66．According to the passage , which of the following is true ? A．The Palace of Versailles is not in the center of Paris . B．Te tourists can telephone in the Ibis without paying . C．It will take you a long time to got to Montmartre from Paris. D．The tourists will spend the night in the antique shops on the third day . D Protests at the use of animals in research have taken on a new and fearful character in Britain with the attempted murder of two British scientists by the terrorist technique of the pre-planted car–bomb . The research community will rightly be alarmed at these developments which have two aims :to draw public attention and to frighten people working in research with animals . The scientists insist that everything should be done to identify those responsible for the crimes and to put them on trial . The Defense Research Society has taken the practical step of offering a reward of £10.000 for information leading to those responsible , but past experience is not encouraging . People are unlikely to be attracted by such offers . The professional police will similarly be challenged by the problem of finding a needle in a haystack . That is why the intellectual community in Britain and elsewhere must act more strongly in its own defense . There are several steps that can be taken , of which the chief one is to demand of all the organizations that exist with the declared aims of defending the interests of animals that they should declare clearly where they stand on violence towards people . And it will not be enough for the chairman and chairwoman of these organizations to make placatory statements on behalf of all their members . These people should also promise that it will be a test of continuing membership in their organizations that members and would-be members should declare that they will take no part in acts of violence against human beings . 【查看更多】

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As a palace, the Tower of London．was a great place to live．As a prison, it, wasn’t so nice ——especially since so many prisoners lost their heads．Today tourists can explore 5the Tower in the
United Kingdom．Here are some reasons why the Tower was and still is a cool place．
Ravens（渡鸦） are like superheroes．
Well, sort of．Legend says if the ravens that live on the Tower grounds ever leave, the Tower will fall apart．No one knows when the ravens first showed up, but Charles II took the legend so seriously that in the 1670s he gave an official order that six ravens be kept there all the time．Today
there are still always six．
You might have lived at a zoo．
In 1204, King John kept a collection of animals, including lions and elephants．About 50 years later, King Henry III received a polar bear．the bear was kept on a piece of rope so it could fish from the Thames River that flows by the Tower．
If you lived at the Tower today, your mom or dad might be in charge．
The 35 Yeoman Warders（伦敦塔卫士）and their families are among the few still allowed to live at the Tower．Established in 1509 a;? bodyguards! for the king, today they give tours and manage the day-to-day details of the Tower．They’re called "beefeaters," possibly because their job once allowed them to eat beef from the king’s; table．
You need a secret password at night．
Called the "Word," the password changes every 24 hours and is a must-have to enter the Tower
after hours．It’s written on a piece of paper and delivered to the Yeoman on duty for, the night．
You could find buried gold．
In 1662, a goldsmith（金匠） named John Barfcstead supposedly hid more than $40,000 worth of stolen gold somewhere on．the Tower grounds．Many have searched for the gold, but it has never
been found．

1.
Charles II decided to keep six ravens in the Tower probably because ______． ;
1. A.
  he loved animals a lot
2. B.
  he believed ravens helped protect the Tower
3. C.
  he wanted to train the ravens to watch the prisoners
4. D.
  he thought the Tower was a cool place for the ravens to live
2.
According to the passage, the Yeoman Warders ______．
1. A.
  have to part from their families to work at the Tower
2. B.
  are currently working as bodyguards for the king
3. C.
  sometimes serve as tour guides
4. D.
  are fond of eating beef
3.
Which of the following is TRUE about the Tower of London?
1. A.
  King Henry III kept lions and elephants in it．
2. B.
  It stands on the bank of the Thames River．
3. C.
  Nobody is allowed to enter it at night．
4. D.
  It is also used as a prison nowadays．

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　　David Beckham is the king of the football world, but it is his wife Victoria, former “Posh Spice” girl, who makes it possible．She was the person who turned him from a footballer into a world-famous attractor．Even now that he has left Manchester United for Real Madrid, instead of Barcelona or Milan, it might be because of her．

　　“Posh Spice” has become a name for Victoria．The Collins Dictionary even has the term “Posh and Becks”(Victoria and David Beckham)．

