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The sea lay like an unbroken mirror all around the pine-girt, lonely shores of Orr’s Island. Tall, kingly spruces wore their regal crowns of cones high in air, sparking with diamonds of clear exuded gum; vast old hemlocks of primeval growth stood in their forest shadows, their branches hung with long hoary moss; while feathery larches, turned to brilliant gold by autumn frosts, lighted up the darker shadows of the evergreens. It was one of those hazy, calm, dissolving days of Indian summer, when everything is so quiet that the wave on the beach can be heard and white clouds seem to faint into the blue of the sky, and soft swathing bands of violet vapor make all earth look dreamy, and give to the sharp, clear-cut outlines of the northern landscape all those mysterious of light and shade which impart such tenderness to Italian scenery.The funeral was over, the trend of many feet, bearing the heavy burden of two broken lives, had been to the lonely graveyard, and had come back again, —each footstep lighter and more unconstrained as each one went his way from the great old tragedy of Death to the common cheerful of Life.The solemn black clock stood swaying with its eternal “tick-tock, tick-tock,” in the kitchen of the brown house on Orr’s Island. There was there that sense of a stillness that can be felt, —such as settles down on a dwelling when any of its inmates have passed through its doors for the last time, to go whence they shall not return. The best room was shut up and darkened, with only so much light as could fall through a little heart-shaped hole in the window-shutter, —for except on solemn visits, or prayer-meetings or weddings, or funerals, that room formed no part of the daily family scenery.The kitchen was clean and ample, with a great open fireplace and wide stone hearth, and oven on one side, and rows of old-fashioned splint-bottomed chairs against the wall. A table scoured to snowy whiteness, and a little work-stand whereon lay the Bible, the Missionary Herald, and the Weekly Christian Mirror, before named, formed the principal furniture. One feature, however, must not be forgotten, —a great sea-chest, which had been the companion of Zephaniah through all the countries of the earth. Old, and battered, and unsightly it looked, yet report said that there was good store within of that which men for the most part respect more than anything else; and, indeed, it proved often when a deed of grace was to be done—when a woman was suddenly made a widow in a coast gale, or a fishing-smack was run down in the fogs off the banks laving in some neighboring cottage a family of orphans, —in all such cases, the opening of this sea-chest was an event of good omen to the bereaved; for Zephaniah had a large heart and a large hand, and was apt to take it out full of silver dollars when once it wants in. So the ark of the covenant could not have been looked on with more reverence than the neighbors usually showed to Captain Pennel’s sea-chest.1. The author describes Orr’s Island in a(n) manner.2. According to the passage, the “best room” .3. From the description of the kitchen we can infer that the house belongs to people who .4. The passage implies that .5. From the description of Zephaniah we can tell that he __.

Hawaii’s native minority is demanding a greater degree, of sovereignty over its own affairs. But much of the archipelago’s political establishment, which includes the white Americans who dominated until the Second World War and people of Japanese, Chinese and Filipino origin, is opposed to the idea.The islands were annexed by the U.S. in 1898 and since then Hawaii’s native people have fared worse than any of its other ethnic groups. They make up over 60 percent of the state’s homeless, suffer higher levels of unemployment and their life span is five years less than the average Hawaiians. They are the only major U.S. native group without some degree of autonomy.But a sovereignty advisory committee set up by Hawaii’s first native governor, John Waihee, has given the natives’ cause a major boost by recommending that the Hawaiian natives decide by themselves whether to re-establish a sovereign Hawaiian nation.However, the Hawaiian natives are not united in their demands. Some just want greater autonomy within the state—as enjoyed by many American Indian natives over matters such as education. This is a position supported by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), a state agency set up in 1978 to represent to natives’ interests and which has now become the moderate face of the native sovereignty movement. More ambitious is the Ka Lahui group, which declared itself a new nation in 1987 and wants full, official independence from the U.S.But if Hawaiian natives are given greater autonomy, it is far from clear how many people this will apply to. The state authorities only count as native those people with more than 50 percent Hawaiian blood.Native demands are not just based on political grievances, though. They also want their claim on 660,000 hectares of Hawaiian crown land to be accepted. It is on this issue that native groups are facing. It is on this issue that native groups are facing most opposition from the state authorities. In 1933, the state government paid the OHA U.S. $136 million in back rent on the crown land and many officials say that by accepting this payment the agency has given up its claims to legally own the land. The OHA has vigorously disputed this.1. Hawaii’s native minority refers to .2. Which of the following statements is TRUE of the Hawaiian natives?3. Which of the following is NOT true of John Waihee?4. Which of the following groups holds a less radical attitude on the matter of sovereignty?5. Native Hawaiians demand all the following EXCEPT .

