1 . When Ruben Rausing presented a new idea for packaging milk in 1952 many people shook their heads in disbelief. The invention, which he named Tetra Pak, looked like a miniature pyramid and was made out of paper. Some feared it would leak (渗漏); others said they would much rather stick to glass bottles.

In spite of this resistance (抵制), Rausing did not give up. Today his ideas are used all over the world. Since the 1950s, the Rausings have become one of the four richest families in the world. They run an international company producing some 30-40 billion units a year of packaging, for milk, cream, soft drinks and even table wine.

Ruben Rausing's idea was that milk should be packaged in a way similar to how sausage meat is crammed (塞入) into a skin. He invented a machine that produced a long paper tube that could be cut off and sealed at both ends after having been filled with milk.

His first model, the pyramid-shaped Tetra, soon became a hit. Shoppers found it lighter to carry than traditional milk bottles. But it had a serious disadvantage — it was taking up too much space in the fridge. So Rausing went on to make a small box. This model was easier to store, and is today the most common kind of packaging in many countries throughout the world. In Europe, one out of two milk packages are made from the Rausing empire. It has conquered a big market share in Asia and Australia. Ruben Rausing was not only a clever inventor. He also understood how to run a successful business. He and his two sons, Gad and Hans, built up Tetra Pak as a family-owned group of some 40 companies, almost all of them in the packaging industry.

Though their products are famous, the Rausings live a secluded life. They are wary of showing off their wealth and so try to avoid publicity, particularly since an attempt was made to kidnap (绑架) one of the family members some years ago.

1. Which word can best describe Rausing?

A．Short-sighted.	B．Self-centered.
C．Warm-hearted.	D．Strong-minded.

2. Compared with the first type of Tetra Pak, the second one was _____.

A．harder	B．smaller
C．less common	D．more expensive

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．People felt hopeful about Tetra Pak at first.

B．Rausing succeeded in many different industries.

C．Rausing controlled half of Asia’s milk production.

D．The Rausings are careful about showing off their wealth.

2 . A poor traveller stopped under the tree to eat the boiled rice and vegetalbes which he had brought with him. A few metres away, there was a small shop by the side of the road where a woman was frying fish and selling it to travellers. The woman watched the poor traveller carefully, and when he finished his food and began to go, she shouted rudely, “You haven’t paid me for the fried fish!”

“But I have not had any fried fish !” he said.

“But everyone can see that you enjoyed the smell of my fried fish with your rice and vegetables,” said the woman, “If you had not smelled the fish, your meal would not have been so pleasant!”

Soon a crowd collected, and although they supported the poor traveller, they had to admit that wind was blowing from the shop to the place where he had eaten, and that it had carried the smell of the fried fish to him.

Finally, the woman took the poor traveller to a judge, who said: “The woman says that the traveller ate his meal with the smell of her fried fish. The traveller agrees that the wind was blowing from the woman’s shop to the place where he ate his rice and vegetables and that it carried the smell of her fried fish to his nose while he was eating, so he must pay for it . What does your fried fish cost?” he asked the woman.

“Twenty-five cents a plate,” she answered, delighted.

“Then go outside together,” said the judge. “There the traveler must hold up a twenty-five-cent piece so that its shadow(影子) falls on the woman’s hand. The price of the smell of a plate of fried fish is the shadow of twenty-five cents.”

1. Why did the traveler refuse to pay the woman for the fried fish? Because __________.

A．he was poor	B．he was rude
C．he was supported by a crowd.	D．he hadn’t eaten her fried fish at all

2. When the judge asked the woman a question, she felt ___________.

A．excited	B．anxious
C．glad	D．angry

3. Which of the following statements is true?

A．The traveller bought the boiled rice and vegetables and ate them by the side of the road.

B．The judge had no idea what the woman meant.

C．In the fifth paragraph, the first “it” has the same meaning as the second “it”.

D．The woman got nothing but the shadow of twenty-five cents in the end.

3 . We know the westerners like to plan for their time carefully in order to do all the things that are important to them. So if your American or English friend asks you to dinner, he usually invites you a week ahead. But if you really have no time and can’t go to the dinner, you can ring him to say sorry. The dinner is usually served at home, sometimes at a restaurant. You should get there on time, and don’t forget to put on your fine clothes. It is also a good idea to take some little presents to your friend, such as flowers, chocolates and so on. When you are at dinner, you should also observe (遵守) some other customs. Here I’ll give you some dos and don’ts about them in the following:

1) Don’t leave bones on the table or the floor. (You should put them on your plate with fingers.)

