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IV. Reading Comprehension(60 points)
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part, Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Passage One
There has been, in history, a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived to tell the tale. The man's name is James Bartley. The records to prove his unusual experience are in the British Admiralty.
Bartley was making his first trip on the whaling ship Star of the East. Suddenly the lookout sighted a huge sperm whale. The whalers knew it was a huge whale by the size of the spray it blew into the air. They lowered their small boats. James Bartley was in the first longboat. The men rowed until they were close to the whale. A harpoon was thrown and it found its mark. It sank into the whale's flesh. The maddened beast crashed into the boat, snapping its tail at the men and the wreckage of their boats. When the survivors were picked up, James Bartley was missing.
Shortly before sunset, the whale was finally captured. The sailors tied the whale's dead-body to the side of the ship. Because of hot weather it was important that they cut up the whale right away. Otherwise, the meat would begin to rot and the oil would begin to spoil. When they got to the stomach, they felt something moving about wildly. They thought it would be a big fish still alive inside. But when they opened the stomach they found James Bartley. After this trip, Bartley settled in England, and never returnee to sea.
36. This passage is mainly about.
A. how to hunt whales for their oil and meat
B. the hard and dangerous lives that whalers had to live
C. the duties of each man on a whaling ship
D. a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived
37. The sailors knew that something was in the whales stomach because.
A. they could feel it moving about wildly
B. the whale seemed very heavy
C. the whale was swelling at one spot
D. the captain heard Bartley yelling for help
38. James Bartley probably never went to sea again because.
A. he wanted different kinds of adventures
B. of fright and shock
C. he was crippled by the whale
D. he often got seasick
39. The author, in telling James bartley's story, informs us by.
A. narrating the plain facts
B. referring to whaling in general
C. comparing whaling to other fishing
D. dramatically telling what happened

Passage Two
We spend our leisure hours efficiently for higher production, live by the clock even
when time does not matter, modernize our homes and speed the machinery of living in order that we can go to the most places and do the most things in the shortest period of time possible. We try to eat, sleep, and talk efficiently. Even on holidays and Sundays, the efficient man relaxes on timetable with one eye on the clock and the other on an appointment sheet.
To squeeze the most out of each shining hour we have shortened the opera, quickened the pace of the movie and put culture in pocket-sized packages. We make the busy bee look like a lazy creature, the ant like a sluggard. We live sixty-mile-minute and the great efficiency smiles.
We wish we could return to that pleasant day when we considered time a friend instead of enemy; when we did things willingly and because we wanted to, rather than because our timetable called for it, But that of course would not be efficiency; and we Americans must be efficient.
40. The phrase that best expresses the main idea of this passage is.
A. the modern pace
B. our interest in shortened operas
C. how to make the best use of leisure time
D. Planning our time scientifically
41.The passage tells us that.
A.Americans are forced to be efficient against their will
B. Americans should do what they are willing to do
C.people ought not to work so hard for efficiency
D. Americans are at a loss what to do
42. According to the passage, which of the following is a necessity?
A. Shortened opera performances.
B. Quickened paces of movies.
C. speeded-up efficiency.
D. Working on holidays.
43. The"pleasant day"to which the author refers was the period when we.
A. did not feel guilty about wasting time
B. were able to act of our own free will
C. seemed to have better weather
D. did not have so many enemies

Passage Three
When you speak, write a letter or make a telephone call, your words carry a message. People communicate with words. But do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy of friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you put up your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask a question. You shake your head, and people know you are saying"no”. You nod and people know you are saying"yea". Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take A sign on the door tells you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you get messages from them all the time?
People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell about all the things in the world and also about people and their ideas.
Books, newspapers, TV, radio and films can all help us to communicate with others. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.
44. People can communicateB.
A. with words only
B. in many different ways
C. in letters and with drawings
D. with smiles, tears and hands
45. Communication is important because it can help people toA.
A. understand the world and other people better
B. teach each other to speak, write, read and draw
C. know that other people are thinking about
D. learn what s happening in the world more quickly
46. The best title for this short passage isD.
A.Signs Carry Messages
B. The Importance of Communication
C. Words, Signs and Drawings
D. Ways of Communication
47. How do you know which bus to take if one goes somewhere    A
A. A sign.         B. A drawing.        C A bus.           D. A hut.

