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After failing four times, I （） passed my driving test.
A.eventually
B.frequently
C.extremely
D.reluctantly
答案
A、eventually
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A.eventually
B.frequently
C.extremely
D.reluctantly
答案
A、eventually
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The city ______ a new look ______ the four new squares were built.
A．took on, before
B．has taken on, since
C．takes on, since
D．has been taken on, after
What will the author probably talk about after the last paragraph？
A．The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
B．People"s comments about the results.
C．Other four new wonders of the world.
D．How to visit the wonders of the world.
Part A
Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)
On Mar. 14th, when Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced its first foray into Japan, the Bentonville (Ark.) retailing giant placed a big bet that it could succeed where countless other foreign companies have failed. In the past five years, a number of famous Western brands have been forced to close up shop after failing to catch on in Japan, one of the world's largest—but most variable—consumer markets.
May Wal-Mart make a go of it where others have stumbled？ One good sign is that the mass marketer is not rushing in blindly. It has taken an initial 6.1% stake in ailing food-and-clothing chain Seiyu Ltd., which it can raise to a controlling 33.4% by year end and to 66.7% by 2007. That gives Wal-Mart time to revise its strategy or run for the exits.
The question is whether Wal-Mart can apply the lessons it has learned. in other parts of Asia to Japan. This, after all, is a nation of notoriously finicky consumers—who have become even more so since Japan slipped into a decade-long slump. How will Wal-Mart bring to bear its legendary cost-cutting savvy in a market already affected by falling prices？ Analysts are understandably skeptical. "It is uncertain whether Wal-Mart's business models will be effective in Japan," Standard & Poor's said in a Mar. 18th report.
Much depends on whether Seiyu turns out to be a good partner. The 39-year-old retailer is a member of the reputed Seibu Saison retail group that fell on hard times in the early 1990s. It also has deep ties to trading house Sumitomo Corp., which will take a 15% stake in the venture with Wal-Mart. Perhaps the best thing that can be said of Seiyu's 400odd stores is that they're not as deeply troubled as other local retailers. Still, there's a gaping chasm between the two corporate cultures. "We've never been known for cheap everyday pricing," says a Seiyu spokesman. Another potential problem is Sumitomo, which may not want to lean on suppliers to the extent that Wal-Mart routinely does.
The clock is ticking. Wal-Mart executives say they need several months to "study" the deal with Seiyu before acting on it, but in the meantime a new wave of hyper-competitive Japanese and foreign rivals are carving up the market. If Wal-Mart succeeds, it will reduce its reliance on its home market even further and—who knows？—it may even revolutionize Japanese retailing in the same way it has in the U.S.
We can learn from the beginning of the text that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will
A．revolutionize Japanese retailing.
B．tap most potential consumer markets in Japan.
C．combine and become bigger.
D．withdraw from consumer markets in Japan.
Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (75 points)
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
Passage One
Are you a good reader？ Good readers know that reading isn't just about knowing words— it's a way of thinking. Here are some tips that may be of some help.
Think before you read. Before you read the text, ask yourself the questions that why you are reading it and what you want to get from it. These will help you choose what words you need to know and what words you can skip or scan.
Think while you are reading. Can you get the meaning of the text without looking up new words in a dictionary？ A text will often give examples that may help you understand some words. For example: Many large Russian cities, such as Chelyabinsk and Irkutsk, have taken steps to protect their culture. The words "Chelyabinsk' and "Irkutsk' may be new to us, but the sentences before and after it tell us what they are.
Think after you read. What is the main idea of the text？ Is the text too easy or too hard for you？
If you practice reading and thinking in this way, you will become a better reader and you will learn better and faster.
31. This passage is probably taken from______.
A. a newspaper for general readers
B. a magazine for language teachers
C. a book for language learners
D. an advertisement for a new book
After smashing the Gang of Four, our country ______ to order out of chaos.
A．was restored
B．restored
C．has restored
D．restores
After she graduated from high school, Mrs. Cox went on to college. Four years later, she received her bachelor's degree (B. A. ) in English and her teaching certificate. Then she was qualified to teach in the secondary schools of her state. In the summers, Mrs. Cox takes more classes. Someday she hopes to get a master's degree (M. A. ). With an M. A. , she will receive a higher salary.
The school day at Mrs. Cox's high school, like that in many high schools in the United States, is divided into six periods of one hour each. Mrs. Cox must teach five of these six periods. During her free period, which for her is from 2 to 3 p.m. , Mrs. Cox must meet with parents, order supplies, make out examinations, check assignments, and take care of many other things. In short, her free period isn't really free at all. Mrs. Cox works steadily from the time she arrives at school in the morning until the time she leaves for home late in the afternoon.
Mrs. Cox wants to be a teacher because______.
