6、l>r you put them down Bomrwhcrc elnet or maybe youve moved them# ?
Wr n quarter of an hour they Marched for rhe 而miiiR pcarln. but couldnt (in<1 them anywhere. It wuh then thnt they decided they must call the policea
Soon? InRpecror Morgnn ftrnved a nd Mtwried to question mH the wpecm
Hsd PaKsuKe
7、 1 and then try to ivc Mhorl uns^ers to QuotionM 1—5. Write your umwrrs on the Answer Sheet.
1. Why could Ikny afford nn expensive nccklncc?
2. Why did the Takrt her nccklncc out enrly in the dny?
3? How many people were there in the entering company?
4. Whs do you think wan in the boxes?
5. Di
8、d the Hurwoodft call the police niter they couldnt find the pearls?
Read Passage 1 again and then fill in the following blanks numbered 6—10 with the information from the passage Write your answers on the Answer Sheet
When Betty won the lottery
The couple moved into o big (6)
a pearl necklace^
9、
and Betty bought
The following summer
The Burwoods wanted to (7)
On the afternoon of the party
The wife took her new dress out of the wardrobe and put the necklace on the dressing-table.
By 6t00
Everything wm prepnred- The gnrdcn appented tn bc(8) with smnll round tnble> and colorful
10、 chnir>
nnd nun shndeM*
At 6|10
Betty went to the bedroom to 好t rrudy. While h
11、 all the nuMpect^.
Purt n
Questionn 11—20 are buxd on Pussagc 2. (30 pointst 3 points each)
Pamxc 2 Thh is ■ short p*>sugc about Dave t the Di^k Doctor.
.Call the Disk Doctor I
1 Dc(>erate computer usera who elose the dntA irorn their dinks can g” nt touch with expertw who. for a tec. will re
12、cover the lost information. One of thene experts t)iivr Smith* who. i^omc ycurs ngo set up n compnny cnllrd DnvcI》i?k F>ncror Service Ltd> Dnve And a few o( his friends work from home and ive all the money they enrn to chnrity. I hr (ecu arc alwayn the samet no niAUer how prccioua the dmn on the dik
13、 id Some people? however# nre no RrAtcful thm they send cxirn money to Bnvc <>r to the chflnrics hiM company mipportn. One oil company offered him 1.000 for hid help nnd n veil sent him a blnnk check.
2 It would be hard to put a value on the thinRH rcacucd by the Disk Doctor> Thcrr huve been disks
14、containing mcdicnl reieurch ? television scripts * mnnuscnpta of whole books ? n comedinn1 8 joke collection> ■ solicitor 1 s paper、for n court And even Mnrgnrct Thntchcr^ft itincrory for a vi^it to cAStern Europe. Eor this lnt cnset Davr was nuked if hr would go in person to Mrs. Thatchcr^s office
15、efor aecunty rensonn^!
3 DiMkti are usunlly xent to the Disk Doctor by pout ? but norncfimcB people wrr in uuch a hurry that they can * t wait for the post. Radio scripts have had to be rushed by taxi to Dave、house because they were needed for broadcasting the next day. for exnmple. When the tnnter
16、ial has been recovered the disk is returned to the render with a diagnosis And h prescription (or avoiding the problem In future. Onr gratchil clientf an author^ put a "thank you" 1a Dave in the front of his hock. * Dave saved me from n cnrdiac arrestf ? he wrote. "But1 ? says Davc> emost people don
17、t take any notice of the doctor fs advice!9
Read Passage 2 and divide whether the followinK statements are t rue or Fal心 Write T for True and F for False against the number of vuch of the statements on your Answer Sheet
1 !? Computer users can get bock their lost da tn from their disks without ony
18、 payment in Dave1 a company.
12. The company nutned Dave#s Disk Doctor Service Ltd is net up hy Dave Smith.
13. Davc nnd his friends earn a large amount of money, but they spend none<
14. According to the different value of the daU\ on the disk, people need to pay different amount of money for sa
19、ving thcm>
15. Most people will uke notice of the disk doctor fs advice after the disk is repaired.
Read Passage 2 again and find a woni/phrasc, which Is similar in meaning to each of the following. The paragraph in which the word/phrasc appears is indicated in brackets Write your answers on the A
20、nswer Sheet.
16. hopeles$ (paragraph 1)
17. thankful (paragraph 1)
18. to save (paragraph 2)
19. lawyer (paragraph 2)
20. to keep from happening (paragraph 3)
Part Q| True or Fals
21、ves? It csin be very helpful to people who carefully choose rhe shows that they watch. Television can increase our knowledge of the outside worlds there are high-quality programs that help us understand many fields of study： sciencer medicine, the artst and so on. Moreovert TV benefits very old peop
22、le who canft often leave the house< well as patients in hospitals. It also offers non native speakers the udviinUigc of daily informal language practicei they can increase their vocabulary and practice listening.
