“I never expected that I would be so busy. Why can’t there be 25 hours a day?” __1__ Liu Ran in Hong Kong as final exams were going on.

   The 18-year-old girl was Shangdong Province’s __2__ scorer in last year’s college entrance examination. After leaving school, she chose the Chinese University of Hong Kong, ___3__ both Peking University and Tsinghua University __4__ her a place,

   “I want to experience a more __5__ school and social life in Hong Kong. I’m __6__ in journalism, so Hong Kong will surely help widen my horizons.” Liu said.

   It is about four months __7__ Liu Ran set ___8__ on Hong Kong. She missed home a lot at the beginning, because of the food and __9__ problems.

   “The canteen offers mostly western or Guangdong food, but it’s __10__ to cook for ourselves in our dorm if we like. People speak Cantonese and __11__ all classes are in English,” Liu explained.

   Her English and Cantonese are now __12__, but she still needs more time to adapt __13__ the new environment.

   “I’m happy that I made the right __14__ to study here. With a mixture of the Eastern and Western __15__, there is so much to discover and learn.” she said.

   Liu has 18 credit hours （学分）of classes and 23 noncredit hours every other week. She has __16__ for four associations, including Chinese Language Debating Team. Essays, book reports and presentations(课堂发言) also __17__ plenty of time to prepare. And, of course, there’re a __18__ of parties to attend.

   “I wasn’t a party animal before, but that __19__ be the interesting part of college. I sense myself __20__.” Liu said.

1．A．asked                    B．added                  C．complained          D．explained

2．A．most                     B．top                      C．first                    D．high

4．A．promised               B．set                      C．put                     D．got

5．A．excited                  B．interesting            C．international         D．educational

6．A．participating          B．majoring              C．joining                 D．turning

7．A．before                   B．when                  C．since                   D．as

8．A．foot                      B．eyes                    C．mind                   D．step

9．A．dress                    B．clothing               C．speaking              D．language

10．A．necessary            B．convenient           C．comfortable         D．practical

11．A．even                    B．possibly               C．almost                 D．yet

12．A．improving            B．gaining                C．rising                  D．working

13．A．with                    B．for                      C．at                       D．to

14．A．measure              B．decision               C．exchange             D．effort

15．A．cultures               B．ideas                   C．politics                D．views

16．A．made up              B．signed up             C．turned up            D．given up

17．A．spend                  B．use                     C．pay                     D．take

18．A．score                  B．kind                    C．variety                D．type

19．A．should                 B．must                   C．can                     D．may

20．A．suffering         B．changing          C．adopting         D．accepting

“I never expected that I would be so busy. Why can’t there be 25 hours in a day?” complained Liu Ran in Hong Kong as mid-term exams were going on.

The 18-year-old was Shandong Province’s top scorer in this year’s college entrance examination. After graduating from Tai’an No.1 High School, she chose the Chinese University of Hong Kong(香港中文大学) ， although both Peking University and  Tsinghua University promised her a place.

“I want to experience a more international school and social life in Hong Kong. I’m majoring in journalism, so Hong Kong will surely help widen my horizons,” Liu said.

It is two months since Liu first set foot on Hong Kong. She missed home a lot at the beginning, because of the food and language problems.

“The canteen offers mostly Western or Guangdong food, but it’s convenient to cook for ourselves in our dorm if we like. People speak Cantonese and almost all classes are in English,” Liu explained.

Her English and Cantonese are now both improving, but she still needs more time to adapt to the new environment.

“I’m happy that I made the right decision to study here. With a mix of the Eastern and Western cultures, there is so much to discover and learn,” she said.

Liu has 18 credit hours(学分) of classes every week and 23 non-credit hours every other week. She has signed up for four associations including the Chinese Language Debating Team and the drama club. Essays, book reports and presentations also take plenty of time to prepare. And , of course, there are various parties to attend.

“I wasn’t a party animal before, but that may be interesting part of college. I sense myself changing,” Liu said.

1.Liu Ran chose the Chinese University of Hong Kong, because___________.

A. she couldn’t be admitted to Peking University

B. Hong Kong is a good place

C. she wants to be far from her homeland

D. the Chinese University of Hong Kong can widen her horizons

2. According to the last paragraph, we can infer______________________________.

A. now Liu Ran is an animal

B. Liu Ran hates the busy life in the Chinese University of Hong Kong

C. Liu Ran likes the food there

D. the busy and full life makes Liu Ran feel good

3.Liu Ran had to overcome the difficulties in many aspects EXCEPT_______________.

A. food    B. language    C. missing home    D. no friends

SHANGHAI, June 7（AP）―A 16-year-old girl's suicide after she was barred from a key exam draw attention to increasing worries over academic pressures, as millions of Chinese students began annual college entrance tests on Wednesday.

The three-day exam, viewed as important to future career and financial success, has a record 9.5 million high school students across China competing for just 2.6 million university places. For kids and parents alike, it's a difficulty that experts say causes extreme emotional distress. "Pressure from study and exams is a top reason for psychological problems among Chinese youth," said Jin Wuguan, director of the Youth Psychological Counseling Center at Shanghai's Ruijin Hospital.

In China's increasingly success oriented, pressure-cooker cities, academic stress is seen as a rising cause of youth suicides and even murders of parents by children who are driven crazy by intolerable pressure to perform.

According to her family and newspaper accounts, 16-year-old Wu Wenwen drowned herself after she was stopped at the exam room door because her hair wasn't tied back as her school required. Returning in tied hair, she was then told the end-of-term exam had already started and she was too late to take it. In tears, Wu called her mother, and then disappeared. Her body was found the same night in a nearby lake.

China doesn't keep comprehensive statistics on student suicides, but Jin said health care professionals see the problem worsening, even among elementary students. Most Chinese schools still lack advisers and teachers receive little training in spotting symptoms of emotional distress, Jin said. Parents are little help, often piling on pressure while ignoring their children's emotional development, he said. "It's a basic unwillingness or inability to recognize and deal with with emotional problems," Jin said.

Wang Yufeng, of Peking University's Institute of Mental, estimates the rate of emotional disorders such as depression among Chinese students under age 17 at up to 32 percent , a total of 30 million students.

Others say that figure may be as high as 50 percent. A survey last year by the government's China Youth and Children Research Center showed 57.6 percent of students felt highly distressed by academic pressures.

65. What is the function of the first paragraph?

A. To explain the meaning of academic pressures.     B. To lead to the main topic.

C. To describe the girl’s suicide.                            D. Tell how important the college entrance tests are.

66. The 16-year-old girl committed suicide because ______.

A. she did not tied back her hair as required      B. she couldn’t get high mark in the exam

C. she had an unpleasant talk with her mother   D. she wasn’t allowed to attend the examination

67. We can learn from the passage that ____.

A. the problem of student suicides is getting worse according to a research on the accurate statistics

B. teachers have enough ability to sense the emotional distress of students

C. parents place neither pressure nor care on their children

D. both teachers and parents should learn more to deal with the problem of student suicides.

68. Where will we most probably find the article?

A. In a newspaper.                      B. In a magazine.

C. In a text book                         D. In a survey.