5、China news, Beijing, Feb. 9 – Housing price in China has always aroused heated discussions among property developers（房产开发商）and ordinary Chinese. To many property developers and local government officials, housing price in China is still low compared with many developed countries. However, the average housing price in the United States is only 8,000 yuan per square meter, while in China, it is even higher than in the United States. This shows that there are some bubbles（泡沫） in Chinese real estate market, the International Finance News reported.

Although the average price of residential houses in the United States, after converted（转换）to Renminbi, is about 8,000 yuan per square meter, the houses in US are not sold in terms of building area, as most Chinese property developers do when they sell their houses. If US property developers sell their houses according to the building area, then the housing price will be even lower than 8,000 yuan per square meter. In most big Chinese cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, houses are sold a t a price even higher than those in the US.

The high housing sales price in large cities in China proves that Chinese real estate（房地产）market does have some bubbles. Moreover, Chinese houses can not be compared with houses in US in terms of building quality, environment and supporting facilities. Furthermore, it should be noted that American people’s average income is several dozen times higher than that of Chinese people. How can the Chinese afford to buy a house which is even more expensive than that sold in US?

At the beginning of 2007, Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimed to benefit the public. Now in order to reduce the high housing prices, the government can regulate （控制） the real estate market by raising tax on property industry and controlling the release of loans（贷款）and lands to property developers. At the same time, the government should allow people to build more houses through various fund-raising channels, such as funds collected from buyers or raised by working units. By applying these multiple means, it is expected that the high housing prices can be lowered.

1．What is the average housing price per square meter in China?

       A．8000 yuan.                                          B．10000 yuan.        

       C．7000 yuan.                                          D．it’s not mentioned here.

2．Which of the following does NOT support the idea that the average housing price in China is even higher than in the United States?

      A．Chinese houses can not be compared with houses in US in terms of building quality, environment and supporting facilities.

   B．American people’s average income is several dozen times higher than that of Chinese people.

      C．The houses in US are not sold in terms of building area, as most Chinese property developers do when they sell their houses.

      D．There population who need houses in China than in the United States.

3．How many measures are mentioned in the last paragraph in order to reduce the high housing prices?   

       A．Four.                  B．Three.                C．Two.                  D．One.

4．What is the main idea of this passage?

      A．The housing price in China is so high that the government should do something useful to prevent it.

      B．There are some bubbles in Chinese real estate market.

      C．The average housing price in China is even higher than in the United States.

      D．The Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimed to benefit the public.

4、Three armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from an art museum in downtown Sao Paulo on Thursday, which was the city’s second high-profile art theft in less than a year. The bandits also took two oil paintings by well-know Brazilian artists Emiliano Di Cavalcanti and Lasar Segall, said Carla Regina, a spokeswoman for the Pinacoteca do Estado museum.

The Picasso prints stolen were "The Painter and the Model" from 1963 and "Minotaur, Drinker and Women" from 1933, according to a statement from the Sao Paulo Secretary of State for Culture, which oversees the museum. The prints and paintings have a combined value of $612,000, the statement and a museum official said.

About noon, three armed men paid the $2.45 entrance fee and immediately went to the second-floor gallery where the works were being exhibited, bypassing more valuable pieces, authorities said. "This indicates to us that they probably received an order" to take those specific works, Youssef Abou Chain, head of Sao Paulo's organized crime unit, told reporters at a news conference. The assailants overpowered three unarmed museum guards and grabbed the works, officials said. The robbery took about 10 minutes and the museum was nearly empty at the time. The assailants took the pieces — frames and all — out of the museum in two bags. The institution has no metal detectors.

In December, Picasso's "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" by Candido Portinari, an influential Brazilian artist, were stolen from the Sao Paulo Museum of Art by three men who used a crowbar（铁撬棍）and car jack to force open one of the museum's steel doors. The framed paintings were found Jan. 8, covered in plastic and leaning against a wall in a house on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, South America's largest city. One of the suspects in that robbery — a former TV chef — turned himself over to police in January, who already had two suspects in custody（监禁）.

1．What did the armed men steal on Thursday?

       A．Two prints by Pablo Picasso

      B．Two oil painting by Brazilian artists

      C．Two prints by Pablo Picasso and two oil paintings by two Brazilian artists.

      D．Two prints by two Brazilian artists and two oil paintings by Picasso Pablo.

2．Why didn't the thieves take other more valuable works?

      A．Because they didn't know that the other pieces were worth more.

      B．Probably because they had received an order for the prints that they took.

      C．Because they didn't have enough time.

      D．Because they were in such a hurry that they couldn’t get them all.

3．How many people were in the museum during the robbery?

      A．A lot. The museum was crowded.

      B．Not too many. It was almost empty.

      C．There were a lot of people outside the museum.

      D．Only three of them.

4．According to the passage, which of the followings is TRUE?

      A．In December, "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" painted by Candido Portinari were stolen.

      B．There are steel doors and no detectors in Sao Paulo Museum of Art.

      C．Three robbers defeated three armed museum guards and took away the works on Thursday.

      D．Three suspects in the first high-profile art theft in less than a year were arrested.

3、根据句意或中文填单词

1．We have        （催促，力劝）that systems be put in pace to prevent such accidents.

2．These methods can help to increase sutdents’ m         and interest.

3．Self –control and patience are two of his        （美德）.

4．School uniform is no longer        （强制性的，必须做的）in many British schools.

5．My new car is better and more      （可靠的）than my last one.

6．Disability need not be a              （障碍）to a successful career.

7．We need to show greater        （容忍）towards each other.

8．The accident left him         （瘫痪）from neck down.

9．I really admire his         （流利）, uncomplicated style of writing.

10．These unique plants have          （进化）undisturbed for millions of years.

2、You don’t have to read every text in the same way. The way

you read a text depends on your reason       reading it.                    1．          

For         , if you just read for specific information,                      2．          

you don’t need to read every word of the text.                             3．           

you have to do is g         quickly through each text                       4．          

looking for key words. When you find a        word,                      5．          

you can read the sentence      is in and you will probably                 6．          

find the information you need. If you read for detailed information,

        , you need to read every word of the text, but you                7．          

do this fairly quickly,          （停止）only when you come to       8．          

new information and then underlining it. If you want to be                  

an         （高效的）reader, you should always think about            9．          

WHY you are reading and then choose the best

reading m         to achieve your purpose.                                    10．          

28、--How much salt did you put in the soup?

—I’m sorry to say, ______．I forgot

A．none        B．no one        C nothing            D．no

27、This design is ________ satisfactory．So you’ll have to try your best to better it．

A．nothing but       B．anything but         C．all but       D．everything but

25、The shopkeeper did not want to sell for          he thought was not enough.

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