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4.The boy was a conservative student,and worked hard at his studies. 5.He went to a restaurant before he was kidnapped. Read Passage 1 again and then try to give short answers to Questions 6-10.Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 6.How old was the kidnapped boy? 7.In which city did the kidnapping happen? 8.What was special about his grandfather? 9.Who received an anonymous telephone call about the kidnap? 10.Where was he last seen? PartⅡ Questions 11-20 are based on Passage 2. Passage 2 Chinese table tennis players have set new records in the past two years.Following a clean sweep of seven titles at the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships in 1995,Chinese players wowed audiences at the Atlanta Olympics by bagging all four golds.After that,the gold medals for both the First Women's Singles World Cup and the 17th Men's Singles World Cup went to Deng Yaping and Liu Guoliang,and all four champions of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)Pro-Tour Finals'96 were Chinese players. We should,at the same time,however,be aware of hidden troubles behind so much glory.The three top players in the men's team,Kong Linghui,Liu Guoliang and Ding Song,are still quite young.Kong was in difficulty for all of 1996.In Atlanta,he was distracted and finally ousted by Taek Soo Kim of the Republic of Korea in the second round of the men's singles.Fortunately,he had the chance to redeem himself as world champion by grabbing the men's doubles title with his team-mate Liu Guoliang. Liu Guoliang is another leading player.Following two gold medals at the 1996 Olympics,he beat quite a few top European players and garnered the men's single title at the last World Cup.Liu is the strategic weapon for the Chinese team against the Europeans, but he has his weak points.Continuous forehand attacks,proportional use of forehand and backhand techniques and lack of agility are problems that he has yet to overcome. Ding Song gained fame almost overnight for his unique combination of offense and defense at the 43rd World Table Tennis Championship in 1995.Today,however,the 619

4. The boy was a conservative student , and worked hard at his studies. 5. He went to a restaurant before he was kidnapped. Read Passage 1 again and then try to give short answers to Questions 6-10. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 6. How old was the kidnapped boy? 7. In which city did the kidnapping happen? 8. What was special about his grandfather? 9. Who received an anonymous telephone call about the kidnap? 10. Where was he last seen? Part II Questions 11-20 are based on Passage 2. Passage 2 Chinese table tennis players have set new records in the past two years. Following a clean sweep of seven titles at the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships in 1995 , Chinese players wowed audiences at the Atlanta Olympics by bagging all four golds. After that , the gold medals for both the First W omen Singles W orld Cup and the 17th Men' s Singles World Cup went to Deng Yaping and Liu Guoliang , and all four champions of the International Table Tennis Federation (lTTF) Pro-Tour Finals' 96 were Chinese players. We should , at the same time , however , be aware of hidden troubles behind so much glory. The three top players in the men' s team, Kong Linghui , Liu Guoliang and Ding Song , are still quite young. Kong was in difficulty for al1 of 1996. In Atlanta , he was distracted and final1y ousted by Taek Soo Kim of the Republic of Korea in the second round of the men's singles. Fortunately , he had the chance to redeem himself as world champion by grabbing the men' s doubles title with his team-mate Liu Guoliang. Liu Guoliang is another leading player. Fol1owing two gold medals at the 1996 Olympics, he beat quite a few top European players and garnered the men' s single tit1e at the last World Cup. Liu is the strategic weapon for the Chinese team against the Europeans, but he has his weak points. Continuous forehand attacks, proportional use of forehand and backhand techniques and lack of agility are problems that he has yet to overcome. Ding Song gained fame almost overnight for his unique combination of offense and defense at the 43rd World Table Tennis Championship in 1995. Today , however, the 619

uniqueness he once relied on is no longer so mysterious.How to keep challenging other international champions is the biggest issue Ding Song has to face now. Many new faces in the men's team,including Feng Zhe,Xiong Ke,Wang Ligin,Han Yang,Malin and Qin Zhijian,failed to impress people much over the past year.Compared with Wang Tao and the other three veterans mentioned above,they are still too green. Luckily the established players are not too old yet,and newer players still have time to mature. These internal problems,which can be overcome through more training,don't count for much,when what's really more serious is the threat from without.Since the Atlanta Olympics,China has once again become the "common target"of the rest of the world. In men's competitions,European teams remain the major threat to China.In the 1996 World Table Tennis Rankings we find Vladimir Samsonov,a new star from Belorussia,close on the heels of the two Chinese who tied for first place.It is this man,noted for his comprehensive skills and toughness,who gave Chinese players so much trouble at the Olympics and the World Cup on their way to the championship titles. A group of upcoming players like Samsonov is emerging in Europe,and last year the European Federation of Table Tennis Associations had a special meeting on how to deal with the Chinese team.They have invited Chinese players to act as advisors,dispatched two observers to China to keep abreast of the Chinese team,and have sent European players to China to be trained with their Chinese counterparts.They have even thought of amending competition rules to restrict Chinese players. The Republic of Korea (ROK)is another threat.The Chinese team lost only twice in the group event in the past two years,to the same rival-the ROK.The sixth-ranked player in the world is Taek Soo Kim,probably the largest threat to any Chinese player.At the Asian Table Tennis Championships in 1996 he defeated more than a few Chinese veterans. Read Passage 2 and then choose the best answer that may complete each of the statements according to the passage.Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 11.We can infer that this passage probably comes from A.a recommendation letter B.a magazine C.an instruction D.a drama play 620

