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Such English idioms as “as poor as a church mouse” and “like a drowned rat” remind people of the unfavorable images of mice and rats. But with his efforts in the 20^th, an American young man Walt Disney changed people’s views.

Born in 1901 in Chicago, Walt Disney was a newspaper seller, and was fond of drawing pictures. Later he went to study art at Chicago Art Institute. One day when he was thinking hard how to draw a picture in a building, several mice came onto the drawing board. Walt fed them with bread-bits, and they played happily.

Suddenly an idea struck him. He drew a mouse on the paper and named it Mickey. Then Walt began to make cartoons based on Mickey. He also made use of the newest skill in dubbing in his cartoons so that Mickey was able to talk. In 1932 a Walt Disney cartoon film won the Oscar.

In mid-1950s, Walt planned a Disneyland in California, and within 10 years, Mickey, the little mouse, helped him to make 200 million dollars. Then another Disneyland was set up in Florida. Mickey Mouse seemed to become the symbol of American amusements.

In the Mickey Mouse films when Mickey did anything wrong or foolish, letters of protest would soon be sent to Disney. He then created Donald Duck and Pluto to do the silly things so that Mickey was always smart and honest. With Mickey Mouse Walt Disney challenge the world’s view that it was able to change the nature of anything born in dirty surroundings.

51. The text tells us that_______.

A.      the cartoons film “Mickey Mouse” is one of the best film in the world

B.      Americans like rats and mice very much

C.      a lot of Americans enjoy drawing rats and mouse in their pictures

D.     people all over the world should protect rats and mice 

52. In America, when they talk about Mickey Mouse, Americans often think that _______.

A.      it is a kind of useful animal

B.      it stands for amusement

C.      everyone hates it

D.     it is a sign for good future

53. Disney studied drawing _______ .

A.      by himself

B.      in a school in Chicago

C.      in California

D.     in Florida

54. One of the following words that can best describe Walt Disney is _________ .

A.      kind

B.      rude

C.      highly creative

D.     good-looking

                        B

The dollar is a unit of money used in various countries. Its name comes from the German word “tal”. The word “tal” means “valley” in German. One of the earliest dollars was a coin made in a valley in Germany in 1519. At first, people called the coin by the same name as the valley where it had been made. Later, the coin’s name was shortened to “taler” and translated into English as “dollar”. (Notice how much the words “dollar” and “taler” sound alike.) Both the United States and Canada make dollars. They may be either coin of equal in value to 100 cents.

The dollar began to be used in America in 1792. It looked like the Spanish dollar. The Spanish dollar was widely used at that time.

55. In the first sentence the word “various” means “_______”.

   A. foreign          B. special conditions

   C. changeable       D. different kinds of

56. One of the earliest dollars was a coin made _______.

A.      in the early 16^th century

B.      in the 1520’s

C.      in the twenties of the 16^th century

D.     in the US in 1792

57. From this passage we may concluded that ______ first began to use the dollars.

   A. Germany        B. the United States

   C. Canada          D. Spain

58. The dollar has been used in America _______.

   A. in 1792         B. for 200 years

   C. for more than two centuries        D. two hundred year ago

59. The best title for this passage should be “_______”.

A.      How is the Dollar Used?          

B.      Where was the First Coin Made?

C.      The Dollar

D.     The Money

                            C

From childhood the man who was to achieve so much was almost completely deaf. “I haven’t heard a bird sing since I was twelve,” he once said, “but being deaf probably helped.” He believed that it drove him to reading when he was young and saved him from small talk.

At the age of eight, he wanted to find a North American plant which could produce rubber. He experimented with 17,000 kinds of plants and finally got rubber from an ordinary roadside plant.

At 84, his health started to fail. Newspapermen arrived at his door to keep watch. Every hour the news was sent to them, “The light still burns.” But at 3:24 a.m. October 18, 1881 word came, “The light is out.: On the day he was buried, all electric lights in the nation were to be turned off for one minute in his honour. But this seemed too dangerous and costly. Instead, only certain lights were turned low for a minute. The work of the nation was not stopped, even for a minute. Thomas Edison, we are sure, WOULD HAVE WANTED IT THAT DAY.

