[单项选择]Questions 6-10 are based on the following passage: The Pacific Ocean is a little less than twice the size of the Atlantic Ocean, covering more of the earth than all of the continents combined. Between the Philippines and Panama, the ocean is more than 10,000 miles wide. In some places it is more than 6 miles deep. This ocean was named by the Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, who led the first expedition around the world. In 1519, when he first saw the ocean, he called it “Pacific” because it was so smooth and calm compared to the stormy Atlantic which he had just crossed. Why did he call it “Pacific”？
A. It was smooth and calm when he first saw it
B. It was much smoother and calmer than the Atlantic Ocean.
C. There was no storm on it when he first saw it.
D. It is an ocean of safety.

[单项选择]Questions 21-25 are based on the following passage:
It is curious how often sympathy for the old and infirm takes a form which actually humiliates them. Their friends, with good will, sometimes lean forward to rearrange their neckwear, touching their hair or patting their faces-things they would never presume to do, unasked, to one of their contemporaries. An equally humiliating habit is to talk about old people in front of them as if they were not there, discussing their health.
It is now universally accepted that children should be encouraged to do as much as they can for themselves in order to develop their brains and muscles, but so few people today seem to have time to allow the elderly the same means of keeping their minds and muscles active. They perform innumerable services for the old that they would be much better left to do, even with a struggle, for themselves.
Convenient flats, "motherly" visitors, or organized entertainments cannot make up for the fu
A. live alone
B. live in comfortable and well-run homes
C. be treated as adults instead of babies
D. get unselfish help from their friends and relatives

[单项选择]Questions 11-15 are based on the following passage:
Although no one is certain why migration occurs, there are several theories. One theory claims that prehistoric birds of the Northern Hemisphere were forced south during the Ice Age. As the glaciers melted, the birds came back to their homelands, spent the summer, and then went south again as the ice advanced in winter. In time, the migration became a habit in spite of the disappearance of glaciers.
Another theory proposes 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 suggests a relationship between increasing daylight and the stimulation of certain glands (腺) in the birds’ bodies that may prepare them for migration. One scientist has been able to cause midwinter migrations by exposing birds to
A. there was not enough food there in the winter
B. there were too many birds
C. there were too many glaciers
D. there was too much daylight

[单项选择]Questions 11-13 are based on the following passage about the young Americans’ idea of a good meal.What do the younger members of an American family miss most when they travel abroad
A. Their customs.
B. Restaurants.
C. Their friends.
D. Hamburgers and French fries.

[单项选择]Questions 16-20 are based on the following passage:
In Guangzhou, capital of South China’s Guangdong Province, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport resumed its international flights to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations and regions early this month, said an airport official yesterday. And the airport’s flow of international passengers for July has reached 80 per cent of the figure for the corresponding month of the previous year.
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport had to cancel some international services to Southeast Asian nations and regions because of the outbreak of SARS beginning in April, the official said. The official predicted his airport’s international service would return to normal operation and handle even more international passengers in August.
Currently, the Guangzhou airport is operating 22 international flights to 20 foreign metropolises. And nine foreign airlines have resumed their internationa
A. 20% of
B. 20% less than
C. 80% more than
D. 80% less than

[单项选择]Questions 18-21 are based on the following passage.Why was Rachel not allowed to touch her mother’s violin when she was only two years old
A. Because the violin was too expensive.
B. Because she was too young to play the violin.
C. Because the violin was too big for her.
D. Because her mother wanted her to play the piano.