It is true that careful planning and foresight fullness is required for doing investments. But it is also true that knowledge of investment just needs a little study and financial research. Some people are scared of doing investment due to lack of knowledge. Some people think they don't require it. But, nowadays many people are utilizing investment solutions UK for having a prosperous future.

Investing in UK land is an opportunity for investors to get astronomical returns with very little downside risks. It does not usually require big chunks of money like conventional property market, where investors require financing through banks. Today, there are number of lands for sale, companies serving smaller investors select plots or land to buy, and investments typically start at about $10,000. There is a serious housing crisis in UK right now and government is implementing housing development programs which will effectively force local authorities to meet strict new housing targets resulting in chance for rise in return on investments from UK Land. These factors have combined to make it possible for common investors to get high returns on his investments.

Many overseas investors are looking at the potential for investing in UK land. Land ownership in the UK can give high returns, and also offers low risk, making it a solid investment for long-term capital gains. Investing in UK land is considered as a good investment because of simple supply and demand. With demand for land higher than ever for the construction works it's leading more investors to invest in the UK land. The main reasons for the growth are the demand for about 3,500,000 new homes over the next 15 years. 90% of the houses in UK are un-affordable for first time buyers. The demand for new homes has increased by 35% and house building rates has been dropped by 55%. Average number of new homes built per hectare has increased from 25 to 40.

64.The main idea of the passage is            

A. to tell us how to do investments in UK land

B. to tell us how to make a solid investment for long-term capital gains in UK land

C. to tell us that it is really the time for investors to do investments in UK land

D. to tell us something about the situation for UK housing crisis

65. The underlined word astronomical in the second paragraph probably means         .

A. little    B. high     C. immediate      D. small

66. The write thinks investing in UK land is a good opportunity because of the following reasons except            .

A. investors require financing through banks

B. there are lots of lands for sale

C. investments start at a low price

D. the government is carrying out housing development programs

67. It can be infered from the passage that         .

A. whoever goes to invest in UK land will become rich

B. there will be no enough land for building houses for people over the next 15 years

C. there will be more supply than demand for houses over the next 15 years

D. the relation between supply and demand for the house plays an important role in the UK land

Most mornings, the line begins to form at dawn: scores of silent women with babies on their backs, buckets balanced on their heads, and in each hand a bright-blue plastic jug. On good days, they will wait less than an hour before a water tanker goes across the dirt path that serves as a road in Kesum Purbahari, a slum on the southern edge of New Delhi. On bad days, when there is no electricity for the pumps, the tankers don’t come at all. “That water kills people,” a young mother named Shoba said one recent Saturday morning, pointing to a row of pails filled with thick, caramel (焦糖)-colored liquid. “Whoever drinks it will die.” The water was from a pipe shared by thousands of people in the poor neibourhood. Women often use it to wash clothes and bathe their children, but no­body is desperate enough to drink it.

　　There is no standard for how much water a person needs each day, but ex­perts usually put the minimum at fifty li­tres. The government of India promises (but rarely provides) forty. Most people drink two or three litres—less than it takes to wash a toilet. The rest is typically used for cooking and bathing. Americans consume between four hundred and six hundred litres of water each day, more than any other people on earth. Most Europeans use less than half that. The women of Kesum Purbahari each hoped to drag away a hundred litres that day—two or three buckets’ worth. Shoba has a husband and five children, and that much water doesn’t go far in a family of seven, particularly when the temperature reaches a hundred and ten degrees before noon. She often makes up the difference with bottled water, which costs more than water delivered any other way. Sometimes she just buys milk; it’s cheaper. Like the poorest people every­where, the people of New Delhi’s slums spend a far greater percentage of their incomes on water than anyone lucky enough to live in a house connected to a system of pipes.

1.The underlined word “slum” most likely means ______.

A. a village

B. a small town

C. the part of a town that lacks water badly

D. an area of a town with badly-built, over-crowded buildings

2.Sometimes the water tanker doesn’t come because ______.

A. there is no electricity             B. the weather is bad

C. there is no water            D. people don’t want the dirty water

3.A person needs at least ________ litres of water a day.

