Most dictionaries will tell you a number of things about a language. There are three important things. These three things are spelling, pronunciation and meaning.

   First, a dictionary will tell you the spelling of a word. If you are not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in an alphabetical(字母表的) order--- a, b, c and so on. For example, on a dictionary page the “poor” comes before “poverty” and the word “poverty” comes before the “power”. The words are always given in alphabetical order. The second thing, a dictionary will tell you the pronunciation. Most dictionaries give phonetic (语音的), or sound alphabet. The phonetic alphabet(音标) shows pronunciation. The third thing, a dictionary will tell you the meaning of words. You can look up a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a good dictionary will tell you all of the word’s meanings. For example, in English the common word “get” has over 20 different meanings.

21. Many words have_______.

A.    several meanings  B. one meaning   C. few meanings   D. no meaning

22. A good dictionary will tell you_____

A.    more of word’s pronunciation      B.more of the word’s meanings

C.more of grammar                 D. more of the word’s spelling.

23.. Phonetic alphabets are used to show ________

A. handwritings    B. spelling   C. meanings   D. pronunciation

24.. How many important things will most dictionaries tell you?

A. Four       B. Five       C. Three       D. Two

Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.

He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up（设定） his alarm clock. He tried to shave quickly and cut himself when he got blood all over his clean shirt, so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean needed ironing（熨烫），so he ironed it . While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to read the electricity meter（电表）, he showed him where the meter was, said goodbye and found that the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he decided he couldn’t go to work by bus. He telephoned for a taxi to take him to work. The taxi arrived and Harry got in and began to read the newspaper.

   In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry’s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry’s shirt and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o’clock in the afternoon before the policeman was sure that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about four, his boss took a look at him and told him to go away and find another job.

25. Harry had_____

A. a lucky day   B. an unlucky day   C. a busy day   D. a good day

26. Why did Harry wear the shirt with blood on it?

A.    He had only one shirt        B.The only other needed ironing

C.  The iron had burnt a hole on his clean shirt.

D.  He cut himself and got blood on his shirt.

27. His boss told him to go away and find another job because_____.

A.    he had been kept by the police    B. there was blood on his shirt

C. he was late for work             D. he had killed a woman

 In today’s world, almost everyone knows that air pollution and water pollution are harmful to people’ health. However, not all the persons know that noise is also a kind of pollution, and this is harmful to people’ health, too.

   People who work and live under noisy conditions usually become deaf today. However, scientists believe that 10 percent of workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work. Many of the workers who print newspapers and books, and who weave（编织） cloth become deaf. Quite a few people living near airports also become deaf. Recently it was discovered that many teenagers in America could hear no better than 65-year-old persons, for these young people like to listen to pop music and pop music is a kind of noise, Besides, noise produced by jet planes or machines will make people ill or even drive them mad.

   It is said a continuous noise of over 85 decibels（分贝）can cause deafness. Now the government in many countries have made laws to control noise and make it less than 85 decibels.

   In China, the government is trying to solve not only air and water pollution problems but also noise problems.

28. The text is mainly about ______.

    A. air pollution      B. water pollution  C. noise pollution   D. world pollution

29. According to the text, a continuous noise of _____decibels can make people deaf.

    A. less than 85     B. less than 65   C. about 65    D. more than 85

30. Ten percent of the workers in Britain are being deafened because ______.

    A. they are working in noisy places          B. they often listen to pop music

C. they are busy in listening to other’s talk    D. they live near airports

31. The government of China is trying to solve ______.

     A. only air pollution             B. only air and water pollution     

C. only water pollution           D. air, water and noise pollution

 The Chinese word “Shanzhai” means a small mountain village, but now it becomes an accepted name for fakes (假货), after “Shanzhai Cell-phones” produced by small workshops in southern China became popular in the mainland market over the past two years.

Besides “Shanzhai” electronic products, there are “Shanzhai” movies, “Shanzhai” stars and even a “Shanzhai” Spring Festival Gala (联欢晚会), a copy of the 25-year-old traditional show presented by CCTV on Chinese Lunar New Year’s Eve.

“Shanzhai” has become a culture of its own, meaning anything that imitates something famous. In Chongqing, “Shanzhai” version “Bird’s Nest” and “Water Cube” woven by farmers with bamboo attract wide attention from tourists. Both are copies of the famous Olympic buildings in Beijing.

A literature critic said that taking the “Shanzhai” Gala as an example, when the traditional CCTV program becomes less and less attractive to the audience, the “Shanzhai” version appears timely to attract people. “Although it is often connected with poor techniques and operation, ‘Shanzhai’ culture meets the psychological needs of common people and could be a comfort to their minds,” he said.

    To the mainstream (主流的) culture, the rise of “Shanzhai” culture is a challenge and a motivation (动力). People believe different kinds of cultures developing together is a perfect situation and it is for the public to choose.

32. The Chinese word “Shanzhai” may have started with ______.

A. fake cell-phone B. electronic products C. Spring Festival Gala  D. Olympic buildings

33. According to the passage, “Shanzhai” culture refers to ______.

A. the action that a person imitates(模仿) famous people

B. products with poor techniques and quality

C. anything that imitates something famous

  D. those similar names to famous brands(品牌)

34. We can infer that the mainstream culture ______.

  A. is held back by “Shanzhai” culture

  B. is the challenge of “Shanzhai” culture  

   C. will be replaced by “Shanzhai” culture

   D. may develop faster because of the challenge of “Shanzhai” culture

35. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

  A. “Shanzhai” culture will definitely(注定地) disappear   

   B. “Shanzhai” culture takes on life of its own  

   C. “Shanzhai” culture — the mainstream culture

D. “Shanzhai” culture — the mountain village culture 

Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.

   __36__ Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.

For years many doctors thought that repressing(压抑) anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷尔蒙). They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. __37_

38___ They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “___39___ Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”

   Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. _40_

A. In general, repressing anger was harmful.

B. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger.

C. Expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it.

D. Anger may cause you a cancer.

E. Do not express your anger while angry.

F. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time.

G. Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger.