【正文】 n. We know that the distant mountains, homes, or skyscrapers are really large. And, since the moon is much farther away than is the distant landscape, we ”see” the moon as being larger than it would otherwise look. 1. To what do we pare the size of the harvest moon? A. Mountains B. Building C. Homes D. A11 of these 2. The main purpose of the article is to A. inform B. persuade C. praise D. convince 3． The author knew most people find the moon A. mysterious B. interesting C. boring D. so ordinary 4． The moon looks bigger if A. it is autumn B. it is near the horizon C. homes are near D. it is a clear night 5. The autumn moon ． A. is more beautiful than it really looks B． is the brightest object in the sky C. rises slowly at dawn D. helps farmers see as they harvest their crops Passage 2 Strange thing happens to time when you ravel. Because the earth is divided into twentyfour time zones one hour apart, you can have days with more or fewer than twentyfour hours， and weeks with more or fewer than seven days. If you make a fiveday trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes the hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back； traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twentyfive or twentythree hours. If you travel by ship across the Pacific you cross the international date line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar the full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today bees yesterday； traveling west, it is tomorrow! 1. The best title for this selection is A. A Trip Across the Atlantic B. How Time Changes Around the World C. Crossing the International Date Line D. How time Zone Were Set Up 2. The difference in time between zones is A. seven days B. twentyfour hours C one hour D. more than seven days 3. From this selection it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean A. is in one time zone B. is divided into twentyfour time zones C. is divided into five time zones D. cannot be crossed in five days 4. The international date 1ine is the name for A. the beginning of any new time zone B. the point where time changes by one hour C. the point where a new day begins D. any time zone in the Pacific Ocean 5. If you cross the ocean going east, you set you clock A. ahead one hour in each new time zone B. ahead one time for the whole trip C. back one full day for each one full day D. ahead by twentythree hours Passage 3 Holidays in the United States usually occur at least once a month. Most months have a national holiday that has been arranged to be celebrated on a Monday. The holidays have all been decided to be celebrated on a Monday so that the workers may have 3day weekendsthat is, Saturday, Sunday and Monday in order to rest or travel or do things with their families. Major holidays in the United States such as New Year?s Day or Christmas Day or the day, when we remember the first settles of the United States, called Thanksgiving Day are celebrated a11 over the country During these holidays most business close and the workers stay home and celebrate with their families. Vacation can be from 2 weeks a year to 4 weeks a year. This usually depends on how long you?ve been working for a pany, what type of position you have, whether you have a very high position or a very important position and it39。 and for decades remained popular only with children and a few adult faddists. Now, national preoccupation with air pollution and physical fitness has brought the bike back to the forefrontparticularly with adults. More than eight million bikes were sold in the United States last year and a third of them went to adults. The year before, only 15 percent of new bike sales were for adults. 1. The word ??embrace” in the first sentence is closest in meaning to A. make use of B. take someone into alms C. contain D. deal with 2. It can be concluded that if people continue to concern themselves with air pollution and physical fitness, A. stricter air standards will be enforced B. fewer automobiles will be sold C. Americans will enjoy better health D. bicycle sales will continue to rise 3. The bicycle is A. enjoying a strong revival B. creating traffic problems C. popular only with children D. replacing the family cars 4. The reader can also conclude that Americans are A. quick to follow the example of others B. interested in fort and luxury C. concerned with the quality of their lives D. childish in the way they relax and exercise 5. In the sentence“…and this isn?t America? s first bicycle boom.” The word ??boom” means A. a rapid increase in sale B. supermarket C. a rapid increase in price D. shop Passage 7 Doctors have known for a long time that extremely loud noises can cause hearing damage or loss. The noise can be the sound of a jet airplane or machines in factories or loud music or other mon sounds found at home and at work. A person only needs to hear the noise for little more than one second to be affected. An American scientist had found that using aspirin can increase the temporary hearing loss or damage from loud noise. He did an experiment, using a number of male students at a university who all had normal hearing. He gave them different amounts of aspirin for different periods of time, then he tested their hearing ability. He found that students who were given four grams of aspirin a day for two days suffered much greater temporary hearing loss than those who did not use aspirin. The hearing loss was about twice as great. The scientist said millions of persons in the United States us