After decades of effort, the city is still trying to _____ how to smoking in public places.

A. try out                            B. let out            C. figure out          D. run out

 Lawmakers have approved the measures_____ protecting the personal information of Web users.

A. to aim to                  B. aiming to          C. aimed at                  D. are aimed at

 After the war, a new school building was put up ______there had once been a theatre.

A. when                         B. in which                 C. the place where         D. where

 Michelle Obama said, “For Barack, success isn't about how much money you make; it's about the______ you make in people's lives.”

A. sense                       B. judgment              C. way              D. difference

 Look at the trouble I am in! _______I had followed your advice.

A. Only if                     B. If only                   C. Even if            D. So long as

When it comes to giving his kids the education they deserve, the 51-year-old father knows he never _______ college without financial aid.

A. could have attended　 B. could attend　 C. had attended　 D. should have attended

假设你正在参加一场英语演讲比赛，你抽到的演讲题目是“Time is a bird forever on the wing”,请你就该话题展开演讲。你的演讲必须包含以下三方面的内容：

1、  你对此话的理解；

2、  用自己的一个事例支持你的理解；

3、  总结发言。

注意：1、词数：120—150；

      2、开头已给出，不计入总词数；

      3、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答案卡相应的位置上（请注意每个小题后面的词数要求）。

［1］How is it that siblings(兄弟姐妹)can turn out so differently? Each sibling grows up in a different family. The first-born is, for a while, an only child, and therefore has a completely different experience of the parents than those born later. The next child is, for a while, the youngest, until the situation is changed by a new arrival. The mother and father themselves are changing and growing up too. One sibling might live in a stable and close family in the first few years; another might be raised in a family crisis, with a disappointed mother or an angry father.

[2]Sibling competition was identified as an important shaping force as early as in 1918.But more recently, researchers have found many ways in which brothers and sisters are a lasting force in each others’ lives. Dr.Annette Henderson says first-born children pick up vocabulary more quickly than their siblings. The reason for this might be that the later children aren’t getting the same one-on-one time with parents. But that doesn’t mean that the younger children have problems with language development. Later-borns don’t enjoy that much talking time with parents, but instead they harvest lessons from bigger brothers and sisters, learning entire phrases and getting an understanding of social concepts such as the difference between “I”and “me”.

[3]A Cambridge University study of 140 children found that siblings created a rich world of play that helped them grow socially. Love-hate relationships were common among the children. Even those siblings who fought the most had just as much positive communication as the other sibling pairs.

[4]One way children seek more attention from parents is by making themselves different from their siblings, particularly if they are close in age. Researchers have found that the first two children in a family are typically more different from each other than the second and third. Girls with brothers show their differences to a maximum degree by being more feminine than girls with sisters. A 2003 research paper studied adolescents from 185 families over two years, finding that those who changed to make themselves different from their siblings were successful in increasing the amount of warmth they gained from their parents.

76. How does the writer introduce the topic of the text?(no more than 8 words)

77. Why do later-borns in a family most likely have no language problems?(no more than 8 words)

78. Complete the following statement with words from paragraph 1.(no more than 4 words)

   Siblings grow up different because they are brought up           .

79. How do girls with brothers make themselves different?(no more than 5 words)

80. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?(no more than words)

Every year holidays Broughton teams up with Sopraviva Trekking to offer twelve days of unforgettable adventure in a tropical rain forest.Depending on where this year’s rain forest adventure is located,you may be going to Borneo, Malaysia,Indonesia,or even to the greatest rain forest of them all,the mighty Amazonian forest.

You will fly with your fellow adventurers to one of our special base camps at the edge of the forest,where you will be given five days of survival training,and talks on the local wildlife by trained and experienced experts.You will also go on walks which take you deeper and deeper under the forest canopy until on your final night you camp out in the rain forest itself.

Then you transfer by bus into the forest itself.If you go on one of the Asian holidays,you will have to walk the final miles to the camp site itself,to avoid disturbing the local ecology.All of the Sopraviva sites have been carefully built to conform with the latest regulations,and to cause the minimal amount of disturbance to the local wildlife.

From the camp,you will go on daily walking tours to experience for yourself the beauty and diversity of the forests,and plants and vegetation that can be found nowhere else on the planet.Remember that these adventure holidays take you deep into the wilderness,and they are not suitable for families with young children or for anyone who is not physically able to meet the demands of this kind of adventure.Also remember that in order to preserve the delicate ecological system that you will be walking through ,no more than two dozen guests can stay at any camp at one time,so if you want to go on one of these very special holidays,you will need to book early!

71.If you want to go on the camp,you will first have to           .

A.attend talks on the local wildlife      B.have suvival training

C.walk the final five miles               D.book beforehand

72.What does the organizer of the camp mainly stress?

A.Disturbing the local ecology.             B.Preserving the forest environment.

C.Private possessions and possible dangers.  D.The survival training

73.Go on daily walking tours and you’ll enjoy          .

A.the wilderness   B.the Amazonian forest    C.the Asian forest      D.the forest canopy

74.Which of the following people is/are allowed to enter the forest?

A.A family with young kids.    B.A person with physical problems.

C.Walking tourists             D.Cyclists.

75.Which of the following is true of the holiday camp?

A.It is free of charge            B.It lasts 12 days.

C.It is organized by Broughton.   D.It attaches little importance to ecology.

Cameron thought of himself as merely organized. He certainly did not consider that he took great pains over anything, he did just enough to get it right. Exactly right, of course ,for as he was fond of telling his staff,“if it’s not exactly right, it’s wrong”. Occasionally a worker might be sad on hearing these words,because it meant another hour or so of going over the same bit of work, correcting the mistakes the mistakes which Cameron had patiently pointed out. And doing the corrections exactly right of course.

Strangely enough,his department had the reputation for performing the highest quality work in the company,and it was seen,and not only by those who worked in the department,as a sort of elite(出类拔萃)unit.Those programmes that had to work first time,st raight out of the box,Cameron’s men got those.“It’s mission(任务)critical—give it to Cameron”was almost a catch—phrase with his team.

It helped that Cameron was not merely particular about things.He wanted things done just so,not because of a personal taste,but because he had discovered through patient experimentation that this was the best way for it to be done.

In Cameron’s dictionary, “Take as long as you want”meant that you could work on your task not just in office hours,but that evening,and late into the early hours of the following morning if you so desired.But the project had to be in by its completion date,and yes,done exactly right.Or you did it again.

But he would always be regarded,and not least by himself,as someone who had failed to meet requirements,one of those who just couldn’t cut it.You had to face it,if you were not working for Cameron,you were second best.So when word got out that Cameron had messed up big time,the news was greeted with a mixture of sympathy,and entire relief that this perfection too was human.

65.Cameron was a            .

A.software programmer    B.a chief scientist   C.quality controller    D.head of department

66.“Mission-critical”work given to Cameron because        .

A.Cameron’s work was error—free     B.Cameron was critical

C.he didn’t mind working late        D.he had a good team

67.Working for Cameron,people felt that           .

A.they were part of an elite              B.their mission was critical

C.Cameron was very particular about things  D.Cameron was patient and responsible

68.According to the underlined part in paragraph 5,what is meant by someone“who couldn’t cut it”?

A.He didn’t cut corners.            B.He wasn’t good enough.

C.He had the wrong measurements.   D.He was a perfection.

69.What can we learn about Cameron?

A.He never got things Wrong.                  B.He didn’t allow for any mistake.

C.He encouraged work to be done in office hours.  D.He was often misunderstood.

70.The attitude of the author towards Cameron is that of being        .

A.positive        B.sympathetic      C.non-subjective    D.optimistic