1.Can’t you _____________  your attention ________ your research (集中) ?

2.Yesterday his teachers __________him_______ cheating in the exam.(指责)

3.It’s Spring Festival, we are ____________  __________ go home. (渴望)

4.Only when the war ends ________  _________live a better life.(只有当战争结束，他们才能过上较好的生活)

5. ______ is no doubt______ the plan will succeed.(毫无疑问，这个计划会成功的)。

6.We are very happy, because our students all _________  _________ us.（我们很高兴，因为所有学生都认可我们）

7.It was a good concert------I enjoyed the last song _________  _____________（特别）.

8.She often_________ out a sudden scream as if she _______dying, in fact , nothing serious. (她常突然发出尖叫，好像要死似的，其实无大碍) .

9.I saw a house ________  ________ a squire .（我看到房子向地主哈腰）

10.This __________（涵盖）5000 years of civilization from many parts of the world,___________(包括) America, China, Egypt and other countries.

WHEN an Iraqi journalist threw a shoe at former US President George W.Bush at a news conference last December,the president’s bodyguards quickly moved to protect him.

Those bodyguards were from the US Secret Service.Their job is to protect the president.Now America’s first black president Barack Obama also has the same people at his side.Here are some details about these mysterious men and women.?

History?

       ◇The Secret Service is known today for protecting public officials and their families.

However,when it began in 1865,it was started to protect money.A third to a half of all US money during the Civil War was fake (假的).President Abraham Lincoln created the United States Secret Service to find those responsibly.?

      ◇The first 25 presidents had no special protection.That changed after President William Mckinley was murdered in 1901.?

Who gets protection?

       About 30 people get full-time protection in the United States (more in an election year).

Included are:?

      ◇Presidents and vice-presidents and their wives,for up to 10 years after leaving office,and their children up to age 16.Anyone can decline protection after leaving office.Richard Nixon did.?   ◇Candidates for president and vice-?president,their wives and children at a cost of $500,000 a month for 30-plus special agents (特工).?

◇The Secretary of State,National Security Adviser and others.The Secret Service also protects 80 to 200 visiting foreign political leaders every year.?

       Getting around?

        Rules for president

      ◇Limousines (豪华轿车) that can withstand a missile are used.?

      ◇Entering and exiting are never done on a street.?

      ◇Exact travel plans are kept secret.?

      ◇Bulletproof reading stands for speeches are used.

Agent’s task

     ◇Teach the president how to wave and move.

     ◇Test his food for poison.?

     ◇Use special radio channels for the police and the Secret Service.?

     ◇Use X-ray checks before allowing entry to secure areas,and search bags.?

     ◇Check lists of hundreds of people known to be dangerous.?

     ◇Keep files on thousands of people who have made even vague threats.?

     ◇Be part of counter-sniper (反狙击) teams.

What’s the purpose of writing the passage??

    A. To tell us how to be a bodyguard.?

    B.To introduce the US Secret Service to us.?

    C.To give us some information about US

        presidents.?

    D.To inform us of the incident at a news

        conference. ?

  Which is the special agent’s task according to

    the US Secret Service??

    A. Have dinner with the president’s family.?

    B.Teach the president to behave politely in

        public.?

    C.Keep a record of possible murderers.?

    D.Check people carrying bags with X-ray.  

What do you know about the US Secret

    Service from the passage??

    A. It is made up of 30 people.?

    B.It protects only US presidents.?

    C.It is responsible for the safety of all

       Americans.?

    D.It was created to protect money.

   Which of the following can be inferred from

    the passage??

    A. The bodyguards from the US Secret

         Service have no privacy.?

    B.The US Secret Service bodyguards’ job is

       full of challenges.?

    C.No one knows the exact travel plan of

        presidents.?

    D.Every president in American history has a

        bodyguard. ?

Across the globe, single parent homes are on the rise. In the US, the 2000 census (人口普查) showed 24.8 million, or nearly 24 percent of the nation’s 105.5 million households, were traditional two-parent homes. By comparison, 9.8 million households, or 9 percent of all US households were headed by an adult raising a child alone. The 1990 census showed 26 percent of homes were led by a married mother and father, and 8 percent of homes were led by a single parent.

Similar increases occurred in other countries. In the UK, lone-parent homes increased from 3.3 percent in 1990 to 5.5 percent in 1999. Single parent households in Australia rose from 5.8 percent in 1990 to 7.6 percent in 1999. Belgium saw the increase from 1.8 percent to 2.7 percent during the same period of time. These countries tend to have greater acceptance of the single parent because there are fewer nearby family members to disapprove, Riche, a Census Bureau director, said.

Just as in the US, those changes raised new questions about how involved govenment should be in helping single parent families. Some research suggests children raised in two-parent families are better off than those who depend on one.

    “The position of one-parent families in any country is very much a gender (性别) issue-women’s opportunities, especially working-class women on low income,” said Sue Cohen, coordinator (协调员) of the Single Action Parents Network in England.

Not considering the exact number of the single-parent families, which country saw the fastest rise rate in 1999, compared with 1990?

