The leaders of Russia and China vowed to support each other’s fight against Muslim separatists and urged peaceful solutions in Iraq, during a meeting in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on December 2, 2002.

　　Russian President Vladimir Put in and China’s Jiang Zemin signed a joint declaration calling for a “multipolar world”.

　　His two - day visit comes shortly after the conclusion of the 16th Patry Cogress which elected the new CPC leadership. Put in said that Russia wants to “work hard” with the new generation of Chinese leaders.

　　The Treaty（条约）of Good = Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation, signed in July last year, has provided a solid legal foundation for lasting friendship for generations to come, according to Jiang, “China and Russia will be good neighbours, friends and partners forever.”

　　The Russian Government, in return, said it would continue to give priority（优先权）to relations with China in its foreign policies.

　　Put in spoke on the morning of Dec. 3rd at Peking University and took questions from students on his understanding of Chinese literature, Russian reform（改革）and NATO enlargement.

　　He said a growing number of young people in Russia are interested in Chinese literature and one of his daughters is learning Chinese.

We can infer from the last paragraph that ________ .

　　A. many young Russian people hope to study Chinese in China

　　B. China is richer and stronger than Russia

　　C. Russia will give some support to China

　　D. The relation between China and Russia is developing healthily

It is implied, in the sentence“Put in said that Russia wants to‘work hard’with the new generation on Chinese leaders”, that ________ .

　　A. Russia will co - operate closely with China

　　B. There are many differences between Russia and China

　　C. Put in knew little of the new generation of Chinese leaders

　　D. It will be long before Put in gets to know the new generation of Chinese leaders

The underlined word“multipolar”is likely to mean ________ .

　　A. equal　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. peaceful

　　C. balanced　　　　　　　　　　　D. fair

Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?

　　A. Put in agreed that NATO was enlarged．

　　B. Put in was invited to the 16th Chinese communist Party congress.

　　C. Russia puts China first.

   D. Muslim separatists make trouble only in Russia.

He has lived through various dangers but time may be running out for the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat.

On September 11, Israel announced its decision to remove him, following several Palestinian suicide bomb attacks on Israel. “He should be punished for the killings,” an Israeli official said, “He has done nothing to stop the terrorist groups.”

But the decision has angered many other countries. China said that Arafat is the true leader, elected by the Palestinian people, and removing him would harm the peace in the Middle East. Other governments share this idea.

Arafat himself said: “They can kill me, but never get me out of my country.” He has spent most of his life in danger as the most important aim of Israel. But, just like a cat with nine lives, Arafat escaped every time.

For years he has made a practice of sleeping in a different bed each night, thinking a moving person is harder to hit. In 1985, Israel sent fighter planes to kill Arafat. The wild bombing destroyed his office in Tunis but Arafat himself was unhurt. In 1992, the aircraft in which he was flying over North Africa broke in two during a crash landing. The pilot was killed but he managed to remain alive.

What is so unbelievable is that he always remains calm in great danger. Israeli tanks and planes attacked his office building in Ram Allah in December 2001. When they saw the attackers coming, Arafat’s bodyguards took no notice of his orders to stay still and carried him to safety underground. Seconds later, several bombs were dropped nearby. Though safe, his bodyguards were so frightened that they were wet in sweat.

But, Arafat, with Israeli tanks only 200 meters away, showed no fear at all. He stayed in the damaged office, talking by phone with foreign leaders in hope of preventing further attacks from Israel.

All these experiences have made him a beloved leader to his people and an enemy to some others.

But has he used up the last of his nine lives? Only time will tell.

56. According to the passage, which statement is true?

　　　 A. In 1992, Arafat’s plane crashed in South Africa.

　　　 B. Israeli officers thought Arafat himself sent the terrorist groups to Israel.

　　　 C. China is the only country against Israel’s decision of removing Arafat.

D. Being Palestinian leader, Arafat would rather die in his own country than be driven away

from his people.

