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A man was sitting in the park watching the ducks on the pond. When a woman approached him. She had a white poodle(鬃毛狮子狗) on a leash (系狗的链子).

She sat down on a bench, took out a magazine and began to read .

After it had been sitting quietly for about ten minutes, the poodle turned and looked up at the man.

“Excuse me,” the dog whispered. “But you look like a kind man. Please buy me from his awful woman.”

The man could hardly believe his ears. A dog was whispering to him. In English!

“She is so mean to me,” the dog continued. “She never pets me or plays with me when she’s in a bad mood, which is most of the time.”

The man was amazed to hear the dog say all this. He was even more surprised when the dog added, “And I’m really a very good dog. I’m quite famous, too. I won a medal in the last war and was twice wounded in action. I’ve rescued three children-two from drowning and one from a fire.”

The man decided that he would try to buy the dog from the woman. He would pay a lot of money if necessary. The dog would soon earn tens of thousands of dollars on television. It would be the world’s first talking dog.

“Excuse me,” he said to the woman, “but I love your little dog. Will you sell him to me?”

“I’ll be delighted to sell him,” the woman said. “You can hav e him for ten dollars.”

“Ten dollars!” the man said. “Only the dollars? Why so little?” “Because,” the woman said, “he’s a trouble-making liar.”

1. The poodle______.

A. sat on either side of man and woman

B. could read the magazine

C. was leading the woman

D. belonged to the woman

2. The dog ______.

A. insulted the man

B. asked the man to buy it

C. started talking as soon as it sat down

D. couldn’t speak properly

3.The man was surprised______.

A. to hear it speak

B. to see it feed

C. to hear it bark

D. to see if being beaten

4. The dog explained that it had ______.

A. stopped a fireman from saving three children

B. never been in the war

C. acted heroically in dangerous situations

D. refused a medal in the last war

5. The woman was ______.

A. advertising her dog

B. happy to sell her dog

C. reluctant to sell her dog

D. Hoping her dog would earn thousand of dollars on television

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Motorola set out a special training plan programme for children last week with the aim of developing chil dren’s business skills and preparing them for a future as entrepreneurs.

Eighty-seven children aged between 12 and 16 from Beijing and Tianjin

attended the one-week training programme called “Youth Discovery” directed by Motorola University’s (MU) instruct ors and marketing specialists. The children learned about dealing with a practical problem-marketing and worked out a marketing plan by themselves. Last week 26 children of Motorola employees in Tianjin completed their training in the MU-Tianjin Learning Center.

Through the training programme, children learnt how to get information through different kinds of sources, determine end-user needs, make up messages of value to customers, and communicate using various means and equipment.

Educators acted only as t eam” directors” ,providing children to discover their own answers. The children gave their solutions to Motorola’s management and their parents on the last day of the programme.

The children, most of whom were primary and middle school students, presented themselves freely.

The students said that they preferred the open and practical way of learning.

“Youth Discovery” ,started by Motorola’s former president Robert Galvin, designed and carried out by Motorola University, aimed to bring the talents(才能) of young people into full play and encouraged them to discover how their skills can contribute to a team to help it reach an aim.

1．The underlined word” entrepreneurs” in the first paragraph probably means.______

A. schoolmasters

B. actors

C. managers

D. scientists 2．Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. The instructors taught the students how to work out a marketing plan.

B. The programme was started, designed and carried out by Motorola

University.

C. The programme is very common in Tianjin

D. The programme aims at developing the children’s ability to solve

practical problems.

3．What role do the educators play in the programme?

A. Presidents.

B. Directors.

C. Businessmen.

D. Employees. 4．“Youth Discovery” is a great success beca use______.

A. its way agrees with children’s characters of interest

B. it’s designed by Motorola University

C. the children’s parents took part in it

D. the children come from Beijing and Tianjin.

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Here are four pieces of news from China Daily.

SHANGHAI-The Huachen Group, which has put 83 million yuan in the development of the e-commerce market since its official registration late last year, recently held a meeting in Shanghai to show the use of its newly opened tourism business payment network. The network aims to serve tourists from all over the world, but especially from Europe and the United States where credit cards are popularly used. After opening the https://www.wendangku.net/doc/d110984802.html, website,

netizens can get information about hotels and tourism services on tourism page. Hotels and services can be reserved and payments made through credit cards. The network opened in February in Beijing.

SYDNEY-The Sydney Olympic flame will travel underwater on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef during the torch relay(火炬接力) following a successful test.

Scuba diver Wendy Craig, a marine biologist, will carry the torch on a three-to-four-minute underwater journey at Agincourt Reef on June 27, creating Olympic history, organizers said yesterday.

Burning at 2000 degrees, the torch is expected to remain alight three metres underwater because of a special kind of technology which creates a “fierce flame” -too powerful to be drowned out by water. Charles Tegner, managing director of torch creator, said the flame would burn like a flare from oxygen-producing chemicals.

BEIJING-The election of a new leader in T aiwan can not change the fact that Taiwan is a part of Chinese territory.” Taiwan Independence” in whatever form will never be allowed, acco rding to a statesman of China’s central government.

“We should listen to what the new leader in Taiwan says and watch what he does. We will observe where he will lead cross-Straits relations. We are willing to exchange views on cross-Straits relations and peaceful reunification with all parties, organizations and personages in Taiwan who favor(赞同) the one China principle,” says the statesman, which was released(发布)by the T aiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee.

