description.
critical thinking.
communication.
note-taking.
第1题：
The author develops his writing mainly by means of _____.
［A］ reasoning
［B］ examples
［C］ comparisons
［D］ quotations
本题考查文章的写作方法。在文章的开始部分作者承认观点的部分合理性，转而批驳其错误性，最后得出其错误结论，贯穿全文的写作方法是讲道理。
第2题：
Passage Five
Billy Joel was born on Long Island, in New York State. He began taking piano lessons at an early age and joined his first rock band when he was fourteen. After playing in a number of Long Island groups, Billy began concentrating on his song-writing. His first album of completely original songs was Cold Spring Harbor. It was released in 1972. Two years later, after the release of the smash-hit albums Piano Man and Street-life Serenade. Billy was named "Best New Male Vocalist" by Cask Box magazine.
51. Billy Joel began taking piano lessons ______.
A. when he joined his first rock band
B. after he was named "Best New Male Vocalist"
C. at fourteen
D. before he was fourteen years old
第3题：
A. on early forties
B.of his early forties
C. in his early forties
D. in early forties
第4题：
From the fifth paragraph we can infer that
A．the author has never been afraid of changes in his life
B．the author used to believe that changes happened automaticallv
C．the author is still not satisfied with his present situation
D．the author and experienced a period of frustration of his life
第5题：
A.older four years
B.as four years older
C.four years older
D.four years bigger
第6题：
What is the passage mainly about?（ ）
A．The changes of the author's attitude to her mother's English．
B．The limitation of the author's perception of her mother．
C．The author's misunderstanding of“limited”English．
D．The author's experiences of using broken English．
第7题：
第8题：
听力原文：M: So, Jane, how long have you been an author?
W: Well, Tom, I didn't start writing until I was in my thirtieth, and I'm over seventy now. So goodness, I must have been writing for about forty years.
How long has the woman been an author?
A．About 30 years.
B．About 40 years.
C．About 60 years.
D．About 70 years.
第9题：
A、to write
B、writing
C、on write
D、on writing
第10题：
When __________be was he had become a famous artist．
A．his early thirty
B．in one’S early thirties
C．his early thirties
D．in his early thirties
