Concorde’s Birthday

CONCORDE, the world’s fastest passenger plane, will soon be over 33 years old. It first __51__ on 2 March 1969 in France. Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a _52__ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to __53__ together on the project. The plane __54_ over 1.5 billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It was given over 5000 hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of _55__. This means that it _56_ only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compare with 7—8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is _57__ to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30a.m. _58__ from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour _59_! Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. Each Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so far. Air France and British Airway _60_ the most. They each have seven planes.

1.A. invented    B. produced    C. flew      D. took off

2.A. talk        B. dream      C. meeting   D. fight

3.A. work       B. do         C. carry      D. finish

4.A. paid        B. wanted     C. needed     D. cost

5.A. voice       B. sound      C. noise      D. shout

6.A. spends      B. takes       C. covers     D. travels

7.A. possible     B. impossible   C. real       D. unreal

8.A. plane       B. passenger    C. flight      D. airline

9.A. later        B. late         C. earlier      D. early

10.A. build       B. make      C. sell        D. own

One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then  46  to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.

“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill yours.”

   47    the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible   48   , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too   49   . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what you horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to   50   it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.

Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no   51   . At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.”

    “Oh,” the rich man shouted   52   . “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.”

    “Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he   53   ?”

    “He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”

    “Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he  54  you. Then can you expect to get money  55   him?  ”

    The rich man said nothing and left silently.

46. A. put down         B. set down         C. sat down         D. turned down

47. A. So                   B. But              C. And              D. Though

48. A. song             B. word             C. bell             D. noise

49. A. late             B. slow             C. hard             D. quick

50. A. pay for              B. look for         C. wait for         D. care for

51. A. idea             B. mistake          C. money                D. answer

52. A. quietly              B. angrily              C. happily          D. heavily

53. A. speak                B. tell             C. talk             D. say

54. A. helped               B. thanked          C. warned           D. ordered

55. A. for                  B. from             C. with             D. about

Some students cheat(作弊) because they’re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without (41) the time studying. Other students might feel that they can’t (42) the test without cheating. Even when there seems to be a “good reason” for cheating, it isn’t a good (43).

A student who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test (44) to talk with the teacher and his or her parents so they can find some better ways together. Talking about these problems and (45) them out will help feel better than cheating.

    If a student gets (46) cheating, the teacher may give a “(47)” on the test, send him or her to the head teacher’s (48), and call his or her parents. Worse than the (49) grade may be the feeling of having disappointed those people, (50) parents and teachers. A parent may worry that you are not an (51) person and a teacher might watch you more (52) the next time you’re taking a test.

There are plenty of reasons why a kid shouldn’t cheat, but some students have already cheated. If that’s you, it’s (53) too late to stop cheating. Cheating can become a (54), but a student is always able to act better and make better (55). It might help to talk the problem over with a parent, teacher, or friend.   

41. A. taking                 B. spending                   C. costing                     D. using

42. A. write                  B. exercise                    C. pass                         D. expect 

43. A. idea                    B. purpose                    C. custom                    D. conclusion

44. A. decides               B. hopes                       C. refuses                            D. needs

45. A. breaking              B. dreaming                  C. missing                    D. working

46. A. caught                B. offered                     C. appeared                  D. suggested

47. A. prize                   B. result                       C. zero                        D. treat

48. A. office                 B. school                      C. seat                         D. conversation

49. A. natural                B. dangerous                 C. anxious                    D. bad

50. A. and                     B. besides                     C. like                          D. among

51. A. outside                B. advantageous            C. interesting                D. honest

52. A. closely                B. bravely                     C. certainly                   D. hardly

53. A. always                B. never                       C. once                        D. neither

54. A. menu                  B. medicine                   C. habit                        D. match

55. A. education            B. decisions                  C. challenges                D. risks  

When people talk about air pollution, they are usually thinking about outdoor air   46  . But do you know that there is also air pollution inside homes, offices, hotels and other buildings? The air in your home can be 2 to 100 times more polluted than the air outdoors! In fact, some American doctors say that 50% of illnesses have   47   to do with polluted indoor air.

A lot of pollution comes from indoor activities   48   smoking and cooking. As most people  49   about 80%-90% of their time inside buildings, it is important to take indoor air pollution seriously, too.

Air pollution influences our health 50  . When the air is polluted, not only young children and old people  51   from it,  52   people with health problems suffer as well. Indoor air pollution can   53   people’s eyes, noses and throats. Air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, can also  54 lung cancer and heart disease! In the great London fog in 1952, 4, 000 people died in a few days  55   the pollution! It is said that half a million young children and women die each year in India because of indoor air pollution!

(   )46.A.pollution               B.pollute                       C.polluted

(   47.A.nothing                 B.everything                 C.something         

(   48.A.as well as              B.such as                            C.instead of          

(  )49.A.take                B.cost                          C.spend                

(   50.A.in many ways        B.in many things           C.in many houses  

(   51.A.bear                      B.stand                         C.suffer

(   )52.A.and                      B.but                            C.or                     

(   )53.A.hit                       B.hurt                          C.pollute               

(   )54.A.cause                   B.get                            C.give                         

(   )55.A.because of           B.thanks to                   C.because

  “I don’t like my parents.They always tell me this should be done and that should not be done.It sometimes makes me __51__.”said Zhang Hua,a middle school student in Guangzhou.Do you have the same problem?Why does it __52__ that some parents are not so friendly in their children’s eyes?

 Your parents __53__everything about you,from the time you were born.They do a lot for you,__54__ something would make you angry,because they care about you and worry about you.They tell you the __55__ of making friends.They ask you to concentrate on your lessons __56__ computer games.They also worry about how much sleep you get and tell you it’s bad for your health to __57__.They want you to grow up healthily and happily.

So how can you make things easier on yourself? It’s easier than you think. Just make your parents __58__ what you’re doing. Call them if you stay somewhere else later than usual. Say sorry to them when you make __59__ .Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about theirs with you.

Someday when you become a parent, you may be able to know __60__ to get on with your children.

51.  A.happy       B.sorry                C. angry       D.excited

52.  A. taste       B. smell        C. sound       D. seem

53.  A. read about   B.worry about   C. tell about    D. look for

54.  A since        B. so           C.though      D.or

55.  A. trouble      B. difference    C.importance   D. opportunity

56.  A. besides      B. with        C.except       D. instead of

57.  A.give up      B.end up       C.look up      D.stay up

58.  A. see         B.know        C. hear        D. feel

59.  A. success     B. faces         C.friends      D. mistakes

60.  A. what       B. which        C. how        D. where