Chinese people take their food and eat it extremely seriously .Eating is a communal (公共的),social, human experience in China .Sharing a meal is a sign of friendship，and trust , Eating plays a central role in friendship ,business ,medicine ,family and love. In short, food is life.
When eating, the rice is separated into your own personal bowl, but the dishes are placed in communal bowls in the center of the table and everybody help themselves with chopsticks .It's considered polite, and sign of respect and friendship, to encourage other people to eat plenty of the good bits, even to pick up food with your chopsticks and drop it into their rice bowls for them.
Food is an important component of weddings, funerals and almost all Chinese festivals. New Year is the time for dumplings, the Dragon Boat Festival is the time for sticky rice Zongzi wrapped in leaves, and Mid -Autumn Day is the time for Moon Cakes. The dinner table is the best for forum(公共討論場(chǎng)所) to close business deals ,and it's the number one thing to do with friends.
Chinese women express their admiration for the opposite sex by cooking delicious meals of many courses, and these days it's the other way round too.
In short, if you want to get to know Chinese people, understand Chinese culture and thinking and get into Chinese life, you have to eat and appreciate Chinese food.
小題1: What is the best title of this passage?

A．Eating Food in China

B．How Do Chinese People Eat Food

C．The Importance of Chinese Food

D．Different Foods for Different Chinese Food

小題2:In the first paragraph, what does the author mean by saying "food is life"?

A．Without food, there will be no life

B．food is as important as life

C．we must take food seriously

D．we must eat food every day

小題3:What is the representative food for the Dragon Boat Festival in China?

A．Dumplings

B．Moon Cakes

C．Jiaozi

D．Zongzi

I suspect that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our  36 , and especially if it’s given from the  37 . When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but  38 them. Just take them   39 . Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than  40 it.
One of my patients told me that when she  41  to tell her story, people often  42  to tell her that they had once had something just like that happen to her. Subtly her pain became a story about themselves.  43  she stopped talking to most people. It was just too  44 . We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the  45  of attention to ourselves. But when we listen, they know we care.
I have ever learned to  46  to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the tissues(紙巾)  47  I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them  48 , to take them out of their  49   of sadness and pain. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there  50  them.
This  51  thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been  52  since I was very young at school. I thought people listened only because they were too  53  to speak or did not know the answer. A loving silence often has far more  54  to connect than the most well-intentioned  55  .

小題1:	A．introduction B．instruction C．a(chǎn)ttention D．relaxation

小題2:	A．head B．memory C．mind D．heart

小題3:	A．talk to B．listen to C．object to D．stick to

小題4:	A．in B．up C．off D．a(chǎn)way

小題5:	A．denying B．remembering C．questioning D．understanding

小題6:	A．managed B．tried C．hoped D．expected

小題7:	A．encouraged B．interrupted C．discouraged D．urged

小題8:	A．Eventually B．Immediately C．Completely D．Especially

小題9:	A．impolite B．meaningless C．lonely D．selfish

小題10:

A．middle B．focus C．center D．choice

小題11:

A．respond B．compare C．link D．regret

小題12:

A．unless B．if C．until D．when

小題13:

A．down B．a(chǎn)way C．in D．off

小題14:

A．experiment B．mixture C．judgment D．experience

小題15:

A．with B．a(chǎn)gainst C．for D．a(chǎn)mong

小題16:

A．complex B．simple C．complicated D．single

小題17:

A．mentioned B．published C．taught D．proved

小題18:

A．shy B．greedy C．a(chǎn)ctive D．proud

小題19:

A．strength B．energy C．power D．force

小題20:

