Inside the Russian Embassy in London a KGB colonel puffed (吸了一口) a cigarette as he read the handwritten note for the third time. There was no 1        for the writer to express regret,he thought. 2       this problem would be easy. He would 3        that in a moment. The thought of it caused a grim (冷酷,可怕的) smile to 4        and joy to his heart. But he pushed away those thoughts and turned his5      to a framed photograph on his desk. His wife was beautiful,he told himself as he remembered the day they were 6       . That was fortythree years ago,and it had been the proudest and happiest 7        of his life.

What had happened to all that time? Why had it 8        so quickly,and why hadn't he spent more of it with her? Why hadn't he held her close and told her more9      that he loved her? He cursed himself 10       a tear came from the corner of his eye,ran down his cheek,then dropped onto the note. He stiffened (使强硬) and 11        his face with the back of his hand. There was no need for remorse (懊悔,自责) or regret,he told himself. In a few moments he would join her and at that time would express his undying love and devotion.

After 12       the note ablaze (着火,燃烧) he dropped it into an ashtray and watched it burn. For a time the names 13        moving shadows on the walls of the darkened room,then they nickered (吃吃地笑着) and died out. The colonel dropped the cigarette to        the floor and ground it 14        with his heel,then 15       the photograph to his breast,removed a pistol from his pocket,placed the barrel in his mouth and 16        the trigger. In the ashtray a small 17        of the note 18       . Where it had been wetted by his tear it had 19        to burn,and on that scrap (碎片) of paper 20        the words " died yesterday."

(   ) 1. A. need   B. problem   C. wonder   D. doubt

(   ) 2. A. Having   B. Mending   C. Dealing   D. Correcting

(   ) 3. A. do   B. act   C. get   D. make

(   ) 4. A. exist   B. stand   C. happen   D. appear

(   ) 5. A. mind   B. attention   C. thought   D. observation

(   ) 6. A. engaged   B. met   C. married   D. dated

(   ) 7. A. month   B. week   C. day   D. year

(   ) 8. A. past   B. moved   C. passed   D. flew

(   ) 9. A. time   B. often   C. many   D. usual

(   ) 10. A. for   B. as   C. because   D. since

(   ) 11. A. wiped   B. cleaned   C. cleared   D. rubbed

(   ) 12. A. placed   B. setting   C. put   D. laid

(   ) 13. A. lighted   B. put   C. cast   D. formed

(   ) 14. A. off   B. down   C. away   D. out

(   ) 15. A. held   B. took   C. clutched   D. lifted

(   ) 16. A. stretched   B. pushed   C. dragged   D. pulled

(   ) 17. A. portion   B. share   C. percentage   D. item

(   ) 18. A. left   B. remained   C. stayed   D. lasted

(   ) 19. A. forbad   B. enabled   C. succeeded   D. failed

(   ) 20. A. were   B. written   C. read   D. said

On his first visit to China,Barack Obama has won hearts and minds with a simple ges?ture―by carrying his own umbrella.

He 1       it clasped (扣紧,紧握) firmly in his left hand,a large black umbrella protecting him from a downpour 2        he stepped off Air Force One on arrival in Shanghai on Sunday evening. In a country where officials often have flunkeys ((穿制服的) 仆役,谄媚者) to hold their umbrellas,the image of a U. S. president keeping his own head 3        was poignant (醒目有力的) .Xinhua and other prominent Chinese media all 4        the moment.

"I felt 5        to this―Obama holding the umbrella 6        his own”,said a commentator in Wuhanbased Changjiang Daily." There was nobody crowding 7       . The Chinese public puts up with a culture in which government officials have their umbrellas 8        for them. Officials enjoying themselves under an umbrella,don't even 9        they are doing anything wrong."

The "umbrella performance" of Chinese officials has long attracted 10        from the Chi?nese public,and invited unfavorable 11        with official custom in the 12        In one set of photos widely circulated (传播) on the Internet,a Chinese girl student is shown 13        an um?brella for an official as he 14       a speech on Children's Day. Others show the U. K. Queen holding an umbrella aloft (在高处) ;former U. S. President George W. Bush and formerRussiaPresident Putin 15        their First Ladies;and Bush struggling with his umbrella on a 16       day. " Being a government official in our country is truly 17        and glorious," says an online commenter.

To his credit,Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao bucks the umbrella 18        in China. Wen,who cultivates (培养,陶冶) a man-of-the-people 19      ,often carries his own umbrella when he shows up to 20        victims of natural'disasters.

(   ) 1. A. took   B. had   C. grasped   D. seized

(   ) 2. A. before   B. as   C. until   D. since

(   ) 3. A. dry   B. wet   C. smart   D. sweet

(   ) 4. A. caught   B. had   C. took   D. captured

(   ) 5. A. unusual   B. unfamiliar   C. unaccustomed   D. strange

(   ) 6. A. of   B. on   C. by   D. in

(   ) 7. A. next   B. besides   C. throughout   D. round

(   ) 8. A. grasped   B. kept   C. held   D. clasped

(   ) 9. A. think   B. consider   C. believe   D. regard

(   ) 10. A. criticism   B. attack   C. disapproval   D. condemnation

(   ) 11. A. similarity   B. resemblance   C. comparison   D. judgment

(   ) 12. A. East   B. USA   C. UN   D. West

(   ) 13. A. catching   B. holding   C. seizing   D. possessing

(   ) 14. A. delivers   B. conveys   C. talks   D. speaks

(   ) 15. A. defending   B. protecting   C. shielding   D. guarding

(   ) 16. A. windy   B. cloudy   C. sunny   D. snowy

(   ) 17. A. fearful   B. frightful   C. amazing   D. awesome

(   ) 18. A. fashion   B. current   C. style   D. trend

(   ) 19. A. appearance   B. vision   C. image   D. picture

(   ) 20. A. encourage   B. comfort   C. reassure   D. sympathize

Creativity is the key to a brighter future,say education and business experts. Here is 1        schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children.

