Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

Zoo Lights

6pm---10pm Thursdays through Wednesdays, through Jan. 7. The Phoenix Zoo’s 15^th-annual holiday light festival features more than 2 million lights and light displays throughout the zoo, as well as a new arctic exhibit and jingo, the talking giraffe. Phoenix Zoo, 455 N. Galvin Parkway, $7 ahead of time. Phoenix. $8 at gate. (602)273-1341. www.phoenixzoo.org.

Cowboy Christmas

5pm---9pm Thursdays, 5pm---10pm Fridays and Saturdays, 5pm---9pm Sundays through Wednesdays, through Jan 1. Rawhide’s Main Street will be lit with 150,000 lights, including a 100-foot tall “tree of lights” and nightly lighting ceremony. Rawhide at Wild Horse Pass, 5700 W. North Loop Road, Gila River Reservation. FREE. (480) 502—5600. www.rawhide.com.

Arizona Celebration of Lights

6pm---9pm Thursdays, 6pm---l0pm Fridays and Saturdays, 6pm---10pm Sundays through Wednesdays, through Jan.1. A 2-mile drive featuring 300 light displays with more than 5 million lights. Community Church of Joy, 21000 N. 75th Ave., Glendale. $12 per car, $8 for adults, free for kids aged 4 and younger, $2 discount with canned food or toy donations. (623)561—0500. www.joyonline.org.

Glendale Glitters Quiet Nights

6pm---10pm Thursdays through Wednesdays, through Jan.6. A display featuring 1.4 million lights decorates downtown Glendale. It also features an animated musical light show in the north part of town. The center of the display is at Murphy Park. Murphy Park, 5850 W. Glendale Ave. Glendale. FREE. (623)930—2820.

Valley of Lights

6pm---12pm Thursdays through Wednesdays, through Dec. 30. A one-mile drive through exhibits featuring more than 100,000 lights and animated displays. Donations accepted. Fain Park, 2200 N. Fifth St., Prescott Valley. FREE. 1一(928)一759—3090. www.pvchamber.org.

These ads are all about__________.

A. night light displays in the Phoenix Zoo      B. celebrations of lights

C. Christmas activities all over the world      D. advertisements of some products

Which of the following websites can offer you further information about the 100-foot tall “tree of lights”?

A. www. pvchamber. org.                     B. www. joyonline. org.

C. www. rawhide.com.                   D. www. phoenixzoo.org.

If Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith drive to Arizona Celebration of Lights with their son aged 5, most probably how much will they pay for the visit at least?

A. $34.                     B. $36.          C. $28.                    D. $26.

According to the text, which of the following offer animated displays?

A. Zoo Lights & Cowboy Christmas.

B. Valley of Lights & Cowboy Christmas.

C. Zoo Lights & Arizona Celebration of Lights.

D. Valley of Lights & Glendale Glitters Quiet Nights.

What’s the purpose of the text?

A. To attract more visitors to these activities.

B. To collect more donations from the visitors.

C. To let kids have an interesting Christmas Day.

D. To earn more money.

The public commonly associates steroid use with big-time athletics. But the drugs may be even more of a menace to teenagers. The synthetic hormones can stunt a young person’s growth by prematurely closing the ends of the long bones in the skeleton. That means a 1.7 metre, 15-year-old high school student who uses steroids “might get bigger but won’t get any taller”, according to a US doctor.

Nearly seven percent of boys in the US try steroids before the end of high school, according to a 1988 study by professors Charles Yesalis and William Buckley, of Penn State University. The estimate comes from a poll of 3,400 seniors in 46 public and private schools across the US.

“Abusers of Steroids did it to improve their appearance and to excel at sports,” Professor Yesalis said. “Parents, teachers and coaches make boys believe that to be an ideal male you need to have these. Then they say: ‘you can’t play games to have fun; you play games to win.’”

“Such attitudes put many high school athletes at high risk of becoming abusers of steroids,” said Mike Gimbel, director of Baltimore County Office of substance Abuse. “For these athletes, the pressure to perform is incredible,” he said. “It was inevitable that it would seep down to high school level.”

The word “big-time” in Paragraph 1 most nearly means “________”.

A. long time               B. good time            C. top rank               D. modern

Why are steroids even more of a threat to teenagers?

A. Because they make teenagers grow too tall.

B. Because they make teenagers get too big.

C. Because they prevent teenagers from getting taller and taller.

D. Because they give teenagers too much pressure.

Which of the following statements is implied but not mentioned?

A. School athletes have too much pressure.

B. Steroids can help people have lots of muscles.

C. The pressure chiefly comes from parents, teachers and coaches.

D. Girls are not interested in steroids.

Which of the following is a good title for this passage?

