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     Raymond Schneider politely made his way through crowds of customers as he made for the candy
bins at Dylan's Candy Bar in Manhattan. Since he was out of employment, Mr. Schneider, a
33-year-old designer, says he has become a person who always buys a lot of sweets every time he
shops for groceries.
"Sugar is comforting," he said. "There's nothing more stressful than growing financial insecurity (不安
全感) everywhere."
     The recession (經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退) seems to have a sweet tooth. As unemployment has risen, Americans,
particularly adults, have been consuming (消費(fèi)) growing amounts of candy.
     Theories vary on exactly why. For many, sugar lifts spirits dragged low by the economy. For others,
candy also reminds them of better times. And not importantly, it is relatively cheap.
     At Candyality, a store in Chicago, business has jumped by nearly 80 percent and the owner, Terese
McDonald, said she was struggling to keep up with the demand for Bit-O-Honeys, and Sour Balls.
Many big candy makers are also reporting rising sales and big profits (利潤(rùn)).
     "It's not surprising." said Peter Liebhold, chairman of the Smithsonian Institution's work and industry
division. "During the Great Depression in the 1930's, candy companies stayed in business."
1. Raymond Schneider was set as an example to show ________.  
A. many Americans were jobless in the recession
B. lots of Americans like candies
C. many Americans in the recession like sweets which are comforting
D. Americans are suffering much in the recession
2. What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. Candy consuming rises while people are suffering bad effects of the recession.
B. The recession doesn't affect Americans.
C. Americans are optimistic even though they are out of employment.
D. Candy companies stayed in business during the Great Depression.
3. Which is NOT the reason why people in the recession like sugar?
A. It is relatively cheap.
B. It is comforting and can make a lot of profits. 
C. It raises people's spirits up.
D. It calls up people's good memories.
4. The best title of the passage is ________.
A. Sugar Is Comforting
B. Candy Companies Has a Bright Future
C. Americans Have a Sweet Tooth
D. Sugar Sales Rise in the Recession
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　　X-rays were first discovered by a German scientist, Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen, in 1895, almost by accident．He and several other scientists were experimenting with passing electric currents through certain gases in a special glass tube from which the air had been moved．One day Rontgen noticed that, even when the tube was covered with black paper, some strange kind of radiation was coming through and making a screen nearby glow．Ronghen could not see anything coming out of the tube, but then he discovered that if he put the screen in the next room on the other side of a closed door, the rays could pass not only through black paper but also through wood．

　　The next thing he found out was that if he put his hand between the rays and a photographic plate, the rays would print a shadow of the bony framework of his hand on the plate．In fact, the rays could pass as easily through the fleshy part of his hand as through the black paper, but hardly at all through the bone．So Rontgen made the first X-ray picture of a hand, showing just how the bones in the hand fit together．

(1)

What puzzled Rontgen one day during his experiment was ________．

[　　]

A．

some passing electric current

B．

some radiation coming through the covered tube

C．

the black-paper-covered tube

D．

the screen nearby

(2)

The screen didn’t stop glowing even when ________．

[　　]

A．

it was moved to the next room

B．

it was moved to the other side of the room

C．

the door was closed

D．

the black paper was moved from the tube

(3)

The rays proved to be incapable of passing through ________．

[　　]

A．

wood

B．

flesh

C．

bone

D．

black paper

(4)

Form the passage, we know X-rays are．

[　　]

