63. What Schipper said showed that she 　　　　.

　　　 A. was no longer Gould’s friend　　 　

B. had learned a lot from Gould

　　　 C. was not interested in Gould’s stories

D. would not like to compete against Gould

C

　　　 With a good shopping position and the right amount of money, any educated person ought to be able to make a living out of a bookshop. It is not a difficult trade to learn and the large chain-stores can never force the small bookseller out of existence as they have done to the corner shop. But the hours of work are very long-I was only doing a part-time job, but my boss put in a seventy-hour week, besides regular journeys out of shopping hours to buy books.

　　　 The real reason why I should not like to be back in the book trade for life, however, is that while I was in it I lost my love of books. A bookseller cannot always tell the truth about his books, and that gives him a dislike for them. There was a time when I really did love books-loved the sight and smell and feel of them-if they were fifty or more years old, that is . Nothing pleased me quite so much as to buy a bargain lot of them on sale for several pounds. There is a peculiar flavour(独特的味道)about the unexpected books you pick up in that kind of collection: little-known eighteenth-century poets, or out-of-date geography books. For occasional(偶尔的)reading-in your bath , for example , or late at night when you are too tired to go to bed-there is nothing as good as a very old picture story-book .

　　　 But as soon as I went to work in the bookshop I stopped buying books. Seen in a mass, five or ten thousand at a time, books were dull and even a little tiresome. Nowadays I do buy one occasionally, but only if it is a book that I want to read and can’t borrow, and I never buy rubbish.

62. The underlined word “it” in the fifth paragraph probably refers to 　　　　.

　　　 A. the Olympics　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. the youth camp　　　

　　　 C. the friendship　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. the Australian team

61. Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was 　　　　.

　　　 A. 15　　　　 　　 B. 17 　　　　　　　 C. 22　　　 　　　　 D. 30

60. Gould and Schipper are going to 　　　　.

　　　 A. talk about sport and life　　 　　　B. go back to elite competition

　　　 C. set a qualifying time and win gold 　 D. take part in the same sports event

59. What is the passage mainly about?

　　　 A. Stories happening in swimming competitions.

　　　 B. Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds .

　　　 C. Lessons learned from international swimming championships.

　　　 D. Friendship and competition between two swimmers.

58. What is the subject discussed in the passage?

　　　 A. Migration of monarchs. 　　　　　　　　　 B. Scientists’ interest in monarchs.

　　　 C. Winter home of monarchs.　　　　　　　　 D. Life and death of monarchs.

B

　　　 SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999, Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well, chatting about sport, life and “anything else that came up.”

　　　 Yet in Sydney next month , they will meet again by the pool , and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly(蝶泳)in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay .

　　　 Gould , now a 47-year-old mother of four , has announced she will be making a return to elite competition(顶级赛事)to swim the one event , having set a qualifying(合格的)time of 30.32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships . Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics.

　　　 Schipper , now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics , yesterday recalled(回忆)her time with Gould fie years ago .

　　　 “I was at a national youth came on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train,” Schipper explained. “It seemed as if we had long been god friends. I don’t know why. We just started talking and it went from there. ”

　　　 “She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp. She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what it’s like to be on an Australian team. It was really interesting. ”

　　　 Next time, things will be more serious. “ I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals, so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould,” said Schipper, who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly.

57. The routing of monarchs’ migration can be learned 　　　　.

　　　 A. by examining the marks made on them

　　　 B. by collecting their eggs in the mountains

　　　 C. by comparing their different ages

　　　 D. by counting the dead ones in the forests

56. One of the places where monarchs spend the winter is 　　　　.

　　　 A. the Gulf of Mexico　　　　　　 B. an area in Mississippi

　　　 C. a forest in Mexico　　　　　　　 D. a plain in Texas

( E )

Directions:　 Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading, which you do not need.

80.　 ___

If you suddenly received a lot of money, how would you spend it? For the people of Tuvalu, a tiny state comprising nine islands in the South Pacific, something unusual happened. In 1999 Tuvalu, with its population of 11,000,was the third poorest state in the world. Later, Tuvalu received a domain name on the Internet -- the letters “.tv”. A communication company from California quickly offered to buy the domain name for $ 40 million. The islanders became very rich.

81.　 ___

At the same time the islanders received some very bad news. Due to global warming, and because the islands are only 3m above sea level, Tuvalu will probably become the first state in the world to disappear under the sea. According to scientific estimates, the islands will suffer severe floods within the next 15 - 20 years, and by the end of the century, the islands will have disappeared from sight altogether.

82.　 ___

You can already see signs of the rising sea on Tuvalu. Pools of seawater appear here and there, some beaches are swallowed by the waves, and the roots of trees are rotting by the ocean. The rains cause temporary floods.

83.　 ___

But despite these problems, the Tuvaluan had their new money. Paul Lindsay, a documentary film - maker, went all the way to Tuvalu, and came back with an incredible story. As the water rises, the Tuvaluan are using the money to develop the land that is soon to disappear. They are building new houses, planning nightclubs, restaurants and hotels, and new cars are driving around on new roads. "Just because we are sinking, it doesn't mean we don't want to raise our standards of living." Lindsay was told by Sam Teo, Tuvalu' s minister for natural resources.

84.　 ___

Of the $ 40 million Tuvalu received through the Internet deal, $ 10 million was used to asphalt the islands' L9km of roads. Before 1999 there were four cars on the islands. The Tuvaluan used to walk or cycle everywhere. There was a flood of imported foods and goods and soon these had unexpected consequences. The Tuvaluan people now suffer from diseases such as obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. Others discovered that it was too expensive for them to keep their cars. There is now a huge rubbish dump in the middle of this tropical paradise, covered with abandoned cars and other waste.

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1. 他自己得出结论，而不是等待别人解释。 instead of , form

2. 当他在美国时不了解国内的情况。get no information about

3.走前一定要关灯。(be sure to)

4.据说这男孩因帮助了陌生旅客而受到了奖励。It

5. 是她的话使他决定继续他的科学研究。(It)

6.他直到看到食物才意识到饿了。conscious