Is this hotel ___________ you said we were to stay in your letter?

A．where       B．what  C．that   D．in which

It was a very __________ course, but we managed to get through it.

A．demanding       B．strong       C．strict        D．heavy

My boss has decided to send me to China to do a ______ course in Mandarin. It’s very intensive--8 hours every day for 10 days.

A．crash        B．fast          C．speed              D．high-speed

I suppose some people create an idea of who they want to be and, they ________ it _________.

A．work…over                                              B．bear…out

C．live…out                                                    D．get…over

By the time you arrive in Paris, we __________ in Africa for three weeks.

A．shall stay                                                  B．have stayed

C．will have stayed                                          D．have been staying

The town of Pressure and the town Pleasure were neighbor but had   1   in common. Residents built walls to   2  influence from the   3   town.

In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the very best. When women   4   birth, they would compete to have the baby with the   5   cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because   6   was the index(指數) of success, people were always   7   making money, with no time for relaxation.

  8  , over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People   9   without pressure and could do   10   they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn’t care   11   students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office   12   sipping coffee and doing nothing.   13   the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. No one had the slightest thought of moving   14  , either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were   15   models from Pressure.

Some of the young were addicted to   16   because of the emptiness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is life   17  ?” But, just before life in the two towns completely failed. There came a saint－Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, 18

with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be content with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They   19   walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The town people   20   to realize the truth－There is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if people don’t go to extremes.

1．A．anything                B．nothing              C．everything             D．something

2．A．keep out                B．look out             C．work out              D．give out

4．A．gave                      B．took                  C．offered                 D．brought

5．A．loud                      B．louder                C．loudest                 D．loudly

6．A．health                    B．healthy               C．wealth                  D．wealthy

7．A．busy                     B．lazy                   C．easy                     D．hard

8．A．Meanwhile             B．At that time        C．At one time           D．Once in a while

9．A．got up                   B．grew up             C．set up                   D．brought up

10．A．nothing                B．something          C．anything               D．everything

11．A．what                    B．who                  C．where                   D．whether

12．A．all way                B．all night              C．all way long          D．all day long

13．A．Thanks to            B．Because            C．Owe to                 D．According to

14．A．backward            B．forward             C．upward                 D．downward

15．A．new                    B．old                    C．right                     D．advanced

16．A．work                   B．money               C．drugs                   D．books

17．A．for                      B．at                      C．in                         D．to

18．A．talked                  B．to talk                C．talks                     D．talking

19．A．pulled down         B．put down           C．went down           D．wrote down

20．A．went                 B．returned                     C．happened           D．came

I arrived in the United States on February 6, 1986, but I still remember my first day very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was very cold and it was snowing, but I was too excited to mind. From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my hotel. My friend helped me unpack at the hotel and then left me because he had to go back to work. He promised to return the next day.

Shortly after my friend had left, I went to a restaurant near the hotel to get something to eat. Because I couldn’t speak a word of English, I couldn’t tell the waiter what I wanted. I was very upset and stared to make gestures, but the waiter didn’t understand me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was eating. After dinner, I started to walk around the city. I wanted to see everything on my first day. I knew it was impossible, but I wanted to try.

1．February 6, 1986 was a day unforgettable to the writer, because ____________.

       A．it was his first day in the United States

       B．it was very clear that day

       C．it was very cold that day

       D．that day he took a plane and landed at Kennedy Airport

2．Which of the following is NOT true? ___________.

       A．His friend promised to be at the hotel again

       B．He and his friend took a taxi to the hotel

       C．His friend helped him unpack at the hotel

       D．His friend left him right after they got to the hotel.

3．He didn’t have what he really wanted, because ____________.

       A．he didn’t want something to eat            B．he could only make gestures

       C．the waiter was unwilling to serve    D．he could not make himself understood

Calendars(日歷)

Of course you know the day, month, and year in which you were born. Could it have been the 2nd of Abh, 5710? That doesn’t sound familiar to most of you, does it? But it is a perfectly reasonable calendar date－not on the Gregorian calendar(格里日歷) with which you are most familiar, but on one of the many other calendars still in use by the peoples of the world today. Abh is the eleventh month on the Hebrew calendar(希伯來日歷), which dated from 3,760 years and 3 months before the beginning of the Christian Era(基督世紀). Besides having an earlier Year One, the Hebrew year begins in the middle of September during the harvest time.

Ways of keeping count of time were developed slowly through the ages by many peoples. Early men could observe that there are three important units(單位) of time: the day, the month, and the year. The day and the year depend on the rotation(自傳) of the earth and its movement around the sun. The month depends on the moon’s journey around the earth.

