We all think it most foolish ___________ that mistake .

(31)

A．number

B．length

C．depth

D．width

We may think of all of these as our needs. Yet most of us would be far from satisfied if we had nothing more than these which are supplied for us. (78) We all enjoy extra income to spend on things like books, sports or hobbies. Sometimes we save some of this extra income to pay for future expense of this type on holidays. So we must add our wants to our basic needs. Our standard of living is the degree, to which these needs and wants are satisfied.

But as time goes on, what we think of as our basic needs changes. Twenty years ago a television would have been a luxury, and still is in many countries now. Even now we cannot say it is a need in the same sense as food, clothing and shelter. Yet if most of the people of a country have one, it comes to be accepted as a need. It is possible therefore to have food, clothing and shelter and still be poor by the standards of our own society.

What we need in life is divided into ______according to this article.

A．the basic necessities and luxury

B．many kinds of need such as food, clothing and houses

C．four groups the basic necessities, luxury, reliable income and future expense

D．the basic necessities and reliable income

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What do we mean by a satisfactory standard of living？ Obviously, it must include the basic necessities of life such as food, clothing and shelter. To get these necessities on regular basis, a person must have a reliable income. But we have other needs which would probably also be included as basic, such as health and education facilities.

We may think of all of these as our needs. Yet most of us would be far from satisfied if we had nothing more than these which are supplied for us. We all enjoy extra income to spend on things like books, sports or hobbies. Sometimes we save some of this extra income to pay for future expense of this type on holidays. So we must add our wants to our basic needs. Our standard of living is the degree, to which these needs and wants are satisfied.

But as time goes on, what we think of as our basic needs changes. Twenty years ago a television would have been a luxury, and still is in many countries now. Even now we cannot say it is a need in the same sense as food, clothing and shelter. Yet if most of the people of a country have one, it comes to be accepted as a need. It is possible therefore to have food, clothing and shelter and still be poor by the standards of our own society.

What we need in life is divided into __________ according to this article. 查看材料

A.the basic necessities and luxury

B.many kinds of need such as food， clothing and houses

C.four groups the basic necessities， luxury， reliable income and future expense

D.the basic necessities and reliable income

We stayed in a small hotel in the West End. It was convenient as we did most of our sight seeing on foot. Taxis were too expensive; the bus routes were too difficult for us to understand; and my wife didn't like traveling by underground. She said it made her feel shut in.

We went to look at the places, which all tourists see. We saw Buckingham Palace, the National Gallery and Piccadilly Circus. We went shopping in Oxford Street and spent too much money. What we liked most, though, was going to the theatre. We don't have the chance to see such wonderful plays at home. A lot of people say English food is very bad. We didn't think so. It's true that most of the restaurants are French or Italian or Chinese, but we had some very good meals.

In fact, we enjoyed our holiday so much that we have booked another trip to England for this year. We're going to take our umbrellas, though. I'm sure we'll need them.

1)、While in London, the writer and his wife usually got around on foot.

A.T

B.F

2)、The wife didn't like traveling by underground because it was not fast enough.

A.T

B.F

3)、They could visit good museums in London that they have no chance of doing at home.

A.T

B.F

4)、In London it is not easy for people to find English restaurants.

A.T

B.F

5)、They are going to take their umbrellas because it often rains in London.

A.T

B.F

1、The difference between us and Africans, as far as music is concerned, is that().

A、most of us are consumers while most of them are producers of music

B、we are musical performers and they are semiprofessional musicians

C、most of us are passive spectators while they are active spectators

D、we are the audience and they are the additional performers

2、The author of the passage implies that().

A、all Africans are musical and therefore much music is performed in Africa

B、not all Africans are born with musical talent although music is important in their lives

C、most Africans are capable of joining in the music by playing musical instruments

D、most Africans perform. as well as professional musicians

3、The word "nucleus" probably refers to().

A、musicians famous in Africa

B、musicians at the centre of attention

C、musicians acting as the core in a performance

D、active participants in a musical performance

4、The best title for this passage would be().

A、The Importance of Music to African People

B、Differences Between African Music and Music of Other Countries

C、The Relationship Between Musicians and Their Audience

D、A Characteristic Feature of African Musical Performances

The Earth has a force that pulls things toward itself. We call this force gravity(地心引力). This is something we live with all the time, and we take it for granted and hardly ever think about it. But it is a most important factor in rocket operation and must be overcome if we are to get anywhere in space, or off the ground at all.

Take the throwing of a ball as an example. The harder the ball is thrown, the faster and higher it will go. What is the secret？ It's speed. If we could throw the ball hard enough it would go up and up forever and never come down. The speed at which it would have to be thrown to do this is known as escape speed. Of course, we cannot throw a ball hard enough because the speed required to escape completely from' the Earth's gravity is seven miles per second, or over twenty-five thousand miles per hour.

Once escape speed has been reached by a spacecraft(宇宙飞船), no further power is needed. A rocket aimed at the Moon, for instance, will "coast"(滑行) the rest of the way because the Earth's gravity cannot then pull it back, and there is no air resistance(阻力) in space to slow it down. This "coasting" is known as "free fall". That does not mean the rocket is falling down towards the Earth but that it is traveling freely in space without the aid of power, like a bicycle coasting downhill.

Free fall is an important feature of space travel: it would be impossible to carry enough fuel to provide powered flight all the time.

What is the most important factor for a rocket to escape from the Earth？

A．To travel as fast as it can.

B．To overcome the Earth gravity.

C．To get away from the air resistance.

D．To have strong power in its operation.

Although April did not bring the rains we all hoped for, and although the Central Valley doesn’t generally experience the atmospheric (大气的) sound and lightning that can accompany those rains, it is still important for parents to be able to answer the youthful questions about thunder and lightning.

The reason that these that these two wonders of nature are so difficult for many adults to explain to children is that they are not very well understood by adults themselves. For example, did you know that the lighting we see flashing(闪烁) down to the earth from a cloud is actually flashing up to a cloud from the earth？ Our eyes cheat us into thinking we see a downward motion when it’s actually the other way round. But then, if we believe only what we think we see, we’d still insist that the sun rises in the morning and sets at night.

Most lightning flashes take place inside a cloud, and only a relative few can be seen jumping between two clouds or between the earth and a cloud. But, with about 2,000 thunderstorms taking place above the earth every minute of the day and night, there’s enough activity to produce about 100 lightning strikes on the earth every second.

Parents can use thunder and lightning to help their children learn more about the world around them. When children understand that the light of the lightning flashes reaches their eyes almost at the same moment, but the sound of the thunder takes about 5 seconds to travel just one mile, they can begin to time the interval between the flash and the crash to learn how close they are to the actual spark.

26. According to the first paragraph, in the Central Valley area, rains come _____.

A. when it is April

B. when the field is dry

C. when people all hope for it

D. usually without thunder and lighting

27. We tend to think that lighting moves downward because_____.

A. our eyes play a joke on us

B. we take it to be true scientifically

C. we cannot see it clearly most of the time

D. it always runs down from a cloud to the earth

28. Which of the following is NOT true about lighting according to the passage？

A. Most lightning flashes take place inside a cloud.

B. About 2,000 thunderstorms occur above the earth every minute.

C. People can seldom see lightning flashes running between two clouds or between the earth and a cloud.

D. The thunderstorms happening above the earth can provide enough power to produce about 100 lightning strikes every second.

29. What does the word “ spark” in the last paragraph probably refer to ？

A. Cloud

B. Rain

C. Thunderstorm

D. Lightning flash

30. What does the passage imply？

A. Seeing is believing.

B. We should never trust what we see or hear.

C. People may easily make mistakes in their understanding of nature.

D. Children sometimes know more about nature than their parents do.

？Read the memo below from the CEO of your company.

MEMO

To: International Sales staff

From: CEO

Date: 30/10/04

Subject: 50th anniversary celebration

I think it would be a good idea to include some of our overseas clients on the guest list for the formal event we are planning as part of the company's 50th anniversary celebrations.

Could all International Sales staff write to their most important clients to invite them to the event.

？Write a letter to an overseas client, Mrs Johannson:

？inviting her to the event

？giving her the date of the event

？giving details of what will happen at the event

？explaining what overnight accommodation is available.

？Write 60-80 words on your Answer Sheet.

？Do not include any postal addresses.

We are for the most pan more lonely when we go abroad than when we stay in our chambers, for solitude is not measured by the miles of space that intervene between a man and his fellows. The farmer, who can work alone all day without feeling lonesome, but must recreate with others at night, wonders how the student can sit alone at night; he does not realize that the student, though in the house, is actually at work in his field and chopping his wood as the farmer was in his.

Society is commonly too cheap: we meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other; we meet at meals three times a day and give each other a new taste of that musty old cheese that we are; we live thick and are in each other's way, and I think that we thus lose some respect for one another.

We have had to agree on a certain set of rules, called etiquette and politeness, to make this frequent meeting tolerable; certainly less frequency would suffice for all important and hearty communications between men. It would be better if there were but one inhabitant to a square mile, as where I live, for as the value of a man is not in his skin, we need not touch him.

A person can be more lonely among men than by himself at home because______.

A．loneliness is a state of mind

B．loneliness is not the same as being alone

C．solitude is not measured in miles

D．all of the above

Television

Television is the greatest communication medium ever designed and operated by man. It sends into the human brain an 【B1】______ amount of opinions and information and 【B2】______ moral and artistic standards for all of us. Every minute of a television programme teaches us something. It is never neutral (中立的) 【B3】______ . For example, how and when public issues are 【B4】______ depends in large part 【B5】______ how they are treated by the television networks in entertainment 【B6】______ news and public affairs programmes. What the American people think about government and politics in 【B7】______ , as well as a favorite candidate in 【B8】______ , is largely influenced by 【B9】______ .

Unfortunately, commercial television seldom 【B10】______ anything of value to our lives. Many American express a deep hostility (敌意) 【B11】______ television because they know most TV programmes are 【B12】______ poor quality and that something these programmes are even 【B13】______ .

The question is: how can television be improved？ There are many things the ordinary 【B14】______ can do. For example, he 【B15】______ complain to his local TV stations about offensive advertising. He can 【B16】______ citizens' groups to urge local TV stations to 【B17】______ their programmes. 【B18】______ these groups should propose regular analyses of special TV commercials and programmes by educators, doctors, etc. to 【B19】______ the influence of these programmes on children and adults. Television can be our most exciting medium if we just think about 【B20】______ to improve it.

A．endless

B．ending

C．ended

D．end