6、Robby was 11 years old when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I   1   that students especially boys begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby, but Robby said that it had always been his mother’s   2   to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.

Well，from the beginning I thought it was a hopeless effort. Hard though Robby tried， he_ 3 _the sense of tone and basic rhythm needed to excel (杰出). However, he persisted (坚持) and at the end of each weekly   4  , he would always say,“ My mum is going to hear me play some day. ”But it seemed  5  . He just didn’t have any inborn ability.

　　I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby off or   6  in her aged car to pick him up. She always   7  and smiled but never stepped in. Then one day Robby  8  coming to our lessons. He telephoned me saying his mother was  9  .

　　Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the coming concert  10  Robby came. “Miss Hondorf ... I have just got to  11   in the concert !” he insisted.

　　That night, the high school gymnasium was  12  with parents, friends and relatives. The concert went off well.  13  Robby came up on stage. I was  14  when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No. 21 in C Major. I was not  15  what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys. He played so  16  that everyone rose to applaud（为……鼓掌）him. In tears I ran up on  17  . “Oh, Robby! How did you do it?”

　　”Well, Miss Hondorf ... I kept on  18  at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, actually she had cancer and  19  away this morning. And well... she was born deaf, so tonight was the  20  time she ever heard me play...”

1．A．hope                    B．prefer　　           C．imagine              D．suppose

2．A．belief                   B．need　　             C．plan                   D．dream

3．A．lacked                  B．held　　             C．hid                     D．showed

4．A．show                   B．meeting　　        C．lesson                D．test

5．A．wonderful            B．hopeless　　       C．successful          D．senseless

6．A．sat                       B．sent　　             C．drove                 D．waited

7．A．waved                  B．left　　               C．jumped               D．sang

8．A．completed            B．continued　　     C．stopped              D．broke

9．A．deaf                     B．sick　　             C．tired                   D．unhappy

10．A．since                  B．as　　                C．while                  D．when

11．A．play                    B．learn　　            C．listen                  D．succeed

12．A．mixed                 B．surrounded　　   C．crowded             D．seated

13．A．Suddenly            B．Finally　　          C．Later                  D．Then

14．A．disappointed        B．certain                 C．angry                  D．surprised

15．A．pleased with        B．interested in         C．prepared for        D．eager for

16．A．well                    B．hard                    C．badly                  D．differently

17．A．platform              B．stage                   C．stairs                  D．floor

18．A．performing          B．training                C．listening              D．practicing

19．A．gave                   B．flied                    C．passed                D．walked

20．A．first                     B．best                         C．last             D．worst

5、    Ellen and Bill County are both teachers. They met in college and became good friends because of their shared love for children. Two years after the couple got married, Ellen saw a huge change in the life of one of her students, a 9 – year – old girl. Three years earlier both of the little girl’s parents had died and there was no one to take care of her. She was taken away to live in a government office. But finally she was taken in and adopted by a family and became their daughter. Ellen said that she noticed the difference in the child’s life after she was placed in a permanent home and thought that maybe she and her husband could help a child in a similar way.

They decided to become temporary parents and to take a child into their home just on the weekends when the real parents could not take care of him or her. The pair planned to have their own children in a few years, but decided that this would be a way to give to the community in the meantime.

The couple quickly grew to love one of the children they looked after. When he became legally available, Billy became the first child they took in permanently. Six months after adopting Billy, Ellen was told by her doctor that she was unable to have children naturally. Ellen says she knew then that adoption was the way she was meant to have a family.

Since adopting Billy, now 17, Ellen and Bill have adopted five more children -- Rose, 16; Albert, 11; Joshua, 5 and in June 2003, they added biological brother and sister Tyler and Rylee to the County family. The County family has been recognized for their work on adoption, and has received many awards for their efforts.  Last June,  the family was even interviewed on  the television show, “Adoption Stories”.

Ellen says she would like to encourage other families to adopt children. She adds that the best part of being a mother of six is: “Giving Josh a bath, putting a band-aid on a cut knee or just the everyday Mom things, that makes motherhood such an honor and a privilege.”

