9．The railway station was overflowing with people back home for the Spring Festival．( )A．to ——青夏教育精英家教网—

2．-Juliet，have you heard about the disaster in Chenpeng Village Elementary School？
-Yes，horrible!If there _______ safety guards then，the disaster _______．（　　）

	A．	had been，wouldn't have happened
	B．	had been，wouldn't happen
	C．	were，wouldn't have happened
	D．	were，wouldn't happen

1．The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard （1850-1928）．After immigrating form England to the USA，and an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer，he moved to Chicago，where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous fire of 1871．In those days，it was nicknamed"the Garden City"，almost certainly the source of Howard's name for his later building plan of towns．Returning to London，Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s，drawing on ideas that were popular at the time，but creating a unique combination of designs．
The nineteenth-century poor city was in many ways a terrible place，dirty and crowded； but it offered economic and social opportunities．At the same time，the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive：though it promised fresh air and nature，it suffered from agricultural depression（萧条） and it offered neither enough work and wages，nor much social life．Howard's idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement，the garden city．Howard's idea was that a group of people should set up a company，borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside； far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price．
Garden cities would provide a central public open space，radial avenues and connecting industries．They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt，also owned by the company，containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions．As more and more people moved in，the garden city would reach its planned limit-Howard suggested 32，000people； then，another would be started a short distance away．Thus，over time，there would develop a vast planned house collection，extending almost without limit； within it，each garden city would offer a wide rang of jobs and services，but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system，thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city．

66．How did Howard get the name for his building plan of garden cities？D．
A．Through his observation of the country life．
B．Through the combination of different ideas．
C．By taking other people's advice．
D．By using the nickname of the reconstructed Chicago．
67．The underlined phrase"drawing on"in Paragraph 1probably meansA．
A．making use of
B．making comments on
C．giving an explanation of
D．giving a description of
68．According to Howard，garden cities should be builtB．
A．as far as possible from existing cities
B．in the countryside where the land was cheap
C．in the countryside where agriculture was developed
D．near cities where employment opportunities already existed
69．What can we learn about garden cities from the last paragraph？A．
A．Their number would continue to rise
B．Each one would continue to become larger
C．People would live and work in the same place
D．Each one would contain a certain type of business
70．What could be the best title for the passage？B
A．City and Countryside
B．The Invention of the Garden City
C．A New City in Chicago
D．A Famous Garden City in England．

8．"Did you hear what happened to Adam Last Friday？"Lindsey whipers to Tori．
    With her eyes shining，Tori brags，"You bet I did，Sean told me two days ago．"
    Who are Lindsey and Tori talking about？It just happens to be yours truly，Adam Freedmam，I can tell you that what  they are saying is （a） not nice and （b） not even true．Still，Lindsey and Tori aren't very different from most students here at Linton Higt School，including me．Many of our conversations are gossip（闲话）．I have noticed three effects of gossip：it can hurt people，it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction，and it can cause social pressures in a group．
    An important negative effect of gossip is that it can hurt the person being talked about．Usually，gossip spreads information about a topic-breakups，trouble at home，even dropping out-that a person would rather keep secret．The more embarrassing or shameful the secret is，the juicier the gossip it makes．Probably the worst type of gossip is the absolute lie．People often think of gossipers as harmless，but cruel lies can cause pain．
If we know that gossip can be harmful，then why do so many of us do it？Tht answer lies in another effect of gossip：the satisfaction it gives us．Sharing the latest rumor（传言）can make a person feel important because he or she knows something that others don't．Similarly，hearing the latest rumor can make a person feel like part of the"in group．"In other words，gossip is satisfying because it gives people a sense of belonging or even superiority（优越感）．
    Gossip also can have a third effect：it strengthens unwritten，unspoken rules about how people should act．Professor David Wilson explains that gossip is important in policing behaviors in a group．Translated into high school terms，this means that if everybody you hang around with is laughing at what John wore or what Jane said，then you can bet that wearing or saying something similar will get you the same kind of negative attention．The do's and don'ts conveyed through gossip will never show up in any student handbook．
    The effects of gossip vary depending on the situation．The next time you feel the urge to spread the latest news，thing about why you want to gossip and what effects your"juicy story"might have．

41．The author uses a conversation at the beginning of the passahe toA．
A．introduce a topic
B．present an argument
C．describe the characters
D．clarify his writing purpose
42．An important negative effects of gossip is that itD．
A．breaks up relationships
B．embarrasses the listener
C．spreads information around
D．causes unpleasant experiences
43．In the auther's opinion，many people like to gossip because itA．
A．gives them a feeling of pleasure
B．helps them to make more friends
C．makes them better at telling stories
D．enables them to meet important people
44．Professor David Wilson thinks that gossip canB．
A．provide students with written rules
B．help people watch their own behaviors
C．force school to impove student handbooks
D．attract the police's attention to group behaviors
45．What advice does the author give in the passage？D
A．Never become a gossiper
B．Stay away from gossipers
C．Don't let gossip turn into lies
D．Think twice before you gossip．

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