got out of synchronization with pictures
were too large for most movie theaters
were newly invented
changed speeds when the needle jumped
第1题：
The cows broke into the store-house to feed themselves because______.
A. they were too hungry
B. they wanted to fight with the men
C. they wanted to go on strike
D. they were so angry at their masters
53．答案为A 从第二段中的描写可推知奶牛因为饥饿才会冲进仓库觅食。
第2题：
The audience, ______, enjoyed the performance.
A. most of them were students
B. most of whom were students
C. whom they were students
D. they were mostly students
第3题：
A、It was we being late.
B、It was our being late.
C、It was we were too late.
D、It was because we were late.
第4题：
第5题：
According to the passage, false beards were worn by those who considered themselves to be ______.
A. handsome and mature
B. too young to have beards
C. aristocrats or fashionable dandies
D. royalty
第6题：
The cows jumped upon their masters because______.
A. they were not fed
B. they were so hungry
C. they were whipped so hard by them
D. they were so happy
54．答案为C 从第三段的细节描写可得知奶牛的愤怒是因为遭受了鞭打。因此C为最佳选项。
第7题：
Passage Five
Roman soldiers in some places built long rows of signal towers. When they had a message to send, the soldiers shouted it from tower to tower. If there were enough towers and enough soldiers with loud voices, important news could be sent quickly over distance.
In Africa, people learned to send messages by beating on a series of large drums (鼓). Each drum was kept within hearing distance of the next one. The drum beats were sent out in a special way that all the drummers understood. Though the messages were simple, they could be sent at great speed for hundreds of miles.
In the eighteenth century, a French engineer found a new way to send short messages. In this way, a person held a flag in each hand and the arms were moved to various positions representing different letters of the alphabet (字母表). It was like spelling out words with flags and arms.
Over a long period of time, people sent messages by all these different ways. However, not until the telephone was invented in America in the nineteenth century could people send speech sounds over a great distance in just a few seconds.
51. According to this passage, the Roman way of communication depended very much on______.
A. fine weather
B. high tower
C. the spelling system
D. arm movements
51．答案为B 从第一段可知罗马士兵通过在高塔上叫喊传递消息，因此答案为B。
第8题：
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Chinese students won most of the awards.
B. Not all the themes were about local subjects
C. The blogs could be written in Chinese or Singlish.
D. The judges were from university in Singapore and China.
第9题：
According to the passage，most farmers' debts had to be paid______.
A. when the autumn harvest had just been completed
B. because wheat prices were high
C. as soon as the Winnipeg Grain Exchange demanded payment
D. when crop failure caused depression
第10题：
This passage implies that ______.
A) buying a false degree is not moral
B) personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schools
C) most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school
D) society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications