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Reading Comprehension
Part One
: Directions:
Choose the correct answers according to the information given from
the passeges. Read the passages through carefully before making your choices. Please mark the
corresponding leter for each item on
Answer Sheet
.



Passage One: Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage
．





The popularity in North America is Iceberg Water, a leading brand of bottled water, which is
harvested from icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada
．





Arthur Wiesenberger, who carries the title Water Master,

is one of the few water critics in
North America
．
As a boy
，
he spent time in the larger cities of Italy
，
France and Switzerland, where
bottled water is consumed daily
．
Even then
，
he kept a water journal
，
writing down the brands he
liked best
．
“
My dog could tell the difference between bottled and tap water,
”
he says
．





But is plain tap water a11 that bad? Not at a11
．
In fact, New York
’
s municipal water for more
than
100
years
was
recently
considered
among
the best
in
the
world
in
terms
of
both
taste
and
purity
．
Similarly
，
a magazine in England found that tap water tasted better than several leading
brands of bottled water
．





Nevertheless
，
soft-drink companies view bottled water as the next battle-ground for market
share
．
As diners thirst for leading brands, soft-drink companies and restaurants salivate(
垂涎
)over
the profits
．
A restaurant
’
s typical mark-up on wine is 100 to 150 percent, whereas on bottled water
it's often 300 to 500 percent
．






As a result some restaurants are selling bottled water
．
According to an article in The Wall
Street Journal, some of the more shameless tactics include placing attractive bottles on the table
for a visual sell
，
listing brands on the menu without prices
，
and pouring bottled water without even
asking the diners if they want it
Regardless of how it's sold
，
the popularity of bottled water bring us better health and purity.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上作答。

1..What do we know about Iceberg Water from the passage?


A)
、
It is a kind of iced water
．




B)It is just plain tap water
．



C) It is a kind of bottled water
．




D)It is a kind of mineral water
．

2.
By
saying
“
My
dog
could
teii
the
difference
between
bottled
and
tap
water
”
(Lines
3-- 4
，
Para
．
2)
，

Wiesenberger wants to convey the message that ________
．



A) plain tap water is not certainly suitable for drinking


B) bottled water is clearly superior to tap water


C) bottled water of
ten appeals more to dogs’
taste


D) dogs can usually detect a fine difference in taste

3. The

―
leading brands
‖
(Line 3
，
Para
．
3)refers to
——．

A) water from the Thames River


B)famous wines not sold in ordinary stores


C)PepsiCo’s Aquafma and Coca
-
Cola’s D
asani


D)most polular bottled water



4.
．
Why do some restaurants sell bottled water?


A)Bottled water brings in huge profits
．



B)Competition from the wine industry is intense
．



C)Most diners find bottled water affordable
．



D)Bottled water satisfies diners
’
desire to be fashionable
．

5
．
According to the passage
，
why is bottled water so popular?


A)It is much cheaper than wine
．







B)It is considered healthier
．



C)It appeals to more cultivated people
．



D)It is more widely promoted in the market
．

Passage Two Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage
．

Is there enough oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (
保护区
) (ANWR) to help
secure America’s energy future ? President Bush certainly th
inks so. He has argued that drilling
ANWR’s
oil
would
help
ease
California’s
electricity
crisis
and
provide
the
country’s
energy
independence. But no one knows for sure how much crude oil lies buried beneath the frozen earth
with the last government survey, conducted in 1998, projecting output anywhere from 3 billion to
16 billion barrels.
The oil industry goes with the high end of the range---16 billion barrels, which could equal as
much
as
10%
of
U.S.
consumption
for
as
long
as
six
years.
By
pumping
more
than
1
million
barrels a day from the reserve for the next two three decades, lobbyists claim, the nation could cut
back on imports equivalent to all shipments to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia. Sounds good. An oil
boom would also mean a multibillion-dollar windfall
（意外之财）
in tax revenues, royalties(
开采
权使用费
)and
leasing
fees
for
Alaska
and
the
Federal
Government.
Best
of
all,
advocates
of
drilling say, damage to the environment would be insignificant . ―We’ve never had a document
case of oil rig chasing deer out onto the pack ice.‖ says Alaska State Representative
Scott Ogan .
Not
so
fast,
say
environmentalists.
Sticking
to
the
low
end
of
government
estimates---3
billion
barrels,
environmentalists
says
there
may
be
no
more
than
3.2
billion
barrels
of
economically recoverable oil in the coastal plain of ANWR, a drop
in the bucket that would do
virtually nothing to ease America’s energy problems. And consumers would wait up to a decade to
gain
any
benefits,
because
drilling
could
begin
only
after
much
bargaining
over
leases,
environmental
permits
and
regulatory
review.
As
for
ANWR’s
impact
on
the
California
power
crisis,
environmentalists
point
out
that
oil
is
responsible
for
only
1%
of
the
Golden
State’s
electricity output
–

