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Many families in the United States have a larger income now than ever before, but people are finding it difficult to make ends meet anyway. Almost everyone is wondering, “What happens to all my money? I never seem to have anything left to put away.”

Why isn’t a dollar worth as much as it used to be? One dollar is always worth the same amount, that is, 100 cents. But the value of a dollar is how much it can buy. The value of money depends on the cost of living. Economists say that the cost of living is the money that a family must pay for the necessities of life such as food, housing or rent, clothes and medical expenses. For many years now the cost of living has increased greatly, so the value of the dollar has decreased. When a dollar has a low value, you cannot buy as many things with it.

No one fully understands why the cost of living keeps increasing, but economists believe that workers and producers can make prices go up. As workers earn more money, they have more money to spend, so they demand more goods. If there is a great demand for certain goods, the prices of these goods go up. At the same time, if there’s a shortage of goods, the price also goes up. For example, if everyone wants to buy more and more gas, the price of gas goes up. When companies withhold gas from buyers, they can also make the price of gas go up.

Families need to know what happens to their money. They need to make their income meet the cost of living, so many people plan a family budget. A budget is a list of monthly expenses. If your expenses add up to more than your income, you must find ways to save money. Maybe you’re spending too much on entertainment. Or if you’re spending too much on clothes, you may want to sew your own clothes. Budgeting helps you spend your money wisely as the cost of living increases.

41. What has troubled many families in the United States?

A not-large-enough income. B. Nothing is left over to put away.

C.The increasing cost of living. D. A shortage of certain goods.

42. Why does the cost of living keep increasing?

A. There are always shortages of goods. B. The workers are getting lower and lower pay.

C. The government makes no difference. D. People demand more and better goods.

43. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Housewives needn’t know anything happening to the market.

B. People’s lives are affected by the value of money.

C. There seems no need for everyone to know about the rising cost of living.

D. The prices will go up if more goods are produced.

44. According to the passage, when people find it hard to make ends meet, they need to _________.

A. find ways to save money B. do extra work to earn more money

C. try some other means of making money D. raise a protest against the high cost of living

45. Budgeting helps _____________.

A. one to make his income meet the cost of living

B. the government to battle the rising cost of living

C. merchants to produce more goods

D. the workers to earn more money

CDBAA

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A former high school teacher who fled his classroom during the massive May 12 earthquake in southwest China has a new job here in a private training school.

Fan Meizhong has a two-year contract with Keyfind Education School in the Haidian District, school spokesman Zhang Wenbin told Xinhua on Wednesday.

The former Chinese language teacher from a private high school in earthquake-hit Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province, was nicknamed “running Fan” by netizens （网民） after he left his students behind and escaped the classroom as the 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck.

Fan’s behavior became a controversial object, and he was later fired.

Zhang said, however, that Fan had been hired for his extensive teaching experience and talent. At Keyfind, he’ll conduct research on developing students’ potential and raising their interest in learning. He’ll also give some lectures, according to Zhang.

“Fan, as a person, also needs to live,” Zhang said. “We hope the media will be tolerant about Fan and give him some living space. Whether he was wrong or right in his running behavior, we only want to make use of his talent.”

He said the school had not decided what to do next about Fan’s job.

【写作内容】

1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点；

2. 然后以约120个词就“范美忠再被聘为教师”为主题发表你的看法，并包括下列要点：

（1）你是怎样看待范美忠在发生地震时的先跑行为的；

（2）范美忠该不该再聘为教师，为什么？

（3）你心目中的教师该是怎么样的？

When Chinese people talk about American cities, the first ____ comes into their minds is San Francisco.

A．city B．one C．that D．of them

The North and South poles are remote and freezing places that receive lots of animal visitors but few human tourists.

But even if you never plan to visit the polar bears in the north or penguins in the south, now is a perfect time to start thinking about them. That’s because 2007 marks the beginning of the International Polar Year (IPY), a two-year-old activity of science projects that aim to show how important the poles are to the health of our planet. During the IPY, which will last until March 2009, thousands of researchers from more than 60 countries will conduct more than 200 projects and expeditions(远征) to both the top and bottom of the world.

In recent years, the polar regions have begun to change severely as a result of global warming. Temperatures there are rising faster than anywhere else on Earth. As a result, the ice and snow in these regions are melting（融化） at record-setting rates. One result is that sea levels are rising around the world, putting animals and people at risk.

Only by studying the poles, say IPY researchers, can we find ways to protect them and ourselves.

Both the Arctic and the Antarctic are cold and remote, but the two regions have important differences. For one thing, the Arctic is an ice-covered ocean surrounded by land. The Antarctic, on the other hand, is a continent of ice-covered land surrounded by water.

Most polar studies have focused on the Arctic, and that is where scientists have observed the most remarkable changes in the ice. During a typical year, Arctic ice expands(扩大) in the winter and shrinks(缩小) in the summer. But recently, the amount of ice covering the ocean has been steadily dropping in both seasons.

53．Which of the following might be the best tile of the passage?

A．Earth’s Poles Interest Scientists B．The Animals of Earth’s Poles

C．Earth’s Poles in Danger D．The Discoveries of Earth’s Poles

54．The goal of the International Polar Year is __________.

A．to make it clear that the poles have much to do with a healthy earth

B．to provide practical theory to further develop this distant area

C．to call on as many scientists as possible to do research on the poles

D．to discover more mysteries unknown to man

55．What is the main factor that has caused the changes of the poles?

