1. —You’ve been busy, haven’t you?

—                      .

     A. I was busy last week      

       B.Yes, I’ve been working hard on my paper

       C.I will get busy with my English studies     

       D.I’d like to get busy like our teachers.

2. —Would you please hold these bags for me?  

—                           

       A.That’s very kind of you indeed.     

       B.What are these bags?

       C.Yes, with pleasure.

       D.Are these bags very important to you?

3. —Is it all right that I go home early tonight?

—                            

     A. There’s no worry.                        B. Yes, go ahead.

       C.No, not at all.                                D. Is that so?

4. —What’s after the play?

—                

       A.Is it very interesting?

       B.I don’t mind watching this play.

       C.That’s all right.

       D.I’m not sure. May be it’s a football match.

5. —Here’s my car. Do you want a ride?

—                          .

       A.That’s possible                              B. Not at all

       C.That’s very kind of you. Thanks             D.I think so

   Most people feellonely sometimes, but it usually lasts between a few minutes and a few hours. Thiskind of loneliness is not serious. In fact, it’s quite normal. For some people,though, loneliness can last for years. Researchers say there’re three differentkinds of loneliness.

   Thefirst kind of loneliness is temporary (暂时的). This is the most common type. It usually disappear quickly anddoes not require any special attention. The second kind, situationalloneliness, is a result of a particular situation – for example, a familyproblem, or the death of a loved one. Although this kind of loneliness cancause physical problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually doenot last for more than a year.

   Thethird kind of loneliness is the most severe. Chronic (长期的) loneliness lasts more than twoyears and has no specific cause. People who experience habitual loneliness haveproblems socializing and becoming close to others. Unfortunately, manychronically lonely people think there’s little they can do to improve theircondition.

  Psychologists are trying to find ways to help habitually lonely peoplefor two reasons: they are unhappy and unable to socialize and there is aconnection between chronic loneliness and serious illness such as heartdisease. While temporary and situational loneliness can be a normal and healthypart of life, chronic loneliness can be a very sad dangerous condition.

6. How would you treat temporary lonelinessaccording to the passage?

   A.Talk to friends.                  B.Just ignore it.

   C.Go to see a doctor.               D.Ask your teachers for guidance.

7. “It” in the last sentence of the secondparagraph refers to               .

   A.temporary loneliness             B. situational loneliness

   C.a family problem                D. sleeplessness

8. The topic of the fourth paragraph isthat                         .

   A.one problem of loneliness is a person’s social contacts.

   B.we depend on various people for different reasons

   C.lonely people don’t have many social problems

   D.lonely people don’t have many friends

9. Why do psychologists want to helpchronically lonely people?

   A.Chronic loneliness can cause family problems.

   B.Chronic loneliness can cause serious illness.

   C.Chronic loneliness can not be overcome.

   D.Chronic loneliness is a harmful to society.

10. What is the best tile for the passage?

   A.Three Kinds of Loneliness.           B. Loneliness and Disease.

   C.Loneliness and Social Contacts.       D. Chronic Loneliness.

A biketour and race will be held on August 26 and 27 (Sat, & Sun.). At 5:30 a.m. the riders will leave Tian’ anmensquare and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg. Thenthe next 55 kilometer leg, from Yanjiao to Jixian, will be the firstcompetitive part of the tour. The riders and their bikes will then be takenfrom Jixian to Changli.

Thesecond racing leg of the tour will be from Changli to the seaside of Nandaihe,covering a distance of 20 kilometers. Saturday night includes the stay atNandaihe and supper. Sunday morning is free for play at the seaside. At noonall the people and their bikes will be taken back to Beijing.

Cost: 200Yuan

Telephone:4675027

TheBrazilian Football Club will play Beijing Guo’an Team at the Workers Stadium onAugust 26. The club has four national team players. Also coming is 1994 USWould Cup star Romario who has promised to play for at least 45 minutes.

Ticket prices:60, 100, 150 Yuan

Time/Date:4:30 pm. August 26 (Sat.)

Telephone:5012372

　　

TheThird National Rock Climbing Competition will be held on August 26-27 at theHuairou Mountain-climbing Training Base. More than 10 teams from Beijing. Wuhan,Dalian, Jilinand other places will take part in it. A Japanese team will give an exhibitionclimbing. Free for spectators (观众).

Take along-distance bus from Dongzhimen to Huairou.

