4、Chinese scientist Qin Dahe was awarded the International Meteorological(气象学的)Organization Prize，the top prize of the world Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday．

Qin，born in 1947，is a glaciologist(冰河学家)．As a member of the 1989 International Trans-Antarctic Pole Expedition he became the first Chinese ever to cross the South Pole．Qin has published numerous ground-breaking articles using evidence gathered from that trip．

“Inspired by the honor，I will continue my efforts to promote China's meteorological researches with our brilliant team members．”Qin said at the ceremony．

“Meteorological and climatic conditions frequently go to extremes nowadays，against the background of global climate change．It poses a great challenge to human beings．”Qin said．“The undertakings shouldered by meteorological sciences will become more and more important．”

Chinese Vice Premier Hui liangyu said the prize not only reflected Qin's remarkable contributions，but also should be considered an honor for all China's meteorological scientists and researchers．He also spoke highly of China's meteorological contributions during the May 12 quake-relief work，the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics，as well as the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft’s flight mission.

Each year，WMO members nominate(提名) candidates for the prize for outstanding work in meteorology and contributions to international cooperation in meteorology．It is also regarded as the“Nobel Prize in Meteorology”．

The Executive Council of the WMO decided to recognize Qin this June．He was the second Chinese scientist to win the prize．The academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences，Ye Duzheng，received it in 2003．

64．The International Meteorological Organization Prize is intended to honor    ．

    A．world-famous glaciologists doing research in the South Pole

    B．those who made great contributions to the science of meteorology

    C．those who have done a good job in quake-relief work

    D．scientists who promote meteorological researches

65．Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

    A．Chinese scientist awarded top meteorological prize．

    B．A scientist who once crossed the South Pole．

    C．Nobel Prize in Meteorology．

   D．Scientist awarded by the government．

66．Which of the following statements about Qin is NOT true?

    A．Qin was the first Chinese to cross the South Pole．

    B．Qin got much important information from the South Pole．

    C．Qin took an active part in the May 12 quake-relief work．

  D．Qin was the second Chinese to win the top prize of the WMO．

67．What Qin said in the fourth paragraph shows           ．

    A．the change of global climate is natural

    B．meteorology will play a key role in meeting climatic challenges

    C．humans can meet all challenges from nature

    D．global climate change has little effect on meteorological conditions

3、A husband-and-wife team from California reached the Pacific Ocean after a 4，900-mile cross-country  walk, becoming the first to backpack(背着背包旅行)the American Discovery Trail in one continuous walk．

Marcia and Ken Powers，of Pleasanton，started the travel across 13 states，through 14 national parks and 16 national forests on Feb．27 from Cape Henlopen in Delaware．Nearly eight months later，the excited couple walked through water into the Pacific Ocean at Point Reyes，a day ahead of time．

“We are a little sad that a great adventure is over．It was a fantastic adventure．And now we go home and just de housework．It's really sad．”Marcia，who said she's in her 50s，and her 60-year-old husband traversed cities，deserts，mountains and farmland before reaching the Pacific alone with arms around each other's backpacks．

They overcame deep snow in the East，a quicksand in Utah，close lightning strikes in the Midwest and strong desert sandstorms in the West while averaging 22 miles a day and taking only four days off．But they enjoyed the French history of St Louis，the beauty of the Colorado Rockies and the kindness of strangers they met along the way．

They particularly remember two brothers―a doctor and dentist―who put them up in their homes around Chester，Ill．，after terrible days，and a motorcyclist who gave them water after they failed to find any on Utah's lonely Wah Wah Desert．

“Americans are truly warm-hearted and wonderful people．”Marcia Powers said．“We got to meet people that we would never meet in our daily living at home．We got to touch it with our feet and hands and smell all its scents(香味) and hear its wildlife．It's an amazing country，”she added．

60．The underlined word“traversed”in the third paragraph means“        ”．

    A．enjoyed      B．moved across，through or over     C．overcame    D．looked at

61．After the long walk，Marcia and Ken Powers felt sad probably because      ．

    A．they had to do the heavy housework again

    B．they had no way to earn their living

    C．they couldn't go on enjoying their walk

    D．they had experienced too many difficulties

62．According to the text，we can infer that during the walk the couple      ．

    A．were treated warm-heartedly by the local people

    B．never stopped to have a rest

    C．were ever caught in a heavy rain and became ill

    D．felt the quicksand in Utah was very interesting

63．Which one of the following will be the best tide for the text?

