(C)
Most American students said goodbye to expensive fruits these days. In school canteens across the country, cheaper fruits like apples and oranges heave replaced them. “People are afraid to spend now” said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store. “They basically don’t know what the future will bring and keep waiting till after the Presidential Election.”
The current financial crisis(金融危机), during which several of the country’s biggest banks have been forced to sell or close, has made lots of Americans unwilling to buy expensive goods.
Samira Martino, a restaurant owner in Miami, found everyone is ordering water instead of juice and more people are sharing meals. In more than two dozen interviews with the Associated Press across the country last month, American talked about their concerns, from worries about small businesses to doubts about simply making ends meet.
The crisis began last year. Experts blame it on U.S. banks lending money too easily. A lot of people and companies, who borrowed money, have found themselves unable to pay it back. This left the banks, as well as the people who put their money in the banks, without money. Since the banks borrowed money between themselves and even across borders, the whole world’s financial markets were involved.
This month the U.S. government agreed on a $ 700 billion plan to try to save the financial market. But a turn-around(转机) is not sure. President George W. Bush has warned it will take some time for the full effects of the plan to take hold in an economy that has had a world of trouble.
Last week top finance officials from 20 major economies promised to work together to find a way out of the money trouble. They believe the current crisis is the worst since the Great Depression in 1929. And they all think international cooperation is the key to solve it.
51. From the first paragraph, we can infer that______
A. apples and oranges become more expensive
B. people are worrying about the Election
C. people are expecting a turn-around after the Election
D. expensive fruits are in short supply in American markets
52. Samira Martino’s restaurant is mentioned in the passage in order to ______
A. show that people cut down their expenses.
B. attract more people to come to his restaurant
C. show how hard he is trying to run his business
D. encourage people to start businesses like him
53. What is the cause of the current financial crisis of America?
A. The Presidential Election
B. U.S. banks lending money too easily.
C. The decreasing economy.
D. America’s rapid development.
54. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Many students can not eat expensive fruits in school canteens.
B. Americans are very worried about their lives.
C. The international cooperation is most needed.
D. The current financial crisis is the worst in American history.
55. This passage mainly talks about______
A. the terrible life of Americans
B. the situation of the financial crisis
C. the way to go through the crisis
D. the world financial market


C
A poor chimney-sweeper, who had not enough money to buy a meal, stopped one hot summer day at noon before an eating-house, and remained regaling his nose with the smell of the victuals.The master of the shop told him several times to go away, but the sweeper could not leave savory smell, though unable to purchase the taste of the food.At last the cook came out of the shop, and taking hold of the sweeper, declared that, as he had been feeding upon the smell of his victuals (food and drink), he should not go away without paying half the price of a dinner.The poor fellow said that he neither could nor would pay, and that he would ask the first person who should pass, whether it was not an unreasonable and unjust demand.
The case was referred to a policeman, who happened to pass at that moment.He said to the sweeper: “As you have been feasting one of your senses with the odor (smell) of this man’s meat, it is but just you should make him some recompense; therefore you shall, in your turn, regale (amuse) one of his senses, which seems to be more insatiable than your appetite.How much money have you?”
“I have but two pence in all the world, sir, and I must buy me some bread.”
“Never mind,” answered the officer, “take your two pence between your hands; now rattle (cause to make a lot of quick little noises)them loudly.”
The sweeper did so, and the officer, turning to the cook, said, “Now, sir, I think he has paid you: the smell of your victuals regaled his nostrils(openings at the end of the nose); the sound of his money has tickled your ears.”
This decision gave more satisfaction to the bystanders than to the cook, but it was the only payment he could obtain.
66.The sweeper stopped one hot summer day at noon before an eating-house, because _______ .
A.he wanted to regale his nose with the smell of the victuals
B.he was hungry and he wanted to have dinner
C.he was hungry but he had no enough money to buy a meal
D.he wanted to smell if the food was delicious.
67.The cook’s demand that the sweeper should pay half the price of a dinner was 
obviously _______ .
A.reasonable     B.not fair  C.logical   D.proper
68.We infer that the way that the policeman settled the problem was _______ .
A.foolish        B.kind      C.clever    D.stupid
69.The passage implied that _______ .
A.it’s a pity that the cook did not get what he wanted
B.the master of the shop and the cook were cool-hearted
C.the cook was cruel
D.the sweeper got what he wanted
70. Which is true according to the passage?
A. This story is arranged in order of time.
B. This story is arranged in order of place.
C. There were four people in the scene.
D. The case was judged by law.