1．What is the passage mainly about?

       A．How a couple first met at college.

       B．Where you can adopt a child.

       C．The benefits of adoption to the community.

       D．How adoption created a happy family.

2．Why did Ellen and Bill first decide to adopt a child?

       A．Because they had always loved children very much.

       B．Because they saw the benefits of adoption for a child.

       C．Because they were not able to have children of their own.

       D．Because they want to receive awards for their community work.

3．Which of the children are related to each other by blood?

       A．Rylee and Tyler.                                   B．Billy and Tyler.

       C．Albert and Joshua.                               D．Rose and Albert.

4．The final paragraph            .

       A．tells the reader how they can adopt a child

       B．describes the things that make Ellen happy

       C．says what Ellen does every day

       D．lists the problems Ellen has with the kids

4、Pakistani (巴基斯坦) President Pervez Musharraf doesn’t admit involvement of information services in Bhutto’s killing. He says uncertainty remains over the exact cause of Benazir Bbutto’s death.

He doesn’t admit accusations the army or information services were involved in the attack. Musharraf implies it was Bhutto’s decision to greet through the sunroof of her armored car and not a safety lapse that was responsible for her killing. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani President, said, “All the roofs of the buildings around were occupied by police. All this was done, and the vehiele, of course was bullet proof. The people sitting next to her, on the left is Mr Amin Fahim, on her right was Naith Khan. Nobody gets hurt, only she when she rises cutside,she decides to rise above the sunroof, so this is the security.”

Earlier, the government disclosed that Bhutto was killed when the force of the explosion caused by the self – killing bombing crashed her head against a bar on the sun – roof of her vehicle, rather than the three gun shots and bomb explosion.

But Bhutto’s People’s Party insists that the three bullets struck her, saying two hit her in the neck and one in the head.

1．What was Bhutto in Pakistan when she was killed?

       A．President.                                           B．a government official.

       C．Prime Minster.                                     D．a leader of People’s Party.

2．What does the underlined word lapse probably mean?

       A．inattention           B．shortage              C．matter                 D．decision

3．What may have resulted in the death of Bhutto?

       A．The explosion caused by the self – killing bombing.

       B．Three bullets struck her in the neck and head.

       C．Car accident resulting from the sun – roof of her car.

       D．The cause is not certain for the moment.

4．We can infer from the attitude of Pervez Musharraf that         may be responsible for Bhutto’s killing.

      A．the army                                             B．information services

       C．her supporters in the march                  D．Bhutto herself

3、Chinese government departments of tax and environment will try to work out a taxation plan to promote environmental protection in 2008 and the plans are now under approval.

The environment tax, one of the key taxation policies China plans to put forward this year, is going through careful study and approval by the Ministry of Finance, State Administration of Taxation and State Environmental Protection Administration.

Two researchers with the Ministry of Finance Sun Gang and Xu Wen proposed three plans of  collecting environment tax in their report published in November of 2007, according to Beijing-based Caijing Magazine.

Based on the principle of “pay according to profits”, the first plan suggests government collect tax from companies in accordance with how much they earn from the products which consume (消费) resources or pollute the environment, said Dr. Xu Wen. He said this kind of general taxation will be put into use in all the companies since almost all the products consume resources.

According to the second plan, companies would pay tax according to how much pollutant they have discharged, said Xu, adding that the tax will target the discharge of sulfur(硫) or sulphide,(硫化氢) carbon dioxide, polluted water, solid waste and other forms of pollutant.

He said that the third plan would ask consumers of potentially polluting products, such as fossil fuel(矿物燃料), ozone-consuming(消耗臭氧) products, fertilizer and pesticide(农药), to pay tax.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance said it might be a more pressing task for them to raise the resource and consumption tax to give more consideration to environmental protection while expanding the current taxation system and adding new kinds of tax. Besides the plan for environment tax, the country has already adopted the law of environment protection and other regulations and is encouraging civil companies to introduce more environment-friendly technology and production models.

The public awareness of and participation in environment protection is also very important  in this period of time, when China is trying to adopt a scientific and sustainable mode of development, the newspaper said.

