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The story I am going to tell you happened about three years ago when I started to learn how to drive. At first, I was very frightened, and I thought I could never learn how to drive a car. Driving a car frightened me because in my home country women never drive, but in the United States every woman has to know how to drive. My husband paid an instructor to teach me how to drive. After that, my husband practiced with me for a long time. My husband always told me that I had to learn. It was important to me and my family.
However, I couldn’t get my license right away. I failed my driving test two times. After practicing for a long time, I decided to go for my third driving test. I had failed my first test because I was very nervous. Everybody encouraged me to continue practicing. Three weeks later, I decided to try it again, but I failed again. After that, I was very embarrassed（困窘的）, and I said I couldn’t get it, so I stopped practicing for a while.
Not knowing how to drive was bad because I couldn’t do anything. I had two kids, my husband works, and I have to take care of everything. Driving was so necessary that I decided to try it again. And finally, that time, I passed the test. Now I have my license. I know how to drive, and it has changed my life in some important ways. Now I’m driving to the college, learning English and hoping I will get a good job in the future.

  1. 1.

    Why did the author think that she could never learn how to drive a car?

    1. A.
      Because she was not an American woman.
    2. B.
      Because she was afraid of a car or a bus.
    3. C.
      Because in her own country women never drive.
    4. D.
      Because her husband didn’t know how to teach her.
  2. 2.

    The underlined word “instructor” in the first paragraph probably means __________.

    1. A.
      someone who teaches a special skill
    2. B.
      someone who teaches a sport skill
    3. C.
      someone who teaches in an American college
    4. D.
      the information telling you how to drive a car
  3. 3.

    How many persons in the author’s family are mentioned except the author herself?

    1. A.
      2
    2. B.
      3
    3. C.
      4
    4. D.
      5
  4. 4.

    The passage mainly shows us that the author failed for quite a few times but she never gave up and __________.

    1. A.
      she succeeded in driving her car to send her two children
    2. B.
      she succeeded in driving to the college to get a good job
    3. C.
      she succeeded in driving to the college and learned English
    4. D.
      she succeeded in passing driving test and got her license in the end
  5. 5.

    The best title of this passage should be “__________”.

    1. A.
      My Driving License
    2. B.
      My Husband and I
    3. C.
      Passing the Test
    4. D.
      Never Give Up

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Because plants cannot move or talk, it is believed that they have no feelings and that they cannot receive signals from outside. However, this may not be completely true.
People who studied plants have found out that plants carry a small electrical charge (電荷). It is possible to measure this charge with a small piece of equipment called “galvanometer”. The galvanometer is placed on a leaf off the plant, and it records any changes in the electrical field of the leaf. Humans have a similar field which can change when we are shocked or frightened.
A man called Backster used a galvanometer for his studies of plants and was very surprised at his results. He found that if he had two or more plants in a room and he began to destroy one of them - perhaps by pulling off its leaves or by pulling it out of its pot - then the galvanometer on the leaves of the other plants showed a change in the electrical field. It seemed as if the plants were signalling a feeling of shock. This happened not only when Backster started to destroy plants, but also when he destroyed other living things such as insects (昆蟲).
Backster said that the plants also knew if someone had destroyed a living thing some distance away, because they signalled when a man who had just cut down a tree entered the room.
Another scientist, named Sauvin, achieved similar results to Backster’s. He kept galvanometers fixed to his plants all the time and checked regularly to see what the plants were doing. If he was out of the office, he telephoned to find out about the signals the plants were sending. In this way, he found that the plants were sending out signals at the exact times when he felt strong pleasure or pain. In fact, Sauvin could cause a change in the electrical field of his plants over a distance of a few miles simply by thinking about them.

  1. 1.

    Why was Backster surprised at the results of his studies?

    1. A.
      Because he found someone had just cut down a tree.
    2. B.
      Because he destroyed a plant by pulling it out of its pot.
    3. C.
      Because he found that plants could move and speak after all.
    4. D.
      Because he found that plants could express feelings of shock.
  2. 2.

