（I）
Recently the World Health Organization announced that the disease of smallpox（天花）had almost been wiped out in most parts of the world，thanks to widespread vaccination（种牛痘）．Most people are vaccinated at least once in their lives and if they wish to travel from one country to another they must be able to prove that they have had a recent vaccination．In this way the disease has been prevented from spreading and today one seldom hears of it at all．
This is mainly because of the great discovery made by a village doctor，Edward Jenner，in about 1798 when he published his report of his new experiment called vaccination（from the word“vacca”meaning a cow）．Jenner discovered that people who worked with cattle often suffered from a harmless disease which they caught from the cattle，but these people never seemed to get smallpox．So he experimented by putting the disease into a small opening on the arms of healthy people，and though their arms became painful for a day or two，they soon recovered and none of these people ever got smallpox．
So the news of the wonderful discovery spread to other countries and people rushed to their doctors to be vaccinated．In many countries the simple way to deal with the arm was done on thousands of people，and the terrible smallpox began to disappear．
1．Which of the following is an ineffectual way of preventing the spread of smallpox？ A．Most people were vaccinated against the disease at least once． B．People going abroad should promise not to spread the disease．
C．People travelling from one country to another must prove they are vaccinated． D．People must be vaccinated shortly before going to foreign countries．
2．The doctor's new discovery was called “vaccination”for the reason that ____ ．
A．he discovered smallpox near a farm B．he experimented with a disease from the cattle C．he was working with cattle in the countryside D．people got the disease of smallpox from the cattle 3．The news of the discovery ____ ．
A．caught people's attention from all corners of the world B．spread far and near in the western countries C．made people rush to Dr Jenner for vaccination D．helped to get rid of the terrible disease of smallpox （II）
Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space．The amount of space a person needs around him is a cultural（文化的）difference，not an economic（经济的）one．Knowing your own psychological（心理的）space needs is important because they strongly affect your choices，including，for example，the number of bedrooms in the home．If you were brought up in a two-child family and both you and your sister or brother had your own bedrooms，the chances are，if you have two children or more，that you also will offer separate bedrooms for them．In America，for example，they train people to want to have their own rooms by giving them their own rooms when they are babies．This is very rare in the world．In many other countries，the baby sleeps in the same bed with his parents or in a bed near them．
The space in the home also shows a lot about psychological space needs．Some families gather closer to each other and the size of their house has nothing to do with it．Others have separate little corners where family
members go to be alone．
Although it is true that psychological space needs are not decided by economic reasons，they sometimes have to be changed a little because of economic pressures．It is almost impossible，however，to completely change your psychological space needs．
1．The first sentence in Paragraph 1“Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space”means“____ ”．
A．No two people need exactly the same amount of living space B．Living space requirements are not always the same C．The world requires the same amount of living space D．Nobody needs a required amount of living space
2．Some families gather closer to each other at home than others because ____ ． A．they have limited living space B．they are brought up in a large family C．it satisfies their psychological space needs
D．the children in the family sleep in the same bed with their parents 3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？ A．Americans are trained to live in large rooms at birth． B．Economic situation decides one's amount of space needs．
C．People in various countries demand different psychological space．
D．Knowing your psychological space needs is important，as it affects your future． 4．The best title for the passage is ____．
A．American Way of Living B．Psychological Space C．Space Needs in Different Countries D．Psychological Space and Economic Pressure （III）
If you want to stay young，sit down and have a good think．This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors，who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise—and as a result，we are growing old unnecessarily soon．
Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why quite healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason（推理）at a rather early age，and how the speed of getting old could be slowed down．
With a team of researchers at Tokyo National University，he set about measuring brain volumes（容量）of a thousand people of different ages with different jobs．
