Passage 2

　　If you judge by the number of people who go to see the games and by the number of those who actually play it， basketball is probably the most popular sport in the United States today. It is mainly __1__ indoor game， and the season extends from late fall， through the winter， until early spring. There are many professional teams， but for the most part basketball is a __2__ sport. There is hardly a high school or college in the country __3__ does not have its team and its loyal following of fans.

　　In spring and summer， the most popular __4__ is baseball. During the warm weather you can see young men and boys playing this game in any part of the country. Radio and television bring the details of big games to every corner of the land， and the activities of the professional teams are a topic of conversation for Americans __5__.

　　In the fall， the most popular sport is football. __6__ you know， this is not the same kind of game that is so popular in other parts of the world. __7__ basketball and baseball， it is typically American， and those who have never seen it before have difficulty __8__ any sense in it. But for most of the spectator （观众）the game itself is not __9__ important as the music， the cheering and the festive spirit that go with it. On a cool， bright autumn afternoon， there is __10__ so colorful and exciting as football game.

　　1. A. the B. a C. an D. /

　　2.A. campus B. company

　　C. plant D. school

　　3. A. who B. why

　　C. when D. that

　　4.A. work B. activity

　　C. games D. sport

　　5.A. anywhere B. everywhere

　　C. wherever D. however

　　6. A. What B. For

　　C. Like D. As

　　7. A. Like B. As

　　C. Alike D. Similarly

　　8. A. see B. to see

　　C. seeing D. saw

　　9. A. that B. such

　　C. so D. most

　　10. A. anything B. everything

　　C. something D. nothing

　　。

　　根据上下文能得到答案的有3道，考语法的有5道

　　Passage 3

　　Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to buy food， furniture， books， bicycles and __1__ other things they need or want. When they work， they usually get __2__ in money. Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. But people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells. Shells were not the __3__ things used. In China， cloth and knives were used， in the Philippine Islands， rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks， monkey tails， and salt were used as money in parts of __4__.

　　Cattle was one of the earliest kinds of money. Other animals were used as money， too. The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole at the center. People strung （串起）them together and carried them from place to place. Different countries have used __5__ metals and designs for their money. The first coins in England were made __6__ tin. Sweden and Russia used copper to make __7__ money. Later， countries began to make coins of gold and silver.

　　But even gold and silver were inconvenient （不方便）if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. They began to use __8__ money. The first paper money looked more like a personal note from one person to __9__ than the paper money used today. Money has had an interesting __10__ from the days of shell money until today.

　　文章的第一句话叫主题句

　　1. A. a hundred B. hundred of

　　C. hundreds of D. a hundred of

　　选

　　2. A. pay B. pays

　　C. paying D. paid

　　选

　　be made of 由……构成

　　3. A. only B. early

　　C. most D. popular

　　选

　　4. A. Asia B. Europe

　　C. Africa D. America

　　选

　　5. A. ordinary B. average

　　C. various D. different

　　选

　　6. A. of B. from

　　C. with D. for

　　选

　　7. A. the B. it

　　C. their D. his

　　8.A. stone B. expense

　　C. animal D. paper

　　选

　　9. A. another B. other

　　C. the other D. others

　　选

　　10. A. story B. history

　　C. experience D. development

　　涉及到上下文的有4道，涉及到语法的有4道

　　Passage 4

　　Once a group of tourists who were staying at a hotel in Birmingham were having dinner in the restaurant. Fish was brought and while they __1__ it some of them told interesting stories about finding pearls and other valuable things inside fish.