Read the passage carefully and then answer the questions or complete the statements in no more than ten words.

A rain forest is an area covered by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year and the temperature rarely dripping below 16. Rain forests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate. Without the forest cover, these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere (大气), warming the rest of the world. Losing the rain forests may also influence wind and rainfall patterns, potentially causing certain natural disasters all over the world.

In the past hundred years, humans have begun destroying rain forests in search of three major resources: land for crops, wood for paper and other products, land for raising farm animals. This action affects the environment as a whole. For example, a lot of carbon dioxide (二氧化碳)in the air comes from burning the rain forests. People obviously have a need for the resources we gain from cutting down trees but we will suffer much more than we will benefit.

There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, when people cut down trees, generally they can only use the land for a year or two. Secondly, cutting large sections of rain forests may provide a good supply of wood right now, but in the long run it actually reduces the world's wood supply.

Rain forests are often called the world's drug store. More than 25 percent of the medicines we use today come from plants in rain forests. However, fewer than 1 percent of rain forest plants have been examined for their medical value. It is extremely likely that our best chance to cure diseases lies somewhere in the world's shrinking rain forests.

73.Why can rain forests help to adjust the climate?

74.What may be directly influenced according to the first paragraph if we lose the rain forests?

75.The underlined word "this" in the third paragraph refers to ________________________________________________.

76.Rain forests are often called the world's drug store because ___________________________________________ are from plants in rain forests.

   When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”, shown in late April.
   Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.
   Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets.“What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society,”she wrote in her book Breaking Night.
   She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”. She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University. But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. “I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time.”
  Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”.
69. In which order did the following things happen to Liz?
  a. Her mother died of AIDS.
  b. She worked at a petrol station.
  c. She got admitted into Harvard.
  d. The movie about her life was put on.
  e. She had trouble finding a place to sleep.
  A.b, a, e, c, d    B.a, b, c, e, d   C. e, d, b, a, c   D.b, e, a, d, c
70. The main idea of the passage is ________.

A.how Liz managed to enter Harvard University

B.the hard time Liz had in her childhood
   C.why Liz loved her parents so much
   D.how Liz struggled to change her life

71. What decision did Liz make that changed her life?

  A. To write Breaking Night       B. To go to the best university.

 C. To live through the difficult time.  D. To live a different life from her parents’.
72. When she wrote “What drove me to live on...I had only experienced a small part   

of the society”, she meant that ________.
  A.she had little experience of social life
  B.she could hardly understand the society
  C.she would do something for her own life
  D.she needed to travel more around the world

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A2104—CANVAS BAG

You're going to say,“No paper or plastic!”You have this excellent heavy canvas shopping bag.

item

code

price

Natural shampoo

T6762

$3.00

garden spray

D4545

$2.50

canvas bag

A2104

$4.00

hand soap

A2477

$1.00

home cleaner

B2377

$2.25

Postage:$3.50

65. Dr Clean is _________.

A.an expert in cleaning everything                        B.a newly-invented machine        

C.a can of cleaning powder                                  D.a magic cloth for cleaning

66. According to the ad,where can you mail your letter if you want something to kill the ants?

A.D4545 Garden Spray.                                          B.Sunshine Company.

C.A2104 Canvas Bag.                                            D.The Dr Clean's.

67.You're going to love the natural soap,because _________.

A.it is cheap                                                           B.it smells sweet

C.there are no chemicals                                        D.it is powerful

68. According to the ad, how much do you have to pay for 3 shampoos and 2 canvas bags totally?

A.$12.25.            B.$20.50.                   C.$13.50.                   D.$17.

Every kid wishes to be an adult. But now as grown-ups, some adults find they cannot leave childhood behind. They become "kidults" (kid+adult). Being a kidult has become a lifestyle-choice among young people across Asia.
   Some kidults collect toys they once played with.  Hello Kitty, Garfield, and Snoopy have many adult fans around the world. It is not unusual to see a 20-something woman with a big, Garfield-shaped cushion on her sofa or a Hello Kitty mobile phone accessory.
   Other kidults still enjoy children's stories and fairy tales. For example, Bloomsbury even published the Harry Potter novels with an adult cover. That way, no one else on the subway will know that an adult is actually reading a children's book!
    "Kidults can be like vitamins to society. Adults who value their childhood and hold on to pure, child-like emotion may be needed in such a rough and dry society," said Lee Sojung, professor of Foreign Studies at Hankuk University. He added that kidult culture may fill the generation gap between adults and kids. It could give children and their parents books, movies, and cartoon shows to enjoy together. He may be right.
     Tim Greenhalgh, a professor, explained that some kidults just refuse to grow up. They cling to(舍不得放弃) childhood because life in a busy and stressful city frightens them. Kidults would like to forget their age and openly show their fear of society and adulthood.

     “ So, they can escape from increasingly complex and stressful lives that are hard to deal with.” Greenhalgh said.

61.We can know from the passage that kidults are __________.

A. children who can’t wait to grow up.

B. Grown-ups who hold on to child---- like emotion

C. people who enjoy playing sports.

D. young people who pretended to be grown-ups when young.

62. According to the passage, kidults would like to do the following except ________.

A. buy Hello Kitty mobile phone accessories.

B. read a children’s book on the subway.

C. work in a busy and stressful city.

D. Collect toys they once played with.

63. In the opinion of the professor in a Korean University, kidults are __________.

A. immature and weak.

B. necessary to our society.

C. bad to the development of society.

D. getting more and more.

64. The main cause of the kidult culture is that __________.

A. some companies are taking advantage of it.

B. modern life is stressful and hard.

C. some people like to stay young and energetic.

D. some people wish to fill the generation gap.

A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the belief that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is stupid because he doesn’t understand how to make the   46  of his mental abilities. Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning things new because of their   47  .

    A person who knows that he is capable will not make a real   48  because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with the confidence necessary for success, and he won’t work his hardest way,   49  he may think he is doing so. He is   50  likely to fail, and the failure will   51  his belief in his inability.

    Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had an experience like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor   52  in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not   53  too much of him. In his way, they two developed the idea. He accepted   54  mistaken thinking of his ability, feeling that it was useless   55  and was very poor at maths, just as they expected.

    One day he worked at a problem which none of the other students had been able to solve. Alder   56  in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now worked with interest,  57  and purpose, and he soon became especially good at maths. He not only   58  that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learnt   59  in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may   60  himself as well as others by his ability.

46.  A. use B. most C. biggest D. greatest

47. A. ability            B. attitude           C. age             D. brain

48.  A. decision          B. success          C. difference         D. effort

49.  A. as though         B. even though       C. as              D. despite

50.  A. very             B. easily            C. especially         D. therefore

51.  A. lead to        B. strengthen       C. increase          D. add to

52.  A. talent            B. mind            C. start             D. belief

53.  A. blame          B. expect        C. push            D. remind

54.  A. his              B. her              C. their             D. its

55.  A. complaining       B. remarking       C. trying          D. learning

56.  A. managed         B. succeeded     C. achieving         D. involving

57.  A. determination      B. excitement     C. concentration      D. reflection

58.  A. guaranteed     B. appeared          C. experienced       D. proved

59.  A. early            B. deeply        C. late             D. simply

60.  A. encourage       B. ensure        C. amaze        D. profit

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