A．gestures B．praise C．criticism D．words

Fifty people died, over 11,000 were injured, and 100,000 houses were heavily damaged or destroyed in an earthquake that struck North China's Hebei Province.
The quake, measuring 6. 2 on the Richter scale (里氏6 .2級(jí)) , hit the area 220km northwest of Beijing at 11: 50 a. m. on January 10, 1998.
Scientists made a report of the recent quake. They said that the area of northwestern Beijing, the joint of Shanxi and Hebei Provinces and the Inner Mongolia (內(nèi)蒙古) were most easily attacked by earthquakes measuring 6 to a bit over 7 on the Richter scale.
However, scientists did not see the recent earthquake earlier. Clouds covered a large area in the northern part of North China before the earthquake and experts say that this prevented satellites from correctly watching the temperature at the correct altitude (緯度).
Experts say that in the last ten years, about 305 earthquakes have taken place in China with 9 measuring over 7 on the Richter scale, 60 measuring over 6, and 236 measuring over 5.
Tens of thousands of people died or were injured. Loss(損失) valued over 10 billion yuan.
小題1:When the earthquake attacked the area, most people there were unlikely（不太可能的）to ____.

A．sleep in bed

B．work in the fields

C．walk in the streets

D．stay at home

小題2:The report shows that about nine earthquakes in the past ten years are measured over ____ on the Richter scale.

A．7

B．5

C．9

D．6

小題3:It can be inferred（推斷） from the report that the damage caused by the earthquakes could be much less heavy if ____.

A．a(chǎn)ll the people stayed outside

B．the earthquake happened at midnight

C．the people had been warned earlier

D．the earthquake scale was lower than 6. 2 only

小題4:Which of the following can be reasonable except ____.

A．We can not stop earthquakes

B．Scientists are working hard at the researches on earthquakes

C．We can do our best to have fewer damages than ever

D．Nothing can be done on earthquakes

This year some twenty-three hundred teen-agers (young people aged from 13-19) from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S. homes . They will attend U. S. schools , meet U.S. teenagers , and form impressions of the real America . At the same time , about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world .
Here is a two-way student exchange in action . Fred , nineteen ,spent last year in Gemany with George’s family . In turn , George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America .
Fred , a lively young man , knew little German when he arrived , but after two months’ study , the language began to come to him . School was completely different from what he had expected-much harder . Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room . They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States . There were almost no outside activities .
Family life , too , was different . The father’s word was law , and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first . Also , he missed having a car .
“Back home ,you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time . In Germany , you walk , but you soon learn to like it .”
At the same time , in America , Mike , a friendly German boy , was also forming his idea . “I suppose I should criticize American schools .” He says , “it is far too easy by our level . But I have to say that I like it very much . In Germany we do nothing but study . Here we take part in many outside activities . I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens . There ought to be some middle ground between the two .”
小題1:The whole exchange programme is mainly to         .

A．help teenagers in other countries know the real America

B．send students in America to travel in Germany

C．let students learn something about other countries

D．have teenagers learn new languages

小題2:Fred and Mike agreed that         .

A．American food tasted better than German food

B．German schools were harder than American schools

C．Americans and Germans were both friendly

D．there were more cars on the streets in America

小題3:What is particular in American school is that         .

A．there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings

B．students usually take fourteen subjects in all

C．there are a lot of after-school activities

D．students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car

小題4:After experiencing the American school life , Mike thought         .

A．the easy life in the American schools was more helpful to the students .

B．German schools trained students to be better citizens .

C．American schools were not as good as German schools

D．a(chǎn) better education should include something good from both America and Germany

When you want to go shopping, decide how much money you can spend on new clothes, Think about the kind of clothes you really need. Then look for those clothes you really need. Then look for those clothes on sale.
There are labels(標(biāo)簽) inside all new clothes. The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash in cold water. The label on a coat may say “dry clean only”, for washing may ruin this coat. If you do as the directions(說明)on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best for a long time.
Many clothes today must be dry cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, check to see if they will need to be dry cleaned. You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed.
You can save money if you buy clothes that are well-made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look good even after they have been washed many times. Clothes that cost more money are not necessarily better made. They do not always fit better. Sometimes less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes.
小題1:If you want to save money, you had better buy clothes that         .

A．don’t fit you	B．don’t last long
C．need to be dry cleaned	D．can be washed

小題2:The labels inside the clothes tell you         .

