Mark had a(n) ________. He drove into a tree.

       A. disaster                    B. accident            C. legend        D. mission

It has been ten years since Diana，Princess of Wales，was killed in a car crash with Dodi Al Fayed in Paris，yet she remains an iconic(图标)figure in the UK，whose image continues to appear on magazine covers and newspaper headlines．

    Diana’s death triggered an outpouring of national grief and a decade of conspiracy(阴谋) theories, linking her death to the British security forces and even the royal family．

    And she remains a media phenomenon with thousands of articles and stories appearing about her in the British press each year．

    Interest in the princess is rising again as her sons，Princes William and Harry，prepare to mark the tenth anniversary of her death with a memorial service at Guard’s Chapel(小礼堂)in London’s Wellington Barracks on Friday．

    The princes are to give readings at the service， which will be attended by 500 guests，including more than 30 royals headed by the Queen，and celebrities such as Sir Elton John and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown．

    One person who won’t be attending is Camilla，Duchess of Cornwall，who Princess Diana famously described as “the third person”in her marriage to Prince Charles．Camilla，who married Prince Charles in 2005，said she feared her presence at the service“could divert(转移)attention from the purpose of the occasion．

    As well as the memorial service，Diana is being remembered with a photographic exhibition documenting her 1ife at the National Portrait Gallery in London．

Even ten years on it seems Britain is unwilling to let go of “the people’s princess”，and that her enduring(不朽的) legacy(影响)is to maintain the fascination(魅力) of the British people，and indeed the world．

56．Which of the following may be the title of the passage?

  A．An Accident Happened Ten Years Ago

B．Diana’s Anniversary

  C．A Famous Woman's Death

D．A Noteworthy Incident in London

57．Which is true according to the passage?

    A．Diana faded from people’s memory as time went by．

    B．The queen of the UK won’t attend the memorial service.

    C．Pictures of Diana often appear on the front of magazines in spite of her death.

    D．Princess Diana had a very happy marriage with Prince Charles．

58．The underlined word triggered in the second paragraph probably means   

A．set off    B．put down    C．consisted of  D．resulted from

59．The passage implies that          ．

A．Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris ten years ago

B．people love and respect Princess Diana although she is not alive

C．Princess Diana's sons are too young to attend the memorial service

D．the British people love Camilla better than Princess Diana

60．This article most probably appears in a??????????_________

  A．newspaper   B． novel     C．sports magazine D．textbook

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town, saying  1  he had the most beautiful heart in the whole world. A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart,  2  it was perfect. There was not a mark or a flaw (瑕疵) in it. They all agreed it was truly the most beautiful heart they had  3  seen. The young man was very  4  and boasted (自夸) more loudly about his beautiful heart.

Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the  5  and said, “Your heart is not as beautiful as  6  .” The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s heart. It was beating strongly, but it  7  scars (疤痕). It had places  8  pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn’t fit quite right and there were several rough (粗糙的) and pointed edges (边).

The people stared. “How can he say his heart is  9 ?” they thought. The young man looked at the old man’s heart and laughed. “You must be  10 ,” he said. “Compare your heart with mine. Mine is perfect and yours is a mess of (一大堆) scars.”

 “Yes, yours  11  perfect, but I would never trade with you,” said the old man. “Every scar represents (代表) a person to whom I have given my  12 . I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart, but because the pieces aren’t exact in shape, I have some  13  , which I value. They remind me of the love we shared. So now do you see what true  14  is?”

The young man was moved. He stood there silently with  15  running down his cheeks.

A. that       B. what   C. which D. why

A. so    B. for      C. since   D. and

A. seldom  B. sometimes  C. ever    D. never

A. proud      B. surprised    C. happy D. angry

A. town     B. street  C. man    D. crowd

A. I      B. me      C. my     D. mine

A. full of     B. was full of  C. filled with  D. was fill with

A. that       B. which C. where D. what

A. beautiful  B. as beautiful C. more beautiful   D. most beautiful

A. joking   B. tricking      C. dreaming    D. playing

A. looks   B. smells C. sounds       D. feels

A. gift      B. heart   C. life     D. love

A. bad hearts   B. nice heart   C. perfect edges     D. rough edges

A. kindness      B. happiness   C. beauty D. love

A. water     B. tears   C. sweat  D. blood

Not long ago , Richard Denniston found himself suffering the same pain that millions of other pet owners have faced . His little Scottish dog had a brain tumor（肿块）and would soon die. Like others who faced the problem before him , Denniston just wanted to end his pet’s suffering . However , he took one step further.

