12、He apologized for his mistake, saying that he            no offence．

A．supposed           B．intended            C．considered         D．pretended

11、Their opinions were quite different, so he argued         in favour of the proposal．

A．severely         B．heavily         C．forcefully         D．deeply

10、Rich and famous as he is，he lives in a           house in the village．

A．modest           B．1imited           C．slight          D．reserved

9、Let’s look up the word in the dictionary．Do you have one            ?

A．in hand                                            B．in need

C．at once                               D．at your hands

7、Compared with the children of a few decades back，today’s children seem to be     1   ：they enjoy better health owing to recent    2   in medicine and in public health care．They also enjoy a11 the    3   of modern life．Physically and materially．Today’s children seem to be much better off than their predecessors．Nevertheless，   4    the improved standards of      5    ，many children nowadays seem to be emotionally   6   since most parents are spending less time with their children，so little，in  7  ，that many could    8   be called ‘weekend parents’．An increasing number of mothers are taking full-time jobs，   9   their children in the care of baby-sitters or nurseries．Time has become a luxury few parents can    10    because of the pressures of their work and the very brisk pace of life in our  11   society．On the other hand，these working parents can often well afford to    12   their children with the best food, clothes，toys and other    13    desires．But    14    to say, they fail to    15   the emotional requirements of their growing children．As a noted pediatrician（儿科医生）of the Medical and Health Department    16   ，children need love，security, praise, recognition and responsibility．If these needs are not    17   ，their development might be stunted（抑制）．Child psychologists all   18   that some illnesses and emotional disturbances  19    to children are because of a lack of parental care．In the light of this，parents who really   20   their children should be sure that there are good lines of communication between themselves and their children，despite their heavy work loads．

1．A．unhappier              B．luckier                  C．naughtier           D．richer

2．A．inventions             B．discoveries            C．advances           D．products

3．A．comforts               B．facilities                C．pleasure             D．appliances

4．A．due to                   B．regarding               C．for                    D．in spite of

5．A．housing                 B．living                    C．caring               D．earning

6．A．poor                     B．deprived                C．faulty                D．shallow

7．A．general                  B．fact                      C．total                  D．truth

8．A．wrongly                B．rightly                   C．totally                D．namely

9．A．entrusting              B．leaving                  C．lending              D．making

10．A．afford                 B．spend                    C．waste                D．do

11．A．passive                B．active                    C．competitive        D．dangerous

12．A．buy                     B．offer                     C．give                  D．provide

13．A．emotional            B．physical                C．material             D．intellectual

14．A．sad                     B．happy                   C．lucky                D．unfortunate

15．A．show                  B．feel                       C．satisfy               D．create

16．A．talks                   B．explains                 C．speaks               D．says

17．A．made                  B．taken                    C．met                   D．done

18．A．argue                  B．admit                    C．tell                    D．disagree

19．A．common             B．popular                 C．ordinary            D．pubic

20．A．look after            B．bring up                C．care about         D．agree with

6、Last week，Bill Gates retired from full-tine．rime work at the world’s biggest computer software company, Microsoft．He will remain chairman of the company he established with Paul Allen in nineteen seventy-five．

Mister Gates leaves Microsoft at a time of change in the computing industry．Microsoft grew at a time when personal computers，or PCs，were replacing big mainframe computers as the main computing tools．He showed that huge profits could be made in software as PCs increasingly were found “on every desk and in every home．”

Early on，Microsoft understood the importance of the “network effect．” That is．software is the kind of product that increases in value as more people buy and use it．

Now，free Internet software threatens to replace PC-based software．Devices like “smart phones” connect people to the Internet．Google has become a 1eader in Internet Web searching and advertising．Microsoft has struggled to change with the new computer environment．Its efforts to sell music and its latest operating system，Vista，have not been big successes．And an attempt this year to buy Yahoo for over forty-seven billion dollars failed．

