[简答题]It is the last day of July; for a thousand miles on every side lies Russia--home. The whole sky is a shadow-less blue; one little cloud floats upon it and melts away. A windless sultry calm; the air like warm milk.
The larks trill, the doves coo, the swallows swift by with their swift and noiseless flight; the horses neigh and crop the grass; the dogs stand about, gently wagging their tails, but not barking.
There is a mingles smell of smoke, hay, tar, and leather.
The hemp is ripe and gives forth its penetrating but pleasant odour.

[简答题]It is the last day of July; for a thousand miles on every side lies Russia--home. The whole sky is a shadow- less blue; one little cloud floats upon it and melts away. A windless sultry calm; the air like warm milk. The larks trill, the doves coo, the swallows swift by with their swift and noiseless flight; the horses neigh and crop the grass; the dogs stand about, gently wagging their tails, but not barking. There is a mingles smell of smoke, hay, tar, and leather. The hemp is ripe and gives forth its penetrating but pleasant odour.

[单项选择]Months ago we sailed ten thousand miles across this open sea, which （　） the Pacific, and we met no storms.
A. was called
B. is called
C. had been called
D. has been called

[填空题]Two thousand miles ______ (对我们说太远了)to travel over a short vocation.

[单项选择] Passage Two

One hot night last July,when our new baby wouldn’t or couhln’t sleep, I tried everything I could think of:a warm bottle, songs, gentle rocking. Nothing would settle him. Guessing that I had a long night ahead of me, I brought a portable TV into his room,figuring that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to kill of the hours till dawn. To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, his little eyes focused brightly on the tube. Not to waste an opportunity for sleep, I then tiptoes out of the room,leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi’s forty-fifth birthday.
My wife and I heard none of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself.
I found in my baby’s behavior a symbol of the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he merely spit upon them. When we read to hi
A. To make his son keep quiet.
B. To spend the night by watching TV programs.
C. In order not to let his son feel lonely.
D. To make his son go to sleep as soon as possibl

[单项选择]

Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California’s Santa Arm Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn’t reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I’d just head east.
A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. "Four more lights," she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.
She dropped me off at the end of hex route and told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a Very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its windshield(挡风玻璃). It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver.
"I just can’t leave you here," she said. "This isn’t the nicest place. I’ll give you a ride home."
"You’ll drive
A. very quiet and peaceful
B. dark without street lights
C. neither clean nor beautiful
D. a little unsafe