Deniston , an expert who studies animals , collected a tiny skin sample from the dog and took it to his laboratory at Louisiana State University. There he  cultivated  it and froze it in liquid nitrogen.

From that idea , Denniston started a new technology .Denniston’s company will save pet’s DNA ＄500，plus a monthly storage fee of Us ＄10, until cloning becomes a reality .

Thanks mostly to the contribution of a California multimillionaire , that day may not be so far off.

“It could happen extremely soon if everything went on well.”says Mark Westhusin , a professor leading a dog cloning team . Most experts put successful dog cloning a year to five years down the road . The cost is bound to be expensive at first , but it would eventually drop to a few thousand dollars.

Since Dolly , the sheep which was first cloned in 1997 ,cattle ,goats ,mice and monkeys have been cloned in labs . Pets are likely to be next.

“I really believe that the technology is going to become available for many species in the near future ,”Denniston says .

1. After his pet died ,Richard Denniston_______.

A. did something more than the ordinary pet owners

B. did as other pet owners

C. did nothing but feel very sad

D.could not help feeling lonely without his dear pet

2. Richard Denniston_________in liquid nitrogen for an experiment.

A. was a doctor who put his dog

B. was an animal expert who put a piece of his dog’s skin

C.was an expert at collecting skin samples who then put them

D.took great interest in freezing things

3. The underlined word “cultivated ”in Para . 2 probably means_________.

A. bought     B.discovered    C.caught     D.trained

4. Cloning will cost people_______.

A. a lot of money in five years .

B. much in the beginning and then be reduced to a thousand dollars.

C. much and then will surely be reduced to thousands of dollars.

D.much at first and then might be reduced to a few thousand dollars.

Many of you may wonder what else to do besides watching TV or surfing the Internet on weekends．Why not have a picnic? Junior 2 students at Beijing No．4 Middle Schoo1 had a “King of cooking” competition·

    Earlier this month，about 300 students at the schoo1 went to a suburb(郊区)of Beijing to have the contest．They were divided into 24  groups．Each group had buyers，slicers  (掌刀)，firemakers．washers and cooks．

    Firemakers faced the most problems during the time．Some of them had no idea how to keep fire burning．  “The fire kept going out．we had to blow at the sparks(火星)and put on corn leaves and old newspapers，”said Wu Mofei，13．

    “It took us an hour to make the fire．Our eyes had tears from all the smoke and our faces became dirty，”he added．   

When the fires were finally made，the cooks became the busiest people．Huang Lanye made fried celery(芹菜)and ham pickled cabbage(泡菜)and tomato soup．

    She was proud of her work．“It’s my first time making Chinese dishes．My group members ate them up in minutes and said they were as delicious as what their parents made!” said the 14-year-old girl．

    Finally over ten students were titled “King of Cooking”．Wang Xiaoyue，14，was one of them．“My group got a mark of 98 at the competition，’’Wang said．“We have 1earned a lot while

having so much fun! We are the best!”

    Beijing No．4 Middle School has been organizing similar(类似的)fun activities for six years．“we want to give students a chance to get real life experiences and 1earn how to work as a team，’’said Jia Dong，who works for the school’s student affairs office．

1.The text mainly tells us——．

A．a “King of Cooking”  competition organized by Senior 2 students at Beijing No．4 Middle School

B．a picnic organized by Junior 2 students at Beijing N0．4  Middle School

C．a “King of Cooking”  competition organized by Junior 2 students at Beijing No．4 Middle School

D．after-school activities of students at Beijing No.4 Middlle School

2.Which of the following was not the problem some firemakers met?

  A．They didn’t know how to keep fire burning．

  B．They spent a long time in making a fire．

  C．The fire kept going out．

  D．They didn’t have enough corn leaves and old newspapers．

3.We can infer that Huang Lanye was a ___in their group

A．buyer  B．firemaker  C．washer  D．cook

4.According to the passage，we can know____．

A．only ten students were titled “King of Cooking” in this competition

B．the “King of Cooking” competition has been held once every year in the past six years

C．Wang Xiaoyue  was  titled  a “King  of  Cooking”  in  this  competition

D．Beijing No．4 Middle School has been encouraging students to take part in all kinds of competitions