Hi, I’m your tooth. I’ve been asked to represent the rest of your teeth. We need your help. We are feeling a bit neglected and we need your help.
First, let me tell you a little about us. You weren’t born with our predecessors(前辈),the baby teeth.They developed when you were about six or seven months old. Then they were all ready to chew.You went from milk to real food in no time thanks to your twenty primary teeth. Finally, they loosened and fell out, one at a time, probably about the time you were six or seven years old.
Then we came into your life. We are your permanent teeth, all twenty-eight of us. Some people may even have thirty-two depending on those wisdom teeth in the back. Sometimes they come in, and sometimes they cause trouble.You just never know about them. Many times wisdom teeth come in wrong directions and have to be pulled out. Some people don’t even have them at all!
On a more personal note, I am an tooth in the front of your mouth, and you have seven more just like me here. We do the biting on those chocolate chip cookies you like so much. Next to us are four sharp teeth, two on either side. Their job is to tear food; pizza is a good one for them. Behind them are eight premolars(小臼齿) and eight to twelve molars, depending on those wisdom teeth. The molars do the majority of the work chewing and breaking or crushing the food that you eat. They do a great job on those carrots you like so much!
To keep us healthy,we need to be brushed twice a day.Instead of a quick brushing,brush us for at least two to three minutes.If we don’t get cleaned,you could lose some of us.That’s definitely not what you want,is it?From the passage we can infer that ___.
| A．the teeth’s main job is to digest the food we eat |
| B．we should take good care of our teeth |
| C．some children are born with several baby teeth |
| D．primary teech fall out when we are six or seven months old |
How many teeth does a four-year-old boy usually have?
| A．Twenty |
| B．Twenty-four |
| C．Twenty-eight |
| D．Thirty-two |
Wisdom teeth are sometimes pulled out mainly because ___.
| A．they are useless |
| B．there are too many of them |
| C．they come in wrong places |
| D．they grow in wrong direction |
The speaker “I” in this passage is ___.
| A．a wisdom tooth |
| B．a baby tooth |
| C．a sharp tooth |
| D．a permanent tooth |
Although computers used to be large, expensive and difficult to use, they have been made smaller, cheaper and easier to use. As a result, more people have been buying computers for their homes and businesses. They are used to record information and make difficult things easy.
Let’s look at some of the many ways computers may affect(影响) your life.
Want to get the best treatment at hospitals? Your doctors at hospitals have been greatly helped by computers to get information about patients. It is possible for doctors from different hospitals to read the records of patients, discuss them and make decisions on the best treatment. It would, at one time, take them hours and days to do so.
Want to talk to your friends both at home and abroad? Then it’s necessary to connect your computer to the Internet and set up your own e-mail letter box. You can then collect and send mails in seconds. It will be a waste of time and money to post your letters.
Want to get advice from Michael Jordan on how to play basketball like a NBA super star? Now it is possible to find out what it is on the Internet.
But if you think you have entered the information age because you have the chance to use the Internet, you are wrong. The reason is quite a simple one:over 98 percent of the information on the Internet is in English. The information on-line won’t be helpful to you unless you can use English freely.