Time/Date:9-12 a.m., August 26 and27

Telephone:7143177, 7144850, Wang Zhenghua

15. If you want to find something to do for Saturday afternoon, whichtelephone number will you call?

A. just saw       B.has just seen           C. had just seen     D. were just seeing  

Nowhere 21 seena more untidy office than my friend Jame’s. Everywhere there are papers andbooks. Not only 22 never to be cleaned out, but also I do notthink it is ever aired, for at no time have I seen any of the windows open.Often I have 23 James that he should open one, but each timehe answered, “Not just now, Henry, later”. Luckily I do not have to go therevery often nor do I stay there longer than I have to. Strangely enough, Jamesis quite tidy outside his office. Only once have I seen him with a dirty 24 , for example. Nor is he careless aboutthings like invitations. At no time 25 been known to forget a party, and nosooner does he receive an invitation 26 he answers it. Unfortunately, his of­fice isquite differently run. Perhaps he does not like such a work. In his garden inthe evenings and 27 , James ishappy as soon as he gets home from the office. He begins to work in the garden.Always he seems to have some work to do there, and nowhere in his garden isthere a curlier which is not tidy and well looked 28 . Seldom have I seen prettier flowers,or healthier vegetables, or smoother, greener grass than in James garden.Really. I think he ought 29  a farmer, so good is he  30 such work.

31. If you travel by ship across the Pacific Ocean, you cross the International line.

32. People always hate mice, but one mousewon the people’s heart of the whole world.

33. We admire him although he makes a lot ofmistakes; after all he is a great man.

1. — Could you turn the radio down a little?

—                            

     A. Yes, of course                               B.I’d be delighted to. Which word?

       C.Yes. I’ve already put the radio down         D. I don’t want to turn it off

2. — Is there anything I can do for you?

—                           .

       A.I feel it is unnecessary               B. No, thank you just the same

       C.It’s impossible                        D. There’s no need

3. —Have a good day!

—             

       A.Me, too.                               B. I hope so.

       C.You, too.                              D. It’s a wonderful day,isn’t it?

4. —I’m sorry. I gave you the wrong message.

—                      

       A.Oh, I’m sorry that you did.

       B.How foolish of you to do so.

       C.The wrong message? Oh, yes, you did!

       D.Oh, that’s all right. Please be careful next time, though.

5. —It seems that you’re very careless in your spelling.

—                                    .

       A.Oh, that’ll be OK                      B. I’m not sure

       C.Oh, no, that’s terrible               D. yes, I’m always very careful

Most of us canfind 15 minutes or half an hour each day for some specific regular activity. Itmay be a free period or a regular wait, say in the queue for a bus or meal ---even while eating breakfast. One famous surgeon always made it a rule to spendat least 15 minutes on general reading before he went to sleep each night.Whether he went to bed at 10 pm or 2:30 am made no difference. Even if youcannot keep to this kind of discipline, it is a good idea to make sure youalways have a general interest book in your pocket. Don’t forget it should be abook which entertains you and the English must not be too difficult for you.

Nearly all “speedreading” courses have a “pacing”element --- some timing device which lets the student know how many words aminute he is reading. You can do this simply by looking at your watch every 5or 10 minutes and noting down the page number you have reached. Check theaverage number of words per page for the particular book you are busy reading. Well,this is difficult at first. A friend can help by timing you over a set period,or you can read within hearing distance of a public clock which strikes thequarter hours. Pace yourself every three or four days, always with the samekind of easy, general interest book. You should soon notice your habitualw.p.m. rate creeping up.

6. The passage recommends setting aside             for reading practice.

A. two hours a day

B. one hour a day

C. 15 minutes or half an hour a day

D. three minutes a day before meal

7. One famous surgeon always made it a ruleto read                 .

  A.15 minutes at 10 pm each night

B. for at least 15 minutes at bedtime

C. no matter it was early or late

D. whenever he had a spare moment

8. It is a good idea always to carry inyour packet                    .

A. a book you will never forget

B. a serious book

C. several books of various kinds

D. an easy and interesting English book

9. According to the passage, a “pacing”device                      .

A. measures a student’s reading speed

B. is not included in most speed reading courses

C. is an aid to vocabulary learning

D. should be used whenever we read alone

10. Looking at your watch every 5 or 10minutes                    .

A. avoids the need for reading faster

B. is not the same as pacing

C. is not easy at first

D. helps you to remember the page number you were at last time

Old Japanese living alone can now hire a“family” for lunch and a few hours’ pleasant talk. Just give them a telephonecall and ask for, say, a daughter, son-in-law and grandchild. They will show upat your door, and greet you emotionally as if they hadn’t seen you for years.

Some 15 couples have so far hired “families”.“We have nearly 80 people on the waiting list.” Said the president of thecompany that offers such services, “What is common about these senior citizens is that they are thirstyfor human love. We are helping them make their dreams come true.”

