课程代码：00595
PART ONE  (70 POINTS)
Ⅰ.TEXT COMPREHENSION
   The following comprehension questions are based on the texts you have learned, and each of them is provided with 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the best answer to each question and write the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET.
(20 points ,1 point each)
 1.“With that chain on his watch ,Jim might loot at the time in any company.”The underlined part in this sentence from Gifts of the Magi means ____.
A. in the presence of any person
B. while working in a firm
C. when interviewed by a corporation
D. doing any business
2.According to The Wife of Bath's Tale, what women want most is ____.
A. jewels and money                      B. happiness
C. fine clothes                           D. leadership in the family
 3.In The Fisherman and His Wife, the Fisherman was ____ when his wife wished for one thing after another.
A. tolerant but not pleased              B. bewildered but not mad
C. anguished but not rebellious          D. furious but not daring
 4.In Little Match Girl, when her little hands were almost benumbed with cold, the little match girl ____.
A. thought of the kindness of her grandmother
B. thought of the pleasant smell of the roast goose
C. went home but received a beating from her father
D. rubbed the match against the wall and warmed her hands
5.The title of the story A Day's Wait most probably means that the boy ____.
A. had been waiting all day to die
B. had waited a whole  day for his father to come back
C. had been waiting all day to recover from his illness
D. had waited a whole day before the drugs took effect
6.According to Bringing up Children,“upbringing” and “education” are ____.
A. merely two different terms for the same process
B. the same term for the different processes
 C. two utterly different but closely related processes because children are involved in different environments
 D. interdependent because both parents and teachers are responsible for the opportunities provided for children's development
7.The National Gallery in London overlooks ____.
A. Parliament                         
B. Trafalgar Square
C. the National Gallery of British Art
D. the National Portrait Gallery
8.According to How to Live like a Millionaire, most millionaires measure success by ____.
A. income                                B. consumption
C. investment                             D.net worth
9.Based on the passage United Nations, which of the following statements is NOT true?____.
A. The U.N. has the right to intervene in the member states' internal affairs.
B. All the member states, big or small, have the same rights and obligations.
C. The day that United Nations came into existence is United Nations Day.
D. Armed forces should not be used except in protecting the common interest.
 10.According to Universities and Polytechnics, London University is similar to Oxford and Cambridge in that ____.
A. they all consist of many constituent colleges
B. they were all founded in the 13th century
C. students all live outside the campus
D. they set up a different pattern of university life

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