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1、(0.83I came to study in the United States one year ago. Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor - and go to a court.After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined t
2、o repay him one day. But I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, Id have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer. Now that he had helped me find a good doctor,
3、it was only fair that I should pay him.But every time I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time. The final examination report consisted of ten lines
4、, and it cost me $215My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss hi
5、m. And he made me pay $770.Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time, . and I left without getting a cent.My experience taught me two things about America; firstly, in a country like Amer
6、ica money is everything. It is more important than friendship, honor or professional morality. Secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about American, we should see both its good and bad sides.1. The authors roommate offered to help him because.A he felt sorry for the
7、authorC he knew the doctor was a very good one.D he wanted the author to have a good lawyer2. A good doctor is essential for the author to.A be properly treatedB talk with the person responsible for the accidentC recover before he leaves America3. The word charge I in this passage means.A be respons
8、ible B accuse D claim4. Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very.A friendly C professionally D busy5. What conclusion can you draw from the story?A Going to court is something very common In America.B One must be very careful while driving a car.C There are more bad sides in America t
9、han good sides.2 . BDCBD2(0.85 24. CABBCThe World Health Organization estimates that more than four million people die each year from the effects of smoking tobacco. That number is increasing. WHO officials expect 150 million people to die from tobacco use in the next twenty years. Seven in ten of t
10、hose deaths will be in developing countries.In the United States, about 47 million adults currently smoke. American health experts say tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death nationwide. This year, more than fbur-hundred-thirty-thousand Americans will die of diseases linked to smoking.
11、 One day last month, thousands of Americans, attempted to stop smoking. They were taking part in the Great American Smokeout.The American Cancer Society has organized the Great American Smokeout every year for twenty-five years. The goal is to show the dangers of smoking and provide support for peop
12、le who decide to stop smoking.It is not easy to stop smoking permanently. However, doctors say you probably will live longer if you do stop smoking. You will feel better :and look better. You also will protect the health of family members who breathe your smoke. The American Cancer Society says bloo
13、d pressure returns to normal twenty minutes after smoking the last cigarette, Carbon monoxide gas levels in the blood return to normal after eight hours. After one day; the chance of heartattack decreases. After one year, the risk of heart disease for a non-smoker is half that of a smoker:,1. Accord
14、ing to the WHO officials, how many people will die from tobacco use in developing countries in the next 20 years?A 4,600, 000. B 150,000,000.C 105,000,000 D.47,000,000.2. What is the leading preventable cause of death nationwide in USA?A Tobacco use B Heart attack.C Car accidents D Alcohol use.3. Ac
15、cording to the passage, smoking may lead to the following results EXCEPTA heart attack B clear thinkingC the rise of blood, pressure D the rise of carbon monoxide4. What can we learn from the passage?A The Great American Smokeout is a worldwide campaign to show the dangers of smoking.B Smoking may a
16、ffect the health of ones family members.C Quitting smoking is an easy job.D It is useless not to stop smoke permanently.5. After one stops smoking for-, the risk of heart disease will drop half.A 8 hours B 1 dayC 1 year D 2 years3 (0.85 CDCDDMicrosoft Corporation is the leading developer of personal
17、-computer software systems and applications. The company also publishes books and multimedia titles and offers electronic mail services. It has sales offices throughout the world but does virtually all of its research and development at its corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington, U. S.In 1975
18、 Bill Gates and Paul G. Allen, two boyhood friends from Seattle, converted BASIC, a popular mainframe programming language, fbr use on an early personal computer (PC, the Altair. Shortly afterward Gates and Allen founded Microsoft, deriving the name from the words microcomputeri and software.I Durin
19、g the next few years they refined BASIC and developed other programming languages. In 1980 International Business Machines Corporation (IBM asked Microsoft to produce the essential software, or operating system, for its first personal computer, the IBM PC. Microsoft purchased an operating system fro
20、m another company, modified it, and renamed it MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System. MS-DOS was released with the IBM PC in 1981. Thereafter, most manufacturers of personal computers licensed MS-DOS as their operating system, generating vast revenues for Microsoft; by the early 1990s it had sold
21、more than 100 million copies of the program and defeated rival operating systems such as CP/M, which it displaced in the early 1980s, and later OS/2. Microsoft deepened its position in operating systems with its Windows graphical command program, whose third version, released in 1990, gained a wide
22、following. By 1993, Windows 3.0 and its subsequent versions were selling at a rate of one million copies per month, and nearly 90 percent of the worlds PCs ran on a Microsoft operating system. In 1995 the company released Windows 95, which for the first time fully integrated MS DOS with Windows and
23、effectively matched in ease of use Apple Computers Macintosh OS. It also became the leader in productivity software such as word-processing and spreadsheet programs, outdistancing long-time rivals Lotus and WordPerfect in the process.1. What is the role of Microsoft Corporation in the world of softw
24、are systems and applications?A Its the biggest multinational corporation.B Its the founder of personal computers.C Its the leading developer.D Its the largest bookseller in America.2. Besides software systems and applications, what else does Microsoft deal in? A Publishing booksand multimedia titles
25、.B Ofiering electronic mail services.C Inventing program languages.D Both A and B.3. Who established Microsoft?A Bill Gates. B Paul G. Allen.C Bill Gates and Paul G. Allen. D A group of computer experts.4. In 1980 IBM asked Microsoft to produce the operating system, they.A invented it aloneB refused
