China on Saturday opened the world’s most elevated railway(高架铁路) with the first pair of passenger trains traveling across the “roof of the world”.

Two trains set off at Golmud and Lhasa, the two start-up points of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway that is dubbed an “engineering marvel” that has linked Tibet with the rest of China for the first time.

Construction of the Qinghai-Tibet railroad is a long-cherished dream of generations of the Chinese people. A passenger train coded “Qing 1” pulled out from the Golmud station at 11:05 a.m. Some 1,142 kilometers away. Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa saw off a train bound for Lanzhou, capital of northwest China’s Gansu Province, at 11:12a.m. The train, coded “Tibet 2” carries about 700 passengers in 16 compartments(车厢) and is expected to arrive in Lanzhou in 30 hours.

Norbu , a 28-year-old Tibetan farmer from Gonggar , left home before daybreak to join the celebrations at Lhasa railway station and to catch a glimpse of the train . I’ll board a train myself sometime to visit the inland areas.”

Trains traveling across the roof of the world , with extra oxygen pumped into the cabins to prevent passengers from suffering altitude sickness , will traverse (穿越) a mountain pass sitting 5.072 meters above sea level as it rises up to the Tibetan plateau , and will drive though the Hoh Xil , China’s largest area of uninhabited land .

The cars were installed (安装) with environment-friendly toilets , wastewater deposit tank and garbage treatment facilities to protect environment along the railroad . All the Chinese characters that appear on the electronic screen in each railway car have been translated into Tibetan and English .

The Qinghai-Tibet railway is 1,956 kilometers long, with 960 km of the track located 4,000 meters above the sea level and the highest point at 5,072 meters . The project is dubbed an “engineering marvel” because people used to think the long-lasting ice and snow along the route could never support tracks and trains .

1．What’s the best title for the passage ?

A．Qinghai-Tibet Rail Moves Across the “Roof of the World”

B．Construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railroad is Great

C．Trains May Affect the Environment of Tibet

D．The Roof of the World Welcomes Visitors

2．The train leaving for Lanzhou at 11:12 a.m. on July I was supposed to arrive there at       .

         A．11：12a.m. on July  2     B．13:12 p.m. on July 2

         C．15：12p.m. on July 2         D．17:12 p.m. on July 2

3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?

         A．All passengers traveling across the “roof of the world” will suffer altitude sickness .

         B．The Hoh Xil will attract more visitors soon .

         C．The facilities on trains of the “roof of the world” do no pollution to the environment.

         D．All the train staff can speak Tibetan .

4．The last paragraph mainly tells us        .

         A．Tibetan’s dream came true     B．the completion of the project is great

         C．the length of the project D．the natural conditions of the project

China on Saturday opened the world’s most elevated railway (高架铁路) with the first pair of passenger trains traveling across the “roof of the world”.

    Two trains set off at Golmud and Lhasa, the two start-up points of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway that is dubbed an “engineering marvel” that has linked Tibet with the rest of China for the first time.

    Construction of the Qinghai-Tibet railroad is a long-cherished dream of generations of the Chinese people. A passenger train coded “Qing 1”pulled out from the Golmud station at 11:05 a.m.. Some 1,142 kilometers away, Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa saw off a train bound for Lanzhou, capital of northwest China’s Gansu Province, at 11:12 a.m.. The train, coded “Tibet 2”, carries about 700 passengers in 16 compartments (车厢) and is expected to arrive in Lanzhou in 30 hours.

Norbu, a 28-year-old Tibetan farmer from Gonggar, left home before daybreak to join the celebrations at Lhasa railway station and to catch a glimpse of the train. “I’ll board a train myself sometime to visit the inland areas.”

Trains traveling across the roof of the world, with extra oxygen pumped into the cabins to prevent passengers from suffering altitude sickness, will traverse (穿越) a mountain pass sitting 5,072 meters above sea level as it rises up to the Tibetan plateau, and will drive through the Hoh Xil, China’s largest area of uninhabited land.

The cars were installed (安装) with environment-friendly toilets, wastewater deposit tank and garbage treatment facilities to protect environment along the railroad. All the Chinese characters that appear on the electronic screen in each railway car have been translated into Tibetan and English.

The Qinghai-Tibet railway is 1,956 kilometers long, with 960 km of the track located 4,000 meters above the sea level and the highest point at 5,072 meters. The project is dubbed an “engineering marvel” because people used to think the long-lasting ice and snow along the route could never support tracks and trains.

