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　　A warm, dusty wind was blowing over the harbor (海港) from the south．Where it stopped, it left a thin layer of fine African sand, a bit of unwanted Africa, and also unwanted by France．

　　Clive stood with Dick, a racing driver, in the ship, watching the cares being taken from the land． Some of the cars were already in the ship．

　　‘ I hope this wind will have changed by the time we get there,’ the driver said, staring up at the cream-colored sky． ‘These conditions wouldn’t be any good for racing．’

　　‘Don’t worry,’ Clive said with a smile． ‘It’ll hardly trouble us, since Argentina is about 7,000 miles away．’

　　Surprise came over the driver’s face． ‘Is that so? We should leave it behind then, shouldn’t we?’

　　They talked for a while about Argentina． Clive was going on business, but Dick was to take part in a motor-race． It was his first important event outside Europe．He mentioned the date of the race-December 30, and added, ‘I’ve never raced in cold winter before．’

　　Their conversation was then turned to the young driver．He was an engineer, twenty-six years old． Motor-racing was his great love, and he was recently driving a car made in France． He spoke well enough, so Clive thought he must have had a good education．However, something seemed to have gone wrong- or was different these days． Here he was, going to Argentina, but without much idea where the country was． When he spoke of a cousin of his, who worked in South Africa- ‘Is there any chance of this ship calling there ?’ Clive realized that the young man had no map of the world in his mind．

　　He had plans to race in South Africa and in Japan． To him, they were places on the earth, and probably that was all． Clive was interested because the man seemed cheerfully unconscious of his lack of knowledge． What was worse, he even thought everyone else was as foolish as him．

　　Dust blew into their faces． “This wind from Africa…’ but he did not go on． Was there any point of his saying so? To the young man, it might have been the same as a wind from China． Were there many people, he wondered, who did not know where they were going, or even where they were?

1．Clive and Dick were on the ship because they ______．

[　　]

A．were leaving for South America

B．wanted to see a French motor-race

C．tried to stay away from a dust storm

D．had gone there to get the motor-cars

2．Clive was puzzled when the driver spoke about the weather conditions because ______．

[　　]

A．the weather didn’t look like changing

B．the driver couldn’t race that day

C．the driver thought conditions would be the same in Argentina

D．the long distance to Argentina had surprised the man

3．_________ made Clive try to find out more of the young driver．

[　　]

A．It was his interest in people with exciting jobs that

B．The young man’s idea that the race would be run in winter

C．His wish to make a friend for the long trip

D．His wish to make the young driver feel less worried

4．What seemed to have gone wrong was that ______．

[　　]

A．an engineer should waster time racing

B．people started on long journeys without any maps

C．the young man’s education was far from perfect

D．the young man was on the wrong ship for South America

5．Clive and Dick were not the same kind of people because ______．

[　　]

A．the driver was much younger than Clive

B．their jobs were different

C．Clive knew his way about the world, but the young man didn’t

D．the wind worried Dick, but it didn’t trouble Clive

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　　2105 State Route 20

　　Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284

　　(360)856-5700

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　　Wenatchee, WA 98801

　　(509)665-2100

　　There’s a 10-acre campground at Chopaka Lake, a beautiful place to put up the tent．Chopaka Lake is actually situated at the top of Chopaka Mountain．The view is unforgettable! Hiking trails(小路)pass through a Mountain Wilderness Study Area and through the Okanogan highlands．There is no fee for camping．

　　Fort Ebey State Park

　　(800)452-5687

　　There are 645 acres at Fort Ebey State Park．Once home to a coastal defense(海岸防衛(wèi))fort for the Puget Sound area, this former fort is also filled with things to see and do from days gone by．It includes 53 campsites, restrooms and showers, beach access, 24 picnic sites and three miles of hiking trails．If you’re looking for a very enjoyable experience with a taste of the past, then this is the park for you．

　　Olympic National Park

　　600 East Park Ave．

　　Port Angeles, WA 98362

　　(360)452-0330

　　This National Park is picture-postcard(優(yōu)美的)!Beautiful beaches, lots of surf, several lakes and a rain forest make up this area．You’ll be able to enjoy 63 miles of coastline here and hike as much as 600 miles of trails．There is only a small fee for the campsites here．

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How do you get to Stehekin Valley if you are on the island?

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A．

By bus．

B．

By boat．

C．

By train．

D．

On foot．

(2)

To enjoy the beautiful mountain scenery, you can go to ________．

[　　]

A．

Lake Chelan National Recreation Area

B．

Chopaka Lake

C．

Olympic National Park

D．

Fort Ebey State Park

(3)

If you want to learn more about the defense system along the coast, you can dial ________．

[　　]

A．

(360)452-0330

B．

(360)856-5700

C．

(509)665-2100

D．

(800)452-5687

(4)

Which of the following is TRUE about Olympic National Park?

