Passage 1 Have you ever seen a moon that looks unbelievably big?1.To what do we compare the size of the harvest moon? (all of these)2.The main purpose of the article is to inform.3.The author knew most people find the moon mysterious.4.The moon looks bigger if it is near the horizon5.The autumn moon helps farmers see as they harvest their crops.Passage 2 Strange thing happens to time when you travel.1.The best title for this selection is How Time Changes Around the World.2.The difference in time between zones is one hour.3.From this selection it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean is divided into five time zones.4.The international date line is the name for the point where a new day begins.5.If you cross the ocean going east, you set you clock ahead one hour in each new time zone. Passage 3 Holidays in the United States usually occur at least once a month.1.The government of the United States makes it a rule for workers to have a 3-day weekend almost once amonth.2.Workers in the United States sometimes work from Tuesday to Sunday.3.Which statement is NOT true according to this passage?All the workers have a half-month vacation.4.The reason why someone has to divide his vacation into several parts is thatno one can be found to take his place .5.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?Something about the holidays and Vacation in the U.S.Passage 4 Sarah Winchester was a very rich woman.1.What did Sarah keep doing to her house? Making it bigger.2.The story says that Sarah’s house had floors.3.Who did the work on Sarah’s house? Carpenters and plumbers and other workers.4.How long did the work on the house continue? For 38 years.5.Sarah’s house was finally finished when she died.Passage 5 The diner is only a humble restaurant, but it has a special place in American life.1.What’s the main idea of paragraph 2? The attraction of different people.2.The purpose of the last paragraph is to give a summary of the whole passage.3.Why do truck drivers like a diner?It’s a haven against loneliness.4.Diners attract many different kinds of people.5.Diners are fascinating.Passage 6 In the past two years, millions of Americans have suddenly embraced the bicycles as1.The word “embrace” in the first sentence is closest in meaning to make use of.2.It can be concluded that if people continue to concern themselves with air pollution and physical fitness,bicycle sales will continue to rise.3.The bicycle is enjoying a strong revival.4.The reader can also conclude that Americans are concerned with the quality of their lives .5.In the sentence “…and this isn’t America’s first bicycle boom.” The word “boom” means a rapidincrease in sale.Passage 7 Doctors have known for a long time that extremely loud noises1.Doctors have long known tha t one may lose his hearing when he hears a terribly loud noise.2.This passage suggests that one’s hearing will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for onlylittle more than one second.3.According to this passage, one conclusion you can draw is that aspirin makes hearing damage fromloud noise worse.lions of Americans are in danger of suffering hearing loss because they take too much aspirin.5.The purpose of the experiment the American scientist did was to find whether aspirin would increasethe temporary hearing damage from loud noises.Passage 8 Just two months ago, Ana, a teenager, was preparing for1.Ana realizes that she must do well on the exam .2.Ana has been studying English for seven years.3.Ana experiences difficulty with the professor’s lectures.4.Ana tells the interviewers about her family.5.The best main idea for the first paragraph is Ana comes through with flying colorsPassage 9 Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors.1. A postage stamp’s value to collectors is raised if a mistake is made in the printing.2.In 1847 most countries of the world were not yet using postage stamps.3.In 1847, the mistake on the locally printed postage stamps was in the wording4.＄16800 is the collector’s value of the Twopenny Blue.5.The valuable stamps were designed by British printers.Passage 10 In the English educational system, students take three very important1.The purpose of this passage is to describe the three tests that the English educational system isbased on .2.The exam for the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education is administrated at the age offifteen.3.We may conclude from the passage that the exam that is taken at age eighteen is narrower than theother two exams.4.The passage suggests that schooling is very closely controlled in England.5.As used in the last sentence, the word “venture” means to take the rise of.Passage 11 For centuries, in the countries of south and Southeast Asia the elephant1.What can we know about African elephants from the passage? It is hard to tame them.2.Thailand was once called “Land of the White Elephant” because white elephant was a nationalsymbol until the 1920s3.Why is the Thai elephant “out of work”, according to the au thor? Because the elephants are no longeruseful to their owners.4.Which of the following statements is true about the elephant population at various times? Today theelephant population is estimated at 5150.5.The passage is most probably from a research report.Passage 12 The communications explosion is on the scale of the rail, automobile or telephone1.By saying that he takes may images of his children, the author wants to display the influence ofcommunications on life .2.The author most probably thinks the communications dust is amazing.3.Which of the following statements about the low-orbit satellites is true? The low-orbit satellites wouldreplace towers and poles functionally.4.According to the passage, an optical-fiber audio-video link can enable us to talk and see each other nomatter where we are.5.The phrase “each one”(Line2, para.5) can be best replaced by each car.Passage 13 Many private institutions of higher education around the country are in danger.1.According to the author’s opinion, schools are bad businesses because of their characteristics.2.The author used the phrase “go under” in Para. 3 to mean “get into difficulties.”3.We can reasonably conclude from this passage that the author made an appeal to the public