One day two scientists were quarrelling about whose watch was better, the German one or the Japanese one. Since they were scientists, they decided to do an experiment to test the watches. They went into their lab and filled a basin with water, put the watches in, waited for 20 minutes and took them out.
They could see there was something wrong with both watches. They observed them for several hours before speaking to each other. They both silently found that the German watch was losing 60 minutes and the Japanese are doubled that.
The scientist with the Japanese watch then slowly raised his head and said, "Both watch are out of work, but my watch is right more often than yours, so it’s better." The scientist with the German watch went home without saying a word.
| One hundred boats bearing one million
desperate uninvited immigrants set sail from the Ganges (恒河) for the fabled
coast of the French Riviera. They are totally destitute and have decided that
their only chance of survival is in a country with a conscience that
traditionally welcomes refugees from the Third World. Their journey will take 50
days. In France, the news is trumpeted with pride by the liberal media, churchmen and left-wing activists. Favorable media echoes are heard all over Europe; Political leaders and the armed forces fumble for common policies. Publicly, French authorities praise the intrepid voyagers. Privately, they exchange ideas on how they can divert one million hungry souls to other shores. A trendy French radio journalist, Albert Dufort, sees the makings of a historical redistribution of wealth between A. a country showing sympathy for the refugees from the Third World B. a place with clean conscience that all men in the world should be equal in every way C. a nation that shares the same tradition with the third world countries D. a state that strongly believes that all refugees should be treated as a human being [单项选择]（） refer to one of two or more words in the English language which have the same or very nearly the same essential meaning.
A. Polysemants B. Synonyms C. Antonyms D. Hyponyms [单项选择]Restrict yourself to one or two (pages), and (listing) any (publications) or referees on (a separate) sheet.（ ）
A. pages B. listing C. publications D. a separate [单项选择]One Saturday morning the two children were playing very happily at first.
[单项选择]One or two friends ______ coming over for supper soon.
A. is B. are C. has been D. who are [单项选择]"... one or two free admission days at slow time." means
A. business is not bad B. business is bad C. strolling is slow D. time is slow [单项选择]A worker ant has two （ ）, one for itself, and one for carrying food to "the folks back home".
A. stomachs B. stomach C. stomaches D. kinds [单项选择]Passage Two
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