[单项选择]C 　　“Dad,” I say one day …..take a trip. Why don’t you fly and meet me” 　　My father had just reired……….. His job filled his day, his thought, his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower, I screamed under a freezing waterfall Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch, I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks. 　　My father sees me drfting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down, but now I want him to find an adventure. 　　He agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City. 　　“ What is our first stop” asks my father. 　　“What time is it” 　　“Still don’t have a watch” 　　Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite（　）, his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of little boy. 　　“Unbelievable,” he says, “How was this done” 　　A film in the information center shows sculptor Gutzon Bor
A. His father is interested in sculpture
B. His father is as innocent as a little boy
C. He should learn sculpture in the future
D. He should pursue a specific aim in life.

[单项选择]C 　　“Dad,” I say one day …..take a trip. Why don’t you fly and meet me” 　　My father had just reired……….. His job filled his day, his thought, his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower, I screamed under a freezing waterfall Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch, I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks. 　　My father sees me drfting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down, but now I want him to find an adventure. 　　He agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City. 　　“ What is our first stop” asks my father. 　　“What time is it” 　　“Still don’t have a watch” 　　Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite（　）, his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of little boy. 　　“Unbelievable,” he says, “How was this done” 　　A film in the information center shows sculptor Gutzon Bor
A. followed the fashion
B. got bored with his job
C. was unhappy with……
D. liked the author’s collection of stamps

[简答题]S1. According to Paragraph One. Why do we blot out the sounds we don’ t want to hear

[单项选择]Why did somebody ask Jimmy one day [A] He wanted to know how much Jimmy’s picture was. [B] He didn’t know the way home. [C] He wanted to know why Jimmy’s picture was always on half of the paper.

[简答题]Why do we say that culture is a historical phenomenon

[单项选择]

Why do people smoke One reason is that people become dependent on cigarettes. The substance which people cannot resist in cigarettes is nicotine. When people smoke the nicotine goes directly into the blood stream and makes people feel relaxed. A smoker’s body gets accustomed to the nicotine and if he stops smoking he feels nervous. Many smokers try to stop smoking but because of their dependence on nicotine they feel so uncomfortable that they often find it too hard to stop.
Another reason is that people simply enjoy smoking and what it symbolizes. Having a cigarette for many people means taking a break. For some people smoking becomes part of certain social forms, for example, the cigarette after dinner. Many people enjoy smoking because it makes their hands busy.
Many people also like the taste of tar in cigarettes. However, it is the tar that causes cancer. While governments and health experts have tried to make people give up smoking entirely, cigarette
A. Because they like the taste of tar.
B. Because smoking makes them feel relaxed.
C. Because smoking is fun to them.
D. Because smoking cures them of cancer.

[填空题]

A. Why do you say that
B. You can go to parties now
C. Congratulations
D. of course it isn’t
E. Would you like to change places with me
F. but I don’t have a job
G. stayed up late
H. Don’t complain
Angle: (56) on your new job, Chris!
Chris: Thanks, Angie. To tell you the truth, I’m not so sure I like working.
Angle: (57) East year you wanted to get out of university!
Chris: I know, but that was last year. Now, it’s just work, work, work. I work hard all day, every day.
Angie: Oh, come on. (58) You’re making a good salary now. Last year, you didn’t make anything.
Chris: Right. Now, I have money, a nice apartment and a car. BUT I don’t have any time to enjoy it all.
Angie: It can’t be all that bad.
Chris: No, (59) I still have my weekends.
Angle: So tell me, what do you

[填空题]Why does the author say the Valentine’s Day is a special day
Because it offers people a good chance to show or express（）to someone they love.

[简答题]One day, science says a glass of red wine a day will help us live longer.