8、The two hotels are the same in size and      （服务）, but that one is much more expensive.

7、A: Morning.

B: Morning.

A: But…but how are you today?  61 

B: I’m not. I have a sore throat, and I cough, especially at night. So I can’t sleep very well.

A: Oh!  62 

B: Yeah, I’ve got a fever.

A: Um, I think you’ve got the flu. I suggest you take a day off and go back home to have a good rest.

B: Sounds great, But I have to prepare my speech for the conference.  63  And yesterday they asked me for the summary.

A:  64 

B: I had no time for it and there’s no way, until I finish the summary.

A:  65 

B: Sure. Thank you.

A: What’s wrong with you?                              

B: Did you go to the clinic?

C: You know, it’s only five days from now.        

D: You don’t look very well.

E: Take your time and take good care of yourself.                              

F: Could you do me a favor?

G: Have you got a temperature?

6、       Tattoos(文身) and body piercings (穿孔) have moved up on the trend list in recent years.

       Around Western schools lots of teens are sporting new holes and “flesh ink” (纹身). As with  all other subjects, the Chinese will surely have to deal with this situation with respect to their children. To get a better view of what has happened in the West, let’s sit down and hear what they say.

Tiara from Indiana:

I personally think body piercing is sickening. If there were supposed to be holes in your body, you would have been born with them. I do, however, think that ear piercing, is not wrong.  There is a difference between ear piercing and belly button(肚脐) piercing. Ear piercing is not nearly as dangerous. I would be sick if someone stuck a needle in my belly button.

       Lee from Illinois:

       Hi! I live in Illinois. I am 23. I have 12 tattoos and three piercings. I love my tattoos and consider myself an art collector. You would be surprised at who has given me the thumbs-up on my art work. People on the street stop me to look at the tattoo on my leg. Most of them don’t know what it is. They just think the work itself is great.

       Subotai from California:

       I’m not against self-expression, but when I see high school students getting these piercing, I really wonder. In some cases, the drive is deeper and darker than mere fashion. A friend of mine tried piercing her own tongue with a safety pin. It got infected and she had a tongue the size of a cow’s.

       Jackson from Ohio:

       I don’t think it’s wrong, but when people do it all over the place like their face and everything ―I think that’s ridiculous. People who get the big dragons that cover your whole body―I don’t think that’s necessary. When I see naked chicks on guys, I think. “You have no respect for women.”

Brittney from New York:

57．We can infer from the passage that        .

       A．Tiara might have body piercing             B．Subotai doesn’t have body piercing

       C．Lee thinks tattoos are art                      D．Jackson likes tattoos and piercing

58．Who doesn’t think tattoos and piercings are beautiful except ear piercing?

       A．Jackson              B．Lee                     C．Tiara                   D．Subotai

59．From the passage, we can make a conclusion that        .

       A．tattoos and piecrings are a new kink of art

       B．all the teachers in the West are in favour of tattoos and piercings

       C．everything is changeable as time goes on

       D．it is necessary to live with different views of beauty

60．The best title for this passage is probably        .

       A．Body Art or Causing Damage                  B．Doing Damage to the Young People’s Bodies

       C．Young People’s Different Curiosity        D．The Latest Fashion

5、       For the last seventeen years CPSB has had the pleasure of hosting a learning event we call a Forum. We started offering programs in Sarasota in February in 1991 and our first Forum was held in 1992 as a small group meeting. Being from the Northern USA, this was a particularly good time to go South for the warmth of our friendship with Dr. Treffinger and Dr. Noller and to keep away from the cold winter.

      The Forum is the only chance to learn about various topics of the creativity and innovation  （革新）from those who have rich experience and interest in the field. The theme of the 2009 Forum includes searching for a few new methods, sharing lessons from experience, and learning and exchange ideas on cutting-edge research. Space is limited, so early registration is welcome.

      Meeting the Innovation Challenge   February 6 and 7,2009 

       The Lido Holiday Inn

      Sarasota, Florida

      $ 750 （registration includes some meals and materials）

      Interested in becoming qualified to use the VIEW assessment of Problem Solving Style? The two days just before our Forum provides you just that chance. For more information on VIEW see pages 24-25.

       VIEW Qualification Course

       February 4 and 5, 2009

       The Lido Holiday Inn

       Sarasota, Florida

       $650 （registration includes lunch and course materials）

       Special Offer: If you would like to attend the VIEW qualification course and the Forum, you can register for both events for $ 1,050.

53．If you register both the VIEW qualification course and the Forum at the same time, you will save _______.

