2、If the world were a village of 1,000 people it would include:

*584 Asians

* 124 Africans

* 95 Eastern and Western Europeans

*84 Latin Americans

* 55 former Soviets (including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups)

                                       * 52 North Americans

                                       * 6 Australians and New Zealanders

The people of the village would speak:

                                       * 165 Mandarins

                                       * 86 English

                                       * 83 Hindu /Urdu

                                       * 64 Spanish

                                       * 58 Russian

                                       * 37 Arabic

The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.

One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65．Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modern equipments.

This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from cancer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and 10 deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1,018.

In this village of 1,000 persons, 200 people receive 75 percent of the income: another 200 receive only 2 percent of the income.

About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water.

Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write.

The village has a total yearly budget(预算), public and private, of over $3 million--- $3,000 per person if it is distributed evenly (平均). Of the total $3 million:

                                                               $181,000 goes to weapons and warfare

                                                               $159,000 to education

                                                               $132,000 to health care

These weapons (武器) are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together.

1．Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?

       A．Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village.

       B．Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.

       C．About 8.25 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

       D．About 16.5 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

2．Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?

       A．Marriage.                                            B．Education.

       C．Environment.                                      D．Poverty (贫困).

3．The underlined part “have access to” (in Para.4) means_______.

       A．buy                     B．produce               C．use                     D．try

4．The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for ______.

       A．a life without anxiety                            B．a peaceful world

       C．good education                                    D．better health care

1、据报道，2008年北京奥运会将选拔约十万志愿者为之服务。请你以“Dos and Don’ts for the 2008 Olympic Volunteers”为题，用英语写一篇短文，讨论志愿者应该做什么，不应该做什么。短文应包括下表中的内容：

注意：1．对所给要点，不要简单翻译，要有适当发挥

      2．字数120左右。短文中已写好了的部分，不计入词数

      3．参考词汇：形象—— image

Dos and Don’ts for the 2008 Olympic Volunteers

It is reported that about 100,000 people will be chosen as volunteers for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. What should the volunteers do and what should they not do?

_________________________________________________________________________      

_____________________________________________________________________________       If I have the honour to be chosen as a volunteer, ___________________________________  

_____________________________________________________________________________ 

28、Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A – F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

1．

    European television had the idea of taking ordinary people and turning them into “stars” by putting them in unusual situations. “Big Brother” (created in Holland) was one of the first. A group of people were locked in a small house with cameras running 24 hours a day. It was called a “watch and dial” show because viewers vote by telephone to decide who should leave or stay.

2．

    “Big Brother” was probably the first of the new reality shows, bus such a programme has developed. Many have found appeal by having a theme to them, but most are based on the principle of “survival of the fittest” by eliminating participants as the series progresses. So we have the dating shows where winners either pair off or stay true to their partners outside the TV studio. Then there are those that test people’s abilities for specific jobs like running a kitchen, becoming an interior designer or a top model.

3．

    Critics say these programmes are basically bad television, but people watch them. So why are there so many of them? For the viewer it’s an opportunity to “people watch”. It’s natural to like watching other people. They’re interesting. We can imagine what we would do in that situation. We get to know the characters and see them grow and develop week after week. And of course, television is the perfect place to watch people. Like the theatre or cinema we can look at other people and they can’t look back. But with television, we can watch in the privacy of our own homes. We watch, but we don’t have to admit it to anyone.

4．

    The TV companies like reality shows because they are cheap to produce and attract younger viewers, which advertisers like. The last “Big Brother” in Britain attracted enormous advertising revenue. They aren’t dependent on “star” actors with enormous salaries. And your actors won’t go on strike. And why do people participate in them? Well, for fame and money of course. In the past, appearing on television wasn’t for ordinary people. You had to be good at something, like sport, or reading the news, or acting. But not any more.

5．

It seems that most shows do well at the beginning but then the viewing figures begin to fall. And it varies from country to country too. For example, one show had an adopted child try to guess the identity of her real father, and another had a family arguing over an inheritance. Both were cancelled after one episode. Perhaps the novelty has worn off. Certainly, reality TV seems to appeal much more to the younger audience. And now there are so many shows around even the young have become more critical. Reality shows will probably survive – it’s just no longer so easy to make a successful one.

26、Many fast-growing countries are less concerned with protecting       against climate change.

A．one          B．oneself      C．them        D．themselves