Directions : There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage 1

　　Many people are frightened by spiders( 蜘蛛 ). They are especially afraid of large, hairy ones. The largest and most frightening of all spiders is the bird-eating spider, which lives in the hot, thick rain forests of northern South America .

　　Bird-eating spiders are a type of tarantula( 狼蛛 ). They are very hairy. Some of these giant spiders can spread eighteen centimeters (seven inches) with their legs. Tarantulas are not, as most people think, poisonous ( 有毒的 ) spiders. They can bite, and the bite is painful, but it will not kill a grow-up. The poisonous bite of a black widow spider is far more dangerous.

　　Bird-eating spiders often hide in holes and under rocks during the day, but at night they creep out and hunt for insects. As you might guess from their name, they also catch birds and eat them.

　　They have another unusual ability. They can walk up windowpanes( 窗玻璃 )because of sticky, silky hairs on their feet that cling to glass.

1) The bird-eating spider can be described as___________________
　 (A)a very hairy spider.
　 (B) a very frightening spider.
　 (C)the largest of spiders.
　 (D) All of the above.
　
2) This spider lives where the climate is____________________
　 (A) wet and hot.
　 (B) cool and dry.
　 (C) hot and dry
　 (D) cool and wet.
　
3) The article says that the bird-eating spider is a kind of________________
　 (A) large crab.
　 (B) tarantula.
　 (C) black widow spider.
　 (D) all of the above.
　
4) Bird songs are _____
　 (A) during the day.
　 (B) at night.
　 (C) at dawn.
　 (D) Both A and B.

5) According to the story, bird-eating spiders_________________
　 (A)  can catch birds and eat them.
　 (B) can walk up windowpanes.
　 (C) can give a person a painful bite.
　 (D) All of the above.

Passage 2 　　

　　The word horsepower ( 马力 ) was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world ' s first widely used steam engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there were no units for measuring power.

　　Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.

　　He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3300-pound weight 100 feet in one minute.

　　Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horsepower engine.

6)  The selection says that Watt made the first______________
　 (A) engine
　 (B)  seam engine. 　
　 (C)  widely used steam engine.
　 (D) useful engine.
　
7) Watt wanted to find a way to__________________
　 (A)  measure the work his engine could do.
　 (B)  tell people how powerful his engine was.
　 (C) lift a 3300-pound weight.
　 (D) Both A and B.
　
8) He made up a unit of measurement based on the strength of________________
　 (A) a man.
　 (B) ten horses.
　 (C) his engine
　 (D) a horse
　
9) One horsepower would equal the_________________
　 (A) work a horse could do in a minute.
　 (B)weight a horse could lift.
　 (C) work a horse could do in ten minutes.
　 (D)weight of one horse.

10) The best title for this selection is__________________
　 (A) Watt's engine.
　 (B)The origin of Term Horsepower.
　 (C) Units of measurement.
　 (D) It happened 200 years ago.

Passage 3

　　Students often complain about the difficulty of remembering English vocabulary. My suggestion is that you focus on reciting words that are frequently used in daily communication. Some students work on trying to memorize the entire dictionary. That is a very difficult and boring task. It could reduce your confidence in learning English and take the fun out of it. Moreover, many words in the dictionary are not so useful.

　　Another point is that memorizing vocabulary should be related with daily reading. Retaining those words you seldom use for a ling time is difficult for many students. It is better to read some articles and books in English to consolidate your vocabulary. One good choice is to read English newspapers and magazines, such as Times, Newsweek , China Daily , and 21 st Century . In that way you can understand how to use the words and expressions in context and in the way native speakers do.

　　My final suggestion is to choose your own way of memorizing vocabulary. Don't confine yourself to other people's so-called “scientific” methods. No matter which method you use, it helps if you keep in mind the important prefixes and suffixes. This could greatly reduce the time spent on understanding vocabulary.
11) According to the author, what kind of words is helpful?
　 (A) Many words in dictionary.
　 (B) Words used in daily life.
　 (C) words requested by teachers.
　 (D) Difficult words.
　
12) It is inferred that _______________________.
　 (A) it is necessary to memorize the dictionary
　 (B) memorizing entire dictionary can not help your English study
　 (C) memorizing entire dictionary is useful
　 (D) you should focus on complaining words
　
13)What does “retaining” probably mean?
　 (A) Memorizing
　 (B) Writing
　 (C) Reading
　 (D) Marinating
　
14) 21 st Century is probably ____________________, in the light of the passage.
　 (A) the name of a newspaper
　 (B) the way to name a century
　 (C) an article
　 (D) the name of a dictionary

15) According to the author, in order to memorize vocabulary, you should ___________________.
　 (A) follow suit
　 (B) choose your own way of memorizing
　 (C) have nothing to do with it
　 (D) choose other people's so-called “scientific” methods