8.               ，he looked for them everywhere. (hold)

他手中握着钥匙，四处寻找他们。

7. It was cold and damp，the man pulled up his collar and put his hands to his              . (freeze)

天气阴冷潮湿，那个男人竖起了衣领，将双手捂住自己冻僵了的脸。

6. The soldier was absent from his camp for three days without            .(ask)

这个士兵没有请假就离开营地三天。

5. Popularly        American films ever made，The Godfather is a milestone of cinema. (regard)

《教父》被普遍认为是美国有史以来最好的影片之一，是电影界的一个里程碑。

4. With        ，some animals are facing the danger of dying out. (cut)

由于越来越多的森林被砍伐，一些动物正面临着灭绝的危险。

3. As time is pressing,I think        is the best way to get from here to the conference centre. (take)

由于时间紧迫，我认为从这里去会议中心最好的办法是乘出租车。

2. When I work on the farmland in the daytime, I always        to a tree on the riverbank. (keep)

白天干农活的时候，我总是把羊拴在河边的树上。

1.        Not，I failed to go to a drama school，where my interest lay. (persuade)

由于没有说服我父母，我没能上戏剧学校，而那才是我的兴趣所在。

Life has changed in Mexico City. Streets normally filled with people are empty. One of the most popular professional soccer teams recently played a game in an empty stadium that can seat more than 100,000 people. It's swine(猪)flu that has made life in Mexico City grind to a halt. Seemingly out of nowhere, swine flu has caused confirmed deaths in 12 countries as of April 30. It has sent a wave of alarm around the world. Governments are trying to find ways to prevent further outbreaks. The World Health Organization has raised its swine flu global threat level to five out of six.

People may be familiar with bird flu,but they know little about swine flu. Swine flu is a contagious (传染性的)respiratory(呼吸的)disease in pigs. It is caused by a type-A influenza virus.

Humans can also catch swine flu. The virus causes regular outbreaks in pigs，but people usually do not catch it. However, there have been cases of the virus spreading to people, and then from one person to another.

The symptoms of swine flu are similar to the common flu. They include fever, lethargy (无精4丁采).lack of appetite, coughing,runny nose, sore throat, nausea (恶心).and vomiting ("区吐). The high proportion of young adults among the deaths is one of several mysteries about this virus. Most of the dead had lung damage. What caused it is not yet known.

The virus spreads the same way the common flu does. When an infected person coughs or sneezes around another person, the latter is put at risk. People can get the disease by touching something with the flu virus on it and then touching their mouth,nose or eyes.

There are medicines to treat swine flu. Doctors suggest using anti-viral drugs. They keep the virus from reproducing inside the body.

Although there are no vaccines for it now,several everyday steps can help prevent the spread of the virus: washing hands frequently;avoiding close contact with people who are sick;and avoiding touching surfaces that might have the virus on it.

People may worry that they will get swine flu from eating or preparing pork. In fact,you cannot catch the virus from pork products if they have been properly prepared and cooked. Cooking food at temperatures of 71 ^ kills the virus.

(   ) 8. What's the main idea of the first paragraph?

A.  Mexico City is really a place of horror now.

B.  People in Mexico City like staying at home.

C.  People in Mexico City don't like soccer.

D.  Swine flu has seriously affected people's life in Mexico City.

(   ) 9. The underlined phrase in the first paragraph probably means         .

A. come to a stop    B. stay lively C. become lifeless    D. fall to quietness

(   ) 10.The following tips can protect us from swine flu EXCEPT .

A.  keeping away from other people

B.  washing hands frequently

C.  avoiding close contact with sick people

D.  avoiding touching surfaces that might have the virus on them

(   ) 11. What can we infer from the passage?

A.  At present there still aren't effective vaccines for swine flu.

B.  Swine flu virus cannot spread in the air.

C.  From now on,people can't eat pork if they want to be safe.

D.  All of the dead killed by swine flu had lung damage.

(   ) 12.What is the main idea of the passage?

A.  How swine flu broke out in Mexico City.

B.  Some information concerning swine flu.

C.  The differences between swine flu and bird flu.

D.  The dangers caused by swine flu.

Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier,have better marriages and have more respectable occupations. Personal consultants give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants(被告).But in the executive circle, beauty can become a liability.

While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder,it is

harmful to a woman.

Handsome male executives were thought as having more integrity than plainer men;effort and ability were thought to account for their success.

Attractive female executives were considered to have less integrity than unattractive ones;their success was attributed not to ability but to factors such as luck.

All unattractive women executives were thought to have more integrity and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was attributed more to personal relationships and less to ability than that of attractive overnight successes.

Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is thought to be more feminine and an attractive man more masculine(有男子气;)既的)than the less attractive ones. Thus,an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs,but an attractive woman in a traditionally masculine position appears to lack the "masculine" qualities required.

This is true even in politics. "When the only clue is how he or she looks，people treat men and women differently," says Anne Bowman,who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women,in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again，in the order they would vote for them. The results showed that attractive males utterly defeated unattractive men， but the women who had been ranked most attractive invariably received the fewest votes.

(   ) 4. The underlined word "liability" (in Para.l ) most probably means "         .

A. misfortune B. instability    C. disadvantage D. dependence

(   ) 5. In traditionally female jobs,attractiveness         .

A.   reinforces(加强)the feminine qualities required

B.   makes women look more honest and capable

C.   is of primary importance to women

D.   often enables women to succeed quickly

(   ) 6. Bowman' s experiment reveals that when it comes to politics，attractiveness               .

A.  turns out to be an obstacle to men

B.  affects men and women alike

C.  has as little effect on men as on women

D.  is more of an obstacle than a benefit to women

(   ) 7. It can be inferred from the passage that people,s views on beauty are often