（一）
In ancient times the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome , testing usually consisted of saying poetry aloud or giving speeches.
In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study with people who had made a special study of the subject. This custom exists today as part of the process of testing candidates for the doctor's degree.
Generally, however, modern examinations are written. The written examination, where all students are tested on the same question, was probably not known until the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase in population and the development of modern industry. A room full of candidates for a state examination, timed exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over by managers ,resembles a group of workers at an automobile factory. Generally, during examinations teachers and students are expected to act like machines.
One type of test is sometimes called an "objective" test. It is intended to deal with facts, not personal opinions. To make up an objective test the teacher writes a series of questions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each question the teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look like correct answers to students who have not learned the material properly.
1. In the Middle Ages students_________.
A. took objective tests
B. specialized in one subject
C. were timed by electric clocks
D. never wrote exams
答案：D。答案依据第一段第一句话“在古代，最重要的考试都是口试，没有笔试。”
2. The main idea of paragraph 3 is that_________.
A. workers now take examination
B. the population has grown
C. there are only written exams
D. examinations are now written and timed
答案：D。第三段一开始就谈到“一般来讲， 现在的考试都是笔试；”随后又谈到“所有的考生在一个房间，规定时间，有监考老师。”所以D是正确答案。
3. The kind of exams where students must select answers are_________.
A. personal
B. spoken
C. objective
D. written
答案：C。答案在最后一段可找到：“出客观题的时候，老师先出一系列的问题，每个问题后面都附有一个正确答案，和几个相似的答案。学生被要求找出正确答案。”因此：“学生必须选答案的考试是客观考试。”C是正确答案。
4. Modern industry must have developed_________.
A. before the Middle Ages
B. around the 19th century
C. in Greece or Rome
D. machines to take tests
答案：B。答案在文章的第三段可以找到。“The written examination was not known until the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase in population and the development of modern industry.”因此，笔试是19世纪才为大家所知，可能是由于人口的增加和现代工业的发展。
5. It may be concluded that testing_________.
A. should test only opinions
B. should always be written
C. has changed since the Middle Ages
D. is given only in factories
答案：C。因为A,B,D的内容文章中都没有提到。C的意思是“自从中世纪开始，考试开始了变化。”符合文章的内容。
（二）
The market investigation is indispensable to sales promotion. They are closely related as the lips and teeth, so to speak. What you produce is for sale on the market. It would be impossible to succeed in selling a product without first investigating the market.
In the international market, goods on sale coming from different countries and suppliers are always facing keen competition. Under such circumstances, they will try everything possible to familiarize themselves with the market conditions. In making investigations, we ought to get information about what similar items the competitors are offering on the market, what prices they are quoting (报价), what features their products have, who are their regular customers, etc. Then, how can we obtain such
information? There are many channels that we can make use of in doing this sort of work. The commercial counselor's offices of our embassies stationed abroad can help us in making market investigations. Nowadays, our import and export corporations send their trade groups abroad every now and then. One of their purposes is to make market surveys on the spot.
Certainly, face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen are also important channels to get market information. The Chinese Export Commodities Fairs and some other fairs of similar nature as well as visits of foreign businessmen provide us with such opportunities. Of course , there are some other ways of making market investigations.
6. In making market investigation , one should_________.
A. get enough information concerned
B. advertise his products
C. produce high quality goods
D. none of the above
答案：A。答案在文章的第二段可以找到。“在市场调查中我们应该了解我们的对手生产类似产品的情况，他们的报价，他们产品的特征，谁是他们的固定的消费者等等。”B,C,D都不符合题意，只有A能包括这些内容。
7. The word "indispensable" in the first line means_________.
A. impossible
B. essential
C. advisable
D. available
答案：B。indispensable:必不可少的，必须的。通常和介词to 连接。又如：Oxygen is indispensable to life.氧气对生命是不可缺的。所以只有B 的意思最接近。
8. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. The relationship between market investigation and sales promotion is just as that of the lips and teeth.
B. It is impossible to succeed in selling a product without market investigation.
C. There are various ways of making market investigation.
D. Production goes before market investigation.
答案：D。D的意思是“生产先与市场调查”不符合文章的内容。
9. Making market investigation is very important because_________.
A. in market, goods on sale are numerous
B. every producer is facing keen competition
C. it can greatly promote sales
D. all of the above
答案：D。根据文章第二段的内容：“在国际市场上，来自世界各地的商品很多，商家面临着激烈的竞争。在这种情况下，他们要想尽一切办法来使自己熟悉市场，才能打开销路。”所以只有D的内容最全面。
10. All the following are channels to get market information except _________.
A. to have commercial counselor’s office of our embassies stationed abroad
B. to promote the quality of our own products
C. to send trade groups abroad every now and then
D. to have face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen
答案：B。文章第三段末尾和第四段都谈到了获得市场信息的渠道“驻外使馆里设立商务参赞；经常向国外派贸易代表团；和外商进行面对面的谈判。”惟独没有提到自己产品的质量。所以B是错误的。
（三）
On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery. The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of President Lincoln at the time. He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only out of politeness. The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere.
It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked , "I have failed again." On the train back to Washington, he said sadly, "That speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed."
Some newspapers at first criticized the speech. But little by little as people read the speech they began to understand better. They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.
Today, every American school child learns Lincoln's Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.
11. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was_________.
A. very critical
B. unpopular
C. very popular
D. very courteous
答案：A。答案可以在第一段的第三句话找到：“There was much criticism of President Lincoln at the time.”
12. Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery because he was_________.
A. a famous speaker
B. a very handsome man
C. President of the country
D. a popular statesman
答案：C。答案可以在第一段找到。“He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only out of politeness.” “当时林肯一点也不受欢迎，他被邀请去演讲仅仅是出于礼貌，因为他是总统。”
13. It can be inferred from the text that_________.
A. Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg
B. Lincoln was very busy at the time and didn't have much time to prepare his speech
C. Lincoln's speech was full of rich words
D. Lincoln's speech was very long
答案：B。答案在文章的第二段的开始可以找到。“It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech.”“据说林肯是在去葛底斯堡的火车上准备他的演讲的。那天深夜，在宾馆的房间里，他既孤独又疲倦， 只是简单准备了一下。”所以通过这些句子我们可以判断林肯非常的忙，没有更多的时间准备他的演讲，B是正确答案。A,C,D,均不符合文章的内容。
14. It was a fact that Lincoln's speech was _________.
A. an immediate success
B. warmly applauded
C. a total failure
D. not well-received at first
答案：D。答案可以在文章的第二段找到。“At the end there was little applause.”最后几乎没有什么掌声。所以他的演讲开始没有被大家接受，D 为正确答案。A, B, C 均不符合文章的内容。
15. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address has deep meaning.
B. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is simple in style.
C. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is memorized by every American school child.
D. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech ever delivered in the United States.
答案：D。答案可以在文章的第三段和第四段找到。“他的演讲含义深刻、风格简朴；如今美国所有的在校的学生都能背诵他的演讲；文章又谈到：“现在所有的人都认为他的演讲是美国历史上最好的演讲之一。”而不是美国最好的演讲。所以D是错误的。
（四）
Animals seem to have the sense to eat when they are hungry and they do not eat more than their bodies need. It has been demonstrated that rats will, when given a choice over a period of time, prefer water with vitamins to water without vitamins even though there is
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