4 – 25 (0.65) CABDBBasketball and baseball are sports that are very much alike and very different in numerous ways. Sports like these two are played all over the world on a daily basis. They are played as professions, in schools, and just for fun. So sit back and enjoy two of the most admired sports. Basketball and baseball both use fields and/or courts for there recreational purposes. In contrast, basket ball uses a wooden court. It‟s found indoors and it‟s glazed so the players don‟t slide. Basketball isn‟t played on the grass because it would be impossible to bounce the ball. Although it is played at times outside on cement courts, baseball is played on a grassy field, much unlike basketball. The fields are large and have 4 bases, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and home base. It is also marked with chalk for the runners. Baseball players wouldn‟t have the ability to play on a wooden court because they have to have a firm surface when they are running.Another thing, that is unlike in the two sports is the players' uniforms. The baseball players wear taut pants and tight long sleeve shirts. Sometimes they wear baseball hats. Of course they wear shoes, but the shoes they wear are special shoes called cleats. These shoes have spikes at the end to keep you in place when you are running. Basketball players wear thin material shorts that fall to their knees. To go along with this they wear a sleeveless shirt made of the same thin material. For shoe wear they sport off high top sneakers.1. Basketball isn‟t played on the grass because ________.A) it‟s found indoors B) players don‟t slide on itC) it can‟t bounce the ball D) players can run fast2. Which of the following should baseball be played on?A) A grassy field. B) A wooden court.C) A cement court. D) An indoor court.3. The word “recreational” in LINE 4 means ________.A) Serious. B) Entertaining. C) Professional. D) Special.4. Which of the following is NOT true about baseball?A) The fields have 4 bases. B) The players shoes have spikes.C) It has a firm surface. D) The players wear high top sneakers.5. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?A)Differences between Basketball and BaseballB) Basketball VS BaseballC) The Field of Basketball and BaseballD) The Uniform of Basketball and Baseball4 – 30 (0.60) BDCDBShots ring out in South Central Los Angeles. A man screams in horror. This man has been shot in a heated gang war. This is everyday life for gang members. Gang members are used to cold blooded murder and most attend at least 5 funerals a week. Similar situations occur in Harlem, New York and in other places around the country.Why is this happening? Many people think that rap music is making kids more violent. They think that rap music is just a praise of violence. All rap music is doing to show how horrible and inhuman life is in the ghettos (犹太人区)across the country. This is what‟s really happening out there. It‟s not fake.Right now, there is a major conflict between West Coast and East Coast rappers. East and West are fighting in an evil battle that leaves hundreds of poor, helpless people dead in the street. There‟s no reason for this to be going on.Back in the early 1990s, when rap was beginning to become popular, the East/West war wasn‟t quite there yet but it was slowly becoming more and more obvious that there was a conflict between rappers. Part of the reason that the war started was that West Coast rap dominated and nobody questioned their superior position. Ice Cube, Ice T, and Eazy E were the rappers of the moment. The war slowly went worse when East Coast rappers began to get more p ublicity. West Coast rappers were upset that they weren‟t 100% in the spotlight so they started to make fun of East rappers in their music proclaiming that East Coast rap was fake and couldn‟t top West Coast. Then, East Coast rappers fired back at West Coa st rappers and it kept up like that until someone decided that the other coast had gone too far.1. What‟s everyday life for gang members?A) They scream in horror.B) Their members are always live a dangerous life.C) Violence made by them only happens in New York and LosAngeles. D) They had been cold blooded murderers once.2. According to the passage, rap music is ________.A) popular among kids B) a tool to make conflictsC) praised by gang members D) all the above3. Which of the description is true about the East/West war?A) West Coast rappers won all the time.B) East Coast rap was just fake and couldn‟t top West Coast.C) Both sides used rap music to fight back each other.D) The conflicts between West Coast and East Coast only happened in the early 90‟s.4. The word “inhuman” in Para. 2 means ________.A) terrible B) strong C) cold D) cruel5. The best title of this passage should be ________.A) Rap Music B) Violence Caused by Rap MusicC) War between West and East D) Major Conflicts4 - 33 (0.60) BCDCDAlbert Einstein was a German-American physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Recognized in his own time as one of the most creative intellects in human history, in the first 15 years of the 20th century Einstein advanced a series of theories that proposed entirely new ways of thinking about space, time, and gravitation. His theories of relativity and gravitation were a profound advance over the old Newtonian physics and revolutionized scientific and philosophic inquiry.Herein lay the unique drama of Einstein‟s life. He was a self-confessed lone traveler; his mind and heart soared with the universe,yet he could not protect himself from the intrusion of the often-horrible events of the human community. Almost reluctantly headmitted that he had a “passionate sense of social justice and socialresponsibility.” His celebrity gave him an influential voice that heused to champion such causes as pacifism and liberalism. The ironyfor this idealistic man was that his famous postulation of an energy-mass equation, which states that a particle of matter can beconverted into an enormous quantity of energy, had its spectacularproof in the creation of the atomic and hydrogen bombs, the mostdestructive weapons ever known.1. Why did Albert Einstein win Nobel