Some people don't like American-style food. They think it is often less tasty and sometimes less nutritious than food in other countries. Americans spend nearly half their food dollars on meals away from home. They eat more "fast food", such as hamburgers, hot dogs, pizzas, canned and frozen food, for fast food takes a short time to prepare. Often, Americans feel they are too busy to spend a lot of time cooking. It's easier to pick up a pack of fried chicken on the way home from work or take the famlily out for pizzas or burgers than to start opening cans or heating up frozen dinners after a long, hard day.Of course, in some other countries, like France, cooking is still an "art form". Some people believe that French cuisine is the best in the world. Certainly, each person has a different opinion, about which country has the tastiest food. But people in many places agree that French food is the most delicious and the best prepared.1. The main idea of this passage is that___d_.A. American food is less delicious than food in other countriesB. people in many countries prefer Chinese foodC. it's interesting to compare a variety of food in different countriesD. people enjoy different kinds of food in the world2. We can infer from the passage that_b(C)___.A. wine makes your mouth burnB. French chefs love to be artistsC. South American food is not so spicy as Indian foodD. the most wonderful food comes from Eastern countries3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? ___c_.A. French food is delicious, but not well preparedB. Indian food has to be enjoyed with Italian or French wineC. Chinese-style vegetable are possibly the crispestD. American food is believed to be the most difficult to cook4. Americans eat a lot of "fast food" because__d__.A. they believe American food is the bestB. American food contains more nutritionC. they don't like food in other countriesD. they don't think they have enough time to prepare meals5. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? __c__.A. Chinese-style vegetables are often cooked for a short timeB. American food is often believed to be less tastyC. Everyone in the world dislikes Indian foodD. People have different, opinions about French cuisinePassage 2 Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.If American children have to use mosquito ringtone (静音) of cell phones at school, a university in Japan is doing the opposite: giving cell phones to students. And not just any cell phone - the iPhone 3G.According to Asiajin, about 550 students and staff members in the School of Sociallnformatics at Tokyo-based university Aoyama Gakuin received the iPhone 3G for free aspart of their study materials.This is the result of a deal that Aoyama Gakuin signed with SoftBank, the only sales representative of the iPhone in Japan. The number of students using theiPhone is expected to reach about l,000. This is the first time a particular cell phone has been used on such a huge scale at a Japanese university.(许多学生用这部苹果手机的需求（达到）1000，第一次一个特别的手机已经被大量运用在日本大学）The phone will work as a study tool for students. As it comes with the global positioning system (GPS), the university plans to use it to check student attendance. Dropping classes is a big problem in Japan, where regular attendance is an important factor in determining a student's grade. Students often fake attendance by getting classmates to answer roll calls.Now, with the iPhone 3G, the school plans to keep better tabs on (监控) its students. Students are allowed to use the phone for attendance reporting (but only if they are actually in the classroom, a fact that will be proved by the phone's GPS), lecture podcasting, and online examinations. A student can't answer the roll call using the phone from any location other than the classroom.Students can, of course, still cheat the new system by leaving their phones with fellow classmates, but this is not very likely to happen, as people tend to keep a lot of private information on their phones that they don't want to share withothers.As for calling and data plans, the university covers the basic fee. The hardware itself is free, but students will have to pay when they exceed downloading limits.6. According to the passage, American children are _a_(B)__at school.A. encouraged to use cell phonesB. not encouraged to use cell phonesC. offered a new type of free cell phonesD. allowed to use free cell phones7. Which of the following statements is NOT true of the School of Social Informatics? c A. Students receive the iPhone 3G for freeB. Students use the iPhone 3G as a study toolC. Students have received the iPhone 3G beforeD. Students can save private information on the iPhone 3G8.Which of the following problems might be solved by using the iPhone 3G? a ____.A. Fake attendance reported by classmatesB. Failure of on-line examinationsC. Answer to roll calls at schoolD. High cost of telephoning9. The following functions of the iPhone 3G are mentioned in the text EXCEPT__b_(D)_.A. attendance reportingB. lecture podcastingC. online examinationsD. downloading payment10. This passage is mainly about __b_(A)_.A. the uses of the iPhone 3G at a Japanese universityB. the advantages of the iPhone 3G in Japanese universitiesC. the control of dropping classes in a Japanese schoolD. the use of GPS to locate students at schoolPassage 3Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.Coco Chanel, a French woman, is very famous for her success in the fashion world. The life of Coco Chanel is a classic rags-to-riches story. Born in 1883, she was abandoned by her father after her mother died. She was raised by her aunts who taught her to sew and gave her the nickname Coco, which means "little pet".Starting out as a hat designer, Coco went against the fancy hats being worm at the time. "How can a brain function under those things," she wondered. Instead, she created simple, but beautiful designs which became popular with fashionable young women of Paris.Strangely enough, World War I gave her the chance to develop her idea of simple elegance from hats to clothing. Due to the shortage of material during the war, she took the opportunity to show that less can truly be more, introducing turtle-neck (叠领)sweater and pants for women.(由于战争期间对材料的短缺，她抓住这个机会展示少的东西可以创造更多，（引进）为女人们介绍叠领穿着着和帽子（女士短裤）In 1923, Coco launched her line of perfumes. "A woman who does not wear perfume has no future!" she said, and women believed her. Since its first appearance, Chanel No. 5 has been the world's most popular perfume, with another bottle being sold every 30 seconds. And Coco herself inspired generations of women designers and businesswomen to pursue their dreams.11. The world famous brand "Chanel" is named after_d___.A. a little animalB. a hat companyC. the nickname of a French womanD. the surname of a French girl12. Coco had her hats __a(B)__those of her time at the beginning of her designing.A. fancier thanB. different fromC. similar toD. more expensive than13. According to the passage, Chanel's designs can be best described as__d_.A. fashionableB. luxuriousC. simple and elegantD. A and C14. The launch of Chanel perfumes is based on the belief that_a___.A. a woman who does not wear perfume has no futureB. it will be the world's most popular perfumeC. it will be sold every 30 secondsD. women are fond of all kinds of perfumes15. Coco Chanel's success story tells us that_c___.A. becoming rich is not so difficultB. women are more likely to succeedC. people can pursue their dreamsD. the poor are more likely to succeedPassage 4Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.Everyone knows that laziness is not good. We have probably all bad lectures telling that laziness is immoral, that it is wasteful, and that lazy people will never gain anything in life. But laziness can be more harmful than that, and it is often caused by more complex reasons. Some people who appear to be lazy are suffering from much more serious problems. They may not trust their fellow workers and they are unable to join in any group task for fear of being laughed at or for fear of having their ideas stolen. (他们不信任在一起的他们的工人，和他们不能够加入集体任务因为担心被嘲笑或海派他们的主意被利用剽窃）These people who seem lazy may be affected by a fear of failure that prevents successful work. Some people are so busy planning great deals that they are unable to deal with "easier" work on hand.Still others are not avoiding work。