Mr. Briggs got a job with an insurance company(保险公司) after he left school and went around visiting people in their homes to sell them life insurance. One day, after he had been working for the company for about a year, the insurance manager sent for him and said, “Mr. Briggs, I have been looking at your record as a salesman with our company, and there is one thing that surprises me about it. Why have you been selling insurance only to people over 95 years old, and why have you been giving them such generous（宽厚的）conditions? You’ll ruin our company if you go on like that.”
“Oh, no, sir,” answered Mr. Briggs at once, “Before I started work, I looked at the figures(数字) for deaths in this country during the past ten years, and I can tell you that few people die at the age of 95.”Before he worked in an insurance company, what was Mr.
Briggs?
| A．He was a worker. | B．He was an official. |
| C．He was a student. | D．He was a businessman. |
The word “ruin” in the first paragraph means .
| A．lose | B．break | C．leave | D．destroy |
As a salesman with the company, Mr. Brigs .
| A．visited people to ask them to work with him |
| B．called on people to make them join the company |
| C．saw old people in order to help them |
| D．visited many people so as to offer insurance |
What was it that surprised the manager?
| A．Mr. Briggs sold life insurance only to 95 people. |
| B．Mr. Briggs sold insurance only to people of more than 95. |
| C．Mr. Briggs had ruined the insurance company. |
| D．Mr. Briggs gave people generous conditions. |
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
| A．Mr. Briggs had studied the figures for deaths for several years. |
| B．Mr. Briggs began to look at the figures after he started work. |
| C．A great number of very old people die every year. |
| D．The number of the very old people who died every year is |
small.
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His first fight was for the equal rights of black people in South Africa．Then, as the first black president he fought to unite the country and organize the government. Now Nelson Mandela has set his sights on a new enemy, AIDS.
On March 19 the 82-year-old, former president, hosted his second AIDS-awareness concert. He warned that 25 million people in Africa were already infected with the fatal disease.
Mandela was born in a small village in South Africa in 1918．He was adopted by the chief of his tribe (部族) and could have been a chief himself and lived a happy country life. But he refused to be a chief when his people lived under racial discrimination (种族歧视). He decided to fight for equal rights for all the people in South Africa．Before 1990, under the country's Racial Segregation Law , coloured and white people lived separately. Black people were treated unfairly even when taking a bus. Blacks had to stand at the back of the bus to make room for white people even when there were only a few of them on board.
For his opposition (反对) to the system Mandela was arrested and spent 27 years in prison. He was freed in 1990 and became the president of the country after the first elections were held in which everyone could vote.
Mandela was not only a political fighter who attacked with speeches. He was also a trained boxer (拳击手) and fought in the ring when he was young.
"Although I did not enjoy the violence of boxing, I was interested in how one moved one's body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat (撤退)," he wrote in his autobiography.
As a skilful fighter, he chose music as his weapon against AIDS. He hopes to win another victory against AIDS.
57．Nelson Mandela succeeded in doing the following EXCEPT _____.
A．winning the equal rights for the black people in South Africa
B．uniting South Africa
C．organizing a government in South Africa
D．controlling the spread of AIDS
58．If Nelson Mandela hadn’t fought against racial discrimination, he _____.
A．could easily have been the president of South Africa
B．could still have lived a happy life
C．could have been in a difficult situation
D．would have been an excellent boxer
59．It can be inferred that Nelson Mandela _____.
A．continues to help the black people with the political struggle
B．is taking a position in a music group
C．is taking on the world’s greatest fight against AIDS
D．is preparing for the next election of president
60．Which statement can best describe the life of Nelson Mandela?
A．Struggle is his life. B．Sports make his fame.
C．Fight for equal rights. D．Great fighter against government.
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LEEDS, England-A Leeds University psychology professor is teaching a course to help dozens of people forgive their enemies.
“The hatred (憎恨) we hold within us is a cancer,”Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.
More than 70 people have become members in Hart’s first 20-week workshop in London—a course he says is the first of its kind in the world.
These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian-born Hart.
The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every two weeks
The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hatred in these people.“People have lots of negative attitudes towards forgiveness,” he said.“People confuse（把……混同）forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one”.
Hart and his team have made instructions to provide the training needed.
“The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes toward the person you are angry with,”said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project, Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people“want to get free of the past”.
53.From this passage we know that_________.
A. high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hatred
B. high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professors
C. without hatred, people will have
less trouble connected with blood and heart
D. people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies
54.If you are angry with somebody, you should_________.
A. try your best to defeat him or her
B. never meet him or her again
C. persuade him or her to have a talk with you
D. relax yourself by not thinking of him or her any more
55.In Hart’s first 20-week workshop, people there can_________
A. meet their enemies B. change their minds
C. enjoy the professor’s speech D. learn how to quarrel with others
56. If you are a member in Hart’s workshop, you’ll_________.
A. pay much money to Hart B. go to the workshop every night
C. attend a gathering twice a month D. pour out everything stored in your mind
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Dear Abby,
This is my first letter to you, although I have been reading your column for many years. I need an outside opinion.
I am a grandmother in my 70s and have just returned from visiting my daughter, her husband and their three dearly loved children--all under the age of 5--and I'm upset with some of their parenting ways.
