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Dear Sir,

　　I read your story (of the 5th May) about the cost of living in the country, and I agree with what you said. I lived in a seaside town two years ago. When my husband stopped working, we moved to a small village.

　　I have to do my shopping in small shops, and things are more expensive than in city supermarkets. It also costs more to travel by bus.

　　But it does not cost us much to enjoy the beauty and quiet in the country. We can enjoy them just by going out of the front door. Though it costs more to live here, we are having an enjoyable life now.

Yours faithfully,

Helen Smith

1．Mrs Smith moved from ________ to a small village.

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2．Things in small shops are ________ than those in city supermarkets.

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3．It costs them ________ to live in the country than before.

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4．Now Mrs Smith can enjoy the beauty and quiet in the country by ________.

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5．We can infer (推斷) that the May 5th story told people the cost of living in the town was than that in the country.

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　　Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (長凳) . The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man , “Excuse me , but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir,” said the poor man, “I am a failure. I have no money, no family , no home. I sleep on this bench , and every night I dream that one day I'll sleep in the hotel.” The rich man said,“Tonight your dream will come true. I'll pay for the best mom in that hotel for you for a whole month.”

　　A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man's room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “You see, when I'm down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I'm up there, in that big hotel. It's a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to my cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn't get any sleep at all.”

1．The poor man lived in ________ before he met the rich man.

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2．Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and ________.

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3．Every night the poor man dreamed of ________.

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4．The poor man moved out of the hotel because ________.

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A．he didn't want to live in such a fine room

B．he didn't like the rich man

C．he couldn't pay for the room

D．he couldn't get any sleep at all there

5．In the end, the poor man found it ________ to sleep in that hotel.

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閱讀下面短文，選出可以完成句子或回答所提問題的最佳選項。

　　People have sailed (航海) the world in quite small boats. It is not an easy thing to do. That can be the end of everyone in it. Sometimes the weather gets bad. Accidents can happen easily and quickly.

　　One family once had an accident. A big fish swam under their boat and bit (咬) holes in it. Sea water came in and the boat soon went down. Luckily these people had another small boata life-boat, and they all got into the life-boat. They lived and hoped for many days. They ate and slept, and always hoped …. At last a ship saved them. How do people live in a very small life-boat for days or weeks even for months? They must be strong in every way. They must have hope, they must want to live.

　　They can not drink sea water. Drink a lot of sea water, and you will quickly die. They must catch rain water and drink it. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Life-boats do not often carry a cooker. So people can not cook their food in the life-boats. Raw (生的) fish and bird-meat is not very nice but it is their only food. They must eat raw food, or they will die.

1．When the boat sank the life-boat gave the people ________.

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2．One family once had an accident at sea, because ________.

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A．their boat met bad weather

B．the boat hit a big rock and it was broken

C．a(chǎn) fish bit holes in their boat

D．none of them knew how to sail the sea

3．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

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A．Sailing around the world in quite small boats is difficult.

B．All the food people have in life-boat is cooked fish and bird-meat.

C．Anyone who drinks a lot of sea water will die.

D．No one can live for weeks in a life-boat if he is not strong.

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閱讀下面短文，選出可以完成句子或回答所提問題的最佳選項。

　　For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshoppingwatching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In a number of European countries, people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys, and many other things.

　　Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden, for example. The biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in 15 European countries, and in one year it made $ 100 million. In France there are two teleshopping channels, and the French spend about $ 20 million a year to buy things through those channels.

　　In Germany, until last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can open for telebusiness, including (包括) the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German businesses are hoping this new teleshopping will help them sell more things.

　　Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without leaving their homes. With all the problems or traffic in the cities, this is an important reason. But at the same time, other Europeans do not like this new way of shopping. They call teleshopping “junk (垃圾) on the air”. Many Europeans usually worry about the quality (質(zhì)量) of the things for sale on TV. Good quality is important to them, and they believe they cannot be sure about the quality of the things on TV.

　　The need for high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be different from the American companies. They will have to be more careful about the quality of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see in person.

1．People like teleshopping because it is ________.

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2．Some Europeans don't like teleshopping because they ________.

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A．don't like to buy things

B．don't watch TV

C．believe the things sold on TV are expensive

D．think the things sold on TV are bad quality

3．In Germany, teleshopping may ________.

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A．help businessmen get more money

B．keep the shops open longer

C．have fewer buyers

D．bring better TV programmes

4．The best title of this passage is ________.

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A．American Teleshopping

B．Teleshopping Companies

C．Teleshopping in Europe

D．TeleshoppingJunk on the Air

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閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以完成句子或回答所提問題的最佳選項。

　　In recent years television has become the most popular form of entertainment (娛樂). It doesn't look as if it will be less popular in the world of the future. In fact it looks as if television will become more popular than ever. New system (系統(tǒng)) of television have been made possible by the discovery of laser (激光).