| A．small | B．easy to use |
| C．cheap | D．dear |
| A．get information about patients |
| B．make decisions on the best treatment |
| C．talk to their friends at home and abroad |
| D．read the records of patients |
| A．use the Internet to send and receive e-mails |
| B．put up a letter box in front of the house |
| C．go to the post office to post letters |
| D．all of the above |
| A．治疗 | B．对待 | C．药品 | D．病房 |
| A．Modern Computers | B．Computers In Your Life |
| C．Learn English Well | D．Why Don’t You Buy A Computer? |
TV PROGRAMMES
Channel 1 Channel 2
18:00 Around China 17:45 Computers today
18:30 Children’s programme(节目) 18:10 Foreign arts
19:00 News18:30 English classroom
19:30 Weather report 19:00 Animal world
19:40 Around the world 19:25 China ’99
20:10 TV play: Sisters 20:20 Sports
21:00 English for today 21:00 TV play: Guo Lanying
21:15 Popular music 21:45 English news
21:55 Talk show22:06 On TV next week
| A．TV play | B．Sports |
| C．Around the world | D．Talk show |
| A．Sisters | B．Around China |
| C．Around the world | D．On TV next week |
| A．Around China | B．Animal world |
| C．TV play | D．Foreign arts |
| A．lets you know something about classrooms |
| B．tells you something about students |
| C．lets you know something about school life |
| D．teaches you English |
| A．news | B．programmes |
| C．people | D．places |
The traditional distinction between products that satisfy needs and those that satisfy wants is no longer adequate to describe classes of products. In today’s prosperous societies, the distinction has become unclear because so many wants have been turned into needs. A writer, for instance, can work with paper and pencils. These are legal needs for the task. But the work can be done more quickly and efficiently with a word processor. Thus a computer is soon viewed as a need rather than a want.
In the field of marketing, consumer goods are classed according to the way in which they are purchased. The two main classes are convenience goods and shopping goods. Two lesser types are specialty goods and unsought(主动提供的) goods. It must be emphasized that all of these types are based on the way shoppers think about products, not on the nature of the products themselves. What is regarded as a convenience item in France (wine, for example) should be a specialty goods in the United States.
People do not spend a great deal of time shopping for such convenience items as groceries, newspapers, toothpaste, aspirin, and candy. The buying of convenience goods may be done routinely, as some families buy groceries once a week. Such regularly purchased items are called staples. Sometimes convenience products are bought without enough thinking; someone has a sudden desire for an ice cream sundae(圣代) on a hot day. Or they may be purchased as emergency items.
Shopping goods are items for which customers search. They compare prices, quality, and styles, and may visit a number of stores before making a decision. Buying an automobile is often done this way.
Shopping goods fall into two classes; those that are recognized as basically the same and those that are regarded as different. Items that are looked upon as basically the same include such things as home appliances, television sets, and automobiles. Having decided on the model desired, the customer is primarily interested in getting the item at the most favorable price. Items regarded as essentially different include clothing, furniture, and dishes. Quality, style and fashion will either take precedence(优先) over price, or they will not matter at all.It can be learned from the first paragraph that ______.
| A．a writer needs a word processor |
| B．needs and wants can’t be separated clearly |
| C．the way to distinguish the products is unimportant |
| D．a computer is a need rather than a want |
The example of wine is used to illustrate that ______.
| A．goods are classified differently in different countries |
| B．the types of the product lie on the people rather than its nature |
| C．Frenchmen often drink but Americans sometimes do |
| D．one product may belong to many types |
Staples are items that ______.
| A．are convenient to purchase |
| B．are purchased without enough thinking |
| C．people “want but don’t need” |
| D．people are in constant need of |
Shopping goods that are considered as basically the same are those that ______.
| A．consumers don’t care where to buy them |
| B．consumers spend much time searching for |
| C．satisfy similar needs of the consumer |
| D．can be found in nearly every shop |
Downing the last drop of an expensive famous brand H2O as well as remembering to throw the empty bottle in the recycling bin, makes you feel pretty good about yourself, right? It shouldn’t. Even when the bottles are recycled, there are all kinds of other consequences of swallowing bottled water, says Melissa Peffers, the air-quality program manager for Environmental Defense.
The containers are often filled in faraway lands, then shipped from abroad, and stored in refrigerators at your local store. Compare that with the influence on environment of turning on your tap, filling a glass, and drinking up!
Anyone who is choosing bottled water for health reasons is misguided, says Peffers, “Most bottled water is just tap water.” And what comes out of your tap is carefully monitored to follow the strict rules. Consider another fact that bottled water is surprisingly expensive, especially when compared with the alternative, which is almost free, and it is astonishing that America’s desire for bottled water seems impossible to satisfy, reaching nearly 30 billion bottles a year.