To fit these three units of time into a reliable(可靠) plan was a great task which took men many centuries to finish. As a matter of fact, the task is really not finished yet since our calendar is not yet perfect. Many people are still trying to change it.

1．Who was born on the 2nd of Abh, 5710?

       A．Some well-known Hebrew person.

       B．The reader of this passage.

       C．The writer of this passage.

       D．Nobody that we know.

2．In the Hebrew calendar, the year 1988 is Year ____________.

       A．5748                   B．5710                  C．3760                    D．1988

3．In the Hebrew calendar, the year begins in ____________.

       A．spring                  B．summer             C．autumn                 D．winter

4．The writer of the passage seems to think that inventing a calendar is __________.

       A．a simple task－even early man could do it

       B．an interesting task－there are different calendars all over the world.

       C．a difficult task－it took people centuries to finish.

       D．a useless task－you can never make a perfect calendar

Surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are just not kept. We know that more than 850.000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital. We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital.

Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country. It is found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter have only a part-time teacher. The special children’s hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off. From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have some contact with a hospital teacher－and that contact may be as little as two hours a day. Most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all. They had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school. If there was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do math or number work; without a teacher they would only play games.

Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is of ten all the teacher can do. The position and influence of many teachers was summed up when parents referred to them as “the library lady” or just “the helper”. Children tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch with school work. Several parents spoke of requests for work being ignored or refused by the school. Once back at school children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best they can.

Many short－stay child-patients catch up quickly. But schools do very little to ease the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interviewed.

1．The author points out at the beginning that ___________.

       A．every child in hospital receives some teaching

       B．not enough is known about hospital teaching

       C．hospital teaching is of poor quality

       D．the special children’s hospitals are worst off

2．It can be inferred from the latest survey that ___________.

       A．hospital teaching across the country is similar

       B．each hospital has at least one part-time teacher

       C．all hospitals surveyed offer education to children

       D．only one-fourth of the hospitals have full-time teachers

3．Children in hospital usually turn to ___________ in order to catch up with their school work.

       A．hospital teachers                                 B．schoolmates

       C．parents                                              D．school teachers

4．We can conclude from the passage that the author is ___________.

       A．unfavorable towards children receiving education in hospitals

       B．in favor of the present state of teaching in hospitals

       C．unsatisfied with the present state of hospital teaching

       D．satisfied with the results of the latest survey

Beginning college is exciting: new ideas to explore, new challenges to be met and many decisions to be made; your future begins here.

However, you will find college life is different from your previous school environment. Many of us can be easily overwhelmed by the details of running a well-balanced life. While some of us may have the know-how, I guess there are more of us who can benefit from learning about the experiences of others who have walked the college halls before you.

The following you may find of use about life on campus:

*Plan well. There are so many new things to do at a new college or university. Give yourself time to make new friends and became familiar with the campus, but don’t forget why you are there. Give some time for social activities and manage your time wisely.

*If you don’t have a “system” for planning your time now (like a day timer a computer data book), get one. Most of all, don’t depend on your memory.

*Don’t miss the guidelines. The restrictions, rules and regulations of all kinds can usually be found in your student’s handbook. Consider them well-balanced food for thought. What dates are important? What pieces of paper need to be handed in? What can/ can’t you do in your student residence(住處)? Who has the right for what? What do you need to complete to graduate?

*Write the word “STUDY” on the walls of our bedroom and bathroom, and maybe it will help to write it on a piece of paper and stick it on the telephone, TV and the kitchen table. Consider this－you are paying thousands of dollars for your course. You pay every time you have to repeat or replace a course.

This is the time for you to decide what to do and what not to do. Take as much time as you need to explore new ideas. Do not be afraid of the beyond. This is learning to make good choices.

1．What is the main purpose of passage?

       A．To offer advice on college life.

       B．To explain why college life is exciting.

       C．To describe the importance of college life.

       D．To persuade you to go to college.

2．According to the passage, why is it exciting to begin college life?

       A．Because you will have more freedom at college.

       B．Because you will no longer be afraid of the beyond

       C．Because you prepare for your future career and life there.

       D．Because professors there will provide you with many new ideas.

3．The underlined word “know-how” refers to __________.

       A．An understanding of how things are going at college

       B．Practical knowledge about how to behave and what to do at college

       C．College halls where rules and regulations are presented

       D．An environment completely different from the one you’re used to

4．According to the passage, college students ____________.

       A．needn’t learn from those who went to college before them

       B．spend as much time as possible on social activities

       C．should know what they have fight for on campus

       D．are supposed to repeat or replace at least one course