and just 3% of the nation’s.

6. What does President Bush think of drilling oil in ANWR?
A) It w
ill exhaust the nation’s oil reserves.

B) It will help secure the future of ANWR.
C) It will help reduce the nation’s oil imports

D) It will increase America’s energy consumption

7. We learn from the second paragraph that the American oil industry _______
A) believes that drilling for oil in ANWR will produce high output

B) tends to exaggerate America’s reliance on foreign oil

C) shows little interest in tapping oil in ANWR

D) expects to stop oil imports from Saudi Arabia

8. Environmentalists argue that _________

A) it can cause serious damage to the environment

B) it can do little to solve U.S. energy problems

C) it will drain the oil reserves in the Alaskan region

D) it will not have much commercial value

9. What do the environmentalists mean by
saying ―Not so fast‖ (Line 1, Para .3)?

A) Oil exploitation takes a short time


C) Don’t be too optimistic

B) The oil drilling should not be delayed


D) Don’t e
xpect lot of benefits.
10. It can be learned from the passage that oil exploitation beneath A
NWR’s frozen earth ______.

A) remains an unsettled problem






C) involves a lot of technological problems
B) is expected to get under way soon

D) will enable the U.S. to be oil independent

Part Two :
Directions
：
In this part
，
you will have 1 5 minutes to go over the passage quickly
and answer the questions on Answer Sheet
．

For questions 1
—
7
，
mark
Y
(for YES)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage
；





N
(for NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage
：
’

For questions 8--10
，
complete the sentences with the information given in the passage
．

Passports
If you
’
ve ever traveled outside the United States
，
one of the most important tasks you had to
complete before your trip was applying for a passport
．
A copy of your original birth certificate
may suffice for short trips to Mexico or the Caribbean
，
say on a cruise (
乘船游览
)
．
But
，
generally
speaking
，
want to see the world
，
you have to have a passport
—
the only universally accepted form
of identification
．

What Exactly Is a Passport and How Long Has It Been Around?
Passports have been around in some form for hundreds of years
．
Governments learned long
ago that an official document or certification
—
one that identified a traveler as a citizen or national
with a right to protection while abroad and a right to return to the country of his citizenship
–
is a
necessity
．
Passports
，
letters
of
transit
and
similar
documents
were
used
for
centuries
to
allow
individuals to travel safely in foreign lands
，
but the adoption of the passport by all nations is a
development of the 19th and
，
20th centuries
．
According to State Department historians
，
except for
brief
periods-during
wartime
，
passports
were
not
generally
required
for
travel
abroad
and
few
obstacles were presented by foreign states' passport requirements until after1914
．
An executive
order made on Dec
．
15
，
1915
，
required every person entering or leaving the United States to have
a valid passport
．

In the United States
，
passports are issued upon application to U
．
S
．
citizens by the State
Department and its 13 passport agencies in major cities
，
by the clerks of federal and certain state
courts
，
certain designated (
指定的
)post offices and by U
．
S
．
consular authorities abroad
．
The
passport
is
required
for
both
departure
from
and
re-entry
to
the
United
States
．
It
is
valid
for
10years for adults and five years for people under 18
．
A U
．
S
．
passport cannot simply be renewed
but must be completely replaced when it expires
．

Applying for a Passport




You
can
find
passport
applications
at
any
regional
passport
agency
or
at
designated
post
offices
or
clerk
of
court
offices
．
Today
，
you
can
even
download
and
print
your
own
passport