With the new year coming, a new website was set up to offer ringtones (铃声) of the sounds of dozens of rare and endangered species from around the globe.

The Center for Biological Diversity started offering free wildlife ringtones for cellphones a year ago to educate people about the plight of the animals, and the campaign enjoyed such success that the environmental group has collected more ringtones and added them to its website for this year.

The group plans to release a kind of new ringtones each month, including the sounds of the African elephant and the emperor penguin of the Antarctic, said Peter Galvin, the group’s conservation director.

“We’ve hit the 100,000th download in over 150 countries,” Galvin said Wednesday in a telephone interview. “It’s pretty interesting. We didn’t realize how much of an international hit it would become.”

The response, he said, reinforces (加强) the worldwide movement to save endangered and rare species.

Available ringtones include the howl of an endangered Mexican gray wolf, the bellows of an Arctic beluga whale and the calls of dozens of other mammals, birds and reptiles. Website visitors can also get cellphone wallpaper and facts for each of the species.

And later this year, the website will be available in Spanish and more ringtones from species in Latin America will be added, Galvin said.

44. The new ringtones mentioned in the passage are used to ______.

A. raise people’ s awareness of wildlife protection

B. develop a new website

C. add fun to the new year

D. develop the cellphone industry

45. The new ringtones collect the sound of ______.

A. lovely animals                       B. common animals

C. rare or endangered animals                   D. frightened animals

46. The underlined word “plight” in the second paragraph probably means “______”.

A. difficult situation            B. actual threat

C. rich knowledge           D. habit

47. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Ringtones are popular with cellphone users

B. New wildlife ringtones released in a website

C. New strange ringtones enjoy great success

D. A new way to protect wildlife

As we look back at 2007, there are some faces we cannot forget. Here we present three such people as we wave goodbye to 2007.

Wang Baoqiang

The lead actor of the 28-episode TV drama “Soldiers Sortie,” Wang Baoqiang is the TV star with the highest attention in newspapers and magazines. Acting Xu Sanduo, a simple-minded country boy who wins the respect and confidence of his comrades, Wang moved the audience with his tenacity (坚强), a rare quality in our times.

Yu Dan

Studying ancient texts suddenly became popular in modern-day China following the publication of “Yu Dan’s Reflections on The Analects,” by Yu Dan, a professor at Beijing Normal University, in December 2006. Since then, it has sold 6 million legal copies.

Yu is followed by reporters and surrounded at appearances around the nation — 60,000 people showed up for one Beijing book signing in March. In July, she was selected as one of China’s three most beautiful women.

Tang Wei

Chinese actress Tang Wei finally became famous at the age of 27, after playing in Ang Lee’s latest film “Lust, Caution.” For many Chinese actresses, being cast by Lee is a ticket to Hollywood. Zhang Ziyi is a good example, having starred in Ang’s “Crouching tiger, Hidden Dragon.” Tang Wei had waited a long time for her chance and, when it came, she caught it. 2007 was meaningful for her.

41. After Wang Baoqiang starred “Soldiers Sortie”, he ______.

A. became famous                                      B. liked newspapers

C. became tenacious                           D. was relaxed

42. Yu Dan became popular mainly because ______.

A. people show great interest in ancient texts

B. she is a professor at Beijing Normal University

C. her books have been sold 6 million copies

D. she was very beautiful in people’s eyes

43. We can learn from the last paragraph that ______.

A. Tang Wei’s fame is greater than Zhang Ziyi’s

B. the author thinks much of Ang Lee

C. Zhang Ziyi’s success lies in Ang Lee

D. Tang Wei has more luck than skill

　　　 Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the 　21 tuition (学费) for my brother and me. They don’t 　22 in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. My father has a bad temper; it’s easy for him to lose his temper.

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt (缝被子). I 23 sat down beside her and looked at her.

“Is there any love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very 　24 voice.

My mother stopped her work and raised her head with 　25 in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately. Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt. 　26 at last I heard my mother say the following words:

“Susan,” she said 27 . “Look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of time it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable (耐用的). If life is a quilt, then love should be a 　28 . It can 　29 be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is 　30 .”

I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next 　31 . At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. After they were 　32 , every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk 　33 on the country road. My father had never been so 　34 . Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun softly shone through the leaves. All of these 　35 the most beautiful picture in the world. The doctor had said my father would 　36 in two months. But after two months he still couldn’t walk alone. We were all worried.

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.

“Susan,” he said kindly. “To tell you the truth, I just like 　37 with your mom. I like this kind of life.” 　38 his eyes, I knew he loved my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this 　39 , I understand that love is just a 　40 in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm..

21．A. expensive　　　　 B. low　　　　　　　　　 C. cheap　　　　　　　 D. high

22．A. play　　　　　　　　 B. talk　　　　　　　　　 C. act　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. perform

23．A. silently　　　　　　 B. carefully　　 C. certainly　　　　　 D. happily

24．A. anxious　　　　　　 B. low　　　　　　　　　 C. eager　　　　　　　 D. curious

25．A. surprise　　　　　　 B. pride　　　　 C. disappointment　 D. satisfaction

26．A. So　　 　　　　　　 B. But　　　　　　　　　 C. And　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. For

27．A. sadly　　　　　　　　 B. excitedly　　 C. regretfully　　　　 D. thoughtfully

28．A. trouble　　　　　　 B. pleasure　　　　　　 C. thread　　　　　　　 D. cloth

29．A. hardly　　　　　　　 B. often　　　　 C. always　　　　　　　　　　 D. ever

30．A. valuable　　　　　　 B. inside　　　　 C. true　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. priceless

31．A. winter　　　　　　　 B. autumn　　　　　　 C. summer　　　　　 　 D. spring

32．A. free　　　　　　　　 B. back　　　　 C. fine　　　　　　　　　 　 D. ready

33．A. continuously　　 B. worriedly　 C. constantly 　 D. slowly

34．A. gentle　　　　　　　 B. perfect　　　　　　 C. pleased　　　　　　 　 D. thankful

35．A. put up　　　　　　　 B. took up　　　　　　 C. made up　　 　 D. set up

36．A. run　　　　　　　　　 B. recover　　　　　　 C. stand　　　　　　　 D. work

37．A. walking　　　　　　 B. living　　　　 C. sitting　　　　　　　 D. chatting

38．A. Examining 　　　 B. Seeing　　　 C. Noticing　　　　　 D. Reading

39．A. practice　　　　　　 B. observation C. experience　　　　 D. activity

40．A. thread　　　　　　　 B. treasure　　　　　　 C. jewel　　　　　　　　 D. light

She was so angry and spoke so fast that none of us understand_____ she said meant.

A.that    B.what    C.that that    D.what what

-----I’m sure John will win the first prize in the final.

-----I think so. He ____ for it for months.

A.is preparing　　　　 B.was preparing

C.had been preparing　 D. has been preparing

The little boy tried his best to amuse his mother, only____ that he was annoying.

A.told      B.telling     C.to be told      D.to tell

Yesterday he bought a painting ____ the Ming Dynasty.

A.dating back    B.dates from   C.dating back to   D.dated from

A project ___ great significance is to be discussed at the meeting tomorrow, ____ will help to improve their living conditions.

A.for;which   B.of;which   C.of;that   D.for;that

While ___ beef, people in the western countries will ___ with the knife and put it into mouth with the fork.

A.eating;cut it up   B.eaten;cut it down

C.eating;cut it in    D.eaten;cut it off

They were surprised that a child should work out the problem ____ they themselves couldn’t.

A.once　　 B.then　　 C.while　　 D.if