A．$350                       B．$300                C．$100                D．$400

54．By saying “Space is limited, so early registration is welcome”, the author means      .

       A．space is limited, so you can’t register now

       B．there is not enough space for you to register

       C．you’ll be given a special offer if you register now

       D．you’ll lose the chance if you don’t register as soon as possible

55．The main purpose of this advertisement is to ______.

       A．promise everyone to pay less money to attend the Forum

       B．encourage more people to get registered for the Forum in time

       C．call on the people in the North of the USA to move to South

       D．introduce some new activities and topics of the first Forum

56．The underlined word “cutting-edge” in the second paragraph probably means ______.

      A．most advanced                                 B．between two subjects

      C．on the edge of a subject                    D．having sharp point

4、       Feeling tired? Under too much stress? Well, you may want to try Yoga(瑜珈). It’s what more and more people have been turning to to release the trouble of modern life. Practically unheard of in the West until 50 years ago, Yoga has become one of the most popular health trends around the world, including China. If you search for Yoga on line in Chinese, lots of pages are there to see, most of which are main pages of Yoga clubs. In order to keep fit and lose weight, many girls spend more than 1000 yuan taking part in Yoga classes every month.

However, are you really ready for it? There are several things you need to know before you really take it.

First, do not force your body too much. Yoga has many difficult poses. They are beautiful and worth boasting if you could finish them. But if you force yourself to do as exactly as an experienced Yoga teacher does, you may hurt your body, instead of strengthening it. Do you remember you original purpose for playing Yoga? It is self -building, not competing.

Second, do some research about the Yoga class that you are to registering. Yoga is new in China and there are not so many certificated well-trained Yoga teachers. Some not well organized clubs just find someone learn a little Yoga and certificate them. But be aware, a non-eligible teacher might wrongly guide you and you could not benefit from the classes much except that they force you to exercise your body a bit. Considering about the large amount of money you invest in it, it’s worth and reasonable to make sure the teachers in the club are qualified before you join.

       Third, it would be better to learn something about nutrition when you practice Yoga. In the very beginning, Yoga was part of the Vedas, bible of the traditional Indian philosophy. So it could be regarded as a kind of lifestyle. When you have decided to care for your body, why not feed it properly? In fact, good clubs have their own nutritionists.

       Anyhow, make sure you are ready before you act. The fashion may change quickly. But what benefits is still good for us.

49．The author’s main purpose in writing the passage is to        .

       A．tell people how to relax themselves

       B．let people know more about Yoga

       C．give people some advice on taking part in Yoga classes

       D．tell peoples Yoga has gained its popularity in China

50．The underlined word “eligible” in the fourth paragraph most probably means       .

       A．experienced         B．qualified              C．honored              D．hi-technical

51．Which of the following is NOT the author’s advice?

       A．Join one of the noblest Yoga clubs.        B．Don’t easily follow the fashion about Yoga.

       C．Know some knowledge about nutrition.  D．Find out a real teacher.

52．From the advice offered by the author, we can conclude that           .

       A．Yoga has nothing to do with culture

       B．Yoga is somehow easy to exercise

       C．many people learn Yoga in order to complete

       D．not all the Yoga clubs have standard teachers

3、       In China he’s known as “the Flying Fish”; in America they call him “the Baltimore Bulet”.

Whatever you call him, American swimmer Michael Phelps looks destined(注定) to become a household name across the world after breaking the Olympic record for most gold medals in a single Games.

Phelps's total of eight gold medals in Beijing put him one ahead of Mark Spitz's previous record set in 1972.

Now people are already calling him the greatest Olympian of all time. But whether he is or not, what is it that makes Michael Phelps so good?

A good place to start might be his physique(体格). Phelps has the perfect body shape for a swimmer: his arm span is longer than his height, he has very flexible joints, huge lungs, and his incredibly large feet (size 14 in the US, size 49 in China) act like flippers in the water.

To feed his huge swimmer's body, Phelps eats an astonishing 12,000 calories a day, six times the average for a man of his age.

He then owes it to a swimsuit which has been making waves in the world of swimming. Designed by NASA, the American space agency, the suit is made of a special material which is said to help athletes swim 2% faster.

Michael Phelps should spare a thought for his mum, who first pushed him into swimming as a way of making friends, and who believed in him when one teacher said he would never be a success.

Whatever the reason for his success, Phelps admits there was perhaps also a bit of luck involving in winning his eight medals.

"I guess eight is a lucky number for me, too, now. The opening ceremony started on 8/8/08. Maybe it was meant to be," he said.

