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1、Test Yourself Units 1 4 Test Yourself (Units 1- 4)Part Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the b

2、est choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: Last week I visited one of my old neighborhoods in Washington D.C) I had not been there for twenty years and as I walked along the st

3、reet, my mind was flooded by memories of the past. I saw the old apartment building where I had lived and the playground where I had played. (Sl) As I viewed these once familiar surroundings, images of myself as a child there came to mind. However, what I saw and what I remembered were not the same.

4、 I sadly realized that the best memories are those left untouched. My old apartment building, as I remember, was bright and alive. It was more than just a place to live. It was a movie house, a space station, or whatever my young mind could imagine. I would steal away with my friends and play in the

5、 basement. This was always exciting because it was so cool and dark, and there were so many things there to hide among. There was a small river in the back of the building. We would go there to lie in the shade of trees and enjoy ourselves. However, what I saw was completely different. The apartment

6、 building was now in disrepair. What was once more than a place to live looked hardly worth living in. The windows were all broken. The once clean walls were covered with dirty marks. The river was hardly recognizable（可认出的）. The water was polluted（污染）and the trees and flowers were all dead. The once

7、 sweet smelling river now smelled terrible. It was really heartbreaking to see all this. I do not regret having seen my old neighborhood. However, I do not think my innocent childhood memories can ever be the same. I suppose it is true when they say, You can never go home again.1. In the first two p

8、aragraphs of the passage the writer tries to tell us that _. A) he had lived in Washington D.C) for twenty years B) he was very imaginative when he was a child C) he had had fond memories of his old neighborhood D) he had come from a very poor neighborhood2. The writer, as a child, was very fond of

9、playing in the basement because _. A) it was bright and alive B) it contained a movie house and a space station C) it was ideal for playing hide-and-seek. D) it was surrounded by trees and flowers3. How did the writer feel when he visited his old neighborhood in Washington D.C.? A) Greatly surprised

10、. B) Very regretful. C) Quite excited. D) Very sad.4. On his visit to his hometown, the writer found the old apartment building _. A) seemed unfit to live in B) had been repaired C) could hardly be recognized D) looked dirty and smelt horrible5. You can never go home again in the last sentence of th

11、is passage means that _. A) one should never revisit his hometown after many years of absence B) one will never find his hometown the same as it was in his childhood memory C) a visit to ones hometown will bring back ones fond memories of home D) a visit to ones hometown will bring back many sad mem

12、oriesPassage TwoQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage: On the night of December 8, 1992, when he was standing in a parking lot talking to friends, Tracy Marsh jumped to the top of a car, as he had done a hundred times before. This time, though, Tracy lost his balance. His head struck

13、the ground, hard. All night, Cory, Tracys mother, stood next to her son, who was lying in a hospital bed, his brown eyes fixed in a lifeless stare. She remembered that Tracy had once mentioned organ (器官) donation（捐赠）. Maybe I can spare another family this pain, she thought. When the time came, she a

14、nd her husband Bill signed the forms permitting his organs to be donated. Tracy was declared dead the next day. Twenty-four hours later, in a Boston hospital, Tracys liver（肝脏）was made part of my husband, David, who was suffering from a hopeless liver disease. Months later, we learned from the local

15、organ bank that the donors parents wished desperately to meet someone who had gained life through the gift from their son. A meeting was arranged by the organ bank to bring together two families linked by the most bittersweet ties imaginable. The meeting was risky, but worth it. We talked for 3 hour

16、s. They showed us a picture of Tracy. We learned for the first time how he had lived and died. We learned something about Bill and Cory too. For the Marshes, seeing David and knowing he was well seemed to ease their suffering. (S2) Ill never forget seeing Davids tall figure stooped over Cory, her ar

17、ms around his waist, as a mother would hug a son. For a long time they held each other tight. It was hard to know if she was saying hello or good-bye. Maybe she was saying both.6. We learn from the passage that Tracy died _. A) on December 8, 1992 B) of brain damage C) 24 hours after he fell off the