uniqueness he once relied on is no longer so mysterious. How to keep challenging other international champions is the biggest issue Ding Song has to face now. Many new faces in the men's team , including Feng Zhe , Xiong Ke , Wang Liqin , Han Yang , Malin and Qin Zhijian , failed to impress people much over the past year. Compared with Wang Tao and the other three veterans mentioned above , they are stil1 too green. Luckily the established players are not too old yet , and newer players still have time to lature. These internal problems, which can be overcome through more training , don' t count for much , when what' s really more serious is the threat from without. Since the Atlanta Olympics, China has once again become the "common target" of the rest of the world. In men's competitions, European teams remain the major threat to China. In the 1996 World Table Tennis Rankings we find Vladimir Samsonov , a new star from Belorussia , close on the heels of the two Chinese who tied for first place. It is this man , noted for his comprehensive skills and toughness, who gave Chinese players so much trouble at the Olympics and the World Cup on their way to the championship titles. A group of upcoming players like Samsonov is emerging in Europe , and last year the European Federation of Table Tennis Associations had a special meeting on how to deal with the Chinese team. They have invited Chinese players to act as advisors, dispatched two observers to China to keep abreast of the Chinese team, and have sent European players to China to be trained with their Chinese counterparts. They have even thought of amending competition rules to restrict Chinese players. The Republic of Korea (ROK) is another threat. The Chinese team lost only twice in the group event in the past two years, to the same rival - the ROK. The sixth-ranked player in the world is Taek Soo Kim, probably the largest threat to any Chinese player. At the Asian Table Tennis Championships in 1996 he defeated more than a few Chinese veterans. Read Passage 2 and then choose the best answer that may complete each of the statements according to the passage. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 11. We can infer that this passage probably comes from 一一一一一· A. a recommendation letter C. an instruction 620 B. a magazine D. a drama play

18. The European Federation of Table Tennis Associations has tried hard A. to invite Chinese players to be advisors for their teams B. to send European players to China to help the Chinese players C. to find fault with the Chinese team by sending two observers to China D. to hold more table tennis competitions 19. In the sentence "They have even thought of amending competition rules to restrict Chinese players" (Para 8) , "they" refer to 一一一一一一 A. the International Table Tennis Federation B. the Belorussia team C. the European Federation of Table Tennis Associations D. the Korean team 20. The tone of this passage is _一一一一一· A. critical B. argumentative C. partial D. objective Part m True or False Questions 21-30 are based 00 Passage 3. Passage 3 Have you ever heard of Paynes Prairie? It is one of the most important natural and historical areas in Florida. Paynes Prairie is located near Gainesville. It is large , 21 , 000 acres. This protected land is called a preserve. The Florida Park Service manages the preserve. The Paynes Prairie basin was formed when limestone dissolved and the ground settled. It is covered by marsh and wet prairie vegetation. There are areas of open water. During brief periods it has flooded enough to be considered a lake. Except for that , the basin has changed little through time. Man has lived on Paynes Prairie a very long time. He lived there as far back as 10000 B. C. At one time , the Seminoles lived there. The prairie is thought to have been named after King Payne , a Seminole chief. During the late 1600s, the largest cattle ranch in Florida was on Paynes Prairie. Today , Paynes Prairie is preserved land. It is occupied by visitors and Florida Park Service employees. Willam Bartram visited Paynes Prairie. Bartram was the first person who portrayed (described) nature through personal experience as well as scientific observation. He lived 200 years ago. He visited Paynes Prairie in 1774. At that time he described it. He called Paynes Prairie the "great Alachua Savannah. " 622

There is the usual news about space: another space flight has returned from Mars and scientists have discovered a new planet. Then they return to business news: the US dollar has risen greatly in Shanghai , one of the world leading business centers. Mary tells the computer to buy 5 ,000 dollars, and there is a quick response that it has been done. As they watch the screen , Mary orders one of the household robots to make coffee for them. Frank disappears into the study to join a video conference with his partners around the world. He is a computer engineer, working for several companies. This is his third job: he used to be in marketing and then television. Mary has a quick look at the shopping channels the usual selection of electric cars, household robots and cheap travel offers - before picking up the video phone to talk to her assistant. She also has a job and she is doing medical research. Both she and Frank used to have an office desk in London , but in 2014 they decided to move to the seaside and work from home. Frank and Mary have one daughter, Louise , who also has her own workstation at home. She goes to school only one day a week , mainly to play with other students. Classrooms disappeared in 2030 because there was no longer any need for them: communication systems have made it much easier to learn at home. Louise , now thirteen , is studying Chinese at present, which has become a world language as important as English. Louise has many Chinese friends. They communicate by computer. According to the family doctor, Louise wi111ive to at least 130. Her wish is to work for a few decades and then spend her time on music and painting. Read Passage 4 and then try to give short answers to Questions 31-35. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 31. Why do Frank and Mary switch on the bedroom computer in the morning? 32. Does Mary read space and business news? 33. Who makes coffee for Mary and Frank? 34. How does Frank work with others from home? 35. What will be the two world languages in 2050? 624