Passage Two
Few people now remember the sinking of the great passenger ship Colossus exactly sixty years ago. The number of people who were actually saved from her was small, and some of those have died in the years since, so that those who are still alive today can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Then you will easily understand why I have been asked to write about that sad day in 1912. The Collossus, then the largest ship in the world, was thought by people at that time to be unsinkable. Yet, when she hit an iceberg in thick fog in the North Atlantic Ocean, she actually disappeared in less than twenty minutes, taking nearly fifteen hundred people with her. My own life was saved by my youth. Being only a boy of fourteen, I was one of those lucky women and children who, according to custom, were allowed to get away first from the sinking ship. The selfless crew packed some sixty of us into a small boat and lowered it into the angry sea. But during the ship's last minutes, more and more passengers, as their last hope of escaping death, threw themselves wildly into the sea and tried to get on aboard our boat with the result that it finally turned over and we all found ourselves struggling for our lives in the water. But I was strong enough to swim for three hours in the icy water before a passing ship picked me up.
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66．This passage was written in_.A. 1992B. 1982
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milk and bread. At first they read the word \But the waiter could not understand them. At last one of them took a piece of paper and began to draw a cow. When he was just finishing his drawing, the waiter looked at it and ran out of the restaurant.
\came back, he brought no bread and milk with him. He put in front of the two men tickets for a bull-fight.
61.The story happened in___.
A. AmericaB. EnglandC. SpainD. Australia62.The two Americans went into a restaurant_.
A. to have lunchB. to draw a picture of a cowC. to get tickets for a bull-fightD. to study language63.The waiter did not understand them because_.
A.he did not know English and they did not know SpanishB.he ran out of the restaurant
C.the Americans wanted milk and breadD.they have no milk and bread
64.How many people are there in the story?
A. Many.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four65.At last the waiter gave the Americans__.
A. milk and breadB. a piece of paperC. two tickets for a bull-fightD. nothing
C. 1972D. 1912
67.The writer was asked to write the story because he.
A.was now the only person alive who had seen the ship sinkB.was only a boy of fourteen when the ship sankC.had been on the ship when it hit the icebergD.had felt sad when the ship sank.68.People at that time thought that__.A.nothing could sink the shipB.only an iceberg could sink her
C.nothing could sink her, but she might disappearD.it would take longer than twenty minutes to sink her69.The author's life was saved because__.A.a young man helped himB.a passing ship picked him upC.he was young
D.only boys were saved
70.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT correct?A.The Colossus was the largest ship in the world then.
B.Men waited to leave the ship until after the women and children.C.No more than five people were saved from the ship.
D.Some passengers jumped from the sinking ship but died in the water.Passage Three
Have your ever wondered why different animals or pests have their particular colours? Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Birds, especially seagulls, are very fond of locusts, but birds cannot easily catch locusts because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colour of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But when crops are ripe, locusts take on exactly the same brown colour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are usually easily found and eaten by their enemies. So they have to hide themselves in terror for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life in any part of the world, you will find the main use of colouring is to protect themselves. Bears, wolves and other beasts move quietly through forests. They are usually invisible to the eyes of hunters, because they have the colour much like the barks of tress.
An even more strange act remains to be noticed. A kind of fish living in seas can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over, its enemies cannot find it, and it immediately swims away. Thus, it has existed up to now though it is not powerful at all.
71. This passage mainly talks about
A.the change of colour in locusts
B.the protective coloration of animals and pestsC.how a certain sea fish protects itself
D.animals or pests can dye themselves different colours
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Passage Four
1970 was World Conservation Year. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in danger. They hoped that governments would act quickly in order to \nature. Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1,300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland. But now only 866 remain. The others have been destroyed by modern man and his technology. We are changing the earth, the air and water, and everything that grows and lives. We can't live without these things either. If we continue like this, we shall destroy ourselves.
What will happen in the future? Perhaps it is more important to ask \we do now?\of today. A lot of them know that conservation is necessary. Many are helping to save our world. They plant trees, build bridges across rivers in forests, and so on. In a small town in the United States, a large group of girls cleaned the banks of 11 kilometres of their river. Young people may hear conservation through a record called \and other singers. The money from it will help conserve wild animals.
76.The main idea of the first paragraph is__.A.the danger of our world
B.the importance of conservationC.that we're destroying ourselves
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72. Locusts are__ but they are not easily wiped out by their enemies
because————
A.animals; they are powerful enough
B.beasts; they are dangerous to their enemiesC.pests; they take on the same colours as cropsD.birds; they fly extraordinarily fast
73.The pests that have different colours from plants usually appear at night because___________________________________________________________.
A.their enemies can easily find them and eat themB.they have the habit of coming out in darknessC.it's easy for them to destroy plants in darknessD.birds take their rest when night comes
74.Bears and wolves have the same colours as barks of trees because.
A.they fear other beasts
B.they like brown or grey colours
C.they enjoy walking through forests quietly
D.the colours help prevent themselves from being noticed
75.A certain fish living in seas has lived through millions of years because.
A.it is the most powerful in the sea
B.no other fishes can swim so fast as it can
C.it can send out a kind of liquid which makes its enemies unable to find itD.the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies
Writing (20 points)
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Part V
D.that we are changing our world
77.There are fewer plants, trees and flowers in Holland now perhaps becauseaccording tothe passage.
A.Holland does not need so many plants, trees and flowersB.some plants, trees and flowers are dangerous
C.there has not been a lot of conservation in Holland
D.many plants, trees and flowers do not grow there any more78.We shall destroy ourselves if we don't change.A.the modern manB.modern technologyC.our rivers and forestsD.the United Nations
79.\was.A.a record calling on people to conserve natureB.a rule worked out by the United NationsC.an important book published in 1970D.an idea that nobody would accept80.People all over the world__.A.wonder what to do in the futureB.pay no attention to the UN's callC.take no measures in conservation
D.should act quickly to answer the UN's call
Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write a composition in 100—120 words based on the following situation. Remember o write it clearly.
如今私人汽车日益普及，写篇短文阐述汽车普及的好处。49
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