One afternoon, he received a telephone call: his only son was knocked down by a car in Paris. The young man’s leg was badly hurt and had to be put in the hospital. Mrs. White was worried and asked her husband to go there with her to see him at once. The scientist was busy with his work, so he made quite a few excuses, but it only made her angry. At last he had to leave for Paris with her at once. Their flight number was BA347. They arrived at the hospital in the evening. A friend of their son’s asked,“When did you start, Mr. White?”“At half past five,”answered Mr. White.“Today or yesterday?”What’s the date today?”“July 3.”“Oh, I remember,”called out Mr. White,“We started this afternoon.”“How did you come here, by air or by sea?”“I don’t know,”answered Mr. White,“You’d better ask my wife. She always arranges these things.”

A．her husband wouldn’t go to see their son

B．her husband was hit by a car

C．her husband didn’t love her

A．he was asleep

B．he was thinking about his work

C．he was worried about his son

　　Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower, little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is rising seawater, The temperature has risen over the years. This has made Arctic be melt（融化）. Every year, high waters hit the city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is under water. Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower.

(1) The underlined word“Arctic”means“________”.

A．117 waterways can make your trip easy

B．You can talk to other people while you go along

C．It is not only easy but also you can enjoy yourself better

A．The first people coming to the island were Italians.

B．They came to Venice, because they liked the place very much.

C．They came here at the year 1500.

A．the position of Venice

B．the history of Venice

C．the problem of Venice

根据图表提供的信息选择最佳答案。

A．Twenty-four days

B．Three weeks and one day

C．Three weeks and two days

A．Four hours and forty-two minutes

B．Five hours and forty-two minutes

C．Four hours and eighteen minutes

A．Eastern Flight 565

B．United Flight 501

C．United Flight 622

A．five hours and forty-five minutes

B．seventeen hours and forty-five minutes

C．six hours and forty- five minutes

　　It has been a great year for Andriy Shevchenko（舍莆琴科）. He’s ending it with a big prize! Sheva won the Golden Ball award as Europe’s best football player on Monday.“This year has been beautiful for me,”he said.“I got a wife, I had a son, we won the league（联赛）last season and now I get the award”.

　　The Ukrainian（乌克兰）footballer came out on top in the eyes of Europe’s top sports reporters. Sheva beat Portugal’s（葡萄牙）Deco and Brazil’s Ronaldinho. The 28-year-old got the award for scoring 136 goals for Milan since 1999. He got 102 golds in Serie A and helped win the Italian title in 2004. He also helped the Ukraine come top of their 2006 World Cup group.

　　Sheva is good at playing in many ways. He is quick, smart and hard to catch on the field. He jumps high, and can score great goals from anywhere. Milan president Silvio Berluscoini said,“He’s great on the field, but he’s humble（谦虚的）. He’s a great example for his teammates to follow. He’s a winner both on the field and off it.”The“beautiful”year comes down to Sheva’s hard work. He’s a man who doesn’t want to fail.“When there is an obstacle in front of me, I make myself strong enough to get over it.”he said. He has been trying hard since he was a child.“There are thousands of obstacles, one after another, but I never give up if I’m hurt or haven’t got a goal for a long time,”he said,“I’m always ready to go further.”

A．getting 102 goals in Serie A

B．helping with the Italian title in 2004

C．scoring 136 goals for AC Milan since 1999

(3) What does the sentence of“He’s a winner both on the field and off it.”mean?

A．He acts well on the field

B．He can’t win anything out of the field

C．He is a winner not only on the field but also in life

(4) What does the word“obstacle”mean in the third paragraph?

　　The Voice of America(VOA) is the official（官方）broadcasting service of the United States. It is one of the best-known stations in international broadcasting. VOA has broadcast news and stories in clear and easy English for people whose native language is not English.

A．is a radio station of China

B．broadcasts 24 hours of programs each day

C．broadcasts only in English

A．Only Chinese

B．People in 43 countries

C．People all over the world

A．it speak English

B．it’s the radio station of the USA

C．it broadcasts news and stories in clear and easy English

A．the largest radio station

B．the radio station of England

C．so many companies

A．J.K. Rowling met a boy named Harry on a long train trip

B．J.K. Rowling loved listening to stories when she was very young

C．J.K. Rowling is two years younger titan her sister

A．July 1965

B．the summer of 1990

C．June1997

A．written for young people

B．only er0oyed by children

C．only sold in England

A．likes to travel all over the world with her daughter

B．is too busy to enjoy her life

C．is still writing stories for children

　　The world is not only hungry, but it is also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 70 percent（百分比）of the earth's surface is covered with water. But about 97 percent of this huge amount is sea water, or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3 percent--the fresh water from rivers, lakes, underground, and other sources（资源）. And we cannot even use all of that, because some of it is in the form of icebergs and glaciers（冰川）. Even worse, some of it has been polluted.

