43. The underlined word "They" refers to (指)       .

A. suggestions               B. deputies                   C. farmers                    D. people's lives

42. Many poor kids from the countryside can go back to school because        .

A. Ren Yuqi has paid the money for them

B. Ren Yuqi's idea has been adopted by the government

C. the government is so rich that it can afford all the kids' tuition fees (学费)

D. their parents have worked hard and made enough money

41. What does the underlined word "adopted" mean in Chinese?

A. 吸取                       B. 放弃                       C. 按照                       D. 采纳

40. In the passage, the sentence "he hadn't worked at all" means "       ".

A. he worked hard to cross the water

B. he didn't go to work that day

C. he didn't cross the water at all

D. he crossed the water in an easy way

B

Good news for all Chinese middle school students in the countryside. They don't have to pay for school education anymore.51-year-old Ren Yuqi is even happier than the students. It was Ren who suggested the idea to the government about this.

Ren is not a government official but the boss of a big company, in Hunan. He talks to the government as a deputy(代表) of the National People's Congress(NPC,全国人民代表大会). He is in Beijing for the NPC's meeting.

"This year I have 20 suggestions for making farmers' byes and the environment better. They all come from studying country people's lives," said Ren.

Ren went to several provinces to find out how people lived in the countryside. He saw that many children dropped out of school because they were poor. So at the last NPC meeting he                                                                                  suggested the government spend more money helping kids get back to school. Most of the NPC deputies agreed to it, so the government adopted it and made it law.

Ren, just like the other 2,977 NPC members, was elected by the Chinese people. The upper-level(较高级别的) deputies were chosen by the lower-level ones.

At NPC meetings deputies also take part in making and changing laws. They help decide on the state leaders and public policies(政策) as well.

39. Ben found out many things that        .

A. were funny and useless

B. people hadn't known before

C. his father and brothers knew

D. most people knew

38. How did Ben float across the water?

A. The other boy took him across it.

B. The water carried him across it.

C. The flying kite took him across it.

D. A boat took him across it.

37. Ben's father and brothers        .

A. couldn't answer all his questions

B. could answer all his questions

C. tried hard to find out something new for him

D. were too busy to answer his question

36. When Ben was only a child, he        .

A. liked to fly a kite by himself

B. always asked easy questions

C. always liked to" play with water

D. always liked to find out new. things

34. Yesterday it rained heavily when school was over. We         stay in our classroom.

A. should              B. must               C. have to               D. had to