Chinese President Hu Jintao called for an immediate cease-fire in Libya an even worse humanitarian crisis in the country at the BRICS Summit in Hainan Province．( )A．to preventB．to have preventedC．题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

4．It is that I'd like to go on a picnic．（　　）

	A．	a very lovely day		B．	too lovely a day
	C．	such lovely a day		D．	so lovely a day

20．These days we are all conditioned to accept newness，whatever it costs．Very soon，there is no doubt that Apple's tablet （平板电脑） will seem as a vital tool of modern living to us as sewing machine did to our grandparents．At least，it will until someone produces an even smarter，thinner and more essential tablet，which，if recent history is any guide，will be in approximately six months'time．Turn your back for a moment and you find that every electronic item in your possession is as old as a tombstone．Why should you care if people laugh just because you use an old mobile phone？But try getting the thing repaired when it goes wrong．It's like walking into a pub and asking for an orange juice．You will be made to feel like some sort of time-traveler from the 1970s．"Why not buy a new one？"you will get asked．
And so the mountain of electrical rubbish grows．An average British person was believed to get rid of quite a number of electronic goods in a lifetime．They weighed three tons，stood 7 feet high，and included five fridges，six microwaves，seven PCs，six TVs，12 kettles，35 mobile phones and so on．Even then，the calculation seemed to be conservative．Only 35 mobiles in a lifetime？The huge number of electronic items now regularly thrown away by British families is clearly one big problem．But this has other consequences．It contributes greatly to the uneasy feeling that modem technology is going by faster than we can keep up．By the time I've learnt how to use a tool it's already broken or lost．I've lost count of the number of TV remote-controls that I've bought，mislaid and replaced without working out what most of the buttons did．
And the technology changes so unbelievably fast．It was less than years ago that I spotted an energetic businessman friend pulling what seemed to be either a large container or a small nuclear bomb on wheels through a railway station．I asked．"What have you got in there？Your money or your wife？""Neither，"he replied，with the satisfied look of a man who knew he was keeping pace with the latest technology，no matter how ridiculous he looked．"This is what everyone will have soon-even you．It's called a mobile telephone．"
I don't feel sorry for the pace of change．On the contrary，I'm amazed by those high-tech designers who can somehow fit a camera，music-player，computer and phone into a plastic box no bigger than a packet of cigarette．If those geniuses could also find a way to keep the underground trains running on the first snowy day of winter，they would be making real progress for human beings．What I do regret，however，is that so many household items fall behind so soon．My parents bought a wooden wireless radio in 1947，the year they were married．In 1973，the year I went to university，it was still working．It sat in the kitchen like an old friend-which，in a way，it was．It certainly spoke to us more than we spoke to each other on some mornings．When my mum replaced it with a new-style radio that could also play cassette-tapes，I felt a real sense of loss．
Such is the over-excited change of 21st-century technology that there's no time to satisfy our emotional needs．Even if Apple's new products turn out to be the most significant tablets I very much doubt if they will resist this trend．

50．When you try getting an old mobile phone repaired，B．
A．you are travelling through time            B．you are thought to be out of date
C．you will find everything wrong             D．you have got to buy a new one
51．Throwing away so much electronic rubbish makes the writer feel quiteA．
A．lost and upset   B．unbelievably fast     C．broken or lost    D．regularly wasteful
52．The example of the businessman implies thatB．
A．the businessman mastered the latest technology
B．mobile phones used to be quite big just years ago
C．the businessman was a very ridiculous person
D．the writer failed to follow modern technology
53．The passage is organized in the pattern ofD
A．time and events       B．comparison and contrast
C．cause and effect     D．examples and analysis
54．Which of the following is conveyed in the passage？D
A．The fast pace of change brings us no good．
B．We have to keep up with new technology．
C．Household items should be upgraded quickly．
D．We should hold on for new technology to last．

17．The bad weather is reported _______ the passenger plane crash in Iran on January 9．（　　）

	A．	to contribute to		B．	contributing to
	C．	contributed to		D．	to have contributed to

4．_____ a successful fish scientist，you need to have a curious mind and be able to work on your own．（　　）

14．I grew up poor-living with six brothers，my father and a wonderful mother．We had（36）Bmoney and few worldly goods，but plenty of love and attention．I was（37）A and energetic．I understood that no matter how poor a person was，they could（38）Cafford a dream．
My dream was to be a（39）D．When I was sixteen，I could crush a baseball：throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball．I was also（40）A：my high-school coach was Ollic Jarvis，who（41）Ame the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief．One particular （42）Dwith him changed my life forever．
It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer （43）A．This meant a chance for my first income-cash for a new bike and new clothes，and the（44）Bof savings for a house for my mother．The opportunity was attracting，and I wanted to（45）Dat it．
Then I realized I would have to （46）Dsummer baseball to handle the work schedule，and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn't be playing．I was（47）Cabout this．
When I told Coach Jarvis，he was as （48）Aas I expected him to be．"You have your whole life to work，"he said．"Your（49）Bdays are limited．You can't afford to waste them．"
I stood before him with my head （50）B，trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth（51）Chis disappointment in me．
"How much are you going to make at this job？"he demanded．
"﹩3.25anhour，"Ireplied．
"Well，is﹩3.25an hour the price of a （52）D？"he asked．
That （53）Claid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal．I devoted myself to （54）B that summer，and within the year I was offered a﹩20，000contract（合同）．I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for﹩1.7 million，and bought my mother the（55）Cof my dreams．

36．A．some	B．little	C．no	D．much
37．A．happy	B．lovely	C．angry	D．noisy
38．A．only	B．ever	C．still	D．almost
39．A．teacher	B．coach	C．doctor	D．sportsman
40．A．lucky	B．satisfied	C．hopeful	D．surprised
41．A．taught	B．asked	C．told	D．trained
42．A．match	B．accident	C．moment	D．incident
43．A．job	B．camp	C．holiday	D．course
44．A．cause	B．start	C．need	D．amount
45．A．stand	B．call	C．look	D．jump
46．A．take out	B．cut off	C．put on	D．give up
47．A．excited	B．curious	C．anxious	D．disappointed
48．A．mad	B．puzzled	C．regretful	D．discouraged
49．A．working	B．playing	C．learning	D．sinning
50．A．shaking	B．hanging	C．holding	D．nodding
51．A．feeling	B．suffering	C．facing	D．expressing
52．A．life	B．game	C．chance	D．dream
53．A．offer	B．price	C．question	D．order
54．A．study	B．sports	C．homework	D．business
55．A．clothes	B．bike	C．house	D．goods