【题目】Time is pressing; it’s impossible for me to get there in an hour, ________ the possible delays.

A. accounting for B. answering for

C. allowing for D. heading for

【题目】At the time friends visit us in the evening, they often tell us they are in a hurry and look at their watches. It isn't that our friends are all very busy; it is just that we haven't got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?”，they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don't spend our evenings looking at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is quite useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I'm always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together.

Sometimes there are power（电源） cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us and we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost－no television!—So they don't know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full for they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games.

【1】 The couple have not got a television, because ________.

A. they are not rich enough

B. they are strange people

C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways

D. they don't know what to do when there are power cuts

【2】 Both of them are interested in __________.

A. earning languages

B. travelling

C. staying home alone

D. watching people play games

【3】 At night when there is no electricity, the couple ________.

A. have to look at the walls

B. can do nothing but sit in silence

C. will have many visitors

D. have to go out for candles

【4】 The writer tries to tell us that ________.

A. life is possible without a television

B. life is enjoyable with many friends

C. electricity is important

D. television is useful

【5】 The best title for this passage is ________.

A. Why Do We Need a Television?

B. Candle! But No Electricity!

C. Different Friends, Different Hobbies.

D. We Go Without Televisions ！

【题目】The child was __________（昏迷不醒的）at the side of the road, having been run down by a car.

【题目】我在学校学会的最重要的一点就是如何与别人交流。

The most important thing I learned in school was how to __________ __________ the others.

【题目】他忙着准备去旅行。

He is busy __________ __________ for his journey.

【题目】Pop stars today enjoy what once only belonged to the royalty(皇室）. Wherever they go, people turn out in their thousands to greet them. The crowds go wild trying to catch a brief glimpse of their smiling, colorfully dressed idols. The stars are transported in their chauffeur driven Rolls-Royces, private helicopters or executive aero planes. They are surrounded by a permanent entourage (随从）of managers, press agents and bodyguards. Photographs of them appear regularly in the press and all their comings and goings are reported, for, like royalty, pop stars are news. If they enjoy many of the privileges of royalty, they certainly share many of the inconveniences as well. It is dangerous for them to make unscheduled appearances in public. They must be constantly shielded from the adoring crowds who idolize them. They are no longer private individuals, but public property. The financial rewards they receive for this sacrifice cannot be calculated, for their rates of pay are great.

And why not? Society has always rewarded its top entertainers lavishly. The great days of Hollywood have become legendary ： famous stars enjoyed fame, wealth and adulation (奉承）on an all-time scale. By today's standards, the excesses of Hollywood do not seem quite so spectacular. A single gramophone record nowadays may earn much more in royalties than the films of the past ever did. The competition for the title "Top of the Pops” is fierce, but the rewards are truly huge.

It is only right that the stars should be paid in this way. Don't the top men in industry earn enormous salaries for the service they perform to their companies and their countries? Pop stars earn vast sums in foreign currency—often more than large industrial companies- and the taxman can only be grateful for their massive annual contributions to the exchequer (国库） So who would begrudge them their rewards?

It's all very well for people in boring jobs to complain about the successes and rewards of others. People who make envious remarks should remember that the most famous stars represent only the tip of the iceberg. For every famous star, there are hundreds of others struggling to earn a living. A man working in a steady job and looking forward to a pension at the end of it has no right to expect very high rewards. He has chosen security and peace of mind, so there will always be a limit to what he can earn. But a man who at-tempts to become a star is taking enormous risks. He knows at the outset that only a handful of competitors ever get to the very top. He knows that years of concentrated effort may be rewarded with complete failure. But he knows, too, that the rewards for success are very high indeed ： they are the payback for the huge risks involved and once he makes it, he will certainly earn them. That's the essence of private enterprise.

【1】 The author develops the passage mainly by __________.

A. comparing different ideas

B. giving explanations

C. inferring

D. listing typical examples

【2】 The underlined word “begrudge" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to __________.

A. be jealous of

B. be satisfied with

C. be anxious about

D, be crazy about

【3】 According to the passage, which of the following can match the view of the author?

A. He who laughs last laughs best.

B. If you venture nothing, you will gain nothing.

C. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

D. Success belongs to the persevering.

【4】 The author holds a(n)__________ attitude towards the high income of pop stars.

A. critical

B. approval

C. optimistic

D. indifferent

【5】 Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. People are blind in idolizing stars.

B. There is fierce competition in becoming pop stars.

C. The government taxes pop stars very little.

D. Pop stars'life is more luxurious than that of royalty.

【题目】Speech is the fastest method of __________（交流，沟通）between people.

【题目】There is one thing that everyone wants more than anything else. 【1】 They think that when they have enough money to buy some things as houses, farms, and cars, they will have the one thing that everyone wants.

Other people believe that if they know enough they will find this thing. 【2】 Still others think that if they have power, they will find this thing. Some people keep telling themselves ：“ When I am a boss, I will no longer have to search for this thing.”

What is it that everyone wants more than anything else? What is it that all of us keep working and striving for (奋斗)each day? 【3】

Happiness is a strange thing. 【4】 What will make one man happy may not make another man happy. Some men say that happiness comes from helping others, other men say that happiness comes from making life more pleasant for everyone. What do you mean when you say" That makes me happy."？

【5】 Perhaps you will learn something that will bring you peace of mind, comfort, money or it may be what you search for-happiness.

【选项】

【题目】 —I've decided to spend the summer holidays traveling in Australia. -Oh，__________！

A. if only I could go with you

B. how clever you are

C. what a pity

D. I'm glad to hear that

【题目】Peace is the greatest __________（武器）for development.