　　A laser is a beam (光束) of light that has many strange qualities (特性). By using a laser it is possible to throw very large and very clear pictures on the screen. They may be as large as three metres. Many people could watch this kind of television together.

　　Laser beams have also made very thin television sets possible. These sets can be hung on the wall of a room like a large picture. Another movement in the future will be three dimensional (立體) television, the picture will look more “real”.

　　In the near future you will be able to buy your favourite television programs already recorded on tapes. They will be like the tapes that are used in recorders today. You will also be able to record television programs and play them back later. The laser beam will make this possible.

1．In the future, it seems that ________.

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A．television will be less popular

B．laser beams will be more use

C．television will be more popular with the discovery of laser

D．The use of laser will be bad for television

2．The picture thrown onto the screen by laser will be ________.

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A．three metres longer than that being used today

B．nine-square-metre large

C．a(chǎn)s large as six square metres

D．three times larger than that of today

3．The picture on a three-dimensional television screen will be ________.

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4．In the future laser beams will help you ________.

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A．to watch TV

B．to buy tapes

C．to select TV sets

D．to record television programs

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閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以完成句子或回答所提問題的最佳選項。

　　Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures (壓力) from their parents. Most students are always told by their parents to study harder and harder so that they can have a wonderful life when they grow up. Though this may be a good idea for those very bright students, it can have terrible results for many students who aren't gifted (天賦) enough. Many of them have tried very hard at study but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hope. Such students feel that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don't want to go to school any longer. They become dropouts.

　　It is surprising that though most Japanese are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers' work to help their children. To make matters worse, a lot of parents sent their children to those schools opening in the evenings and on weekends. They only help the students to pass the exams and never teach them very real sense of the world.

　　Many Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students to their clothes and things in their schoolbags. Child psychologists (心理學家) now think that such strict rules are harmful to the feelings of the students. Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others, how to tell right from wrong and how to show love and care for others, even for their parents.

1．Dropouts are those who ________.

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A．make troubles in and out of school

B．go about or stay home instead of begin at school

C．try hard but always fail in the exams

D．lose hope and gave up some of their subjects

2．According to the passage, it's necessary to teach students ________.

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A．how to study well

B．how to get on with others

C．to show love and care for others

D．a(chǎn)ll above

3．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

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A．The trouble in Japanese Schools

B．The Problem of Japanese Students

C．Education in Japan

D．The Pressures on the Students in Japan

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閱讀下面短文，選出可以完成句子或回答所提問題的最佳選項。

　　Welcome to Franklin Hotel. To make your stay as enjoyable as possible, we hope you will use our facilities (設施) to the full.

　　Dining Room: Breakfast is served in the dining room from 8∶00 to 9∶30 am. Also the room staff (服務員) may bring breakfast to your room at any time after 7∶00 am. If this happens, please fill out a card and hang it outside your door when you go to bed. Lunch is from 12∶00 to 2∶30 pm. Dinner is from 7∶30 to 9∶00 pm.

　　Room Service (服務): This operates 24 hours a day; phone the Reception Desk (接待處), and your message will be passed on to the room staff.

　　Telephones: To make a phone call, dial (撥) 0 for Reception and ask to be connected. We apologize for delays (延誤) if the lines are very busy. There are also public telephones near the Reception Desk. Tell Reception if early calls are needed.

　　Shop: The hotel shop is open for presents, gifts and goods from 9 am to 5∶30 pm.

　　Laundry: We have a laundry in the building, and will wash, iron and return your clothes within 24 hours. Ask the room staff to collect them.

　　Bar: The hotel bar is open 12∶00 to 2∶00 pm, and 7∶00 pm to 1∶00 am.

　　Banking: The reception staff will cash cheques (兌現(xiàn)支票) and exchange any foreign money for you.

1．This notice can be seen ________.

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2．The words “l(fā)aundry” in the passage means ________.

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3．The passage implies (暗示) that ________.

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A．the hotel offers at least seven kinds of service

B．it's impossible to stay up in the hotel

C．you can do shopping at any time in the hotel

D．you'll have trouble without the money of the country in the hotel

4．If you want a quick meal at 2 am, you'll ________.

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A．go to the hotel shop

B．go to the hotel bar

C．call Reception

D．hang a card outside the door

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閱讀下面短文，選出可以完成句子或回答所提問題的最佳選項。

　　Two old men shared a room on the fourth floor of an old people's home in the city centre.

　　Both men were very old and very ill, and they spent 24 hours a day in bed in the room.

　　Fortunately (幸運地), one of the old men had his bed by the window, and every day he spent hours telling his friend on the other side of the room what he could see through the window.

　　He told him about the traffic going by, the children playing in the park opposite, and the birds flying in the trees.

　　The old man by the inside wall got a lot of pleasure from hearing about the world outside, but after a time he began to get rather jealous (嫉妒).