In the last several years，Bill Gates has slowly given control of Microsoft to others．In two thousand，he gave the job of chief executive officer to Steve Ballmer, a friend of his since their years at Harvard University．Mister Ballmer has been with Microsoft since nineteen eighty．Still，it is hard to overestimate the influence of Bill Gates on computing．He developed the business model that put the Windows operating system on about ninety percent of the world’s one billion PCs．Microsoft now has almost ninety thousand employees．

At fifty—two years old，Bill Gates is currently the third richest man in the world．He is worth about fifty-eight billion dollars．He remains Microsoft’s biggest shareholder．

Mister Gates will now spend most of his time working at his charity organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation．The foundation is the world's largest charity with over thirty-seven billion dollars．It provides money for health, education and other projects，mostly in developing countries．

1．Bill Gates retired from full-time work in Microsoft because              ．

A．he had earned enough money

B．Google threatened Microsoft’s leading place

C．PCs were out of fashion

D．of a reason that was not mentioned

2．Which of the following statements is true about Bill Gates?

A．Bill Gates set up Microsoft on his own in 1975．

B．Bill Gates failed to buy Yahoo．

C．Bill Gates was the chief executive officer when he retired．

D．Bill Gates is the richest mall in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation．

3．Microsoft grew at a time when                       ．

A．‘smart phones’ connect people to Internet

B．Vista was put into market

C．Personal Computers were on every desk and in every home

D．Computers became the main computing tools

4．Microsoft’s ‘network effect’ probably means                ．

A．the more people use PCs，the more software they will buy

B．the more people use Internet，the more money Microsoft can make

C．the better product, the more value

D．the later operating system，the better software

5、Attention Tim Hortons

Stainless Steel Travel Mug Owners

Lid Recall--15 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mug

A fault at the cup has been recognized．The fault may result in some lids lifting slightly from the body of the mug，and could probably cause injury from hot liquid leaking．Therefore，we have given an immediate lid recall notice．This recall notice is related only to Tim Hortons15 oz stainless Steel Travel Mugs sold between October 2005 and January 2006．The boo tom of the mug is stamped with distributor's（经销商）name，Thermo Serv. There is no printing on the handle of the mug．

At Tim Hortons，we value out customers’ safely above anything else．So, whether your lid is leaking or not，in the interest of your safety, we are requesting that you bring your mug to your nearest Tim Hortons（excluding Esso Tim Hortons）．where they will exchange the lid for a new lid that fits safely．The new lids will be available February l，2006．

Please do not use your mug until you exchange the lid．

Here’s what you do：

●Please do not use your mug until you have exchanged the lid for a new one．

●  New lids will be available February 2,2006．

●  Return your travel mug to a Tim Hortons store．

●  Your lid will be exchanged for a new lid．

If you prefer to return the entire mug，bring it back at any time for a full repayment．

If you have any questions regarding his

recall，please contact us at：

Toll Free Number：l—888—508一77l7

8：30 a.m.~5：00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

Tim Hortons

1．This advertisement is trying to            ．

A．introduce a new type of mugs                

B．persuade people to buy a new steel mug lid

C．inform people of exchanging a lid

D．warn against the danger of using the faulty mug

2．The advertisement is mainly aimed at those who             ．

A．often travel around

B．have 15 oz Stainless mugs

C．want to buy 1 5 oz Stainless mugs

D．are selling the Tim Hortons mugs

3．Your lid will be exchanged for a new one          ．

A．if the distributor’s name is on the handle of the mug

B．if you go to the nearest Esso Tim Hortons

C．if you bought the mug in February 2006

D．if your lid is not leaking

4．According to the advertisement, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．People should stop using the Tim Hortons15 oz stainless steel travel mug immediately．

B．People can return the lid between October 2005 and January 2006．

C．People can get the money back if they return the faulty mug．

D．Tim Hortons does its duty to care about the customers’ safety．

4、Space travel used to be a young man’s game，but when John Glenn went into space aboard Discovery, four generations of men and women could gaze into the sky and think “That could be me someday．”At the same time Glenn was looking down and doing some thinking of his own．

“It’s quite something，”he said, “to look down on this blue planet。seeing that little film of air that surrounds it．You fly over the Mediterranean, over the Middle East—and it’s so beautiful．You wonder why in the world humans can’t solve all the problems they’ve created and left to fester over the centuries．”

