It has 34 joy and interest into the lives of the old, the sick, and the lonely. Without it, some of these people would have little pleasure and no window 35 the world.
Unfortunately, some television programs have been extremely harmful to the young. Children do not have enough 36 . They do not realize that TV programs often show an unreal world. Commercials lie in order to sell products that are sometimes bad or useless. Children believe them and want to 37 what they see on TV. They believe that they will make more friends if they use a certain soap—or some other product. They believe that the murders on TV 38 are normal and acceptable. By the time they are out of high school, most young people have watched about 15,000 hours of television, and have seen about 18,000 violent 39 . If they see violent deaths every day, how can they be shocked by murder in real life?
Television has certainly changed our lives and our society. 40 its good points, it has brought many problems. We must find a solution to these problems because—whether we like it or not—television is here to stay.
31-35：DCCDB 36A 37:imitate 38：A 39：B 40：D
31. A. brought B. took C. did D. made
32. A. grew up B. are growing up C. have grown up D. grow up
33. A. such B. so an C. such an D. so
34. A. got B. took C. carried D. brought
35. A. of B. on C. to D. for
36. A. experiences B. experience C. experiencing D. an experience
37. A. integrate B. make C. initiate D. initiate
38. A. screens B. faces C. surfaces D. appearances
39. A. dead B. deaths C. deads D. death
40. A. Come with B. With along C. Upon with D. Along with
Cars are an important part of life in the United States. 41 most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn’t feel really poor 42 he has a car.
There are three main reasons the car became so popular in the United States. 43 of all the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and 44 form of transportation. With a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money.
The second reason cars are popular is the fact 45 the United States never developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public 46 . Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air-service 47 by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently.
The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is 48 really made cars popular. Americans don’t like to wait for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don’t like to have to 49 an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want 50 to have.
41-45：ABACB 46-50： DCBAB
41. A. Without a car B. Not with a car C. Without no car D. With not a car
42. A. although B. when C. whether D. but
43. A. First B. Firstly C. At first D. The first
44. A. cheap B. most cheap C. cheapest D. cheaper
45. A. which B. that C. where D. what
46. A. movement B. carriage C. shipping D. transportation
47. A. providing B. to provide C. provided D. provides
48. A. that B. what C. how D. which
49. A. follow B. further C. chase D. run
50. A. best B. most C. worst D. least
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some true-false questions. Decide whether each of them is true (T) or false (F).
Passage 1
In the old days, divers used to go down into the sea looking for ships that had sunk, because they hoped to find gold and jewels. Now divers still search for valuable things in sunken ships, but they also try to bring to the surface the ships themselves, or parts of them. The value of different kinds of metals has increased greatly over the last twenty or thirty years and even though a ship has been under the sea for many years, it may be worth a great deal.
One famous sunken ship is the \which sank off the southern coast of Ireland in 1915 with a loss of nearly 1500 lives. It has four huge propellers made of an expensive metal. Today each of those propellers is worth $300,000 or more. The ship, lying on the sea-bed has been bought by a man called John Light. He paid about $1,200,000 for the whole ship. He hopes to bring up those propellers and sell them. He also hopes to sell other parts of the ship, when he has brought them to the surface, for about $ 600,000.
T51. Divers try to bring up metals because some kinds of them are worth a lot of money.
T52. Now divers still search for valuable things and try to bring to the earth surface the ships themselves.
F53. John Light hopes he may be able to sell the whole ship of “Lusitania” for more than $1.5 million.
F54. The ship “Lusitania” sank off the southwestern coast of Ireland with a lot of people drowned.
F55. In the past, divers hoped to bring up everything of a sunken ship except metals.
Passage 2
More and more people today are realizing the importance of regular physical exercise. In the past, work for most people involved manual labor in the fresh open air of the fields. However, nowadays an increasing number of people are employed in offices or factories. Their daily work does not provide them with the amount of exercise their bodies need. Therefore, they have come to spend part of their free time doing regular physical exercise.
There are many different forms of exercise to suit different tastes. For example, those who enjoy competitive sports may take up ball games. Those who prefer to exercise alone can have a run or take a walk in the morning or in the evening. Besides, people can go swimming in summer and go skating in winter. In short, no matter what their interests are, people can always find one or more sports that are suitable to them.
However, the form of physical exercise must be chosen carefully. More harm than good will result if people choose the wrong form of exercise. For the aged, Qigong or Tai Ji Quan will suit them better than competitive sports. Those who have little
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