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Celebrations spread across China when Shanghai, the Oriental Pearl, was given the right to host the 2010 World Expo on December 3. Shanghai won the honor after beating rivals from Russia, Mexico, Poland and South Korea.
“I’m very proud of being Chinese,” said Wang Kaibo, a Senior 2 student of the Middle School Affiliated (附属的) to Beijing Medical University. “The winning of the expo is a victory, not only for Shanghai residents, but for the people of the whole Chinese nation.”
Bidding for the expo shows that China is more confident of playing a more important role on the international stage. It’s competing for large events and the next one could be the World Cup, Wang said.
The World Expo 2010 and the 2008 Beijing Olympics will become the twin shining stars of China’s development over the next 10 years, said experts. The World Expo is known as “Olympics of the economic, cultural, scientific and technological fields.” It is usually held every five years and lasts for six months. The Olympics, World Cup and World Expo are considered three top international events in the world.
China is the first developing country to win the expo bid in the event’s about 159-year history. Not only will it attract more foreign investment to China, but experts say that the half-year-long exhibition will bring at least 70 million visitors to Shanghai.
The expo was first held in London in 1851. It has a history of global influence. The Eiffel Tower, built during the Paris World Expo in 1889, became the symbol of the French capital.Many historic inventions, such as the telephone and airplane, all made their first appearance at a World Expo.
48. What does the word in bald “rivals” probably mean in the second paragraph?
A. competitors.        B. enemies.         C. players.          D. supporters.
49. The winning of bidding for the World Expo 2010 and the 2008 Olympic Games implies ______.
A. China is beginning to play a more important part on the international stage.
B. China has played the most important role in the international affairs.
C. China has become a developed country for many years.
D. China is the first Asian country to win the expo bid in history.
50. As we know, in general, the Word Expo is usually held every ______ years, while the Olympics is usually held every ______ years.
A. 4；5          B. 5；4         C. 4；4               D. 5；5
51. By bidding for the expo and the Olympics, we are sure that ______.
A. China will beat rivals from Russia, Mexico, Poland and South Korea
B. China will become a super country in the United Nations
C. China will build a famous tower like Eiffel Tower as the symbol of the capital
D. China will develop more quickly than before and will benefit a lot from them

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In the 1960s, many young Americans were dissatisfied with American society. They wanted to end the Vietnam War and to make all of the people in the U.S. equal. Some of them decided to "drop out" of American society and form their own societies. They formed utopian communities, which they called “communes”, where they could follow their philosophy of “do your own thing”. A group of artists founded a commune in southern Colorado called "Drop City." Following the ideas of philosopher and architect Buckminster Fuller, they built dome-shaped houses from pieces of old cars. Other groups, such as author Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters, the followers of San Francisco poet Steve Gakin, and a group that called itself the Hog Farm, lived in old school houses and traveled around the United States. The Hog Farm became famous when they helped organize the Woodstock Rock Festival in 1969. Steve Gaskin’s followers tried to settle down on a farm in Tennessee, but they had to leave when some members of the group were arrested for growing marijuana.

　　Not all communes believed in the philosophy of “do your own thing”. However, Twin Oaks, a commune founded in Virgiania in the late 1960s, was based on the ideas of psychologist B.F.Skinner. The people who lived at Twin Oaks were carefully controlled by Skinner’s “conditioning” techniques to do things that were good for the community. In 1972, Italian architect Paolo Soleri began to build Arcosanti, a utopian city Arizsona where 2500 people will live closely together in one large building called an “archeology”. Soleri believes that people must live closely together so that they will all become one.

1.Why did some young Americans decide to “drop out” of society during the 1960s?

　　A. They were not satisfied with American society.

　　B. They wanted to grow marijuana.

　　C. They wanted to go to the Vietnam War.

　　D. They did not want all people to be equal.

2. Where did the members of the Hog Farm commune live?

　　A. In dome-shaped house. B. In old school houses.

　　C. On a farm in Tennessee. D. In an archeology in Arizona.

3. Who gave the people of Drop City the idea to build dome-shaped house?

　　A. Paolo Soleri. 　 B. B.G.Skinner.

　　C. Steve Gaskin. D. Buckminster Fuller.

4. What was the Twin Oaks commune based on?

　　A. The philosophy of “do your own thing”.

　　B. Virginia in the late 1960s.

　　C. The ideas of psychologist.

　　D. The belief that people must live closely together.

5. What is an “archeology”?

　　A. A person who studies archaeology.

　　B. A large building where people live closely together.

　　C. A city in Arizona.

　　D. A technique to control people.

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---What’s the chief ______ of the world this year?

---I think the Twin- Tower was destroyed.

A. business B. matter C. event D. affair

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41~60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we’ve become used to suddenly . Take, for example, the neatly-dressed(穿戴整齐的) woman I to see — or look at — on my way to work each morning.

For three years, no matter the weather was like, she was waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 a.m. On days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how I expected to see her each morning. You might say I her.

“Did she have an accident? Something ?” I thought to myself about her disappearance. Now that she was gone, I felt I had her. I began to realize that part of our life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar : the milkman you see at dawn, the women who walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are markers in our lives. They add weight to our of place and belonging.

Think about it. , while walking to work, we mark where we are by a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though , person?

A. disappears B. appears C. arrives D. comes

A. happened B. wanted C. used D. tried

A. what B. how C. which D. when

A. always B. seldom C. sometimes D. often

A. sunny B. rainy C. cloudy D. snowy

A. took B. brought C. carried D. turned

A. Clearly B. Particularly C. Luckily D. Especially

A. believed B. expressed C. remembered D. wondered

A. long B. often C. soon D. much

A. respected B. missed C. praised D. admired

A. better B. worse C. more D. less

A. forgotten B. lost C. known D. hurt