60. His deafness _______ .

A.      had very bad effects on his life

B.      made it impossible for him to do anything

C.      prevented him from making contributions to mankind

D.     helped him a little

61. Edison got rubber from a kind of plant _______ .

A.        by producing it

B.        by experimenting with thousands of kinds of plants

C.        watching it carefully

D.       by chance

62. Edison _______ until he was eighty-four.

A.      was in good health

B.      was not in good health

C.      was always ill

D.     didn’t succeed in his experiments

63. In this passage, “The light still burns.” Means “_______ “.

A.      The light in his house is still on

B.      There is a lamp in his house

C.      Something is burning in his house

D.     The inventor of the electric lights is still living

64. The American people _______ all their electric lights for one minute in his honour on the day he was buried.

   A. turned off                  B. had planned to turn off

   C. turned low                 C. failed to turn

                         D

    Today, air travel is far safer than driving a car on a busy motor-way. But still there is a danger that

grows every year. Airliners get larger and larger. Some airplanes can carry over 300 passengers. And the

air itself becomes more and more crowded. If one large airliner struck into another in midair, 600 lives could be lost.

From the moment an airliner takes off to the moment it lands, every movement is watched on radar screens. Air traffic controllers tell the pilot exactly when to turn, when to climb and when to come down. The air traffic controllers around a busy airport like London-Heathrow may deal with 2500 planes a day. Not all of them actually land at the airport. Any plane that files near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there. Even a small mistake on their part could cause a terrible accident.

Recently such a disaster almost happened. Two large jets were flying towards the airport. One was carrying 69 passengers from Toronto, the other 176 passengers from Chicago. An air traffic controller noticed on his radar screen that the two planes were too close to each other. He ordered one to turn to the right and to climb. But he made a mistake. He ordered the wrong plane to do this. So, instead of turning away from the second plane, the first plane turned towards it. Fifteen seconds later it flew directly in front of the second plane. They avoided each other by the smallest part of a second. The distance between them was less than that of a large swimming pool. This is an example of the danger that grows every year.

65. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.      Traveling by air is as safe as by car.

B.      Traveling by air is nit as safe as by car.

C.      Traveling by air is as dangerous as by car.

D.     Traveling by car is more dangerous than by air.

66. The air traffic controllers of an airport_______.

A.      control all the planes flying near the airport

B.      give orders to planes leaving the airport

C.      only deal with the planes that want to land there

D.     are allowed to handle 250 planes a day

67. The danger of air crashes grows every year because_______.

A.      airliners are getting lager and air traffic is becoming heavier

B.      a pilot does not always hear a controller’s order

C.      a controller is likely to make more and more mistakes

D.     airports can hardly serve the growing number of airplanes

68. The example in the passage is to show that_______.

A.      air traffic controllers are often careless

B.      air traffic controllers should pay much attention to avoiding accidents

C.      it is difficult for airplanes to  avoid terrible accidents

D.     two planes should not fly too close to each other

                        E

In the 19^th century there was an exhibition on the fine art in Paris. Before it was open to the public, several famous artists were invited to visit and give their opinions. There was a curtain covering each painting. When they came near the first painting, an assistant drew the curtain away. A beautiful painting of roses appeared before them. The painting was really true to life. At the moment a butterfly flew into the hall and stayed on one of the roses in the picture. All of them cheered. They all declared that it was excellent because it confused the butterfly.

Then they came to the second painting. The assistant was going to draw the curtain as he did just now. As soon as he touched the curtain, he cried, “Wonderful! It’s the best painting I have even seen!”

69. What do you think the second painting was about?

   A. Something unknown.              B. Another flower.

   C. A curtain.                       D. A butterfly.

70. The second is even better because _______.

A.      it had a curtain in it

B.      it confused a lot more butterflies

C.      it confused the assistant

D.     it was much more beautiful 

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It was a half past five in the afternoon. Mr Jone closed       71. ________

his shop, got newspaper from a postwoman nearby and                  72. ________

then walked to nearest bus stop. When a bus came,              73. ________

Mr Jone got on the bus. He found a empty seat near the front      74. ________

of the bus and sat it down on it. He put on his glasses,                   75.________

opened his newspaper and began read it. After a                  76. ________

few minute, a lady with a basket got on the bus.                        77. ________

He came and stood in front of Mr Jone. Mr Jone saw her         78. ________

and got up out of his seat, but the lady pushed him back          79. ________

into it again and say, “No, thanks. I prefer standing.”              80. ________