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单选题To find out what the weather is going to be, most people go directly to the television, the radio or newspaper to get a weather forecast. But (26) you know what to look for, you can use your own (27) to make weather predictions. There are many (28) which can help you. For example, in fair weather the air pressure is generally (29) . The air is still and often full of dust. Faraway objects may look (30) But when a storm is gathering, the pressure (31) and you are often able to see things (32) clearly. Sailors took note of this long ago and came (33) with a saying "The farther the sight, the nearer the rain." Your sense of (34) can also help you find weather changes. Just (35) it rains, odours become stronger. This is (36) odours are suppressed in a fair, high-pressure center. When a bad weather low moves (37) , air pressure lessens and odours are (38) . You can also hear a(n) (39) storm. An old saying (40) it this way: "Sound travelling far and wide, a stormy day will betide. " And don't (41) if your grandfather says he can (42) a storm coming. It is commonly known (43) many people feel pains in their bones when the humidity (44) , the pressure drops, and bad weather is on the (45) .

单选题Whattimeoftheyeardoestheconversationtakeplace?A.Inthespring.B.Inthesummer.C.Inthefall.D.Inthewinter.

单选题What is the tone of the passage about fast foods?

单选题Whatdoesthemanmean?[A]He'djustreturnedfromthepostoffice.[B]He'snotgoingtothepostoffice.[C]He'llbegladtomailtheletterforher.

单选题What we know can influence people is the mood state. It is said that mood may be defined (26) a temporary status as well as a positive or negative feeling which cannot be caused due (27) any certain atmosphere. Moods should be (28) from emotions that are usually more intense, (29) to specific atmosphere and, for most of time, conscious. (30) one's sense, the influence of a person's mood can be regarded as the one of (31) methods as can react to the (32) of our close friends—when our close friends are pleased and "up", that is mostly likely to influence us positively, (33) when they are "down", that can have a(n) (34) impact on us. Similarly, people operating under a (35) mood level tend to make reactions to stimuli in a way (36) with that mood state. Hence, for instance, we should expect to notice (37) around in a positive mood and make the evaluation of products in more of a (38) manner even if they were not in such a state. (39) , good mood levels are apparently capable of (40) a person's memory. Moods turn to be (41) influenced by marketing techniques. For instance, the rhythm, pitch, and (42) of music have been proved to influence behavior such as the (43) of time spent in shopping malls or (44) to purchase products. What's more, advertising can influence people's moods which, in (45) , are able to influence people's reactions to products.

单选题{{B}}Part A{{/B}}Directions: Read the following texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answer on ANSWEB SHEET.{{B}}Text 1{{/B}} As my father grew old he became odd. He became mean where once he had been open-handed, and complained about the bills run up by the students who sometimes lived with him. He often woke up at four in the morning and started to go out of the house. And he mislaid things, but he had never in his life had to find anything or file anything. He told the same stories, but he had always repeated stories, absorbed in the telling and unaware of the listener's expression of recognition or boredom. Now he had fewer stories to tell. But the structure of his personality remained intact and his mind was as keen and fresh, as alert to anything new and interesting as it had ever been. The spring before he died I gave a seminar to a group who thought of themselves as avant-guard (先锋派), but he was the most searching questions. In the summer of 1956, after he had to move from the little house in which all the mementos of his life were in place, he was obviously failing. Although his grandchildren found a hotel in which he could live independently and still cause little trouble by leaving his door open or the bath running, because there was someone to watch out for such things, he felt close to the end. When summer school was over, his club, which he had founded and in which he ate lunch every day, closed. He was more alone, but the nephew of an old friend had breakfast with him to be sure that he had one good meal a day, and he himself made a last effort to see those of his old friends who were still alive. He died in his sleep the night he knew I was crossing the Atlantic on my way home. It was my father whose career was limited by the number of his children and his health, who defined for me my place in the world. Although I have acted on a wider stage than either my mother or my father, it is still the same stage—the same world, only with wider dimensions. I have been fortunate in being able to look up to my parents' minds well past my own middle years. And I watched my father grow—he rejected his earlier racial prejudices and came to respect new institutions of the federal government, such as Social Security and public ownership. Watching a parents grow is one of the most reassuring experiences anyone can have, a privilege that comes only to those whose parents live beyond their children' s early adulthood.

单选题{{I}} Questions 18-21 are based on the following passage. You now have 20 seconds to read the questions 18-21.{{/I}}

单选题The policeman questioned the man because_______.

单选题Questions 14-17 are based on a dialogue between two friends about their holiday plans.

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单选题The tanker lay in the bay for four days, a few hundred meters from the shore. In this tideless water she lay as still and secure as if fastened to a wall. In a way, she was, for the sandy bottom held her in its grip. Twice the harbor master's boat went out to her; the second time it brought off a number of the crew. It never occurred to the watchers on shore that the ship was in danger. She looked so calm and seaworthy. From time to time there was activity on board: When a land wind rose in the evenings, the tanker's engines came to life. Then the vessel shook herself and strained fiercely, but none of it did her any good. She just stayed where she was in the bay. The July sun blazed down on her flat decks. Occasionally a seaman, stripped to the waist, came out on to the deck with the movements of someone performing a complicated dance, stepping lightly, never resting on that burning metal. Once or twice he kept close to the ship's rail, with an arm raised against the sunlight, staring at the people on the beach. Throughout the day the air rose in visible waves from the tanker's decks. When a sea wind blew, it brought with it the heavy smell of oil. At night the ship lay in total darkness. On the fifth morning a thick bank of sea mist filled the bay. It seemed that the tanker had got a-way in the night and gone into harbor. But this was an illusion. Slowly, as the fog cleared a little, she came into view again but farther out. Soon two figures could be seen at work on her decks. There was the sound of hammering, of metal on metal, and then of something heavy falling on to the deck. At once the watchers on shore were half blinded by a flash of yellow light that enveloped the ship from end to end. The explosion that followed the flash was like a single crack from a giant whip. In a moment the ship, except for a dark line at water level, was lost to sight behind the flames. Two bodies were washed ashore in the bay. They were stripped to the waist, bare-footed, and black with flash burns. The right arm of one body was raised to the forehead as if shielding the eyes from some bright light. The other man wore a gold chain round his neck. The tanker burned for nine days and nights.

单选题Questions 22--25 are based on the following passage.

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