Juice is sold out (P2)
Choose the best answer:
1. From the text, we can conclude that Huiyuan ____.
A. is unwilling to be taken over
B. hopes to benefit from joining Coca-cola
C. expects to become a famous international brand after this deal
D. can’t wait to return to the top of the Chinese beverage market

2. Behind the takeover bid, we can see _____.
A. Coca-cola intends to control the Chinese beverage market
B. Coca-cola’s ambition to expand its carbonated drink market
C. every country wants a share in China’s fast growing market
D. the growing popularity of healthy drinks among Chinese people

3. Which of the following is NOT a negative effect of the takeover that people worry?
A. The Huiyuan brand may gradually fade.
B. Chinese consumers’ interests will be hurt.
C. The balance between the juice market share will be broken.
D. Globalization will continue to develop through takeovers across borders.

1. B。考查细节与总结能力。
根据在第二段第一句…which will do good to both companies及下一句Huiyuan will take advantage of money and experience in sales from the US company. 所以B正确，而同时可以否定A。下句Coca-Cola would go back to the top of the Chinese beverage market说明D错误。而C文中未提到。
2． D。考查细节与总结能力。
根据第三段第一句Coca-cola president, Muhtar Kent的话the juice part is so fast growing，及之后的Alongside China’s fast economic growth is the people’s increasing awareness of healthy drinks.可以判断D正确。同时排除B，不是carbonated drink market。而AC原文都没有体现。
3. D。考查细节与总结能力。
A选项符合第四段They (Chinese people) fear that the Huiyuan brand will disappear…B选项符合文后Facts about the deal部分中最后一句it would give Coca-Cola too much power in pricing and therefore possibly put consumers in a disadvantaged place.C选项符合文后Facts about the deal部分中第三段，而D不是人们担心的负面影响，所以是正确答案。

Enjoying business (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The author’s first part-time job in the USA.
B. The author’s experience of acting as a salesman.
C. The author’s experience after graduation.
D. The author’s skills in promoting different brands of candles.

2. Which of the following is True according to the passage?
A. The author sold the candles quite smoothly.
B. It was difficult for the author to sell candles because she was very shy.
C. The author succeeded despite so many difficulties she met when selling candles.
D. The author failed because of the difficulties she had in selling candles.

3. Selling candles to her host mom ______.
A. involved quite a lot of preparation on her part
B. was good practice and built up her confidence
C. was really easy because they had got on really well
D. didn’t take much persuasion because she happened to need some candles

4. The author felt _________ about her future life according to the passage.
A. pessimistic B. optimistic
C. disappointed D. anxious

5. If the author got $550 worth of sales of candles, how much would go into her personal account?
A. $220 B. $250 C. $200 D. $ 330

1. B。
主旨大意题，本文主要介绍了作者在美国学习时充当销售人员的一段经历，并由此得出一个结论：惧怕困难只是浪费时间并会成为成功路上的绊脚石。
2. C。
细节判断题。根据倒数第二段After a week’s hard work, I turned in my $408 worth of sales of candles, …and was surprised to find out that I was the second highest seller in all classes.
可得知答案。
3. B。
细节判断题，根据文章第三段和第四段开头的Greatly encouraged可得知此题答案。
4. B。
推论题，根据文章倒数第一、二段可得知作者对未来充满了信心。
5. A。
数字计算题，根据文章第二段可得知作者可以得到40%的佣金：550*0.4=220。

Knowing no limits (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. Natalie du Toit is a vivid example that _____.
A. you are what you believe
B. your biggest enemy is yourself
C. results are not so important as the process
D. you must set reasonable goals or you will fail

2. According to the text, Natalie du Toit became ____.
A. the first athlete to compete with able-bodied swimmers in the world
B. the youngest disabled swimmer to break the world record in the 1,500m freestyle
C. the youngest disabled swimmer to collect three golds in a single Paralympics
D. the first swimmer to compete in both the Olympic Games and the Paralympics

3. Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Natalie du Toit?
a. she won gold at the All Africa Games
b. she finished 16th in the tough 10km marathon in the Olympics
c. she adjusted herself to long events
d. a motorcycle accident disabled her
A. cdab B. dcba C. dcab D. dacb

4. In dark moments it was _____ that pushed her on.
A. her coach B. her family
C. hope and faith D. her love of swimming

1. A。
主旨题。根据全文，尤其是第一段她体现了这些品德—the power of faith and perseverance, 以及everything is possible if you can just believe.
2. D。
细节题。根据第二段第一句Du Toit, 24, became the first swimmer to compete in both the Olympic Games and the Paralympics in Beijing.可知D正确。
3. C。
细节题。她因为事故落下残疾，之后她改变了项目，07年在the All Africa Games夺金，今年参加北京奥运会，所以C正确。
4. C. 细节题。第四段There are some days when I cry. But I try to remember that better days are ahead. You just go on.说明C正确。

DNA’s secret past (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. The passage mainly focuses on ____.
A. the scientists who first discovered DNA
B. the importance of DNA in human life
C. how DNA was first discovered
D. the uses of DNA

2. What does the sentence “If not exactly the stuff we’re made of, it is the stuff that makes the stuff we’re made of” mean?
A. DNA is exactly the material that makes up our body.
B. DNA is the very material that makes the stuff we’re made of.
C. DNA holds the secret of what we are made of.
D. DNA has nothing to do with our life.

3. According to the passage, _______ was crucial in their discovery of DNA.
A. figuring out the shape of DNA
B. finding out the function of DNA
C. taking an X-ray crystallography picture of DNA
D. working out how the genetic code is passed on

4. Which of the following is True according to the passage?
A. Both female and male scientists earned the same respect at that time in the world.
B. Franklin’s photograph played an important role in Watson’s research on DNA.
C. Francis Crick and James Watson made their discovery of DNA smoothly.
D. It was Franklin who presented her photograph to Watson.

5. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. The future of DNA is still not clear.
B. People voice concern over the misuse of DNA.
C. Since its discovery, DNA has been used in many fields.
D. 50 years after its discovery, DNA still makes the headlines.
1. C。
主旨大意题，根据全文可得知，本文介绍的重点为DNA如何首次被两名科学家发现的。
2. C 。
句子理解题，A、B只讲了部分意思，太过片面；而D则完全错误。
3. A。
细节理解题，根据文章第五段In finding the shape, they had discovered how DNA worked… 以及倒数第三段的Franklin’s photograph was an important moment for Watson. When he saw it, he narrowed it down to the double helix out of many possible shapes for DNA. 可得知此题答案。
4. B。 细节理解及推理题，根据和上题的线索一样。
5. D。段落大意题。从前两句可总结大意，后两句为具体的例子。所以D正确—被发现50年后基因仍然是big news。