45．How many gold medals did Mark Spitz won in 1972?

       A．6                        B．7                        C．8                        D．9

46．What makes Michael Phelps so popular?

       A．He has broken the Olympic record for most gold medals in a single Games.

       B．He is equipped with the best swimsuit designed by an American space agency.

       C．He is a very lucky person with a lot of people to help him.

       D．He has a very good appetite and eats six times the average for a man of his age.

47．According to the passage, how many calories does a man need a day on average?

       A．4,000                  B．3,000                  C．2,000                  D．6,000

48．Which of the following is the reason for his success, in Phelps’ opinion?

       a. his physique                                            b. the swimsuit designed by NASA

       c. his mother’s encouragement                   d. good luck

       e. his confidence

       A．a,c,d,e                B．a,b,c,e                 C．a,b,d,e                D．a,b,c,d

2、       Except for the sun, the moon looks like the biggest object in the sky. Actually it is one of the smallest, and only looks big because it is so near to us. Its diameter(直径) is only 2,160 miles (3,389 km), or a little more than a quarter of the diameter of the earth.

       Once a month, or more exactly, once every 29.5 days, at the time we call "full moon," its whole disc looks bright. At other times only part of it appears bright, and we always find that this is the part which faces towards the sun, while the part racing away from the sun appears dark. People  could make their pictures better if they kept this in mind ― only those parts of the moon which are lighted up by the sun are bright. This shows that the moon gives no light of its own. It only throws back the light of the sun, like a huge mirror hung in the sky.

    Yet the dark part of the moon's surface is not absolutely black; generally it is just light enough for us to be able to see its outline, so that we speak of seeing "the old moon in the new moon's arms." The light by which we see the old moon does not come from the sun, but from the earth. We know well how the surface of the sea or of snow, or even of a wet road, may throw back uncomfortably much of the sun's light onto our faces. In the same way the surface of the whole earth throws back enough of the sun's light on to the face of the moon for us to be able to see the parts of it which would otherwise be dark.

41．Why is the dark part of the moon not completely black?

       A．Because the sun shines on the moon’s surface.

       B．Because the earth throws back sunlight onto the moon.

       C．Because the moon throws back the light from the sun.

       D．Because the moon has light of its own.

42．The underlined word “disc” in the second paragraph refers to           .

       A．a round plate                                       B．a round record

       C．the moon that reflects sunlight              D．the moon which looks like a round plate

43．By “saying the old moon in the new moon’s arms”, we mean a time when        .

       A．the two moon’s are closely linked         

       B．the new moon is at its brightest

       C．the moon is partly bright and partly dark

       D．the new moon is hugging the old moon

44．Which of the following is true according to the text ?

       A．The moon which appears round at its brightest is called full moon.

       B．The moon’s diameter is exactly one fourth of that of the earth.

       C．The light by which we see the old moon comes from the sun.

       D．The part of the moon which is not lighted by the sun is completely dark.

1、       It was an afternoon in winter. Some friends and I were talking at a restaurant. We talked and talked and soon swimming became the  21  . Suddenly I hit upon an idea. "Wouldn't it be  22 if we went swimming? Others went swimming in winter, and  23  couldn't we? Moreover, we could be  24   if we did. " I told them about this and they all said it was a good idea indeed.

Early in the morning, three days  25  , we four were standing at the bus stop ,with bags in our hands,  26  for a bus to take us to the stands. The sky was clear, and the sun was shining. 27  all the same, it was very cold. Even our heavy overcoats were not enough to  28  us warm. We all felt we should go back, but no one wanted to   29  .

We soon reached the sands. There was nobody there, but we were not to be discouraged. Instead we were  30  that we were the only ones that dared to challenge the weather.  31  ，the sun could keep us warm. So we  32  ourselves quickly.

       But things were not going to be so nice  33  we thought. The sea wind was blowing, and we felt very cold and we were shaking from  34  to feet. At last we decided to go  35  the sea water. We put our feet in first, only  36  them back quickly. The water was unbelievably cold.  37  I suggested that we should all jump in at the same time. We all went back ten steps. I gave the order and we all rushed forward. We jumped. That  38  I had when I was in the water I shall never forget. I was up and rushed again to the seaside. So  39  my friends. We put on our clothes as quickly as possible and went home.

       We four did not go to school the next three days, for we all  40  a bad cold. We missed the lessons, but we had this unforgettable experience.

34、Why is he not allowed to stay here?        , it’s his home.

       A．In all                   B．After all               C．In other words     D．To be frank