Passage 1

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.

Mount Rushmore (now known as the President’s Mountain), located just north of Custer State Park in South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest, was named for the New York lawyer Charles E. Rushmore, who traveled to the Black Hills in 1884 to inspect mining claims in the region. When Rushmore asked a local man the name of a nearby mountain, he reportedly replied that it never had a name before，but from now on would be known as Rushmore Peak (later Mount Rushmore).

Seeking to attract tourism to the Black Hills in the early 1920s，South Dakota’s state historian Doane Robinson came up with the idea to sculpt (雕刻)the rocks into the shape of historic heroes of the West. In August 1924，Robinson contacted Gutzon Borglum，an American sculptor of Danish descent who was then working on carving an image of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee into the face of Georgia’s Stone Mountain. Borglum suggested that the subjects of the South Dakota work be George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, as that would attract more national interest. He would later add Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt to the list, in recognition of their contributions to the birth of democracy and the growth of the United States.

After President Calvin Coolidge traveled to the Black Hills for his summer vacation, Borglum convinced the president to deliver an official dedication speech at Mount Rushmore on August 10，1927; carving began that October. In 1929，during the last days of his presidency, Coolidge signed legislation appropriating $250,000 in federal funds for the Rushmore project and creating the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission.

On July 4,1930,a dedication ceremony was held for the head of Washington. After workers found the stone in the original site to be too weak, they moved Jefferson’s head from the right of Washington’s to the left; the head was dedicated in August 1936，in a ceremony attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In September 1937，Lincoln’s head was dedicated, while the fourth and final head-that of Theodore Roosevelt-was dedicated in July 1939. Gutzon Borglum died in March 1941，and it was left to his son Lincoln to complete the final details of Mount Rushmore in time for its dedication ceremony on October 31 of that year. Mount Rushmore National Memorial, known as the “Shrine of Democracy,”has become one of the most iconic images of America and an international tourist attraction. In 1991，Mount Rushmore celebrated its 50th anniversary after undergoing a $40 million restoration project. The National Park Service, which maintains Mount Rushmore, records upwards of 2 million visitors every year.

Mount Rushmore is also called_________.

A. Georgia’s Stone Mountain,

B. the President’s Mountain,

C. the National Park,

D. the Black Hills

For what did Doane Robinson suggest sculpting the rocks into the shape of historic heroes of the West?

A. To recognize the heroes’ importance in the birth of democracy.,

B. To recognize the heroes’ contributions to the West.,

C. To attract national interest.,

D. To attract more tourists.

.What did Gutzon Borglum convince President Calvin Coolidge to do?

A. To create a national commission.,

B. To deliver an official dedication speech.,

C.To set up a fund for the Rushmore project.,

D. To spend his last days of presidency in Mount Rushmore.

Who played a vital role in providing money for the Rushmore project?

A. Calvin Coolidge.,

B. Doane Robinson.,

C. Gutzon Borglum.,

D. Franklin

President Franklin

A. Theodore Roosevelt,

B..George Washington,

C. Thomas Jefferson,

D. Roosevelt attended the dedication ceremony held for the head of _______.

Passage 2

　Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.

Apart from the numerous benefits and conveniences people around the world can enjoy due to the Internet, there are also multiple drawbacks (缺陷.There is one big problem almost any Internet user has encountered at least once in a lifetime-spam (垃圾邮件).Unlike what people might think, spam is not just an annoying but harmless email message. In fact, spam can be 狂 dangerous tool capable of harming its receivers,and should be outlawed.

Spam can cause real damage. If you wonder how a mere electronic letter can be harmful, first recall the usual contents of spam letters. Along with commercials and newsletters from electronic shops you have used just once,every email user is also at risk of receiving spam letters advertising pornography (淫移内容)，weapons，and other questionable content. Although it might be safe in the United States of America, the European Union, and some other western countries, it can be illegal in more religious countries-especially in Islamic states. A citizen of such a country who has received a spam letter with pornography can be thrown in jail for nothing. A person who never looked for such content might be accused of consuming it .This is not to mention child pornography，which is also distributed and advertised through spam messages.

Having to deal with spam day by day can be stressful. Even though spam messages usually have an “unsubscribe” link, getting off a spammer’s list requires a number of actions, such as visiting the website, acknowledging unsubscription, sending confirmation letters, and so on. This might be not a problem in the case of being a target of just several spammers; however，usually Internet users receive dozens of spam messages daily; unsubscribing from each of them is almost impossible. Many AOL users, who are now having hard times dealing with spam，report they are already close to the point when their mailboxes stop working.

