Passage 3

　　In Japan’s capital city of Tokyo, earthquake danger limits the height of buildings. The city has spread out so far and the traffic has become so heavy that it is very difficult to get from one place to another. The price of land, too, has become very high. All this explains why a group of Japanese land developers came to the conclusion that there was nowhere to go but down. So far they have dug out space underground for fifteen major shopping centers, and the underground construction(建筑)has only begun.

　　What are some of the advantages of shopping and eating underground? Clean, filtered(过滤的)air is one of them. The city of Tokyo has one of the most serious smog(烟雾)problems in the world. Another advantage is that there won’t be traffic accidents as that on the city’s busy streets. Still another is the convenience(方便)of moving from place to place. You’re usually right next to, or even in, a subway station. And you can even spend the night underground if you like. The Kyobashi Station, for example, in downtown Tokyo, has a hotel with a bar, restaurant and barbershop.

　　51. It is very difficult to get from one place to another in Tokyo because ________.

　　A. the city is so large and so high

　　B. there is no traffic

　　C. we don’t know the road

　　D. the city is so large and the traffic is so heavy

　　52. All are the reasons for Tokyo to develop underground except ________.

　　A. the high buildings B. the high price of land

　　C. the far spreading of the city D. the heavy traffic

　　53. Shopping underground is clean ________.

　　A. without air pollution B. of water C. and tidy D. and beautiful

　　54. The first paragraph tells us ________.

　　A. earthquake is dangerous in Japan B. why Tokyo goes to underground

　　C. underground shopping centers in Tokyo D. Tokyo is so large

　　55. The second paragraph tells us________.

　　A. underground is convenient B. the advantages of underground

　　C. we can have good food underground D. you can spend the night underground

　　Passage 4

　　When you send a letter or a postcard, you have to put stamps on the envelope or on the card. When did people first begin to use stamps? Who was the first to think of this idea?

　　In the early nineteenth century, people did not use stamps. They had to pay postage(邮费)when they received letters. Sometimes they didn’t want to receive a letter at all, but they had to pay money for it. They were unhappy about this. The postage was high at that time, because the post offices had to send many people to get the postage.

　　Rowland Hill was a schoolteacher in England. He was the first to think of using stamps in 1850s. He thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps. People could go to the post office to buy stamps and put them on envelopes before they sent the letters. The post office could just put seals(邮戳)on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again. In this way, the post office did not need to send postmen to get postage. It only needed fewer postmen to send letters.

　　56. People began to use stamps ________.

　　A. at the beginning of the nineteenth century

　　B. in the middle of the nineteenth century

　　C. more than two hundred years ago

　　D. when people first sent letters and postcards.

　　57. Before stamps were used, postage ________.

　　A. was paid by the letter-writers B. was paid by the letter-receivers

　　C. was got by postmen D. both B and C

　　58. Rowland Hill ________.

　　A. invented the first stamp B. was a postman in England

　　C. gave the idea of using stamps D. was the first man to use stamps

　　59. After stamps were used ________.

　　A. postmen needn’t get postage B. people needn’t pay postage

　　C. the post office could get more postage D. people should pay more postage

　　60. What is the main idea of the passage?

　　A. How did stamps begin to be used?

　　B. Why were postmen sent to get postage?

　　C. When did people first begin to use stamps?

　　D. Who was the first to think of using stamps?

　　V. Writing (20 points)

　　Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write an e-mail in about 80 words based on the following situation. Remember to write it clearly.

　　上个星期日下午在公园散步时你(张先生)拾到了一个手提包，里面有失主的身份证。 写信给失主， 内容包括：

　　1.在公园的长凳子上拾到了手提包;

　　2.描述手提包中的物品(如现金、信用卡等);

　　3.建议如何与失主见面，归还手提包;

　　4.希望失主回电话，确定具体细节。