2,4,6

51．A．wood          B．silk               C．cloth           D．bamboo

52．A．on bamboo and wood                                       B．bamboo or wood

     C．on bamboos and woods                                      D．bamboo and wood

53．A．a(chǎn)s              B．such as                                       C．liked           D．for example

54．A．more cheap                                 B．expensive                             C．cheaper          D．more expensive

55．A．company    B．factory                                       C．house           D．building

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題，每題2分，滿分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳答案，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

A

One of the best-known American writers of children’s books is Alford Strong,  or Doctor strong,  as he is  better known to readers everywhere.  Now, an art show called Doctor Strong From Then To Now is travelling around the  United States. The pictures and drawings show the history of Doctor Strong.

Doctor Strong first became famous almost fifty years ago when his first children’s book was published. Since then,  he has written forty-five books that have sold more than one hundred million copies around the world.

Doctor’s strong books are known for their easy use of the words and colorful,  hand-drawn pictures. These drawings bring life to his imaginary creatures,  The Cat in the Hat,  Horton the Elephant,  The Grinch Who Stole Christmas,  and hundreds of others.

The San Diego Museum,  in California,  organized the show.  It included about three hundred Doctor Strong’s original drawings and some of his writings.

Most of Doctor Strong’s books,  although written in a funny way,  have serious messages.  For example,  in Mc Elligot’s Pool,  he describes the danger of pollution.  He discusses the arm race in The Butter Battle Book,  written in nineteen eighty-four.

Doctor Strong is almost eighty-four old now.  He says he never plans to write stories just for children.  He says he writes stories that interest people of all ages.  He says he uses easy words so that everyone ,  even a child,  can understand.

56．Alfred Strong is a famous ________ in the United States.

     A．doctor             B．a(chǎn)rtist              C．writer            D．reader

57．Doctor Strong first became famous in _______________.

     A．his eighties when an art show was traveling around the United States

     B．his fifties when his drawings and writing were published

     C．eighty-four when his book Mc Elligot’s Pool was published

     D．his thirties when his first book was published

58．Doctor Strong’s books are very popular in America because ________________.

     A．they are stories about animals such as cats,  elephants and so on

     B．they are written in easy words with colorful pictures

     C．he organized an art show in California

     D．they are written in a funny way

59．His purpose of writing many such books is ______________.                      A．to show his original pictures and drawings

     B．to organize a special art show of his own

     C．to make his readers laugh when they read his books

     D．not only to interest people but to expose some serious social problems

B

Tom always had a cigarette on his lips.  He smoked while he read,  while he looked at the television,  and while he drank a cup of coffee. He smoked thirty cigarettes a day,  but he was happy.

Tom’s friends,  Joe,  said to him,  ‘It is very harmful to smoke. ”

When Tom heard this,  he started to worry about it and became thin.  So he did not buy any more cigarette.  He became so thin and he went to Joe for help.

Joe said,  “You must eat more. ” So Tom did not smoke,  but he ate chocolate,  and he became fat.  Again he went to Joe for help.

Joe said,  “You mustn’t not eat chocolate. ”stopped eating chocolate,  but he went back to smoking cigarettes.  He became thin again but he was not happy ,  because he still smoked.

Sometimes Tom wished Joe was not his friend.

56．What do you think of the relationship between Tom and Joe?

       A．Good            B．bad                C．just so-so         D．It is hard to say

57．When Tom became thin the first time it was because _______.

       A．he smoked too much.             B．he worried too much

       C．he stopped smoking               D．he ate too little.

58．The The following sentences tell what happened to Tom,  which is the right order of the events?

       A．He did not smoke; he ate chocolate; he was fat; he was unhapppy.

       B．he smoked; he did not eat chocolate; he was thin; he was unhappy.

       C．he smoked; he did not eat chocolate; he was not fat; he was happy.

       A．a(chǎn), b, c            B．c, b, a            C．b, a, c           D．c,  a, b

59．What kind of person would you say Tom was ?

       A．He didn’t know how to carry out a decision

       B．He was not the kind of person who used his head much.

       C．He was always changing his mind and was never satisfieD．

       D．He was not happy to let others made decisions.

60．What is the writer trying to tell us from the story?

       A．One should think and decide for oneself,

       B．One should ask his friends for help.

       C．Smoking is bad to one’s health.

       D．Chocolate is bad to one’s health.

C

About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table,  I couldn't help overhearing parts of their conversation.  At one point the woman asked：“So,  how have you been? ” And the boy,  who could not have been more than seven or eight years old,  replied. “Frankly,  I've been feeling a little depressed lately. ”

This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing.  As far as I can remember,  my friends and I didn't find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school.

The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years.  Children don't seem childlike anymore.  Children speak more like adults,  dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to.

Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say but it is certainly different.  Childhood as it once was no longer exists,  Why?

Human development is based not only on innate（天生的） biological states,  but also on patterns of access（通路） to social knowledge.  Movement from one social role to another usually includes learning the secrets of the new status（現(xiàn)狀）. Children have always been taught adult secrets,  but slowly and in stages： traditionally,  we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.

In the last 30 years,  however,  a secret-revelation（提示） machine has been installed in 98percent of American homes.  It is called television.  Television passes information,  and indiscriminately（不加區(qū)分地）,  to all viewers alike.  Unable to resist the temptation,  many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging,  more vivid moving pictures.