Spam can be harmful in yet another way. Rather often, spam emails contain viruses such as trojans, worms, unblockable ads, and the like. Opening a message with such a program can instantly damage users’ computers. Spam is a tool for all kinds of frauds; for example, popular are inheritance frauds, when a user receives a personalized and seemingly trustworthy email from a lawyer informing them about inheriting a sum of money, or real estate, and requiring them to send some personal data for a final check.

Spam often advertises low quality, fake, or misleading products; various self-improvement and plastic surgery services and products are also distributed through spam—~no need to say they deal with more harm than use. All these facts speak in favor of the necessity to proclaim spam illegal.

Which of the following is the drawback of the Internet according to the passage?

A. Users can easily get personal data.,

B.It costs a lot of money to subscribe newsletters.,

C. Users may receive emails with questionable content.,

D. It’s inconvenient to receive electronic letters from the rural area.

What kind of spam can be illegal in some religious countries?

A. Emails about inheritance.,

B. Unsubscribed commercials.,

C. Letters advertising pornography.,

D. Letters requesting personal details.

.What does the author think of dealing with spam day by day?

A. It is difficult.,

B. It is pleasant.,

C. It is worthless.,

D. It is expensive.

.A computer can be damaged when people_______.

A.write a spam email,

B.open a spam email with viruses,

C.send a spam email to another user,

D.fail to answer a spam email immediately

The spam problem should be taken seriously because spam_____.

A.results in illegal actions,

B.speaks in favor of frauds,

C.brings about more harm than use,

D.leads to self-improvement products

Passage 3

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

Icons are objects in our environment that evoke deeply-felt emotional responses from those for whom they have a special, shared meaning. These magical items also function in popular art as a type of expression and provide both the creator and the audience with shared cultural experiences that carry with them a deep and meaningful significance far beyond their physical reality.

Icons have a type of religious significance. It is this religious significance that provides them with their basic power. A few years ago there was a story about a silver chalice (圣杯) brought to a small town in Brazil by a visiting American priest which bore the following words: “In memory of Marilyn Monroe.” A remarkable mixture of the sacred and the secular (世俗的)，an integration of the strengths of both into a super icon.

The Western romance is at its very basis religious in its implications. The hero，standing between the wilderness on the one hand and civilization on the other, balances, much like a priest，between the powers of light and darkness because he has the strengths of both and uses them against the weaknesses of the wilderness. The hero-priest functions as a nineteenth-century savior by combining New Testament mercy with Old Testament justice.

In the Western romance the gun，the horse, and the landscape are the central icons. While the horse enables the hero to move easily about the virtue-laden (富有美德的)and vice-ridden landscape, the gun aids him in the final judgment between good and evil. The hero’s gun must, of course, be special, almost magical; it is given the power with the forces of life and death，right and wrong. The hero’s gun is not a tool,but a real extension of the manhood and the “rightness” of the hero-savior. Speaking of the horse as an icon, it is representative of the force of nature, mute evidence of the hero’s mastery over nature，of his ability to command respect from nature’s forces. Consistent with the iconic significance of the gun and the horse, is the landscape itself，which finds its most complete expression in film.

The landscape is not just a backdrop against which the story is set，but rather an integral part of the action. It is the wilderness in all of its positive-negative completeness, being able to provide spiritual and physical healthfulness for the modem experience.

. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “icon”?

A.Tool.,

B. Symbol.,

C. Expression.,

D. Experience.

Why are icons important for artists?

A. Icons are religiously significant.,

B. Icons make people physically responsive.,

C. Icons provide a bridge between the artist and the audience.,

D. Icons are closely connected with people’s daily experience.

In the Western romance,the hero has to balance between the powers of light and darkness to________.

A. restore a vanished civilization,

B. use civilization against wilderness,

C. stand between wilderness and civilization,

D. use them against the weaknesses of the wilderness

. What does the horse in the Western romance represent?

A.. The force of nature and the hero’s control over nature.,

B. The virtue-laden and vice-ridden landscape.,

C. The power with the forces of life and death.,

D.. The final judgment between good and evil.

In the Western romance,the landscape as a backdrop__________.

A. offers the power with the forces of right and wrong,

B. provides spiritual and physical healthfulness,

C. gives an extension of manhood,

D. has a bad moral effect

Passage 4

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

I was supposed to have been a nice, church-going Swiss housewife, but I ended up a psychiatrist in the American Southwest for my belief in the power of unconditional love that set me to work with AIDS-infected patients.

