C
　　The curtain on the 2008 US presidential election finally rose last month as Requblican Senator(参议员) John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama were formally selected as candidates of the two major parties.This may be one of the hardest decisions voters have to make between two appealing candidates.The big question for voters,as they face both an economic downturn and international threats,is :who will they elect? A young first - term senator promising change and new ideas,or a longtime senator with strong military experience and a reputation as a maverick(特立独行的人)？
　　American voters have never seen a candidate quite like Obama.He has a white mother from the US and a black fater from Kenya who left the family when Obama was very young.He spent part of his youth in Indonesia.
　　However,McCain has a very different life story.
　　He grew up in a Navy family and was a daring pilot during the Vietnam War in the 1960s. When Obama was in kindergarten in Indonesia,McCain's plane was shot down over Ietenam and he became a prisoner of war.McCain could have been set free if he disowned America but he refused and so was held for five years.
　　"We need a president who is very,very old,"McCain joked at his age as many others do.If elected,he would be 72 when he takes office and the oldest man to step in.
　　So in the end,the election may depend on several factors that are hard to judge:Will Obama's race matter to a significant number of voters ? Will workingclass whites who tended to support his primary (党内初选) oponent,Hillary Clinton,vote for Obama? And perhaps most important of all,will uncertain voters be more attracted to Obama's vision or to McCain's experience?
　　Whatever happens,one thing is clear,however:Whoever walks into the White House on January 20,2009,will find huge challenges waiting for him in the Oval Office,both at home and abroad.
　　64.______makes the result of the election hard to predict.
　　　A.Whether working class whites care about Obama's inexperience
　　　B.The economic trouble the country now faces
　　　C.Who uncertain voters will finally decide to vote for
　　　D.McCain being too old to govern the country
　　65.The appeal in Obama as a presidential candidate lies in _________
　　　A.his multi - cultural background
　　　B.his belife in tradition
　　　C.his inexperience in politics
　　　D.his fantastic promises
　　66.The word "disown" in Paragraph 6 means closest to ______.
　　　A.flee from
　　　B.turn his back on
　　　C.not keep it private
　　　D.expose secrets about
　　67.The challenges that will face the new preident______.
　　　A.are not mentioned in the text
　　　B.include buklding a strong party and a friendly image
　　　C.refer to the problems of immigrants and economy
　　　D.refer to the problems of economy amd international relations

C

　　The curtain on the 2008 US presidential election finally rose last month as Requblican Senator(参议员) John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama were formally selected as candidates of the two major parties.This may be one of the hardest decisions voters have to make between two appealing candidates.The big question for voters,as they face both an economic downturn and international threats,is :who will they elect? A young first - term senator promising change and new ideas,or a longtime senator with strong military experience and a reputation as a maverick(特立独行的人)？

　　American voters have never seen a candidate quite like Obama.He has a white mother from the US and a black fater from Kenya who left the family when Obama was very young.He spent part of his youth in Indonesia.

　　However,McCain has a very different life story.

　　He grew up in a Navy family and was a daring pilot during the Vietnam War in the 1960s. When Obama was in kindergarten in Indonesia,McCain's plane was shot down over Ietenam and he became a prisoner of war.McCain could have been set free if he disowned America but he refused and so was held for five years.

　　"We need a president who is very,very old,"McCain joked at his age as many others do.If elected,he would be 72 when he takes office and the oldest man to step in.

　　So in the end,the election may depend on several factors that are hard to judge:Will Obama's race matter to a significant number of voters ? Will workingclass whites who tended to support his primary (党内初选) oponent,Hillary Clinton,vote for Obama? And perhaps most important of all,will uncertain voters be more attracted to Obama's vision or to McCain's experience?

　　Whatever happens,one thing is clear,however:Whoever walks into the White House on January 20,2009,will find huge challenges waiting for him in the Oval Office,both at home and abroad.

　　64.______makes the result of the election hard to predict.