If Dick Drew had 2        to his boss in 1925,we might not have a product that we now think of as of great importance:a new type of 3.        Drew worked for the Minnesota Mining Company.

4       he developed a kind of material strong enough to hold things together. 5       his boss told him not to think more about the 6        Finally,using his own time,Drew improved the tape,7       now is used everywhere by many people. And his former company 8        from its mistake. Now it encouraged people to 9       15 percent of their work time just thinking and developing new ideas.

Creativity is not 10        one is just born with,nor is it necessarily a character of high 11       .

Just because a person is highly intelligent does not 12        that he uses it creatively. Crea?tivity is the matter of using the resources one has to produce new ideas that are good for some?thing. 13      ,many schools have not tried to encourage creativity. With strong attention to test results and the development of reading,writing and mathematical skills,many educators 14        creativity for correct answers. The result is that children can 15        information but can't recog?nize ways to use it in new situations. They may know the rules correctly,but they are unable to use them to 16        practical problems.

It is important to give children choices. From the earliest age,children should be allowed to 17        and understand their results. Even if it's choosing between two food items for lunch,decisionmaking helps 18        skills. As children grow older,parents should let their children 19        how to use their time or spend their money,but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may 20       ,but that is all right. This is because the most important character of creative people is a very strong desire to find a way out of trouble.

(   ) 1. A. way   B. how   C. what   D. where

(   ) 2. A. obeyed   B. agreed   C. listened   D. followed

(   ) 3. A. tape   B. product   C. tool   D. material

(   ) 4. A. On business   B. At work   C. At table   D. At home

(   ) 5. A. Though   B. However   C. As   D. But

(   ) 6. A. idea   B. product   C. tape   D. job

(   ) 7. A. this   B. that   C. what   D. which

(   ) 8. A. discovered   B. absorbed   C. learned   D. understood

(   ) 9. A. spend   B. waste   C. cost   D. save

(   ) 10. A. anything   B. something   C. everything   D. nothing

(   ) 11. A. ability   B. activity   C. intelligence   D. quality

(   ) 12. A. show   B. say   C. refer   D. mean

(   ) 13. A. Unfortunately   B. Surprisingly   C. Strangely   D. Fortunately

(   ) 14. A. give in   B. give up   C. give out   D. give off

(   ) 15. A. give back   B. find out   C. ask for   D. bring up

(   ) 16. A. work at   B. work out   C. work for   D. work on

(   ) 17. A. make time   B. make progress   C. make their way   D. make decisions

(   ) 18. A. judging   B. choosing   C. thinking   D. deciding

(   ) 19. A. conclude   B. judge   C. decide   D. determine

(   ) 20. A. have a good time   B. make mistakes

   C. have a hard time   D. have a breakdown

  A group of students in Japan have created a realistic robot baby to encourage young people to start planning a family so as to increase the country's birth rate. The automated (自动化的) doll developed at the University of Tsukuba,called Yotara,laughs and "wakes up" when a rat?tle is shaken.

  He can become angry and sleep like a real baby and he smiles when his stomach is pressed. The robot can also sneeze and have a running nose,thanks to a heated water pump system. The students of the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences at the University created the robot last year with touch sensors. A projector sends the facial features onto a warm silicon bal?loon which makes up Yotara's face. The robot's facial expressions and body movements change according to pressure applied to different parts of its body.

  The information collected through touch sensors under the silicon skin is processed by a special programme. It then changes the baby's expression projected onto the balloonface from behind. There is a hat on the robot's head and a colourful blanket on his limbs which simulate moving from side to side with the help of a motor. " We wanted to create a new type of robot that is soft,pretty and attractive," said project leader Hiroki Kunimura.

  "We'd like people to experience the innocent,joyful expressions of typical small babies. Through this experience,it would be great if some people started feeling that they wanted to have their own baby,if they started feeling that working is not everything."

  Japan's birth rate is among the lowest in the developed world at 1. 37% , compared to 2. 12% in the United Stated and 1. 84% in Britain. According to a ministry of labor and welfare report,Japan is facing a serious economic problem with over a quarter of its citizens expected to be aged over 65 by 2015. The population is expected to shrink by a third within 50 years if the birth rate does not increase.

(   ) 1. What is the student's purpose of creating such a robot baby?

   A. To help the old people who live alone.

   B. To give small children some pleasure.

   C. To comfort lonely young people.

   D. To increase the population of Japan.

(   ) 2. From this passage we learn that Yotara         .

   A. can react to what you say to him

   B. is controlled by pressure applied to him

   C. shows no human emotions

   D. can cough and have a runny nose

(   ) 3. What's the new type of robot like in Hiroki Kunimura's mind?

   A. It can do everything for humans.

   B. It is clever,humorous and loyal.

   C. It is gentle,lovely,and smart.

   D. It makes humans happy.

(   ) 4. What can we infer from this passage?

   A. Many young people in Japan don't want to get married.

   B. There may be a lack of workers in Japan in the future.

   C. The lifespan of Japanese people will decrease in the future.

   D. The birth rate of Japan will start to increase slowly soon.

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