I was destined to work with dying patients. I had no choice when I encountered my first AIDS patient. I felt called to travel some 250,000 miles each year to hold workshops that helped people cope with the most painful aspects of life, death and the transition between the

Later in my life，I was compelled to buy a 300-acre farm in rural Virginia, and I poured all the money I earned from publishing and lectures into making it a reality. I constructed a healing center where I held workshops，allowing me to cut down on my busy travel schedule. I was planning to adopt AIDS-infected babies，who would enjoy however many days remained of their lives in the splendor of the outdoors. After announcing my intention of adopting AIDS-infected babies，I became the most despised (厌恶)person in the whole Shenandoah Valley, and even though I soon abandoned my plans, there was a group of men who did everything in their power short of killing me to get me to leave. They fired bullets through my windows and shot at my animals.

The simple life on the farm was everything to me. The fields rolled out as far as I could see. Ancient trees offered their silent wisdom.

Then，on October 6, 1994，my house was set on fire. It burned down to the ground and all my papers were destroyed. Everything I owned turned to ash.

I was hurrying through the airport in Baltimore, trying to catch a plane home，when I got the news that it was on fire. The friend who told me begged me not to go home, not yet. But my whole life I had been told not to become a doctor, not to talk with dying patients, not to start an AIDS hospice (临终安养院),and each time I had stubbornly (倔强地)done what felt right rather than what was expected.

That is how I have lived. If I am opinionated and independent, if I am stuck in my ways, so what? That is me.

Believing in the power of unconditional love, the author________.

A. worked on a farm,

B. often went to church,

C. became a psychiatrist,

D. stayed home to do housework

. The author built a healing center to_____.

A.. hold workshops so as to save time in travelling,

B. isloate AIDS-infected babies,

C. make money to buy a farm,

D. enjoy the rest of her life

.Why did the author try to leave the farm?

A.Some local people fired bullets through her windows.,

B.Some local people burned down her house.,

C.Some local people threatened to kill her.,

D.Some local people shot at her animals.

What can be learnt about the author from the passage?

A.She would do what she was expected.,

B.She would do what the farmers needed.,

C.She would do what the neighbors asked.,

D.She would do what she thought was right.

The last paragraph shows the author’s_.

A.hesitation,

B.satisfaction,

C.determination,

D.light-heartedness

Passage 5

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

When Wally Amos was little, his family was very poor. After his parents got divorced, Amos went to live with his Aunt Della in New York City. His aunt loved to cook and she always made him special chocolate chip cookies.

Wally dropped out of high school to join the army. After he completed his work in the army, he attended a secretarial school to learn shorthand, typing, and accounting skills.

Wally began baking chocolate chip cookies using a recipe similar to his aunt，s. He borrowed money from his friends and opened a small shop in California. The Famous Amos Cookie Company started. Soon he began to make money. Within the first two years, he was baking six tons of cookies a week and taking in over $4,000,000 in sales each year.

He sold his company to the Bass Brothers of Fort Worth, Texas，and his cookies were soon found in grocery stores and vending machines all across the United States.

In 1992，Wally started a new cookie company called The Uncle Noname Cookie Company that made five different kinds of cookies. Each bag of cookies also had a recipe for lemonade on the bag. He added this recipe to the cookie bag because Wally wanted his customers to know that, “...if life hands them a lemon，they can turn it into lemonade”. This expression means that if things happen that seem not to be so good at the time，later they can actually turn into something good.

Then Wally Amos rejoined the first cookie company to work on sales. He wanted the company to return to the market. He also wanted it to sell some new flavors of cookies besides the popular chocolate chip cookie, to add graphics (图样)to the packaging, and to work on new national advertising to attract more customers.

Wally has spent time as a literacy volunteer of America and he has given money to a special program called “Cities in Schools” which helps students stay in school. He also took time off in 1983 to write his autobiography, The Famous Amos Story: The Man Who Launched a Thousand Chips. In the meantime, Famous Amos had new shops popping up on the West Coast and franchised stores (特许商店)opening in Japan and its Asian neighbors.

Wally Amos is best known for his enjoyment in making cookies and for making so many possibilities out of his life.

. What kind of school did Wally Amos attend after he left the army?

A. Chef school.,

B. Bakery school.,

C. Secretarial school.,

D. Accounting school.

Wally Amos started his Famous Amos Cookie Company with money borrowed from ____.

A. his aunt,

B. his friends,

C. Bass Brothers,

D. Noname Cookie Company

Why did Wally Amos add a lemonade recipe to each cookie bag?

A. The customers wanted a good deal.,

B. He wanted the customers to add lemonade to cookies.,

C. He liked lemonade and he wanted his customers to enjoy it.,

D. He wanted to show his customers things could be made better.

. Why did Wally Amos rejoin the first cookie company?

A. To improve sales of cookies.,

B. To use graphics in advertising.,

C. To make new recipes for cookies.,

D. To set national standards on packaging.

. What does the special program “Cities in Schools” aim at?

A. Attracting more students.,

B. Helping students remain in school.,

C. Teaching students to make cookies.,

D. Encouraging students to do more writing.