H. Children are more likely to tell white lies.
C 4. All the following statements are true except . E. we lie differently to different types of people F. lies are far from easy to detect
G. people are more likely to tell men lies about others than about themselves H. men tell fewer lies than women
D 5. The word “detect” in the fifth line of the last paragraph is closest in meaning to . E. remind B. remember C. caution D. notice
Passage Thirteen 课本P.134
You can find a lot of beautiful faces on the covers of nearly all the popular magazines in Japan, but you will see few of them are smiling any more. This happens not only to the faces on magazine covers, but to most of the magazine readers as well. Carefree smiling is no longer in fashion in Japan. People find smiling beauties used for popular magazine covers have given way to closed-mouth sullenness in the last ten years. Both the stars on magazine covers and their readers say they can not smile any more. Young Japanese smiles are disappearing.
As a matter of fact, not only the amount of smiling but the way of smiling is changing. Some teachers are sad to notice that students now smile so rarely when greeting or talking. They only smile in self-congratulating, as when they get a good test score. Psychologists point out there are two basic types of smiles. Passive smiles are natural responses to something funny or pleasant. And there are active smiles, which people give to each other to show affection, friendliness or to make others feel easy. It is the latter that is disappearing now in Japan. Mr. Hiroto Murasawa, director of the Japan Academy of Facial Studies, says that one of explanations for this disappearance is that the teenagers refuse to get along with the people around them.
Read the passage and judge whether the following statements are true or false ( 阅读文章判断下列句子正确与否, 正确的用T表示, 不正确的用F 表示 ).
F 1. Magazine readers are sorry to find beautiful faces disappearing from magazine covers.
T2. Beauties with serious and sullen facial expression have replaced smiling ones on some popular magazines in the last decade.
T 3. Decreasing amount of smiling of the students saddens their teachers. T 4. The kind of smile which is disappearing is the active smile.
F 5. The fact that the Japanese teenagers are smiling less and less has been beyond any explanation up to now.
Passage Fourteen 练习册P.45
With the development of society, advertisements have become more and more important in our daily life.
Advertisements give recent information about products. If there were no advertisements., people could not know about goods in the shops. Advertising helps to make a bigger market. Therefore, as more goods are sold, they are cheaper. Advertisements also offer money for newspapers, magazines, radios and TV stations.
But there are some people who are against advertising. They say that advertisements do not give much information but only try to persuade you to buy. They show you the goods that are not really needed. Besides, advertising adds to the cost of the goods. Furthermore, they are ugly to look at and spoil our surrounding.
Actually, every coin has two sides; advertising is without exception. But in today’s world, advertising is not only necessary but also helpful.
Read the passage and choose the best answer ( 阅读文章选择最佳答案 )
B 1. According to the passage, which of the following is not an advantage of advertisements?
A. Giving information about goods. B. Adding to the cost of goods.
C. Helping to make a bigger market.
D. Offering money for newspaper, magazines, etc.
A 2. Some people are against advertising because they think that advertising . A. has more disadvantages than advantages B. can persuade people to buy more goods C. spoils our surroundings D. can add goods to the market
B 3. The writer advertisements. A. dislikes B. stands for
C. has no clear idea about D. thinks it neither good or bad about
C 4. The saying “Every coin has two sides” suggests that . A. advertising is more good than bad B. advertising is necessary above all
C. advertising has its advantages and disadvantages
D. advertising is needed even if it has more disadvantages B 5. Which title fits the passage best? A. An Advertisement B. On Advertising
C. Advertising in Market D. Advertising is Needed
Passage Fifteen 课本P.115
Large animals that live in the desert have a number of adaptations for reducing the effects of extreme heat. One adaptations is be light in color, and to reflect rather than absorb the sun’s rays. Desert mammals also differ from the normal mammals’ practice of maintaining a constant body
temperature. They don’t try to keep down their body temperature because to do this will cost a lot of water and energy. Desert mammals allow their temperature to rise high. Sometimes grand gazelles’ temperature may rise to as high as 46 degrees. The overheated body then cools down during the cold desert night, and indeed the temperature may fall unusually low by dawn, as low ad 34 degrees in the camel. This is an advantage since the heat of the few hours of daylight is absorbed in warming up the body, and an excessive buildup of heat does not begin until well into the day.
Another adaptation of large desert animals is to tolerate the loss of water to a surprising extent. The camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight as water without harm to itself, whereas human beings die after losing only 12 to 13 percent of their body weight. An equally important adaptation is the ability to replenish this water loss at one drink. Desert animals can drink an enormous amount of water in a short time. Camels can even take in 100 liters of water in a few minutes. A very thirsty person, on the other hand, cannot drink enough water at one session, because the human stomach is not big enough, and because a too rapid dilution of the body liquid causes death from water intoxication. The tolerance of water loss is of advantage in the desert, as animals don’t have to remain near a water hole but can obtain food far and wide in the desert. Desert-adapted animals have the further ability to feed normally when extremely thirsty: it is a common experience in people that appetite is lost even under conditions of moderate thirst.
Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions ( 阅读文章选择下列问题的最佳答案 ).
B 1. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Weather variations in the desert. B. Adaptations of desert animals. C. Diseases of desert animals. D. Human use of desert animals.
C 2. The word “maintaining” in line 5 of the first paragraph is closest in meaning to . A. measuring B. insisting C. keeping D. delaying C 3. The author uses grant’s gazelles as an example of . A. an animal with a low average temperature
B. an animal that is not as well adapted as the camel
C. a desert animal that can tolerate high body temperature D. a desert animal with a constant body temperature
A 4. When is the internal temperature of a large desert mammal lowest? A. Just before sunrise.
B. In the middle of the day. C. Just after sunset. D. Just after drinking.
A 5. The word “tolerate” in line I of the second paragraph is closest in meaning to . A. stand B. understand C. replace D. reduce
Ⅴ、Writing ( 写作 ).
Ⅰ. Translate the following English into Chinese ( 英译中 )
1. October 24–the UN birthday–is celebrated as United Nations Day. 10月24日---联合国的生
日--- 是作为联合国日来庆祝。
2. The United Nations encourage people to learn about other lands and their customs.联合国鼓
励人们了解别的地方和那里的风俗。
3. Insurance means coverage in the event of loss or destruction of property.保险意味着在财产
损失和破坏情况下的补偿。
4. Life insurance means that upon your death a specific amount of money will be paid to your
family.寿险指的是你的家庭在你寿终时候，被支付某一数目的钱款。
5. Generally, one has to insure his life, property and business.一般来说，一个人必须为他的寿
命，财产和产业保险。
6. Singapore is one of the few countries on the world where the number of tourists in a year is
greater than the population.新加坡是世界上少数几个一年之中旅游者人数超过本国人口数的国家之一。
7. Fortunately, the consistently warm weather makes it possible for tourism to be spread
throughout the year. 幸运的是，持续温暖的天气使旅游业能全年经营。
8. Many visitors make Singapore their sole holiday destination. 许多旅行者把新加坡作为唯
一的假日目的地。
9. The city is full of life and variety. 这个城市充满生气，极富变化。
10. Green is an important color in the nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees, the
color of most growing plants.绿色是自然界的重要颜色。它是草地和树上叶子的颜色，是绝大多数生长着的植物的颜色。
11. In everyday speech a 'green light' means approval to continue with a program or action. 在日
常言语中“绿灯”意味着同意继续进行某一项目或行动。
12. He picked up a sharp tool and somehow poked it into his eye.他捡起了一支利器，不知怎地
扎进了自己的眼睛里。
13. He was sent to a special school for the blind in Paris and learnt to read books which had large,
raised capital letters.他被送进巴黎一间专为盲童开设的学校里，学习阅读那些有大大的隆起的大写字母的书。
14. But in 1854, the school where Braille had been a student and a teacher adopted his system.但
在1854年，Braille 曾经就读和任教过的学校采用了他的盲文系统。
15. Paper is fast becoming one of the most useful products of the century. We are not only using
more and more of it, but its uses are still increasing.纸正在很快变为这个世纪最有用的产品。不仅用量越来越大，它的用法也在增加。
16. If the paper revolution continues, it may be possible some day to travel without any luggage.
如果纸的革命继续下去的话，那么有可能某一天出游不用带行李。
17. .It takes your place when circumstances make it impossible for you to be there in person. 当
环境使你无法亲自到场，信件就取代你的位置。
18. If you \
to write and receive letters.如果你“讨厌写信”,那只是因为你没有发现收发信件所带来的乐趣。
19. I don't think you are worth the time and effort it takes to write a letter.我认为花时间和精力
给你写信根本不值。
20. Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has at the same
time made many foods unfit to eat. 虽然科学取得巨大进展，使得食品更加适合食用，但同时它也使许多食品不适合食用。
21. Different cultures are prone to contract certain illnesses because of the food that is
characteristic in those cultures.许多文化更倾向患上某些疾病，是因为在这些文化中的具有特色的食品。
22. They become a large part of the workers in businesses and factories, and , in addition, they
are working up to important jobs which used to be held predominantly by men.她们中大部分成为很多企业和工厂的工人，而且，一些人做到过去主要是由男性把持的重要职务。 23. In general, they feel they are more liberated now and have an alternative to their old way of
life.总之，她们感到现在要更自由，能够拥有一种不同于过去生活的选择。
24. Taking an easterly direction, it passed, day and night; over Lake Ontario the balloon met with
hurricane, lost its rising power, and rapidly sank toward the water. 朝着向东的方向，它日夜兼程，在安大略湖上方气球遇到了龙卷风，失去了上升力，它快速向水面下降。
25. The whole distance traveled was 1,200 miles, and the time taken to complete the journey was
19 hours, with the average speed being a mile per minute.整个旅行过的距离是1，200英里，完成旅程花了19小时，平均一分钟一英里。
26. It is his intention to attempt such a voyage to England in the near future.他打算在不久的将
来航行去英格兰。
27. As the most photographed woman in the world and divorced wife of the heir to the British
throne, Diana died with her companion Dodi Al Fayed in the car.作为世界上摄像最多的女人和英国王位的继承人的离婚妻，戴安娜与她的同伴多迪阿尔法耶特死于一辆小车里。 28. French surgeon tried their best for hours to save the 36-year-old princess. But all in vain.法国
外科医生尽全力抢救这位36岁的王妃。但一切都是枉然。
29. People commonly believe that we get education at schools. Now, however, people say
today children interrupt their education to go school.人们通常认为我们在学校得到教育，然而现在人们说今天的孩子中断他们的教育去上学。
30. Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no
bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor.教育比起学校教育更开放和包容。教育无边界。它可在任何地方发生，无论是洗澡时还是在工作时，无论是在厨房里 ，还是在拖拉机上。
Ⅱ. Translate the following Chinese into English ( 中译英 )
(1) 课本P.110
李先生:
感谢您邀请我参加您与您夫人下周六为你兄弟举行的晚宴。我将很高兴出席, 并愉快地期待着见您的兄弟。
约翰·史密斯
Dear Mr.Li,