57. What did the author mean by saying “just like a cat has nine lives” when he talked about Arafat?

　　　 A. Arafat is as clever as a cat.

　　　 B. Arafat can live as long as a cat.

　　　 C. Arafat can stay alive after accidents or disasters as if he has nine lives.

　　　 D. Arafat should have died for at least 8 times.

58. The underlined phrase “took no notice of” can be replaced by __________.

　　　 A. obeyed 　　　　　　　 B. ignored　　　　　　　　　　 C. disagreed 　　　　　 D. dissatisfied

59. What’s the writer’s attitude towards Arafat’s future, judging from the last sentence of the passage?

　　　 A. Hopeful.　　　　　　　 B. Interesting.　　　　　　　 C. Satisfactory.　　　　 D. Doubtful.

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　(1) America started the Internet Revolution, but it is my belief that it cannot finish it. Instead China will finish it. America is a very old country, over 200 years old , and so it has many prejudices(偏见) and habits that defy logic (不合逻辑的习惯). For example , America is the only country that still does not use the metric system (米制).Because of such prejudices and habits, America cannot finish the Internet Revolution.

　　(2)……

　　(3)Today, America is like the

Britain of the 19th century and China is like the America of that time. The symbol (标志) of success for today's America is Silicon Valley (硅谷). There, computer entrepreneurs (企业家) can become billionaires before they turn 30．However, American society does not accept these newly rich , preferring to call them “computer geeks (艺人)”.Besides , American companies do not respect their foreign employees—Chinese graduate students. They think of these workers only as tools.

　　(4)Although Chinese students still desire to go to the United States , one day , as their home country becomes richer, they will want respect more than money.

　　(5)China is the world's youngest economic (经济) power , filled with great hope about the future, which means that it lacks prejudices and is able to adapt to (使适合) new technology quickly. A Chinese company can install the latest computer much more cheaply than an American company.

　　(6) Chinese also respect entrepreneurs and computer engineers, but Americans think it is “uncool” to know how to work the computer. Every Chinese student loves the computer. Zhongguancun, China's Silicon Valley, is quickly becoming another heart and center of Chinese society.

1．The title of this passage is ________.

[　　]

A．The Prejudices from Americans

B．The China's Future

C．China Will Rule the Internet

D．The Life of Chinese Graduate Students in the USA

2．The writer foresees that ________.

[　　]

A．Zhongguancun is becoming the heart and center of Chinese society

B．China will be the world's youngest economic country

C．goods made in China will be of higher quality than those made in America

D．as China becomes richer, more and more graduate students abroad will return to their motherland

3．Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the paragraph (2)?

[　　]

A．The USA in the Industrial Revolution.

B．The Britain in the Industrial Revolution.

C．Prejudice of the Britain against technology preventing Britain's development and the USA finishing the Industrial Revolution.

D．The different opinions between the USA and the Britain in the Industrial Revolution.

4．Which “install” in the following sentences in suitable to the word “install” in paragraph (5)?

[　　]

A．The new judge was installed without delay.

B．The owner of the house had a new telephone installed.

C．The cat installed itself in a chair.

D．The new president was installed last week.

Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don't agree with them.
　　Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources（资源）， we are short of（缺乏） others， for example， fresh water（淡水）。 It is reported that we will have no coal（煤） or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources， what can we use in the future and where can we move？ Think about it.I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.
　　In our everyday life，we can do many things to prevent waste from happening，for example，turn off the water taps（水龙头） when we finish washing， turn off the lights when we leave the classroom，try not to order more food than we need，and so on. Little by little，everything will be changed. Waste can be stopped one day，if we do our best.
　26. From the passage we know that some students often _______ in the school.
　A. eat too much                B. don't work hard
　C. waste things                D. throw rubbish everywhere
　27. Which is not mentioned in this passage？
　A. Fresh water                 B. Forest.
　C. Oil.                        D. Coal.
　28. What may happen in 100 years？
　A. We may still have enough oil.        B. We may still have enough coal.
　C. We may have a little oil.            D. We may have no coal or oil to use.
　29. Which of the following is right？
　A. Waste brings problems.               B. Waste can bring no problem.
　C. China is rich in fresh water.        D. Students never waste things.
　30. Which is the best title of this passage？
　A. Stop Wasting                         B. School life
　C. Waste in the School                  D. Rich Resources in China