Between the shelf units and the window in one half of the shops are a number of small cornters about three feet high.Beside each sits a cashier(現(xiàn)金出納員),who operates a machine for totaling the cost of each customer's purchases.The customer places the basket at one end of the counter so that it can be emptied by the cashier who records the price of the commodities one by one,before putting each on a moving section of the counter top,The goods are collected and packed into the customer's bag by another assistant at the end of the counter.The cashier finally hands a printed slip recording all prices to the customer, who pays the total,collects the bag and leaves.
36 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A Most supermarkets have a very large floor area．
B Most supermarkets are on one floor only
C Most supermarkets have a floor area as large as that of an ordinary shop.
D Some supermarkets have a floor area at least ten times as that of an ordinary shop．
37 In most supermarkets goods are stored
A upstairs and in rooms at the back.
B upstairs or in rooms at the back．
C downstairs or in rooms at the back．
D downstairs and in rooms at the back．
38 A supermarket usually has
A lots of rooms for shopper stos in．
B lots of rest rooms for shoppers to use．
C lots of rooms where new varieties of goods are on display .
D ample space for sheppers to move round．
39 Who empties the basket?
A The shopper．
B The customer．
C The cashier．
D The putchaser
40 What does the customer collect before he or she leaves?
A The printed slip
B The bag．
C The metal basket.
D The cash．
第三篇 A Thirsty World
The world is not only hungry,it is also thirsty for water.This may seem strange to you,since nearly 75% of the earth's surface is covered with water.But about 97% of this huge amount is sea-water,or salt water.Man can only drink and use the other 3% -the fresh water that comes from rives, lakes, underground, and other sources.And we cannot even use all of that,because some of it is in the form of icebergs(冰山)and glaciers(冰山).Even worse,some of it has been polluted.
At the moment，this small amount of fresh water is still enough for us . However，our for water is increasing rapidly.Only if we take steps to deal with this problem now can we avoid a severe worldwide water shonage 1ateron．A limited water supply would have a bad effect on agriculture and industry．
In addition to stopping wasting our precious water，one useful step we should dtake is to develop ways of reusing it.Experiments have already been done in this field ,but donly on a small scale.
Today,in most large cities，water is used only once and it eventually returns to the sea or runs into underground storage tanks，But it is possible to pipe water that has been used to a purifying(凈化)plant，There it can be filtered (過(guò)濾)and treated with chemicals so that it can be used again just as if it were fresh from a spring.
But even if every large city purified and reused its water，we sill would not have enough.Where could we turn next? To the oceans!All we'd have to do to make use of the vast amount of sea-water is - remove the salt.This salt- removing process is already in use in many parts of the world.
So if we dtake all these steps,we'll be in no danger of drying up!
36 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A Most supermarkets have a very large floor area．
B Most supermarkets are on one floor only
C Most supermarkets have a floor area as large as that of an ordinary shop.
D Some supermarkets have a floor area at least ten times as that of an ordinary shop．
37 In most supermarkets goods are stored
A upstairs and in rooms at the back.
B upstairs or in rooms at the back．
C downstairs or in rooms at the back．
D downstairs and in rooms at the back．
38 A supermarket usually has
A lots of rooms for shopper stos in．
B lots of rest rooms for shoppers to use．
C lots of rooms where new varieties of goods are on display .
D ample space for sheppers to move round．
39 Who empties the basket?
A The shopper．
B The customer．
C The cashier．
D The putchaser
40 What does the customer collect before he or she leaves?
A The printed slip
B The bag．
C The metal basket.
D The cash．
第三篇 A Thirsty World
The world is not only hungry,it is also thirsty for water.This may seem strange to you,since nearly 75% of the earth's surface is covered with water.But about 97% of this huge amount is sea-water,or salt water.Man can only drink and use the other 3% -the fresh water that comes from rives, lakes, underground, and other sources.And we cannot even use all of that,because some of it is in the form of icebergs(冰山)and glaciers(冰山).Even worse,some of it has been polluted.
At the moment，this small amount of fresh water is still enough for us . However，our for water is increasing rapidly.Only if we take steps to deal with this problem now can we avoid a severe worldwide water shonage 1ateron．A limited water supply would have a bad effect on agriculture and industry．
In addition to stopping wasting our precious water，one useful step we should dtake is to develop ways of reusing it.Experiments have already been done in this field ,but donly on a small scale.
Today,in most large cities，water is used only once and it eventually returns to the sea or runs into underground storage tanks，But it is possible to pipe water that has been used to a purifying(凈化)plant，There it can be filtered (過(guò)濾)and treated with chemicals so that it can be used again just as if it were fresh from a spring.
But even if every large city purified and reused its water，we sill would not have enough.Where could we turn next? To the oceans!All we'd have to do to make use of the vast amount of sea-water is - remove the salt.This salt- removing process is already in use in many parts of the world.
So if we dtake all these steps,we'll be in no danger of drying up!