24、My college roommate,        head of the software company, says that     primary purpose of education is not to earn       bread, but to make every mouthful sweet.

A．/; the; a          B．the; the; /               C．/; the; /           D．/; a; the

22、

Another man-made wonder of the United States was built long before the nation was established．About 900 years ago, the Ancestral Puebloan people built villages high in the walls of canyons in Colorado, where 600 cliff dwellings are now part of the Mesa Verde National Park．

Visitors can stand at the top of the mesas and look into the dwellings almost hidden in openings of the rock walls．The Puebloan people cut small steps into the rock, which connected buildings containing hundreds of rooms．

The rock walls have protected the buildings from severe weather in the area; therefore, they remain mostly unchanged in the hundreds of years since they were built．

Our final man-made wonder is in the northwestern city of Seattle, Washington．The Space Needle was built as the central structure for the 1962 World's Fair．

The 184-meter-tall structure was designed by Edward Carlson, which has a wide base on the ground, with its middle narrow and a large ring-like structure on top．The structure was meant to look like a "flying saucer," a vehicle that was popular in science fiction space travel stories．The saucer includes an observation area and eating place．The restaurant slowly turns to provide visitors with a 360 degree view of Seattle．

The Space Needle, only costing about $4,500,000, was not very costly, and was designed and completed in about a year and opened on the first day of the World's Fair．

Today, the Space Needle is the most popular place for visitors to Seattle． And it remains the internationally known symbol of the city．

1．What the passage before this one can be about?

A．Some natural wonders in the world．

B．Sightseeing in the US．

C．Some other artificial wonders in the US．

D．American geography．

2．What does the underlined word “dwelling” mean?

       A．village              B．house             C．canyon            D．step

3．Which of the following descriptions about the Space Needle is TRUE?

       A．It is a man-made wonder in Washington, D．C．

       B．Edward Carlson built the structure．

       C．It has a ring-like structure on top．

       D．It remains the internationally known symbol of the US．

4．What is the passage mainly about?

       A．Visiting the US                             B．Man-made wonders in the US

       C．Wonders in the world                    D．Famous places in the US

21、

China has a growing middle class, a tradition of expecting education and 21  million new babies every year．Selling educational toys should be easy．

    While China may be the world’s biggest toy-maker, many of the best are exported． Department stores here do not have enough high quality toys． It is said that the demand for educational toys is low．

A US company, BabyCare, which works basically together with doctors in Beijing hospitals, is trying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China． People who join the company’s "mother club" can get lectures and newsletters on baby and child development at no extra cost if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the company’s educational toys and child-care books．

"We want to build a seven year relationship with those people," said Matthew J． Estes, BabyCare’s president． "It starts during pregnancy, when the anxiety and needs are highest．" BabyCare works on a one-to-one basis． Doctors, nurses, and teachers paid by BabyCare advise parents, explaining toys that are designed for children at each stage of development to age six．

BabyCare, which plans to have 80 stores in China within six years, opened its first store in China last June in a shopping center in central Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo．

    It is a new model for China and develops a market in young children’s education and health that no other companies are in．

1．What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?

A．Educational toys and foreign toy markets．

B．Reasons for pushing sales of educational toys in China．

      C．Problems with China’s toy market and education．

      D．Baby population and various kinds of toys made in China．

2．According to the passage, which of the following is a fact?

      A．Club members buying BabyCare products get free child-care advice．

      B．Doctors in Beijing help in making BabyCare products．

      C．Parents are encouraged to pay $ 18 for club activities．

      D．BabyCare trains Chinese doctors at no extra cost．

3．In China BabyCare is developing its business by___________．

A．opening stores in Beijing hospitals    

B．establishing children’s education clubs 

C．offering 18-month courses on child-care

D．forming close relationships with parents

4．Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage?

      A．American Company Marketing Model           B．Educational Toys in China

C．BabyCare Toys On                                      D．Mother’s Club in China

20、

Early in the twentieth century, two famous scientists developed different ideas about dreams．Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud published a book called The Interpretation of Dreams in 1900．Freud believed people often dream about things they want but cannot have． These dreams are often linked to sex and aggression．

For Freud, dreams were full of hidden meaning．He tried to understand dreams as a way to understand people and why they acted or thought in certain ways．Freud believed that every thought and every action started deep in our brains．He thought dreams could be an important way to understand what is happening in our brains．

Freud told people what their dreams meant as a way of helping them solve problems or understand their worries．For example, Freud said when people dream of flying or swinging, they want to be free of their childhood．When a person dreams that a brother or sister or parent has died, the dreamer is really hiding feelings of hatred for that person．Or a desire to have what the other person has．

Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung worked closely with Freud for several years．But he developed very different ideas about dreams．Jung believed dreams could help people grow and understand themselves．He believed dreams provide solutions to problems we face when we are awake．

He also believed dreams tell us something about ourselves and our relations with other people．He did not believe dreams hide our feelings about sex or aggression．

1．According to the passage, Sigmund Freud held that ________________．

A．dreams can help understand people’s action

B．when people dream that they fly in the sky, they are actually desire something

C．if a person dreams that a brother has died, he or she must hates the brother

D．if people want to better understand themselves, they will dream

2．What is Carl Jung’s opinion of dreams?

       A．His dreams are different from those of Sigmund Freud．

       B．Whenever we face problems, we can find solutions to them in our dreams．

       C．Dreams help understand people’s thoughts．

       D．Dreams at times show our relations with other people．

3．From the passage, we learn that ______________________．

A．The Interpretation of Dreams was written by Freud as well as Jung

B．Freud helped people solve problems by telling what their dreams meant

C．Freud and Jung always worked together

D．both of them told us clearly why we dream

4．The author seems to be ___________．

A．in favor of Freud                    B．in favor of Jung

C．objective                                D．critical

18、—Have you got any job offers?

—No．I _______．

A．waited                            B．had been waiting

C．have waited                     D．a(chǎn)m waiting

17、He played a trick ____ Jessy and he had to apologize _____ treating her ____ a nice dinner．

A．on; for; to          B．in; by; to         C．on; by; to          D．on; by; with

16、The whole hall _____ to wait for the announcement of the winner of the first prize．

A．held its breath                        B．drew a deep breath

C．took a breath                         D．got the breath again

15、_____ worries me the way he keeps changing his mind．

A．This                B．That                C．What             D．It