阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　A hundred years ago, Hong Kong was just a small fishing village. There were only a few thousand people. They lived a simple life.

　　Houses were two-storeyed then at most. There were no buses or cars. While poor people traveled on foot, the rich traveled by rickshaw(人力车). The roads were covered with stones. There were no big ships or ocean liners. People sailed on small boats or sampans(舢板).

　　Within the last hundred years, there has been great important everything. People worked hard to make Hong Kong a commercial(商业的) center. Multi-storeyed buildings, wide roads and flyovers can be seen everywhere we can travel by bus, tram, taxi or underground. Planes and ocean liners come from different parts of the world every day.

　　Hong Kong is now a famous city. Many people from other countries do business or work here, the city already has over six million people and there will be more in the future. Life in Hong Kong is not simple at all nowadays. People must work harder in order to make a living.

　　It is more than five years since Hong Kong returned to China in 1997. Our PLA soldiers have stationed there. We are sure Hong Kong will have a more beautiful future.

1．One hundred years ago, Hong Kong was ________.

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A．a small city

B．a small farm village

C．a small fishing village

D．a commercial center

2．At that time people went out to sea ________.

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3．There has been great improvement in Hong Kong within the last hundred years ________.

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A．because of the hard work of the people in Hong Kong

B．because Hong Kong is very famous

C．because lots of people have worked there

D．because of its return to China

4．Name four things which show Hong Kong is a modern city.

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A．small fishing village, underground, car and shops.

B．taxi, multi-storeyed buildings, flyovers and wide roads.

C．roads covered with stones, multi-storeyed buildings, tram and bus.

D．planes, sampan, ocean liners and big shops.

5．What's the passage mainly about?

[　　]

A．Hong Konga hundred years ago.

B．Hong Kongthe past and the present.

C．Hong Konga modern city.

D．Hong Kong's return to China.

World Book and Copyright Day is a annual event that falls on April 23 and was first celebrated in 1995.

The event was organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright.

The connection between April 23 and books was first made in 1923 by booksellers in Catalonia, Spain as a way to honor the author Miguel de Cervantes who died on that day. It became part of the celebrations of the Saint George's Day (also April 23) in the region, where it has been a tradition since the medieval era for men to give roses to their lovers and since 1925 for women to give a book in exchange.

In 1995, UNESCO decided that the World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on April 23 to commemorate people who have made great contributions to social and cultural progress of mankind.

The date is also the anniversary of the birth and death of William Shakespeare, the death of renowned authors Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and Josep Pla, the birth of Maurice Druon, Vladimir Nabokov, Manuel Mejia Vallejo and Halldor Laxness.

With the success of the World Book and Copyright Day, UNESCO developed the concept of World Book Capital City, selecting Madridas the capital for 2001. After this, UNESCO's General Conference resolved(决定) to make the designation of a World Book Capital City an annual event and selected Beirut as this year's capital.

60. How many famous people mentioned in this passage died on 23^rd? __________

A. 7                      B. 6                             C. 4                             D. 3

61. The underlined word “commemorate” in the fourth garagraph means “_________”.

A. reward                     B. honor                       C. remember                 D. celebrate

62. How often does World Book and Copyright Day take place? ___________.

A. Every year         B. Every other year        C. Every fourth year      D. Not referred to

63. Which of the following statements is TRUE? ____________

A. Josep Pla and Halldor Laxness died on the same day.

B. World Book and Copyright Day first connected books and April 23.

C. The city of Beirut was known by more people on April 23 this year.

D. The event was organized to protect reading, publishing and copyright.

Goats are being hired to do the work of people near SanDiego. The fires that occurred in Hillborbough four years ago destroyed thirty homes, most of which have been rebuilt. While people were rebuilding the homes, the grasses and bushes were growing back. The area is now so overgrown in bushes that there is again a major danger of fire.
The city council asked for offers to remove the bushes. The lowest bid they received was $50,000-----and that was if the city provided breakfast and lunch for the workers for thr six weeks it would take to clear the overgrown area. The city only wanted to give unlimited coffee and a piece of bread a day for each person. When that offer was rejected, the city asked for help on its website.
A sheepherder（养绵羊的人） in Montanta and a goatherder（养山羊的人） in San Bernardino read about the city’s plight （困境）while surfing the Web on their laptops. They both offered to do the job for $25,000. The council chosed the goatherder because he lived closer. When he was told that the city dump（垃圾场） was overflowing , the gotherder said, “No problem. My goats will eat everything in your dump, except the car engines, of course.” So ,for another $5,000, the city killed two birds with one stone. If all goes well, they will invite the goatherder and his “family” back every three years. The goatherder said that he would probably visit San Diego while his goats were in the dump. “I want to go there by plane, I just hope we don’t crash. My goats will miss me a lot.” He said.
【小题1】Why did the city council want to remove the bush?

A．the sheepherder offered to do the job for $50.000

B．the lowest bid to remove the bushes was $50,000

C．the sheepherder and the goatherder were both addicted to surfing the Internet.

D．hiring goats to do the job saved the government lots of money.

I was on my lunch break in the city, enjoying a salad at an outdoor café, when a shabby homeless lady came waking towards me. She was _36_ everyone who walked past her for spare_37_ and she looked very dirty. My _38  reaction was fear and I hoped she wouldn’t come near me, but she did.. I was on the phone and when she__39_ , I said “ I’m on the phone” in the nicest way I could, telling myself what she needed was a lesson in _40_. She walked away, mumbling(自言自语), “ I’m_41_ you. I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’ll leave.” And she turned the corner.
_42_ ,I would feel relieved or satisfied, but something in me couldn’t _43_ . Without another thought, I looked in my _44_ for the spare change I had. I even started searching through my entire purse, the pockets, everything for all of the change I could _45_ find to give. I got up and walked towards this lady and gave her all I _46_. She held my hand and said, “ Thank you!” Her hand was 47 and dirty, but I didn’t mind 48 her hand. I wanted to be there for her , when normally I would  49 the other way. She looked at me and said, “Will you touch my face?” And for some reason, I did. I put my hand on her cheek and she started to 50  .  I could  51 it was as if she had not been touched by a loving, soft hand in ages, 52 . And so I held it there, trying to 53 her with my heart open. It was powerful.
She thanked me and walked away quietly. And I walked away with an open heart, trying to 54  
sense of what had just happened. It changed something in me and has made me want to be a 55 person to the people I meet during my day.

One dark stormy night, an elderly couple hurried into a hotel and asked whether they could be put up for the night. “I’ m very   36   ,” the clerk on night shift said politely, “we are all    37 tonight. But you could stay in my room if you don’t    38 . As I’m on duty, I’ll be staying up in the office anyway,” The young man gave the    39 _ advice.
The elderly couple    40  his offer with gratitude(感激). They    41  for the inconvenience they had caused him. The next day, the rain stopped and it cleared up. When the old gentleman went to pay his   42 , the clerk behind the counter was that same helpful young man. “The room you and your wife stayed in is not a proper guest room in this hotel,  43  you don’t need to pay,” said the clerk, with the same friendly smile.
The old gentleman nodded in    44 , “You are an employee that every boss in the hotel business would    45 . Perhaps   46  I’ll build a hotel for you. ” The clerk was amazed but, deciding that the guest must have been joking, he gave the remark no more    47 .
Two years later, the young man received a registered letter(挂号信) from the old gentleman, in which he   48 the experience of that dark stormy night. The letter also enclosed（附上） a formal    49  and a round-trip air ticket to New York, asking the young man to pay a visit.
At a street comer in Manhattan, the young man met his   50  guest. The old gentleman, pointing to a magnificent new    51  towering over the crossroads, said, “Look, that is the hotel I    52 to build for you. I hope you will manage it for me. Remember what I said then? Well, I was serious about it.”
“But…will there be any conditions, sir? Why do you choose me? And who are you?”
“My name is William Aster. There’s not any condition.   53  I told you before, you are the best employee…!”
This building was none    54 the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Starting business in 1931, this hotel has been a symbol of supreme status and honor in the city of New York. The young man who became its first    55  was George Boldt, the man who turned Waldorf into one of the most glamorous hotels in the world.