in order tosupport private schools.4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned about private schools? Private schools are more profitablethan public schools.5.Which of the following ways could possibly save private schools? National awareness and support. Passage 14 J apan is getting tough about recycling-and not in the paper and plastic kind of way.1.According to the present regulations of Japan, the recycling of paper and plastic will be theresponsibility of the consumers.2.Which of the following is NOT the character of plastics? It retains its original strength throughreprocessing.3.According to the passage, the term “plastic sandwich” refers to a kind of plastics with differentintegration in each layer.4.In the passage, it is implied but NOT stated that 21-inch TV with magnesium case isn’t very popularso far.5.The author writes this passage in order to inform.Passage 15 A friend of mine, in response to a conversation we were having about the injustice1.The author thought of his friend’s question as a good one because like his friend, he also thought lifewas unfair.2.Surrendering to the fact that life isn’t fair will make us know it’s our duty to perfect things.3.The second paragraph of the passage mainly discusses it’s nice to accept the injustice of life.4.In the last paragraph, “this very basic fact” refers to the fact that life isn’t and won’t be fair.5.From the passage, we can learn that the author’s attitude to life is positive.Passage 16 People appear to be born to compute. The numerical skills of children develop so1.What does the passage mainly discuss? The development of mathematical ability in children.2.From the passage we can know that children begin to master simple counting soon after they learn towalk and talk.3.In this passage the author’s attitude towards “children’s numerical skills” is objective.4.According to the study of psychology, children didn’t think that quantity is unchanged as water poursfrom one glass to another with a different shape.5.Which of the following statements would be the author most likely disapprove of? Children learnmathematics naturally and easily.Passage 17 The small coastal town of Broome, in northwest Australia, is a remote village There are no traffic jams and hardly any roads. There is only the massive Australian wild land, where1.The first two paragraphs want to show that Broome is simple but vast.2.Sun Pictures is different from other theater in that The audience can either sit on chairs or on thegrass .3.Gregory Peck is most probably the name of a movie star4.The “non-ticket Holder”, as it is m entioned in the passage, refers to an insect which comes to thetheater privilege.5.It can be inferred that the tourists in Broome are most attracted by the Sun Pictures.Passage 18 A new technology is going to ripe, one that could transform our daily lives,1.As is indicated in the passage, the technology of superconductivity is still under development2.The new technology differs from the others in that it is being cultivated in research labs around theworld .3.What does the author most probably think of the changes the new technology will bring to the world?Dramatic.4.From the passage, we may conclude that Asian scientists gain the lead in the growth of the newtechnology.5.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? Superconductivity: A New Technology. Passage19 More surprising, perhaps, than the current difficulties of traditional marriage1.By calling Americans marrying people the author means that more Americans prefer marriage and ata younger age than Europeans.2.From the first paragraph we can know that traditional marriage now runs into difficulty.3.Which of the following can be presented as the picture of today’s American families? Many types offamily rearrangements have become socially acceptable.4.“Part-time” children are shared between the two former spouses.5.Even though great changes have taken place in the structure of American families, the vast majority ofAmericans still have faith in marriage.Passage20 People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot,1.The word “repulsive” most probably means “disgusting”2.We can infer from the second paragraph that when collecting the snails, the author was angry becausethey might damage his beloved plants.3.The author finds that snails are the most controversial food4.The best title of this passage might be “One Man’s Meat is Another Man’s Poison “5.As indicated in the passage , people love different foods mainly because They learn to eat certainfoods in their families.Passage21 All the useful energy at the surface of the earth comes from the activity of the sun.1.The sun is the source of all of the following EXCEPT atomic power.2.Radiant energy is stored as carbon compounds by plants.3. The sun’s energy provides us with all EXCEPT water4.The largest part of the light energy directed towards the earth is absorbed by the earth’satmosphere5.Of the sun’s total output of radiant energy,the earth receives a very small portionPassage22 The market is a concept .If you are growing tomatoes in you backyard for sale you66.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? B what’s the market?67.All of the following acts are producing for the market EXCEPT attending a night school68.You are buying from the market when you dine at a restaurant69.The word “real ”in the last paragraph may most probably mean concrete70.In what way is the market very real for eacj person or businessmen who is making and selling something?It tells you what to producePassage23 X-rays were first discovered by a German scientist, Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen,in 1985,1.what puzzled Rontgen one day during his experiment was some radiation coming through the covered tube.2.The screen didn’t stop glowing even when it was moved to the next room3.Rontgen put his hand between the rays and a photographic plate in order to find out more about the rays4.The rays proved to be incapable of passing through bone5.From the passage ,we know X-rays are invisiblePassage24 Body clocks1.According to the passage, one can help maintain balance in the “body clock”2.Irregular signs shown by “body clock” may serve as a warning of possible illnesses3.We tend to