“I was at the Houston airport on my way back to Washington recently when this older guy walked up to me，all excited．He shook my hand and said，‘Boy, you’re changing my life! I said how’s that? He said，‘I’m 74。and ever since 1 was a kid I’ve wanted to climb Mount Kilimanjaro．I haven’t done it，and I kept putting it off．And now I’m gonna do it! And all the time his wife is standing behind him，just shaking her head．”

“So I may have killed a man on Kilimanjaro, for all I know．But I’ve noticed something．I’ve noticed that maybe because of all this, people are seeing themselves in a way they haven’t before．They’re realizing that older people have the same ambitions，hopes，and dreams as anybody else．I say you should live a life based on how you feel and not by the calendar．”

1．The word “fester'’ in the second paragraph most probably mean           ．

A．get infected                                       B．become uncertain

C．grow worse                                         D．go rotten

2．Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage? 

A．Space travel will become older people’s career 

B．John Glenn’s achievements encouraged an old man to conquer high mountains． 

C．John Glen spoke his thoughts freely about his space travel． 

D．John Glenn advised older people on how to reorganize their lives．

3．John Glenn’s example shows that                ．

A．more and more grandparents will be astronauts someday

B．older people are beginning to change their normal way of life

C．people’s ambitions should not be held back with age

D．older people have the same rights as young men

3、Today, among people everywhere。there is an increasing awareness and worry about the  steady growth in the world’s population．A recent survey conducted by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities（UNFPA）reported that this growth will continue until the end of the next century．For developing countries alone，the annual average population growth is，at present，4.6％compared to 2.0％ for developed countries．At this rate, the world’s population will reach 10.2 billion by the turn of the 21^st century．With the growth in population is the problem of food security…the guarantee of a steady supply of food．The unstoppable growth in population justifies the Malthusian Doctrine that population of a region will continue to grow unless checked，and this is of course alarming since it will inevitably lead to food shortages of considerable proportions．

Our forests are an abundant source of food and fuel，two items essential in sustaining life．Above 30％of the world’s land surface is covered by such forests．In Asia alone。more than two billion people depend heavily on forest products for their subsistence and survival．To maintain a reasonable balance between population growth and food supply, this natural source of life—sustaining food and fuel must be  conserved and protected from its worst enemy…．mall himself．It is appalling（令人震惊的）to note that in many developing countries，which are themselves heavily hit by population-food imbalance，governments approve the cutting down of forests to meet their immediate needs for saleable timber．and also for agricultural land．Often the cutting down and burning of forests is conducted with total abandon owing to the absence of sound forestry techniques and management．At the rate tropical forests are now being cleared each year, the world’s tropical forests will be completely destroyed within the next 100 years．

With a view to maintaining food security for the world’s population，the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations（FAO）has launched a campaign aimed at ensuring food supply, maximizing stability in the flow of this supply and ensuring access to it by a11．Forestry, according to the FAO．plays a vital role in making it possible to fulfill all its three objectives．Its most important role is that of conserving soil and water．Trees provide natural protection against soil erosion（侵蚀）by absorbing the excess water brought by heavy rains．

1．The first paragraph tells us that              ．

A．the flow of food supply is the result of population increase．

B．the world population has reached the 10-billion mark．

C．the problem of population growth has caused considerable alarm in a few countries．

D．the problem of food supply goes hand-in-hand with population increase．

2．The Malthusian Doctrine presents             as far as world population is concerned． 

A．an optimistic view of the future              B．a pessimistic outlook for the future

C．an encouraging picture                        D．an indifferent picture

3． In this context, ‘this natural source，of life-sustaining food and fuel’（in paragraph 2）refers to                  ．

A．the flow of food supply                         B．forests

C．woodland products                                D．man’s worst enemy

4．The three—fold objectives of the FAO are adapted（调整）toward             ．

A．stopping population growth                

B．increasing food production

C．achieving food security                                                                                       D．ensuring maximum utilization of forests