Passage14    （CCCAA）

    Ever since humans lived on the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral speech. When it is difficult to express with language , communication is accomplished() through sign language in which body movements stand for letters, words, and ideas. Tourist, the deaf, and the mute have had to turn to this form of expression. Many of these movements are simple and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot.

Body language passes on ideas or thoughts by certain actions. A nod means agreement, while shaking the head shows disagreement.

    Other forms of nonlinguistic()language can be found in Braille (a system of raised dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs also guide, warn, and instruct people.

While verbal form is the most common form of language, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.

21.Which of the following statements NOT true?

   A) There are many forms of communication today.

   B) Verbal language is the most common form of communication.

C) The deaf and the mute use an oral form of communication.

D) Ideas and thoughts can be expressed by body movements.                                                  

22.What is the meaning of “mute” in the first paragraph?

   A) People who are blind           B) People who are illiterate.

   C) People who are unable to speak.  D) People who are fool.

23.How many different forms of communication are mentioned in the passage?

   A) 5             B) 7           C) 9                  D) 11

24.Sign language is said to be very useful and be used internationally except          .      

   A) spelling       B) ideas       C) whole words        D) thoughts

25.Which of the following statements tells the main idea of this passage?

   A) When language cannot be used in communication, people will find other forms of

      communication.            

   B) Everybody uses only one form of communication.

   C) Nonlinguistic language is inevitable to foreigners.          

   D) Although other forms of communication exist, verbal language is the fastest.

 

Passage15  （BACDB）

    The early 1600s saw the beginning of a great tide of emigration()from Europe to North America. Through more than three centuries, this movement grew from a few hundred English colonists to a flood tide of newcomers numbered in the millions. Powered by various motivations, they built a new civilization on a once savage continent.

Though the new continent was rich in natural resources, trade with Europe was important fro the import of articles the settlers could not yet produce. The coastline served the immigrants well. The whole length of shore provided many harbors for trading. Only two areas --- North Carolina and Southern New Jersey --- lacked harbors for ocean –going vessels.

Most European emigrant left their homelands for greater economic opportunity --- an urge frequently stimulated by the longing for religious freedom, or a determination to flee from political oppression. Between 1620 and 1635 economic difficulties swept England. Many people could not find work. Even skilled technicians could earn little more than a bare living.

Political considerations also influenced many people to move to America. In the 1630s, unsuccessful rule by England’s Charles I also led to the migration to the New world. And the subsequent() victory of Charles’ opponents under Oliver Cromwell in the 1640s led many cavaliers --- “king’s men ” --- to cast their lot in Virginia..

26.Migration to the New World began in the                      .

    A) 1620s           B) early 1600s        C) 1630s           D) 1640s

27.The continent had to be dependent on import from Europe because                   .

    A) the land was not cultivated enough

    B) the European forced the settlers to buy their goods

    C) the settlers’ crops were destroyed by the Indians

    D) Goods were cheaper if they were imported from Europe

28. People went to North America for the reasons Except                       .

    A) political oppression                B) desire for making a fortune

    C) gold-mining                         D) finding jobs

29.According to the passage, in 1620s and 1630s               . would LEAST probably move to

   North America.

    A) skilled workers                     B) cavaliers

    C) people who opposed Charles I        D) Cromwell’s supporters

30. In the last paragraph, “cast their lot” means                        .                 

    A) have their land                      B) try their luck

    C) fight against their opponents        D) prepare for a war

 

Passage 16   （AADDC）

    Hi, My name is Dina. I’m a black Canadian. When I was two-and a half years old I was adopted by a white couple who already had two biological sons. I am grateful for my parents and two brothers but growing up was sometimes difficult.

    Nearly everyone living in our neighborhood was white. Children sometimes teased()me and called me names because I was black…because I was different… and because I didn’t know who my biological parents are.

   Adults could also be cruel. Sometimes they would refuse to acknowledge my parents as my real parents. It was difficult to understand such an attitude but as I grew older I began to realize that they simple didn’t understand that my parents had CHOSEN to raise me. I also realized that being an adopted child didn’t make my own family less real or less valuable.

   Now that I am older , I can see that I was lucky to be adopted. In North America, most couples who adopt children want newborn babies. When a child is older than two or three, it becomes more difficult for m=him or her to adopted.

   Children who cannot find parents to adopt them are placed in foster ()homes. Foster children do not become legal members of the family and many live with several different families while they are growing up.

Fortunately this didn’t happen to me. As an adopted child, I grew up as part of a family and with the same security as a child born to the family. My parents are my parents and my brothers are my brothers. I can’t imagine calling anyone else “mother” and “father” or “brother”. “Adoption” is a word for outsiders.

31.Dina’s parents and brothers treat her                   .

    A) very well      B) cruelly      C) badly      D) coldly

32.“call me names” in paragraph 2 means                       .            

    A) say something bad to me        B) call me Dina  

    C) give me a nickname             D) beat me

33.Most adopted children are adopted when they are                       

    A) two                         B) two and a half

    C) three                       D) not older than two

34.It is implied in the passage that                     .

    A) Dina was adopted when she was older than two

    B) Dina was a black girl  

    C) Dina’s parents have two sons

    D) Dina becomes a legal member of the family

35. Dina is lucky mostly because                .

    A) She is adopted by a white family

    B) Most people living in the neighborhood are white

    C) She has the love from her parents and brothers

    D) She can live like a normal child