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A
Chicago is a great town. I love it. We have two baseball teams here, the Cubs and the White Sox. I like the Cubs. The White Sox are boring and theyre losers, too. I never go to their games. But theres a lot more than Chicago than baseball. Look around, were in the city now. This is Michigan Avenue. Theres the John Hancodk Center.
That building is 100 storeys high! Thats too high, if you ask me, if there is a fire on the 85th or 90th floor, how are the firemen going to put it out? Theres no chance... Look over there.
Theres a large building. Its the sears Tower. That building is 110 storeys high! ... Do you see those round buildings? Those buildings are the Marine City Apartments (flats). Those buildings have 60 floors each. Thousands of people in each one. Imagine that, all those people in two buildings, its terrible to have so many neighbors. Theres the Merchandise Mart. Thats another big building. Do you know whats in the building? There are stores, restaurants, a bank, a post office, a radio station and a TV station. Its too crowded... Well, here we are. Remember, ask any cab driver about Chicago. We know everything about this town.
36 Why does the speaker never go to the White Soxs games?
a. Because they dont play well.
b. Because he doesnt like baseball.
c. Because they usually play in other cities.
d. Because theres a lot more to Chicago than baseball.
37 It seems to the speaker that ( ).
a. the Sears Tower is not high enough
b. the Marina City Apartments are crowed
c. the Merchandese Mart is crowded
d. there are many other buildings in Chicago
38 Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
a. Its great fun to live in big cities like Chicago.
b. There are many stores and restaurants in the Merchandise Mart.
c. Its not a good thing to have too many neighbors.
d. There are very many tall buildings in Chicago.
39 Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
a. They are going along Michigan Avenue.
b. The speaker likes to go to the Cubs games.
c. Firemen can put out any fire in high buildings.
d. Cab drivers know almost everything about the town.
40.We know from the passage that the speaker is probably ( ).
a. a visitor b. a tour guide
c. a taxi driver d. a bus conductor
B
Jonathan Rivers lived alone in a neat house in Compton Street and worked in London. Like many other single men in their middle age, he was getting rather set in his ways. He looked after the house well and had a beautiful garden. Before he left the house in the morning, he would carefully close all the doors downstairs, open some windows upstairs to let the air in and lock the front door.
One summer evening Jonathan returned home as usual, just at five minutes to seven. When he opened the front gate he immediately noticed something strange. There was a heavy footprint in the earth in one of the flowers beds. Jonathan was just going to blame the milkman when he noticed that one of the white curtains in the front room downstairs was out of place. Jonathan never left anything out of place.
He walked up to the front door and opened it quietly. He listened carefully for a few moments but could hear nothing. The front-room door was half-open. Jonathan studied it thoughtfully, wondering if he had forgotten to close it that morning. He had never forgotten to do it before. He stepped silently across the hall to the door and looked inside the room. The shadow of a man was clearly reflected on the far wall in the evening sunlight. The man had clearly been standing behind the door since Jonathans return. Jonathan immediately locked the door. Then he calmly picked up the telephone in the hall and set about calling the police.
The bugler, a tall fellow with a beard, tried to climb through a window to get out but Jonathan had expected that. He attacked him with his umbrella, using it like a sword. Three minutes later the police arrived on the scene. Jonathan was little annoyed that he had to have dinner later than usual but on the whole he felt quite pleased with himself.
41 From the sentence Like many other single men in their middle age, he was getting rather set in his ways we learn that ( ).
a. Middle-aged men are likely to have different ways of living.
b. Many other single men in the world would rather live like Jonathan.
c. Jonathan liked to do things in the same way as other middle-aged single men.
d. Jonathan was getting into the habit of doing things in the same way every day.
42 What was the first thing Jonathan noticed when he came back home one summer evening?
a. A curtain in the front room was not in its place.
b. The windows of the front room were open.
c. There was a sign of the postmans entering his room.
d. A heavy footprint was in one of the flower beds.
43 Did the bugler know Jonathans coming home? How do you know?
a. Yes, because he hid himself behind the half-opened door.
b. Yes, because he was ready to hit Jonathan on the back.
c. No, because he was still stealing in the room.
d. No, because he kept the door half-open.
44 What did Jonathan do when the bugler attempted to escape from the window?
a. He called the police by shouting at the top of his voice.
b. He immediately locked the door and rushed to the police station.
c. He hit the bugler with the point of his umbrella.
d. He had expected that the bugler would hit him.
