14、If you think that treating a woman well means always_______her permission for things,think again.

A.gets             B.got             C.to get              D.gutting

13、Although she did not know Boston well,she made her way________ to the Home Cirele Building.

A.easy  enough     B.enough easy     C.easily enough      D.enough easily

12、We saw several natives advancing towards our party, and one of them came up to us.________we gave one bells and glasses.

A.to which         B.to whom         C.with whom          D.with which

11、I had just stepred out of the bathroom and was busily drying myself with a towel_________I heard the steps.

A.while            B.when           C.since               D.after

10、Some aspeets of a pilot’s job__________be boring,and prilots often____________work at inconvenient hours.

A.can;have to        B.may;can       C.have to;may        D.ought to;must

9、As the twentieth century came to a close ,the raw material for a great national literature were at hand,waiting___________.

A.to use        B.to be used        C.to have used        D.to be using

8、In a room above the store,where a party__________,some workers were busily seeting the table.

A.was to be held     B.has been held     C.will be held     D.is being held

7、I returned to Abujs,the capital of Nigerin,after college gradvation.I had been there before my mother became a minister.

Two weeks Inter.I told  my mother I was bored.She said.“Here’re the car keys.Go and buy some fruit.”  1   ,I jurnped into the car and speeded off.

Seeing me or rather my  2   ,a boy sprang up(跳起來(lái)).  3    to sell his banan is and peanuts.“Banana 300 naira.Peanut 200 naira!”

Looking at his bbinck-striped bananas,I  4    to 200 total for the fruit and nuts.

He  5   .I handed him a 500 naira note.He didn’t have  6  .So I told him not to worry.He was  7   and smiled a row of petfect teeth.

When.two weeks later.I  8   this same boy.I was more aware of my position in Nigerian soeicty.I should  9   this country as the son of a  10   .But it was hard to find pleasure in a place where it was so  11   to see a little boy who should have been in school selling frust.

  “What’s up?”I asked.He answered in  12   English,“I…I no get money to buy book.”I took out two 500 naira notes.He looked around  13   before sticking his hand into the car   14  the bills.One thousand naira means a lot to a farnily that  15   only 50,000 cach year.

   The next morning,security officers told me,“In this place,when you give a little,people think you’re a fountain of opportunity(機(jī)會(huì)).”

  16    it’s right,but this happens everywhere in the world.I wondered if my little friend had actually used the money for  17   .

    After six months’work in northern Nigeria,I returned and saw him again standing on the road.“Are you in school now?”He nodded.A silence fell as we looked at each other,then I  18    what  he wanted.I held out a 500 naira note.“Take this.”He shook his head fiercely and stepped back  19    hurt.“It’s a gift.”I said.

    Shaking his head again,he handed me a basket of bananas and peanuts,“I’ve been waiting to  20  

these to you.”

1.A.Encouraged          B.Disappointed        C.Delighted       D.Confused

2.A.car                 B.mother             C.drivet          D.keys

3.A.willing              B.afraid              C.cager          D.ashamed

4.A.got down            B.bargained down      C.put down       D.look down

5.A.explained            B.promised           C.agreed         D.admitted

6.A.change              B.notes              C.checks         D.bills

7.A.troubled             B.regretful           C.comfortable     D.graleful

8.A.ran after             B.ran into            C.ran over        D.ran  to

9.A.proteet              B.enjoy               C.help           D.support

10.A.minister            B.headmaster          C.manager        D.president

11.A.lucky             B.amazing            C.funny           D.common

12.A.old               B.broken              C.traditional      D.modern

13.A.proudly           B.madly               C.cunously       D.nervously

14.A.for               B.with                C.at              D.upon

15.A.spends            B.pays                C.makes          D.affords

16.A.Possibly          B.Actually             C.Certainly        D.Fortunately

17.A.joys              B.nuts                C.books           D.bananas                       

18.A.asked             B.unagined            C.reminded        D.realized

19.A.when             B.as if                C.even if          D.after

20.A.send              B.provide             C.sell             D.give

6、A NATIONWIDE BESTSELLER

It’s likely that everything you learned about.America’s ancient history is wrong.

