2Over 1,400 university students from 37 countries and regions came to China for the 2006’s World MUN meeting(世界大学生模拟联合国大会). The meeting was held in Peking University from March 27th to 31st, 2006. The idea of the World MUN began in 1991. A group of students at Harvard(哈佛)University wanted to make a new meeting to bring together the students who were interested

tides every 24 hours.

Seamen on a ship leave all time by looking at the moon and the stars. The whole sky is

their clock.

In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or

changes direction or stops blowing. In these places the wind can be the clock.

A sand clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the

one in the the sand will take another hour to go back again.

51. From the passage we can know there are _____ ways to tell time besides the clock and watch.

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 7

52. The Eskimos in the far north can t use the sun for a clock because ______.

A. they know very little about the sun

B. the sun there never goes down in winter

C. it s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun

D. it has long da and long light summers

53. The underlined word “tide” in the passage means _______.

A. 洋流 B. 潮汐 C. 海啸 D. 波浪

54. In which page of the newspapers probably read this passage?

A. News. B. Science. C. Advertisement D. Sports.

55. What s the best title for the passage?

A. Different Ways to Tell Time B. How the Clock Was Invented

C. The Development of the Clock D. A Useful Machine to Tell Time

第二节：Alan, Mr. Brown, the Whites, the Smiths和the Williams正各自打算买房子。请仔细阅读第56—60题中的个人情况说明和A到E五所房子的介绍，选出符合各自要求的最佳选项。

56. Alan, a young man, works as an engineer. He has shared a flat with others for about two years. Nowving of $8000

and he wants to buy a single flat.

57. The Brown family has two cars. One is for him, the other for his wife. He prefers the house with two garages where

they can eir cars.

58. The Whites twin sons, who like water games very much, will start school next year. The couples are looking for a

house with a walking distance to a primary school.

59. The Smiths, a middle-aged couple, want to open a restaurant. Now they are looking for a shop

house in the city centre. They douch about the price.

60. The Williams are very rich, and find a modern and comfortable house. The house should be convenient for their

parties.