5、    Special trees that grow faster, fight pollution, produce better wood, and even sense chemical attacks are being planted by scientists in the US.

    When 40 percent of Hawaii's US$14 million-a-year papaya (木瓜)industry was destroyed by a virus five years ago, work began on creating genetically engineered (转基因的) trees.

    Researchers successfully introduced seeds that were designed to resist the virus. Since then, more and more people have been testing genetically engineered trees.

    Some researchers put special bacteria into trees to help them grow faster and produce better wood. Others are trying to create trees that can clean polluted soil.

    Meanwhile fruit farmers are looking for trees that are strong enough to resist worms, and paper companies want trees that produce more wood and therefore more paper.

    The Pentagon (五角大楼) even gave the researchers US$500,000 this year after they developed a pine tree that changes its colours if it senses a chemical attack.

    So far, the poplar, eucalyptus (杨树与桉树), apple and coffee trees are among those being engineered. All this can be done today because we have a better understanding of tree genomes (基因组).

    However, some people fear that the genetically engineered trees will cause dangerous results. They are worried that the new trees will breed (繁殖)with natural species and change the balance of the forest environment.

    "It could be destructive," said Jim Diamond, an environmentalist. '"Trees are what is left of our natural environment and home to many endangered species."

    But researchers insist that science could give nature a fighting chance against both natural and man-made dangers.

    They hope to answer the critics （批评家）by stopping the new trees from breeding, so their effect on the environment can be controlled.

68. Which kind of tree is not the ones that scientists are planting in the US?                               

A. Trees that worms can't hurt.

B. Trees that can sense a chemical attack.

C. Trees that can resist wind better.

D. Genetically engineered trees.

69. What caused the American scientists to work on special trees directly? 

A. They think science could give nature a fighting chance against both natural and man-made dangers.

B. Great numbers of trees have been lost due to attacks by viruses.

C. Researchers successfully introduced seeds designed to resist the virus.

D. Tree genomes are mapped out so scientists know how to improve trees.

70. Which of the following was probably the first kind of trees being engineered? 

A. Papaya.           B. Pine.          C. Apple.             D. Poplar.

71. Why did critics think engineered trees dangerous? Because _________.

A. these trees can destroy the balance of nature

B. everything except trees has been genetically engineered

C. trees are home to many endangered species

D. these trees may affect normal trees

64.Which of the following are from Mexico?

      A．The paper cutting and troika.                 B．The kinderpolka and sitar.

       C．The paperl picado and the raspo.           D．The mayim mayim and the gyros.

65.A family with two children at the age of 8 and 16 are going to the festival on August 12. How much money will they pay    for the festival?

       A．$5.                     B．$6.                      C．$8.                     D．$9.

66.What do we know about the festival?

       A．Children will have a chance to learn different folk-dancing.

       B．Storyteller Gwendolyn is invited to the festival for the first time.

       C．People will be offered opportunities to play musical instruments.

       D．Visitors can make paper umbrellas from their first- hand experience.

67.What’s the purpose of writing this passage?

       A．To advertise for the World Marketplace.

       B．To introduce a wide range of cultural traditions.

       C．To explain the great significance of popularizing the festival.

       D．To persuade readers to attend the festival held in the City Park.

3、It seems that the key to winning any contest is in the belief that you can win. This belief is what inspires one to do one’s best. If we have this belief, we work tirelessly to accomplish our goals, and make whatever sacrifices which are necessary. Whether it’s a hot-dog eating contest or a spelling bee, the winners have not just been the ones with the most skills, but those with the greatest desire to win. Much can be said for positive thinking. An entire movement is based on the idea that if you visualize(使具体化) your goals on a daily basis, you will accomplish them, no matter how difficult they may seem. Most life coaches recommend writing down a list of all of your goals on a poster, and then displaying it where you’ll see it every day. This way these goals will become so much a part of your life that you will find yourself driven to accomplish every one of them. The same strategy applies to winning any contest.

Practice is, of course, also part of winning. If you’re not devoted enough to practice, then you have no hope anyway. Don’t take the other contestants for granted. They’re working just as hard as you are, and you have to keep practicing all the way up to the moment of competition if you really want to win.

Finally, show grace in victory. Always be generous in your praise of the other contestants. The positive energy of their good will toward you will carry you to countless additional victories. Be proud in you heart that you worked so hard to accomplish your goals, and that you deserve the reward you’ve just gotten, but accept the reward with a modest and gracious manner.

60.What is the most important thing to have in preparation for a contest, according to the passage?

A. A lot of energy.

B. Training from a good coach.

C. Confidence in oneself.

D. Concentration on contestants.

61.According to the passage, if you want to be admitted to a famous university, you should _____.

A. dream of being accepted by it every night

B. work tirelessly and make unimaginable sacrifices

C. write down its name where you’ll see it every day

D. prepare and practice day and night

62.A true winner _____.

A. have many goals

B. is very generous

C. wins every spelling bee

D.does not appear proud

63.What’s the passage mainly about?