Communication through print,  as a matter of fact,  allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access.  Reading and writing involve a complex code of symbols that must be memorized and practiced. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.

64．According to the author,  feeling depressed is ______.

A．a(chǎn) sure sign of a psychological problem in a child

       B．something hardly to be expected in a young child

       C．a(chǎn)n inevitable stage of children's mental development

D．a(chǎn) mental scale present in all humans,  including children

65．Traditionally,  a child is supposed to learn about the adult world ______.

       A．through contact with society       B．gradually and under guidance

       C．naturally and by biological instinct                            D．through exposure to social information

66．The phenomenon（現(xiàn)象） that today's children seem adultlike is attributed（歸因于） by the author to _______.

       A．the widespread influence of television

       B．the poor arrangement of teaching content

C．the fast pace of human intellectual（智力的） development

       D．the constantly rising standard of living

67．Why is the author in favor of communication through print for children?

       A．It enables children to gain more social information.

       B．It develops children's interest in reading and writing.

       C．It helps children to memorize and practice more.

       D．It can control what children are to learn.

68．What does the author think of the change in today's children?

       A．He feels amused by children's premature（過早的） behavior.

       B．He thinks it is a phenomenon worthy of note.

       C．He considers it a positive development.

       D．He seems to be upset about it.

D

Millions of Americans run to the bank or visit ATM when they need cash.  They use credit cards when they want to buy clothes,  VCRs,  or television sets.

But there is an underclass---people with low incomes and no credit history---who visit their neighborhood pawnshops (當(dāng)鋪) when they need cash or a loan (貸款). 

About 20 percent of the US population has no bank account.  More than half of this group don’t have credit cards and cannot get bank loans.

 “These people are borrowing an average of $50, ” said John P.  Caskey of Swarthmore College in Swarthmore,  Pennsylvania. “If you add up in terms of how much dollar value pawnshops provide,  they don’t look very important.  If you add up how much of the population they serve or the number of loans they make,  they are important. ”

Because they make loans,  pawnshops are a type of bank,  often calling themselves “the bank of the little people. ”

Caskey and Swarthmore student Brian Zidmund in 1989 looked at the importance of pawnshops in the US economy---the first serious study of the subject since the 1930s.

Their conclusion： pawnshops are the consumer’s lender of last resort (最后的手段).

Pawnshop customers typically cannot get credit at banks.  They have poor credit records,  low and unstable incomes,  or cannot maintain positive bank account balances.

Typically,  pawnshop customers borrow relatively small amounts that traditional lenders are unwilling or unable to provide on a secured basis.

 “If you look at total consumer credit,  the amounts provided by pawnshops remain small, ” Caskey said. “They are lending mainly to low-income people.  In terms of the population they serve,  they’re really important. ”

In 1988,  there were about 6, 900 pawnshops in the United States---one for every two commercial banks.  They made about 35 million loans,  providing 1 percent of the nation’s consumer credit.

69．The best title for the passage would be ____.

       A．Credit Cards for the Poor               B．Banks for the Poor

       C．Pawnshops vs.  Banks                   D．Commercial Banks

70．What do the underclass people do when they need cash?

       A．They go to local banks for help. B．They apply for credit cards.

       C．They ask for a loan from large banks.                         D．They apply for a loan in pawnshops.

71．What can we learn about pawnshops?

       A．Poor people come to pawnshops as their last resort.

       B．Most people prefer pawnshops for their need of cash.

       C．Pawnshops are an important part of the state economy.

       D．Pawnshops are not important because they make up only 1 percent of the nation’s

       consumer credit.

72．According to John P. Caskey,  pawnshops are important because ____.

       A．they provide great dollar value to the poor

       B．they make big loans to a lot of people

       C．they are serving the majority of the population

       D．they make a large number of loans to the poor

E

When Is “Old” Old? 

I remember when I first came to China in 1990,  a student wrote in his essay at the beginning of a new term,  “I was surprised to find that our English teacher is an old lady. ” At the time I was also surprised,  because I had never thought of myself as old. When my students and I cross the street together,  they want to take my arm to help me.  While I am touched by their concern,  I don’t really feel that I need their help-I am probably just too independent（自立的）.  Perhaps the day will come when they keep me from a serious fall,  and then I’ll appreciate them in a way I haven’t so far.

One of the many things we value in China is the opportunity to spend time with our students and other young people.  We are sure it keeps us younger.  Isn’t there a saying that “Youth isn’t so much a period of time as a state of mind”?  If a person is enthusiastic（激情的）about his work,  curious about the world and blessed with younger friends,  he will almost certainly feel young.  Health is important too,  of course,  so I take care of my health.  Riding a tricycle（三輪） is a wonderful way to exercise.  An active state of mind plus good health makes for a youthful outlook.    My Chinese friends,  am I right?

73．What was the author surprised at?  ___________

       A．The first she came to China.          B．A student wrote in his composition.

C．Her Chinese students.                   D．The other English teacher.

74．Which of the following isn’t true according to the passage? __________

A．The author had never thought of herself as old.．

       B．Her students want to take her arm to help her when she cross the street.

       C．The author feels that she needs their help.

       D．The author is probably just too independent.

75．Youth is ___________.

       A．a(chǎn)ge               B．the younger                                  C．time       D．a(chǎn) state of mind