A．

invisible

B．

changeable

C．

white

D．

bright

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第三部分閱讀技能  （共兩節(jié)，滿分26 分）
第一節(jié)閱讀理解（共12 小題 滿分18 分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
The song, Let’s Go Get Stoned, is an example of Ray Charles’ own kind of music and is his own sound. He mixed black church music, blues and rock-and-roll and produced a very different sound. Ray Charles could play blues, rock and jazz, and liked other kinds of music, too. He recorded an album (專輯) of country-and-western music, which was an immediate success. The album was called Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. Many of the songs became famous. One of the most popular was I Can’t Stop Loving You. Charles made himself a popular artist and an expert of soul music with the release (發(fā)行) of his most popular composition (樂(lè)曲作品) What I Say.
During the 1960s Charles appeared in the 1962 film Swinging Along, and the 1966 British film Ballad in Blue. In 1980 he appeared in The Blues Brothers movie and became even more successful. Charles also played an important part in the recording for Africa’s song of We Are the World in 1985.Ray Charles often said that sound and music were his life’s blood. He said many times that he would not trade his musical ability for the ability to see again. He did not give his time and money to help the blind, but helped create and support the Robinson Foundation for Hearing Disorders, which helps people deal with the loss of their hearing. He once said, “Being blind is my handicap (生理缺陷), but my ears are my opportunity. Losing my hearing would have ended my life.”
49. According to the passage, what can we learn about Ray Charles?
A. He lost both his sight and his hearing.           
B. He lost his voice and could not sing.
C. He lost his sight.
D. He was disabled in both body and mind.
50. Charles appeared in films and _____.
A. played an important role at the very beginning    
B. lost his interest in music in the 1960s
C. achieved great success in The Blues Brothers
D. failed to become successful in the end
51. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Ray Charles didn’t want to see again.    
B. Let’s Go Get Stoned is Ray Charles’ best song.
C. Ray Charles couldn’t live without music and sound.
D. Charles supported the foundation for the blind.
52. What does the last paragraph tell us?
A. Ray Charles thought it was a big pity that he could not see.
B. Ray Charles paid attention to nothing except sound and music.
C. Ray Charles didn’t help the blind because he hated being blind.
D. He considered his hearing as the most important thing in his life.

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第三部分  閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

    閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Geena David knew she wanted to be a movie star when she was very young. She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look like a movie star. “I have a lot of pictures from my childhood of me wearing sunglasses,” she says. “I used to wear them to watch TV.”

Early movie actors started wearing sunglasses not because they looked good, but because their eyes hurt. The lights used on movie sets were extremely bright and could cause a painful problem known as “Klieg eyes”. It was named after the Klieg brothers who invented the lights. Actors wore sunglasses to give their eyes a rest. But when movie stars began wearing their sunglasses in public, they quickly became a must.

Eventually actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies as well as on the street. Audrey Hephburn wore ultra-cool Ray-Ban sunglasses in the 1961 movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. As a result, Ray-Ban sunglasses started to appear more and more in the movies. In 1979, Ray-Ban “Wayfarers” were worn by Jake and Elwood in The Blue Brothers. Tom Cruise wore Ray-Ban “Aviator” sunglasses in the 1986 hit, Top Gun. Then in 1997, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones made Ray-Ban “Predator” sunglasses famous in Men in Black.

　  Of course sunglasses aren’t just a fashion statement. The main reason to wear sunglasses is to protect our eyes against UV radiation. UV radiation can damage our eyes, so people now choose their sunglasses carefully. But you don’t have to give up style for safety. The choice of frames and lenses available these days is huge. So you can protect your eyes and still be the coolest person on the beach.

1．What is mainly discussed in this passage?

     A．The use of sunglasses.                 B．The history of sunglasses.

     C．The sunglasses wearing.               D．Why movie stars like to wear sunglasses.

2．Why did Geena David like to wear sunglasses?

     A．She was a movie star.               

       B．She wanted to follow a movie star.

       C．Wearing sunglasses was good for her eyes.

     D．It was good to wear sunglasses when watching TV.

3．Early actors’ eyes hurt because ______.

    A．they wore sunglasses

    B．they went out in the sun too much

    C．the lights on movie sets were too bright

    D．their scripts were written in very small writing

4．We may know from this passage that ______.

    A．Audrey Hephburn was a famous film star

    B．Ray-Ban is the name of sunglasses maker

    C．Sunglasses made Top Gun the hit in 1986

    D．Men in Black must be an advertisement of sunglasses

5．Now people wear sunglasses ______.

    A．just to protect their eyes

    B．for fashion and to protect their eyes

    C．because of bright lights

D．because movie stars wear them

 

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第三部分 閱讀技能   （共兩節(jié)，滿分26 分）

第一節(jié) 閱讀理解 （ 共12 小題  滿分18 分 ）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

The song, Let’s Go Get Stoned, is an example of Ray Charles’ own kind of music and is his own sound. He mixed black church music, blues and rock-and-roll and produced a very different sound. Ray Charles could play blues, rock and jazz, and liked other kinds of music, too. He recorded an album (專輯) of country-and-western music, which was an immediate success. The album was called Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. Many of the songs became famous. One of the most popular was I Can’t Stop Loving You. Charles made himself a popular artist and an expert of soul music with the release (發(fā)行) of his most popular composition (樂(lè)曲作品) What I Say.