1.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Qinghai-Tibet Rail Moves Across the “Roof of the World”

B. Construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railroad is Great

C. Trains May Affect the Environment of Tibet

D. The Roof of the World Welcomes Visitors

2. The train leaving for Lanzhou at 11:12 a.m. on July 1 was supposed to arrive there at_______.

A. 11:12 a.m. on July 2              

B. 13:12 p.m. on July 2

C. 15:12 p.m. on July 2              

D. 17:12 p.m. on July 2

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. All passengers traveling across the “roof of the world” will suffer altitude sickness.

   B. The Hoh Xil will attract more visitors soon.

   C. The facilities on trains of the “roof of the world” do no pollution to the environment.

   D. All the train staff can speak Tibetan.

4. The last paragraph mainly tells us________.

   A. Tibetans’ dream came true               

B. the completion of the project is great  

C. the length of the project                   

D. the natural conditions of the project

听力理解

　　第一节　听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C、三个选项中选出最佳选项．听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题．每段对话仅读一遍．

1．What does the Woman mean?

[　　]

A．His brother should let them use the car.

B．The subway is fine with her.

C．A car wouldn't be any faster.

2．What does the man have to do now?

[　　]

A．Complete the research.

B．Put the material in order.

C．Finish typing the paper.

3．What do you know about the woman?

[　　]

A．Perhaps she is a doctor.

B．She was badly ill.

C．She didn't like to see the film.

4．What did Jane do after the party?

[　　]

A．She had to finish her homework.

B．She went to bed.

C．She went to the teachers' office.

5．How is the man leaving?

[　　]

A．By bus.

B．By air.

C．By train.

　　第二节　听下面5段对话或独白．每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项．听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间．每段对话或独白读两遍．

听第6段材料，回答第6～8题．

6．What time is it now?

[　　]

A．It’s 10: 10 p. m.

B．It’s 10: 30 p. m.

C．It’s 9: 50 p. m.

7．How long will it take the woman to get lo the railway station?

[　　]

A．Less than fifteen minutes.

B．More than fifteen minutes.

C．Less than fifty minutes.

8．Why did the man invite the woman to his house?

[　　]

A．They had a tea party.

B．They had a dinner party.

C．They had a dancing party.

听第7段材料，回答第9～11题．

9．Why does the man want to have a word with the waitress?

[　　]

A．Because he has been kept waiting for a long time.

B．Because he wants to complain of the food.

C．Because he wants to pay the bill.

10．What do We learn about the restaurant?

[　　]

A．It must be a new one.

B．They don’t know how to serve the people.

C．They need more waiters.

11．If the waitress had known about his opinion, what would have happened?

[　　]

A．She would have served him right away.

B．She would have let him leave the restaurant.

C．She would have turned to her boss for help.

听第8段材料，回答第12～14题．

12．What did the boy mean by asking Mary“How did you do that”?

[　　]

A．How was Mary’s holiday?

B．Why did Mary go to Denver?

C．How would Mary be away from school for such a long time?

13．What can we infer about Washington's Birthday from the dialogue?

[　　]

A．It is perhaps a national holiday.

B．It Was fine that day and nobody wanted to stay in.

C．Maybe there was a national holiday near that day

14．How did Mary go to the mountain on Washington's Birthday?

[　　]

A．By bus.

B．By car.

C．By train.

听第9段材料，回答第15～17题．

15．What did the woman learn about the job from?

[　　]

A．The newspaper.

B．The radio.

C．The TV．

16．If the woman accepts the job, how long does she have to work every day?

[　　]

A．Three hours.

B．Four hours.

C．Five hours.

17．Which of the following statements is true about the job?

[　　]

A．You can get at least 300 pounds for the job per month.

B．You need to come to work before 10 o'clock every morning.

C．No experience and qualifications (条件) are required.

听第10段材料，回答第18～20题．

18．Why does Billy do a part-time job?

[　　]

A．Because he has to make a living by himself.

B．Because he has a strong will to put himself into the society.

C．Because he has to pay for his schooling.

19．How much can Bill get by delivering newspapers in a year?

[　　]

A．About 840 dollars.

B．About 700 dollars.

C．About the money for a new bicycle.

20．How often and when does Bill collect money from his customers?

[　　]

A．Once a day at night.

B．Once a month in the afternoon.

C．Once a month at night.

　　第三节听下面一段独白，每段独白读三遍，第一遍听短文大意，第二遍边听边写下所缺的词或者短语，第三遍检查．

　　Matthew Hobbs was sixteen years old. He had been at the same school for five years, and he (1) ________. He was lazy, he fought with other students, (2) ________, and he did not (3) ________ the rules of the school. His headmaster (4) ________ to make him work and become better, (5) ________, and the worse thing was that, as Matthew grew older, he had (6) ________ .