HAIKOU-Customs officers in Haikou, capital of South China’s Hainan Province, recently stopped a boat loaded with 781 cases of foreign-brand cigarettes being smuggled(走私)into China. The cigarettes are estimated to be worth more than 1.8 million yuan, said a customs discovered the smuggling boat as they were going around the northern sea area of Yangpu Port.

The smuggled cigarettes cases, packed into two containers, were disguised to avoid(回避) being examined. The boat was registered(登记) in the coastal city of Xiamen in East China’s Fujian Province. All eight suspects(疑犯) aboard the boat were kept by the police in Haikou.

1．Why does the network aim to serve tourists especially from Europe and the USA?

A. Because they are from developed countries.

B. Because the payments of hotels and services should be made through

credit cards.

C. Because people in these countries travel much more than those

countries.

D. Because they have more computers than others.

2．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the second piece of news?

A. The whole torch relay will be held three metres underwater.

B. The underwater journey of the torch will play an important part in Olympic history.

C. A test has been made before this activity.

D. Some chemicals will help the flame burn by producing oxygen. 3．Which is the best title for the third piece of news?

A. Ready to Fight

B. No Good End

C. Wait and See

D. Peace Comes First

4．Which of the following best explains th e underlined word” disguised” in the last piece of news?

A. made different from normal

B. designed for a good purpose

C. hidden

D. pretended

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Forces other than damaging winds are also at work inside tornadoes(龙卷风). Sometimes, as the wind passes a house, the walls and ceiling burst apart as if a bomb had gone off inside. This explosion is caused by the low air pressure at

the center of a tornado.

The pressure at the center of a tornado is usually 13 pounds per square inch. However, inside the house the air pressure is normal, about 15 pounds per square inch. The difference of 2 pounds per square inch between the inside and outside pressure may not seem like much. But suppose a tornado passes over a small building that measures 20 by 10 by 10 feet. On each square inch of the building, there is 2 pounds of pressure from the inside that is not balanced by air pressure outside the building. On the ceiling, that adds up to an unbalanced pressure of 57600 pounds. The pressure of the four walls adds up to 172800 pounds.

If windows are open in the building, some of the inside air will rush out through them. This will balance the pressure inside and outside the building. But if the windows are shut tightly, the huge inside pressure may cause the building to burst.

Unfortunately, heavy rain often occurs in the storms that later produce tornadoes, so people often shut their windows. This may cause far worse damage later.

1．What did the paragraph before this passage most probably discuss?

A. Measuring rainfall from a storm

B. The powerful winds of tornadoes.

C. The kinds of damage caused by explosions

D. Repairing the damage from tornadoes.

2．Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

A. How tornadoes can be prevented.

B. When tornadoes usually occur.

C. Where tornadoes are formed.

D. Why tornadoes cause so much damage. 3．Tornadoes can destroy buildings because the______.

A. force of a tornado increases the air pressure in a building.

B. air pressure at the center of a tornado is over 172000 pounds.

C. weight of a tornado can destroy a building’s roof when it passes over

head.

D. air pressure inside a tornado is less than the air pressure inside a

building.

4．What is the difference per square inch between the air pressure inside a building and the air pressure inside a tornado?

A. 2 pounds.

B. 10 pounds.

C. 13 pounds.

D. 15 pounds.

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3．对症下药，各个击破。了解全文的大概意思之后，再把短文的问题简单看一遍，弄懂题意，然后带着问题再去寻读全文。这次阅读过程中要善于抓文章中的关键词句。寻读也就是迅速的查找需要了解的信息，是为某些特定的问题而阅读，因此阅读时要有较强的针对性，对与问题有关的数据，词句等仔细阅读，认真理解，同时结合不同考查内容的题型，采取如下解题对策： （1）事实询问题：这类试题通常是以疑问词what，who，when，where，why，how 等引起的特殊问句，就文章中某一词语、某一句子、某一段落或某一具体细节和事实进行提问。解答此类试题首先要弄清题目和每一个选项的含义，然后按题目要求寻找与之相关的细节，正确估计答案来源，同时注意题目和文章中的暗示作用。特别注意辨别各种信息，确认各种信息。 （2）推理判断题：此题要求我们通过表面文字信息去推测文章隐含的意思，对文章的发展情节及作者的态度、意图等做出合乎逻辑的的推理判断。这种题要求我们在阅读时要抓住文章的主题和细节、从分析文章的结构入手，根据上下文的内在联系，充分挖掘文章的深层含义。对暗含在文章中事件的因果关系，人物的动机，以及作者未言明的倾向、态度、意图、观点进行合乎逻辑的推理、分析和判断。同时善于抓住文中实质性的东西，不要被带假象的表面信息或似是而非的东西所迷惑。并且注意推断作者态度时要力求从作者的态度、观点去思考，切勿想当然，凭个人的观点习惯看法来回答的问题。 （3）数据推算题：此题要求我们就文章提供的数据，以及数据与文章中其他信息的关系做出计算和推断，然后做出选择。这就要求我们解题时，要在理解好题意的前提下去对与数据有关的信息认真分析，若数据信息较多，还要注意弄清数据之间的关系，同时分清有用与无用信息，最终作出正确判断。 （4）主旨大意题：此题用以考查我们对文章主题或中心思想的领会和理解能力。在解答此类试题时要注意每段的中心句，抓住每一段的主题句。一般主题句都用来表达一段主旨大意，因此，只要找准每段的主题句，文章的中心思想和文章的最佳标题也就不难确定了。

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