【正文】 ting one overnight. He added lots of illustrations and he told his reporters to write articles on every crime they could find. And they did. One woman reporter even pretended she was mad and was sent to a hospital. She then wrote many articles about the poor treatment of patients in those hospitals where madmen were kept. In 1895, Hearst came to New York from California. He wanted the Journal to be more exciting than the World. He also wanted it to be cheaper, so he lowered the price by a penny. Hearst attracted attention because his newspaper heading were bigger than any one else’s. He often said, “Big print makes big news.” Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they could to sell newspaper. For example, Hearst sent Frederic Remington, the famous illustrator, to draw pictures of the SpanishAmerican War. When he got there, he told Hearst that no fighting was going on. Hearst answered, “ You provide the pictures. I’ll provide the war. 11. About a century ago, American newspaper carried news about __________. A. all kinds of exciting news B. crimes and mad people C. the poor treatment of patients D. serious matters only 12. According to Paragraph 2, which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Pulitzer and a woman news reporter changed the world overnight. B. Pulitzer bought the Journal with the help of his reporter. C. A woman news reporter pretended to be mad. D. A woman reporter became mad and was sent to a hospital. 13. Hearst attracted readers’ attention by ______________. A. using bigger headings B. reporting big war news C. raising the price of the newspaper D. reporting politics and business only 14. __________ was asked to draw war pictures. A. Hearst B. Remington C. Pulitzer D. A woman reporter 15. This passage tells us that ________. A. Pulitzer and Hearst were the most famous reporters of the United States B. newspaper owners sometimes hired mad men as their news reporters C. the world and the journal were not popular newspaper at that time D. Pulitzer and Hearst used every possible means to win over each other Passage Four Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage. It is hard to imagine life without Arabic numbers(數(shù)字 ). No other number system ever invented has a simple way to write a number like 1984. In Roman numeral, it es out like this MCMLXXXIV. Imagine how difficult it would be for a school pupil to remember it! The Arabs, however, call their numbers “Indian numerals”. This is probably because they got the original idea a long time ago from India. There were no printed newspapers or scientific magazine then, so mathematics traveled along the same routes that silk did, as businessmen sold and bought goods. The Arabs took the new numbers and made improvements that quickly led to advances in technology. The achievement of Arabic technology can be seen from a passage in a 10thcentury book about an Arabic city:” The neighboring country showed the results of careful work in agriculture, trade, and industry. Rice and many other plants were grown in fields with water supplied by Arab engineers. The city included 900 public baths, stonecovered streets, fountains, and beautiful buildings.” At this time, London was a small town with dirty streets, and Berlin was a farming village. In fact, cities outside the Arab world did not reach the same level of social development until centuries later. 16. This passage tells us that the Arabs were a people _______________. A. inventing Roman numerals B. having advanced technology long ago C. growing corn and many other plants then D. supplying other countries with colorful silk 17. It takes much more efforts to ___________. A. learn Roman numerals than Arab numerals B. introduce numerals through printed materials C. make great use of silk roads D. teach businessmen numerals 18. The Arabs call their numerals “ Indian numerals” because _________. A. the numerals are mainly used in China B. they copied numerals from Indians C. Arabic numerals were first used by Indian businessmen D. they got some ideas about number from the ancient Indians 19. According to the passage, the Arab people ___________. A. did business with the Indians B. learned some ideas about business from Indians C. built public baths in London in the 10th century D. traveled a long way to learn mathematics in Rome 20. From a 10thcentury book, we can learn that ___________. A. Berlin was formerly a dirty with sufficient rice and plants B. London was under the rule of the Romans in the 10th century C. the Arab world was more advanced than other countries around D. London chiefly developed industry ten centuries ago Part II Vocabulary and Structure （共 40 小題，每小題 1 分，共 40 分） Directions: There are 40 inplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best pletes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 21. Jessica ought to stop working。 she has a headache because she __________ too long. A. reads B. is reading C. has been reading D. had read 22. __________ us harm or good remains to be seen in the near future. A. If it will do B. Whether it will do