A. Drugs and Sports

B. The Pressure to School Boys are Too Much

C. School Boys are Interested in Drugs

D. School Athletes Risk Damage from Drugs

D
Skyscrapers and domed stadiums can amaze us. These modern “wonders of the world” are great achievements in building. Some skyscrapers stretch more than 100 stories toward the sky. The Sears Tower, the tallest building in Chicago, soars 110 stories above the city. Domed stadiums like the Astrodome in Huston, Texas, have seats for thousands of people. Inside these stadiums, people can watch their favorite sports without the bother of heat, cold, rain, or snow. Modern skyscrapers and domed stadiums are certainly marvelous structures!
On the other hand, our modern buildings may seem small when compared to some structures of the ancient world. Our buildings may be large, hold many people, and protect us from the weather. However, many ancient structures stand as some of the greatest achievements in building. Ancient builders used great creativity and physical strength to plan and complete these buildings. Today, we could make most of these ancient structures easily, but it is hard to understand how people built them hundreds and hundreds of years ago.
Stonehenge is a huge stone circle in Europe. It was built more than 4,000 years ago. The circle has stone slabs that stand up to 30 feet tall. The heaviest stones in the circle weigh about 50 tons. How did people build Stonehenge without cranes or other modern equipment? Scientists have studied Stonehenge for years and think it probably took more than 30 million hours to complete the project.
Tourists in Africa like to see the Great Pyramids of Egypt. These tombs for Egyptian kings were built over 4,000 years ago. Each tomb has walls shaped like triangles and a square base. The largest pyramid is more than 450 feet tall and contains more than two million stones. Each stone weighs more than two tons. Some of the stones weigh as much as 200 tons. More than 900 workers worked to move the largest stones into place.
The stone faces are unusual structures on Easter Island. The faces are 12 to 20 feet high. Islanders made the stone faces more than 1,000 years ago. We do not know why they built them. There are more than 600 stone faces on the island. The great number of stone faces is surprising, since Easter Island is only 11 miles long and 15 miles wide.
Stonehenge, the Great Pyramids, and the stone faces on Easter Island give only a glimpse of the ancient achievements in building. If we look back through history, we can find many more examples of marvelous structures built without the aid of modern tools and equipment.
68．What is the main idea of this passage?
A．Modern builders have learned a great deal by studying ancient structures.
B．Modern builders have shown great creativity in the structures they have made.
C．Ancient builders could not create structures as great as modern ones.
D．Ancient builders created some of the world’s finest structures without the use of the modern methods or materials.
69．According to the passage, ancient structures are amazing because they were built ______ .
A．in places like Egypt and Europe            B．without the use of modern equipment
C．from stone slabs                     D．over long periods of time
70．The author of this passage would probably describe the achievements of ancient builders as _____.
A．ordinary      B．amazing       C．strange        D．impossible
71．Which of the following is an OPINION expressed in this passage?
A．The stone slabs at Stonehenge stand up to 30 feet tall.
B．Modern skyscrapers and domed stadiums are certainly marvelous structures.
C．Some ancient structures required 900 workers to complete them.
D．The Sears Tower is 110 stories high.

To the man in the fog, 

I’d like to thank you for your kind help in the terrible fog last week. I was so   1   ---I could hear my heart beating very fast,   2   you made me feel safe with your   3  .

That Monday, I tried to take my usual   4   home before the fog got too thick, but the bus conductor told me to go to Green Park by   5   and find a taxi there. I followed his   6  . When I arrived at Green Park and got to the station entrance, it was   7  . The fog lay like a thick grey cloud. Weather that bad is really   8  these days. It was impossible to find a   9  .

I had to walk in the fog. I became frightened as I could hear   10   but couldn’t see anyone. You spoke to me and offered help. I was frozen with   11   for a moment, but then I decided you had a(an)   12   voice, so I answered you.

It was the best decision I ever   13  . You took my hand and led me   14   through the foggy streets to my house. Your hand was   15   but strong and warm. Imagine my surprise when you told me you were   16  ! I wanted to invite you to my home to rest for a while, but you   17   so quickly to help other people who were   18   in the fog. I regret that I didn’t have the chance to express my   19   to you. If anyone knows this kind man, please contact me

  20   the newspaper so I can thank him personally.

Polly Townsend

1. A. kind                  B. frightened         C. brave                D. rude

2. A. so                    B. since             C. but                  D. and

3. A. kindness             B. smile                C. figure                   D. sadness

4. A. underground             B. taxi                 C. train                    D. bus

5. A. bus                   B. plane              C. taxi                      D. underground

6. A. steps                    B. idea               C. advice                   D. way

7. A. filled                   B. crowded           C. deserted             D. occupied

8. A. rare                     B. common            C. usual                D. ordinary

9. A. man                     B. taxi                   C. woman            D. policeman

10. A. music             B. footsteps           C. wind                 D. jokes

11. A. cold                   B. dark               C. heat                D. fear

12. A. nice                B. famous             C. kind               D. interesting

13. A. made              B. had                  C. met                  D. saw

14. A. easily               B. attentively          C. carefully           D. confidently

15. A. rough                 B. cold                C. dirty                 D. big

16. A. tall                       B. blind                C. short                  D. deaf

17. A. came                 B. arrived           C. left                    D. returned

18. A. left                   B. walking            C. working              D. lost

19. A. sorrow            B. thanks            C. fortune             D. happiness

20. A. through         B. by                     C. in                             D. on

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．

　　Icebergs（冰山）start on land and slide off into the ocean. Little icebergs are as big as a school bus. Big ones are longer than a freight train and as _____1____ as a skyscraper（摩天大楼）.

　　The big block of ice that floats _____2_____ the water is only a small part of the _____3_____ iceberg. Most of this floating giant is underwater and ______4_____ show.

　　Icebergs also melt and ______5_____. They melt when they float away from _____6____ waters to warmer waters under a hot sun.

　　Some icebergs look like giant wedding（婚礼）cakes, ____7____ others look like shinning white castles（城堡）. When they catch the red and gold _____8___ of the sunset, they all look like giant flames. But these same beautiful icebergs are very dangerous ____9____ they float, big and silent, into the _____10___ of a ship. Many ships used to be wretched _____11_____ they hit an iceberg ____12_____ in the ocean．Today this hardly ever _____13____, because there is a special fleet of small ships, ____14______ the International Ice Patrol. These small _____15______ do nothing but ____16_____ icebergs that other ships might run ___17_____ when one of the patrol ships, sights an iceberg, _____18______ radios a warning to all the ships in____19_____waters. Sometimes iceberg patrol _____20_____ break up an especially dangerous iceberg with explosives（爆炸）.