[　　]

A．

It is a park at the top of a mountain．

B．

It is made up of many large lakes．

C．

You have to spend a little money to visit it．

D．

You can know something about the past．

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　　Recently a Beijing father sent in a question at an Internet forum asking what“PK”meant．

　　“My family has been watching the Super Girl singing competition TV program．My little daughter asked me what PK means, but I had no idea,”explained the puzzled father．

　　To a lot of Chinese young people who have been playing games online, it is impossible not to know that item．

　　In such Internet games,“PK”is short for“Player Kill”, in which two players fight until one ends the life of the other．

　　In the case of the“Super Girl”singing competition,“PK”was used to refer to the stage where two singers have to compete with each other for only one chance to go up in competition ranking．

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　　“My GG”came back this summer from college．He told me I've grown up to be a PLMM'：I love to FB with him together; he always took me to the KPM, went one composition．”

　　“GG”means Ge Ge(Chinese pinyin for brother)．“PLMM”refers to Piao Liang Mei Mei(beautiful sister)．“FB”means“to corrupt”．“KPM”is short for KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonalds．

　　While some specialists welcome Internet jargon as a new development in language, teachers are worried that too much use of such language might lead students away from the“right”usages．Parents especially worry that their children might not do well in language tests because of the use of Internet language．

　　Such as those mixed feelings are, the conciseness and liveliness of Internet language continues to attract Internet users for making convenient communications．

　　If you do not even know what a Kong Long(dinosaur, referring to ugly-looking female)or a Qing Wa(frog, referring to ugly-looking male)is, then you will possibly be regarded as a Cai Niao!

(1)

By writing the article, the writer tries to ________．

[　　]

A．

explain some Internet jargon

B．

suggest normalizing Internet language

C．

draw our attention to Internet language use

D．

support teachers and parents．

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What does the writer think about the term“PK”?

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A．

Fathers can't possibly know it．

B．

The daughter should understand it．

C．

Online game players must know it．

D．

“Super Girl”shouldn't have used it．

(3)

According to the composition, the underlined word“corrupt”probably means“________”．

[　　]

A．

change the traditional form of something

B．

often have good food or do something expensive

C．

encourage someone to behave in a dishonest way

D．

often have some sports to become strong

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The example of the Beijing father and the Tianjin teacher are used to show that Internet jargon ________．

[　　]

A．

is used not only online

B．

contains many interesting expressions

C．

is hard to understand by the elders

D．

causes trouble to our mother tongue

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　　Recently a Beijing father sent in a question at an Interact forum(論壇)asking what “PK” meant．

　　“My family has been watching the ‘Super Girl' singing competition TV program．My little daughter asked me what 'PK' meant, but I had no idea,” explained the puzzled father．

　　To a lot of Chinese young people who have been playing games online, it is impossible not to know this term．In such Internet games, “PK” is short for “Player Kill”, in which two players fight until one ends the life of the other．

　　In the case of the “Super Girl” singing competition．“PK” was used to refer to the stage where two singers have to compete with each other for only one chance to go up in competition ranking．

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　　“GG” means Ge Ge(Chinese pinyin for brother)．“PLMM” refers to Piao Liang Mei Mei(beautiful girl)．“FB” means Fu Bai(corruption)．“KPM” is short for KFC．Pizza Hut and McDonald's．

　　Some specialists welcome Internet jargons as a new development in language．

　　If you do not even know what a Kong Long(dinosaur, referring to an ugly looking female)ora Qing wa(frog, referring to an ugly looking male)is, you will possibly be regarded as a CaiNiao!

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By writing the article,the writer tries to ________

[　　]

A．

explain some Internet language

B．

suggest common Internet language

C．

laugh at the Beijing father

D．

draw our attention to Internet language

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What does the writer think about the term “PK”?