do physical exercise early in the afternoon because our body is most active ten4.The author suggests that the best time to study is at nigh t5.According to the passage we are most likely to day-dream every hour in the day time.Passage25 Plastic are materials which are softened by heat san set into lasting form1.The word “sympathetic”in paragraph 2 most probably means agreeable.2.It can be concluded from this passage that plastics are cheap as antiques3.Which of the following is necessary to create any type of plastics? Carbon4.Plastics that harden into permanent shapes are called thermosetting.5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage? The Development of plastics as an Modern M Passage26 When we analyze the salt salinity of ocean waters, we find that it varies only slightly1.This passage mainly tells us about The causes of the variation in oceanic salinity.2.It can be inferred from the passage that increase in the salinity of ocean waters is caused by evaporation.3.Which of the following is not that cause of the decrease in the oceanic salinity? Formation of sea ice.4.Which of the following statements is true according to the whole passage? The temperature of the water has much to do with the oceanic salinity.5.The purpose of mentioning the Weddell Sea is to give an example of cold-water salinity.Passage27 The science of meteorology is concerned with the study of the structure ,1.Which of the following is the best title for the passage? Approaches to the Science of Meteorology.2.The predictions of synoptic meteorologists are directly based on the preparation and study of weather maps.3.Which of the following is not referred to be the author as a field whose needs are served by weather forecasting? Sports4.The author implies that increased accuracy in weather forecasting will lead to greater protection of human life and property.5.In the last sentence of the passage ,the phrase “these tools” refers to mathematics and physicsPassage28 As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from1.Today medical care is placing more stress on removing people’s bad living habits.2.In the first paragraph, people are reminded that good health is more than not being ill.3.Traditionally, a person is considered” well” if he is free from any kind of disease.4.According to the author, the true meaning of “wellness”is for people to strive to maintain the best possible health.5.According to what the author advocates, which of the following groups of people would be consideredhealthy? People who try to be as healthy as possible, regardless of their limitations.Passage29 If you want to teach your children how to say sorry , you must be good at1.If a mother adds “but” to an apology, the child may feel that he owes her an apology.2.According to the author, saying “I’m sorry you ‘re upset” most probably means “I’m aware you’re upset, but I’m not to blame”3.It is not advisable to use the general, all-covering apology because it is vague and ineffective4.We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry their ages should be taken into account.5.It can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is not as simple at it seemsPassage30 Scratchy throats, stuffy noses and body aches all spell misery, but being able1.According to the author, knowing the cause of the misery will help shorten the duration of the illness.2.We learn from the passage that over-the-counter drugs can be taken to ease the misery cause by a cold or the flu.3.According to the passage, to combat the flu effectively, one should take medicine upon catching the disease.4.Which of the following symptoms will distinguish the flu from a cold? A high temperature5.If children have flu-like symptoms, their parents are advised not to give them aspirin.Passage31 Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists1. The study of sign language is thought to be a challenge to traditional views on the nature of language.2.The present growing interest in sign language was stimulated by an English teacher in a university for the deaf.3.According to Stokoe, sign language is a genuine language4.Most educators objected to Stokoe’s idea because they thought a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds.5.Stokoe’s argument is based on his belief that language is a product of the brain.Passage32 It is hard to track the blue whale, the ocean’s largest creature, which has almost1.The passage is chiefly about the civilian use of a military detection system.2.The underwater listening system was originally designed to trace and locate enemy vessels.3.The deep-sea listening system makes use of the unique property of layers of ocean water in transmitting sound.4.It can be inferred from the passage that military technology has great potential in civilian use5. Which of the following is true about the U.S Navy underwater listening network?It is now partly accessible to civilian scientists.Passage33 You never see them , but they’re with you every time you fly. They record1.What dose the author say about the black box? It is an indispensable device in an airplane2.What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner? Date for analyzing the cause of the crash.3.Why was the black box redesign in 1965? The early models often got damaged in the crash.4.Why did the Federal Aviation Authority require the black boxes be painted orange or yellow? To make them easily identifiable.5.What do we know about the black boxer from Air France Flight 447? There is still a good chance of their being recovered.Passage34 New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has shrunk .It’s now1.What is the author’s attitude toward high-teach communications equipment? Positive2.With the increased use of high-teach communications equipment, businesspeople are attaching more importance to their overseas business.3.In this passage, “out of sight and out of main” (lines2-3,part.3) probably means missing opportunities for promotion when abroad4.According to the passage, what is an important consideration of international corporations in employing people today? Ability to speak the client’s language.5.The advantage of employees having foreign language skills is that they can better control the whole negotiation process.。