A.to both his family and his staff

B.to his family in small letters

C.to his family on the fridge

D.to his staff on the desk

()4.According to the author，handwritten notes .

A.are harder to teach in schools

B.attract more attention

C.are used only between friends

D.carry more message

()5.We can learn from the passage that the author .

A.thinks it impossible to teach handwriting

B.does not want to lose handwriting

C.puts the blame on the computer

D.does not agree with Florey

Passage Two

Flying over a desert area in an airplane,two scientists looked down with trained eyes at trees and bushes.After an hour�餾 flight one of the scientists wrote in his book,“Look here for probable metal.” Scientists in another airplane,flying over a mountain area,sent a message to other scientists on the ground,“Gold possible.” Walking across hilly ground,four scientists reported.“This ground should be searched for metal.” From an airplane over a hilly wasteland a scientist sent back by radio one word:“Uranium.”

None of the scientists had X�瞨ay eyes:they had on magic powers of looking down below the earth�餾 surface,They were merely putting to use one of the newest methods of locating minerals in the ground,using trees and plants as signs that certain minerals may lie beneath the ground on which the trees and plants are growing.

This newest method of searching for minerals is based on the fact that minerals deep in the earth may affect the kind of bushes and trees that grow on the surface.

At Weston Bar Greek,a brook six thousand feet high in the mountains of British Columbia,Canada, a mineral search group gathered bags of tree seeds.Boxes were filled with small branches from the trees.Roots were dug and put into boxes.Each bag and box was carefully marked.In a scientific laboratory the parts of the forest trees were burned to ashes and tested.Each small part was examined to learn whether there were minerals in it.

Study of the roots,branches,and seeds showed no silver.But there were small amounts of gold in the roots and a little less gold in the branches and seeds.The seeds growing nearest to the tree trunk had more gold than those growing on the ends of the branches.

() 6.Scientists were flying over a desert of a hilly wasteland or a mountain area in order to search for in the ground.

A.goldB.silver

C.metalD.minerals

() 7.The study of trees, branches and roots shows that.

A.there were larger amounts of gold in the branches than in the seeds

B.there were smaller amounts of gold in the roots than in the branches

C.there were less amounts of gold in the seeds growing on the ends of branches than seeds growing nearest to the tree trunk

D.there was more gold in the branches than in the roots

() 8.Which is the best title suggested below?

A.Scientists Searching for Metals with Special Power

B.New Methods of Searching for Minerals

C.Gold Could Be Found by Trees and Plants

D.A New Method of Searching for Minerals—Using Trees and Plants

() 9.Which of the following is not mentioned as part of tree that can help find minerals?

A.Leaves.B.Roots.C.Branches.D.Seeds.

() 10.The scientists were in search for minerals by using.

A.X�瞨ayB.trees and plants

C.a special instrumentD.trained eyes

Passage Three

Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely clever act of stealing or an even cleverer cheat.Either way,it could be the perfect crime,because the criminals are birds�瞙oming pigeons!

The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car:if you want the car back,pay up.Then,the car owner is directed to a park,told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside.Carrying the money in a tiny bag,the pigeon flies off.

There have been at least four such pigeon pick�瞮ps in Changwa.What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay�瞐t�瞙ome car thief,however,may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind—one that avoids not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first place.Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick:he gets money for things he cannot possibly return.Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car owner to place an ad in the newspaper asking for help.

The theory is supported by the fact that,so far,none of the stolen cars have been returned.Also,the amount of money demanded—under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars—seems too little for a car worth many times more.

Demands for pigeon�瞕elivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story.And even if they start again,Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal.“We have more important things to do”,he said.

() 11.After the car owner received a phone call,he.

A.went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried

B.gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park

C.sent some money to the thief by mail

D.told the press about it

() 12.The “l(fā)azier and more inventive” criminal refers to

A.the car thief who stays at home

B.one of those who put the ads in the paper

C.one of the policemen in Changwa

D.the owner of the pigeons

() 13.The writer mentions the fact that“none of the stolen cars have been returned”to show.

A.how easily people get fooled by criminals

B.what Chen thinks might be correct

C.the thief is extremely clever

D.the money paid is too little

() 14.The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to.

A.criminalsB.pigeons

C.the stolen carsD.demands for money

() 15.We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because.

A.he reads the ads in the newspaper

B.he lives in the same neighborhood

C.he has seen the car owners in the park

D.he has trained the pigeons to follow them