A.UK.          B.Australia.               C.America.               D.Belgium.

What is the cause of the rise of single parent families across the globe?

A. The nearby family members have a favourable opinion.

B.A lone parent is well off enough to support his /her children.

C.A lot of problems have arisen in two-parent families.

D. We cannot get enough proving information from the text.

Which of the following is TRUE about the increase of single parent families according to the passage?

A. It will somewhat limit the growing population of younger generation.

B. Governments should take actions about the social problems brought about by it.

C. Single parent families are not looked down upon in any country mentioned here.

D. Generally speaking, the single parents needn’t worry since they are highly paid.

Which of the following diagrams correctly shows the rise of single parent families in the US from 1990 to 2000?

A very special teacher in a high school had a husband who died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death ,she 36______ some of her thoughts with a classroom of students. with a 37_______ look on her face, she 38_______ and said, "39_______class is over, I would like to share with all of you a thought which I feel is very 40_______. Each of us is put here on earth to learn ,share, love ,appreciate and give of ourselves…and none of us knows 41_______ this fantastic experience will 42______. It can be 43______ at any moment. Perhaps this is a 44______ that we must 45_______ the most out of every single day."

Her eyes beginning to water, she went on "So I would like you all to make me a 46_______…from now on ,on your way to school ,or on your way home, find something 47______to notice. "For, although it may sound 48_______to some people, these things are the 'stuff' of life. The little things we are put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted. We must make it important to49______ them, for at any time…it can all be taken away."

The class was completely quiet. We all 50______ our books and filed（排成一行行走） out of the room 51_______. That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole semester.52________, I think of that teacher and remember what an 53_______ she made on all us , and I try to54_________ all of those things sometimes we all 55_______.

36. A.speak  B.share  C.explain  D. express

37.A gentle  B happy  C.surprised   D. lively

38.A.stood  B.cried  C.laughed D.paused

39.A.after  B. when  C.before  D.as

40.A. fasinating  B. useful  C. important  D. necessary

41.A. why  B. when  C. where  D. while

42. A.begin  B.change  C. appear  D.end

43. A. made up  B. run out 

C.passed away  D. taken away

44. A.card  B.notice  C. sign  D. track

45. A.make  B. take C. leave  D.get

46. A. surprise  B.promise  C. noise  D. face

47. A.beautiful B.different  

C.magnificant  D.meaningful

48. A. nice  B.silly  C. great  D.pessimistic

49. A.notice  B.watch   C. care  D.appreciate

50. A. put up  B.picked up C. rose up  D. stood up

51. A. quickly  B.nosily  C. happily  D.silently

52. A.Every once in a while   B.More often than not C. At last  D.Frequently

53. A.pressure  B.inflence C.impression D.mark

54. A.forget   B. appreciate  C.realize   D.imagine

55. A. overlook  B.cherish  C.mention   D.discover 

A very special teacher in a high school had a husband who died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death ,she 36______ some of her thoughts with a classroom of students. with a 37_______ look on her face, she 38_______ and said, "39_______class is over, I would like to share with all of you a thought which I feel is very 40_______. Each of us is put here on earth to learn ,share, love ,appreciate and give of ourselves…and none of us knows 41_______ this fantastic experience will 42______. It can be 43______ at any moment. Perhaps this is a 44______ that we must 45_______ the most out of every single day."

Her eyes beginning to water, she went on "So I would like you all to make me a 46_______…from now on ,on your way to school ,or on your way home, find something 47______to notice. "For, although it may sound 48_______to some people, these things are the 'stuff' of life. The little things we are put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted. We must make it important to49______ them, for at any time…it can all be taken away."

The class was completely quiet. We all 50______ our books and filed（排成一行行走） out of the room 51_______. That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole semester.52________, I think of that teacher and remember what an 53_______ she made on all us , and I try to54_________ all of those things sometimes we all 55_______.

36. A.speak  B.share  C.explain  D. express

37.A gentle  B happy  C.surprised   D. lively

38.A.stood  B.cried  C.laughed D.paused

39.A.after  B. when  C.before  D.as

40.A. fasinating  B. useful  C. important  D. necessary

41.A. why  B. when  C. where  D. while

42. A.begin  B.change  C. appear  D.end

43. A. made up  B. run out  C.passed away  D. taken away

44. A.card  B.notice  C. sign  D. track

45. A.make  B. take C. leave  D.get

46. A. surprise  B.promise  C. noise  D. face

47. A.beautiful B.different   C.magnificant  D.meaningful

48. A. nice  B.silly  C. great  D.pessimistic

49. A.notice  B.watch   C. care  D.appreciate

50. A. put up  B.picked up C. rose up  D. stood up

51. A. quickly  B.nosily  C. happily  D.silently

52. A.Every once in a while   B.More often than not C. At last  D.Frequently

53. A.pressure  B.inflence C.impression D.mark

54. A.forget   B. appreciate  C.realize   D.imagine

55. A. overlook  B.cherish  C.mention   D.discover