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PART A

導語:一位老師有絕招?在課堂上讓學生吃盡了“苦頭”，學生卻對他念念不忘，喜愛有加#65377;

I will never forget my first chemistry teacher. He was a little man with thick glasses，but he had a strange way of making his classes lively and interesting. And his lessons were not easily forgotten.

I still remember one of my lessons from this teacher. After the students were all in the lab，the teacher brought out three bottles. One was filled with petrol，one with castor oil and one with vinegar.“Now watch carefully，”said the teacher.

He then filled a cup with some of the petrol，some of the castor oil and some of the vinegar. As the students watched him quietly，he mixed the three together. After that，he held up one of his fingers and showed it to the class. He then dipped it into the cup. After a few seconds he took his finger out.“Now watch，”he said. “Remember，you must do everything as I do.”

He put a finger in his mouth，tasted it and smiled，looking rather pleased. Then he handed the cup around the class of students. Each student dipped a finger into the mixture and sucked it. Instead of smiling，each of them made a face. The mixture tasted terrible.

When the cup was at last returned to the teacher，he said sadly，“I’m sorry，none of you watched carefully enough，Yes，I sucked a finger，but the finger I put into my mouth was not the one I had dipped into the cup.”

It was my first important lesson as a student of chemistry and I never forgot it.

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1. What did the writer’s first chemistry teacher look like?

A. He liked to make his lessons lively and interesting.

B. He had a strange way to make his lessons uneasy to forget.

C. He was a little man with thick glasses.

D. He liked to make fun of students.

2. The teacher put a finger into the mixture，then__________.

A. put another finger into his mouth

B. put the same finger into his mouth

C. put all his fingers into his mouth

D. put another finger into his pocket

3. The passage implied but did not state directly that_________.

A. students should take oil，castor oil and vinegar when having a chemistry class

B. students always have to taste some mixture during a chemistry class

C. students like to taste mixture during a chemistry class

D. students should observe the teacher carefully in a chemistry class

4. We can infer from the passage that_________.

A. the writer’s first chemistry teacher was funny-looking

B. the writer’s first chemistry teacher taught very well

C. the writer’s first chemistry teacher liked to taste mixture

D. the writer’s first chemistry teacher liked to make fun of the students

Key: 1—4 CADB

PART B

導語:美國是一個自由的樂土，有持槍的自由，更有被槍殺的自由#65377;本文又在瞄準誰呢?

“More people in the USA can buy a gun and more people die by the gun than in any other country in the world.”This is what appeared in an American newspaper in December 1980，after the murder in New York of John Lennon，the British pop-star. His murder shocked the Americans，of whom the huge majorities are peace-loving and non-violent. However，most Americans today admit that they may possibly be mugged some time during their lives. In 1980 there were about 23，000 murders in the USA. At the root of this violence is the gun which Americans can buy and keep in their homes as easily as if it was a toy weapon.

There are gun stores pretty well everywhere. And you can get a license easily. You don’t even have to say what you want it for. John Lennon’s murderer just walked into a gun store and bought a revolver—no questions having been asked. You could even buy guns by mail-order.

So the result is violence and murder. New York is a wonderful city，but male New Yorkers between the age of 21 and 44 are more likely to be murdered than to die of any other cause. And murders take place mainly in poor districts—in Harlem，and in parts of the Bronx，and on the West Side of Manhattan. Most of the murders are gangsters killing gangsters. Sometimes people even get mugged in the centre of Manhattan，in their own flats. Maybe this is why people have chains and peep-holes on their doors，and sometimes a locked turnstile(入口處的旋轉式柵門)and an armed security guard downstairs. But still they do not feel safe.

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1. The passage mainly talked about___________.

A. guns and the results they bring in America

B. guns and murders they cause in America

C. guns and their owners

D. guns and Americans’life

2. Which of the following shows the relations between guns and the results they caused?

A. The more guns are，the safer the society is.

B. The more guns are，the more money people will earn.

C. The more guns are，the more the violence and murder is.

D. The more guns are，the more gangsters kill gangsters.

3. According to the writer，which of the following is the main element to make American society safer?

A. Reducing guns’production and sale.

B. There should be more policemen.

C. People should make their doors stronger.

D. You’d better take a young male to protect you when you go out.

4. The writer implied，but didn’t say directly that robberies mainly take place _______ .

A. with the help of the local police

B. with hands bare

C. with the help of the robbers’friends

D. with guns in the robbers’hands

Key: 1—4 ACAD

PART C

導語:尋歡作樂哪里去?迪斯尼樂園可圓夢#65377;

In the 1950s Walt Disney began to branch out into other areas of entertainment. He began a long-running television series. And he opened the first of his famous amusement parks，Disneyland. Disneyland was the realization of an idea which Disney had years before when he had taken his daughters to local amusement parks or playgrounds. He wanted to build an amusement park at which adults could enjoy themselves as much as the children. Disney believed the park should be circled by a railroad train and consist of separate areas each identified by a single theme. He recognized that people had to be kept moving in the park. This meant different attractions had to be located in such a way as to act as a magnet in attracting the park visitors. Disney characters and references to Disney movies would be throughout the park.

A site was located in southern California. Since the park opened in 1955，it has become a part of the itinerary(旅行路線)of nearly every traveler visiting California for the first time. An average of 50，000 visitors come to the park each day. Built almost like a movie lot，Disneyland’s streets consists of facades(建筑物的正面)which open into rides，entertainment areas，stores，and restaurants. It delights the imagination of millions of men，women，and children who have even spent a day there.

With the success of Disneyland clearly established，Walt Disney began thinking of building a second park that would be available to the people on the east coast of the United States. He did not want to duplicate Disneyland，but rather create a complete vacationland in addition to the amusement complex which would be the core of the new park.

But Disney himself would not live to see his second park open. He died on December 15，1966，in a hospital directly across the street from his studio. The work which Walt Disney began continues today. Walt Disney World was opened in 1971 by Roy Disney. The first Disneyland outside of the United States was opened in Japan in 1983. The Disney Studio produces live action films regularly，and feature-length cartoons，cinematic jewels in the Disney Legacy，have periodically been produced. Like few other people，Walt Disney succeeded in making his dreams come true.

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1. Which of the following description about the first Disneyland is not true?

A. In Disneyland adults can enjoy themselves as much as the children.

B. In Disneyland different attractions act as a magnet in attracting the park visitors.

C. Disneyland is a complete vacationland with amusement complex.

D. Disney characters and references to Disney movies would be throughout the park.

2. People who have spent a day in Disneyland _______ .

A. will delight their imagination

B. will not want to go back

C. will attend live action films

D. will die there

3. According to the passage，how many Disneylands have been built throughout the world?

A. 1.B. 2.C. 3.D. 5.

4. According to the passage，Disneyland _______ .

A. is an international park

B. is a great success

C. is a complete vacationland

D. is a movie lot

Key: 1—4 CACB

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