Passage Four
You know that pearls grow inside oysters, but would you ever think to look for diamonds inside an ostrich? Well, a hunter once shot an ostrich and discovered, to his great surprise, that the big bird had swallowed a bunch of diamonds. How could such a strange thing happen?
Like many other birds, the ostrich swallows small stones that stay inside its “gizzard”. The gizzard is a birds second stomach. It is where the food is ground up. The small stones help to grind up the food so it can be digested. They do the chewing, because birds don’t have teeth. In the case of the ostrich with diamonds, the bird simply had expensive taste in rocks. He used the diamonds to help digest his dinner.
Diamonds and stones aren’t all that an ostrich will swallow. If there are no stones around, it will eat just about anything. Sadly for ostriches in zoos this can be a fatal habit. The tendency to swallow anything it sees has caused the death of many an ostrich. Cruel or careless people often throw things into the bird's living space. They throw keys, coins, even large objects such as horseshoes. The ostrich swallows them with out hesitation. Coins can be the worst. Inside the ostrich they wear down to a razor sharp edge. They will cut open the bird's gizzard from the indie. One young zoo ostrich died with 484 coins, weighing more than eight pounds, in its gizzard.
48. Ostriches eat stones because they don’t haveC.
A. enough food           B. bird seed         C. teeth        D. diamonds
49. The ostrich is not smart enough toC.
A. digest its own food
B. eat only diamonds
C.avoid eating harmful objects
D. escape from the zoo
50. The phrase"they do the chewing"makes the rocks seem as though they areB.
A. important        B. alive        C. dangerous         D. uncomfortable
51.“ Fatal” is another word forC.
A. foolish       B.careless         C.deadly       D.cruel

Passage Five
Although no one is certain why migration occurs, there are several theories. One theory is based upon the premise that prehistoric birds of the norther Hemisphere were forced south during the Ice Age, when glaciers covered large parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. As the glaciers melted, the birds came back to their homelands, spend the summer, and then went south again as the ice advanced in winter. In time, the migration became a habit, and now, although the glaciers have disappeared, the habit continues.
Another theory proposed that the ancestral home of all modern birds was the tropics.When the region became overpopulated, many species were crowded north. During the summer, there was plenty of food, but during the winter, scarcity forced them to return to the tropics.
A more recent theory, known as photoperiodism, suggests a relationship between in creasing daylight and the stimulation of certain glands in the birds bodies that may prepare them for migration. One scientist has been able to cause midwinter migrations by exposing birds to artificial periods of daylight. He has concluded that changes occur in the bodies of birds due to seasonal changes in the length of daylight.
52. According to one theory, when the glaciers disappeared, birds
A. stooped migrating
B.continued migrating
C began migrating again
D.migrated south and stay there
53. The author states that birds left the tropics becauseB.
A. there was not enough food there in the winter
B. there were too many bird
C. there was too much daylight
D. there was too much daylight
54. Why did one scientist expose birds to artificial daylight?     
A.To test the relationship between daylight and a disease of the gands common to birds.
B. To test the relationship between daylight and migration
C. To test the relationship between migration and temperature.
D. To test the relationship between daylight and changes in the season.
55. According to the theory of photoperiodism,.
A. birds should migrate in the middle of the winter
B. longer days cause changes in the bodies of bird
C. seasonal changes in the length of days do not affect migration
D. increasing daylight increases the distance of migration
V. Daily Conversation(15 points)
Directions: Pick out five appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogue by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

A. Maybe I should call a taxi           B.can you help me C. it's the second left                     D. not really E.at the traffic lights                      F. Not at all G. Museum Drive                          H. Thanks again

Tourist: Excuse me,       56      ? I’m lost !
Person: Certainly, where would you like to go?
Tourist: I'd like to go to the museum, but I cant find it. Is it far?
Person: No,      57      . it's about a 5 minute walk. Now, go along this street to the traffic lights. Do you see them?
Tourist：Yes， I can see them．
Person: Right,      58      , turn left into Queen Mary Avenue.
Tourist: Queen Mary Avenue.
Person: Right. Go straight on. Take the second left and enter Museum Drive.
Tourist: OK. Queen Mary. Avenue, straight on and then the second left,      59.     
Person: Right. Just follow Museum Drive and the museum is at the end of the road.
Tourist: Great. Thanks for your help.
Person:      60      .

VI. Writing(25 points)
Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write a Found Announcement in English in100-120 words based on the following situation. Remember to write it clearly.
61．你（ Finder）拾到一个学生包。写一份失物招领启事。启事内容如下：
（1）拾包的时间、地点；
（2）包中大体内容：
（3）联系方式。
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