The criminal was living in Brazil, ______ the reach of the British police.

A. under          B. over              C. above          D. beyond 

Morn came to see me from hometown,     me a lot of local products.

A. bringing        B. to bring       C. brought           D. had brought

-- What's your parents' opinion about your choice?

--They always let me do ____I think I should.

A. when           B. that              C. how              D. what

The mother felt herself     cold and her hands trembled as she read the letter from the battlefield.

A. grow       B. grew         C. grown         D. to grow

-- I reminded you not to forget the appointment.

--       . But I did forget.

A. So did you      B. So you did         C. So I did           D. So do I

Hardly       to speak when there was about from the back of the hall.

A. has she begun    B. she has begun      C. had she begun      D. she had begun

Push!

At midnight Peter was awakened by heavy knocks on the door. He rolled over and looked at his  1, and it was half past one. "I'm not getting  2  at this time," he  3, and rolled over.

Then, a  4  knock followed. "Aren't you going to  5  that?" said his wife.

    So he dragged himself out of bed and went downstairs. He opened the door and there was a man  6  at the door. It didn't take Peter long to  7  the man was drunk.

"Hi, there," slurred (嘟囔) the stranger, "Can you give me a push?"

"No, get lost. It's half past one. I was  8," Peter said and slammed the door. He went back  9  to bed and told his wife what had happened.

She said, "That wasn't very  10  of you. Remember that night we had a  11  in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up and you had to  12  that man's house to get our car13  again? What would have happened if he'd told  14  to get lost?"

"But the guy was  15," said Peter.

"It doesn't matter," said the wife. "He needs help  16  it would be the Christian thing to help him."

So Peter went out of bed again, got dressed, and went downstairs. He opened the door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere he shouted, "Hey, do you still want a  17 ?"

And he heard a  18  cry out "Yeah, please."

So, still being unable to see the stranger he shouted," 19_ are you?"

The drunk replied, "Over here, on the  20."

1.  A.  door           B.  clock            C.  wife           D.  window

2.  A.  out of bed      B.  out of the house  C.  down to work    D.  into trouble

3.  A.  complained     B.  explained        C.  replied        D.  thought

4.  A.  weaker         B.  louder           C.  longer         D.  angrier

5.  A.  stand          B.  stop             C.  answer         D.  refuse

6.  A.  standing       B.  lying            C.  knocking       D.  looking

7.  A.  remember       B.  show             C.  realize        D.  doubt

8.  A.  in bed         B.  in surprise      C.  at home        D.  at work

9.  A.  down           B.  up              C.  inside          D.  home

10.  A.  nice           B.  foolish         C.  typical         D.  generous

11.  A.  hard time      B.  quarrel         C.  fight           D.  breakdown

12.  A.  drive to       B.  pass by         C.  knock on        D.  drop into

13.  A.  started        B.  refreshed       C.  united          D.  delighted

14.  A.  us             B.  them           C.  the man          D.  others

15.  A.  mad            B.  drank          C.  different        D.  dangerous

16.  A.  but            B.  though         C.  and              D.  because

17.  A.  rest           B.  push           C.  room             D.  lift

18.  A.  lady           B.  gentleman      C.  drunk            D.  voice

19.  A.  What           B.  How            C.  Who              D.  Where

20.  A.  roof           B.  bed            C.  swing            D.  ground

A 13-year-old Chinese girl, Fan Yi (Nancy), who had her primary education in US, recently published her first fairy tale, Swordbird. The English fairy tale was listed as the bestseller of children's fiction in the US, the Shanghai Evening Post reported.

Fan Yi was greatly interested in observing birds ever since she was a little girl. In Hanmilton, New York, where she lives, she often watches kingfishers and woodpeckers flying over her house from the small woods nearby. And the inspiration for writing the book Swordbird actually came from one of her dreams. At that time, she was studying American history in school and happened to read many articles in magazines about the 9.11 terrorist attacks. One day, she had a dream in which some rosefinches and bluejays were controlled by some black birds and began to fight with each other. When she woke up, she decided to turn her dream into a story and to convey her message for peace to the public.

In order to get her book published in China, Fan translated the entire English version into Chinese.

"It is a learning process. Since I didn't know many Chinese idioms, I had to get help from my mom and dad from time to time. For another thing, a lot of poems in the original story are written in rhyme. So when I translated them into Chinese, I wanted to make sure that they were in rhyme, too," she said.

Fan Yi was born in Beijing in 1993. She stayed in Beijing until she finished her first grade of primary school. Then she moved with her parents to the United States when she was seven. Two years later, she started to write her English story.

