In the western part of the United States where the Indians lived, a little mouse called the “bean mouse” became a guide to rich stores of good and tasty difficult-to-find food. Each season, the little animal would work very hard to search out the rare beans, and “cache” them away in its nest (窩). The Indians learned of this and found out the hiding place. They collected most of the beans for themselves. When the mouse returned to its home and found only a few of the tasty beans left, it set to work, harder than ever before, gathering more beans. This was a fine thing for the Indians, who had only to look for the nest, while the mouse had to look for the beans. But the Indians returned the favour (恩惠，善意) by always making sure that the animal had enough for the winter.

  1. 1.

    The Indians valued the bean mouse _________.

    1. A.
      as a guide to food                                    
    2. B.
      as fertile (肥沃的) land
    3. C.
      because it made a good pet                             
    4. D.
      because its fur was valuable
  2. 2.

    The underlined word “cache” means _______.

    1. A.
      throw them in every place                     
    2. B.
      place them in a hiding place for later use
    3. C.
      put them in its home                                
    4. D.
      lay them under the mud
  3. 3.

    The passage says that the bean mouse was ________.

    1. A.
      fearless              
    2. B.
      friendly                   
    3. C.
      rare                    
    4. D.
      hard-working
  4. 4.

    The Indians are shown to be ________.

    1. A.
      clever                
    2. B.
      hard-working       
    3. C.
      unkind               
    4. D.
      educated
  5. 5.

    The best title for this passage is _________.

    1. A.
      Man’s Best Friend                                  
    2. B.
      Habits of the Bean Mouse
    3. C.
      A Search of Rare Beans                             
    4. D.
      The Indians and the Mouse
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  1. 1.

    What can we infer from the first paragraph?

    1. A.
      The Carnival of Brazil is often held after Easter.
    2. B.
      The Carnival of Brazil comes from Easter and Saturnalia.
    3. C.
      The Carnival of Brazil is a festival to regret and begin a new life.
    4. D.
      The Carnival of Brazil is mainly to celebrate the birth of Christ.
  2. 2.

    How long is the history of the people’s celebrating modern Brazilian Carnival?

    1. A.
      About 100 years.
    2. B.
      Less than two centuries.
    3. C.
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    4. D.
      Over five centuries.
  3. 3.

    Which of the following statements is TRUE about the blocks in Rio de Janeiro?

    1. A.
      They are always wearing costumes or special T-shirts with themes or logos.
    2. B.
      They always parade through countryside villages singing and dancing.
    3. C.
      There are no more than 50 blocks today.
    4. D.
      They don’t parade before the show.
  4. 4.

    What is the passage mainly about?

    1. A.
      The famous carnivals in the world.
    2. B.
      How the carnival was introduced in Brazil.
    3. C.
      The carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
    4. D.
      The happy life of the people in Rio de Janeiro.

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In the United States you will find yourself being urged from every page of every newspaper and every television station to buy all kinds of goods.
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  1. 1.

    The passage is mainly about______

    1. A.
      American hospitality.
    2. B.
      the life of Americans.
    3. C.
      American stores.
    4. D.
      the business of Americans.
  2. 2.

    Why can discount houses offer goods at lower prices compared with department stores?
    a. They have fewer employees.
    b. They have larger quantities of goods.
    c. They offer fewer services.
    d. They don’t provide delivery service.

    1. A.
      a b c
    2. B.
      a b d
    3. C.
      a c d
    4. D.
      b c d
  3. 3.

    What’s special about dime stores?

    1. A.
      They sell lots of goods at a small profit.
    2. B.
      They make big profits by selling some goods.
    3. C.
      They provide goods with a price lower than 50 cents.
    4. D.
      They provide goods ranging from bargains to expensive ones.
  4. 4.

    Where can we most probably read this passage?

    1. A.
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    2. B.
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    3. C.
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  1. 1.

    Based on this passage, the greatest percentage of TV broadcasting hours to educational is in __.