A million motorists leave their cars filled up with petrol and with the keys in the ignition every day. The vehicles are sitting in petrol stations while drivers pay for their fuel. The Automobile Association (AA) has discovered that cars are left unattended for an average three minutes — and sometimes considerably long as drivers buy drinks, sweets, cigarettes and other consumer items — and then pay at the cash till. With payment by credit card more and more common, it is not unusual for a driver to be out of his car for as long as six minutes, providing the car thief with a golden opportunity. In an exclusive AA survey, carried out at a busy garage on a main road out of London, 300 motorists were questioned over three days of the holiday period. Twenty four percent admitted that they “always” or “sometimes” leave the keys in their cars. This means that nationwide, a million cars daily become easy targets for the opportunist thief.For more than ten years there has been a bigger rise in car crime than in most other types of crime. An average of more than two cars a minute are broken into, vandalized or stolen in the UK. Car crime accounts for almost a third of all reported offences with no signs that the trend is slowing down.Although there are highly professional criminals involved in car theft, almost 90 percent of car crime is committed by the opportunist. Amateur thieves are aided by our own carelessness. When AA engineers surveyed on town center car park last year, ten percent of the cars checked were unlocked, a figure backed by a Home Office national survey that found 12 percent of drivers sometimes left their cars unlocked. The AA recommends locking up whenever you leave the car —and for however short a period. A partially open sun-roof or window is a further come-on to thieves.There are many other traps to avoid. The Home Office has found little awareness among drivers about safe parking. Most motorists questioned made no efforts to avoid parking in quiet spots away from street lights—just the places thieves love. The AA advises drivers to park in places with people around—thieves don’t like audiences. Leaving valuables in view is an invitation to the criminals. A Manchester probationary service research project, which interviewed almost 100 car thieves last year, found many would investigate a coat thrown on a seat. Never leave any documents showing your home address in the car. If you have a garage, use it and lock it—a garaged car is at substantially less risk.1. Which of the following statements is NOT true?2. Where in the passage docs the author mention leaving valuables in view is an invitation to the criminals?3. Car theft is due to all of the following EXCEPT .4. In order to prevent car theft, people are recommended to.5. The main purpose of this passage is to __.

There are three separated sources of hazard in the process of supplying energy by nuclear power.First, the radioactive material must travel from its place of（1）to the power station. Although the power stations themselves are（2）built, the containers used for the transport of the materials are not. There are normally only two methods of transport which are（3）namely road or rail. Unfortunately, both of these involve close contact with the general public, since the routes are sure to pass near, or even through, heavily（4）areas.Second, there is the problem of waste. All nuclear power stations produce wastes that in most cases will（5）radioactive for thousands of years. It is impossible to make these wastes non-radioactive, and so they must be stored in one of the inconvenient ways that scientists have invented. For example, they may be buried under ground, or dropped（6）abandoned mines, or sunk in the sea.（7）these methods do not solve the problem, since an earthquake could easily open.Third, there is the problem of accidental（8）due to a leak or an explosion at the power station. As with the other two hazards, this is not very（9）, so it does not provide a serious objection to the nuclear programs. Nevertheless, it can happen.Separately, these three types of risks are not a great cause for（10）. Take together, though, the probability of disaster is extremely high.

I don’t think it advisable that he will be assigned to the job since he has no experience whatsoever. A B C D

The changes that took place in air travel during the last sixty years would have seemed completely impossible to even the most brilliant scientists at the turn of the 19th century. A B C D

They want to expose those educational disadvantaged students to creative, enriching educational experiences for a five-year period. A B C D

He cannot tell the difference between true praise and flattering statements making only to gain his favor. A B C D

Traveling to work by car is more convenient than to use public transport, for there is no irritation caused by waiting for buses or underground trains for as long as half an hour sometimes. A B C D

It is difficult for us to explain phenomena which we have little or no direct knowledge. A B C D

There were over 500000 deaths due to automobile accidents in the U.S. last year. A third of these could have been avoided but the drivers hadn’t fastened their seat belts. A B C D

I had been stranded on this island for quite sometimes when one day I put myself upon thinking whether it was impossible to make myself a boat. A B C D

At first we were so high above in the air that everything seemed like ants; but I could see whatever I wanted. A B C D

I used to go down to the bank of the stream and chose little flattened stones to throw across the water which moved as swiftly as swallows. A B C D

Like ties of kinship, ties of friendship are meant to be irrevocably binding.

The boy faltered when the policeman demanded his name.

A judge can’t make arbitrary decisions.

A sizeable proportion of the oil and gas in that country is exported to Japan.

Meetings seemed to occupy the bulk of his time.

Neither Mr. Hard nor Mr. Major is expected to as inflexible in their positions as Miss. Thatcher.

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