You may say it’s just a slip of the tongue. But as a senior official and a well-educated person, a professional who is supposed to be expert at using words shouldn’t have made such a remark like “Why did only two teachers commit suicide?” We use “only” to emphasize（强调） how small an amount is or how unimportant the matter is. When talking about death toll, such a word as “only” should never be appropriate.

Of course, it seems unfair to put all the blame on her, especially about the suicide of any individual. We should never indirectly encourage any self-destructive behaviour by making finger-pointing remarks afterwards. Any sensational accusation may help spread a very wrong message which will lead to even more copycat（模仿他人行为者）cases.

As expected, Professor Li has spoken out in her defence, saying that her remarks concerning the two suicides had been taken out of context, adding that she is a caring and warm-hearted person.

However, a seemingly “caring and warm-hearted person” without enough political sensitivity can hardly make a good government official. Mr. Tung used to be described as kind and selfless, but being kind is not enough. It is misleading to say such characteristics as kindness and devotion make somebody fit or capable.

Last time, her saying that students were the least qualified to criticize the Chief Executive had led to much criticism. Then she apologized. This time, a much more widespread furore（公众的骚动） has been brought. Again, she apologized. How many times is she going to apologize before she is willing to step down?

We need a more diplomatic（外交的） person to calm teachers, students and parents alike.

1. The purpose of the passage is to _____.

A. encourage teachers to commit suicide

B. criticize professor Li

C. put stress on the official’s remarks

D. show her dissatisfaction with the senior official

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The official used improper words in her remarks.

B. The senior official’s apologies were not sincere.

C. Nobody could comfort the people.

D. The professional tried to mislead the people to continue their suicide.

3. The author thought ________.

A. the official was very fit for her office

B. the official used the word “only” not by mistake

C. it was quite right to blame the official

D. the official won’t make such mistakes any more

4. From the passage we can infer that ______.

A. the officials’ remark led to more suicide committing

B. the official was a sensitive politician

C. the official believed the students had rights to talk about the Chief Executive

D. professor Li showed favor to the official

－You must say sorry to Mary, Jack.

    －Why ________ I say sorry to her? It’s her who hurt me first.

       A．should                 B．would                   C．could                  D．might

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       In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police．Most people generally   36    them and the job they do – although there are certain people who do not believe that the police    37   have the power that do．

      What does a policeman actually do? It is not    38    job to describe．After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in   39   ．A policeman often has to control traffic, either   40    foot in the center of a town, or in a police car on the roads．Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time    41    up and down main roads and motorways．A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop    42    motorists and help when there is an accident．

      A policeman has to help keep the    43    , too．If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we    44    the police to come and restore order．And they often have to    45    situation at great risk to their own     46    ．

      We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman,    47    he is not a detective (侦探), will often have to help    48    and arrest criminals．

      And    49    do we call when there is an emergency – an air crash, a     50    , a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police．    51     a policeman has to be    52    to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the     53    world．

      The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it     54     well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen, I do not think that I could    55    do the job of a policeman．

36．A．dislike         B．join            C．appreciate       D．admire

37．A．should         B．would           C．could               D．must

38．A．a funny        B．a pleasant       C．an interesting         D．an easy

39．A．it             B．one            C．his            D．them

40．A．on             B．by             C．under               D．with

41．A．walking        B．driving         C．wandering           D．searching

42．A．resting         B．tired           C．speeding            D．drunken

43．A．peace          B．silence          C．situation            D．condition

44．A．wait for        B．call            C．think of            D．expect

45．A．turn to         B．avoid          C．deal with            D．treat

46．A．safety         B．families        C．future               D．friends

47．A．although       B．as if           C．however             D．even if

48．A．get rid of      B．question        C．look for             D．sentence

49．A．how          B．where          C．what               D．who

50．A．power failure B．fire           C．thunder storm        D．thief

51．A．Yet           B．Then          C．As                 D．So

52．A．provided       B．promised      C．prepared     D．presented

53．A．future         B．modern      C．real         D．whole

54．A．extremely    B．specially       C．surprisingly          D．particularly

55．A．hardly         B．forever            C．ever           D．never

A farmer had some puppies to sell. He painted a sign advertising them on the edge of his yard.

One day, a little boy came to buy one of the puppies. With a whistle（口哨）, the farmer called, “Here, Dolly!” Out from the doghouse ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy stood against the fence（栅栏）. His eyes danced with happiness.

As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared, something wrong with its legs, doing its best to catch up.

“I want that one,” the little boy said.

The farmer knelt（跪下）down at the boy's side and said, “Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would.”

With that, the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so, he showed a steel brace（固定器）running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, “You see, sir, I don’t run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands.”

1.How did the farmer advertise his puppies?

A．Advertise them in the newspaper.           B．Put up a sign in his yard.

C．Show them to his neighbors.               D．Send pictures to a magazine.

2.The underlined words “four little balls of fur” refer to “_________”.

A．four toy balls                           B．four balls made of fur

C．four lovely dogs                        D．four puppies with no fur

3.Why did the boy choose the last dog?

A．Because they have something in common.

B．Because he didn't have enough money.

C．Because it was the most lovely one.

D．Because the farmer wouldn't sell other dogs.

4.According to the story, we know that the boy _________.

A．didn't like dogs at all                     B．needed a dog to help him

C．could run as fast as others                 D．had an artificial leg

5.Which of the following words best describes the boy?

A．clever            B．lovely            C．warm–hearted     D．strange

How lucky he was! He ____ involved in the murder.

A．must have been     B．can have been      C．could have been    D．would have been