16．Zhang Shiwang is a farmer from Chongqing．Whenever he does business with people from other places，he always invites a"translator"to the meeting．He can only speak a dialect（方言）．Most people don't understand him，so the translator helps to translate his words into Mandarin （普通话）．
This is the case for many farmers in China．Mandarin was set as the standard spoken Chinese in 1955，but is still not spoken by about 30% of people across the country，reported Xinhua．China wants to increase the rate of nationals speaking Mandarin to 80% by 2020，according to a recent plan from the Ministry of Education （教育部） and State Language Commission （国家语言文字工作委员会）．
The plan asks for teachers to improve their Mandarin speaking abilities．New teachers must meet national Mandarin speaking standards before getting a job at a school．Civil servants （公务员） are also needed to take the lead in speaking and learning Mandarin．
What's more，the plan says that our country will provide special training lessons for farmers and herdsmen in the central and western areas．That's because the gap （差距） between different areas and groups of people is huge．The rate for speaking Mandarin is above 90% in large cities，but is only 40% in many rural （农村的） areas，noted Guangming Daily．
However，helping more people speak Mandarin does not mean that everyone should speak like broadcasters （播音员）．"Being able to speak Mandarin means that you can understand the CCTV news broadcast，as well as express yourself correctly in Mandarin，"Yao Xishuang，director of the department of language and character management at the Ministry of Education，told CNR News．

56．A"translator"helps Zhang ShiwangB．
A．learn communication skills
B．translate his dialect into Mandarin．
C．translate others'words into his dialect
D．understand other people's dialects．
57．How long has Mandarin been set as the standard spoken Chinese？B
A．For 55 years．   
B．For 62 years．   
C．Since 1949．   
D．Since 1965．
58．What is the recent plan about？C
A．Farmers across China should speak Mandarin．
B．Mandarin will be the standard spoken Chinese．
C.80% of Chinese will speak Mandarin by 2020．
D．All Chinese people must speak Mandarin by 2020．
59．Who must meet national Mandarin speaking standards before getting a job？A
A．New teachers．   
B．Doctors．
C．Civil servants．
D．Farmers and herdsmen．
60．Which of the following is NOT true according to the plan？D
A．There is a large gap（差距） between different areas and groups of people．
B．Civil servants should speak Mandarin．
C．The country will offer special training lessons to certain people．
D．Speaking Mandarin means that you must speak like broadcaster．

15．"If you want to see a thing well，reach out and touch it!"
That may seem a strange thing to say．But touching things can （65）help you to see them better．
Your eyes can tell you that glass ball is round．But by holding it in your（66）hand，you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is．You can feel how heavy the glass is．When you feel all these about the ball，you（67）really see it．With your skin，you can feel better．For example，your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket．You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand，too．
You can （68）even feel sounds against your skin．Have you ever wanted to know why some people like very loud music？They must like to feel the sounds of music．
All children soon learn what"Don't touch!"means．They（69）hear it often．Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up．In shops，we touch things we might buy，such as food，clothes and so on．To see something well，we have to touch it．The bottoms of our feet can feel things，too．You know this when you walk on warm sand，cool grass or a bad floor．All feel different （70）under your feet．
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling．One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin．Feel the shoes on your feet，the clothes on your body，the air on your skin．At first，it is not（71）easyto feel these things．You are too used to them!

14．Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）
    The following are six film （81）reports from the students．
    The Girl in Black in a story about something that happened 400 years ago．Two young people meet and fall in love but the young man has to go away to fight in a （82）war．The story has a good beginning but then nothing readlly happens．
    The Circle of Life is a film everyone should see if they want to go home feeling cheerful．I could't stop （83）laughing．There is one sad part in the middle but everything is all right in the end．Jules Verity，the star，normally sings and dances in films，so this is a change for him．
    The clothes the actors wear in Cramer Place are lovely．It is a true story which takes place in the nineteenth century in an old house．It is actually difficult to believe this really happened and I found it （84）impossibleto guess the ending--you just have to wait and see．The acting is wonderful．
    The Blue Country is an action film with a difference becauce it is also funny （85）untilthe end when everyone dies．Most of the action comes at the end and I did find the first half a liitle boring．
    I hadn't heard of any of the actors in the Lost Journey but I'm sure we'll see them again．The film takes plance on a small planet in the future．It is rather difficult to believe but it has a good story an is （86）wonderfulacted．I loved the ending which I hadn't expected．
    The Path to Nowhere is the latest in a series of films starring Des Riley and Tom Carver．It start with a car chase，there is plenty of action in the middle and it finishes with a helicopter following the men as they try to escape in a boat．I couldn't wait to （87）discoverwhat happened．

13．People all over the world eat a kind of food made flour and water．In the west people call it pasta（意大利面食）．In Asia it is called noodles．
    The Chinese started eating noodles about 1，000 years ago．Many people think that Marca Polo，the famous Italian explorer（意大利探险者），first took noodles from China to Italy．But we now know that the Italians were already making pasta．Italian sailors（水手）（78）tooka long way to look for business．They needed food that would keep（79）freshfor a long time．So they learned how to dry pasta．
    Pasta is still made in the same way today，with flour and water．It is made into shapes（形状）．Sometimes people add something to change the （80）colors．You can find green，red and black pasta，made with vegetables，tomataes and even squid ink!
    The most popular kind of pasta is spaghetti．But there are many（81）othersizes and shapes of pasta．Some look like hats，cars，pillows，worms or bows．Some are filled with meat，seafood，vegetables and cheese．
    We cook pasta in boiling water until it is soft．Then we can mix it with a sauce or eat it cold in a salad．Sometimes we put pasta in soup．Pasta tastes（82）deliciousand it is also good for us．A lot of people love pasta but Italians love it most．They love it so much that they have a （83）museumjust for pasta．In it，Italians show many things，such as history（历史），cultures of pasta．If you go there，you can learn more about it．

12．A serious bushfire happened in South Australia．It is the （61）worst fire in the area since 1983．About forty houses were （62）broken in the fire．More than 500firemen are fighting the fire near the city of Adelaide．They are racing against time to make （63）sure that the fire did not spread to other areas．They have to keep working hard because the （64）weather condition is too bad，with high temperatures and too dry air．A （65）number of towns are still at risk from uncontrolled fire and some roads into the fire area are still closed．

11．句子翻译：我的表弟经常在电视上看篮球比赛．
My cousin often watches basketball matches on TV．

10．---How do I look          white，Mike？
---Well，I would choose grey．White looks bad         a boy with dark skin．（　　）

A．

in； in

B．

on； on

C．

on； in

D．

in； on

9．---What do you think of the red scarf？
---Wonderful．I don't think I can get a ______one．（　　）

A．

good

B．

better

C．

bad

D．

worse

8．---Who's calling，Lucy？
---There comes my mum's ________on the phone．（　　）

A．

noise

B．

sound

C．

shout

D．

voice

7．Luckily，I could get the last plane ticket to the USA．（luck）