For example: They lock the doors to their children's bedrooms at night because the children might 
get out of their beds and wander around the house, and we may not hear them."
If one child should get punishment, all three are punished, and if one child says a naughty
word, all three are given hot sauce (辣酱汁) in the mouth. I know these parents love their children very much, but are these ways of disciplining them wise? Please understand, it is not my aim to interfere (干涉).
--- Gram
Dear Gram,
Children's bedroom doors should not be locked. Should a flash fire break out, it would be a nightmare (噩梦).Punishing all the children when only one has earned the punishment is a good way to make them grow up to hate each other. Children who use "naughty" words should not be punished with hot sauce in the mouth-they should be taught the proper and acceptable word to use instead of the "naughty" word.
--- Abby
49. Gram's daughter _____________.
A. is very strict with her children B. does not love her three children
C. always punishes her children at night D. often gives her children hot sauce
50. The passage doesn't say so, but from the lines you'll find that __________.
A. Gram likes writing letters B. Gram likes watching children
C. Gram likes reading newspapers D. Gram likes visiting her daughter
51. Gram writes the letter in order to ____________.
A. disclose her daughter's ways as a mother
B. criticize her daughter's ways as a mother
C. express her anger about her daughter s ways as a mom
D. get others' opinion about her daughter's ways as a mom
52. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Gram seems to care for her grand children very much.
B. Gram is against some of her daughter's ways as a mom.
C. Abby is for only one of Gram's daughter's ways as a mom.
D. Abby agrees with Gram about her daughter's ways as a mom.
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In ancient Greece people knew about the curing powers of the sun, but this knowledge was lost. At the end of the nineteenth century a Danish doctor, Niels Finsen, began to study the effect of sunlight on certain diseases, especially diseases of the skin.He was interested not only in natural sunlight but also in man-produced rays. Sunlight began to play a more important part in caring sick people.
A Swiss doctor, Auguste Rollier, made full use of the sun in his hospital at Leysin, which is a small village high up in the Alps.He found that sunlight, fresh air and good food cure a great many disease. He was particularly successful in curing certain forms of tuberculosis with his "suncure".
There were a large number of children in Dr. Rol]ier's hospital. He decided to start school where sick children could be cured and at the same time continue to learn. It was not long before his school was full. In winter, wearing only shorts, socks and boots, the children put on their skis after breakfast and left the hospital They carried small desks and chairs as well as their school- books. Their teacher led them over the snow until they reached a slope which faced the sun and was free from cold winds. There they set out their desks and chairs, and school began.
Although they wore hardly any clothes, Rollier's pupils were very seldom cold. That was because their bodies were full of energy, which they got from the sun. But the doctor knew that sunshine can also be dangerous. If, for example, tuberculosis is attacking the lungs, unwise sun- bathing may do great harm. Today there is not just one school in the sun. There are several in Switzerland, and since Switzerland is not the only country which has the right conditions, there are similar schools in other places.
45. Two doctors were mentioned in the passage because __________.
A. they both made use of sunlight to treat illness
B. they were the first to use sunlight for treatment
C. they were both famous European doctors
D. they used sunlight in very different ways
46. Dr. Rollier set up a "sun-cure" school probably for the reason that _________.
A. most children could stay in his hospital
B. children could study while being treated
C. the school was expected to be full of pupils
D. the school was high up in the mountains
47. Which of the following can best describe Dr. Rollier's school according to the fourth paragraph?
A. It is in the open and full of sunshine.
B. It lies on a slope facing cold winds.
C. It is open only in winters.
D. The pupils have classes in shorts.
48. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. "Sun-cure" schools are becoming popular everywhere.
B. Switzerland is the only country where "sun-cure" schools are popular.
C. Proper conditions are necessary for the running of a "sun-cure" school.
D. "Sun-cure" schools are found in countries where there is a lot of sunshine.
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第二部分：阅读理解（共25小题；第一节每小题2分；第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卡上。
A woman who was a student at the Central Conservatory of Music killed herself in Beijing, for a money-changing deal getting into trouble.
The 33-year-old graduate student in folk music was found dead in her bedroom on January. 14 during winter vacation.
She had written to a ~end that she wanted to die because she found her life “makes no sense.”
She probably joined m a money deal and could not return a large amount of money that she had promised to change into Hard currency(硬通货), sources said.
They said she had been asked to exchange 30,000 yuan into US dollars for actors going to perform in East Europe last year.
She seemed to have been cheated in the money deal. She was supposed to pay back the whole sum but was able to return only 10,000 yuan.
A school official said some students had joined in changing money though they knew it is against the Law.
41. The best headline for the above news story is _______________.
A. A Woman Was Cheated B. Deal Fails, Student Dies
C. Student Found Dead D. A Lesson For Us All
42. The woman killed herself most possibly because ___________
A. she failed to change the money into foreign currency B. she cheated some actors
C. she felt her life boring D. she could not return that good sum of money
43. According to the story, what does the word "sources" mean?
A. The people who gave the news. B. The officials in the conservatory.
C. The woman herself.D. The sources of a river.
44. According to the text, which of the following is true?
A. The woman managed to change only two-thirds of the money into hard currency.
B. She spent 20, 000 yuan.
C. She failed in the money-changing deal.
D. She got back only 10,000 yuan from the cheat.