A．The increasing number of animals. B．The development of the poles.

C．The melting of the poles. D．The rising temperature.

56．What unusual phenomenon worries the scientists?

A．In summer the ice of the Arctic loses faster.

B．The ice covering the Arctic shrinks even in winter.

C．The ice of the Arctic increases less than in the past.

D．The changes in the Arctic are more serious.

Thirteen, for me, was a challenging year. My parents divorced and I moved to a new town with my father, far from my old family and friends. I was terribly lonely mad would cry myself to sleep each night. To ease my sadness, my father purchased an old horse for me at a local auction. I named him Cowboy.

Cowboy was without a doubt the ugliest horse in the world. But I didn’t care. I loved him beyond all reason.

I joined a riding club and suffered rude comments and mean snickers about Cowboy’s looks. I never let on about how I felt, but deep inside, my heart was breaking. The other members rode beautiful, registered horses.

When Cowboy and I entered the events where the horse is judged on appearance, we were quickly shown the gate. No amount of preparation and love would turn Cowboy into a beauty. My only chance to compete would be in the speed events. I chose the jumping race.

One girl named Becky rode a big brown horse in the race events. She always won the blue ribbons. Needless to say, she didn’t feel threatened when I competed against her at the next show. She didn’t need to. I came in next to last.

The stinging memory of Becky’s smirks made me determined to beat her. For the whole next month I woke up early every day and rode Cowboy five miles to the arena (赛马场). We practiced running and jumping for hours in the hot sun and then I would walk Cowboy home totally exhausted.

All of our hard work didn’t make me feel confident by the time the show came. I sat at the gate and sweated it out while I watched Becky and her horse charge through the course and finish in first place.

My turn finally came. I put on my hat, rubbed Cowboy’s neck and entered the arena. At the signal, we dashed toward the first fence, jumped it without trouble and raced on to the next one. Cowboy then flew over the second, third and fourth fences like a bird and I turned him toward the finish line.

As we crossed the line the crowd was shocked into silence. Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy horse by two seconds!

I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day. At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds, I’d always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it.

41. The underlined expression "shown the gate" (paragraph 4) most probably means " ".

A. told how to enter the arena

B. shown how to make the horse beautiful

C. removed from the competition early

D. told to enter the timed-speed events

42. Why was the writer not confident of victory?

A. He was an inexperienced rider.

B. He had not practiced enough.

C. He believed he was unpopular with the crowd.

D. He thought his horse wasn’t as good as the others.

43. When the final race finished, nobody cheered because .

A. the audience didn’t like Cowboy B. people envied the writer

C. the win was unexpected D. the writer bad run out of time

44. What did the writer learn from his experience?

A. Life can sometimes be unfair.

B. Anything is possible if one tries hard enough.

C. A positive attitude will bring success.

D. One should not make judgments based on appearance.

45. The best title for the story is .

A. A Run to Remember B.A Horse’s Tale

C. Neck and Neck D.A Difficult Age

One dark and stormy night, an elderly man and his wife entered the hall of a small hotel in Philadelphia, hoping to get shelter for the night.

The clerk, a friendly man with a beautiful smile, explained that there were three conferences in town. "All of our rooms are taken," the clerk said, "but I can't send a nice couple like you into the rain at one o'clock in the morning. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room? It's not a suite, but it will be good enough to make you comfortable for the night. " The couple agreed.

As the elderly man paid the bill the next morning, he told the clerk, "You are the kind of person who should be the boss of the best hotel in the United States. Maybe someday I’ll build one for you. "The clerk looked at them and smiled. The three of them had a good laugh.

Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten the incident when he received a letter from the elderly man; asking the clerk to pay him a visit. The elderly man met him in New York, and led him to the corner of. 1he Fifth Avenue and 34^th Street. He then pointed to a great new building there, a reddish stone one with watchtowers thrusting up to the sky, and told the clerk that it was the hotel he had just built for him to manage.

That wonderful building was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. And this young clerk whose names was George C. Boldt never foresaw the return of events that would lead him into the manager of one of the world's most attractive hotels.

41 . When the elderly couple left the hotel, they

A . took what they said as a joke

B . wanted to build the same hotel in the future

C . hoped that the clerk would replace the boss of the hotel

D. thought the clerk was talented in managing hotels

42. Why did the elderly man build a hotel for the clerk?

A . He was grateful to the clerk. B. They had a bet at first.

C. He wanted to please the clerk. D. He wanted to sell the hotel.

43. According to the text, the clerk

A. helped the couple because he thought they were poor

B . hoped that the old couple could give him a large amount of money

C. didn't expect to receive things in return from the old couple.

D. became rich, thanks to his own efforts

44. From the text, we can infer that

A. anybody can be a successful manager B. old people are always very rich

C. good luck is always waiting for lucky people D. kindness can bring a good return

45. What do you think of the clerk?

A. He was willing to help. B. He was very attractive.

C . He tried to make money for his hotel. D. He liked making friends.

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─ Great. I’ll wait at the gate of my house.

A. call for B. call on C. call at D. call up

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--- _________.

A. Never mind. B. Yes, I won't. C. That's right. D. Not in the least.

--The Smiths expressed the idea of making peace with us．

--I have no doubt they are honest．They always mean what they say．

A．what B．which C．that D．whether

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