　　Before meeting Victoria Adams, Beckham was a good-looking and likeable footballer with a bright future at Manchester United, but that was about all．

　　Since he married her in 1999, he has become the most famous player British sport has ever produced, and, some say, the most influential(有影响的)man in the country．“When they got together, she was clearly the more popular of the two,” said Andrew Parker, a sports expert at Warwick University in Britain．“She certainly introduced him to a new circle of people and, all of a sudden, he was a top list celebrity(名人)．”

　　It's believed that, behind the high walls and iron gates of their “Buckingham Palace”, it is Victoria who decides everything．

　　When their baby boy, Brooklyn, fell in 2000, Beckham left a united training session to look after him, and this led to his being dropped from the team．Many were sure it was Victoria who had asked her husband to stay at home．During a trip to the United States this year, Victoria has worked hard to push her husband to the US public．They would not have recognized him if they met him in a car park．

　　She may appear to have taken a back seat, but Victoria is still at the forefront of the “Posh and Becks” project．

(1)

From the passage, we can conclude that at home ________．
[　　]
A．	Beckham listens to his wife
B．	Victoria listens to her husband
C．	Beckham and Victoria discuss and do everything together
D．	Beckham has no mind of his own

(2)

Before meeting Victoria Adams, Beckham ________．
[　　]
A．	had become world-famous
B．	was completely unknown
C．	didn't play football so well
D．	was not so influential

(3)

Which of the following is best supported by the fourth paragraph?
[　　]
A．	People still like Victoria better than Beckham．
B．	People like to see Beckham and Victoria get together．
C．	To a large degree, Beckham owes his popularity to Victoria．
D．	Sports experts used to think little of Beckham．

(4)

Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?
[　　]
A．	Beckham is one of the most influential men in Britain．
B．	In 2000．Beckham was dropped from his team because he spent a holiday in the United States．
C．	Beckham is now playing for Real Madrid．
D．	Brooklyn was born in 2000．

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Britain's Buckingham Palace has opened its doors, giving tourists the chance to visit the inside of Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ's official residence(住所)．Each year when the Queen is on holiday in Scotland，thousands of visitors go to the palace in the heart of London to admire the impressive beauty of the State Rooms and the Royal Collection Exhibition.

This year，tourists get to see the largest－ever show of the Queen's evening dresses and personal jewellery.To mark her 80th birthday in April,80 dresses dating from the 1940s to the present day are on show，filling the Ball Supper Room with bright colours.

The brightly shining dresses，made for occasions such as banquets，state visits and family events，give_an_insight_into how the changing fashions have influenced on Queen Elizabeth's style through the years.They include a silver full－length dress decorated with sequins，beads，pearls and artificial diamonds.It was worn during the 1972 state visit to France.

Among the priceless jewellery on display are private gifts to the Queen from members of her family，and famous pieces such as the Cambridge Emerald Necklace, made for Queen Mary's coronation(加冕)in 1911.

Queen Elizabeth and members of the royal family are on a cruise around the Western Isles of Scotland before heading to Balmoral Castle，which was purchased by Queen Victoria and remains the royals' favourite British place for summer holidays.

1. The author writes the passage mainly to ________.

A. introduce the Royal Collection Exhibition

B. stress the importance of the famous palace

C. persuade you to visit the beautiful palace

D. tell you the story of the royal family

2. The tourists can see the following in Buckingham Palace this year EXCEPT ________.

A. the beauty of the State Rooms

B. the Royal Collection Exhibition

C. Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ

D. the Queen's evening dresses

3. The underlined part “give an insight into”in Paragraph 3 can be best replaced by “________”．

A. widen B. remove

C. reflect D. weaken

4. What has a great effect on Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ's dressing style?

A. The changing popular styles.

B. The private gifts.

C. The visitors' different opinions.

D. State requirements.

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The Royal Collection Exhibition is held in winter.

