Today ,as in every other day of the year ,more than 3000 U.S. adlescents will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults. During their lifetime,it can be expected that of these 3000 about 23 will be murdered,30 will die in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease. The number of deaths attributed to cigarette smoking outweithts all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of death. Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors reached 30 precent , smoking rates among youth have declined . While the decline is impressive ,several important issues must be raised. First, in the past several years,smoking rates among youth have declined very little. Second,in the late 1970s ,smoking among male high school seniors exceeded that among female by nearly 10 percent . The statistic is reversing.Third ,several recent studies have indicate high school dropouts have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent . Finally, thouth significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in the past decade,no definite reasons for the decline exist. Within this context,the Naional Cancer Instiute (NCI) began its current effort to determine the most effecive measures to reduce smoking levesl among youth. According to the author, the deaths among youth are mainly caused by （）.
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Passage Four
Every culture and every country in the world celebrates New Year, but not everyone does it the same way. The countries in North America and Europe welcome New Year on January the first. This practice began with the Romans in the Middle East, New Year is when spring begins. People in China and Vietnam celebrate it on the first day of the Spring Festival, which is the first day of their calendar based on the moon. Rosh Hashana, which is the Jewish (犹太人的) New Year, comes at the end of summer. The Hindus (印度教教徒 ) in India celebrate the first day of each season, so they have four New Years.
In all these cultures, there is a practice of making noise. People made noise in ancient times to drive away the evil spirits (妖精) from their homes. Today making noise is more of a custom than a religious rim
In the United States, many people stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve to watch the clock pass from one year to the next. Friends often gather together at a party on New Year's Eve, and when the new year comes, all ring bells, blow' whistles, sing songs, and kiss each other. A favorite Scottish song which everyone sings together is Auld Lang Sync. The words tell of old friends and good times.
In all cultures, New Year's Day is a time when people think of new beginnings. They want to make the coming year better than the last one. Many people in the United States make New Year resolutions. These are specific promises that they make to improve their behavior, change their habits, and become better people. There are many jokes about how a person keeps his or her New Year resolutions.
48. In ancient times, the practice of making noise was meant ______.
A. to keep the evil spirits away
B. to have fun
C. to celebrate the coming of the new year
D. to keep to a custom
48．答案为A 此考题为细节题。根据文章第2段第2句People made noise in ancient times to drive away the evil spirits from their homes，就可肯定A正确。
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B
The word “day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using “day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning(旋转) of the earth. At the equator(赤道) day and night are sometimes the same length. They are each twelve hours long. The sun rises at 6 in the morning and sets at 6 in the evening. For six months the North Pole is tilted(倾斜) toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere(半球) gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than night. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.
56. When the Western Hemisphere is having day, the Eastern Hemisphere is having ______.
A.both day and night B.day C.neither day nor night D.night
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B）翻译（共5小题，计10分）
阅读下面的短文，将划线句子翻译成中文。
51.Today life is much better than before. Vision phone(可视电话) is used in some provinces. Maybe it will be used in every family. People can have an examination about their health without a doctor or a nurse in the room. 52.Now some people do some shopping at home.
53.And how about our education? There have been more educational(教育的) programs on the radio， on TV or on the Internet. Some children live very far away from their schools， more and more of them don’t need to go to school every day now. They can study at home. 54.Teachers teach them on the Internet.
In the future， each family will have a robot. 55.Robots will help people with their housework. In some years people can have a trip on the moon and some people can live under the sea in hot summer.
51.Today life is much better than before
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短文理解
听力原文： Credit card fraud is a big problem. Card fraud in the U.S. involving bank cards alone totaled $ 680 million last year, which represented an increase of more than 35% over a 10-year period. However, the tide is beginning to turn, and the growth percentage of fraud is diminishing technologies are becoming more widely used. In 1994, Visa card fraud in the U. S. was as new equal to the figure posted in 1992. At Master Card, bogus card transactions rose 14% from 1993 to 1994. Even so, the growth rate has slowed considerably from the beginning of the decade. That looks good news for bankers and for average card holders as well.
21. What is the passage mainly about?
22.How much did bank card fraud involve in U.S. last year?
23.What conclusion can we draw concerning card fraud?
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A．Bank card business.
B．Bank card fraud.
C．Technologies used in bank.
D．International card fraud.
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A、instead of
B、rather than
C、other than
D、more than
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