    The plants sent out signals _____.

    1. A.
      only when Backster Started to destroy plants
    2. B.
      when Backster destroyed plants or other living things
    3. C.
      only when he destroyed things such as insects
    4. D.
      only when Backster placed the galvanometer on the leaves of the plants
  3. 3.

    The scientist called Sauvin _____.

    1. A.
      did not agree with Backster’s ideas
    2. B.
      did not get the same sort of results as Backster did
    3. C.
      found out some of the same things that Backster did
    4. D.
      got different results from Backster’s
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      The electrical charge plants carry may shock or frighten us.
    2. B.
      A tree will signal when it has been cut down.
    3. C.
      Sauvin could make his plants send out signals some distance away.
    4. D.
      Plants have feelings because they can receive signals without moving.

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On February seventeenth, the Westland/Hallmark Meat Company of Chino, California, recalled almost sixty-five kilograms of beef. The government declared the products unfit for human food, Officials at the Department of Agriculture said the cattle did not receive complete and proper inspection.
The beef recall was the largest in American history. But the government rated the health risk as low. No cases of sickness have been reported.
The beef was produced over the last two years. Almost all of it went to federal programs to provide lunches for schoolchildren. Some also went to federal programs for Indian reservations and emergency food aid.
About half of the beef had already been used when the recall took place. The recall followed the public release of video secretly recorded by the Humane Society of the United States. The video showed workers at the Chino slaughterhouse (屠宰場) mistreating “downers”---- the name for sick or injured cows unable to stand.
The workers kicked them and shot water at their faces. They also used electric shocks and forklift trucks to force the animals to their feet. The Agricultural Department bans downer cattle from entering the food supply. The ban is part of measures to protect against the human version of mad cow disease.
Westland/ Hallmark is closed until investigations are completed, and its deals to supply federal programs are suspended. Local officials have brought animal cruelty charges against two employees. And lawmakers in Congress have ordered the head of the company to appear at a hearing this week, saying he refused an earlier invitation.
At the end of February, the Humane Society brought a lawsuit against the Agriculture Department over a change in its inspection rules. The group says the change made last year could make it easier for sick and injured cows to enter the food supply.
Officials defend the inspection process, but have also announced new measures, including inspections outside approved hours of operation.
When food recalls are announced, they often include the names of some of the stores that were supplied with the products. But under a new state law, California has published an online list of names, addresses and phone numbers of thousands of places affected by the beef recall. These include markets, restaurants, hotels and school systems.

  1. 1.

    What caused the recall of the beef?

    1. A.
      The release of the video recorded secretly
    2. B.
      The poor inspection to the beef industry
    3. C.
      The illness caused by the beef.
    4. D.
      The investigation of the Agriculture Department
  2. 2.

    Why did the Humane Department Society bring a lawsuit against the Agriculture Department?

    1. A.
      The Agriculture Department failed to inspect the beef.
    2. B.
      The Agriculture Department changed its inspection rules.
    3. C.
      The changed inspection rules are not suitable for the beef industry.
    4. D.
      The sick and injured cows are easy to enter the food supply.
  3. 3.

    Which of the following statements is true?

    1. A.
      Half of the beef from the company proves to be poisonous.
    2. B.
      The beef has made lots of people sick.
    3. C.
      The employer of the company was accused of what his workers did to the cattle.
    4. D.
      Almost all of the beef went to the lunches for school children.
  4. 4.

    What is the meaning of the underlined word “suspended” in Para 6?