Prize in 1921?A) For his special and general theories of relativity.B) For his explanation of the photoelectric effect.C) For his new ways of thinking about space, time, and gravitation.D) For he was a German-American physicist.2. According to the passage, compared Albert Einstein‟s theories of relativity and gravitation to the old Newtonian physics, the former one were ________.A) more profound B) easierC) more advanced D) more well-known3. The author implies that ________.A) Einstein liked to be with many peopleB) Einstein enjoyed traveling very muchC) Einstein didn‟t like travelingD) Einstein loved to be alone4. According to the passage, the italic word champion (Line 5, Para.2) means ________.A) winner B) soldier C) support D) lose5 .Einstein‟s famous postulation of an energy-mass equation ________.A) was originally presented for pacifism and liberalismB) was the only novel written by EinsteinC) states that an enormous quantity of energy can be converted into a particle of matterD) caused the creation of the atomic and hydrogen bombs4 – 35 (0.63) DBCADIn the 1950s and 1960s a number of far-reaching changes occurred in China‟s economic policies and priorities. During the First Five-Year Plan period (1953-1957), emphasis was placed on rapid industrial development, partly at the expense of other sectors of the economy. The bulk of the state‟s investment was channeled into the industrial sector, while agriculture, which occupied more than 80 percent of the economically active population, was forced to rely on its own poor capital resources for a substantial part of its fund requirements. Within industry, iron and steel, electric power, coal, heavy engineering, building materials, and basic chemicals were given first priority; in accordance with Soviet practice, the aim was to construct large, sophisticated, and highly capital-intensive plants.This program could not be financed out of domestic resources,and a large number of the new plants were built with Soviettechnical and financial assistance. The policy led to a rapid growthin heavy industry, but a few months after the introduction of theSecond Five-Year Plan in 1958which was to be on the same lines asits predecessor ― the policy of the Great Leap Forward was an-nounced. In agriculture, this involved the formation of communes.In industry, the construction of large plants was to continue; but itwas to be supplemented by a huge small-industry drive, making useof a large number of small, simple, locally built and run plants. TheChinese peasant, however, was not ready for the communes.Meanwhile, the backward production drive failed to achieve thedesired effects and yielded large quantities of expensively produced,unqualified goods. These difficulties were aggravated by thewithdrawal of Soviet aid and technicians, who made a point oftaking their blueprints with them. In consequence, by late 1960 thecountry faced an economic crisis of the first order.1. During the First Five-Year Plan period, the Chinese government paid their attention to________.A) the development of agricultureB) the improvement of people‟s housing conditionsC) the marketing economyD) the rapid industrial development2. Which sector occupied 80% Chinese economically active population?A) Business. B) Agriculture. C) Industry. D) Students.3. What does the word sophisticated (Line 9, Para. 1) mean in the passage?A) Physical. B) Powerful. C) Complicated. D) Secondary.4. According to the passage, why did Soviet assist China?A)Because the program of the government could not be financed out of domesticresources.B) Because the policy led to a rapid growth in heavy industry.C) Because of the introduction of the Second Five-Year Plan in 1958.D) Because of the policy of the Great Leap Forward.5. In the end, what was caused by the assistance of Soviet?A) The Chinese peasant was not ready for the communes.B) The backyard production drive failed to achieve the desired effects.C) Chinese workers yielded large quantities of expensively produced, unqualified goods.D) By late 1960 the country faced an economic crisis of the first order.4–36(0.60) ACACCHalloween (万圣节) had its origins in the festival of Samhain among the Celts of ancient Britain and Ireland. November 1st was considered the end of the summer period, the date on which the herds were returned from pasture and land tenures were renewed. It was also a timewhen the souls of those who had died were believed to return to visit their homes. People set bonfires (篝火)on hilltops for relighting their hearth fires for the winter and to frighten away evil spirits, and they sometimes wore masks and other disguises to avoid being recognized by the ghosts thought to be present. It was in these ways that beings such as witches, fairies, and demons came to be associated with the day. The period was also thought to be favourable for prediction on matters such as marriage, health, and death. When the Romans conquered the Celts in the 1st century AD, they added their own festivals of Feralia, commemorating the passing of the dead, and of Pomona, the goddess of the harvest.In the 7th century AD, Pope (教皇) Boniface IV established All Saints‟ Day, originally on May 13, and in the following century, perhaps in an effort t o supplant the pagan holiday with a Christian observance, it was moved to November 1st. The evening before All Saints‟Day became a holy, or hallowed, eve and thus Halloween. By the end of the Middle Ages, the secular and the sacred days had merged. The Reformation essentially put an end to the religious holiday among Protestants, although in Britain especially Halloween continued to be celebrated as a secular holiday. Along with other festivities, the celebration of Halloween was largely forbidden among the early American colonists, although in the 1800s there developed festivals that marked the harvest and incorporated elements of Halloween. When large numbers of immigrants, including the Irish, went to the United States beginning in the mid 19th century, they took their Halloween customs with them, and in the 20th century Halloween became one of the principal U. S. holidays, particularly among children.1. According to