A. What needed to be a winner.

B. How to practice if you want to win.

C. The importance of learning from others.

D.The importance of the skills necessary for winning.

2、Janice Fialka showed a new documentary（记录片）about her cognitively（认知地）disabled son at schools across the country. Everyone seemed to enjoy it, but one comment from a teacher proved to Fialka her family’s investment was a success. “In Baltimore an early childhood teacher came up and said ‘I have to apologize to the family of a 4 year old with Down Syndrome（先天愚型）’” Fialka said. “She said ‘I told them to be more realistic about their dreams for him. Now I have to tell them I’m sorry.’”

The story of Micah Fialka Feldman, a 22 year old Oakland University student, is meant to show parents, educators and the disabled anything is possible. Micah wrote in an essay titled “I wanted to go to college and my dream came true.” A lot of people didn’t think he could go to college, but because family and friends believed in him, he learned how to take public transportation to campus and found teachers who helped him pick the best classes. The title of the film “Through the same door ”came from a day when Micah, who was admitted to a first grade special education program, told his parents he wanted to walk through the same door as the rest of the kids at his school. It led to him becoming the first student with cognitive disabilities in mainstream classrooms in Berkley.

Though he can’t read or write on his own, Micah reached amazing heights with the help of voice recognition computer software.At Berkley High School, Micah won the Social Studies Department Award for civic（公民的）involvement. In 2004 she received the Michigan “Yes, I Can” award  for self advocacy（自强）. He finished high school in 2003 with a certificate of attendance, and entered Oakland University through the Transitions Program.

Fialka said, “He’s the happiest kid in the world. Everyone should be so happy.”

56.What the early childhood teacher said suggests that         .

       A．disabled people should be realistic about their dreams

       B．she used to believe we should not expect much from disabled people

       C．she hadn’t given the 4 year old with Down Syndrome enough attention

       D．the documentary about Micah encouraged the disabled

57.The documentary got its title because         .

      A．Micah was not allowed to go through the same door with other kids

       B．Micah was the only cognitively disabled student in the school

       C．Micah had a strong desire to do the same thing as other kids

       D．the rest of kids were kind enough to let him through the same door

58.Which of the following best shows the order of events of Micah?

       a．He received the Michigan “Yes, I Can” award.

       b．His documentary was shown and welcomed.

       c．He was admitted to a first grade special education program.

       d．He finished high school with a certificate of attendance.

       e．He entered Oakland University through the Transitions Program.

       A．a c d e b                                  B．b a c d e

       C．c d e a b                                 D．c d b e a

59.What would be the best title for the passage?

       A．Disabled man living his dream                  B．A documentary about Micah

       C．Don’t look down upon the disabled        D．Through the same door

1、    Thanksgiving Day was near. Lucy, the first grade teacher, gave her class a fun  36  --- to draw a picture of somebody or something for which they were   37  . When the students  38   their assignment, she found that most of them drew some pictures of their parents, teachers, brothers, sisters, friends or neighbors. “What   39   students! How wonderful the pictures are!” She thought.

   Douglas, however, made a different kind of picture. He was a   40  boy. He didn’t act the same as others. He always seemed to be shy and __41__. He seldom __42__ with other children during the break __43__ they kindly invited him to. Lucy treated him very well. She always helped him and encouraged him to be confident and have a good time with his classmates. Yes, his picture was different. He just drew a __44__. Nothing else. His abstract image _45__ the imagination of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One guessed it was a mother’s hand，for mother’s hand gives children warmth and __46__. Another child guessed it was a farmer’s hand, because farmers raise turkeys. Still others thought it was a police officer’s hand, because the police __47__ people and care for people. And so the discussion __48__.

   When the children were discussing it, Lucy paused at Douglas’ desk, __49__, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy murmured, “ It’s __50__, teacher.” Douglas was most thankful for her hand. She was __51__ and felt tears in her eyes. She thought of the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there. She __52__ how often she had said to him, “Take my __53__, Douglas. We’ll go outside.” or “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” or “Let’s do this together.”

   The story speaks of __54__ thankfulness. It also says something about teachers teaching and

parents parenting and friends showing friendship, and how much it means to the children like Douglas. They might not always say “__55__” out, but they’ll remember the hand that you reach out to give them love and be grateful to you always.

26、The new machine, as is put in the report, will work twice as fast, _______ greatly reducing costs.

A. so                B. even              C. yet                D. thus

25、 In a time of social reform, people’s state of mind tends to keep _______ with the rapid changes of society.

A. terms              B. pace              C. progress            D. touch

24、When you come to China you can’t help noticing a “can-do” attitude and a general sense that this is a society _______ is looking ahead.

A. where              B. as                C. who               D. that 

23、―Mum, I failed in the test again.  

―______. Keep on working hard and you'll succeed.  

A．Not at all                B．Certainly not       C．Never mind         D．Don't mention it  

22、Today even ordinary people understand that the universe is something larger than ever _____ before.  

A. think                        B. to think                    C. thought                    D. thinking