B. The oldest dress on show was made over 60 years.

C. The jewellery was all bought to match the Queen's dresses.

D. People can visit the Queen's living room in summer.

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Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I take great pleasure in formally welcoming you and Madam Liu to Buckingham Palace on the occasion of your State Visit to the United Kingdom．You are certainly no stranger to the United Kingdom．This will be your second visit this year, and I also met Your Excellency when you visited as Vice-President in 2001．

It is now almost twenty years since I visited China．Since then China's development has caught the world's attention and admiration．It matters to all of us what kind of country China's people will build, what role they will play in the world of 'the twenty-first century, and how this will be sensed by others．

China's growth brings with it difficult challenges for you and your government, but also great opportunities．During her visit in September, The Princess Royal saw both the flagship cities of Beijing and Shanghai and the efforts of government and non-governmental organizations to reduce poverty in rural areas of Anhui and Gansu．I am delighted that China was able to join discussions earlier this year on poverty relief in Africa, sharing with the global community your own remarkable experience in this area．

In those twenty years, the world has changed too．When I visited China in 1986, we had no knowledge that the Cold War was so close to its end and we knew little then of the significance of global warming．Now we are able to work together and in the international community to solve problems of environmental protection and sustainable (可持续的) development．．．

May I now ask all our guests to raise their glasses and drink a toast:

To His Excellency the President of the people's Republic of China and Madam Liu and the Chinese people．

65．The speech was most probably given in _________．

A．1986 B．1995 C．2001 D．2005

66．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．The hostess cares much about China's development．

B．China is faced with both difficult challenges and opportunities．

C．China attended the discussion earlier that year whose topic was how to relieve poverty in rural areas of Anhui and Gansu．

D．China used his own successful experiences to help African people to reduce poverty．

67．The paragraphs which are left out probably talk about ___________．

A．the history of the two countries

B．things they disagree with each other

C．what the partnership between the countries is like today

D．development of the two countries

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　　London-Big Ben, the landmark London clock renowned for its accuracy and chime(钟声), stopped ticking for 90 minutes, an engineer said Saturday．

Officials do not know why the 147-year-old clock on the banks of the River Thames stopped at 10∶07 pm on Friday．It resumed keeping time, but stalled again at 10∶20 pm and remained still for about 90 minutes before starting up again, a spokeswoman for the House of Commons said．

　　There has been speculation(推测)that a recent period of hot weather may have been to blame．Temperatures in London reached 90 ℃ on Saturday, and forecasts called it England’s hottest day in May since 1953．

　　Big Ben, which is operated by the Palace of West-minister, survived attacks by German Luftwaffe bombers during World War Two, continuing to mark the time to within 1.5 seconds of Greenwich Mean Time．

　　However, the clock has experienced occasional problems．In 1962, snow caused the clock to ring in the New Year 10 minutes late．In 1976, the clock stopped on April 30, 1997, and once more three weeks later．

　　Big Ben is actually the clock’s 13-ton bell, which was named after Sir Benjamin Hall, the British commissioner of works at the time the clock was built．

　　The official name for the Gothic tower holding Big Ben is St．Stephen’s Tower．Standing 315 feet tall, it was completed in 1858 after an 1834 fire destroyed most of the Palace of Westminister．

(1)

What does the underlined word “resumed”(in paragraph 2)mean?
[　　]
A．	stopped something from happening
B．	Went on doing something
C．	stopped because there is not enough power to keep it going
D．	started doing something again after stopping

(2)

How many occasional problems has Big Ben experienced so far?
[　　]
A．	3．
B．	4．
C．	5．
D．	6．

(3)

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
[　　]
A．	Big Ben was known only for its accuracy．
B．	Big Ben also stopped because of the hot weather on April 30, 1997．
C．	German Luftwaffe bombers didn’t destroy Big Ben during World War Two．
D．	An 1834 fire destroyed most of the Palace of West minister including Big Ben．

(4)

Which is the best title for the passage?
[　　]
A．	Hot weather is to blame
B．	London’s Big Ben mysteriously stops ticking
C．	The history of Big Ben
D．	Big Ben has experienced occasional problems

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Charles II decided to keep six ravens in the Tower probably because ______． ;

According to the passage, the Yeoman Warders ______．

Which of the following is TRUE about the Tower of London?