　　However, as things stand today, this small amount of fresh water is still enough for us. But our need for water is increasing（增加）rapidly--almost day by day. Only if we take steps to deal with this problem now can we avoid（避免）a severe（严重）worldwide water shortage later on.

　　Today in most large cities, water is used only once and then sent out into a sewer system（下水道）. From there it returns to the sea or runs into underground storage tanks. But it is possible to pipe used water to a purifying（净化）plant. There it can be 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 still would not have enough. All we'd have to do to make use of the vast reserves（贮备）of sea water in the world is to remove the salt.

A．As things remain unchanging, this small amount of fresh water is still enough for us.

B．Our need for water is becoming larger and larger.

C．There will be no water shortage in the future.

D．We should take steps to deal with the water shortage problem.

A．treat it with chemicals

B．use it only once

C．send it out into a sewer system

D．make it flow into underground tanks

A．to make enough water

B．to pay more attention to the water shortage problem

C．to pipe used water to a purifying plant

D．to reuse the water

　　There was once a man who kept ten monkeys as pets as he was very fond of them. Every morning the monkeys would climb up and down the trees or swing from one branch（树枝）to another in his backyard. After that, be would feed them bananas.

　　One morning the man said to the monkeys, “We have very few bananas left today. For breakfast I shall give each of you two bananas and four for dinner.”

　　When the monkeys heard this, they looked very unhappy. They refused（拒绝）to take the bananas that the man was handing out to them.

　　“Very well, then. You shall have four bananas in the morning and two for dinner,” the man said.

A．liked them

B．sold monkeys as pets

C．wanted them to work for him

D．had many banana trees in his backyard

A．twice a day

B．in the afternoon

C．only when they were hungry

D．before they climbed up and down the trees

A．ran away

B．nodded their heads

C．didn't take the bananas from the man

D．jumped up and down

　　New Year is very important in Japan. Everyone cleans his or her house and starts the year with some new clothes. Pine branches（松枝）are hung on the front doors of Japanese homes for good luck. This is a time for visiting in Japan, and it is very festive（喜庆的）. There is usually no one at work for about three days.

A．think water is very important

B．have to

C．think rains may bring them life

D．think the season will bring them good luck

A．celebrate the New Year in the same way

B．celebrate the New Year in different ways

C．are busy visiting friends on New Year's Day

D．stay at home and watch TV on New Year's Day

　　The idea of what shaking the head means is not always the same in different countries. Many visitors would be surprised when they first came to India. When they talked to an Indian, he would often shake his head. The visitors might think that the Indian did not like what they said. But, in fact, they would be completely wrong. Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It does not have the same meaning as our“No”. If someone wants to visit India, he should know that, or it will give him some trouble.

　　One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired（租用）a car and an Indian to drive it. When he told his driver to send him to the office, the Indian shook his head at once. The officer said again, and the driver shook his head again. At last, the officer, of course, got angry.

　　“How dare you refuse my order?”he shouted.“Drive me to my office at once!”The driver answered in quite a loud voice, too.“Yes, Sir!”But to the officer's surprise, the driver shook his head at the same time.

　　The car started, and the foreign officer was too surprised to say a word. He thought about it for a while, and then nodded（点头）with a smile.“No means Yes here!”

A．he didn't want to do anything

B．he agreed with others

C．he talked to others

D．other people were wrong

A．the driver could not understand him

B．the driver refused his order

C．the driver drove him to another place

D．the driver shook his head as he said“Yes”

(3)The sentence“No means Yes here!”means

A．in India the words Yes and No have the same meaning

B．Indians don't say No when they don't agree with each other

C．there is no difference between Yes and No

D．we shake our heads to say No, not Yes,as Indians do

A．Shaking the head doesn't always have the same meaning in different countries.

B．When an Indian shakes his head, he really means Yes.

C．In India there isn't any word meaning No.

D．In China shaking the head means No.