26、 to do itC wanted to make a perfect one, but they failedD bought one from another company and made a little change 5. What does the passageimply?A Windows 3.0 fully integrated MS-DOS with Windows.B By 1990, nearly 90 percent of the world9s PCs had run on Windows 3.0.C IBM asked Microsoft to develop
27、Windows 95.D Microsoft surpassed Lotus and WordPerfect till 1995. 4 (0.89 CDCCD 1970 was World Conservation Y ear. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in danger. They hoped that governments would act quickly in order to conserve! nature. Here is one example of the problem. A
28、t one time there were 1,300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only 866 remain. The others have been destroyed by modem man and his technology. We are changing the earth, the air and water, and everything that grows and lives. We cant live without these things. If we continue li
29、ke this, we shall destroy ourselves.What will happen in the future? Perhaps it is more important to ask, What must we do now?ll The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today. A lot of them know that conservation is necessary. Many are helping to save our world. They p
30、lant trees, build bridges across rivers in forests, and so on. In a small town in the United States a large group of girls cleaned the banks of 11 kilometers of their river. Young people may hear about conservation through a record called No ones going to change our worldl. It was made by the Beatle
31、s, Cliff Richard and other singers. The money from it will help to conserve wild animals.1. No ones going to change our worldl was.A an important book published in 1970B an idea that nobody would acceptC a record calling on people to conserve natureD a rule worked out by the United Nations2. What is
32、 the most important thing fbr us to do to save our world?A We should plant more trees and flowers.B We should clean the banks of our rivers.C We should know what will happen in the future.D We should know what we must do and begin to do it now.3. What9s the main idea of the passage?A 1970 was World
33、Conservation Year.B The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in danger. C Conservation isnecessary.D It is the young people who are helping to save our world.4. How many species died away in Holland in the past?A 1, 300 B 866 C 434 D 2,1665. What did many young people do to conse
34、rve the nature?A They plant trees.B They build bridges across rivers in forests.C They cleaned the banks of 11 kilometers of their river. D All the above.(3-10ASome psychologists maintain that mental acts such as thinking are not performed in the brain alone, but that ones muscles also participate.
35、It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen to music with our bodies.Y ou surely are not surprised to be told that you usually listen to music not only with your ears but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music that is more or less familiar with
36、out moving their body or, more specifically, some part of their body. Often when one listens to a symphonic （交响乐的 concert on the radio, he is tempted to direct the orchestra （乐队 even though he knows there is a competent conductor on the job.Strange as this behavior may be, there is a very good reaso
37、n for it. One cannot derive all possible enjoyment from music unless he participates, so to speak, in its performance. The listener feelsll himself into the music with more or less pronounced motions of the body.The muscles of the body actually participate in the mental process of thinking in the sa
38、me way, but this participation is less obvious because it is less pronounced.1. The process of thinking is different from that of listening in that.A the former is more seriousB the latter is more enjoyableD the former is a mental process while the latter not2. Some psychologists believe that thinki
39、ng is.only a mental process in the brainmuch more of a physical process than a mental actiona process performed by the entire bodya process involving the muscles as well as the brain3. The pronounced motionsl of the body is a music listeners way of.A enjoying and participating in the musicB expressi
40、ng how he likes he musicC directing the orchestra playing the musicD performing with his body4. People enjoy the music fully with.A their ears B their hands directing D their eyes and ears5. The best possible title of the passage could be.A Music Appreciation C Thinking Process D Participation in Mu
41、sic Performance1 .C2. D3. A4.C5. BArtificial flowers are used for scientific as well as decorative purposes. They are made from a variety of materials, such as wax and glass, so skillfully that they can scarcely be distinguished from natural flowers. In making such models, hard work and artistry （乙术
42、才能 are called for, as well as thorough knowledge of plant structures. The collection of glass flowers in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University is the most famous in North America and is widely known throughout the scientific world. In all, there are several thousand models in colored glass, the
43、 work of two artist-naturalists. Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolph.The intention was to have the collection represent at least one member of each flower family native to the UnitedStates. Although it was never completed, it contains more than seven hundred species representing 164 families of flo
44、wering plants, a group of fruits showing the effect of fungus diseases, and thousands of flower plants and magnified details. Every detail of these is accurately reproduced in color and structure. The models are kept in locked cases as they too valuable and weak fbr classroom use.1. Which of the fol
45、lowing is the best title for the passage?A The Lives of Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka C Flowers Native to the United StatesD Materials Used for Artificial Flowers2. In making artificial flowers it requiresA hard work and artistryB the work of Leopold Blaschka and RudolphC wax and glass 3. Which of th
46、e following statements about Leopold Blaschka and Rudolph is NOT true? B They didnt complete the whole collection though they worked hard.C They made the collection in colored glass.D They were well known in the circle of scientists.4. In Paragraph 2, Although it was never completed.! here the itll
47、refers toA The intention! B one memberlD each flower familyl5. Which of the following is NOT included in the display at the Botanical Museum ofHarvard University?A Models of 164 families of flowering plants.B Magnified details of flower parts. D A group of diseased fruits.1.B2. D3.A4. C5.C（62.2% （注:
48、99 级三级期中用It is inescapable fact that to most people there comes a time when failing powers of mind or body made it impossible for them to manage their daily lives without some sort of help, and despite the weakened sense of family solidarity （团结,this help comes in many cases from children, other relatives, or occasionally friends. When an old person or old couple gives up an independent home and becomes part of another household it does not mean that all the problems of old age are automatically solved; the problems are different, not so pressing perhaps, and their solution lies