    1. A.
      held back      
    2. B.
      called off       
    3. C.
      put off                
    4. D.
      slow down

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A new study shows that fat people in the United States suffer direct economic and social effects because of their size. The findings are from an 8-year study of about 100,000 people. The people who were studied were between the age of 18 and 24 when the research began.
The researchers who carried out the study say they consider the people fat if they are in the top of 5% of the measurement in which weight is linked to height. For example, fat women in the study were about 160 centimeters tall and weighed about 90 kilograms. Fat men in the study were about 175 centimeters tall and weighed 100 kilograms. The researchers say that more than 1,000,000 Americans are that big. The researchers found that fat young women were from wealthy families. The fat women also were 20% less likely to get married and they earned an average of about $6,700 a year less than other women. The study showed less severe effects on fat men. They earned an average of about $3,000 a year less than other men. Fat men also were 11% less likely to get married.

  1. 1.

    The passage mainly tells us __________.

    1. A.
      the standards of fat people
    2. B.
      the number of fat Americans
    3. C.
      fat people have fewer advantages
    4. D.
      how long is the study
  2. 2.

    From this study we know fat people in America __________.

    1. A.
      were respected
    2. B.
      earned less
    3. C.
      were more likely to get married
    4. D.
      earned more
  3. 3.

    . The underlined word "severe" here means __________.

    1. A.
      economic
    2. B.
      social
    3. C.
      good
    4. D.
      serious
  4. 4.

    The researchers consider the people fat if __________.

    1. A.
      they eat lots of food and do less exercise
    2. B.
      they are fatter than others
    3. C.
      they are in the top of 5% of the measurement of weight
    4. D.
      they are in the top of the measurement in which weight is linked to height.

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The first outstanding deaf teacher in America was a Frenchman Laurent Clerc. He and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet founded America’s first school for the deaf.
When Laurent Clerc was one year old, he fell into a fire. As a result, he lost both his hearing and his sense of smell. At the age of 12, Laurent entered the Royal Institution for the Deaf in Paris. After he graduated, the school asked him to stay on as an assistant teacher.
Meanwhile, in America, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was studying to be a minister when he met a young deaf girl, Alice Cogswell. He was upset to learn that there were no schools for the deaf in America. Therefore, in 1815, Gallaudet sailed to London to seek ideas on how to teach deaf people. However, he was unable to get help. He met a French educator of the deaf who invited him to Paris to learn at the Royal Institution for the Deaf.
Gallaudet went to the Royal Institution for the Deaf, where Clerc became his Sign Language teacher. The two worked and studied well together. When the time came for Gallaudet to return to America, he asked Clerc to come with him.
The two men set sail on June 18, 1816. The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean took 52 days; however, Clerc and Gallaudet put the time to good use. They discussed the school for the deaf which they planned to open. On the long trip, they had many conversations about education and deafness. The year after they arrived, they founded a school for the deaf in Harford, Connecticut.

  1. 1.

    America’s first school for the deaf was founded __________.

    1. A.
      in 1816
    2. B.
      in 1817
    3. C.
      by a Fenchman
    4. D.
      by an American
  2. 2.

    Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet sailed to London because __________.

    1. A.
      he wanted to study the system of deaf education
    2. B.
      he needed to finish his studies to become a minister
    3. C.
      he wanted to get help from Clerc
    4. D.
      he wanted to find schools for the deaf
  3. 3.

    ." After he graduated, the school asked him to stay on as an assistant teacher." From this
    sentence we can infer that __________.

    1. A.
      the school wanted to help Clerc to get a job
    2. B.
      the school wanted Clerc to be prepared to teach Americans
    3. C.
      the school was impressed with Clerc, and thought he would do a good job
    4. D.
      the school wanted other deaf students to model after Clerc
  4. 4.

    The main idea of this passage could best be stated as __________.

