Passage Three In 1968, five people were murdered in Northern California. The killer called himself the Zodiac. He either shot or knifed his victims. No one knew when, where, or who the Zodiac would kill next. Paul Stine is believed to have been his final victim. Stine was a cab driver in San Francisco when he was shot to death in 1969. The Zodiac sent a piece of Stine’s bloody shirt to a newspaper bragging about the killing. The Zodiac has been compared with the recent Washington, D.C. snipers. These serial killers seemed to have no reason for the murders. Victims were chosen at random. Letters were sent to newspapers. In the letters, the killers made fun of the police who tried to catch them. Both the Zodiac and the D.C. sniper got thrills out of murdering and scaring people. Arthur Allen was thought to be the Zodiac. The police never charged him. He denied that he had done the murders. When Allen died in 1992, tests were done on his body. Part of his brain tissue w
A. private investigator
B. San Francisco taxi driver
C. prime suspect
D. newspaper reporter
Passage Five Read the following information about different pen pals. 1. Mary, 24 years old, comes from Scotland and would like to find a pen pal who comes from East Europe. She likes playing the piano and listening to jazz music. She is interested in history but does not like discussing politics. 2. Kim Lee, 19 years old, comes from Seoul, South Korea. Kim loves travelling and hopes to visit Great Britain in the future. He would like a pen pal who is interested in discussing the differences between life in Europe and life in Asia. He loves listening to pop music and playing football in his free time. 3. Pietro, 42 years old, comes from Argentina. He is a businessman and would like to find a pen pal who is also a businessperson and lives in North America. He is married with three children and likes using the Internet in his free time. 4. Helga, 33 years old, comes from Germany and speaks French, English and Russian. She would like a pen pal who is interested in exchanging
A. Mary
B. Kim Lee
C. Pietro
D. Helga
Ⅳ Reading Comprehension Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage One E.B. White was born Elwyn Brooks White in 1899. He was born in Mount Vernon, New York. His father was a successful piano manufacturer. E.B. White went to Cornell University and graduated in 1921. He worked as a re- porter for various newspapers, and in 1924 returned to New York to work on the new New Yorker magazine. He married the magazine’s literary editor, Katherine Sergeant Angell, in 1929. E.B. White wrote for the magazine and other publications, mostly for adults. In 1945, he wrote his first children’s book, Stuart Little. This book is about a mouse and all his adventures with a human family. Charlotte’s Web was published in 1952. This book is a story abou
A. a spider and a pig
B. an adventurous mouse
C. a swan without a voice
D. none of the above
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