“My parents’ generation never had bottled water,” says Isabelle Silverman, an Environmental Defense legal adviser. She has made a commitment to going bottle free. “You don’t need to fetch it home from the store, and it’s cheaper,” she adds.
Bottled water’s role as a status symbol needs to change, Peffers points out. So when a waiter at an expensive restaurant offers “And what’s your drink?” that’s no reason to forget your conviction(信念). “Don’t be afraid to say, ‘I’ll have tap.’ Say it loud enough that the other tables nearby can hear you,” Peffers says. “And then spend that money on a dessert.”In the first paragraph, the underlined sentence “It shouldn’t.” suggest that people _______.
| A．shouldn’t feel pleased with finishing the water in the bottle. |
| B．shouldn’t feel good about drinking an expensive brand H2O. |
| C．shouldn’t be pleased with just recycling empty bottles. |
| D．shouldn’t be satisfied with drinking only bottled water. |
According to the author, tap water is _______.
| A．as safe as bottled water | B．morel likely to be polluted |
| C．healthier than bottle water | D．less convenient than bottled water |
The underlined part “going bottle free” (in Para. 4) means “_______”.
| A．making bottled water free |
| B．giving up bottled water |
| C．recycling use water bottles |
| D．providing free water containers |
Why does Peffers ask people to say “I’ll have tap.” Loudly?
| A．To encourage them to set an example for others to follow. |
| B．To advise them to save the money for one more dessert. |
| C．To remind them to be aware of their social status. |
| D．To persuade them to speak confidently in public. |
John Blanchard was studying the crowd making their way through the station. He was looking for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose.
When reading a book in a Florida library a year before, John became interested not in the contents of the book, but in the notes penciled in the margin. The handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and beautiful mind. He discovered the former owner's name in the front of the book: Miss Hollis Maynell.
He located her address and wrote a letter introducing himself. The next day he was shipped overseas to serve in the army. During the next year, they grew to know each other through the mail and their friendship developed. John requested a photograph, but she refused, saying if he really cared, it wouldn't matter what she looked like. When the day finally came for him to return home, their first meeting was suggested — 7:00 p.m. at the Grand Central Station in New York.
She wrote, “You’ll recognize me by the red rose I wear on my coat.” So now John was in the station to meet the girl with a rose.
As a pretty and slim girl in green came over, John noticed her blue eyes like flowers in spring. He walked directly towards her, entirely forgetting she was not wearing a rose. As John came closer to her, he saw another woman with a red rose stood nearby. Well past 40, this woman had graying hair done under a worn hat. Seeing the girl in green walk quickly away, John felt as if he were split in two. He desired to follow that girl, but longed for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and supported him.
The woman looked gentle and sensible. John went to her, saying, “I’m Captain John Blanchard. You must be Miss Maynell. I am glad to meet you here. May I take you to dinner?”
She replied with a smile, “I don’t know what this is about. But the lady in green who just went by, begged me to wear this rose on my coat. She said if you asked me out to dinner, I’d tell you she is waiting for you in the big restaurant across the street. She said it was some kind of test!”John was eager to know the former owner of the book because he______.
| A．was very interested in the contents of the book |
| B．was impressed by the notes written by its owner |
| C．wanted to improve his handwriting |
| D．wanted to discuss the book with her |
What happened to John after getting in touch with Miss Hollis Maynell?
| A．He served in the army abroad. |
| B．He went overseas for vacation. |
| C．He went on a business trip in New York. |
| D．He visited Miss Maynell. |
What do we know about the woman with a rose?
| A．She was Miss Maynell’s close friend. |
| B．She was a waitress in the big restaurant. |
| C．She was probably a passerby. |
| D．She was paid to meet John at the Station. |
Which would be the best title of the text?
| A．An Interesting Book | B．A Woman With a Rose |
| C．A Brave Soldier | D．A Love Test |