    1. A.
      Clerc was an intelligent man
    2. B.
      Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was grateful to Clerc for all that he taught him
    3. C.
      Clerc would teach the deaf in America rather than in Paris
    4. D.
      Clerc, an educated Frenchman, made a difference to American Deaf Education

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Many people think that the BBC news programs are better than those on other channels because the BBC is not a commercial company. It pays for its programs from the television license money which everyone must pay if they have a television.
The BBC, which is often known as "Auntie", is the biggest news collecting operation in the world. It has the world’s largest network of foreign correspondents (通訊員；記者）. Ten percent of the BBC’s annual budget is spent on news collecting, reporting and presenting. More than 1,700 people work for the BBC news service.
The BBC produces more than 214 hours of news and current affairs programs for radio and television each week. Each television news program costs about £78,000 per hour and each radio news program costs approximately £4,800 per hour. In the UK, about 19 million people ― almost 35% of the total population, watch the BBC television news progams every day.
Developments in technology are improving news collection and presentation every year. The BBC now uses special cameras in the TV news studios to film the news presenters, and captions― the words and sentences at the bottom of the screen, are now produced automatically by computer.

  1. 1.

    According to the first paragraph, we can learn that __________.

    1. A.
      many people are more content with the BBC than with other channels
    2. B.
      the BBC news programs are better thought of than the news programs on other channels
    3. C.
      the BBC news programs are better than other programs
    4. D.
      if we have a television, we must pay the television license money.
  2. 2.

    Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      The number of the people working for the BBC news service is the largest in the world
    2. B.
      The percentage of the BBC’s budget spent on news collecting is the largest in the world
    3. C.
      The BBC has the largest network of foreign correspondents in the world
    4. D.
      The BBC now uses special cameras to film the news presenters and captions
  3. 3.

    We can infer from the passage that the UK has a population of about __________.

    1. A.
      54 million
    2. B.
      19 million
    3. C.
      5.4 million
    4. D.
      6.6 million
  4. 4.

    What’s the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      The BBC News Service
    2. B.
      The BBC Is Not Commercial
    3. C.
      Developments in Technology Are Improving News Collection
    4. D.
      The Biggest Operation in The World

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BUY A JOINT TICKET AND VISIT THE HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES
THE TOWER OF LONDON
Royal Palace and fortress for over 900 years, scene of mystery, murder and home to the Crown Jewels.
KENSINGTON PALACE
Birthplace of Queen Victoria, this royal retreat is home to magnificent State Apartments and the stunning Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection, which includes dresses worn by HM Queen Elizabeth II and Diana, Princess of Wales.
HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES
Hampton Court Palace is part of Historic Royal Palaces, a registered charity ( No: 1068852 ) that receives no public funding. We rely on the income from admission tickets to the palaces to pay for vital protection work, necessary for the preservation of these national monuments and collections for future generations. Please ask at the ticket office for more information or visit www.hrp.org.uk.
VISITOR INFORMATION
CARRIAGE RIDES
Take a trip around Home Park in a horse-drawn carriage. Rides begin and end in Home Park at the entrance by the East Front Gardens. Available all day. 20 minutes duration. £10.00 per carriage. Subject to weather and ground conditions.
ENQUIRIES
For details of admission charges, group rates, the Friends of Hampton Court Palace and facilities for disabled visitors, call 0870-752-7777 or visit www. Hampton-court-palace.org.uk.
RESTAURANTS & SHOPS
Choose from the Tiltyard Tearooms or the Privy Kitchen Coffee Shop. There are also a number of ice-cream kiosks open in the summer. The palace shops offer a wide range of gifts and souvenirs.
AUDIO GUIDES
Audio guides are included in the palace ticket and are available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese.

  1. 1.

    If you want to take a look at the dresses worn by some royal members, you go to __________.

    1. A.
      Kensington Palace
    2. B.
      the Tower of London
    3. C.
      Hampton Court Palace
    4. D.
      Historic Royal Palaces
  2. 2.

    You have to pay extra money if you want to __________.

    1. A.
      have an audio guide
    2. B.
      visit the royal palace and fortress
    3. C.
      take a horse-drawn carriage
    4. D.
      visit Hampton Court Palace
  3. 3.

    Which of the following information is NOT given in the passage?

    1. A.
      The protection of the national monuments.
    2. B.
      Admission charges for group visitors.
    3. C.
      Free gifts and souvenirs.
    4. D.
      Conditions in which to take a horse-drawn carriage
  4. 4.

