3.(★★★★★)How many proofs does the author give in the passage?

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

C

The outburst of joy at the success of China’s national football team in reaching the World Cup finals easily matched the scenes of celebration which attended Beijing’s Olympic bid win.

It’s little surprise:football fans had waited 44 years for that moment-three times longer than the seemingly endless World Trade Organization negotiations(谈判)！

The 53-year-old Serb coach(教练) Bora Milutinovic is regarded now as nothing less than a saviour by football fans used to years of broken dreams and bitter setbacks.

Best known to fans as Milu,he has been believed by many with playing a major role in helping the Chinese team win its tickets to the 2002 World Cup being co-hosted by South Korea and Japan.

Having already guided Mexico,Costa Rica,Nigeria and the United States to the World Cup finals,Bora Milutinovic managed to continue his winning streak in China.He made it clear however last Friday in Shenyang Wulihe Stadium that he preferred not to be seen as a miracle worker.

Before guiding the Chinese team to the finals,Milu was one of only two coaches in the world to take four national sides to the final stages.The other one is Carlos Alberto Parreir.Milu however is the only man to take all for teams to the second round of the finals.And now he was gone on better taking the fifth team to the finals.

2.How many complaints does Mr Metcalf have in his letter?

A.One.　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.Two.　　　　　　　　　　　　 C.Four.　 　　　　　　　　　　 D.Six.

B

Have you ever noticed,when looking at a map of the world ,that the east coast of South America and the west coast of Africa look as though they might fit together?If you have,you are not alone,In 1965 the English scientist Sir Edward Bullard used a computer to test the fit of the two continents and found that at an ocean depth of 2000 metres the match was very close indeed.

It seems too remarkable to be possible,but there is a lot of evidence(证据) to suggest that Africa was once joined to South America.For example,there is a belt of ancient rocks along the east coast of Brazil which is similar to the rocks across the South Atlantic in West Africa.

There is further evidence that existing land masses were once linked.The remains of a 400-to-500-million-year-old mountain chain has been found running down the eastern part of Greenland,western Scandinavia,and through north-west Scotland and Ireland,into western Canada, eventually finding their way to north-west Africa.

Then there is the evidence from life itself.In various parts of the world today the same animals and plants can be found on land masses separated by,in some cases,thousands of miles of oceans.Did they develop at the same time in two different places?It seems unlikely.Biologists believe that there must have been land bridges which have now sunk beneath the sea.Also fossils(化石) found in sedimentary rocks (fossils are the preserved remains of life forms)　 have allowed geologists to trace the same plants from South America,and Antarctica(北极) in rocks perhaps 300 million years old.

The ice that is now confined to(限制) the polar regions(北极或南极地区)has not always been so limited in extent.Indeed,during a period of the Earth’s history　 known as the permocarboniferous age(二叠石炭纪) about 250~350 million years ago　 there is evidence from the rocks that there were glaciers covering South America,parts of Africa,India,Australia,as well as Antarctica.On the other hand,in the northern hemisphere(北半球),there were deserts.If the continents sparead out as they are　 today,it is hard to understand how this could be.

So there is considerable evidence to show whole continents moved apart,and naturally many people have tried to discover how and why whole land masses moved.

1.(★★★★)Mr Metcalf had dinner in the restaurant on ________.

A.16th January　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.17th January

C.18th January　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.19th January

10.(★★★★)Certainly during examinations teachers and students are 10 to act like machines.

　　 A. willing B. expected C. hoped D. wished

9.(★★★)Charley took the 9 and became a true hit-maker.

　　 A. career B. change C. order D. advice

8.(★★★★)The witty speech of the famous American author 8 a shout of laughter.

　　 A. was meeting B. asked C. was met D. met

7.(★★★★)It happened once, however, some seventy years ago, that the gold cup was stolen a few days before the race! The police 7 for it all over the county but could not found it.

　　 A. searched B. asked C. waited D. cared

6.(★★★)You have some relatives and friends in America already, so you have someone to turn 6 when you need help or are feeling homesick.

　　 A. on B. up C. down D. to

5.(★★★★)All I would like to do is to 5 you of some of the advantage and disadvantages of going to live abroad.

　　 A. warn B. remind C. ask D. question

4.(★★★)Instead she wrote on the blackboard the above words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to 4 these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

　　 A. repeat B. get C. put D. copy