10、Polar bears live       on sea ice，which they use as a platform for hunting seals.

A．most           B．almost          C．nearly         D．mostly

9、Platypus is a strange animal that lays eggs but        milk        its young.

A．feeds；to      B．feeds；for         C．fed；at        D．fed；on

8、Traffic restrictions have come into effect in Beijing      to improve the capital’s air quality and traffic situation for the 2008 Olympics.

A．in order that          B．in an attempt        C．at an attempt         D．in a try

7、The day was Thankful Thursday. It’s a weekly   1  that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive   2  .

       My girls shouted “McDonald’s, McDonald’s” as we   3  along a busy Houston road. Suddenly I   4   that almost every crossing I passed through was   5   by a panhandler（乞丐）. And then it hit me! All these panhandlers must be hungry, too. Perfect! After we ate, I ordered a(an)   6   fifteen lunches and we set out to deliver them. We would pull  7   a panhandler, make a contribution, and tell him or her that we hoped things got better. Then we’d say, “Oh,   8   … here’s lunch.”

      We handed our final contribution to a small woman and then immediately   9   back in the opposite direction for home.   10  , the light caught us again and we were stopped at the same crossing where this small woman stood. I was   11  and didn’t know quite how to behave.

       She made her way to our car, “No one has ever done   12   like this for me before,” she said with   13  . Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, “So,   14 do you think you’ll eat your lunch?”

       She just looked at me with her huge, tried brown eyes and said, “Oh honey, I’m not going to eat this lunch.” I was   15  , but before I could say anything, she continued, “You see, I have a little girl and she  16   loves McDonald’s, but I don’t have money. But you know what… tonight she is going to have McDonald’s!”

       I don’t know if the kids   17  the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our acts of kindness were too  18   or insignificant to really effect change.   19   in that moment, I recognized the   20   of Mother Teresa’s words: “We cannot do great things – only small things with great love.”

1． A．tradition              B．ceremony            C．custom               D．habit

2．A．decision                B．choice                 C．contribution         D．plan

3．A．walked                  B．ran                      C．wandered            D．drove

4．A．reminded               B．realized                C．understood          D．thought

5．A．crowded               B．occupied             C．discovered           D．laid

6．A．additional              B．expensive            C．cheap                  D．special

7．A．close                    B．together               C．alongside             D．throughout

8．A．in fact                   B．to tell the truth     C．generally speaking    D．by the way

9．A．faced                    B．headed                C．took                    D．looked

10．A．Unfortunately       B．Luckily                C．Unexpectedly       D．Hopefully

11．A．excited                B．embarrassed        C．frightened            D．annoyed

12．A．something           B．everything           C．anything              D．nothing

13．A．amazement          B．fear                     C．sorrow                D．amusement

14．A．what                   B．how                    C．where                 D．when

15．A．shocked              B．confused             C．pleased                D．worried

16．A．really                  B．even                    C．just                     D．never

17．A．watched              B．felt                      C．noticed                D．recognized

18．A．many                  B．small                   C．big                      D．simple

19．A．Therefore            B．Although             C．Meanwhile           D．Yet

20．A．promise          B．oath              C．truth            D．spirit

6、As a teenager of the digital era, it is really hard to say no to fantastic electronic gadgets（电子产品）. Many of us can’t get through a day without using our mobile phones or checking our e-mails. No matter if we’re “@home”, “@school” or “@play”, living without technological toys seems more and more unthinkable.

       However, although gadgets bring convenience, many of us can start to feel stressed out by them. And, a lot of electronics are fairly expensive. Fashionable gadgets come and go in the digital age in the blink of any eye. So, think twice before you pulling out your wallet.

       Here are some of the most popular gadgets and their pros and cons:

       Pros: Laptops have made our lives much easier. You can take your books, movies, music and homework everywhere.

       Cons: They cost at least 4,000 yuan! If you only want to share photos or games with your friends, then a flash memory stick is a great cheap alternative.

       Pros: As well as carrying your favorite music, a video MP3 player can play up to 150 hours of movies and TV programmes.

       Cons: The price – sometimes more than 2,000 yuan – is the first concern. Secondly, though music is really important to young people, ask yourself if video is really necessary. A regular MP3 player is a lot cheaper. And remember, don’t let the loud volume damage your hearing.

       Pros: New mobile phones combine traditional functions with a digital camera, MP3 player and even a radio. Some can also send and receive e-mails.

       Cons: Always trying to keep up with the latest model can be a waste of money. There are always new, improved phones coming out. Don’t be a fool. Do you really need all these functions? Think twice before you buy.

1．According to the writer, which of the following statements is true?

       A．Teenagers can’t live through a day without fantastic electronic gadgets.

       B．Teenagers can hardly live happily without electronic gadgets.

       C．Teenagers’ life is full of expensive electronic gadget.

       D．It’s all but impossible for many teenagers to live without fantastic electronic gadgets.

2．What conclusion can we draw from the passage?

       A．Never buy the most updated gadgets.

       B．You should buy the gadgets with as many functions as possible.

       C．We needn’t always pay the most part to buy the most up-to-date gadgets with many functions.