During the 1960s Charles appeared in the 1962 film Swinging Along, and the 1966 British film Ballad in Blue. In 1980 he appeared in The Blues Brothers movie and became even more successful. Charles also played an important part in the recording for Africa’s song of We Are the World in 1985.Ray Charles often said that sound and music were his life’s blood. He said many times that he would not trade his musical ability for the ability to see again. He did not give his time and money to help the blind, but helped create and support the Robinson Foundation for Hearing Disorders, which helps people deal with the loss of their hearing. He once said, “Being blind is my handicap (生理缺陷), but my ears are my opportunity. Losing my hearing would have ended my life.”

49. According to the passage, what can we learn about Ray Charles?

A. He lost both his sight and his hearing.           

B. He lost his voice and could not sing.

C. He lost his sight.

D. He was disabled in both body and mind.

50. Charles appeared in films and _____.

A. played an important role at the very beginning    

B. lost his interest in music in the 1960s

C. achieved great success in The Blues Brothers

D. failed to become successful in the end

51. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Ray Charles didn’t want to see again.    

B. Let’s Go Get Stoned is Ray Charles’ best song.

C. Ray Charles couldn’t live without music and sound.

D. Charles supported the foundation for the blind.

52. What does the last paragraph tell us?

A. Ray Charles thought it was a big pity that he could not see.

B. Ray Charles paid attention to nothing except sound and music.

C. Ray Charles didn’t help the blind because he hated being blind.

D. He considered his hearing as the most important thing in his life.

 

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第三部分  閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

    閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Geena David knew she wanted to be a movie star when she was very young. She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look like a movie star. “I have a lot of pictures from my childhood of me wearing sunglasses,” she says. “I used to wear them to watch TV.”

Early movie actors started wearing sunglasses not because they looked good, but because their eyes hurt. The lights used on movie sets were extremely bright and could cause a painful problem known as “Klieg eyes”. It was named after the Klieg brothers who invented the lights. Actors wore sunglasses to give their eyes a rest. But when movie stars began wearing their sunglasses in public, they quickly became a must.

Eventually actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies as well as on the street. Audrey Hephburn wore ultra-cool Ray-Ban sunglasses in the 1961 movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. As a result, Ray-Ban sunglasses started to appear more and more in the movies. In 1979, Ray-Ban “Wayfarers” were worn by Jake and Elwood in The Blue Brothers. Tom Cruise wore Ray-Ban “Aviator” sunglasses in the 1986 hit, Top Gun. Then in 1997, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones made Ray-Ban “Predator” sunglasses famous in Men in Black.

　  Of course sunglasses aren’t just a fashion statement. The main reason to wear sunglasses is to protect our eyes against UV radiation. UV radiation can damage our eyes, so people now choose their sunglasses carefully. But you don’t have to give up style for safety. The choice of frames and lenses available these days is huge. So you can protect your eyes and still be the coolest person on the beach.

1．What is mainly discussed in this passage?

     A．The use of sunglasses.                 B．The history of sunglasses.

     C．The sunglasses wearing.               D．Why movie stars like to wear sunglasses.

2．Why did Geena David like to wear sunglasses?

     A．She was a movie star.               

       B．She wanted to follow a movie star.

       C．Wearing sunglasses was good for her eyes.

     D．It was good to wear sunglasses when watching TV.

3．Early actors’ eyes hurt because ______.

    A．they wore sunglasses

    B．they went out in the sun too much

    C．the lights on movie sets were too bright

    D．their scripts were written in very small writing

4．We may know from this passage that ______.

    A．Audrey Hephburn was a famous film star

    B．Ray-Ban is the name of sunglasses maker

    C．Sunglasses made Top Gun the hit in 1986

    D．Men in Black must be an advertisement of sunglasses

5．Now people wear sunglasses ______.

    A．just to protect their eyes

    B．for fashion and to protect their eyes

    C．because of bright lights

D．because movie stars wear them

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