A．how to keep the clothes looking their best

B．how to save money

C．whether the clothes fit you or not

D．where to get the clothes dry cleaned

小題3:We learn from the passage that cheaper clothes         .

A．a(chǎn)re always worse made

B．must be dry cleaned

C．can not be washed

D．can sometimes fit you better

小題4:The best title for the passage should be         .

A．Buy Less Expensive Clothes

B．Taking Enough Money When Shopping

C．Being a Clever Clothes Shopper

D．Choosing the Labels inside New Clothes

Most children now chat daily either online or through their mobile phones. They are connecting to a huge number of other children all over the world. Some are shy “in real life” but are confident to communicate with others online; others find support from people of their own age on relationship issues, or problems at home.
Sometimes the online world, just like the real world, can introduce problems, such as bullying or arguments. Going online is great fun, but there are also a few people who use the Internet for offensive(冒犯性的)or illegal aims. Children must be made aware（意識(shí)到的） of both the good things and the dangers.
To keep children safe your management must cover the family computer. Just as you decide which TV programs are suitable, you need to do the same for the websites and chat rooms your children visit. Remind your children that online friends are still strangers. Reminding them of the risks will keep them alert(警惕).
Computer studies are part of schoolwork now, so it’s likely that your children may know more than you do. We get left behind when it comes to the latest gadgets（小玩意）and the interactive areas of websites, like chat rooms and message boards, which are especially strange. The language of chat is strange to many parents, too. Chatters love to use abbreviations(縮寫)such as: atb-all the best, bbfn-bye bye for now, cul8er-see you later, gr8-great, Idk-I don’t know, imbl-it must be love, kit-keep in touch, paw-parents are watching, lol-laugh out loud, xlnt-excellent!
It seems like another language, and it is!
小題1:The passage is meant for         .

A．children

B．parents

C．teachers

D．net bar owners

小題2:Which of the following will the author probably agree with?

A．The Internet is no good for children.

B．The chat language is strange to adults.

C．Children shouldn’t chat so much online.

D．The Internet is a good place for children.

小題3:In order to keep children safe online, you’d better         .

A．choose suitable websites and chat rooms for them

B．teach them to use correct net words

C．surf the Internet together with them

D．forbid them to use the Internet

小題4:If you stand beside him when your son is chatting about something secret online, he may use         .

A．bbfn

B．lol

C．paw

D．cul8er

When I asked my daughter which item she would keep: the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said, “the phone”. Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.
Point 1. The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the every people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?
Point 2. The mobile phone means that we are never alone.”The mobile saved my life,” says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance to her rescue.
Point 3. The mobile removes our secret. It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are, where they are going, and how their last meeting went.
Point 4. The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramanate in Rome says, “We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near---but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks!”
Point 5. The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously（同聲翻譯地）on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn’t know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they’re space-walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.
小題1:Point 1 mainly tells us that __________.

A．The writer’s daughter enjoys talking on the phone

B．More roads create more traffic

C．phones create the need to communication

D．it’s easy to communicate through phones

小題2:People’s attitude towards mobile phone is that it _________.

A．helps people deal with the emergency

B．brings convenience as well as little secret to people

C．is so important and should be encouraged

D．is part of people’s life

小題3:It is possible to talk to several complete strangers at the same time through_____.

A．the TV screen

B．a(chǎn) fax machine

C．the Internet

D．the phone

小題4:Which is the most suitable title for the passage?

A．Phone Power	B．Kinds of Phones
C．How to Use Phone	D．Advantages of Phones

How does a place become a World Heritage Site? It takes a lot of people to decide.
1）If a country wants one of its places to be on the World Heritage List, it has to ask UNESCO. The place must be important and special. UNESCO put the Great Wall on the list in 1987 because, it said, it was a great part of Chinese culture and beautifully made to go with the land．When a country asks, it must also make a plan for taking care of the place.
2）The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO talks about different places and decides whether to put them on the list. The committee meets every June. Many experts help the committee to decide.
3）After a new place goes on the list, UNESCO gives money to help keep it looking good．If a place is in serious danger, it may be put on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger. UNESCO gives special care and help to those places.
4）Countries have to give UNESCO regular reports about places on the list. If UNESCO thinks a country isn’t taking good enough care of a place, the site will be taken off the list.
小題1:The passage implies that _____.