       D．Never buy the latest model, it’s much too expensive.

3．Choose the statement most similar in meaning to the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2.

       A．Fashionable gadgets are updated in the digital times in a flash.

       B．Fashionable gadgets are transported everywhere in the digital age in the blink of any eye.

       C．People keep buying and throwing away expensive fashionable gadgets in the digital age in

the blink of any eye.

       D．People use all kinds of fashionable gadgets all the time in the digital age.

4．What do the words “pros and cons” mean in the selection.

       A．Agreements and disagreements.

       B．The views that are favored and not favored by people.

       C．Benefits and bads.

       D．Advantages and disadvantages.

5、“You will remember this night forever,” he told me. My friend was taking me dumpster（垃圾桶）diving for the first time. We both needed costumes for a party so he decided to show me around a few of the city’s finest waste baskets. After finding costume materials in the thrift shore（旧货店）dumpsters, we stopped at a grocery store. There we found a dumpster half filled with potatoes and bread．We collected bags of potatoes to share with friends and to use for cooking with Food Not Bombs (a group that shares free vegetarian food and speaks against war and poverty). I was later told that using the dumpsters could earn me the title of an urban pirate（海盗）-- what a great honor!

       My first dumpster dive opened new doors for me. I had struggled with spending money. Now I think it will prove difficult to buy anything after seeing what people throw away. Something about all those wasted resources is not right. It seems we are constantly buying more and more and throwing away perfectly usable items, while many cannot meet their basic needs.

       People who have never done their shopping in a dumpster believe it is dirty, dangerous, and humiliating. In reality, a diver with an old pair of jeans, a flashlight and a little common sense (wear boots and gloves to guard against sharp objects) should not have any trouble staying safe and can feel good about being a resourceful and responsible consumer. Dumpstering is a good way to save money, labour, and lessen our environmental impact.

       From that dumpster tour, I had a new opinion on garbage. I found I can do something in this wasteful society. By living simply and taking what little I need from others’ unwanted goods, I am able to begin to break the habits of wastefulness. The influence of that first urban pirate adventure created a continuing impact on my life.

1．What is the attitude of the author to the title of an urban pirate?

       A．Tolerant              B．Proud                C．Respectful           D．Humiliating

2．“My first dumpster dive opened new doors for me.” means ____.

       A．it has led to a better life for me and made me wealthier

       B．it has made me buy nothing later and break the habits of wastefulness

       C．it has changed my views and attitudes to consumers and living

       D．it has brought me good senses or be a responsible and a resourceful consumer

3．The main idea of the third paragraph is ____.

       A．only the poor goes in for dumpstering

       B．how to keep safe while dumpstering

       C．the benefit and value of dumpstering

       D．how to save money and lessen environmental impact

4．In the writer’s opinion, ____.

       A．there are many objects to be recycled in the dumpster

       B．there are too many people looking down upon the divers

       C．the title of an urban pirate is a prejudice

       D．the influence of the first urban pirate adventure had an ill effect on his life

4、The motor vehicle has killed and disabled more people in its brief history than any bomb or weapon ever invented. Much of the blood on the street flows essentially from uncivil behavior of drivers who refuse to respect the legal and moral rights of others. So the killing on the road may be regarded as a social problem.

       In fact, the enemies of society on wheels are rather harmless people – just ordinary people acting carelessness, you might say. But it is a general truth both of law and common morality that carelessness is no excuse then one’s actions could bring death or damage to others. A minority of the killers go even beyond carelessness to total negligence（疏忽）.

       Researchers have estimated（估计）that as many as 80 percent of all automobile accidents can be attributed（归结于）to the psychological condition of the drivers. Emotional upsets can distort（歪曲）drivers’ reactions, slow their judgment, and blind them to dangers that might otherwise clear. The experts warn that it is necessary for every driver to make a conscious effort to keep one’s emotions under control. Yet the irresponsibility that accounts for much of the problem is not confined to drivers. Street walkers regularly violate（违反）traffic regulations, they are at fault in most vehicle walker accidents, and many cyclists even believe that they are not subject to the basic rules of the road.

       Significant legal advances have been made towards safer driving in the past few years. Safety standards for vehicle have been raised both at the point of manufacture and through periodic road-worthiness inspections. In addiction, speed limits have been lowered. Due to these measures, the accident rate has decreased. But the accident experts still worry because there has been little or no improvement in the way drivers behave. The only real and lasting solution, say the experts, is to convince people that driving is a skilled task requiring constant care and concentration. Those who fail to do all these things present a threat to those with whom they share the road.

1．What is the author’s main purpose in writing the passage?

       A．To show that the motor vehicle is a very dangerous invention.

       B．To improve understanding between careless drivers and street walkers.

       C．To discuss traffic problems and propose possible solutions.

       D．To warn drivers of the importance of safe driving.

2．According to the passage, traffic accidents may be regarded as ____.

       A．the destruction（毁灭）to mankind       B．a general truth

       C．a social problem                                  D．the legal right

3．Who are NOT mentioned as being responsible for the road accidents?

       A．Careless bicycle-riders.                     B．Mindless people walking in the street.

