For as long as humans have lived on the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral speech. When there is a spoken language problem, communication can be carried out through sign language, in which gestures stand for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists and people unable to hear or speak have often had to turn to this form of expression. When gestures describe words or ideas, they can often be used internationally. When used for spelling words however, where each gesture stands for a single letter, people must share the same written language.

Body language sends ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either meaningfully or not. A wink can be a way of showing that the person is only joking. A nod means agreement, while shaking the head indicates disagreement.

Other forms of language can be found in Braille (a reading system of raised dots read with the fingertips used by the blind), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs also guide and warn people. While language is the most common form of communication, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.

1. What does the author mainly want to say?　　　

A. People can communicate in many different ways.

B. Everybody uses only one form of communication.

C. Language is invaluable to foreigners.

D. Non-spoken communication is of little value.

2. According to the text, which part of the body can be used to show you are joking?

A. Fingers.　　　 B. Eyes.　　　　 C. Head.　　　　　 D. Feet.

3. What can’t be effectively communicated by sign language when people belong to different language groups?

A. Spelling.　　　　　 B. Idea.　　　 C. Whole words.　　　　 D. Expressions.

4. How many different forms of communication are mentioned in the text?

A. Three.　　　 　　 B. Five.　　　 　　 C. Six.　　　　　　　　 　 D. Nine.　

A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.” the sign said.
“Boy!” The silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.
An old woman was standing at her door.
“You boy! Come here this minute.”
Slowly the boy  1 onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman's house. When he arrived at her house, she  2 out her hand and wrapped her  3 old fingers around his arm.
“Help me inside, boy,” she said. “Help me  4 to my bed. What's your name?”
“Joseph,” he said.
The old woman on the bed tried to  5 up, raising berselfon her elbow (肘) . Water  6 from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel  7 .
“I'm   8 , Joseph. You can see that, can't you? I want you to write a will(遺囑) for me. There's paper and pencil on the table there.”
Joseph looked down at the  9 , and then looked out of the window. He saw the sign again, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.  I want my silver pin to   10 to my daughter."
Joseph bent his small body over the table and  11 the pencil slowly across the paper.
“There's my Bible.(圣經(jīng))”The old woman said. “That's for my daughter, too. I want a  12  Christian burial (基督葬禮) with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That's the last - 13 of a poor old woman.”
The boy labored over the paper. Again he looked out of the window.
“Here. Bring it here so I can  14 it.”
Joseph found the Bible, and,  15  the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.
“  16 me now, boy,” she sighed(嘆氣).“I'm tired.”
He ran out of the house.
A cold wind blew through the  17 window, but the old woman on the bed
  18 nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind.  19 on the paper were some childish letters, which  20 the words, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”

About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college in New York, I was working as a practice student at my University's Museum of Natural History. One day while I was working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in wheelchair.

As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was seated on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and the trunk of the human body. She was wearing a little white dress with the patterns of red roses and yellow dots.

As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼示意). As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the most beautiful, largest smile I have ever seen

All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about. I immediately felt full of hope and confidence. She took me, a poor, unhappy college student, into her world, a world of smiles, love and warmth.               

That was ten years ago, but I still remember it clearly as if it happened just yesterday. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.

What was the writer a decade ago?

A. A worker working in a university.

B. A teacher teaching in a college.

C. A clerk working in a museum.

D. A university student who had not yet taken a degree.

What does the underlined world “handicap” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. Life difficulty.    B. Troublesome problem.

C. Failure in work.   D. Physical disability. 

How did the writer probably feel before meeting the disabled girl?

A. She felt full of hope.

B. She was filled with confidence.

C. She felt unhappy because of poverty.

D. She felt life was beautiful.

Which of the following title suits this passage best?

A. A Disabled Girl.

B. A Disabled Girl’s Smile.

C. Full of Hope.

D. Full of Confidence.

Roy wasn’t the only one to receive his call-up(入伍) papers.  Stephen Napier’s call-up came at the beginning of February and he was pleased to find that he would be going into the Royal Air Force(RAF).

His father was not so pleased and made his feelings known as he and Stephen were on their daily walk.  It was the first step in his plans for Stephen to take over the estate(地產(chǎn)) when the time came,  and although Stephen was well aware of this,  he could think of no reason not to accompany him.

“Though you’d forgotten that nonsense.  Still,  I dare say I could pull a few strings to get you to the Army. . . ”

“No,  Father!  I have told you I want to learn to fly.  What chance would I have to do that in the Army?  I’d be better off in the Navy—at least they’ve got the Fleet Air Arm.  But I have been put in the RAF and that’s where I want to go,  so let’s leave it at that. ” His face went red.  Sent to his father’s school and then to Cambridge,  much to his satisfaction,  he had never had to defend his own desires and his father was a hard man to oppose.

The father glared at Stephen,  “No,  I won’t leave it at that.  I want to know what other ridiculous ideas are in your head.  For a start,  what’s all this about America? ”

“America? ”

“Yes.  All those books I saw in your room the other day.  Brochures about emigration(移民)．” The big，silvered head lowered，like that of a bull about to charge.  “ Don’t trouble to deny it. ”

“I won’t，F(xiàn)ather.  Some men at Cambridge have been talking about it.  They want people like us here，mathematicians and scientists，for all kinds of research—the sort of research I could do.  It would be a worthwhile life for me. ”

The father responded exactly as his son had known he would.  “You’ve got a worthwhile life here!  You’ve got an estate to run！”

“No，F(xiàn)ather.  You’ve got an estate to run.  I never asked for it.  Why not ask Baden to do this stuff?  He perhaps can make a good job of it，but I. . . ”

“If he were here，I might think about this silly idea of yours—only think about it，mind you—but. . . ”

71．If the father wanted Stephen to take over the estate，the first thing he did would_______ .

A．take a walk with Stephen as usual and express his feelings

B．wait till his son graduated from Cambridge

C．persuade Stephen not to go into RAF

D．send Stephen to the Army instead of RAF

72．Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Stephen preferred to go into the Navy rather than the Army.

B．Stephen also received his call-up papers as Roy.

C．The father didn’t like Stephen’s idea of going to America.

D．Stephen was eventually forced to stay to run the estate.

73．After reading this passage，we can infer that______ .

A．Stephen had never had to defend his desires before

B．Baden might be one of Stephen’s family members

C．Stephen wanted to fly in the RAF and become a pilot in America

D．if somebody took over the estate，Stephen could realize his dream

74．What do we learn from the underlined sentence?

A．It looked as if the father was angry when mentioning the brochures.

B．The father was very angry and wanted to beat his son Stephen.

C．Stephen was annoyed when his father referred to the brochures.

D．A big red bull was about to charge at Stephen.

75．Which would be the best title for this passage?

A．RAF—a Better Choice than the Army

B．A Talk between Father and Son

C．The Dream of a Cambridge Student

D．A Conflict between Father and Son

The railway station was overflowing with people _______ back home for the Spring Festival.