top student in his class. He went on to study at Yale University, one of the best universities in the country, and later to medical school at the University of Michigan.

Doctor Carson has received many awards and honors. Last year he received the nation's highest civilian honor. Former President George W. Bush presented Benjamin Carson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a ceremony at the White House.

The passage is probably taken from _____.

A. a radio                      B. a magazine                C. TV               D. a paper

What does the word “surgeons” in paragraph 3 mean?

A. nurses                       B. doctors                      C. hospitals        D. points

Benjamin Carson’s change in study was largely because of ______

A. his hard work                        B. his teacher       C. his mother                     D. his father

What’s the aim to write the passage?

A. To call on us to learn from Benjamin Carson.

B. To praise Benjamin Carson for his achievements.

C. To show us how Benjamin Carson succeeded

D. To introduce Benjamin Carson’s life and work

單詞拼寫（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）

根據(jù)下列各句句意和空白之后的漢語提示詞，在答題卡指定區(qū)域的橫線上寫出對(duì)應(yīng)單詞的正確形式，每空只寫一詞。

66. Their plans seem good in ________ (理論) but won’t work in practice .

67. One of their first ________ (商業(yè)的) products was an electronic typewriter.

68. ________ (總共) , about 50 NATO aircrafts took part in the attack.

69. The blood samples have been sent away for ________ (分析) .

70. We will continue the race, __________of (不顧，不管) the weather.

71.When the fire got out of control, the captain told the sailors to_____(放棄) the ship.

72. One or two glasses of wine every day can be ________ (有益的). 

73. Full_____(準(zhǔn)備) are being made to ensure the art exhibition will go on smoothly.

74. He suggests the product of labour should be equally ________ (分配).

75. The government’s first task is _______(起草) a new constitution for the country.

– _______ that made Mrs. White so upset?

   – Her son’s making trouble in the school.

   A. Where was it     B. Why was it     C. How was it    D. What was it

After the trainer was sure that the whale could look after itself, he __________it into the sea.

       A．transported      B．unloaded         C．released      D．handled

Edinburgh takes on Leinster in their Rugby Union match on Friday evening where it should be a dry night with some clear spells. It will feel chilly in the wind, with temperatures at the start of the match around only 6℃ (43⁰F).

There will be some light rain on Friday afternoon for the races in Newbury. It will stay rather cloudy and will feel cold in the wind with a high of 8 ℃. But the weather will not be too much of a problem for the event.

A slow moving storm system spreads cloud, rain and colder weather across New York. This will be the case, not only tonight, but right through until Friday. Saturday the weather will start to change to a more spring pattern with mild and fine weather again on Sunday, when the biggest American football match kicks off.

   Keep an umbrella handy.

A cold front will push eastward from Texas to the southern half of the Mississippi Valley by Friday evening. Strong two severe thunderstorms have already developed, from eastern Kansas and western Missouri southward to central and eastern Texas. All outdoor sports events will be impossible in these areas.

60. If you want to watch the Rugby match on Friday, you'd better       .

   A. wear warm clothes and a raincoat       B. wear warm clothes

   C. take an umbrella with you                    D. wear a sport suit

61. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. There will not be any sports matches or races in central and eastern Texas because of the coming thunderstorm.

   B. The weather will be fine when the football match starts in New York.

   C. The races will continue in Newbury in spite of the rainy weather.

   D. Mississippi Valley runs from north to south.

62. What can we learn from the passage?

   A. Bad weather happens abruptly in New York.

   B. The races in Newbury will be cancelled because of the weather.

   C. 6 ℃ is a high temperature for the season when the match takes place.

   D. Edinburgh and Leinster refer to two Rugby teams in the passage.

The most popular way to welcome the new year in the United States is to have a big party. Some parties are at people’s homes. But in recent years, it has become more and more common

For Americans to go to a hotel or a club or a restaurant on the night of December the 31st. There they can have dinner, drink champagne ( a kind of wine), and dance.

Most New Year’s parties have something in common. First of all, they are usually noisy. People sing and bands (樂隊(duì))play. And often, guests pull a cracker（爆竹） when the clock strikes twelve at midnight. People think that loud sounds would drive away the evil spirits of the old year before the new year begins.

For many people New Year’s Eve is the night when they can drink as much as they like. Some New Year’s celebrations have ended sadly for people who got drunk and had driving accidents. Radio’s and television’s announcements warn people of the danger of drunk driving. Some places offer free rides home for drunken people.

The biggest and noisiest New year’s party in the United States takes place at Times Square in New York City. Thousands of people gather there. Some of them ring bells or let off crackers. Others blow whistles or car horns. And at 12 o’cloIk, they begin to cheer as an electric sign in the shape of a red apple lights up on top of a tall building.

Americans keep up one other important tradition as the new year begins. They make decisions about how to improve themselves in the year ahead. Experts say that the most common New Year’s decisions in the United states are to eat less. But many Americans also promise themselves to stop smoking, or stop drinking wine, or to be nicer to their friends and families.

Experts find fewer than ten percent of Americans carry out their New Year’s decisions. Few want to give up this tradition. Almost everyone seems to enjoy looking back over the year that has just ended and looking forward to a nice beginning of a new year. ,

72. The article is about _____.

A. some important traditions in the USA

B. when and where Americans welcome the new year

C. New year’s celebrations in the USA

D. American ways of life and their interests

73. On New Year’s Eve _____ in America.

A. parties are held in different places

B. people are encouraged to drink as much as they like

C. some places offer free rides home for everyone

D. people begin to shout as soon as they see a red apple

74. . Most new year’s parties are usually noisy, because______.

A. people sing songs         B. bands play music  

C. guests pull crackers       D. people want to get rid of bad luck of the old year

75. In order to prevent car accidents _____ on New Year’s Eve.

A. many Americans promise to stop drinking wine

B. drunken people are forbidden to drive, but can be driven home for free in some places

C. little wine is served at New year’s celebrations

D. people are warned of the danger of drinking too much