door and said, \won.
The next morning, he arrived early, \of the day, when he asked to work with me more often, it was easy for me to say yes. After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy's home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother declared that the family would be moving to another school. Her son's first concern, she said, was leaving the library. \find the lost books?\he asked. When the time came, it was hard to say goodbye. Though at the beginning he had seemed an ordinary boy, his strong feeling of interest had made him different.
Do you know who he is? This boy became a great man of the Information Age: Bill Gates.
6. The teacher went to the library to find a job for Bill Gates. A) T B) F 7. The librarian was too busy to have a rest. A) T B) F
8. The sentence \picked up the idea immediately\means that he learned that system quickly. A) T B) F
9. Bill Gates was expected to find books with wrong cards. A) T B) F
10. Bill Gates felt sad when his family would move to another school area. A) T B) F
Passage Three
Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.
One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own.
Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature.
Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from
London every night.
11. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A) People who love Nature prefer to live outside the city.
B) All the people who work in London prefer to live in the country.
C) Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London.
D) Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside the city. 12. With the same money needed for ____, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country.
A) getting a small flat with a garden B) having a small flat with a garden
C) renting a small flat without a garden D) buying a small flat without a garden
13. When the garden is in blossom, the one _____ has been rewarded. A) living in the country
B) having spent time working in the garden C) having a garden of his own D) having been digging, planting and watering
14. People who think happiness lies in the city life would feel that _____ if they had to live outside London.
A) their life was meaningless B) their life was invaluable
C) they didn’t deserve a happy life D) they were not worthy of their happy life
15. The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to ____. A) deal with B) do away with C) escape from D) prevent from
Passage Four
Among the more interesting things to observe as you travel the world are the ways in which people conduct themselves at parties. In some countries men and women move to opposite ends of the room and talk to one another; in others they sit in large chairs around the edge of the room and talk only to the people on either side of them, or silently eat and observe the scene.
As you would imagine, Americans move about a great deal at parties. At small gatherings they may sit down, but as soon as there are more people than chairs in the room – or better yet, a little before this point – you would see first one and then another make some excuses to get to his feet (to fetch a drink or greet a friend or open a window) until soon everyone is standing, moving around, chatting with one group and then another. Sitting becomes inactive beyond a certain point. We expect people to move about and be “self-starters.” It is quite normal for Americans to introduce themselves and their companions. If this happens, you are expected to reply by giving your name and introducing the person with you. After such an informal introduction, you talk together for a little while, here come those questions: “Are you new here?” “How long have you been in America?” Within a moment or two, you will have
struck some common ground, conversation will move along for a while, and then either couple can feel free to say something informal like: “Well, it’s been nice to meet you” or “I hope we see you again soon.” This is the signal for both couples to say their good-byes and move off to another group.
The basic rule at big parties is: don’t stay in one place for too long. Pick out people you think look interesting, then go to talk to them. Women should not gather themselves in a group with each other or hide themselves away in a corner. They too should move around the room either with their husbands, or with friends or alone, whichever they prefer, unless they are strategically located (and attractive!) so that people keep coming up to them. The point of a party in this country is to meet and talk with people; the fact that you are all there together under your host’s roof is in itself a form of introduction in our view. As a result anyone can feel free to talk to anyone else.
16. The possible title for this passage might be ______. A) Parties in the World B) Differences of Parties in Different Countries C) Parties in America D) A Party I Attend in America
17. According to the author, the major difference between an American party and that in other countries lies in the fact that ______. A) Americans move about a great deal at parties B) Americans never sit down at parties
C) women usually come with their husbands to a party D) women and men talk in different groups 18. Americans expect ______ at a party.
A) people to stop talking and observe the scene B) women to move around alone to attract people C) people to find some excuses to stand up D) to introduce themselves and feel free to talk
19. In the second paragraph, the sentence “…you will have struck some common ground” means you will have ______.
A) struck together the ground that both of you are standing on
B) met each other so unexpectedly that you hit each other to the ground C) shaken hands and touched each other as ordinary people usually do
D) talked about something that both of you are interested in and like to talk about 20. If a lady is strategically located in a party, then, which of the following sentences is not true?
A) She is not moving around any more.
B) She must be alone, hiding herself in a corner. C) She must be very attractive.
D) People will continuously go to her place.
Part IV Cloze
Glasses protect people's eyes from bright light. Microscopes make tiny things larger __1__ we can examine them. Telescopes make objects that are far away appear __2__ closer to us. However in recent years plastics have replaced glass __3__
conditions where glass might be easily broken there are new uses to be developed for glass that were never imagined in the __4__. Perhaps the greatest __5__ of glass is that its constituent (构成的) parts are inexpensive and can be found all over the world.
1. A) much B) so that C) advantage D) past E) on 2. A) much B) so that C) advantage D) past E) on 3. A) much B) so that C) advantage D) past E) on 4. A) much B) so that C) advantage D) past E) on 5. A) much B) so that C) advantage D) past E) on
Part V Translation
1. Why, do you want me to change the channel?
2. Yeah, I'm anxious to hear all the songs from her new album. 3. This street will be widened.
4. She likes Mike a lot, but she doesn't want to get married so early.
5. When I was young, I'd listen to the radio, waiting for my favorite songs. 6. He keeps looking at himself in the mirror.
Part VI Sample Writing
How to achieve success of distance learning 如何取得网络学习的成功
Distance learning has many advantages over regular courses. You should follow a certain set of rules or guidelines to achieve success especially in IT training courses learnt via distance learning mode.
First, you should devote much time in recollecting and going through the study materials and brushing up your skills without getting complacent or lazy. Since distance learning does not involve human intervention personally, you should make it a point to get the human touch to it by discussing it with the fellow students or teachers whenever it is possible to make it better to learn and to improve your skills. Since IT training courses require practical methods to learn, you should make it a point to put in practice of whatever you have learnt theoretically as this will make your skills grow laterally rather than in one direction. And thus you would also be able to apply what you have learnt in real time situation which is what required when it comes to IT learning
Living in a Big city 生活在大城市
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