Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson River must remember the Catskill Mountains. They are a branch of the great Appalachian family, and can be seen to the west rising up to a noble height and towering over the surrounding country. When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their beautiful shapes on the clear evening sky, but sometimes when it is cloudless, gray steam gathers around the top of the mountains which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will shine and light up like a crown of glory (華麗的皇冠).

     At the foot of these mountains, a traveler may see light smoke going up from a village.

     In that village, and in one of the houses (which, to tell the exact truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years ago, a simple, good-natured fellow by the name of Rip Van Winkle.

     Rip's great weakness was a natural dislike of all kinds of money-making labor. It could not be from lack of diligence (勤勞), for he could sit all day on a wet rock and fish without saying a word, even though he was not encouraged by a single bite. He would carry a gun on his shoulder for hours, walking through woods and fields to shoot a few birds or squirrels. He would never refuse to help a neighbor, even in the roughest work. The women of the village, too, used to employ him to do such little jobs as their less helpful husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to everybody's business but his own.

      If left to himself, he would have whistled ( 吹口哨) life away in perfect satisfaction; but his wife was always mad at him for his idleness (懶散). Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was endlessly going, so that he was forced to escape to the outside of the house -- the only side which, in truth, belongs to a henpecked husband.

68. Which of the following best describes the Catskill Mountains?

   A. They are on the west of the Hudson River.

   B. They are very high and beautiful in this area.

   C. They can be seen from the Appalachian family.

   D. They gather beautiful clouds in blue and purple.

69. The hero of the story is probably_____________.

A. hard-working and likes all kinds of work

B. idle and hates all kinds of jobs

C. simple, idle but very dutiful

D. gentle, helpful but a little idle

70. The underlined words "henpecked husband" in the last paragraph probably means a man who

             .

    A. likes hunting                                    B. is afraid of hens

    C. loves his wife                                   D. is afraid of his wife

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

   A. Catskill Mountains.                              B. A Mountain Village.

   C. Rip Van Winkle.                                D. A Dutiful Husband.

64. Where can you spend the night in a tour?

    A. Cook's Cottage.                     B. Westfield Centrepoint.

 C. Sydney Tower:                      D. Sovereign Hill.

65. What is the time that Cook's Cottage is open on Saturday in the summer?

     A. 11:00 am--2:00 pm.                 B. 5:00 pm--10:30 pm.

     C. 9:00 am--5:30 pm.                   D. 9:00 am--5:00 pm.

66. The Anchorage Restaurant is_______________________.

      A. in Williamstown                      B. in the centre of the city

      C. in Anchorage                        D. in a Cantonese fishing port

67. If you want to buy the best products in Australia, you may call_____________.

   A. 9397 6270          B. 9231 9300         C.  5331 1944        D.  9419 4677

     Deserts are found where there is little rainfall or where rain for a whole year falls in only a few weeks' time. Ten inches of rain may be enough for many plants to survive (存活)if the rain is

spread throughout the year, If it falls, within one or two months and the rest of the year is dry, those plants may die and a desert may form.   

     Sand begins as tiny pieces of rock that get smaller and smaller as wind and weather wear them down. Sand dunes (沙丘) are formed as winds move the sand across the desert. Bit by bit, the

dunes grow over the years, always moving with the winds and changing the shape. Most of them are only a few feet tall, but they can grow to be several hundred feet high.

There is, however, much more to a desert than sand. In the deserts of the southwestern United States, cliffs (懸崖) and deep valleys were formed from thick mud that once lay beneath a sea more than millions of years ago. Over the centuries, the water dried up. Wind, sand , rain, heat and cold all wore away at the remaining rocks. The faces of the desert mountains are always changing -very, very slowly ---as these forces of nature continue to work on the rock.

     Most deserts have a surprising variety of life. There are plants, animals and insects that :have adapted to life in the desert. During the heat of the day, a visitor may see very few signs of living things, but as the air begins to cool in the evening, the desert comes to life. As the sun begins to rise again in the sky, the desert once again becomes quiet and lonely.

60. Many plants may survive in deserts when__________________.

      A. the rain is spread out in a year            B. the rain falls only in a few weeks

      C. there is little rain in a year                D. it is dry all the year round

61. Sand dunes are formed when___________________.

      A. sand piles up gradually                 B. there is plenty of rain in a year

      C. the sea has dried up over the years       D. pieces of rock get smaller

62. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that in a desert there is____________.

     A. too much sand                           B. more sand than before

     C. nothing except sand                       D. something else besides sand

63 It can be learned from the text that in a desert____________.

      A. there is no rainfall throughout the year  B. life exists in rough conditions

      C. all sand dunes are a few feet high       D. rocks are worn away only by wind and heat

    He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the salvage (救援) workers that they called him “our baby.” In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby's grave (墓), carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child.” He has rested there ever since.

    But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On Nov. 5, this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. “This is our baby,” says Magda Schleifer, 68, a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great-aunt named Maria Panula,42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children -- including a 13-month-old boy named Eino from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing. "We thought they were all lost in the sea," says Schleifer.

    Now, using teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby's grave, scientists have compared the

DNA from the Unknown Child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now, the family sees: no need for a new grave. "He belongs to the people of Halifax," says Schleifer. "They've taken care of him for 90 years."