Computer technology helped the researchers to get most exact measurements of the volume of the front and side parts of the brain，which have something to do with intellect（智力）and feelings，and decide the human character．As we all know，the back part of the brain，which controls tasks like eating and breathing，does not contract（萎缩）with age．
Contraction of front and side parts—as cells（细胞）die off—was seen in some people in their thirties，but it was still not found in some sixty and seventy-year-olds．
Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple way to prevent the contraction—using the head． The findings show that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns．Those with least possibility，says Matsuzawa，are lawyers，followed by university professors and doctors．White collar workers doing the same work day after day in government offices are，however as possible to have contracting brains as the farm worker，bus driver and shop assistant．
1．The team of doctors wanted to find out ____ ．
A．at what point people grow mentally old B．how to make people live longer C．the size of certain people's brains D．which people are the most clever 2．The doctors' tests show that ____ ．
A．our brains contract as we grow older B．one part of the brain does not contract C．sixty-year-olds have better brains than thirty-year-olds
D．some people's brains have contracted earlier than other people's
3．According to the article，____ are growing old earlier than people who live in the cities． A．farmers B．office clerks C．shop assistants D．bus drivers 4．The most possible conclusion of the passage is that ____ ．
A．most of us should take more exercise B．it's better to live in the town
C．the brain contracts if it is not used D．the more one uses his brain，the sooner he becomes old （IV）
Bill Robinson is on trial for murder（因谋杀而受审）．He grew up in a small town in Ohio and then went to Kent State University for one year．When he was nineteen years old，he was asked to join the army and was soon sent to fight in Vietnam．He was very unhappy there as he hated the war and he hated killing people．Two years later he returned home and tried to pick up where he had left off，but things were never quite the same again for the young black man．For one thing，he always had terrible dreams about the war．He could not concentrate on his studies and soon he had to leave school．Then he was fired from one job after another．He wanted to meet someone nice and get married，but he just couldn't seem to get close to anyone．He became angry easily and people avoided him．He was always lonely．Finally one day，while eating at a restaurant，Bill lost control of himself and shot someone for no reason at all．Bill's lawyer hopes that he will not be held responsible for the shooting．He hopes that the judge and the jury（陪审团）will understand that Bill was“temporarily insane（一时精神错乱）”and did not really choose to kill anyone． 1．What did Bill Robinson do after he returned from abroad？
A．He gave up the chance to go back to college． B．He tried to go back to his normal life． C．He picked up his things and left again． D．He found what he had dreamed of． 2．He failed to complete his college education because he ____ ． A．hated school B．joined the army
C．didn't study hard D．found it difficult to keep his mind on his studies 3．He never married because ____ ．
A．there were no nice girls around B．he didn't care to meet any girls
C．he hadn't met girls that he liked D．he found it hard to make friends with girls 4．The best title for this article is ____ ．
A．Robinson on Trial B．Murder at a Restaurant
C．A Young Black Man D．A Victim of the Vietnam War （V）
There are warm tropical regions all over the globe，but only the Indians of the South American rain forests have formed the habit of sleeping in the open air．Long before they made painful acquaintance（相识） with Europeans，they had invented something that was unique on earth ：the hammock．
Nobody really knows who first had bright idea of making sleeping in the air the symbol of untroubled rest．The Indians see the hammock as a“gift of heaven（上天）”， something given to them a very long time ago．
In it the Indians pass away hot noon hours，napping or chatting．Swinging it to and fro（来回摆动）creates a cooling breath of air and keeps away insects．They work and play in hammocks，are born and die there． Hung like a suspension bridge between heaven and earth，a hammock is dry while the soil is damp and is safe from most wild animals．
Hammocks have the advantage over beds in that they are easy to transport and take up very little space when they have been rolled up（卷起）．Indians never go on a journey without their hammocks，not even to their plantations．
1．The word“hammock”in this passage means ____ ． A．a suspension cage which can be swung to and fro in the air B．a seat hanging by two ropes from the branch of a tree C．a suspension bridge in the South American rain forests D．a net hung between two supports and used as a bed 2．Indians swing the hammock to ____ ．
A．pray to heaven for a gift B．keep away flies，mosquitoes and other insects C．keep away wild animals D．fall asleep quickly 3．According to the passage ，hammocks ____ ．
