I think whoever makes      contributions to the company than the others should get      income.

A. greater; a highest   

B. more greater; a higher

C. greater; the highest  

D. more greater; the higher

答案: C

After the new technique was introduced the factory produced      cars in 1994 as the year before.

A. as twice many     B. as many twice

C. twice as many     D. twice as

答案:C

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
The English are often considered as unfriendly people who don't talk to strangers, but not London taxi drivers. I once asked a cabbie to describe his life to me and he didn't stop talking until I arrived home half an hour later. He told me many interesting stories and this is one of them: “Some very strange things happen late at night. The other day I was taking a woman home from a party. She had a little dog with her. When we got to her house she found that she'd lost her key. So, I waited in the cab with the dog while she climbed up the window.” “I waited … and waited … After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on. I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb up the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought that I was trying to rob the house! Luckily, the woman came downstairs, she'd gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog. I was in such a hurry to get away that I forgot to ask her for the fare(车资，车费).”?
56.In the writer’s opinion, London taxi drivers are _____________.
A. unfriendly      B. talkative           C. helpful        D. strange enough
57. From the passage we guess that the writer ______.
A. is the driver of the taxi                                B. often travels by taxi
C. is a foreigner visiting London                        D. lives in London
58. What does the underlined word “cabbie” mean in this passage?
A. Conductor.        B. Stranger.           C. Taxi driver.               D. Porter.
59. The man was waiting outside the woman's house because ______.
A. he began to like the woman and her dog at the first sight
B. the woman had not paid him
C. he wanted to know what would happen when the police came
D. he was trying to go on talking with her

完形填空：阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。（共20小题，每小题1.5分）

   In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be　46　 .                    Today things are　 47　 , the world has become too　 48　 . We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are　 49　 our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth　 50　 survive.

　　Everyone　51　 today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing　 52 , more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, 　53　 will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we　 54　 to use bigger and more powerful machines to　 55　 more and more trees.

　　We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die.　 56　 , in most countries wastes are　 57　 put into rivers or into the sea, and there are　 58　 laws to stop this. We know, too, that if the　 59　 of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years there will not be enough 60　. What can we do to solve these problems ?

　  If  we eat more vegetables and less　 61　 , there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops　 62　 five times more people than land where animals are kept. Our natural resources will　 63　 longer if we learn to recycle them. The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth 64　 .

　　Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and clearer 65　 in the future.

A. beautiful         B. unlimited          C. rare                  D. valuable

A. common         B. the same            C. changeable     D. different

A. crowded         B. small                C. dirty                 D. busy

A. protecting       B. saving            C. polluting           D. fighting

A. may not          B. will not             C. shall not            D. could not

A. wonders         B. realizes             C. consider            D. discovers

A. poles              B. boats                 C. methods            D. ideas

A  mountains     B. the sea                  C. trees                 D. forests

A. continue         B. have                 C. ought                D. go on

A. grow            B. plant                 C. save                  D. cut down

A. Thus       B. However     

C. Generally speaking  D. Therefore

A. still                     B. even                 C. also                  D. certainly

A. too many      B. a few                C. some                 D. few

A. production    B. pollution           C. population      D. revolution

A. houses          B. vegetables      C. food                 D. lives

A. fruit             B. meat                 C. fish                   D. grain

A. feeds            B. increases           C. supplies             D. helps

A. use               B. stay                  C. keep                 D. last

A. control         B. born                 C. plan                  D. reward

A. nature           B. sea                 C. planet            D. forest

第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
Son’s Help
Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.
It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.
“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, daddy,” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”
1.Mr. Lang was paid much because _______.
A. he was a driver            B. he worked in a factory
C. he had a lot of work to do D. he had worked there for a long time
2.Mrs. Lang did all housework because _______.
A. she couldn’t find any work     
B. she thought her husband was tired
C. her husband spent all time in gambling
D. she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling
3._______, so he was put into lockup.
A. Mr. Lang often gambled   B. Mr. Lang was late for work
C. Mr. Lang didn’t help his wife at home     D. Mr. Lang wasn’t polite to the police
4.The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______.
A. he didn’t love her any longer   B. he wouldn’t stop gambling
C. he had been put into lockup      D. he was hardly sent away by the factory
5.Which of the following is right?
A. The boy expected his father to be put into lockup again.
B. The boy thought his father needed some policemen.
C. The boy expected his father to stop gambling soon.
D. The boy expected his mother to come back.