A．she likes teaching
B．she is a young girl
C．she has many problems to deal with
D．she doesn't mind what she is doing
Amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) require all Businesses, not just those with more than 15 employees as previously, to make "reasonable adjustments" to workplaces to accommodate the disabled. Such adjustments include buying new equipment or modifying existing systems so that disabled people can use them.
But many employers are failing to investigate potentially useful changes or upgrades to systems. They are also failing to claim generous access to work grants from the government, designed to cover the cost of adapting or re-equipping a workplace, extra training or hiring human assistants like sign language interpreters.
Ruth Loehl, a senior ICT development officer at the Royal National Institute for the Blind, says: "The technology is there and the funding is there. But many employers and employees don't know what's available. It's patchy across the country. "Access to Work grants can cover up to 100 percent of the cost of new or adapted equipment, says Ms. Loehl. "You shouldn't have to pay any more to employ a blind person."
Lynne Nelson, employment coordinator for the Royal National Institute for the Deaf agrees: "Technology is very much underused. Employers are not aware of what's available and they're more reactive than proactive."
Complying with the act could be as easy as rearranging an office so that the light is better for a deaf person to lip-read. At the other end of the scale, it could mean investing in a cutting edge messaging system which combines computers and phones, converting text messages into voice messages for blind or partially sighted employees and incorporating voice recognition software for people unable to use a conventional keyboard and mouse.
Changing font sizes and shapes and using different background colours can all help to make computer-screen displays more legible and accessible for visually impaired users. Screen magnifier programmes are available to enlarge text. Screen reader software will read out the content of email boxes or websites.
Commercial websites now incorporate alt. tags, phrases or sentences which describe images on sites to blind and partially sighted users through screen readers. But some sites still carry images described simply as "corporate logo" or "image". A survey by the Disability Rights Commission earlier this year found that 81 percent of websites were inaccessible or difficult to use, often because of badly worded alt. tags or because the software was blocking attempts to change fonts or colours.
From the beginning of the text, we can conclude that
A．there is no discrimination against disabled people after Oct. 1.
B．the employers must assist those campaigners to complete their duties.
C．previous DDA only had restrictions on companies with more than 15 people.
D．the companies have to prepare new equipment for their disabled employees.
Our plane ______at six and landed in Beijing
A. takes off, within four hours
B. took off, four hours later
C. rose up, after four hours
D. raised up, in four hours
However, the reader is forced to see things through Manon’s eyes, not Sarah’s, and her consciousness is not a comfortable place to be. Never a please or a thank you passes her lips when talking to slaves, though manners is the order of the day in white society. Manon is enormously attracted by inter-racial marriage (for the place and time—the early 19th century—such a concern would not be unusual, but in her case it seems pathological). Walter, with “his father’s curly red hair and green eyes, his mother’s golden skin, her full, pushing-forward lips”, is the object of her especial hatred, but she chatters on about all the “dreadful mixed-blooded”, the objectionable “yellow” people.
Beyond Manon’s polarized vision, we glimpse “free negros” and the emerging black middle-class. To Manon’s disgust, such people actually have self-respect. In New Orleans buying shoes, Manon is taken aback by the shopkeeper’s lack of desired respect. Mixed race prostitutes acquired the affections of male planters by giving them something mysterious their wives cannot often What that might be, and why wives can’t offer it too, are questions Manon can’t even ask, let alone answer.
The first third of the book explores the uneasy and unsustainable peace between Manon, Sarah and the man always called just “my husband” or “he”. Against the background of violent slave revolts and equally savage revenges, it’s clear the peace cannot last. It’s part of the subtlety of this book that as the story develops and the inevitable explosion occurs, our view of all the characters swiftly changes. Sarah turns out to deserve all the suspicion Manon directs at her; at the point of death Manon’s husband displays an admirable toughness and courage; and Manon herself wins the reader’s reluctant admiration for her bravery, her endurance, and her total lack of self-pity.
Perhaps the cruelest aspect of this society is the way it breaks down and distorts family affections. A slave’s baby is usually sold soon after birth; Sarah’s would-be husband, if he wants her, must buy her; and Manon herself, after all, is only the property of her husband.
第26题：Which of the following reflects Manon’s attitude towards colored people？
［A］ Sympathetic.
［B］ Suspicious.
［C］ Concerned.
［D］ Disgusted.
There was no end to the fun during tea, and Marianne had to tell her mother about Wolfgang wanting to play a difficult piece. When the meal was finished, Marianne helped to clear away the dishes. Suddenly Leopold got up. "Listen!" said he in a surprised voice. "Listen! Marianne is playing the piece better than ever!"
But Marianne was washing dishes in the kitchen.
His wife following, Leopold walked quietly upstairs, the lamp in one hand, his music book in the other. He pushed open the door, and there was little Wolfgang playing in the darkness. "I love it" whispered the child.
It was the beginning of Mozart's life of music.
Wolfgang was quiet when his sister practiced the piano because______.
A．he loved music
B．he liked his sister
C．he didn't want to make a noise
D．he didn't feel well