45 We learn from the passage that Jonathan ( ).
a. was strong enough to fight the bugler
b. was quite inexperienced in dealing with buglers
c. had a close friend who was a policeman
d. hated his routine to be disturbed by anything unexpected
C
Is jazz a kind of folk music? Is it a performing style? How is it different from other kinds of music? There is no simple answer to these questions, because the most important quality of jazz comes from its unique combination of different musical sources over a period of almost 400 years.
The quality that unites the many different jazz forms is, in some degree, separate from its musical sources. That quality is the expression of freedom. The idea of freedom is central.
The ancestors of jazz were black people from West Africa who were brought to America as slaves, or forced laborers, from the early 1800s to the mid-1800s. Most of them remained slaves until President Lincoln set them free on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.
With the loss of their personal freedom and the breaking up of their families, the slaves also lost the social traditions of their music from Africa. The complex rhythms of this music involved a number of people performing together. The breaking apart of these social groups forced slaves to create new songs, that is, to develop a completely new musical tradition.
Using some of the remembered African rhythms, the slaves gradually began to add some features of the European classical music that was played by the slave owners. The slaves were also influenced by American folk songs. But the result of adding these borrowed elements to the complex African rhythms was the beginning of a completely new kind of music. Still, these music only existed privately among groups of slaves.
The slaves work had another effect on their music. It introduced new kinds of musical rhythms. Some of these rhythms became work songs to accompany their planting and picking of cotton. Other rhythms were developed by teams of workers who needed to lift heavy loads of cotton onto carts that passed through the fields. Later, during the building of the railroads, individual workers created new songs to match the sharp rhythms of steel as they put the rails into place.
46 The main musical sources used by the slaves to develop a new kind of music were ( ) .
a. folk music, jazz music, and modern music
b. classical music, American rhythms, and African folk songs
c. African music, European classical music, and American folk music
d. slaves work songs, rhythms of lifting heavy loads, and sounds of steel striking steel
47 In some degree, the quality that many different jazz forms share is( ) .
a. the liberation of the American slaves
b. the expression of freedom
c. respect for President Lincoln
d. the independence of the United States
48 It introduced new kinds of musical rhythms. Here it refers to ( ) .
a. the slaves music
b. a new musical rhythm
c. the slaves work
d. another effect
49 When the slaves lost their personal freedom and their families, ( ).
a. they still kept their African musical tradition
b. they no longer had any social tradition
c. a number of people performed together
d. they began to create a new musical style
50 Which of the following statements is not true?
a. The ancestors of jazz music were free black people.
b. Jazz music has mixed different kinds of musical sources
c. It look quite a long time to develop jazz music.
D
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Jack and his wife Mary, who have recently retired, want to see places of cultural and historic interest abroad, but Mary hates flying.
Peter and Maria, university students, want to travel as far as possible on little money, and would like to get to know a country by working there for three months with other young people.
Michael, a young computer programmer, has been working hard and needs a holiday to relax in winter. He would like to go somewhere warmer and sunny, where he can swim in the sea, and he enjoys sports and dancing.
Harry and Kate, both teachers, and their two sons, have to take their holiday during the school summer holidays. There must be plenty for the boys to do, although Harry and Kate just want to have beautiful scenery, good food and wine-and peace.
51 Michael would most probably go to ( ) for his holiday.
a. Italy b. Israel
c. Mallorca d. a Caribbean island
52 The most suitable place where Peter and Maria can enjoy their holiday would be ( ) .
a. an Italian city b. a kibbutz in Israel
c. a Caribbean island d. the port in Mallorca
53 The best holiday for Jack and Mary would be ( ) .
a. the 21-day coach trip of Italy
b. the 2-week stay in the Hotel Splendid
c. the 14-day trip around a Caribbean island
d. the working holidays for 1-3 months on a kibbutz in Israel
54 Harry and Kate and their sons would like ( ) .
a. a holiday working on a kibbutz in Israel
b. a holiday visiting cities by coach in Italy
c. a holiday house in the fishing port in Mallorca
d. a holiday hotel on a lovely beach on a Caribbean Islands
55 You can find this passage most probably in ( ) .
a. a school library b. a tourist agency
c. the post office d. the museum |
