Passage Two
The climate of any place is the kind of weather. It usually has over a long period of time. The kind of homes we live in, the clothes we wear, the foods we eat depend on the climate of the place where we live. Climate is complicated; it is affected by many things. If you live near one of the poles, you live in a cold climate, for you do not get as much direct sunshine as you would get farther from the poles. If you live near the equator, you live in a warm or very hot climate, for this is the region where the sun shines almost straight down.
How much rain or snow falls makes a great difference to the climate. You may live in a hot, dry land, where little rain falls. This will be a desert. Its climate is quite different from that of a rain forest , which may be the same distance from the equator but rain falls almost every day. The amount of rain that falls or snow, in a cold land depends upon the winds, upon the nearby mountains, and upon the currents in nearby seas. Rainfall depends on many different things.
66. "Climate" means__________ .
A. the weather of a certain place
B. the fine, cloudy, rainy or snowy weather
C. the weather of a certain time
D. the general weather of a place over a long time
67."Even the foods we eat depend on the climate of the place where we live" really means ______________.
A. We eat different foods according to different weather
B. the climate of a place has affected on the foods we have
C. the climate of the place where we live gives us different foods
D. foods are different in different places
68. People living near the poles tend_____________ those near the equator.
A. to have as much sunlight as
B. to have less rain than
C. to get less sunlight than
D. to get less snow than
69. Rainfalls depend on many things. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A. The winds.
B. The nearby mountains.
C. The currents in nearby seas.
D. The kinds of homes we live in.
70. Which may be the best title for the passage?
A. Climate and Weather.
B. Climate Around the World.
C. Climate.
D. Climate in Different Countries.
Passage Three
A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maliyuwa nearby village. They lived with the man's big family—his parents, his brothers, their wives and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the young woman soon took a great interest. Everyday she fed it with fruit and sugar.
Three months later the woman went back to her parents' home, having quarreled with her husband. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.
It went to the woman's home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband's home.
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71. The writer wrote the story in order to_______________ .
A. show that elephants are very clever
B. tell how a woman trained a wild animal
C. show that women care more for animals than men do
D. tell how an animal reunited a husband and wife
72. The woman left her new home______________ .
A. to visit her own parents in Maliyuwa
B. to see if the elephant would follow her
C. because she was angry with her husband
D. because she was tired of the large family
73. After the young woman left her husband's home , the elephant___________________ .
A. returned to the forest
B. was sad because it missed her
C. went to look for a new home
D. was sick because nobody fed it
74. The young wife went back to her husband because_________________ .
A. she knew he had sent the animal to her
B. the elephant had come to look for her
C. her parents persuaded her to
D. she missed her new home
75. The best title for the passage is_______________ .
A. The Elephant and the Wife
B. Elephant and Men
C. An Elephant
D. The Elephant and a Young Woman
Passage Four
Australia is nearly as large as the United States, but most of it is too dry for people to live in. Around this dry part are large sheep and cow farms. A few of them are as large as the smallest states in America. Often the nearest neighbours are several hundred kilometers away.
The two-way radio is very important to people who live on these great Australian farms. It works much like a telephone. A person can listen to someone else talk and then give an answer. For example , people on the large farms could talk to a doctor far away. They could tell the doctor about someone who was ill, and the doctor could let them know how to look after the sick person.
As the large farms were so far from towns, the children could not go to school. Radio schools were started for them in some places. At a certain time each day, boys and girls turn on their radios and listen to teachers in cities far away.
Families on the large farms wanted to give news to their neighbours. The programme " Round Robin" talks by radio was started to keep families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was going away and who was ill. The men could talk about their sheep and cows and how much money the markets would pay for them. In many ways the radio became a newspaper for the farm people of Australia.
76. In the passage, "the two-way radio" is .
A. important to Americans
B. useful for children only
C. used as a telephone
D. only used by doctors
77. The word "sick" in the second paragraph means_______________ .
A. ill
B. poor
C. kind
D. healthy
78. The children on the large farms far away______________ .
A. always went to school together
B. could have lessons on the radios
C. listened to music
D. built schools with teachers
79. Which of the following is NOT true in the passage?
A. The two-way radio is like a telephone for Australian farmers.
B. Families on large farms could keep in touch with each other by radio.
C. The two-way radio is like a newspaper for Australian farmers.
D. All the Australians live on dry places, and they use radios in many ways.
80. The best title of this passage is____________ .
A. Australian Families
B. Australian People
C. A Useful Radio
D. A Telephone Call
Part V Writing Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write a composition in 100—120 words based on the following situation. Remember o write it clearly.
<情景>如今私人汽车日益普及，写篇短文阐述汽车普及的好处。