18、 roof of a car D) in a car crash7. Tracys parents decided to donate Tracys organs because _. A) Tracy told them to do so just before he died B) they wanted to save others the pain of seeing a dear one die C) Davids life could continue in a meaningful way D) they knew David was suffering from a hopel

19、ess liver disease8. The meeting between the writers family and Tracys parents was arranged because _. A) the writer and her husband wished to express their thanks to Tracys parents B) the local organ bank wanted to see how both families felt about the donation C) Tracys parents wanted to see someone

20、 whose life had been saved by the donation D) the two families were linked by the most bittersweet ties imaginable9. The writer and her husband learned how Tracy died A) from his parents B) from the organ bank C) from the hospital D) from the doctor who performed the operation10.The meeting between

21、the two families helped to ease the Marshes suffering because _. A) they saw that David looked very much like their son B) they saw that David had regained health with Tracys liver C) they now had someone to share their memories of Tracy D) they now knew for sure they had done the right thingPassage

22、 ThreeQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage: Who coined the term personal computer? The Oxford English Dictionary says Byte magazine used it first, in its May 1976 issue. But Yale Law School librarian Fred Shapiro decided to do some digging on his own-with help from JSTOR, an online

23、electronic database for academic（学术的）journals. JSTORs arts and sciences archive（档案）offers scans of 5 million pages from 117 journals, some dating back 150 years. Using character-recognition software, JSTOR creates searchable files for each document（文件）, allowing full-text searches across 15 academic

24、 fields. (S3) While searching for the origin of personal computer. Shapiro uncovered several competing claims. Stewart Brand, founder of Whole Earth Catalog, says on his Web site that he first referred to a personal computer in a 1974 book; and GUI pioneer Alan Kay is said to have used the term in a

25、 paper published in 1972. But a search on JSTORs general science archive turned up what Shapiro says is the earliest recorded use of personal computer, in the October 4, 1968, issue of Science. The issue contains a Hewlett-Packard advertisement for its new HP 9100A) The new Hewlett-Packard 9100A per

26、sonal computer, the advertisement says, is ready, willing and able .to relieve you of waiting to get on the big computer. The $4,900 devicea desktop scientific calculator equipped with magnetic cardsdoesnt seem like much of a computer nowadays. And at 40 pounds, it wasnt very personal, either. But a

27、ccording to Shapiro, it was the first device to be called a personal computer.11. The term personal computer first appeared _. A) in Byte magazine B) in a Hewlett-Packard ad in Science C) in a 1974 book D) in a paper published by Alan Kay12. What is JSTOR? A) It is an online database. B) It is an ac

28、ademic journal. C) It is a kind of computer software. D) It is a research organization.13. Shapiro succeeded in his search for the origin of the term personal computer by _. A) looking into the Oxford English Dictionary B) digging into magazines that are more than 150 years old C) scanning JSTORs ge

29、neral science archive on line D) focusing on academic journals such as Science14. With a HP 9100A, according to the Hewlett-Packard advertisement, you _. A) can easily get on the big computer. B) dont have to get on the big computer C) can save a lot of money. D) will be willing and ready to do scie

30、ntific work15. What do we learn from the passage about the first device that was called a personal computer? A) It looked very different from the PC we know today. B) It was small, light and easy to carry around. C) It was as efficient as a big computer. D) It relieved people of a great deal of tedi

31、ous work.Passage FourQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage: Ever since I was very small, Ive had the sense that I ought to be somewhere else. I remember watching trains flash by and wishing I was on board. I remember going to the airport with my parents when I was 13 and reading the

32、destinations board, seeing all the places that I could go to: Los Angeles, Chicago, London. But the trains passed by and the planes took off without me, so I wandered the world through books. I went to Victorian England in the pages of Middlemarch and A Little Princess, and to St. Petersburg before the fall of the tsar（沙皇）with Anna Karenina. My home was in a pleasant place outside Philadelphia. But I rea