　　Then at last Matthew (7) ________. He tried to find a job in a company, and the (8) ________ wrote to the headmaster to find out what he could (9) ________ about Matthew. The headmaster wanted to be (10) ________ but he also did not want to be hard. So he wrote, “If you can get Matthew to work for you, you will be very lucky. ”

I stood there outside of the classroom  with the other students，waiting for the supervisor（监考老师）to open the door，and   1  filled the heart.

When we were finally inside the classroom，I realized how   2  it was.  The heater hadn't been on and the _3___ were as cold as ice.  Alright then, the supervisor started to walk around，____4___everyone's calculator to make sure they were "approved devices"（允许使用的工具）．

At around 8：25，the test started.  I was___5____my way through word problems， grammar sections，and reading and   6  sections.  The supervisor kept walking around the room,    7  each student's extra pencils and   8  sharpening them for us.I turned the___9___when instructed to，___10____it wasn't another math section and it wasn't.  It was a reading section —— ___11____！I started reading the excerpt（片段）given and was    12  to discover that it wasn't a boring piece about astrology （星象）or biological science. ____13____，it was an excerpt from a romantic novel.  I became little____14____with reading it and at times I wanted to say "Awww！”aloud.  My heart was     15       swooning（沉醉）and I think I was   16 .  Hopefully I got the questiotions from that section____17__because I actually had fun answering them.  Who knew the SAT could actually bring   18 ？

It was about 1 p. m.  when the test was over.  I got out of the classroom  with____19____．As I was walking outside the building，I was thinking that the test was no longer a bitter____20____for the first time in my life.

1.                A． happiness      B． nervousness    C． calmness D． sadness

2.                A． amazing       B． disappointing    C． tiring    D． freezing

3.                A． seats          B． walls          C． floors   D．hearts

4.                A． seeing         B． taking         C． checking D．preparing

5.                A． looking        B． pacing         C． making  D． showing

6.                A． comprehension B． thinking        C． guessing D． recitation

7.                A． bringing in     B． putting down    C． picking up    D． showing off

8.                A． kindly         B． slightly         C． directly  D． slowly

9.                A． door          B． direction       C． pencil   D． page

10.A.  finding         B.  praying       C.  deciding     D,  imagining

11.               A． terrible        B． great          C． sure D． no

12.               A． frightened     B． worried       C． shocked  D． regretted

13.               A． However      B． Therefore      C． Also D． Rather

14.               A． carried away    B． worn out       C． tired D． confused

15.               A． suddenly      B． totally         C． over D． again

16.               A． reading        B． sleeping       C． smiling   D． whispering

17.               A． right          B． ready         C． clear D． possible

18.               A． hope         B．joy            C．interest   D． trouble

19.               A．relief          B．hunger         C．strength   D．courage

20.               A．attempt        B．fact            C．process   D．experience

The economy of the United States after 1952 was the economy of a well-fed, almost fully employed people. Despite occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. An economic survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950’s, may be typical as illustrating the rapid economic growth of the decade. The national output was value at 10 percent above that of 1954 (1955 output was estimated at 392 billion dollars). The production of manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it had averaged in the years immediately following World War 2. The country’s business spent about 30billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than it had been it had been in 1950. Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day or about twenty-five million dollars every hour, all round the clock. Sixty-five million people held jobs and only a little more than two million wanted jobs but could not find them.
Only agriculture complained that it was not sharing in the room. To some observers this was an ominous echo of the mid 1920’s. As farmer’s share of their products declined, marketing costs rose. But there were, among the observers of the national economy, a few who were not as confident as the majority. Those few seemed to fear that the boom could not last and would eventually lead to the opposite-depression.
72. What is the best title of the passage?
A) The Agricultural Trends of 1950’s
B) The Unemployment Rate of 1950’s
C) U.S. Economy in the 50’s
D) The Federal Budget of 1952
73. In Line 4, the word “boom” could best be replaced by______.
A) nearby explosion
B) thunderous noise
C) general public support
D) rapid economic growth
74. Which of the following were LEAST satisfied with the national economy in the 1950’s?
A) Economists
B) Framers
C) Politicians
D) Steelworkers
75. The passage states that income available for spending in the U.S. was greater in 1955 than in 1950. How much was it?
A) 60％
B) 50％
C) 33％
D) 90％