2) Don’t use your bowl to drink soup, but use your spoon to help you instead,

3)   Don’t talk with much food in your mouth.

4)   Don’t ask others to have more wine. (This is quite different from that in China.)

5)   After dinner, use you r napkin (餐巾) to clean your mouth and hands.

6)   Make sure small pieces of food are not left on your face.

Then after dinner, you can stay there a little time. And your friend will be pleased if you leave in half an hour or so. Next day, you had better ring him up to thank him for the good dinner.

1. If your American or English friend wants to invite you to dinner, he will invite you _____.

A．on the night before the dinner	B．on the day before the dinner
C．a week before the dinner	D．at the last moment

2. When you come to the dinner, you’d better_____.

A．get there a bit earlier

B．put on your usual clothes

C．take some presents like flowers, chocolates and so on

D．take your best friends with you

3. It would be impolite to______.

A．put bones on your plates with fingers

B．persuade others to drink more

C．drink soup with your spoon

D．make sure that there is nothing left on your face after dinner

4. Which of the following is not true?

A．After dinner, you’d better stay and talk with your friends for a long time to show your thanks.

B．You’d better ring your friend the next day to show your thanks.

C．After dinner, you’d better leave in half an hour.

D．After dinner, use napkin to clean you r mouth.

5. The best title for this passage would be_____.

A．Custom in England and America	B．Custom in the West
C．Living Custom in the West	D．Custom at Dinner Table in the West

4 . We often hear people talking about a generation gap (代沟). The name is new, but the idea is old. Young people and their parents don’t understand each other. The world has always kept changing. During the second century after Christ a wise man said, “Bury me on my face because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.”
There has always been a gap between generations, but more people talk about it now. Old Mr. Ellis thinks he understands what has happened.
“When I was a boy, I thought the world was a beautiful place. My life was very pleasant. But when I was older, I learned about people who were treated badly and people who didn’t have enough to eat. I wanted to help them, and I married a girl who wanted to help them, too. We went to meetings and talked a lot, but it didn’t seem to make much difference. ”
“Our children grew up in a world at war. They didn’t know when the fighting would stop. They wanted their children to have nice clothes and toys. They didn’t want to think about the future. They thought nothing could be done about it.”
“Now I have grandchildren, and they have their own ideas. They are trying to make the world better. They are trying to help other people. They’re making people listen to them. I am proud of their generation.”
1. The wise man mentioned in the text told people to bury him on his face so that when everything is turned upside down he will _____.

A．lie on his stomach	B．lie on his back
C．stand quietly	D．sit in peace

2. Which generation did NOT want to do anything to make the world a better one?

A．Mr. Ellis’ generation

B．His children’s generation

C．His grandchildren’s generation

D．None of the above.

3. Which generation is/was more efficient in making the world a better one?

A．Mr. Ellis’ generation.

B．His children’s generation.

C．His grandchildren’s generation.

D．None of the above.

4. What is the writer’s attitude（态度，看法） towards the generation gap?

A．Unacceptable.	B．Awful.
C．Funny.	D．Common.

5 . I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job．I also think my work is important．There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career（职业）．

I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwork．In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn’t have much to offer．I just accepted that I wasn’t the type to have a career．

I then found myself a job．Looking after two little girls，It wasn’t too bad at first．But the problems began when I agreed to live in，so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening．We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week，she’d give me time off the next．But unfortunately，it didn’t often work out．I was getting extremely tired and fed up，because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children．

One Sunday，I was in the park with the children，and met Megan who used to go to school with me，I told her about my situation．She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification（资格证书）if I wanted to work with children．I didn’t think I would be accepted because I didn’t take many exams in school．She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful．My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part – time course．I had to leave my job with the family，and got work helping out at a kindergarten．

Now I’ve got a full – time job there．I shall always be thankful to Megan．I wish I had known earlier that you could have a career，even if you aren’t top of the class at school．