On the other hand, there are several serious disadvantages io TV. Of course? it provid
23、es us with n pleasant way to relax and spend our free time, but in some cauntnes. people watch the「V for an average of six hour? or more a day. Many children jitare at a TV screen for more hours each day than they do anything else, including studying nnd sleeping. It* clear that the TV hns a powerfu
24、l influence on their lives and that its influence is often negative. Recent studies show that after only thirty seconds of TV. a person9 s brain "relaxes” thr same way that it doest just before the person falls asleep* Another effect of TV on the human hrnin is that it seems to cau^e poor concrntrat
25、ion< Children who view a lot of TV can often concentrate on 3 subject for only fifteen to twenty minutes^ they can pay attention only for the amount of time between commercials
Another disadvantage is that TV often causes people to bevorrie dissatisfied with their own lives. Real life docs not seem
26、 as exciting to these people rs the livea of actors on the screen^ To many people丁V becomes more real than reality? and their own lives seem boring. A】5q? many people get upset or depressed when they cant solve problems in real life as quickly as TV actors seem to. On the screen? actors solve seriou
27、s problems in a ha!Phour progrnm or a thirty^second commcrctaL
Before fl child i$ fourteen years old > he or she views eleven thousand murders on the TV. He or she begins to believe that there is nothing strange about fights, killings^ and other kinds of violence. Many studies show that people beco
28、me more violent after certain programs. They moy even do the things that they saw in a violent show-
The most negntive effect of the TV might be peopled addiction to iu People often feel a strange ond powerful need to watch TV even when ihty donrt enjoy H. Addicnon to a TV screen is similar to drug
29、 or alcohol addiction： people almost never believe they are "diettd. Read Passaic 3 and decide whether the following statements are True or False. Write T for True and F for False against the number of ciich of the stHtemrnts on your Answer SheeL
21. TV progrAniM nrr definitely helpful to anyone.
30、22. There are poftitive as well n* ncgwtivr effects of TV on our lives*
23. TV can help improve one foreign hnguage.
2L Wfttching a lot of TV wan11 affect our concentration nt all .
25. Some children a pend morr time wntching TV than studying and ^leepinK-
26. The lives of people in TV shows see
31、m to be very exciting.
27. TV programs tan help people solve problems aa quickly as the actors
28. TV violence mnkes some people? especially children? take violence in real life for granted.
29. One of the symptoms of addiction to television is a strong desire to watch H even if the program is no
32、t interesting*
30. The passage mainly discusses the advantages of TV.
Part jV Short Answers
Questions 31—35 arc based on Passage 4. (20 points. 4 points meh)
Passage 4
A Dangerous Place
Paulo had always wanted to go to New York iinrl now xhe hnd the chance at last. She was a journalist# and he
33、r newspaper was sending her there to do a series of nrlicles on the city> But before she left her home in London? several friends warned her to be careful and not ta gu out alone at night in New York. "Its 艮 dangerous place People get robbed or even killed in broad daylight !w they told hen
But onc
34、e she got there? >he was only afraid o( exhaustioru It was so stimulatinR and exciting a city that she never got any sleep. It took her two weeks to da the articles and she had to interview a lot of people# but she enjoyed every minute. She completely forgot nil her friendsF warnings until the day b
35、efore she went back to London. It all began in n ban
She wBji having lunch there when she suddenly felt wmconr was watching hen She looked up and noticed a man sitting At a table opposite hen He was staring at her ? but looked nwny. She noticed that he had a 5Cr on his check. He was about 30? and h
36、ad short ? curly hain
Paula was not worried at all then. She had to go to an airline office to book her flight home. She wanted an afternoon flight instend of a morning one. On her way there< she stopped to look at something in a shop window. To her surprise, shr saw the man following herj she coul
37、d see his reflection in the He had stopped just behind her. Suddenly she felt afraid. She walked on. Then she stopped and looked behind her again. Bui this tinic she could not sec him.
Just then she noticed she hnd come to the airline office- She went in. After she had finished her busmess, she dec
38、ided to phone a friend from a telephone booth there. She was carrying a small# portable but very expensive tape recorder. It was in a black sg She kept her money and passport in the case as well But the booth was so cramped that she had to leave the cane outside. When *hr come out# n had diAAppeArcd
39、 She wm nfiinned. Tlwn she aw the rcd-hrtircd man hurrying out of the office. He hnd the case in hi* himd. She uhouiedt but H was too lntc
RcmcI PassnKc 4 and answer Ihc followinK questions. Make your answer* as uhort and ckiir as posniblv. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet
31. Why did PruIa
40、rq to New York?
32. What did her (ricn(b tell her before she left London?
33. What did the man fitting opposite her look like?
34> What did ahc kerp in her blnck cumt?
36> Whm hopprned nt lt?
試題答案及評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)
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Part I (30 pointst 3 points each)
L Because she had won thr national lottery-
2. B
41、ecause she wanted to have n rendy to wear in the evening.
3.
There were four people in lhe catering company.
(They were Mrs. Moore# Nancy?
Harriet and Charlie Chivers- >
4. Food, dnnkt plates dishes and so on>
5. Yes. they did.
6. bungalawe
7. throw a party.
8. mugnificenu
9. was brushin
42、g her hair.
10. 6:25. *
Fnrt |] ( 30 pointst 3 points each)
IL F 12. T 13. T 14. F 15. F
16< dcsprr/ite
17. grateful
18. rescue
19. solicitor
20. avoid
Part IK ( 20 points, 2 points each)
21. F 22. T 23. T 24. F 25. T
26e T 27. F 28. T 29. T 30. F
Part [V ( 20 p
43、 She wan nent there io do a Mcricn of rtrlirlcM on the city<
32. They wnrncd her io be cnrvful nnci not to go out alonr nt flight in New York
33. The m/tn waji about 30 with n %cnr on hin chcrkt and had shorn curly hnir,
34< The very cxpensivr tape recorder> her money And pnmport.
35. Her ca^e was stolen when she was calling her friend in rhe telephanv booth.
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