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Vienna ---In spite of Iraq’s decision to stop oil deliveries, the 11-nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries（OPEC）will not increase production to make up the shortfall, ministers decided Tuesday in Vienna.

The 11 oil ministers decided to meet again on July 3 to discuss the effects of the Iraq temporary stop. The organization’s president, Charkid Kheria of Algeria, said after the meeting that stocks were high and prices were stable, so quota increases were not necessary.

The E.U. Commission has expressed concern about Iraq’s output stop. A speaker said OPEC had to take all possible measures to keep or lower the oil price.

Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Ali Al-Nuaimi had earlier said there would not be any shortfall of oil in the market. The organization had already taken steps to fill the gap, he said. OPEC Secretary General Ali Rodriguez added that the period of Iraq’s output stop was not known, so other exporters were not going to lift quotas yet. If the market was destabilized（使…动摇）, a suitable response could be made.

Iraq on Monday stopped shipments of crude oil to protest against the U.N Security Council’s decision to extend the oil-for-food programme by only a month, instead of the normal six-month renewal.（恢复）

Just before the Vienna meeting, oil prices had gone up, with a barrel of OPEC crude oil selling for 27.05 dollars, up from 26.81 dollars last Friday. North sea oil was at 29.26 dollars Monday evening.

OPEC wants the oil price to stay within a margin of 22 to 28 dollars and achieved that with cuts in January and March that reduced 2.5 million barrels（桶）per day off quotas （配额）.

51. Iraq made the decision to stop oil deliveries because ___________.

oil price is too low in international market.

The U.N. Secretary Council has decided to shorten the time of extension of the oil-for-food programme

Many oil wells were destroyed during the war in the late 1980s

It couldn’t get enough money to develop its economy

52. The attitude the E.U. Commission took towards Iraq’s output stop is ________.

A. active      B. concerned                       C. cold            D. surprised

53. The underlined words “ The organization” here refers to ________.

    A. OPEC      B. the E.U. Commission      C. Vienna          D. WTO

54. The main idea of the passage is ________.

the oil prices in the world were stable though Iraq has stopped oil deliveries

OPEC has controlled the oil price to stay within a margin of 22 to 28 dollars

OPEC will not increase oil production to make up the shortfall that caused by Iraq

Oil is connected with people’s daily life

55. The 11 oil ministers decided to meet on July 3 so that _________.

they can persuade Iraq to continue oil production

they can have a talk with the U.N. Security Council

they can have a discussion about the effects of Iraq’s temporary output stop

they can make up their minds to increase oil production

【小题1】B

【小题2】B

【小题3】A

【小题4】C

【小题5】C

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 A. Gate 21    B. 21St Gate    C. the Gate 21    D. 21 Gate

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　　The train which I am traveling on was already half an hour  76．________

late．I had to reach to Vienna at 7∶15 in order to catch        77．________

the 7∶25 train to Paris— but that was impossible now.         78．________

I explained the situation to the conductor, which advised        79．________

me to get off two stops after Vienna station and take           80．________

a taxi. While the time came, he even helped me with my        81．________

bags. He hoped me good luck as I jumped off, and a few        82．________

minutes later, I was going to the direction of the city in a        83．________

taxi. It was exactly 7∶20 the taxi stopped outside the          84．________

station. I paid the driver quickly, seizing my bags and          85．________

hurried inside. 

When a dog bites a man, it usually doesn’t make news. However, this saying change when Beijing and several other Chinese cities announced the “Civilized Dog Raising” campaign in November.

The government will require Beijingers to get licenses for their dogs, and will enforce the one-dog, one-family policy. Police say the "one-dog policy" is aimed at reducing the number of dog bites and lowering the risk of rabies. According to the Ministry of Health, rabies has become the top infectious disease in China. Dangerous dogs and dogs taller than 35 centimeters, such as Great Danes, have been banned from urban areas.

Pet owners are also required to clean up their dog's droppings and make sure dogs are leashed (拴着), especially in public areas. Some public areas, such as banks, are closed to dogs entirely.

Dogs are regarded as man's best friend and the history of raising dogs can be traced back to the stone age. It therefore seems sad that dogs are unwelcome in Beijing. But it is not the case that Beijingers dislike dogs. Actually, there are many dog lovers in Beijing. The city now has more than 550,000 registered dogs, up 20 percent from the previous year.

The problem is, actually, about living space. Different from many Westerners, most Beijingers live in urban apartment buildings, not houses in the suburbs. There is very limited open space for walking dogs. The barking, the waste, and unleashed dogs in buildings, elevators and places people gather can cause fear, fights and frustration.

Beijing is not the only city to have a dog problem. Paris, London, New York and Vienna all face similar challenges and have common rules for dogs and their owners.

Which of the following may be a suitable title for the story?

    A．Man's Best Friend             B．Civilized Dog Raising

    C．No Room For Dogs                  D．When A Dog Bites A Man

What can be inferred from the above passage?

    A．If a dog bites a man, it will become an important news item.

    B．Rabies is the most serious infectious disease in Beijing.

    C．Soon there will be no dangerous dogs or dogs taller than 35 centimetres in Beijing.

    D．Beijing has trouble accommodating so many dogs.

According to the passage, what should you NOT do if you are a dog owner in Beijing?

    A．Walk your dog in public places.

    B．Have more than one dog.

       C．Raise your dog in urban apartment buildings.

       D．Let your dog bark in places where people gather.

