Crisis over college (P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. What does "Big envelope" probably refer to according to the passage?

A. A text message.

B. A large gift package.

C. An admission letter.

D. A scholarship letter.

2. Mike may give up Notre Dame because of _______.

A. travel fee

B. financial concern

C. poor exam result

D. worries about living far away from home

3. There are an increasing number of American senior students who ________.

A. apply for a private university

B. apply for financial aid

C. change their spending style

D. choose a university within the state

4. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Mike Maietta will attend university in the fall of 2013.

B. Rachel Brown has given up NYU because of its high tuition.

C. Living in San Diego is as expensive as in New York.

D. College students can borrow money to cover costs.

5. Which of the following factors contributes to more students applying for Stanford?

A. Reduced annual tuition and fees.

B. Lower standards to draw more students.

C. More financial help for students during the recession.

D. An interest-free loan for students from low-income families.

Impossible mission? (P4)

Choose the best answer:

6. What's the passage about?

A. It is a film review.

B. It is a short biography of Yao.

C. It is a short history of two NBA teams.

D. It is a sports review.

7. What do most people think about the games between Rockets and Lakers according to Battier?

A. They think Rockets have a good chance of winning.

B. They think Rockets are not likely to win at all.

C. They think it is still hard to tell the result.

D. They think the two teams only play in movies.

8. When the writer says "...guns drawn but knees knocking", what does he really mean?

A. Yao and his teammates are ready to play but not confident in themselves.

B. Yao and his teammates are trying to kill Kobe before the games.

C. Yao and his teammates are starring in a thriller movie.

D. Yao and his teammates are well prepared and confident.

9. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Rockets will play against Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.

B. Hollywood is making a movie about the games between Rockets and Lakers.

C. Yao Ming and Kobe Bryant are leading players in their teams.

D. Rockets lost all games to Lakers during the last two decades.

Which city has the best... (P4)

Choose the best answer:

10. Why didn't Paris and London make it into top 10 this year?

A. Because there are too many tourists in the two cities.

B. Because they are so big that it's inconvenient for people to live there.

C. Because there are still lots of poor people in these two big cities.

D. Because the two cities have very diverse cultures.

11. Generally speaking, which part of the world has the best quality of life?

A. North America.

B. Central Europe.

C. South Asia.

D. Oceania.

12. How many Swiss cities are in top 10?

A. One. B. Two.

C. Three. D. At least three.

13. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The survey was conducted by a company called Mercer.

B. Singapore has the best quality of life in Asia according to the survey.

C. Beijing moved up in the list because of improvements in transportation facilities.

D. Bagdad has been at the bottom of the list since last year.

Just saying hello (P6)

Choose the best answer:

14. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. It tells readers how to take good care of dogs.

B. It tells readers what to do to make dogs happy.

C. It tells readers how dogs greet others.

D. It tells readers what dogs do to amuse owners.

15. The phrase "shower you with" in the 2nd paragraph most probably means ______.

A. help you take a bath with

B. frighten you with

C. show you his anger by using

D. cover you with

16. The 2nd paragraph is written mainly to tell readers ____.

A. how dogs greet their owner

B. that dogs like jumping up on people

C. that dogs enjoy ruining their owners' shirt

D. how dogs show their love

17. How does a dog say hello to another one?

A. By sight.

B. By both sight and smell.

C. By smell.

D. By sight and touch.

18. What can we conclude from the passage?

A. By sniffing, dogs can tell any other dog that has been around lately.

B. It's a bad habit for a dog to sniff the wrong end of another one.

C. Two strange dogs will begin with a quick sniff of the each other's noses.

D. A dog's sense of sight is thousands of times better than that of humans.

Key:1—5 CBBDC

6—9 DBAC

10—13 CBDD

14—18 CDACC