the passage, why people sometimes wore masks o n Halloween?A) To avoid being recognized by the ghosts thought to be present.B) To frighten away evil spirits.C) Because souls of those who had died were believed to returnto visit their homes. D) To relight their hearth fires for the winter.2. What was the festival Feralia for in Roman Conquerors‟ custom?A) Commemorating the passing of the dead.B) Commemorating the passing of Pomona.C) Commemorating the passing of the dead and Pomona.D) Commemorating Roman emperor.3. In which place did Halloween first appear?A) Ancient Britain and Ireland. B) Roman.C) America. D) Greece.4. How many festivals composed Halloween?A) One B) Two C) Three D) Four5. Why Halloween was largely forbidden in America during 1800s?A)Because early American colonists didn‟t like it.B) Because Pope Boniface IV forbade it.C) Because the Reformation essentially put an end to the religious holiday among Protes-tants.D) The passage doesn‟t te ll us.4–43 (0.60) DCCABBrazil has become one of the developing countries which make great successes at reducing popula tion growth ―but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard.Brazil‟s population growth rate has dropped from 2.99 % a year between 1951and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now haveonly 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still furthersince 1990, and achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third Worldcountries.Martine thinks that soap operas (肥皂剧)and installment plans introduced in the 1970s played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world‟s biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil‟s most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.“Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values ―not many children, different attitudes to wards sex, women working,” says Martine, “They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people know other patterns and other values, which were put into a very attractive pack age.”Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. “This led to a great change in consumption patterns and consumption was incompatible with unlimited reproduction,” says Martine.1. According to the passage, Brazil has cut back its population growth ________.A) by educating its citizens B) by developing TV programsC) by careful family planning D) by chance2. According to the passage, many Third World countries ________.A) haven‟t given much attention to birth controlB) would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth ratesC) haven‟t yet found an effective measure to control their populationD) haven‟t produced enough TV plays3. What does the word …envy‟ in Line 4, Para. 2 mean?A) Love. B) Hate. C) Admiration. D) Hope.4. Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil‟s birth rate because ________.A) they have gradually changed people’s way of lifeB) they keep people sitting long hours watching TVC) people are interested in soap operasD) they popularize birth control measures5. What is Martine‟s conclusion about Brazil‟s population growth?A) The increase in birth rate will promote consumption.B) The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.C) A country‟s production is limited by its population.D) Consumption patterns have nothing to do with population.4 – 45 (0.67) CDABDHuman wants seem endless. When a starving man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat; when a manager gets a new sports car, dreams of country clubs and pleasure boats dance into his view.The many wants of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. When there is money enough to satisfy one level of wants, another level appears.The first and most basic level of wants is food. Once this want is satisfied, a second level of wants appears: clothing and housing. By the end of World War II these wants were satisfied for a great majority of Americans. Then a third level appeared. It included such items as cars and new houses.By 1957 or 1958 this third level of wants was fairly well satisfied. Then, in the late 1950s a fourth level of want s appeared: the “life-enriching” level. While the other levels mean physical satisfaction ― the feeding, comfort, safety, and transportation of the human body ― this level means mental needs for recognition, achievement and happiness. It includes a variety of goods and services, many of which could be called “luxury”items. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical care, and entertainment. Also included here are fancy foods and the latest styles in clothing.On the fourth level, a greater percentage of consumers spending goes to services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods. Will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of wants as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level?A fifth level probably would be wants that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, pollution and crime. After filling our stomachs, our garages, and our minds, we now may seek to ensure the health and safety to enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels.1. According to the passage, man will begin to think about such needs as housing and clothing only when ________.A) he has saved up enough moneyB) he has grown dissatisfied with his simple shelterC) he has satisfied his hungerD) he has learned to build houses2. It can be inferred from the passage that by the end of World War II most Americans________.A) were very richB) were very poorC) had the good things on the first three levelsD) didn‟t own cars3. Which of the following is NOT related to physical satisfaction?A) Seeing interesting films. B) A comfortable house.C) Delicious food. D) A family car.4. What is the main want of man on the fourth level?A) The more goods, the better.B) The more mental satisfaction, the better.C) The more luxury items, the better.D) The more earning, the better.5. The author thinks that a fifth level ________.A)would be a little better than the fourth levelB)may be a lot more desirable than the first fourC) can be the last and most satisfying levelD) will come true provided the government takes actions。