A．cannot be rolled up B．are difficult to transport
C．are never brought to the plantations D．can be kept dry while the ground is wet 4．The passage is about ____ ．
A．the Indian way of living B．tropical regions C．Indians' gift for the Europeans D．a portable bed （VI） McGill Comedy Club Important meeting today．Discussion on putting on Blazing Saddles．Union room 302，3—4 p．m．New members（both actors and non-actors，living and dead）are welcome． McGill Teaching Assistants' Association A general meeting，for all the TAs，will be held at 4p．m．in Leacock 116． Film Society Last meeting of the term for all members． All managers are required to be present．6p．m．sharp，Union room 434． History Students' Association Prof．Michael Cross of Dalhousie Design Mirror Sale University will be speaking All types and sizes of on“ Unskilled Labours on Rivers and design mirrors priced Canals in Upper Canada，1820— to please．Sale today 1850：The Beginnings of Class in Union room 108． Struggle” at 10 a．m．in Leacock 230． Women's Union Important．General meeting at 6p．m． Union room 423．Speaker on “Importance of Deciding Basic Goals of the Women's Union”．Everyone，old， new and those interested，please attend． Canadian University Students Overseas CUSO presents “Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast” at 7p．m．Newman Centre，3484Peel．Find out about CUSO here and overseas．Everyone welcome． 1．Where can you probably find this text？
A．In a school magazine． B．In a national paper．
C．In a guide book． D．In a university daily newspaper． 2．If you are interested in arts，where would you go for a visit？ A．Leacock 116． B．Union room 423．
C．Union room 108． D．Newman Center，3484 Peel． 3．Which of the following is the name of a play？ A．Blazing Saddles．
B．Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast．
C．Importance of Deciding Basic Goals of the Women's Union．
D．Unskilled Labours on Rivers and Canals in Upper Canada，1820—1850． (VII）
When prices are low，people will buy more，and when prices are high，they will buy less．Every shopper knows this．But at the same time，producers want higher prices for their goods when they make more goods．According to the economic（经济的）point of view，changes in the prices of goods cause changes in supply and demand． As is shown in the graph（图表），people buy fewer shoes as the price of shoes goes up．On the contrary，a decrease in the price causes an increase in demand．
Business firms look for the perfect price at which the largest profits（利润）can be made．If the price of the shoes goes up to50，the consumers（消费者）will not buy all of 3，000 shoes．The producers will have a surplus（剩余）of 2，000 shoes and they can only get50，000．If the price of the shoes is lowered to10，as many as 5，000 shoes can be sold．Still，only50，000 is made． 1．According to this article，the main idea of the first paragraph is that ____ ． A．the lower the price is，the less people will buy
B．producers want to make more money by making fewer goods C．every shopkeeper knows the price for goods
D．how changes in prices of shoes affect the number of shoes sold
2．From the passage，we can conclude that ____ is the best price for the producers to sell the shoes which are worth the highest price．
A.30 B.20 C.10 D.50
3．Which of the following is the best title for the passage？
A．Producers and Goods B．Price and Quality C．Shopkeepers and Shoes D．Supply and Demand
（VIII）
New York，10 November—5：27pm，yesterday．Biggest power failure in the city's history．
＊Thousands of people got stuck in lifts．Martin Saltzman spent three hours between the 21st and 22nd floors of the Empire State Building．“There were twelve of us．But no one panicked．We passed the time telling stories and playing word games． One man wanted to smoke but we didn't let him．Firemen finally got us
out．”
＊“It was the best night we've ever had，”said Angela Carraro，who runs an Italian restaurant on 42nd Street．“We had lots of candles on the tables and the waiters were carrying candles on their trays．The place was full—and all night，in fact，for after we had closed，we let the people stay on and spend the night here．” ＊The zoos had their problems like everyone else．Keepers worked through the night．They used blankets to keep flying squirrels and small monkeys warm．While zoos had problems keeping warm，supermarkets had problems keeping cool．“All of our ice cream and frozen foods melted，”said the manager of a store in downtown Manhattan．“They were worth ＄50,000．”
＊The big electric clock in the lobby（大厅）of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in downtown Manhattan started ticking（滴答） again at 5：25 this morning．It was almost on time．
1．Throughout the period of darkness，Martin Saltzman and the eleven others were ____ ． A．nervous B．excited C．calm D．frightened
2．In what way was the night of November 9 the best night for Angela Carraro？
A．She had a taste of adventure． B．Burning candles brightened the place．
C．Business was better than usual． D．Many people stayed the night in her restaurant． 3．How long did the power failure last？
A．Nearly 12 hours． B．More than 12 hours． C．Nearly 24 hours． D．More than 24 hours．
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