[单项选择]In this passage the phrase "one atmosphere"( Line 8 )means" ______".
A. the mixture of gases that surrounds any heavenly body
B. one kilogram per square centimeter
C. the feeling among a group or produced by the surroundings
D. producing feelings of mysterious beauty or strangeness

[单项选择]The underlined word "hassles" in the passage (Line 3, Para. 3) probably means ______.
A. agreements
B. worries
C. disadvantages
D. quarrels

[单项选择]The passage suggests that one major difficulty in establishing patterns of migration is
A. (A) the infrequency of life course events, which restricts the amount of data available to demographers
B. (B) the overwhelming availability of proxies in migration patterns, which creates a degree of stasis in migration records
C. (C) the lack of parishioner birth records, which limits the hard evidence upon which demographers base their observations
D. (D) the homogeneity of single parishes, which makes it difficult to distinguish the motivations of migrants
E. (E) the repetitive nature of migration, which results in a surfeit of unusable data that overwhelms demographers

[单项选择]The passage asserts that one reason that oceans become enriched in oxygen-18 as ice sheets grow is because______.


A. water molecules containing oxygen-18 condense and fall as precipitation slightly sooner
B. the ratio of oxygen-18 to oxygen-16 in water vapor evaporated from oceans if different from that of these isotopes in seawater
C. growing ice sheets tend to lose their oxygen-18 as the temperature of the oceans near them gradually decreases
D. less water vapor evaporates from oceans during glacial periods and therefore less oxygen-18 is removed from the seawater

[单项选择]The passage mentions that one reason English and Dutch settlers planted tulips in their gardens was that tulips
A. ( were easy to grow
B. ( had become readily available
C. ( made them appear fashionable
D. ( reminded them of home

[单项选择]The passage implies that one of the most important factors for Keith Peiris’ success is ______.
A. a good family education
B. the invention of the computer
C. the great help from the school
D. the advantage of his age

[单项选择]According to the passage, if one wants to predict the way consumers will spend their money, he should_____.

[单项选择]According to the passage, which one is NOT TRUE
A. In the UK, 29 percent of the boys surveyed in the UK tried binge drink at least 3 times in the previous month.
B. 42 percent of boys surveyed had attempted illegal drugs.
C. There are more girls indulging in binge drinking according to the survey.
D. Binge drinking is defined as drinking more than 5 alcohol one after another.

[单项选择]According to ibis passage, which one of the following spellings would Webster have approved in his dictionaries
A. Develope.
B. Centre.
C. Colour.
D. Honor.

[单项选择]According to the passage, which one is NOT true
A. Newton figured out the orbit of the comet.
B. Halley figured out the orbit of the comet first.
C. Newton gave Halley some help.
D. Halley died before 1758.

[单项选择]According to this passage, which one of the following spelling would Webster have approved in the dictionary
A. Develop.
B. Color.
C. Theatre.
D. Honour.

[单项选择]The phrase "the one" in line 26 refers to the
A. ( study
B. ( pair
C. ( chimpanzee
D. ( ability

[单项选择]According to the passage, if one is given a certain message about himself or herself time and again, he or she will ______.
A. regard it as important in all his or her life
B. pay much attention to his or her appearance
C. find it believable and then behave accordingly
D. make it known to others to see whether it is true

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Passage Four 4 One evening Mr. Green was driving home along a lonely country road. He had ￡ 100.00 in his pock et. At the loneliest part of the road, a man asked for a lift (搭车). Mr. Green told him to get into the car and continued his driving. When he talked to the man and learned that the man had been in prison for robbery and had broken out of prison two days before, Mr. Green was very worried. Suddenly he saw a police-car and had a bright idea. He just reached a small town where the speed limit (限制速度) was 30 miles an hour. But he drove the car as fast as it could go. He looked back and saw that the police-car had begun to chase (追) him. After a mile or so the police-car overtook (赶上) him and ordered him to stop. A policeman got out and came to Mr. Green’s car. Mr. Green hoped that he could tell the policeman about the escaped robber, but he felt the man had put a gun against his back. The policeman took out his notebook and pencil, saying he wanted Mr. Green&rsqu
A. The prisoner stole the policeman's notebook and gave it to Mr. Green in return.
B. The prisoner was caught.
C. The prisoner robbed Mr. Green.
D. Mr. Green sent the prisoner to the police station.