　　How nice it would be, he thought, if he had the bed by the window and could see everything for himself, instead of just hearing about it.

　　One night, the man by the window called to his friend, “Quick! Pull the alarm by your bedI don't think I'm going to last the night!”

　　But his friend, imagining an empty bed over by the window, did nothinghe just closed his eyes and went back to sleep.

　　Sure enough, the next morning, the nurse found the man dead in his bed by the window.

　　The old man was very excited as they moved him into the empty bed by the window. He sat up in bed, pulled back the curtain (窗簾), looked outand saw a blank brick wall.

1．Where did the two old men live?

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A．In their own house.

B．In an old people's home.

C．In the hospital.

D．It is not clear.

2．What did the old man by the window see?

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A．The traffic going by.

B．The children playing in the park opposite.

C．The bird flying in the trees.

D．Nothing except a blank brick wall.

3．Do you think the other old man believed what the man said?

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閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的四個選項中選出最佳答案。

　　One day Bill went to eat at a restaurant in London. Suddenly a young woman sat down beside him. Bill could not think what she wanted. She didn't look very happy. Bill asked her what was wrong. “The problem is …,” she began. But then she stopped. She did not find it easy to tell Bill about it, it seemed.

　　“My husband and I wanted to meet here for lunch at 12,” she said at last, “but he hasn't come.”

　　“Why not go home now?”

　　“No, I can't,” said the woman. “And I've had lunch now and I can't pay for the bill, because I haven't got any money with me.”

　　“Never mind. I'll pay the bill for you. You can pay me back later,” Bill said.

　　“If you give me your address, I'll send you the money as soon as I get home.” With these words, she left the restaurant.

　　A few weeks later, when Bill was having lunch at another restaurant, he suddenly heard a familiar (熟悉的) voice, “Excuse me. May I just sit here for a moment?”

　　Bill turned round. It was the same young woman again. This time she was talking to a man with grey hair at a table not far from the gate. Bill smiled at the woman and got up from his chair and walked across the room.

1．One day Bill came to a restaurant ________.

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A．to meet a young woman

B．to help a woman

C．a(chǎn)lone

D．to have the last meal of the day

2．The young woman sat beside Bill because she wanted ________.

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A．to eat with him

B．to wait for her husband there

C．to make friends with Bill

D．Bill to help her

3．The young woman became happy because ________.

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A．she found her money

B．Bill would help her

C．she had her meal

D．she saw her husband

4．The woman said she would ________.

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A．return Bill's money as quickly as possible

B．go to Bill's home to return the money

C．give Bill's money back the next day

D．return Bill's money at the restaurant

5．Bill walked across the room ________.

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A．to pay his bill

B．to say hello to the man with grey hair

C．to meet the woman

D．to go away from the woman

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閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的四個選項中選出最佳答案。

　　Last Sunday the elephant keeper at London Zoo, Jim Robson, was killed by one of the elephants he loved. This was terrible, and it could be a big problem for the future of London Zooand maybe for all of Britain's city zoos.

　　London Zoo said that it would move its three elephants to a wild animal park outside London. Its director-general, Michael Dixon, said, “We are sorry that the elephants are leaving. There have been elephants at London Zoo since 1831.”

　　One British newspaper said that though many small animals were very interesting, most people wanted to see big animalsand most of all elephants.

　　London Zoo is not only losing its elephants. The tigers will also leave soon and most of the bears have already gone. Outside the elephant house at London Zoo, a woman called Mary said she hoped the zoo could keep big animals. “This is the only way the young people can see animals without travelling to other countries,” she said.

　　Zoos are not very good places for animals, but they can help to keep them well. Children can also learn a lot about the animals when they visit zoos.

　　Another visitor, a man called Alan, was very angry. “If we send them back to the wild they will die. If you take away big animals, people will stop visiting London Zoo. it can survive (繼續(xù)生存) at the moment, but it won't survive in the future.”

　　However, Mary Rosevear, director of the Federation (聯(lián)合會) of Zoos, believes that city zoos can survive without keeping large animals.

1．London Zoo has kept elephants ________.

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A．since last Sunday

B．for about one hundred years

C．for nearly two hundred years

D．ever since it was built

2．Zoos are important because ________.

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A．they can make a lot of money

B．there are many animals living in them

C．there are some big animals there

D．they can keep animals and help children learn about them

3．London Zoo might face a big problem because ________.

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A．the elephants in the zoo will be killed

B．the elephant may also kill other people

C．it may have fewer visitors in the future

D．no one would like to be an elephant keeper any more

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．The writer hopes that big animals except elephants should be kept in London Zoo.

B．London Zoo and the public have different ideas about where to keep the big animals.

C．Some animals in the park are still dangerous to visitors.

D．Some people think that the big animals will die if they are sent to the wild animal park.