    If you want to take your disabled sister for a visit, you can __________.

    1. A.
      get a free ticket for it
    2. B.
      get help from Hampton Court Palace
    3. C.
      visit www.hrp.org.uk
    4. D.
      log on www.Hampton-court-palace.org.uk for information

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To take the apple as a forbidden fruit is the most unlikely story the Christians（基督教徒）ever cooked up. For them, the forbidden fruit from Eden is evil（邪惡的）. So when Columbus brought the tomato back from South America, a land mistakenly considered to be Eden, everyone jumped to be the obvious conclusion. Wrongly taken as the apple of Eden, the tomato was shut out of the door of Europeans.
What made it particularly terrifying was its similarity to the mandrake, a plant that was thought to have come from Hell（地獄）.What earned the plant its awful reputation was its roots which looked like a dried-up human body occupied by evil spirits. Tough the tomato and the mandrake were quite different except that both had bright red or yellow fruit, the general population considered them one and the same, too terrible to touch.
Cautious Europeans long ignored the tomato, and until the early 1700s most of the Western people continued to drag their feet. In the 1880s, the daughter of a well-known plant expert wrote that the most interesting part of an afternoon tea at her father’s house had been the “introduction of this wonderful new fruit—or is it a vegetable?” As late as the twentieth century some writers still classed tomatoes with mandrakes as an “evil fruit”.
But in the end tomatoes carried the day. The hero of the tomato was an American named Robert  Johnson, and when he was publicly going to eat the tomato in 1820, people journeyed for hundreds of miles to watch him drop dead. “What are you afraid of?” he shouted. “I’ll show you fools that these things are good to eat!” Then he bit into the tomato. Some people fainted. But he survived and, according to a local story, set up a tomato-canning factory.

  1. 1.

    The tomato was shut out of the door of early Europeans mainly because ______.

    1. A.
      it made Christians evil.
    2. B.
      it was the apple of Eden
    3. C.
      it came from a forbidden land
    4. D.
      it was religiously unacceptable
  2. 2.

    What can we infer the underlined part in Paragraph 3 ?

    1. A.
      The process of ignoring the tomato slowed down
    2. B.
      There was little progress in the study of the tomato
    3. C.
      The tomato was still refused in most western countries
    4. D.
      Most western people continued to get rid of the tomato
  3. 3.

    What is the main reason for Robert Johnson to eat the tomato publicly?

    1. A.
      To make himself a hero
    2. B.
      To remove people’s fear of the tomato
    3. C.
      To speed up the popularity of the tomato
    4. D.
      To persuade people to buy products from his factory
  4. 4.

    What is the main purpose of the passage ?

    1. A.
      To challenge people’s fixed concepts of the tomato
    2. B.
      To give an explanation to people’s dislike of the tomato
    3. C.
      To present the change of people’s attitudes to the tomato
    4. D.
      To show the process of freeing the tomato from religious influence

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There is no better way to enjoy Scottish traditions than going fishing and tasting a little bit of whisky(威士忌)at a quiet place like the Inverlochy Castle. When Queen Victoria visited the castle in 1873, she wrote in her diary, “I never saw a lovelier spot ,” And she didn’t even go fishing.
Scotland is not easily defined. In certain moments, this quiet land of lakes and grasses and mountains changes before your very eyes. When evening gently sweeps the hillside into orange light, the rivers, teeming with fish, can turn into streams of gold . As you settle down with just a fishing pole and a basket on the bank of River Orchy, near the Inverlochy Castle , any frustration(煩惱) will float away as gently as the circling water. It’s just you and purple, pink, white flowers, seeking a perfect harmony. If you are a new comer to fishing, learning the basics from a fishing guide may leave you with a lifetime’s fun. For many, fishing is more than a sport; it is an art.
Scotland offers interesting place where you can rest after a long day’s fishing. Set against a wild mountain and hidden behind woodland, the beautiful Inverlochy Castle Hotel below the Nevis is a perfect place to see the beauty of Scotland’s mountains. Ben Nevis is the highest of all British mountains, and reaching its 1343-metre top is a challenge. But it’s not just what goes up matters; what comes down is unique. More than 900 metres high, on the mountain’s north face, lies an all-important source of pure water. Its name comes from the Gaelic language “usquebaugh” or “water of life”; and it is the single most important ingredient(原料) in Scotland’s best known drink: whisky.