                                            Adapted from People, November 25, 2002

56. The baby travelled on the Titanic with his___________.

   A. mother             B. parents            C. aunt                   D. relatives

57. What is probably the boy's last name?

   A. Schleiferi          B. Eino.            C. Magda.               D. Panula.

58. Some members of the family went to Halifax and put flowers at the child's grave on Nov. 5__.

      A.  1912             B. 1954              C. 2002                 D. 2004

59. This text is mainly about  how______________.

   A. the unknown baby's body was taken from the north Atlantic

   B. the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia

   C. people found out who the unknown baby was

   D. people took care of the unknown baby for 90 years

 假設(shè)你是下圖的李華。請(qǐng)根據(jù)圖畫(huà)所提供的信息，寫(xiě)一篇英語(yǔ)作文，描述昨天晚上鄰居看足球賽影響你學(xué)習(xí)的情況，并描寫(xiě)你隨后與鄰居交涉的過(guò)程(如：你向鄰居提出要求，對(duì)方向你表示歉意等。)

注意：1. 詞數(shù)：80―120

2. 可以編寫(xiě)對(duì)話(huà)或其它敘述方式描寫(xiě)你與鄰居的交涉過(guò)程

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72. Which of the following magazines will probably provide you with articles about music and paintmgs?

A. Apollo.                                                 B. The Week.            

C. New Internationalist.                              D. The Guardian Weekly.

73. It is possible that most of the readers of the four magazines are ______.

A. men                    B. women              C. children                 D. grown-ups

74. Which of the following would you most probably read if you want to get information from the world’s most popular newspapers?

A. Apollo & The Week.

B. Apollo & New Internationalist.

C. The Guardian Weekly & The Week.

D. The Guardian Weekly & New Internationalist.

75. The purpose of writing these four texts is to ______.

A. tell the readers the latest news

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Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially when you’re a thin 14-year-old. That was me in 1940―the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City’s Pennsyl­vania Railway Station.

After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging pas­sengers. I’d like to join them, thinking, “Everyone else is doing it.”

When I got home that night, I told my dad what I wanted to do. “You give an honest day’s work,” he said, looking at me straight in the eye. “They’re paying you. If they want to do that, you let them do that.”

I followed my dad's advice for the rest of that summer and have lived by his words ever since.

Of all the jobs I've had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me. Now I teach my players to have respect for other people and their possessions. Being a member of a team is a totally shared experience. If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone. I can put up with many things, but not with people who steal. If one of my players were caught stealing, he'd be gone.

Whether you’re on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can’t trust one another, there’s going to be trouble.

68. What can be inferred about the baggage boys?

A. They could earn much, but they had to work hard.

B. Many of them earned money in a dishonest way.

C. They were all from poor families.

D. They were all thin, young boys.

69. What does the father's advice imply?

A. It is wrong to give more pay to the passengers.

B. Don’t believe them if they are paying you more.

C. Don’t follow others to overcharge the passengers.

D. It is difficult to work hard and live as an honest boy.

70. The writer can't put up with stealing because he thinks that ______.

A. it is a totally shared experience

B. it is considered as the most dangerous

C. it does great harm to human relationship

D. it may lead to the loss of his sports team

71. It can be concluded from the text that ______.

A. his father's advice helped him to decide which job to take up

B. working in the sports team was his most important experience

C. he learnt much from his shared experience with his team members

D. his experience as a baggage boy had a great influence on his later life

Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially when you’re a thin 14-year-old. That was me in 1940―the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City’s Pennsyl­vania Railway Station.

After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging pas­sengers. I’d like to join them, thinking, “Everyone else is doing it.”

When I got home that night, I told my dad what I wanted to do. “You give an honest day’s work,” he said, looking at me straight in the eye. “They’re paying you. If they want to do that, you let them do that.”

I followed my dad's advice for the rest of that summer and have lived by his words ever since.

Of all the jobs I've had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me. Now I teach my players to have respect for other people and their possessions. Being a member of a team is a totally shared experience. If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone. I can put up with many things, but not with people who steal. If one of my players were caught stealing, he'd be gone.

Whether you’re on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can’t trust one another, there’s going to be trouble.

68. What can be inferred about the baggage boys?

A. They could earn much, but they had to work hard.

B. Many of them earned money in a dishonest way.

C. They were all from poor families.

D. They were all thin, young boys.

69. What does the father's advice imply?

A. It is wrong to give more pay to the passengers.

B. Don’t believe them if they are paying you more.

C. Don’t follow others to overcharge the passengers.

D. It is difficult to work hard and live as an honest boy.

70. The writer can't put up with stealing because he thinks that ______.

A. it is a totally shared experience

B. it is considered as the most dangerous

C. it does great harm to human relationship

D. it may lead to the loss of his sports team

71. It can be concluded from the text that ______.

A. his father's advice helped him to decide which job to take up

B. working in the sports team was his most important experience

C. he learnt much from his shared experience with his team members

D. his experience as a baggage boy had a great influence on his later life

Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand (品牌) of product on the shelf.

Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged (包裝) in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours. Ice cream packets are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.

When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently, researchers found that the colours turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package―blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm.

The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.

It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 per cent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!

The most successful producers know that it’s not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears soap, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote (推銷(xiāo)) their goods, came to the conclusion: “Any fool can make soap, but it takes a genius (天才) to sell it.”

64. Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text?

A. The cost of its package.   B. The price of the product.

C. The colour of its package. D. The brand name of the product.

65. The underlined part “the colours turned the customers off”(in Para. 3 ) means that the colours _____.

A. attracted the customers strongly     B. had weak effects on the customers

C. tricked the customers into shopping       D. caused the customers to lose interest
66. Which of the following is the key to the success in product sales?

A. The way to promote goods.     B. The discovery of a genius.

C. The team to produce a good product.     D. The brand name used by successful producers.

67. Which of the following would be the best title for this text?

A. Choice of Good Products               B. Disadvantages of Products

C. Effect of Packaging on Shopping         D. Brand Names and Shopping Tricks