1 . It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee.     1     I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed     2    . I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls     3     their souls belonged to the     4    .

I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man     5     in front of it. “I’m Steve”, he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “I can’t talk with you. I’m     6    “, he said. He was chatting online with somebody - probably someone he didn’t know - and,     7     he was playing a computer game - a war game. I was     8    .

Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried     9    to speak to that computer geek (怪人),     10     not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no     11    . I was unhappy. I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “    12    !”

I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I    13    , and saw nobody showed any interest.

    14    , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more     15     having a relationship with the     16    , particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to     17     the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines     18     with people.

I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even     19     that the coffee was bad,    20     Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.

2 . A giant dam was built many years ago to control the Colorado River in the U.S. This dam was built to protect the land and houses around the river.

This huge dam is in the Black Canyon. It is possible to drive a car from one side of the river to the other on a road, which is on the top of the dam. This dam is so big that there is an elevator inside. The elevator goes down forty-four stories from the road to the bottom. There is enough concrete in this dam to build a highway from New York to San Francisco. Thousands of people worked on this dam for five years.

This huge dam was called Boulder Dam when it was finished in 1936.Later it was renamed Hoover Dam in honor of a president of the United States. Hoover Dam, one of the highest dams in the world, is situated between the states of Arizona and Nevada.

Q：Hoover Dam lies ______.

A．between Arizona and Nevada

B．in the Black Canyon

C．between New York and San Francisco

D．both A and B

3 . Would you BET on the future of this man？He is 53 years old. Most of his adult life has been a losing struggle against debt and misfortune. A war injury has made his left hand stop functioning，and he has often been in prison. Driven by heaven-knows-what motives，he determines to write a book.

The book turns out to be one that has appealed to the world for more than 350 years. That former prisoner was Cervantes，and the book was Don Quixote（《堂吉诃德》）. And the story poses an interesting question: why do some people discover new vitality and creativity to the end of their days，while others go to seed long before？

We’ve all known people who run out of steam before they reach life’s halfway mark. I’m not talking about those who fail to get to the top. We can’t all get there. I’m talking about people who have stopped learning on growing because they have adopted the fixed attitudes and opinions that all too often come with passing years.

……

What does the underlined part in Paragraph 3 probably mean？

A．End one’s struggle for liberty.

B．Waste one’s energy taking risks.

C．Miss the opportunity to succeed.

D．Lose the interest to continue learning.

4 . Invited by Mr. Ye Huixian, host of the well-received TV programme ＂Stars Tonight＂, Miss Luo Lin, Miss Asia of 1991, appeared as the guest hostess on the Shanghai TV screen last Sunday.

Born in Shanghai and taken to Hongkong when she was only six years old, Luo Lin has never dreamed of being Miss Asia. Her childhood dream was to be an air hostess. Before she took part in the competition, she had been an airhostess in Cathay Airline for seven years. However, it still took her three months to learn the art of walking on the stage, dancing, singing, making-up and other proper manners, designed by the Asia TV Station.

＂It’s really a hard job for me. I won’t enter for such competition any more. Anyhow, I am quite lucky. I am also glad to have had more chance to work for the social welfare since I won the title. This time, in Shanghai, I’d love to make a deep impression on my TV audience,＂ said Luo Lin with a sweet smile.

Q：Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Luo Lin is a native of Shanghai.

B．Luo Lin moved to Hongkong with her parents.

C．Luo Lin won the title of Miss Asia in 1991.

D．Asia TV Station helped Luo Lin to become Miss Asia.

5 . Plants can’t communicate by moving or making sounds, as most animals do. Instead, plants Produce volatile compounds, chemicals that easily change from a liquid to a gas. A flower’s sweet smell, for example, comes from volatile compounds that the plant produces to attract insects such as Bugs and bees.
Plants can also detect volatile compounds produced by other plants. A tree under attack by Hungry insets, for instance, may give off volatile compounds that let other trees know about the Attack. In response, the other trees may send off chemicals to keep the bugs away ——or even   Chemicals that attract the bugs’ natural enemies.
Now scientists have created a quick way to understand what plants are saying: a chemical Sensor（传感器）called an electronic nose. The “e-nose” can tell compounds that crop plants make When they’re attacked Scientists say the e-nose could help quickly detect whether plants are being Eaten by insects. But today the only way to detect such insects is to visually inspect individual Plants. This is a challenging task for managers of greenhouses, enclosed gardens than can house Thousands of plants.
The research team worked with an e-nose than recognizes volatile compounds. Inside the device, 13 sensors chemically react with volatile compounds Based on these interactions, the e-nose gives off electronic signals that the scientists analyze using computer software.
To test the nose, the team presented it with healthy leaves from cucumber, pepper and tomato plants, all common greenhouse crops. Then scientists collected samples of air around damaged leaves from each type of crop, These plants had been damaged by insects, or by scientists who made holes in the leaves with a hole punch（打孔器）. The e-nose, it turns out, could identify healthy cucumber, pepper and tomato plants based on The volatile compounds they produce, It could also identify tomato leaves that had been damaged. But even more impressive, the device could tell which type of damage ---- by insects or with a hole Punch ---- had been done to the tomato leaves.
With some fine-tuning, a device like the e-nose could one day be used in greenhouses to quickly spot harmful bugs, the researchers say. A device like this could also be used to identify fruits that are perfectly ripe and ready to pick and eat, says Natalia Dudareva, a biochemist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. who studies smells of flowers and plants. Hopefully, scientists believe, the device could bring large benefits to greenhouse managers in the near future.
1. We learn from the text that plants communicate with each other by____.