In the writer's opinion, the main cause of the dog problem in Beijing is _____________.

    A．the limited living space in urban areas

    B．its lack of rules for dogs and their owners

    C．Beijingers and westerners having different lifestyles

    D．the increasing number of dangerous dogs

The days of Europeans relaxing in the cafe with a newspaper and a seemingly endless cup of coffee appear to be numbered．A new English expression is popular in Europe these days：“coffee to go．”
“Five or ten years ago it was much more normal to sit in a cafe for several hours than it is nowadays，”says Joann，who works in a central Berlin coffee bar owned by the Canadian coffee and bakery chain Tim’s.
“There is a trend towards a more fast-paced life．But people still act surprised  when you ask if the coffee is‘to go’．You mean I can take it with me? they ask..”
“Europe is often five or eight years behind trends in America，”says Joann.“In the States.‘coffee to go’is part of everyday life.”
Owing in part to Starbucks，it appears to be very much part of everyday life in many other countries too．
The Seattle-based group compete with a growing number of global chains in attempting to reshape coffee drinking cultures in regions including Asia and the Middle East．
The US is the model for continental Europe’s new“coffee to go”culture：Each of the new cafe bars offers bagels，muffins，brownies and cookies to go with the coffee.
But then,“coffee to go’’might sound a little odd to English ears used to the words “takeaway”or take one．
It does sum up the brisker pace of life since the city resumed its status as the German capital following the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989.
As one more sign of the changing times，one of Berlin’s most venerable(古老而庄重的)coffee houses，cafe Einstein，has followed the trend by opening a small chain of coffee shops across the city．
Taking coffee,slowly and in decorous（端正的）surroundings,has been a feature of European coffee houses,particularly in German speaking countries,for decades.
For the elderly citzens of Vienna it amounts to a ritual（仪式）when they gather in coffee houses around the city for a cup of their favovrite drink and a piece of rich,creamy cake.
【小题1】From the passage,we can see that      .

A．“coffee to go” springs in Europe these days
B．Europe is often a few years before trends in America
C．America often follows Europe’s “coffee to go”culture
D．it’s easy to reshape coffee drinking cultures in the Middle East
【小题2】Every new cafe bar offers some        to go with the coffee
A．foodB．newspaperC．drinkD．music
【小题3】More and more Europeans have takeaway coffee because        .
A．Europeans live a more fast-paced life now
B．The coffee is much cheaper
C．Europeans are used to taking away the coffee
D．the coffee is easy to take away
【小题4】The characteristic of European coffee houses is        .
A．“coffee to go ”as part of daily life
B．sitting in a cafe bar for several hours
C．having coffee slowly in a pleasant atmosphere
D．taking away coffee in a hurry

Bicycles for rent could become as common as newspaper stands and mail boxes on Germany’s street corners if a scheme launched by Deutsche Bahn is successful.

The German rail operator has launched a bicycle-hire scheme designed for simple one-way trips.

“It’s a new concept,”said Andreas Knie, head of the project.

Users must first register with Call-A-Bike at a cost of 15 euros（US$14.7）. With a simple phone call, they can hire one of the many bikes parked outside stations, at a cost of 3 to 5 cents per minute. At the end of their journey, they ring a computer and tell it where the bike is parked.

The bikes are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

No one will be breaking speed records with Call-A-Bike bicycles. They weigh in at 25 kilograms, at least double the weight of a normal bicycle, though they do have eight gears（齿轮）.

“They are pretty heavy, but we don’t want people taking them on the train or into the subway,” Knie said.

They are also designed with parts that do not fit a normal bicycle. Even the screws are irregular and the bike looks so odd that thieves would stand out.

Vandalism and theft have led to the downfall of previous schemes which date back to Amsterdam’s 1966“White Bike”scheme.

In that short-lived experiment, anti-establishment groups painted bikes white and left them around the Dutch capital.

However, many were taken permanently and repainted, while the police took away others on the basis that ownerless bikes were street rubbish.

Copenhagen, Vienna and Helsinki also have free bike schemes, in which users deposit a coin in Copenhagen’s case 20 crowns（US$2.50）—to free a bike from a rack.

“The advantage these schemes have is ease of use. But because they’re so cheap, people tend to hold on to the bikes and then there are none on the streets,”the person in charge said.

Oslo is also planning a bike-hire system where users will pay a symbolic fee of 50 Norwegian crowns（US$6.50）for unlimited use in the city for a year.

Users will buy an electronic identity card as a key that will register when the bike is parked or taken from a rack.

59. How many European countries have already launched the free bike schemes?

A. Four.                                B. Five.                                C. Six.                                   D. Seven.

60.What can be learned about Amsterdam’s 1966“White Bike”scheme?

A. The bicycles were twice as heavy as a normal bicycle.

B. A heavy rain stopped the scheme from being carried out.

C. Some bicycles were damaged or stolen and the scheme failed.

D. The police ended the scheme for traffic safety

61.What can be inferred from the text?

A. Bicycles for rent have become as common as newspaper stands and mail boxes on Germany’s street corners.

B. The bikes in Germany are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

C. German bicycles for rent are designed specially so that they will draw people’s attention.

D. Germany has taken some measures to stop the bicycles for rent from being taken away.

62.Which do you think is the best title?

A. Free Bicycles for Europeans.                                  

B. Tough Transporters.

C. Customer is King.                                                      

D. Unpractical Scheme.

 

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