Where once big families with three or moregenerations living together were common, now numbers are reducing fast. Incities there are very few indeed. Many old people see their families onlyrarely, if at all. This may be because the children’s bosses have sent them toa distant city, even abroad, or just because busy family members cannot findtime to visit their parents.

“We’ve seen many cases in whichparent-children relations are not in a happy state,” company presidentcontinues. “When a son finally visits his parents after a long while, it isoften just to ask for money or for them to let him have their property(财产)early.”

Loneliness is not aone-way street.“One young mother came to us to ask about grandparents,” he added.

The company is now developing into otherfields. Their services include providing “employees” for businessmen to scoldand “lovers” for young people unlucky in love. Company’s “lovers” for hire isnot a service to be misunderstood, company president makes clear.

“You shouldn’t think about our lover tooromantically,” he said, “She’s there to act as an adviser on how to find agirlfriend.”

A. to ask for help when they areill

B. to realize their big-familydreams

C. to seek love and comfort

D. to strengthen parent-children relations

12. In the sentence“what is common about these senior citizens is that they are thirsty for humanlove”, “senior citizens” could best be replaced by                    .

A. high-ranking officials incities

B. rich old couples living incities

C. respectable ladies andgentlemen

D. old people

13. Which of thefollowing is not the reason that Japanese grown-ups seldom visit their parents?

A. They are too busy.

B. They work in distant cities.

C. They can’t afford expensivevisits to their parents.

D. Their relations are not verytight.

A. both the old and the young willfeel lonely

B. living alone is not a one-way street

C. young mother with a little child will feellonely

D. one young mother will hire “grandparents”for their child

A. she will be his lover

B. she will offer him valuable advice on loveaffairs

C. she will bring him a girlfriend

D. she will tell him her own love story

A. to have been knowing    B. tohave known   C. to be knowing   D. to know

A. not going      B. not to go      C.not having been going    D. not to be going

Many of the world’s pollution problems have been caused by thecrowding of large groups of people into cities. Satisfying the 21 of the people leads to further polluting byindustry. If the rapid increase in human population 22 at the present rate (比率), there may be much greater harm.Some scientists speak of the 23  in number of people as “Population Pollution”.

About 2000 years ago, the world 24 was probably about 250 million. It reached abillion in 1850. By 1930 the population was two billion. It is 25 three and a half billion. It is 　expected to double by the year2000. If the population continues to grow at the same 26 , there would be 25 billion people in theworld a hundred years from now.

Man has been using the earth’s 27 more and more rapidly over the years. Some of themare almost gone. Now many people believe that man’s greatest 28 is how to control the growth of thispopulation. The materials in the world will not support the human population intime to come if the present rate of increase continues. 29 there is over crowding in thecities and hunger in some countries. Can man’s rate of increase continue?

Many people believe that human survival (幸存者) in the future 30 on the answer to the question.

31. Inside,this large plane looks more like a high building than a plane.

32. Hewanted to help all the wounded people no matter which side they were fightingfor.

33. Thefarmer didn’t spend much time working on his farm.

某天下午，由于你说了一些无礼的话，惹怒了你的同学/同事，事后你有所悔悟。请你给他/她写封信，表示歉意。

A.    Sorry. Was I disturbing you?

B.     Yes, I’d love to.

C.     I don’t think so.

D.    I’m glad to.

Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing stillpuzzles old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joansitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ballgame, come back three and a halfhours later, and they’re still sitting on the sofa, talking?

What in the world, Harold wonders, do they have to talk about?

Betty shrugs. Talk? We’re friends.

Researching this matter called friendship, psychologist LillianRubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. Nomatter what their age, their job, their sex, the results were completely clear.Women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and thequality of those friendships is “marked and unmistakable”.

More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could notname a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yetthree-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend, andalmost always it was a woman. More married men than women named theirwife/husband as a best friend, most trusted person, or the one they would turnto in time of emotional distress（情感危机）. “Most women,” says Rubin, “identified at least one, usually more,trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment, and they spokeopenly about the importance of these relationships in their lives”.

“In general,” writes Rubin in her new book, “women’s friendshipswith each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men’s relationshipsare marked by shared activities.” For the most part, Rubin says , interactions(交往) betweenmen are emotionally controlled—a good fit with the social requirements of“manly behavior”.

“Even when a man is said to be a best friend,” Rubin writes, “thetwo share little about their innermost feelings. Whereas a woman’s closestfemale friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, itwasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was inserious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on thesofa.”