　　　A.Whether working class whites care about Obama's inexperience

　　　B.The economic trouble the country now faces

　　　C.Who uncertain voters will finally decide to vote for

　　　D.McCain being too old to govern the country

　　65.The appeal in Obama as a presidential candidate lies in _________

　　　A.his multi - cultural background

　　　B.his belife in tradition

　　　C.his inexperience in politics

　　　D.his fantastic promises

　　66.The word "disown" in Paragraph 6 means closest to ______.

　　　A.flee from

　　　B.turn his back on

　　　C.not keep it private

　　　D.expose secrets about

　　67.The challenges that will face the new preident______.

　　　A.are not mentioned in the text

　　　B.include buklding a strong party and a friendly image

　　　C.refer to the problems of immigrants and economy

　　　D.refer to the problems of economy amd international relations

The Atlantic Ocean is one of the oceans that separate the old world from new. For

centuries it kept the Americans from being discovered by the people of Europe.

　　 Many wrong ideas about the Atlantic Ocean were believed in by people that they didn't 1 to go far out into it. One idea was that it reached out to the 　2 　that they might go right 3 the earth. 　4 idea was that at the equator the ocean would be boiling hot.

　　 The Atlantic Ocean is only half as 5 as the Pacific. It is the second 6 　ocean in the world. It is more than 4,000 miles 　7 . Even at the narrowest it is about 2,000 miles wide.

　　 Something makes the Atlantic Ocean rather unusual. For so 　8 an ocean it has very few islands.

　　 There is 9 much water in the Atlantic that it is hard to 10 　how much there is. But suppose no more 11 fell into it and no more 12 was brought to it by 13 . It would take the ocean about 4,000 years to dry up. In most places the water is little more than two miles 　14 , but in some places it is much _15 . The deepest 　16 is Puerto Rico. This "deep" measures 30,246 feet.

　　 The Atlantic gives much 　17 to the people on its shores. There are a lot of famous fishing places there.

　　 Today the Atlantic is a great highway. It is not, 　18 , always a smooth safe one. We now have such fast ways of traveling that this big ocean seems to have grown 19 . It took Columbus from New York to London in only eight hours 20 and from South America to Africa in four!

1. A. need　　　　　 B. have　　　　　 C. dare　　　　　 D. use

2. A. farthest　　　 B. deepest　　　 C. highest　　　 D. nearest

3. A. into　　　　　 B. onto　　　　　 C. off　　　　　 D. around

4. A. The other　　 B. One　　　　　 C. Other　　　　 D. Another

5. A. deep　　　　　 B. big　　　　　 C. wide　　　　　 D. narrow

6. A. largest　　　 B. widest　　　　 C. deepest　　 D. highest

7. A. deep　　　　　 B. long　　　　　 C. wide　　　　　 D. high

8. A. large　　　　 B. small　　　　 C. deep　　　 D. unusual

9. A. such　　　　　 B. so　　　　　　 C. too　　　　　 D. very

10. A. imagine　　　 B. think　　　　 C. measure　　 D. calculate

11. A. ships　　　　 B. islands　　　 C. water　　　　 D. rain

12. A. snow　　　　　 B. rain　　　　　 C. water　　　　 D. fish

13. A. ships　　　　 B. rivers　　　　 C. rain　　　　　 D. snow

14. A. deep　　　　　 B. wide　　　　　 C. long　　　　　 D. high

15. A. deep　　　　　 B. wide　　　　　 C. deeper　　　　 D. wider

16. A. ocean　　　　 B. hole　　　 　 C. water　　　　 D. spot

17. A. money　　　 B. food　　　　 C. water　　　　 D. interests

18. A. either　　　　 B. however　　　 C. as well　　　 D. besides

19. A. smaller　　　 B. bigger　　　　 C. younger　　　 D. wider

20. A. way　　　　　 B. route　　　　 C. round　　　　 D. trip