  1. 1.

    The story of Queen Victoria is to show that _____.

    1. A.
      the queen is rich in tour experience
    2. B.
      the Castle is a good place to go in Scotland
    3. C.
      tasting whisky is better than going fishing
    4. D.
      1873 is a special year for the queen
  2. 2.

    How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed?

    1. A.
      By giving descriptions.
    2. B.
      By following time order.
    3. C.
      By analyzing causes.
    4. D.
      By making comparisons.
  3. 3.

    What is Ben Nevis special for?

    1. A.
      The Inverlochy Castle Hotel .
    2. B.
      The beauty of its surroundings.
    3. C.
      The water from the mountain.
    4. D.
      The challenge up to its top.
  4. 4.

    What is the main purpose of the passage?

    1. A.
      To introduce Scottish traditions to tourists.
    2. B.
      To show the attractions of Scotland to readers.
    3. C.
      To explore geographical characteristics of Scotland.
    4. D.
      To describe the pleasures of life in Scotland.

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Top lists are lecturing people on everything from “100 places to visit” to “100 books to read ”.
Aren't you just tired of being told what to do with your time?
Now you have a list to end all lists!
Take a look at the following two examples from the list of “101 things not to do”:
Swim with Dolphins（海豚）？
Swimming with dolphins is one of the world’s most profitable tourist activities. However, every dolphin will welcome having their busy, tiring day interrupted by tourists screaming and pushing around them in the water. Worse yet, when dolphins get too near to the boats loaded with tourists, they could get caught up in ropes and killed by propellers(螺旋槳).
Here’s a little secret. Dolphins look like smiling at you, but actually they’re just opening their mouths.
Go to See the Mona Lisa?
There must be something about the mysterious(神秘的)smile. The 6 million people who visit the lady in the Louvre every year can’t all be wrong, after all. But they can be quite annoying, standing in front of you, holding up their cameras to prevent you from seeing anything. In fact, it is hard for you to see the painting clearly because you have to stay away from it for security reasons. After queuing for hours, many tourists can remain in front of the painting only for 15 seconds at most.
If the mysterious lady in the picture knew her fate, she wouldn’t just be smiling, she’d be laughing.
So, still long to see the Mona Lisa? If you want to find out more about the list, read 101 Things NOT to Do Before You Die. Visit www.not2dobeforeidie.co.uk and buy the book at a 20％ discount.

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, swimming with dolphins________.

    1. A.
      is the world’s most popular tourist activity
    2. B.
      gives fun to both tourists and dolphins
    3. C.
      will make tourists busy and tired
    4. D.
      can cause danger to dolphins
  2. 2.

    What does the author think about going to see the Mona Lisa?

    1. A.
      It is wrong to go and see the mysterious smile.
    2. B.
      It is not as satisfying as expected.
    3. C.
      Fifteen seconds in front of the painting is enough.
    4. D.
      Queuing for hours is worthwhile.
  3. 3.

    The list of “101 things not to do” is made most probably because its author_______.

    1. A.
      thinks it boring to do the things suggested by other lists
    2. B.
      believes other lists are not humorous enough
    3. C.
      intends to persuade people to read more lists
    4. D.
      wants to provide a list different from other lists
  4. 4.

    What is the main purpose of the passage?

    1. A.
      To advertise a book
    2. B.
      To introduce a website
    3. C.
      To comment on popular lists
    4. D.
      To recommend tourist activities.

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