1. What is the author’s present job？

A．Working part – time in a college．

B．Taking care of children for a family．

C．Helping children with their schoolwork．

D．Looking after children at a kindergarten．

2. When staying with the two girls’family，the author__________．

A．was paid for extra work

B．often worked long hours

C．got much help from her boss

D．took a day off every other week

3. Why did the author leave her first job？

A．She found a full – time job．

B．She was fed up with children．

C．She decided to attend a part – time course．

D．She needed a rest after working extra hours．

4. What has the author learned from her own experiences？

A．Less successful students can still have a career．

B．Qualifications are necessary for a career．

C．Hard work makes an excellent student．

D．One must choose the job she likes．

6 . 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧场）house in a large valley. _______ seemed to be all right，yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up，and angry，dark clouds _______ across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. _______，the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly _______ Raul. The thunder（雷声）was so loud that he buried his _______ in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoofbeats（蹄声）. He _______ There before him stood a tall, white_______ An old man stared down at him from its back. “Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?" asked Raul.“My name is Gray Cloud,”the old man answered_______．"Come with me.”
Raul followed on his horse. A _______ feeling came over him. All ________ them the rain was pouring down，________ not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be ________back toward Raul' s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found ________ at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse，________ his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were ________
Raul's father ran out across the yard to ________ him. "We have been ________ sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let's get in out of the ________．”
"Wait,”said Raul. "Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?"
"Can't say I…wait. I ________my great-grandfather used to tell stories about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was ________ by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?"1.

A．Something

B．Everything

C．Anything

D．Nothing

2.

A．dropped

B．fell

C．rolled

D．covered

3.

A．Suddenly

B．Strongly

C．Quickly

D．Hardly

4.

A．beating

B．blinding

C．burning

D．touching

5.

A．nose

B．hair

C．neck

D．head

6.

A．looked up

B．woke up

C．lay down

D．sat down

7.

A．tiger

B．horse

C．lion

D．elephant

8.

A．lazily

B．angrily

C．coldly

D．slowly

9.

A．natural

B．common

C．strange

D．bad

10.

A．around

B．beside

C．through

D．above

11.

A．yet

B．for

C．so

D．or

12.

A．walking

B．leading

C．heading

D．returning

13.

A．them

B．themselves

C．him

D．himself

14.

A．shook

B．waved

C．held

D．took

15.

A．gone

B．left

C．followed

D．lost

16.

A．see

B．meet

C．beat

D．ask

17.

A．waited

B．thought

C．worried

D．excited

18.

A．yard

B．wind

C．grass

D．rain

19.

A．believe

B．consider

C．doubt

D．forget

20.

A．defeated

B．caught

C．damaged

D．struck

7 . The expression “Go for it!” is a way of encouraging someone to try something.
“Go for it!” means you should not worry about failure or be too careful. You should take a chance, be brave, and act firmly.
“Go for it!” gets name from football. Not football as it is played in most countries such as England, Egypt or Japan, but the kind of football played in the United States and Canada.
One of the most exciting times in football comes when a team has failed, after three attempts, to move the ball forward ten yards. The team must make a critical decision.
The conservative choice is to kick the ball and accept temporary defeat in order to gain a good position for your team the next time it gets the ball. The more exciting choice, however, is to try a fourth and final time to gain the remaining yards needed.
In the nineteen eighties, people began using this expression in many kinds of situations to encourage someone to act bravely.
There is no guarantee(保证) that the action you “Go for it!” will succeed. But that is the chance you take when you decide to go for it. You put your fears behind. You choose courage over safety. You hold your breath and go for it.
1. The expression “Go for it!” comes from______.

A．English football

B．Egyptian football

C．Japanese football

D．American football

2. According to the passage, when we decide to go for it, we only consider______.

A．safety

B．action

C．result

D．situation

3. In which of the following situations should we use the expression nowadays?

A．We decide to avoid trouble or danger for the future.

B．We try to improve our English for better education.

C．We need to make a quick decision at the last moment.

D．We have to make a choice between success and failure.

8 . A rich man was camping alone on a hill. One day it began to rain and the rain made the tent wet. At last he ____   make his way home. As he passed a beautiful house he ___to look for rest. A lady in ___   walked past him with her __ holding up high. Following her were her two pretty daughters. They stopped and stared at him ___ .

“Who are you? We don’t like tramps (流浪汉) going ___our home.” one of them shouted.

“Go away at once.” cried the other.

“But I’m not a ___.”said the man, “All I want is food and stay for the night.”

“How ___you come here? Go away at once!” they __, “We don’t like your feet around our house. Go, go!”

The man moved on and reached a ___house. On entering it he saw a __ preparing their supper. Though the light was ___ and the furniture was poor, it made him feel __ and comfortable.

“Can I have some ___   and rest for the night?” he asked. “Of course, friend,” said the woman, bringing forward a little chair for him. “We are going to ___ our supper. Come and ___ us.”

The food was not ____   but they shared it with the stranger. That night they let him sleep on their bed ___ they themselves used the stable (厩). Early the next morning, the man said good-bye to them. Their _____ left him a memory full of thanks.