In March, this year, the book was published by Harper Collins Publishers. It was selected as the week's bestseller of children's fiction by the New York Times soon after it was published.

     In future, Fan Yi might write more series for her book. It is expected that her Swordbird Prelude (序篇) might come off the press next year.

1. The underlined words "rosefinches" and "bluejays" in Paragraph 2 probably refer to ___________

A. outer-space creatures                B. different kinds of birds

    C. different kinds of planes            D. people from different races

2. Her book was related to the 9.11 terrorist attacks in that

A. it was being written when the attacks happened

B. it expressed her desire for peace against terrorism    

C. they both involved fighting in the air

    D. the attacks were mentioned in her book

3. Fan Yi thinks of the process of__ as "a learning process".

    A. writing her book                     B. writing the poems

    C. translating her book                 D. getting her book published

4. Fan Yi spent ____ years or so writing her book.

    A. two             B. three            C. four            D. five

5. What else can we learn about Fan Yi from the article?

A. She's believed to be writing more Swordbird stories.

B. Her Chinese version of Swordbird was published in US.

C. Swordbird was re-published by the New York Times.

    D. She's likely to become a professional writer.

NOTTINGHAM FORUM ( 论坛)

GEOFF HOON

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Geoff Hoon is one of Britain's most experienced politicians.

    Mr Hoon joined the Foreign and Commonwealth office in May 1999 as Minister of State with responsibility for Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa; he was then made Minister for Europe. Later, in 1999, Mr Hoon joined Tony Blair's Cabinet (内阁) as Secretary of State for Defence, where he oversaw four major deployments (部署) of British troops, including to lraq. After the 2005 general election he became leader of the House of Commons and earlier this year(2006) he was appointed as Minister for Europe again.

On Friday 24th November Mr Horn is visiting Nottingham to address Forum. He will speak about his experience in the public spotlight, and explain what life as a Cabinet Minister is really like.

There will be an opportunity for questions after the talk, which is open to all students and staff at Nottingham University. Please arrive early as there are limited spaces and nobody will be admitted once the event had begun.

FRIDAY 24TM NOVEMBER

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A48 SIR CLIVE GRANGER (GEOGRAPHY & ECONOMICS)

FREE ENTRY

www.nottingham, forum.org

1. At the time of the writing, Geoff Hoon was a __

A. retired politician 

B. university scholar

C. state leader      

D. military consultant

2. Whoever wanted to attend were advised to "arrive early" in order __

    A. to be allowed to ask questions     B. to be admitted to the talk

    C. not to interrupt the speaker         D. to find a place closer to the speaker

3. By "A48 SIR CLIVE GRANGER", the writer gives information about _______.

    A. who was organizing the event          B. where the event was to take place

    C. how one could get admitted            D. how old the lecturer was

4. The topic of the talk missing in the 3rd line (blank) should be _______.

    A. Life in the Cabinet                   B. An Excellent Lecturer

    C. Top State Secrets to Be Let Out        D. Analysis of World Situation

5. The writing above is most likely to have been taken from a ________

    A. webpage of the Internet               B. news report column

    C. campus (校园) broadcast program    D. campus poster

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Winter sports are very popular in European and North American countries. These places usually receive a lot of snow during the winter months.

    Skiing and skating become the major sports activities for Westerners during the winter. People from Norway, Italy, the United States, Sweden and Canada all like winter sports.

    Winter sports such as alpine skiing and skating(高山滑雪) are very popular because they allow people to keep warm while enjoying outdoors.

    People can exercise outdoors in beautiful surroundings: snow-covered mountains and pine trees among endless white snow. Putting oneself into the white world and breathing fresh air, one can relax and forget all worries. Of course, the practice of flying down the hills excites people.

The Alps in Europe is the most ideal place for skiing. The Rocky Mountains in the Western United States is another good place.

    Some people call winter sports "royal sports". That is because of their high cost. These sports always require expensive equipment. They also need high-standard places to be enjoyed.

Winter sports are not popular in China. The southern and coastal areas have no skiing and skating. And the snow-blanketed northeastern and southwestern areas have very poor equipment. But thanks to the efforts of the government, China has caught up with world class competition in short track speed skating(短道速滑). This is also true for women's figure skating. However, in alpine skiing events, China

1. What's the best title of this passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)

2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one ?

Taking part in the outdoor winter sports with snow-covered surroundings makes you feel refreshed and carefree.

3. Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)

4. Do you think winter sports will become popular in China? Why?(Please answer within 30 words.)

5. Please translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.