单词拼写(共15小题,每小题1分,共15分)
【小题1】The officers on duty have ____________(克服) all the difficulties, many of them in tears.
【小题2】The Spring Festival Gala was broadcast live without ____________ (打断).
【小题3】It was the boy that was scolded for not____________ (道歉)to the girl who was made fun of by him.
【小题4】By ____________ (积累) as much wealth as possible, they finally came into power with their own financial support.
【小题5】“It’s now or never!” she exclaimed, and she knew she shouldn’t have ____________ (犹豫).
【小题6】 Large ____________ (数量) of money have been put into the research to find out the cause for the cancer. http://www. .com/
【小题7】Of course, no country has the ____________ (特权)of fishing in our coastal water.
【小题8】A distant ____________ (亲戚)is not as good as a near neighbour.
【小题9】Eating out ____________ (吸引) to me in my childhood, but it can’t now.
【小题10】Having worked hard for such a long time, I can ____________ (自信地) promise that this year is going to be very different. http://www. .com/
【小题11】As a designer, ____________ (想象) that customers are critical is very important.
【小题12】He has no ____________ (抱负) or aim in his life. He only drifts along.
【小题13】The Prime Minister ____________ (后悔)not having mentioned the problem at the international conference.
【小题14】We think that he is the most ____________ (体贴的) person we have ever met.
【小题15】____________ (沮丧) about her future, she began to take drugs and became addicted to it.

单词拼写(共15小题,每小题1分,共15分)

1.The officers on duty have ____________(克服) all the difficulties, many of them in tears.

2.The Spring Festival Gala was broadcast live without ____________ (打断).

3.It was the boy that was scolded for not____________ (道歉)to the girl who was made fun of by him.

4.By ____________ (积累) as much wealth as possible, they finally came into power with their own financial support.

5.“It’s now or never!” she exclaimed, and she knew she shouldn’t have ____________ (犹豫).

6. Large ____________ (数量) of money have been put into the research to find out the cause for the cancer. http://www. .com/

7.Of course, no country has the ____________ (特权)of fishing in our coastal water.

8.A distant ____________ (亲戚)is not as good as a near neighbour.

9.Eating out ____________ (吸引) to me in my childhood, but it can’t now.

10.Having worked hard for such a long time, I can ____________ (自信地) promise that this year is going to be very different. http://www. .com/

11.As a designer, ____________ (想象) that customers are critical is very important.

12.He has no ____________ (抱负) or aim in his life. He only drifts along.

13.The Prime Minister ____________ (后悔)not having mentioned the problem at the international conference.

14.We think that he is the most ____________ (体贴的) person we have ever met.

15.____________ (沮丧) about her future, she began to take drugs and became addicted to it.

 

C

A poor chimney-sweeper, who had not enough money to buy a meal, stopped one hot summer day at noon before an eating-house, and remained regaling his nose with the smell of the victuals.The master of the shop told him several times to go away, but the sweeper could not leave savory smell, though unable to purchase the taste of the food.At last the cook came out of the shop, and taking hold of the sweeper, declared that, as he had been feeding upon the smell of his victuals (food and drink), he should not go away without paying half the price of a dinner.The poor fellow said that he neither could nor would pay, and that he would ask the first person who should pass, whether it was not an unreasonable and unjust demand.

The case was referred to a policeman, who happened to pass at that moment.He said to the sweeper: “As you have been feasting one of your senses with the odor (smell) of this man’s meat, it is but just you should make him some recompense; therefore you shall, in your turn, regale (amuse) one of his senses, which seems to be more insatiable than your appetite.How much money have you?”

“I have but two pence in all the world, sir, and I must buy me some bread.”

“Never mind,” answered the officer, “take your two pence between your hands; now rattle (cause to make a lot of quick little noises)them loudly.”

The sweeper did so, and the officer, turning to the cook, said, “Now, sir, I think he has paid you: the smell of your victuals regaled his nostrils(openings at the end of the nose); the sound of his money has tickled your ears.”

This decision gave more satisfaction to the bystanders than to the cook, but it was the only payment he could obtain.

66.The sweeper stopped one hot summer day at noon before an eating-house, because _______ .

A.he wanted to regale his nose with the smell of the victuals

B.he was hungry and he wanted to have dinner

C.he was hungry but he had no enough money to buy a meal

D.he wanted to smell if the food was delicious.

67.The cook’s demand that the sweeper should pay half the price of a dinner was 

obviously _______ .

A.reasonable     B.not fair  C.logical   D.proper

68.We infer that the way that the policeman settled the problem was _______ .

A.foolish        B.kind      C.clever    D.stupid

69.The passage implied that _______ .

A.it’s a pity that the cook did not get what he wanted

B.the master of the shop and the cook were cool-hearted

C.the cook was cruel

D.the sweeper got what he wanted

70. Which is true according to the passage?

A. This story is arranged in order of time.

B. This story is arranged in order of place.

C. There were four people in the scene.

D. The case was judged by law.

 

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