The new book,1491,completely changes our understanding of the Amerieas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.

DID YOU KNOW?

When Columbus landed there were probably more people in the Americas than there were in Europe.The peoples of North America had such healthy life-styles that as late as the 19^th century they continued to be the tallest people on earth.

Facts have shown that the Amenicas were populated as long as 33,000 years ago.4,000 years ago Mesoamerican famers developed com in a feat (技藝) of genetie engineering that still isn’t completely understood.

COMMENTS ON 1491

“In the tradition of  Jared Diamond & John MePhee,a totally new view of precolunhian America”.

－Richard Rhodes

“Attrnctively written and really absorbing Charles C.Mann has produced a book that’s part detective story,part cpie(史詩(shī))　and part tragedy(不幸).He has taken on a vast topic:thousands of years,two huge continents,and cultures.”

－Charles Matthews,San Jese Mercary News

“Powerful and challenging”                               －Alan Taylor,Washingto post

“A pleasure to read as well as a wonderful education”                     －Howard Zinn

1.On the whole,1491 is a book mainly about America’s________.

A.life-styles             B.population            C.history        D.agrieulture

2.Which of the following as NOT TRUE about the comments on the book 1491?

A.   It is interesting and instructive.

B.   It is attractive and culturally related.

C.   It is challenging and revolutionary.

D.   It is hurnorous and persuasive.

3.From this passage,we can learn_________.

A.people settled in the Amencas a little carlier than 1942

B.North Americans were the tallest in the 18^th cenntry in the world

C.Mesoamencan farmers knew genclic engineering 5,000 years ago

D.the population in the Americas was smaller than that in Europe in 1492

5、For the first time in modern history,less than half of the U.S.adult population now reads literature,according to a recent survey.Reading at Risk A Survey of Lilerary Reading in America presents a detailed review of the decline of reading’s role in the nation’s culture.

Reading at Risk is a survey of national fashion in adult literary reading.The data souree for Reading at Risk is as reliable and objective(客觀的)as any such survey can be.The key results of the survey are presented in the “Surnmary”,but the report can be further exploined as:literary teading in America is not only declining rapidly among all groups,but  the rate of decling has been speeded up,especially among the young.Rcading at Risk merely shows a great cultural change that most Americans have already noted－our society’s great turn to clectronic media for entertainment and information.

Reading a book requires a degree of active attention and devotion.Indced,reading itself is a progressive skillo that depends on years of cducation nand practice.On the contrary,most electronic media such as television,recordings,and radio make fewer demands on their audiences,and indced require no more than passive participation.While oral culture has a rich reality and electronic media offer the commdenbic atteation of variety.print culture affords irreplaceable forms of focused and thought than make varicen communications and views possible.The deline in reading.thenfore ,equals a larger retreat(減少)from participation in public and culutural life.

What is to be done?There is surely no single solution to the pretent problem.just as there is no single cause .The important thing now is to underwand that America can no longer take active and devoted reading for granted.

    Reading is not a timeless,common ability.As more Americans love thus ability .out nation becomes less informed,active ,and independent minded .There are not speakeras that a free, inventive,or productive society can afford to love.

1.The main purpose of the survey is to _______.

A.focus on the role of electronic media ang reading

B.show that American young people read less and less

C.give a report of the national of literary reading

D.review that less that half of the population now reads litersture

2.According to the passage ,reading _______.

A.requires less attention and devotion

B.demsnds no more than passive participation

C.limits various communications and views

D.means active participation in pubnlic and cultural life

3.The underlined phrase “cultural chang”in Paragraph 2 refers to the change _______.

A.from oral culture to electronic media

B.from print culture to electronic to electronic media

C.from electronic media to oral

D.from electr onic media to print culture

4.The author of the passage ________.

A.misunderstands oral culture

B.doubts the Americans to read more

C.encourages the Americans to read more

D.agrees to the solution to present problem in reading