    A．A couple finished a 4,900-mile walk across America

    B．A long and hard walk across America

    C．An old couple reached the Pacific Ocean

    D．An old couple enjoyed America for eight months

2、Horror seized the heart of the World War Ⅰ soldier as he saw his life-long friend fall in the battle．Caught in a trench(战壕)with continuous gunfire whizzing(发出呼啸声) over his head，the soldier asked his captain if he might go out into the“No Man's Land”between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back．

“You can go,” said the captain，“but I don't think it will be worth it．Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your own life away．”The captain's words didn't matter, and the soldier went anyway．

To one's surprise，he managed to reach his friend，raised him onto his shoulder，and brought him back to their company's trench．As the two of them fell in together to the bottom of the trench，the officer checked the wounded soldier, and then looked kindly at his friend．“I told you it wouldn't be worth it,” he said．“Your friend is dead，and your wound is deadly．”“It was worth it，though，sir．”the soldier said．“How do you mean‘worth it’?”responded the captain．“Your friend is dead!”“Yes sir．”the soldier answered．“But it was worth it because when I got to him，he was still alive, and I had the satisfaction of hearing him say，‘Jim，I knew you'd come．’”

Many a time in life，whether a thing is worth doing or not really depends on how you look at it．Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it later in life．

56．When the soldier saw his close comrade fall in the battle，he felt        ．

A．surprised    B．excited    C．frightened   D．worried

57．The phrase“No Man's Land”most probably means“       ”in the passage．

    A．the area on the court between the base line and the service line

    B．an unoccupied region between opposing armies

    C．a bare wasteland which can't be used

    D．the area where there is no man

58．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

    A．The soldier was wounded seriously．

    B．The captain cared about the soldier very much．

    C．The soldier brought his close comrade back．

  D．The captain thought the soldier's action was right

59．The last paragraph implies that we should     when we don't know how to choose in life.

    A．fellow our hearts                  B．do nothing but wait

   C．listen to others' suggestion     D．regret what we have done

1、Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing． 36  she was very scared，she went with her  37  to a cliff．She took hold of the rope and started   38   the face of that rock．She got to a place where she could take a breath．As she was  39  there，the safety  rope suddenly struck Brenda's eye and   40  out her contact lens(隐形镜片)．

Well, here she was, on a rock face，with hundreds of feet below her and hundreds of feet  41  her．She was desperate and began to get  42  , so she prayed to the Lord to help her to  43  it．

When she got to the top，a friend  44  her eye and her clothing for the lens，but there was no contact lens to be found．She  45  across the mountains，thinking of that verse(诗句) that says,“The  46 of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth．” She thought，“Lord，you can see all these mountains．You know every  47  and leaf，and you know  48  where my contact lens is．Please help me．”

Finally，they  49  down the trail to the bottom．At the bottom there was a new party of climbers just starting up the face of the cliff．One of them shouted out，“Hey，you guys! Anybody  50  a contact lens?”

Well，that would be  51  enough，but you know  52  the climber saw it? An ant was moving  53   across the face of the rock，carrying it on it's back．

Brenda told her father about the story of the  54  ，the prayer，and the contact lens．He then drew a picture of an ant carrying that contact lens with the words，“Lord，I don't know why you want me to do this．I can't eat it，and it's awfully   55  ．But if this is what you want me to do，I'll carry it for you．”

24、----What time do you start work?

---- _____________.

  A. It’s none of your business.        B. It varies.

  C. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.                 D. It doesn’t make any difference

23、He is wasting ________ time during this important period in his life.

A. priceless    B. valueless      C. valuable        D. boring

22、You _________ finish the exercises by 5 o’clock.

   A. are supposed to                B. pay attention to  

C. are used to                      D. are ought to

21、 ________ finishing his studies, he started traveling in China.

   A. At        B. Upon          C. In           D. With

20、 I’m lucky to have got two tickets _____. Are you free to go to the concert with me?

A. free         B. for free        C. freedom         D. in free

19、_________ we have finished the course, we shall start doing more revision work.

A. For                B. Now that            C. Ever since                       D. By now