    1. A.
      Japan
    2. B.
      Italy
    3. C.
      Canada
    4. D.
      the United States
  2. 2.

    More news information programs are broadcast on Italian TV than anywhere else because the Italians ___.

    1. A.
      are interested in what is happening in the world.
    2. B.
      Like to follow the changes that are going on in their social life
    3. C.
      Prefer to learn news information on TV rather than in newspapers
    4. D.
      Expect TV to tell them the latest news about what is going on in their country
  3. 3.

    So far as the broadcasting hours devoted to entertainment , which of the following is true?

    1. A.
      The Japanese figure is the highest in the world.
    2. B.
      The U.S. figure is smaller than the U. K. figure
    3. C.
      The U.K. figure is second to the Japanese figure
    4. D.
      The Canadian figure is higher than that of any other country.
  4. 4.

    In the United States, ____.

    1. A.
      TV programs are shown for world audience to watch
    2. B.
      Most of TV broadcasting hours are give to entertainment
    3. C.
      Educational programs are shown during peak viewing times
    4. D.
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What do you think about this19? Listen to what the candidates for national office have to say. Which candidates20the most sense to you?

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      waiting
    2. B.
      calling
    3. C.
      standing
    4. D.
      preparing
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      government
    2. B.
      president
    3. C.
      candidates
    4. D.
      citizens
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      leaders
    2. B.
      bosses
    3. C.
      supporters
    4. D.
      states
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      pay
    2. B.
      compete
    3. C.
      wait
    4. D.
      work
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      raising
    2. B.
      earning
    3. C.
      giving
    4. D.
      getting
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      notice
    2. B.
      report
    3. C.
      guard
    4. D.
      attend
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      event
    2. B.
      cost
    3. C.
      reason
    4. D.
      office
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      encouraged
    2. B.
      forced
    3. C.
      controlled
    4. D.
      ordered
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      joke
    2. B.
      purpose
    3. C.
      case
    4. D.
      example
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      other
    2. B.
      same
    3. C.
      another
    4. D.
      different
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      worse
    2. B.
      better
    3. C.
      easier
    4. D.
      harder
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      meaningless
    2. B.
      unimportant
    3. C.
      unnecessary
    4. D.
      impossible
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      reporters
    2. B.
      truth
    3. C.
      story
    4. D.
      public
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      time
    2. B.
      copies
    3. C.
      rights
    4. D.
      advertising
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      energy
    2. B.
      effort
    3. C.
      time
    4. D.
      money
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      argument
    2. B.
      opinion
    3. C.
      speech
    4. D.
      election
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      common
    2. B.
      political
    3. C.
      general
    4. D.
      special
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      profit
    2. B.
      trouble
    3. C.
      plans
    4. D.
      decisions
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      quarrel
    2. B.
      problem
    3. C.
      issue
    4. D.
      affair
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      find
    2. B.
      make
    3. C.
      create
    4. D.
      produce

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According to the United States government, people are classified as homeless if they have no place to stay and no expectation of finding a place for the next thirty days.Although technically accurate, that is an impersonal assessment of an enormous and very human problem.
The homeless population represents all of us Americans.It includes men and women, the elderly, children, and infants.Its members are from all ethnic groups.What they have in common is poverty.
Currently in the U.S., thirty-nine million people live in poverty.When money is really tight, paying the rent or buying food often becomes a choice.Government assistance in the form of food stamps does help but, as one homeless man explains, you can’t pay the rent with food stamps.
With no money for rent, the streets and homeless shelters become the alternative.
Although men constitute the largest group within the homeless population, homeless women with children are rapidly joining them.In fact, one quarter of the homeless people in the U.S.are teenagers and young children.
People may become homeless for numerous reasons.However, there are certain factors that many of these individuals have in common.They include a lack of adequate education and job skills.A majority of the teenagers and adults have not completed high school.
The abuse of alcohol and drugs is also a common factor.One third of the adult homeless population abuses alcohol.While one quarter of the same group uses drugs.
Some members of this population suffer mental health problems.Within the past several years many institutions for the mentally ill have been closed and their patients sent “home”.Unfortunately, a number of those people have no home to go to and they are unable to adequately look after themselves.
Job loss in today’s economy has also become a real factor in the loss of people’s homes.The breakup of families through abandonment and divorce are also contributing factors, particularly when there are children involved.The parent who is left to care for the kids with inadequate income may be forced to depend on the homeless shelters to put a roof over their heads.