1．Which is not correct according to the plan of the environment tax?

       A．Companies will pay environment tax if they sell products which consume resources.

       B．Companies will pay tax if they discharge different forms of pollutant.

       C．Almost every citizen will pay environment tax.

       D．Almost all the companies will pay environment tax.

2．According to the passage you may pay tax if you         .

       A．use computer every day                       B．drink mineral water

       C．drive your car                                     D．take a bus

3．We can infer that when the government carries out the tax plan, they may be faced with      .

       A．pressure              B．support               C．attention              D．objection

4．The government put forward the environment tax plan in order to          .

       A．increase the income of the government

       B．help develop the economy of the country

       C．protect the environment and save energy

       D．make people live a more convenient life

2、    During the school year many parents take on the role of driver as they drive their children from one lesson to another. Understandably so. Many of us want our children to have a little taste of everything, from organized sports to music, dance and more. But we can overdo it, leaving our children feeling a little burnt out, and according to parent educator Diane Loisie, it’s their school work which suffers the most. “After school, if they’re busy in a number of sporting events, besides they need to do their homework, then the time they’ll feel sleepy is in the classroom. Your child needs free time. So if you’re filling up that after school time, then it’s during the day they’re going to be taking a break.”

Professor Claire McDermott agrees that there’s a lot to be gained from sometimes putting those scheduled lessons and activities away. “Relaxing time is important for children. It’s time just to do the things they want to do. A child can go up to their room, or they can play around. It doesn’t look like productive time; parents certainly wouldn’t be saying ‘Wow, are they ever learning things now?’ But this relaxing time gives both the body and the brain just a wonderful chance to relax after a day. It helps a child prepare for sleep, but it also helps to understand the learning that’s gone on that day.”

　　It’s hard to prevent signing our kids up for some activities and lessons. After all, many of us want our children to have a head start in life and the chance to join in great activities in the arts or sports is a part of that. However, Loisie feels that in the long run most children feel better with just a few key activities because it gives them an opportunity to master them. “When we get our children in too many activities because we want our children to experience everything, then what we’re doing is setting them up not to be good at one thing or gaining a skill.” So choose your children’s activities wisely. It may be one of the best things you’ve ever done for your kids and for the family driver!

1．What is the biggest disadvantage for children to attend too many lessons after school?

       A．They can get bored easily about everything.

　　B．They might have no time to do the homework.

　　C．They might not pay much attention to learning.

　　D．They can not easily focus on learning during the day.

2．What should we think of children’s playing around aimlessly?

　　A．It is productive.　　                            B．It is helpful.

　　C．It is a bad habit.                                  D．It is a waste of time.

3．Why should parents limit the activities our children attend?

A．Because children have no time.

B．Because children cannot learn many things.

C．Because children do not have enough sleep.

D．Because children cannot focus on too many activities.

4．What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Don’t be children’s drivers after school.

B．Choose activities for your children wisely.

C．Make your children learn as much as possible.

       D．Let children learn something from various subjects.

1、此题要求改正所给短文中的错误.对标题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

America is a huge country, but traveling is also very quick           1．       

and very easy. A visitor who wants to see much of the                        2．       

country as possible should travel by bus. There is fast bus                   3．       

services between cities, for an example, the Greyhound Bus                 4．       

service, that has a picture of a dog on the side of the bus.                    5．       

The seats are softly with a reading lamp over each one and                  6．       

they lean back for sleeping on night. On their long                               7．       

distance buses there is a toilet or other comforts. Stops                       8．       

are making for meals at roadside restaurants. It takes                          9．       

about three and a half day to across the country by bus.                     10．       

22、—How do you find your missing pen?

—Wow,         .

A．It writes well                                              B．Quite by chance

C．It lies in my drawer                                     D．It was kept by my grandfather

21、World War II         when Anthony started school in 1942.

A．had been fought                                          B．was fighting

C．was being fought                                        D．was fought

20、The Chang’e 1 lesson is that national goals can be met         there is a strong enough will to do so.

A．where       B．though      C．before      D．until