Do you think shopping online will________take the place of shopping in stores?

  A. especially        B. frequently     C. merely       D. finally

 After the earthquake, many people had to be_____in a stadium because most of their houses were

   badly damaged    A. put away     B. put out     C. put up      D. put off

 It is said that sandstorms will become more ________ as a result of global warming.

  A. frequent      B. normal     C. formal      D. rare

 Many newspapers claim to be politically neutral, but few________ are.

A. seriously     B. actually     C. immediately    D. anxiously

Once we discover a mistake, we should not ______ it but correct it immediately, to create better conditions for economic development.

A. ignore B. refuse C. deny D. miss

 If you take my ________, you'll make a lot of money in the trade.

A. command  B. principle  C. attitude  D. tip

 In ________ old society many young women died by so strange and cruel ________ custom.

  A. 不填；a  B. 不填；the  C. the；a          D. an；a

    Ancient Rome was one of the world’s most powerful empires more than 2,000 years ago. The Romans’ ideas about roads, laws, government and buildings still influence us today.
    Italy is shaped like a boot.
    The Colosseum in Rome was built during the time of the Roman Empire, in the first century A.D.__71___It is a popular tourist attraction today.
Italy is well-known for its designers, who create cars, handbags, clothes, shoes and other items that are in demand for their style and fine workmanship.
    Today, the economy of Italy is stronger than in the past.    72    Today, manufacturing and tourism are the main sources of income. There are some big companies, but Italy has many smaller companies, too.
       73   The southern part does not offer as many manufacturing jobs, so it is not as prosperous.
    Italy is a member of the European Union, a group of countries that join together for better trade. The currency, or money, they use is called the “euro”.
    Food and eating good meals are important to Italians. ___74____
    Popular foods include pasta, risotto, minestrone and pizza．McDonald’s is also popular there. Many families still eat their main meal in the middle of the day.    75    Families spend a lot of time together.

    A. The family is very important to the Italian way of life.
    B. The country used to depend on agriculture.
    C. Mountains cover about three-fourths of the country.
    D. It could seat about 50,000 people, who went to see fights between animals and people.
    E. While there are some supermarkets, many people shop at small, neighborhood markets.
    F. Italy has several islands off the coast.
    G. The northern part of the country is the main manufacturing center. 

    In the age of reality television, success isn’t the only way to the public eye. Failure can also create fame, just like William Hung, 21, a native of Hong Kong.

    Hung recently has made an agreement with US-based entertainment firms Koch Records and Fuse Music Network. They will publish a full-length record, titled “The True Idol” on April 6.

    The idol is a civil engineering student at the University of California at Berkeley. He did a version of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” on the television show “American Idol 3”, on January 27. The Fox TV singing contest searches for pop stars among ordinary people. In the case of Hung, however, his act was so bad that the judges cut him off in mid-act.

    Hung’s response? “I already gave my best, so I have no regrets at all.” That’s good, because any common person would have found plenty to regret: The off-key singing. The blue Hawaiian shirt worn with pants pulled up too high. The terrible dancing. The hips jerking (摇摆) to a beat that did not belong to the song, maybe not even to this planet. It was, by all accounts, bad.

    But, it was this very bad act that sold well.

Marc Juries, president of Fuse, explained it this way: “Every one of us is happily guilty of singing our favorite song at the top of our lungs with complete freedom, completely off-key and completely unworried. That’s what William did and immediately won the hearts of America.”

    Whatever it is, for the moment it’s big. Three websites devoted to Hung have gone up on the Internet in the past few weeks. Versions of his performance have been remixed with hip hop and techno-music and have made it to the top 10 request list at a Chicago radio station.

So, what does Hung think of this?

    “There were all these people saying things about me. A lot were saying I was very courageous and that I was great on the show, but some didn’t have much respect for me and some were kind of mean.”

    Now he says he’s not so sure whether to distance himself from the glamour (魅力) or to accept it. Returning to normal hasn’t been easy.

68. What is the main idea of this passage?

   A. Sometimes an idol behaves quite foolishly.  

   B. Hung’s performance attracted the public eye.

   C. How an unsuccessful person became famous.

   D. Success sometimes does not require hard work.

69. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 7 refer to?

   A. William Hung.   B. Hung’s bad act.  C. Hung’s website.  D. The public’s opinion.

70. Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened to Hung?

     a. The entertainment firms made an agreement with Hung.

     b. The judges cut Hung off in mid-act in the singing contest.

     c. Hung became popular among Americans.

     d. Hung gave a terrible performance though he tried his best.

     e. Three websites put Hung’s funny performance on the Internet.

   A. d, b, e, c, a      B. a, c, d, b, e      C.a, d, b, c, e        D.d, b, a, e, c