6. What old Harold cannot understand orexplain is the fact that                .

A. he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband       B. women have so much to share

C. women show little interest in ballgames              D. his wife is difficult to talkto

7. Rubin’s study shows that for emotional support amarried woman is more likely to turn to              .

A. a male friend                                    B. a femalefriend  

C. her parents                                      D. her husband

8. Accordingto the text, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?

A. Ending his marriage without goodreason.

B. Spending too much time with hisfriends.

C. Complaining about his marriagetrouble.

D. Going out to ballgames toooften.

9. Whichof the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph?

A. Men keep their innermost feelingto themselves.

B. Women are more serious than menabout marriage.

C. Men often take sudden action toend their marriage.

D. Women depend on others in makingdecisions.

10. Theresearch done by psychologist Rubin centers on                      .

A. happy and successful marriage               B. friendships of men and women

C. emotional problems in marriage              D. interactions between men andwomen

There is no doubt that man is a member of the animal kingdom. Anyonewho has thought about this fact seriously must have wondered how it has comeaboutthat man has achieved aposition so supreme（最高的） among the myriad(无数的) kinds of animal life. Two characteristics of man, in comparisonwith all other animals, that stand out above all others are the creation anduse of tools and the development and use of language. Since no other animalshave achieved these abilities, it must be assumed that man’s evolutionarydevelopment led to his capacity to create and use tools and to devise and uselanguage.

Once these abilities and practices evolved, they probably becamedriving forces in the further evolution of man. Those members of the specieswho become most proficient(精通的) in the fabrication of tools and in the command of language andthought would tend to survive and maintain their kind for good, at the expenseof those of lesser ability.

11.   Which of the following statements bestexpresses the main idea of the passage?

  A.Tools and language are either the effects or the causes of human evolution.

  B.No other animals have achieved human abilities.

  C.Among the animals, only man is able to use tools and language.

  D.Man owns his capacity to making use of tools and language.

12.  “Animal kingdom” in the passage refers to                .

  A.the place where all animals live

  B.the animal society

  C.all kinds of animals, including man

  D.the forest with animals

13.  One important condition for man’s evolution is              .

  A.the animal kingdom

  B.a supreme position

  C.the myriad kinds

  D.his natural capacity

14.  The phrase “come about” in the passage islikely to mean ________.

  A.happened

  B.appeared

  C.arrived

  D.succeeded

15.  The last sentence suggests that                              .

  A.those of lesser ability would be very expensive

  B.in order to survive, man has to sacrifice some other animals

  C.those who become proficient in making tools can speak well

  D.language and thought could be acquired by man

A. after                    B. over              C. on              D. into

        .

A. in between                                 B. far apart   

C. among them                              D. from each other

18. He drove so fast, as the car came round the corner, it ran          an old woman coming from the opposite side.

  A. into                     B.on                 C. over                  D. up

19. Generally speaking, a successful salesman has to talk to several          regularly, in order to sell the products.

  A. lawyers                B.supporters        C. guests             D. clients

  A. fee                      B.tip                C.fare                D.cost

When I was about twelve, I suddenly developed a great passion forwriting poetry. I 21 all my otherhobbies, such as collecting stamps, and spent all my spare time reading poetryand writing it. This habit of writing poetry 22 every possible occasion soon got me intotrouble at school. 23 a lesson did not interest me,I would take out my notebook and start writing poems in class. Of course I didthis very cautiously, but it was not long 24 I got caught. One day while I was busy writinga poem during a geography lesson, I looked up to find the teacher standing overme, fuming with anger 25 I wasnot paying attention. He tore the poem up, with a warning 26 time in his class. All the same I wasconvinced that I had written a good poem, so that evening I wrote it out again 27 memory. Not long 28, I readabout a poetry contest and I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later, longafter I had given up hope, I got a letter 29 me I had won the first prize. Everyone at schoolwas very impressed --- except the geography teacher, who watched me morecarefully than ever. He was quite 30 that I was not going to write poetry in hislesson!

21.A gave up          B. developed                C. followed                D.forgot

22.A. at                  B. on                              C. in                          D. with

23.A. Unless           B. Since                         C. If                          D. Given

24.A. after              B. ago                            C. when                    D. before

25.A. as                  B. because                      C. therefore               D. but

26.A. not to waste   B. not wasting                C. not waste              D. is not wasting

27.A. with              B. at                               C. from                     D. on

28.A. before            B. after                           C. ago                       D. since

29.A. inform           B. informed                    C. informs                 D. informing

30.A. determined    B. expected                    C. impressed              D. worried

33.   There were so many students in theclass that the teacher couldn’t talk to them all.