Our school has a big library.It has many books on different subjects. Students can rea

When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses.

What kinds of people rent tent officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples - people whose job or buw homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.

One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don’t like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.

11.Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses?

A.Selling home furnishings.

B.Renting furnished apartments.

C.Selling used furniture.

D.Renting home furnishings.

12.Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?

A.Because the furniture they get in this way is new.

B.Because it saves them a lot of money.

C.Because it saves them much trouble and money.

D.Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.

13.What can you infer from the passage?

A.The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.

B.Renting furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town.

C.Only those who don’t have enough money to rent furniture.

D.People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.

14.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

A.Rent or Buy?

B.A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.

C.Furnished Apartments.

D.A New Idea.

15.Young people liked renting home furniture because_________

A.they have less money.

B.they don’t want to buy old furniture.

C.the new furniture is of good quality.

D.they don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture.

es here at this university. It is the third week of classes now. My roommate, Tom, is also a graduate student like me. He is studying biology (生物学). He is from Houston. We are now on good terms.

Our dormitory m going to buy one this afternoon. The view on the window is pleasant, and the weather is hot in the summer right now. It is about 38 degrees outside the room. But we have air conditioning in the room, so I feel OK.

How are you getting on? Are you still working on your paper now?

Please say "Hello" to those who have taught me. I miss all of you very much.

Love

Wang Hui

6.Wang Hui is writing to her former teacher.

A.T

B.F

7.From the passage, we know that Wang Hui is a new graduate student in New York.

A.T

B.F

8.Tom is from Houston.

A.T

B.F

9.Wang Hui thinks her dormitory is too big.

A.T

B.F

10.Wang Hui is going to move to another room.

A.T

B.F

nged for a friend to share his evenings. One night he saw three old men, each holding a glass.

The first old man said：“Drink this liquid and you shall be victorious in battle.”

The last old man said：“I offer you the happiness of music-----the horn(号角).”

The boy chose the third glass.

So goes the century, the horn was used by herdsmen to call cattle, for its deep tones echoed across the mountainsides. Even today, on a quiet summer evening, its music can be heard floating among the peaks.

6.The passage tells us his lonely job about the shepherd boy.

A.T

B.F

7.The boy choose to drink the glass offered by the last old man because the boy was thirsty.

A.T

B.F

8.After the shepherd boy found the horn, he discovered it was like a new-found friend.

A.T

B.F

9.Today the horn is heard in the Swiss Alps when it rains.

A.T

B.F

10.The Legend of the Horn would be the best title for the passage.

A.T

B.F

was flying. So he__21__ a window seat when he got in the plane. He found that all of them were taken__22__ one. There was a soldier sitting in the seat beside this one, and Mr. Cross was happy that the soldier had nottakenthe one by the window. When he__23__ it, Mr. Cross saw that there was a piece of paperwith some words on the seat. It said, "This seat is broken. You can't take it, Thank you."

When the plane was quite__25__, a very beautiful girl got into the plane. As soon as he saw her, the soldier quickly took the paper off the seat beside his and let the girl sit in during the whole trip.

21.

A.looked for

B.full

C.reached

D.except

E.to himself

22.

A.looked for

B.full

C.reached

D.except

E.to himself

23.

A.looked for

B.full

C.reached

D.except

E.to himself

24.

A.looked for

B.full

C.reached

D.except

E.to himself

25.

A.looked for

B.full

C.reached

D.except

E.to himself

e near a big hotel. They were having a good time.

Suddenly the ice broke. One water. The children shouted, “Help! Help!” They didn't know what to so. The two Canadian friends heard ___22___ and skated over to get the boy out of the water.

The ice was thin. But they tried their best to ___23___ the little boy. They knew they must be quick. If the ice, he would soon die.

Many people ran over to help.Some of them had ropes and poles. A young man jumped into the water to save the ___24___ people.

The boy and the two Canadian women were out of water at last. One of the women didn't feel well. She was sent to the ___25___ at once. But she felt very happy because the boy was safe.

21.

A.save

B.hospital

C.three

D.skating

E.them

22.

A.save

B.hospital

C.three

D.skating

E.them

23.

A.save

B.hospital

C.three

D.skating

E.them

24.

A.save

B.hospital

C.three

D.skating

E.them

25.

A.save

B.hospital

C.three

D.skating

E.them

A、巴拉克点燃的

B、沙龙点燃的

C、阿拉法特点燃的

D、拉丹点燃的

A、布什当选

B、戈尔当选

C、杰克逊当选

D、鲍威尔当选

A、加大遏制重婚力度

B、明确禁止家庭暴力

C、增设个人特有财产制

D、引进离婚过错赔偿制度

E、确定无效婚姻和可撤销婚姻制度

A、就其主要内容来说二者是一致的

B、只是说法不同，二者没有任何区别

C、对应不同概念二者是有区别的

D、精神文明是相对物质文明而言的

E、文化是相对于经济和政治而言的

A、由直接管理为主转变为以间接管理为主

B、由以微观管理为主转变为主要进行宏观管理

C、从搞项目审批、分钱分物转变为主要利用经济手段搞好规划、协调、监督和服务

D、从对经济管理为主转变为对社会管理为主

E、从对企业管理为主转变为对行业管理为主