When he reached home he ____ ordered a lovely house to be built for the couple in the woods.

1.

A．had to

B．must

C．should

D．would

2.

A．tried

B．managed

C．asked

D．stopped

3.

A．sight

B．cloth

C．silk

D．trouble

4.

A．nose

B．head

C．eyes

D．hands

5.

A．curiously

B．suddenly

C．surprisingly

D．angrily

6.

A．around

B．over

C．to

D．at

7.

A．madam

B．tramp

C．thief

D．stranger

8.

A．do

B．can

C．will

D．dare

9.

A．explained

B．continued

C．repeated

D．announced

10.

A．big

B．small

C．lovely

D．dirty

11.

A．woman

B．man

C．person

D．couple

12.

A．weak

B．bright

C．dark

D．strong

13.

A．sad

B．cold

C．warm

D．clean

14.

A．cloth

B．food

C．light

D．chair

15.

A．prepare

B．cook

C．buy

D．have

16.

A．join

B．help

C．attend

D．enjoy

17.

A．enough

B．scary

C．short

D．lot

18.

A．and

B．while

C．then

D．when

19.

A．coldness

B．sickness

C．kindness

D．thank

20.

A．quickly

B．finally

C．happily

D．quietly

9 . The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light，I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff they call “books”．
I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed？”I asked myself. I didn't answer, in fact I dared not.
The clock struck twelve. “Oh, dear！”I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed！”We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate (绝望的) now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
1. When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were ________.

A．asleep	B．working in bed
C．outside	D．quietly laughing at him

2. Reviewing his lessons didn't help him because ________.

A．it was too late at night

B．he was very tired

C．his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn't keep them open

D．he hadn't studied hard before the examination

3. What do you suppose happened to the author?

A．He went to a church to pray again.

B．He passed the exam by sheer luck.

C．He failed in the exam.

D．He was punished by his teacher.

4. The best title for the passage would be ________.

A．The Night Before the Examination

B．Working Far into the Night

C．A Slow Student

D．Going Over My Lessons

10 . For almost two months Dominic York, a 23-year-old hairdresser(理发师), wandered(徘徊) about hospitals all night, wearing a white coat and pretending he was a doctor. Yesterday he proudly said in court that despite his complete lack of medical experience or qualifications(资格), he had saved several people’s lives. He had even been allowed to help a surgeon(外科医生) during an emergency operation on a patient who was about to die on something she had swallowed(吞).
“I watched one of those TV dramas about a hospital and suddenly I felt like playing one of the roles myself. So I put on a white jacket and a stethoscope(听诊器)and walked around one of the biggest hospital in London. At first I just watched. Once you learn how doctors talk to patients, nurses and other doctors, it’s easy to take people in,” he said.
One of the patients he treated was Laura Kennan. She had been knocked down by a car and fainted. When she came to in hospital, York was standing over her.
“He looked very professional(专业的). He told me his name was Doctor Simon. Then he gave me some sort of injection(注射),” she said. And then he suddenly went away when a nurse asked who he was. She didn’t think there was anything wrong. “I would never have realized he was a fake(冒牌货) if a policewoman hadn’t showed me his photograph a week later. When the policewoman told me who he really was, I could hardly believe my ears.”
Judge Raymond Adams told York that he was “ shocked and horrified” that he got away with his deceiving(欺骗) for so long, and then sentenced(判刑) him to eighteen months in a special prison for criminals with mental disorders.
“I can only hope that this will not lead to further problems. After all, you will have considerable opportunity to study the behavior of the psychiatrists (精神科医生) who will look after you while you are there. If you try to persuade people that you yourself are a psychiatrist after you are set free, I shall make sure that you are given a much longer sentence.” Judge Adams warned York.
1. York was proud of the fact that ___________.

A．a surgeon let him watch an operation.

B．he could perform some duties of a doctor.

C．he had cheated doctors for so long

D．people thought he could become a real doctor

2. York learned how to behave like a doctor by __________.

A．watching other doctors work	B．talking to doctors and nurses
C．getting some training and experience	D．observing doctors while he was a patient

3. Why was Laura Kennan in hospital?

A．She had swallowed something and almost died.

B．She had to have and emergency operation.

C．She had been injured in a road accident.

D．She had lost consciousness while driving.

4. The judge’s remark implied that York would be more severely(严厉) punished if he _________.

A．pretended to be a psychiatrist	B．tried to get away from prison
C．was proud of what he had done	D．studied the behaviour of the psychiatrist