[　　]

A．

Fathers can't possibly know it．

B．

The daughter should understand it．

C．

Online game players may know it．

D．

“Super Girl” shouldn't have used it．

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The examples of the Beijing father and the Tianjin teacher are used to show that Internet jargons ________

[　　]

A．

are used not only online

B．

can be understood very well

C．

are welcomed by all the people

D．

cause trouble to our mother tongue

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The underlined word “jargons” means “________” in Chinese．

[　　]

A．

行話

B．

粗口

C．

歌詞

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　　My father made a deal with me that he would match whatever I could come up with to buy my fir st car．From the time I wa s a saver．My allowance, back in tho se day s, wa s twenty five cent s a week．I grew up on a farm near a small town called Ventura．In tho se day s the area wa s mo stly agricultural．The climate wa s and still i s a s clo se to perfect a s you could get．I earned some of my money picking one crop or another．When I wa s about ten, a school friend' s family owned walnut orchard s(果園)and it wa s harve st time．She told me we could earn five dollar s for every bag of walnut s we picked．I certainly learned about picking walnut s that day．Not surprisingly, that wa s my fir st and la st time a s a walnut picker．

　　In 1960 my grandmother pa s sed away．She left me 100 share s of AT＆T．One hundred share s of stock don't seem like much today but back then tho se share s paid me＄240 per year in dividend s(利息)．That wa s huge for a kid my age．

　　By the time I wa s seventeen．I had saved up ＄ 1, 300 and I knew exactly that I wanted．Ithink my father wa s somewhat suri sed when I announced I had saved up ＄ 1, 300 and wa s ready to buy my new car．I'll never forget the evening my father said, “Let' s go see about that car”．I wa s so excited．

　　My father could have ea sily ju st given me the car but he alway s in si sted that hi s children work for what they got．Thi s wa s not a bad thing．I learned self-reliance．Self-reliance i s equal to freedom．Now that I think about it I need to be thanking my father．

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Which one of the following s didn't belong to the saving of ＄1, 300?

[　　]

A．

Weekly allowance．

B．

Her earning s by picking crop s．

C．

Share s left by grandma．

D．

Money earned from selling share s．

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The underlined part in the second paragraph probably meant ________．

[　　]

A．

she didn't have the chance of picking walnut s

B．

enough money had been earned for her car

C．

the work wa s too hard for children like her

D．

she had no time to do that again for some rea son

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We can know from the pa s sage the author got her car at the age of ________．

[　　]

A．

16

B．

17

C．

18

D．

19

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The purpo se of the author' s father doing like that wa s to ________．

[　　]

A．

give the author freedom

B．

be unwilling to buy the author a car

C．

teach the author to learn self－reliance

D．

give the author a big surpri se

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　　Two year s ago, Wendy Ha snip, 47，experienced a brain injury that left her speechle s s for two week s．When she finally recovered, she found her self talking with what seemed to be a French accent．“I phoned a friend the other day, and she spent the fir st ten minute s laughing, ” Ha snip said at the time, “while I have nothing again st the French．”

　　Ha snip suffered from foreign accent syndrome(外國(guó)口音綜合癥), a rare condition in which people find them selve s speaking their own language like someone from a foreign country．The condition u sually occur s in people who have experienced a head injury or a stroke-a sudden lo s s of con sciou sne s s, sen sation, or movement cau sed by a blocked or broken blood ve s selin the brain．

　　The condition wa s fir st identified during the Second World War in a Norwegian woman who se head wa s injured during an attack by the German military．The woman recovered but wa s left with a German-sounding accent, to the horror of fellow villager s who avoided her after that．

　　Re searcher s have di scovered that the combined effect of the damage to several part s of the brain make s victim s lengthen certain syllable, mi spronounce sound s, and change the normal pitch(音高)of their voice．Tho se change s in speech add up to what sound s like a foreign accent．

　　Another re searcher, a phonetician, say s victim s of the syndrome don't acquire a true foreign accent．Their strangely changed speech only re semble s the foreign accent with which it ha s a few sound s in common．

　　When an Engli sh woman named Annie recently developed foreign accent syndrome after a stroke, she spoke with what seemed to be a Scotti sh accent．However, Annie' s Scotti sh coworker s said she didn't sound at all like a Scot．

(1)

According to the pa s sage, people ________ may have foreign accent syndrome．

[　　]

A．

who se parent ha s experienced a head injury

B．

who have lived in a foreign country for a long time

C．

who have lo st their con sciou sne s s owing to a stroke

D．

who have learned foreign language from their coworker s

(2)

If a per son suffer s foreign accent syndrome, ________．

[　　]

A．

hi s coworker s will be afraid of him and avoid contacting with him

B．

he ha s more chance of suffering stroke again

C．

he will speak a fluent foreign language like native speaker s

D．

hi s speech only ha s a few sound s in common with the foreign accent

(3)

Writing thi s pa s sage, the writer' s main purpo se i s to ________．

[　　]

A．

introduce foreign accent syndrome and some related information

B．

warn people not to be at the ri sk of experiencing a stroke

C．

make it clear that foreign accent syndrome can be cured

D．

tell a story of an injured woman during the Second World War

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