  1. 1.

    The writer thinks that the U.S.government’s definition for the homeless reveals ________.

    1. A.
      an insincere attitude toward the homeless
    2. B.
      an unbearable attitude toward the homeless
    3. C.
      an uncivilized attitude toward the homeless
    4. D.
      an unsympathetic attitude toward the homeless
  2. 2.

    The U.S.government helps the homeless by ___________.

    1. A.
      giving them homeless allowance
    2. B.
      giving them food stamps
    3. C.
      finding jobs for them
    4. D.
      finding residence for them
  3. 3.

    People become homeless for all the following reasons E  XCEPT __________.

    1. A.
      the lack of adequate education
    2. B.
      the abuse of alcohol and drugs
    3. C.
      the closure of institutions for the mentally ill
    4. D.
      the poor performance of economy
  4. 4.

    The breakup of families is likely to lead to homelessness because a parent with kids may_____.

    1. A.
      lose his or her job in today’s economy
    2. B.
      be unable to look after the kids
    3. C.
      not have enough income
    4. D.
      find residence at a homeless shelter

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Do you remember the game “Telephone”? A message gets passed from person to person, and everyone laughs at how distorted(曲解) it becomes. As a game, telephone can be fun. In real life, sending messages through third parties fouls things up. It is important for family members who have “business” with other family members to take it up directly.
When tension arises in a relationship between two people, a frequent way of dealing with this is to send messages through a third person. Family doctors refer to the process as ‘triangulation”. Following a quarrel, a mother may say to her son, “Tell your father to pass the salt”, which may be answered by, “Tell your mother to get her own salt.” In many long cases of triangulation, the middleman becomes severely disturbed.
Two years ago, Ruth and Ralph Gordon brought their 17-year-old daughter for treatment. Lucille was not doing well in school, using drugs heavily. When I began to work with her, she was uncommunicative and aggressive. After some time, however, she opened up and told me her parents rarely talked to each other, but both used her as a middleman. Mrs. Gordon was sexually unsatisfied and suggested to Lucille that she ask her father to go for marriage advice. Mr. Gordon told Lucille that he was seeing another woman, and he urged Lucille to speak to her mother about improving her behaviour. Caught in this confusing situation, Lucille became more and more troubled. It wasn’t until she refused to play middleman that she began to improve. When either parent began to send a message through her, she learned to say, “Tell him/her yourself!”
You’ll find that when family members learn to dial each other directly, there’s rarely a busy signal or wrong number. With direct dialing, a sense of freshness is created.

  1. 1.

    The underlined words “foul things up” in the 1st paragraph means ________.

    1. A.
      create things
    2. B.
      improve things
    3. C.
      remove things
    4. D.
      ruin things
  2. 2.

    “Triangulation” in the 2nd paragraph refers to _________.

    1. A.
      the process of sending messages through a 3rd person
    2. B.
      the middleman who becomes severely disturbed
    3. C.
      the tension in a relationship between 2 people
    4. D.
      the argument between a mother and a father
  3. 3.

    Through the example of Lucille and her parents, the writer hopes to tell the readers that _______.

    1. A.
      family members should learn to get their messages across directly
    2. B.
      parents should send their children taking drugs for treatment
    3. C.
      children can hardly get used to their parents’ troubles
    4. D.
      children should refuse the requests of their parents

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