A. forty           B. four hundred         C. a hundred      D. fifty

4.The passage mainly tells us ______.

A. how India government manages to solve the problem of water gets their water

B. how women in Kesum Purbahari

C. how much water a day a person deeds

D. that India lacks water badly

 

_____ she goes, there are crowds of people waiting to see her.

A. Wherever   B. however

C. Whichever  D. Whoever

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

    阅读下面短文，从短文所给各题的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

 

One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel, Life seemed  36  . The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their   37  for granted, just as he  38  himself. Now, however, he felt  39  —and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his  40  .

    Seeking more personally satisfying  41  , he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate（命运）played a cruel  42  on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was  43  to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to  44  the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only  45  . Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated（带插图的）books.

    According to Jimmy, you are  46  you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world  47  seems unfair, your choice can change your life.

    This idea can be   48  in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel   49  making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy’s drawings, however, is 50 .

Though the world may make us feel small, we must be  51  . Everything will be all right for us—as it is for the“small people”in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are   52  for us.

    In spite of his new  53  and wealth, Jimmy prefers working  54  at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could  55  .

1.A．unhappy        B．unusual          C．unfair           D．uneasy

2.A．health     B．wealth           C．happiness            D．illnesses

3.A．ought to       B．had to           C．needed to            D．used to

4.A．ashamed        B．disappointed     C．helpless         D．endless

5.A．crying     B．painting         C．imagination      D．consideration

6.A．home       B．condition            C．situation            D．work

7.A．game       B．trick                C．role             D．part

8.A．unable     B．impossible       C．unfit                D．difficult

9.A．understand B．face             C．refuse           D．recognize

10.A．failures      B．efforts          C．choices          D．interests

11.A．that          B．what             C．which            D．whoever

12.A．always        B．seldom           C．sometimes        D．usually

13.A．found     B．drawn            C．written          D．accepted

14.A．after         B．about            C．with             D．before

15.A．powerful      B．hopeful          C．useful           D．successful

16.A．great             B．strong           C．brave            D．equal

17.A．scientific            B．basic                C．right                D．simple

18.A．product           B．fame             C．name         D．job

19.A．rapidly           B．separately       C．slowly           D．quietly

20.A．offer             B．gain             C．gather           D．earn

 

 

第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分, 满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel, Life seemed  36  . The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their   37  for granted, just as he  38  himself. Now, however, he felt  39  —and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his  40  .

Seeking more personally satisfying  41  , he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate（命运）played a cruel  42  on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was  43  to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to  44  the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only  45  . Since then, he has put out several imaginative, illustrated（带插图的）books.

According to Jimmy, you are  46  you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world  47  seems unfair, your choice can change your life.

This idea can be   48  in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel   49  making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy’s drawings, however, is 50 .

Though the world may make us feel small, we must be  51  . Everything will be all right for us—as it is for the “small people” in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are   52  for us.

In spite of his new  53  and wealth, Jimmy prefers working  54  at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could  55  .

36．A．unreasonable    B．unusual     C．unfair       D．unhappy

37．A．health              B．wealth      C．happiness       D．illnesses

38．A．ought to          B．had to       C．needed to       D．used to

39．A．ashamed          B．disappointed            C．upset        D．shameful

40．A．crying             B．painting           C．imagination      D．consideration

41．A．dignity            B．work         C．condition             D．situation

42．A．game               B．trick          C．role                    D．part

43．A．unable             B．impossible       C．unfit                D．difficult

44．A．resist           B．insist               C．refuse              D．understand

45．A．failures            B．efforts             C．choices            D．interests

46．A．that                 B．what                C．which              D．whoever

47．A．eventually        B．seldom            C．sometimes        D．usually

48．A．found              B．drawn              C．written            D．conducted

49．A．after                B．for                  C．with                D．before     

50．A．powerful         B．hopeful            C．useful              D．successful

51．A．grand                     B．big           C．brave                  D．equal

52．A．potential          B．basic               C．right                D．simple

53．A．product           B．fame               C．name               D．job

54．A．rapidly            B．separately        C．slowly             D．quietly

55．A．offer               B．gain                C．gather              D．earn