A．making some sounds	B．waving their leaves
C．producing some chemicals	D．sending out electronic signals

2. What did the scientists do to find out if the e-nose worked?

A．They presented it with all common crops.

B．They fixed 13 sensors inside the device.

C．They collected different damaged leaves.

D．They made tests on damaged and healthy leaves.

3. According to the writer, the most amazing thing about the e-nose is that it can___.

A．pick out ripe fruits

B．spot the insects quickly

C．distinguish different damages to the leaves

D．recognize unhealthy tomato leaves

4. We can infer from the last paragraph that the e-nose_____.

A．is unable to tell the smell of flowers

B．is not yet used in greenhouses

C．is designed by scientists at Purdue

D．is helpful in killing harmful insects

6 . Below are same classified ads from an English newspaper.

Classified ads FOR DORECT CLASSIFIED SERVICE CALL 800-0557 10 A.M.-4P.M. MONDAY-FRIDAY
FOR SALE ——————————— COME to our moving sale- Plants, pottery, books, clothes, etc.Sat,Dec.14th---9a.m.-5p.m. 1612 Femdale,Apt.1,800-4696 USED FUR COATS and JACKETS ,Good condition $30-$50.Call 800-0436 after 12 noon. MOVING; Must sell.TV21”, $50; AM/FM radio A/C or battery, $15; cassette tape recorder, $10.Call Jon or Pat, 800-0739 after 5p.m. or Weekends. SHEEPSKIN COAT: man’s size 42, 1year old. $85 after 6 p.m., 800-5224. LOST AND FOUND ——————————— FOUND; Cat, 6 months old, black and white markings. Found near Linden and South U. Steve.800-4661. LOST; Gold wire rim glasses In brown case. Campus area. Reward. Call Gregg 800-9662, FOUND: Nov.8th-----A black and white puppy in Packard-Jewett area 800-5770.	PERSONAL ———————————— OVERSEAS JOBS—Australia, Europe, S. America, Africa. Students all professions and occupation, $700 to $3000 monthly. Expenses paid, overtime sightseeing. Free information at STUDENTS’ UNION. THE INTERNATIONAL ———————————— CENTER plans to publish a booklet of student travel adventures . If you’d like to write about your foreign experiences, unusual or just plain interesting, call us (800-9310) and ask for Mike or Janet. UNSURE WHAT TO DO? Life-Planning Workshop. Dec. 13th-15th. Bob and Margaret Atwood, 800-0046. ROOMMATES ———————————— FEMALE ROOMMATE WANTED: Own room near- campus. Available December 1# . Rent $300 per month until March 1#. $450 thereafter. Call Jill for details, 800-7839. NEED PERSON to assume lease for own bedroom in apt. near campus, $380/mo.starting Jan. 1# Call 800-6157 after 5 p.m.	DOMESTIC SERVICE ———————————— EARLY HOUR WAKE-UP SERVICE: For prompt, courteous wake-up service, call 800-0760. HELP WANTED ———————————— BABYSITTER—MY HOME If you are available a few hours during the day, and some evening to care for 2 school-age children, please call Gayle Moore, days 800-1111, evening and weekends 800-4964. PERSONS WANTED for Delivery work Own Transportation Good pay Apply 2311 E. Stadium. Office 101, after 9a.m. TELEPHONE RECEPTION- IST WANTED. NO experience Necessary Good pay. Apply 2311 E. Stadium. office 101, after 9a.m. WAITRESS WANTED: 10a.m.-2p.m.or 10:30 a.m.- 5p.m. Apply inperson,2075 Main. Curtis Restaurant. HELP WANTED for house Cleaning 1/2 day on weekends When—to be discussed for mutual convenience. Good wages. Sylvan Street. Call 800-2817.

1. Where will you post a notice if you need someone to look after your children?
A. PERSONAL.                                     B. HELP WANTED.
C. DOMMESTIC SERVICE.                    D. ROOMMATES.
2. A second-hand jacket will probably cost you________.

A．$60

B．$40

C．$20

D．$10

3. To have your travel notes published, you may contact_________.

A．Students’ Union	B．Gayle Moore
C．The International Center	D．Life-Planning Workshop

4. If you want to have someone wake you up in the morning, you may call_________.

A．800-5224	B．800-5770
C．800-7839	D．800-0760