[单项选择]After reading the text, we come to know that it is ______.


A. a piece of shocking news
B. an exciting story
C. an interesting introduction
D. a moving advertisement

[单项选择]After reading the passage, we may know the writer is a person of______.


A. observation
B. curiosity
C. encouragement
D. consideration

[单项选择]After reading the passage, we may have such an impression that _____.


A. the second child in a family usually became a clergyman
B. it was not easy to get books, especially those one liked to read
C. an apprentice might live happily
D. children were given money to buy books they liked

[单项选择]From the text we know Tod has the ability to ______ but Sam couldn't.


A. eat too much food
B. bit a rope
C. swim

[单项选择]After reading the passage, we learn that______

[单项选择]After reading the passage, what can we infer about Shakespeare


A. He received a good education in a local school.
B. He was poor and without friends throughout his life.
C. He made a wise decision in leaving his hometown.
D. He was happily married to Anne Hathaway.

[单项选择]From the last paragraph we can come to know that ______.


A. The best cure for some cancers is by early detection
B. a worldwide campaign against smoking has yielded a good result
C. cigarette manufacturers are expanding their market in western countries
D. most governments in the world are backing up the anti-smoking campaign

[单项选择]We know from the text that those who are going to Japan will ______.


A. teach English only in Osaka
B. receive a degree from a university
C. have free accommodation
D. get trained for the job

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Text 3
For millions’ of years we have known a world whose resource seemed illimitable however fast, we cut down trees, nature unaided would replace them. However many fish we took from the sea, nature would restock it. However much sewage we dumped into the river, nature would purify it, just as she would purify the air, however much smoke and fumes we put into it. Today we have reached the stage of realizing that rivers can be polluted past praying for, that seas can be overfished and the forests must be managed and fostered if they are not to vanish.
But we still retain our primitive optimism about air and water. There will always be enough rain falling from the skies to meet our needs. The air can absorb all the filth we care to put in it. Still less do we worry whether we could ever run short of oxygen. Surely there is air enough to breathe. Who ever asks where oxygen comes from, to begin with They should--for we now consume about 10 percent of al
A. He has exploited the earth' s resources.
B. He has shown little understanding of nature' s ways.
C. He has abused the earth' s resources.
D. He has not appreciated nature' s beauty and benefits sufficiently.

[单项选择]From the story we know that when ______ come, there is a heavy rain.


A. sunshine and snow
B. black clouds
C. summer and winter

[单项选择]because the bus didn't come that we were late this morning.（）
A. Just
B. It was
C. That
D. That were

[单项选择]From the passage, we know when we write an English letter, we should put down our address ______.


A. at the top of the letter on the right
B. at the end of the letter on the right
C. at the top of the letter on the left

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Task 2
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 41 through 45. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Education is compulsory and free for every child in the United States. Most children start school by the age of six.
They attend eight years of elementary school and four years of high school (or secondary school). The money for free public school comes from taxes, and each state is responsible for its own education system. State legislatures set the educational requirements but leave the management of the school in the hands of the local communities. Most states require their children to go to school until a certain age. This age varies from 16 to 18 years according to the law of the individual states
A. With scholarships they received from the school.
B. With the money given by the government.
C. Some private foundations or organizations pay for them.
D. With the money they earn from their part -time work.