       C．Irresponsible drivers                       D．Irresponsible manufactures of automobiles.

4．Which of the following best reflects the author’s attitude toward a future without traffic accident problems?

       A．Doubtful yet still longing for.                 B．Happy and rather confident.

       C．Surprised and very pleased.            D．Disappointed and deeply worried.

3、Chinese mainland’s star-making reality TV show “Happy Boy” will not be open to male applicants from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau or other foreign cities, said the country’s top TV industry committee yesterday.

       Happy Boy is the male version of Super Girl, which is regarded as the Chinese version of American Idol. The girl’s event, operated by central China’s Hunan TV, drew an audience of 400 million for the final match in 2005．The country’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television approved the male version earlier this month. However, the regulation that only mainland’s male applicants are allowed to register was released just days before the application procedure began on Wednesday in Changsha, one of the five mainland cities to hold the contest. The other four includes Chengdu and three undecided cities.

       The regulation spoiled Hunan TV’s ambition to extend the series to the overseas market, an official with the TV station told the Hunan-based Xiaoxiang Morning yesterday. “My Hero,” another star-making reality show by Shanghai’s SMG Dragon TV, said it was not informed of the regulation, and it is still receiving foreign applicants, said an official with Dragon TV. A previous regulation by the administration has made clear that televised talent shows can’t run for more than six weeks at a time. While the first “Happy Boy” may last for five months, according to a previous report.

       Last year there were about 10 influential star-making TV shows across the country, among which those from CCTV, Hunan Satellite TV and SMG’s Dragon TV, were the most popular. “Super Girl” ran for almost five months and “My Hero” lasted four months. While the shows have proven popular, they have also earned many complaints from people who say they are crude and not satisfactory.

1．It can be inferred from the passage that ____.

       A．Male applications from Hong Kong won’t be accepted to attend Happy Boy show.

       B． American Idol was started earlier than Super Girl.

       C．It was Hunan TV that made the regulation that they couldn’t accept foreign applications.

       D．Audience love American Idol better than Happy Boy.

2．Which of the following may best explain the underlined word spoiled in paragraph 3?

       A．gave                   B．prevented            C．encourage           D．affected

3．We can safely draw the conclusion that ____.

       A．Hunan TV will obey the regulations issued by the administration

       B．Dragon TV broke the regulations on purpose

       C．there were about 10 popular TV shows across the country

       D．not all the audience thinks highly of the shows

4．The relationship between State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and Hunan TV is possibly close to ____.

       A．father and son                                     B．teacher and student 

       C．coach and sportsmen                  D．police and criminal

2、Most musicians and artists say the Internet has helped them make more money from their work despite online file-trading services that allow users to copy songs and other material for free, according to a study released on Sunday.

       Recording labels and movie studios have hired groups of lawyers to pursue（追究）networks like Kazaa, and have sued thousands of individuals who spread out copyrighted material through such networks.

       But most of the artists surveyed by the nonprofit Pew Internet and American Life Project said online file sharing did not concern them much.

       Artists were divided on the rewards of peer-to-peer networks, with 47 percent saying that they prevent artists from earning royalties（版税）for their work and another 43 percent saying they helped promote and spread their material.

       But two-thirds of those surveyed said file sharing caused little threat to them, and less than one-third of those surveyed said file sharing was a major threat to creative industries. Only 3 percent said the Internet hurt their ability to protect their creative works.

       “What we hear from a wide range of artists is that, despite the real challenges of protecting work online, the Internet has opened new ways for them to exercise their imaginations and sell their creations,” said report author Mary Madden, a research specialist at the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

       The nonprofit group based its report on a survey of 809 self-identified artists in December 2003.

1．The underlined sue in paragraph two probably means ____.

       A．to criticize formally                              B．to start a legal case

       C．to give thanks to                                 D．to draw attention to

2．47% of the artists surveyed said that ____.

       A．some networks were illegal

       B．file-sharing was a threat to their material

       C．the Internet made their material more popular

       D．their income reduced because of some networks

3．What is wrong about the Pew Internet and American Life Project?

       A．It is a research group.

       B．It is a very popular network.

       C．It doesn’t make money by its research.

       D．It focuses on the relation between the Internet and people’s life.

4．The nonprofit group holds the opinion that ____.

       A．artists don’t want to put their works on the Internet.

       B．some networks should be closed because they are illegal

       C．users of the Internet should not be allowed to copy songs and materials

       D．although the Internet is improperly used sometimes, it helps the artists a lot

1、On one Sunday morning, I met a foreigner in a shop. He wanted              1．_______

to buy something, but he couldn't understand Chinese. So he                    2．_______

was very anxious. Looking this, I went up to him and asked him                 3．______   

that he wanted to buy. He said he wanted to buy a camera. So I                  4．______ 

asked the assistant the prices of all the camera in the shop. Then                 5．______ 

I told the foreigner the prices and he chose the camera he liked. As result, he        6．____ __

was very thankful to me for my kind help, but he praised me                    7．_______

for my good English. This was the first time that I talked                       8．______

to a foreign friend in English and helped him. I was great                        9．______ 

encouraged. I made up my minds to learn English better.                       10．_______