New York is        American city.

A. The, a          B. The, an          C. /, a            D. /, an

A

1.Tommy is a 9-year-old boy. He wants to visit The City Flower Show with parents.       How much will they pay?

A. ＄25.      B. ＄100.       C. ＄125.     D. ＄150.

2.If you want to get more information about English Summer Camp, you can_______.

A. go to 1100 Chestnut St. New York

B. write to 112 Kendal Way Chesterton Cambridge C B4

C. call (010) 1106—2107

D. send an e-mail to University of Toronto

3.Phillip, twenty years old, is NOT allowed to go to ______.

A. The City Flower Show                B. English Summer Camp

C. New York Museum                     D. Pop Music Week

 (A)

Mr King comes from the USA.His family lives in a village called Hylas. It’s near the town of Ashland. It’s a nice and small village.Hylas is a little nearer than Gum Tree from Richmond.It’s about four kilometers away. Mr King has a building.There are six floors in it.There isn’t a lift in it.Mr King likes going up and down on foot.He works in the city of New York.He is going to China next month again.He says the Chinese people are friendly and the food is nice.

(   )1.Mr King is_________

     A.an American  B.an Englishman   C.a Chinese   D.a Canadian

(   )2Which of the follow is not true?

     A .Hylas is a small village.

     B Hylas is near to Ashland.

 C.Hylas is four kilometers from Gum Tree.

  D. Hylas is four kilometers from Richmond.

(   )3.Mr King lives ______

A.      On the sixth floor of the building

B.      in a six-floor building. 

C.      in Ashland   D.in Richmond

(   )4.Mr King goes up and down the building _______ .

     A.by lift  B.by car    C.by train  Don foot

(   )5.What is Mr King going to do next week?

     A.He’s going to have a holiday.

 B He’s going to move to China.  

 C. He’s going to China .

 D He’s going to find work in China.

Come and meet the Indian(印度的) elephants and the new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you. The giraffes from Zambia(贊比亞) are waiting to look down on you.

(    )6. How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage？

A. Four        B. Five        C. Six        D. Seven

(    )7. Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the other aged 10. How much are the tickets all together(總共)?

        A. ＄4.00      B. ＄2.00     C. ＄3.00    D. ＄1.00

(    )8. Which of the following is a visiting time?

         A. 8:30 a.m. Monday.               B. 9:30 a.m. Friday.

         C. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday.               D. 2:00 p.m. Sunday.

(    )9. From the passage we can guess the animal “giraffe” must be very _____.

         A. fat         B. long          C. tall        D. strong

(    )10. Which of the following can we do in the zoo?

A. Take a few nice photos.         B. Give some food to the fish.

C. Touch the monkey on the head.   D. Throw things everywhere.

About 500 years ago, the Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus proved the Earth was round. Now American author Thomas Friedman tells us the Earth is flat in his bestseller: The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.

If he is not joking, then why is the world flat? Friedman said it comes from technological forces. Because of the Internet and the World Wide Web, he believes geographical difficulties are disappearing. People and companies around the world can work together or against each other on the same level.

Bill Gates explains the meaning of this change best. Thirty years ago, he tells Friedman, if you had to choose between being born a gifted person in Shanghai and a common person in Poughkeepsie (A city in southeast New York), you would have chosen Poughkeepsie because your chances of living a successful life were much greater there. "Now," Gates says, "I would rather be a gifted person born in China than a common one born in Poughkeepsie." This shows that success today depends more on ability than on address.

Globalization(全球化), as he calls it, is driven by those persons: free writers and totally new businesses all over the world, especially in India and China. They can fight not just for low-wage producing but, increasingly, for the highest-end research and design(設(shè)計(jì)) work as well.

Big companies have played another important role in this globalization process. They move their factories from one country to another to cut costs. It's usual now for an engineer in China to be working for an American company. The Internet keeps them in close touch with their American workmates. People everywhere, from the US to China, have standardized procedures(標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化過(guò)程) for getting their work done.

The Reuters News Agency provides a good example. The company moved its financial(財(cái)經(jīng)的) operations from London and New York to India. The Indian workers have the necessary technical skills. But the pays and office costs are less than one-fifth of what they would be in New York or London.

53. What do you know about Friedman according to the passage?

A. He is a fool by saying the world is flat.

B. He looks at the world with a technological eye.

C. He is as wise as Bill Gates, and works well with Gates.

D. He thinks Christopher Columbus’s idea about the earth is no longer correct.

54. Which of the following is an example of “globalization”?

A. The Reuters News Agency moved its financial operations to India.

B. People and companies can work together or not on different levels.

C. Totally new businesses are able to fight just for low-cost producing.

D. People would rather choose to be a common person in Poughkeepsie.

55. What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Bill Gates and Friedman.　　　　　　　　　 B. Friedman and His Bestseller.　　

C. Why the 21^st Century World Flat.　　　　　　 D. Globalization and Bill Gates’ choices.

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Jack is an English teacher at a college. He moved to New York City    1   all the members of his family. Jack is an excellent teacher, so we’ve all    2   him very much since he left. It was not long before Jack came back to North Carolina for a short    3  . The teachers and students held a small party for him.

At the party, people walked around and    4   with each other. I certainly would not give up that good chance to learn English. So I tried to think of all kinds of topics to talk with Grace, another _____5____teacher.

Just before I was about to run out of my topics, suddenly I    6   Jack say to others loudly, “I dig New York!” I immediately asked Grace, “Is it really difficult to find a    7   in New York? Why does Jack have to do    8  work since he is such a good teacher?”

Grace didn’t seem to    9   what I said, “Why do you think that?” she asked.

“Haven’t you heard him say that he is digging New York?  Is he building an underground passage (地下通道)?” I asked.

When she finally realized (明白) what I meant, Grace laughed to tears. She then asked us whether (是否) we    9   the meaning of “I dig New York.” All of    10   shook heads and said no. So Grace asked Jack to explain it to us.

It turns out that “ I dig New York.” means “I love New York.” in American slang (俚語(yǔ)). Though few people say that now, we still hear it from time to time. 

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