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一、Readingcomprehension (一共4题，每题25分。)
试题1 (25分)
【106269】 WhenJohn and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one—year stay, they did not bring verymany things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartmentor to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that moreand more people are using. The renting of home furnishings（bed, tables, dishes, and so on）has become one of America's fastestgrowing businesses.
What kinds of people rent their homefurnishings instead of buying them？People who are international business or government officials,foreign students, airline workers, young married couples —people whose job or business mayforce them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of troubleand the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent newfurniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money donot want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to waituntil they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, theyfind they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.
One family, who now have a large, beautifulhome of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keeprenting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don't like to tellothers about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, andthey are not sure what their neighbors might think.
1. Which of the following hasbecome one of America's fastest growing businesses？______
A. Selling home furnishings.
B. Renting furnished apartments.
C. Selling used furniture.
D. Renting home furnishings.
2.Why do some people prefer to rent furniture？______
A. Because the furniture they getin this way is new.
B. Because it saves them a lot ofmoney.
C. Because it saves them muchtrouble and money.
D. Because they can always getbetter quality furniture in this way.
3.What can you infer from the passage？______
A. The idea of renting furnitureis not acceptable.
B. Renting furniture is notpopular in the couple's home town.
C. Only those who don't haveenough money to rent furniture.
D. People usually grow to likethe furniture they have rented.
4.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage？______
A. Rent or Buy？
B. A New Way of Getting HomeFurnishings.
C. Furnished Apartments.
D. A New Idea.
5.Young people liked renting home furniture in that______
A. They have less money.
B. They don't want to buy oldfurniture.
C. The new furniture is of goodquality.
D. They don't have much money anddon't want to buy the cheap furniture.
试题2 (25分)
【106417】 Sixteen—year—old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. Shewas leaving her native country to join her sister in the
“What's wrongwith this girl?” He said, “Why doesn't she hurry up?” He moved forward andplaced his bag on the counter, hoping to check in first. He was in a hurry toget a good seat.
Maria was very angry, but she was verypolite. And in her best English she said, “Why are you so upset? There areenough seats for everyone on the plane. If you are in such a hurry, why can'tyou give me a hand with my luggage?”
The man was surprised to hear Maria speakEnglish. He quickly picked up her luggage and stepped back. Everyone waslooking at him with disapproval.
1. Maria's story happened _______
A. when she was leaving
B. on her way back to Santo Domingo
C. before she left the
D. when she arrived at theairport
2.You believe that the work of the airline employee mentioned in the story is to______ at the airport.
A. help carry people's luggage
B. ask people to pick up theluggage
C. check people's luggage
D. take care of people's luggage
3.“Why are you so upset?” Maria said to the man. She wanted to tell him that heshould not be _____.
A. surprised and worried
B. sad and angry
C. unhappy and worried
D. sad and sorry
4.“Everyone was looking at him with disapproval.”This sentence means that thepeople around felt ______.
A. worried about Maria
B. worried about the man
C. sorry for Maria's manners
D. sorry for the man's manners
5.The author mentioned Maria's age at the beginning of the story in order to showthat ______.
A. she was young but behavedproperly
B. she would not have left homealone
C. everyone around her was wrong
D. it was not good that nobodyoffered to help her
试题3 (25分)
【118660】 Takingaway a city's rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city tocollect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can't eat or use. If we keptthese things, we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected andtaken outside the city to a dump. Often the city dump is placed where theground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into smallpieces and sent into the sewage（污水，排水）system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets,bathtubs and other places.
To keep mice and flies away, some earth isused to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on therubbish—filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and thenyou'd never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.
In other cities the rubbish is burnt inspecial places. The fire burns everything except the metal. Sometimes the metalcan be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food partsof rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into somethingcalled humus（腐殖质）, whichlooks like black earth. It is rich with the kinds of things that feed plantsand help make them grow.
1. You can most probably readthis kind of passage in a telephone book.
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2.The main idea of the passage is to tell people to take useful things out ofrubbish.
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3.The underlined word “sewage” in the second paragraph means laundry.
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4.According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again to feedplants.
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5.We should take care of a used metal box by reusing and recycling it.
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试题4 (25分)
【118668】 OnFebruary 14th many people in the world celebrate an unusual holiday, St.Valentine's Day, a special day for lovers. The origin of this holiday is uncertainbut according to one story it gets its name from a Christian named Valentinewho lived in Romeduring the 3rd century A.D. His job was to perform marriages for Christiancouples. Unfortunately, the Emperor of Rome didn't allow Christian marriages. Sothey had to be performed in secret. Finally Valentine was arrested and put intoprison. While he was in prison he fell in love with the daughter of the prisonguard. After one year the Emperor offered to release Valentine if he would stopperforming Christian marriages. Valentine refused and so he was killed inFebruary, 270 A.D.Before he was killed Valentine sent a love letter to the daughter of the prisonguard. He signed the letter “from your Valentine”. That was the firstValentine.
Today Valentines are cards usually red andshaped like hearts with messages of love written in them. On Valentine's Daytens of millions of people send and receive Valentines. Whether it is anexpensive heart—shaped box of chocolates from a secret admirer or a simple hand—madecard from a child, a Valentine is a very special message of love.
1. The passage is mainly about aspecial holiday.
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2.Valentine was put into prison because he sent a love letter to the daughter ofthe prison guard.
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3.It is because he refused to accept the Emperor's offer that Valentine waskilled.
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4.Valentines are cards usually red, and shaped like hearts with messages of lovewritten in them.
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5.People send Valentines to each other nowadays to celebrate Valentine'sbirthday.
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