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江西师范大学

“I congratulate you on your (1) of our language, Major,” said the man of sinister courtesy who had interrogated me the night before. This evening he was (2) the black and yellow uniform of their special security police. His insignia showed he was an officer of high (3). “It must have needed a great deal of hard study. A pity you have had so (4) opportunity to use it.” At an adjoining desk, a good-looking but hard-faced girl of about twenty-five, also in uniform, (5) me expressionlessly. She was pressing a pencil lightly against her front teeth. I (6) what was in her (7). “However,” the officer went on, “I cannot congratulate you on your intelligence, from your (8) of us, you must surely realize that you are ultimately (9) tell us what we (10) on knowing. I’m afraid I have already (11) too much time on you. (12) you now give me the facts I want, I shall have to turn you (13) to the people who are euphemistically (14) persuaders. And I have to make it quite (15) to you that you will not be able to stand their persuasion for very (16). Even the greatest of heroes (17) in the end. Sometimes he leaves it until a little too (18), and then he does not recover. “It is such a (19) of heroism, so,” he said in the same courteous way, “I ask you once more, but for the last time. Who are your contacts in this (20)? ”

In Great Britain the system of the coast guard is very different. There are a small number of men, called lifeboatmen, who go out to help ships in trouble. These brave men often risk their lives. But they receive no money of their work. They live in small towns on the coast, and most have other jobs. The special lifeboats that they need are provided by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (R.N.L.I), a private group which depends completely on money from private people. The R.N.L.I does not accept any money from the government. As a result, it cannot always buy the best and most modern lifeboats. For example, about ten years ago, British researchers began to criticize the lifeboats which were in use at that time. According to their studies, the lifeboats never sank, but they turned over in certain sea conditions and stayed upside down in the water. However, there was a new kind of lifeboat that did not turn over. The R.N.L.I began to buy this safer kind of boat, but it could buy one or two every year.Some years ago, on the southwestern coast of England, a lifeboat station that did not have the new type of lifeboat received a radio call from a small ship that was sinking. The call came in the middle of the worst storm in forty years. The sea was very rough, but the lifeboat went out to try to save the men on the SINKING ship. Two hours later, their radio stopped, and nothing more was heard from them. One day later a helicopter found the lifeboat. It was lying upside down in the sea. Probably a large wave hit it and turned it over. There were no survivors.The news of the disaster shocked the people of Great Britain. A number of people began to criticize the lifeboat system. In their opinion, the US system is better.” We cannot send brave men out in boats which aren’t safe,” they said, “They need the best boats which money can buy. The government must control the lifeboat system.” Today, however, the system remains the same.11. What was discussed preceding this passage?12. Which of the following is true of the lifeboat system in Great Britain?13. What happened in the storm some years ago?14. The purpose of the passage is ______.15. The word “sinking” means ______.

People have expressed themselves through the movements, steps, and rhythms of dance since the beginning of time. They have prayed and celebrated their victories through dance. People have mourned their dead and healed their sick through dance, the language of the body.Today there are many kinds of dancing. For example, there are folk dancing, ballet dancing, and modern dancing.Modern dance, which began in the early 1900s, is a very expressionistic dance. Modern dancers follow no set pattern. Rather, they create their own movements to match the feelings they are trying to express. But modern dance means more than just self-expression.Modern dancers must first master the science of movement and muscle control. Then the dancers must learn to use these skills in combination with their emotions.Matha Graham is one of the world’s greatest modern dancers. As a young dancer, she studied with some of the founders of the modern dance movement. Influenced by many different kinds of dancing, Martha Graham developed her own personal dance style. She later formed her own dance company and school in New York City. The following are some of her feelings about her art.The modern dancer’s costume is an important part of his or her dance. There is always some reason why a dance costume should be a certain color or an outfit cut in a certain way. The reason comes out of the dance itself. Unlike a ballet costume, a modern dance costume is designed around each particular dance.The dancers’ art lives only while they are dancing. When their dancing days are over, nothing is left of the dancers’ art except the pictures and the memories.Dances come from something deep within a person. That something cannot be expressed with words—it must be told through movement.Because dance expresses emotions, it affects the mind and the body. Dances should not be taken apart and interpreted—dance must be experienced.6. What happens to the dancers’ art when their dancing days are over?7. What is NOT MENTIONED in the passage?8. How does modern dance costume differ from ballet costume?9. People have healed their sick through dance means ______.10. Which of the following is NOT true?

The noble, ancient, and adored art of puppetry may be edging toward an endangered species list of its own. Over the ages, puppets (木偶) and their masters have given pleasure to all classes of societies, among them the young, the old, the naive and the sophisticated, the poor and the rich. Their fascination has been universal and timeless. And, in many cases, puppet shows seem to have preceded performances by people—perhaps because of the superstitious awe with which various peoples responded to idols and statues, particularly if they moved.Puppets have been imbedded in mankind’s memory for so many centuries that even today some of that awe, as well as all of that delight, continues to work magic for those audiences able to find professional, or even amateur, performances. But the chances of this art’s surviving in the face of such popular contemporary diversions as film and television could be doubtful, although it may continue as an adjunct to mass communication, useful in commercials, propaganda, or education. If so, the magical element of puppetry will have been lost, because it is the experience of being in the actual presence of puppets—at once real and unreal—that causes one’s imagination to flower, opening another realm of feeling and seeing.Such reactive emotions have a long history. In primitive times, the shaman or witch doctor divined the power of an animated artifact and pronounced that supernatural forces could direct, cure, and present omens through these sacred objects, for the spirits had entered the objects and had become them. This is as true for Zuni and Hopi serpent puppets as it is for the slow-moving idols of the Egyptian priesthood, whose mechanized statues raised an arm or turned a head.The religious aspect of dolls and puppets has been universal in both the West and the East. Where idols have been banished, puppets have survived in the form of shadow theater, probably the most widely distributed tradition of puppetry. The shadow theater has been popular for centuries from North China throughout Southeast Asia, most of India, the Middle East, and Northern Africa. The extent and variety of this form of theater makes the rest of the world’s puppetry seem a bit meager by comparison.But any form of traditional theater in Asia has a significantly different meaning from that in the West. Walter A. Fairservis, Jr., research associate at the American Museum of Natural and professor of anthropology at Vassar, has written that Asian drama “is not to be categorized as mere entertainment, for its basic purpose is to provide cultural security and personal identity for all citizens of the culture involved. Much of Asian drama recounts the myths, legends and stories which are the familiar descriptions of why things are what they are and why people and gods do what they do.”Whether performed by people or puppets, Oriental theater is ritualistic; the audiences want their beliefs and hopes reinforced. They demand to see and hear the same stories retold, but the range of the stories is vast—often the plots and characters are taken from such epics as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. These Sanskrit texts with their hundreds of characters, their extraordinary adventures, battles, love affairs, and political struggles, in which both gods and human beings are similarly engaged, offer a rich and endless imagery to the theater of the puppet.1. According to the author, the influence of film and television ______.2. Of the following, which factor would have been least influential in the development of puppet theater?3. Zuni serpent puppets are similar in purpose to ______.4. Which statement about puppetry is NOT true?5. Which of the following would the author probably agree with?

Directions: In this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the following topic: Less Pressure, Better Life. You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline given below. (20%)Outline:1．现代生活中，人们普遍存在着压力。2．不同的人有不同的压力。3．我们应该如何缓解压力，生活得更好。

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