A．becoming a world heritage site takes hard work

B．a(chǎn) place with beautiful scenery is often on the World Heritage List

C．a(chǎn) place which was taken good care of is often on the World Heritage List

D．the Great Wall became a World Heritage Site for its long history.

小題2:If a place successfully becomes a World Heritage Site, the country _____.

A．can ask UNESCO for more money and help

B．should continue to take special care of it

C．won’t take trouble of caring for it

D．will try to put it on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger

小題3:The passage mainly discusses ______.

A．how the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decides a World Heritage Site

B．how the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO protects a World Heritage Site

C．how the Great Wall becomes a World Heritage Site

D．how a place becomes a World Heritage Site

小題4:The purpose of putting a place on the World Heritage List is _____.

A．to attract more tourists from other countries

B．to get more money and help from other countries

C．to have it taken better care of

D．to make it known to other countries

TV Shows and Long Bus Trips
Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end— with ads thrown in every three or four minutes. The ads are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard appears outside the bus window.“Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.”“Drink Good’n Wet Root Beer.”“Fill up with Pacific Gas.” Only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of “You Need It! Buy It Now!”
The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you’ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed—new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it’s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly daring, the ride can be as exciting as a suspense(懸念) story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left-hand lane?After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you’ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.
The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat, of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you’ve sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the arm rests—even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at the right time. There are just no more ways to sit.
小題1:According to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?

A．Buses on the road.

B．Films on television.

C．Advertisements on billboards.

D．Gas stations.

小題2:What is the purpose of this passage?

A．To talk about the similarities between long bus trips and TV shows.

B．To persuade you to take a long bus trip.

C．To display the differences between long bus trips and TV shows.

D．To describe the billboards along the road.

小題3:The writer of this passage would probably favor      

A．bus drivers who weren’t caring.

B．driving alone.

C．a(chǎn) television set on the bus.

D．no billboards along the road.

小題4:The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because     

A．the ads both on TV shows and on the billboards along the road are fun.

B．they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in between.

C．the drivers are always daring on TV shows just as they are on buses.

D．both traveling and watching TV are not exciting.

小題5:The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are   

A．exciting.

B．comfortable.

C．tiring.

D．boring.

Are you worried by the rising crime rate? If you are, you probably know that your house and possessions are increasingly in danger of suffering from great rise in the cases of burglary(夜盜;搶劫) and attack.
Figures show an ever-increasing crime rate, but it is only too easy to imagine "It will never happen to me"．Unfortunately, statistics show that it really can happen to you and, if you live in a large city, you run twice the risk of being a victim.
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You must remember that owning a burglar alarm is no indication(暗示) that your house is packed with valuable possessions．It quite simply indicates to unwelcome visitors that yours is one house they will not break into easily, so they carry on to an unprotected house where their job is made a lot easier.
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小題1:Anyone who takes an interest in the crime rate will, according to the text, be aware that ___________.

A．more burglars are being caught than ever before

B．people have more possessions to worry about nowadays

C．burglars are more at risk than they used to be

D．homes are more likely to be broken into nowadays

小題2:It seems that people who live in cities are ____________.

A．more often victims than those living in other areas

B．of the opinion that statistics are wrong

C．twice as well as people living in other areas

D．of the opinion that burglars only rob unprotected homes

小題3:The article claims that possessing an alarm system will _________.

A．show burglars that you have something worth stealing

B．persuade burglars not to break into your house

C．make the burglars' job less complicated

D．persuade burglars to try again another time

小題4:In order to find out more information about this alarm system one can _______.

A．buy a leaflet

B．write enclosing a stamped, addressed envelope

C．sign a contract

D．phone at any time of day or night

小題5:The underlined word "Figures" in the second paragraph can be replaced by “      __”．

A．Pictures

B．Fingers

C．Numbers

D．Mathematics