9、---- Could you do me a favor and take these books to my office?

---- Yes, ________.

A. for pleasure                           B. I could         

C. my pleasure                           D. with pleasure

8、---- Let’s go to a movie after work, OK?

---- ______

A. Not at all.      B. Why not?      C. Never mind.    D. What of it?

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

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

6、He was educated at a local grammar school, ______ he went on to Cambridge.

A. from which               B. after that                   C. after which                D. from this

5、My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling   1 , but I always knew he was    2 . He never criticized us, but used    3 to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die.”  I    4  as a child I said something    5  about somebody, and my father said, “   6  time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best    7  people, I would get the best    8  . From then on I’ve always tried to    9  the principle in my life and later in running my company.

Dad’s also always been very   10  . At 15, I started a magazine. It was   11  a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a   12  ：stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision,   13  any good father would.  When he realized I had made up my mind,  he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad   14 me to go into law.  And I’ve  15regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,   16   I didn’t pursue my   17 . You know what you want. Go fulfill it.”

As   18  turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national   19

for young people in the U.K.  My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad   20   me.

1.A. biologist                 B. manager                    C. lawyer                      D. gardener

2.A. strict                      B. honest                       C. special                      D. learned

3.A. praise                     B. courage                     C. power                       D. warmth

4.A. think                      B. imagine                     C. remember                  D. guess

5.A. unnecessary            B. unkind                       C. unimportant          D. unusual

6.A. Another                  B. Some                        C. Any                          D. Other

7.A. on                          B. in                              C. at                             D. about

8.A. in case                   B. by turns                    C. by chance                 D. in return

9.A. revise                     B. set                            C. review                      D. follow

10.A. understanding        B. experienced               C. serious                      D. demanding

11.A. taking up          B. making up            C. picking up                 D. keeping up

12.A. suggestion                   B. decision                    C. notice                       D. choice

13.A. and                      B. as                        C. even if                      D. as if

14.A. helped                  B. allowed                C. persuaded                 D. suggested

15.A. always                  B. never                               C. seldom                      D. almost

16.A. rather                   B. but                            C. for                            D. therefore

17.A. promise                B. task                          C. belief                        D. dream

18.A. this                      B. he                             C. it                              D. that

19.A. newspaper                  B. magazine                     C. program                    D. project

20.A. controlled       B. comforted                   C. reminded                   D. raised

4、Millions of people visit Yosemite National Park every year to see the tall waterfalls and mountains. These mountains are a splendid sight when viewed from the valley floor. Lots of stores, hotels, and restaurants are needed to handle the crowds. Also, water, roads, and other service systems are part of   the infrastructure (基础设施)that must be maintained. Unfortunately, these systems are starting to break down. It’s not just in Yosemite but in national parks around the nation.

Yosemite is thirty years old according to Dennis Galvin, a National Park Service worker. The Park is not only old but worn out. Two or three times as many visitors come every year. That is too many visitors for the park to deal with.

Four years ago a storm washed out a water pipeline in the Grand Canyon. The National Park Service had to send water trucks to provide water for the visitors. Last month pipes almost broke again and roads had to be closed for a while.

Why hasn’t the National Park Service kept up the park repairs? There is a lack of money. The United States has 378 monuments, parks, and wilderness areas. Between three and four billion dollars are needed for repairs.

Yosemite is one national park that does have money for repairs. It has two hundred million dollars but cannot spend it any way it chooses. When the park workers started widening the road, they were forced to stop by the Sierra Club. The club claimed that the road work was damaging the Merced River that runs through the park.

A sierra Club lawyer, Julia Olson, feels that the infrastructure needs to be moved out of Yosemite. That way less pressure will be put on the already crowded park.

1. According to the text, the mountains in Yosemite look most splendid when they are

appreciated from ______.

A. the bottom of the valleys                                             B. the top of the mountains

C. the side of the mountains                                            D. the edge of the valleys

2.National parks like Yosemite in the U.S. find it increasingly difficult to meet the need of visitors

because ______.

A. their transport management needs improving

B. they spend too much on their service systems

C. their service systems frequently go out of order

D. they need help from environmental organizations

3.The main problem of Yosemite National Park is its ______.

A. rundown water pipes                                                  B. over crowdedness

C. lack of money                                                                        D. narrow roads

4.According to the text, the Sierra Club is most likely to be ______.

A. an environmental group                                               B. an information center

C. a travel service                                                           D. a law firm

3、Use your American Express Card to enjoy one-day privileges at four of America’s greatest museums. Note the participating museums, and their exciting special exhibitions that you will not want to miss, listed below.

Boston

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Chairs

February 11 - May 8, 2005

Italian furniture expert Fausto Calderai and Indian photographer Dayanita Singh present an exhibition of chairs from the museum’s collection and “chair photographs” from around the world presented in a Venetian-style hall housing world-famous masterpieces.

For more information：www.gardnermuseum.org <http://www.gardnermuseum.org/>

New York

The Noguchi Museum

Noguchi and Graham

December 1, 2004 - May 1,2005

Noguchi’s long-term collaboration with dancer Martha Graham is regarded by many as a high point in the history of both modern dance and art. The exhibition highlights nine of the sets created through this collaboration.

For more information：www.noguchi.org

Philadelphia

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

In Full view：American Painting (1720 - 2005)

January 11 - April 10, 2005

Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy has been home to America’s artists for 200 years. The Academy collects and exhibits the works of famous American artists, and is well-known for training fine artists. 2005 at the Academy begins with the largest exhibition of the Academy’s distinguished American collection in the institution’s history.

For more information：www.pafa.org

Seattle

Seattle Museum of Glass

Murano：glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection

Through November 7, 2004

This exhibition includes over 200 pieces of beautiful glass from Murano, the island of glassblowers near Venice, Italy. Watch live glass-blowing shows in the Hot Shop and see other modern glass exhibitions.

For more information：www.museumofglass.org

1.Which of the following websites offers information about the furniture show?

A. www.pafa.org                                                           B. www.noguchi.org

C. www.museumofglass.org                                           D. www.gardnermuseum.org

2.We learn form the text that Martha Graham is ______.

A. a dancer                                                        B. a painter

C.a glassblower                                                  D. a photographer

3.If you want to know the history of American painting, you may visit ______.

A. The Noguchi Museum

B. Seattle Museum of Glass

C. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

D. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2、A device that stops drivers from falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months.

The system, called Driver Alert, aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20% - 40% that are caused by tiredness. Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30% of all pilot-error accidents that are related to fatigue.

Driver Alert is based on a computerized wristband. The device, worn by drivers or pilots, gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering wheel (方向盘). A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound the driver’s response.

Tiredness is directly related to a driver’s response time. Usually, a watchful driver would take about 400 milliseconds to respond, but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy.

In such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds, showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest. If the driver’s response continues to slow down, the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible.

The device has been delivered to the department’s laboratories for testing. If these tests, scheduled for six months’ time, are successful, the makers will bring the product to market within about a year.

1.According to the text, Driver Alert ______.

A. aims to reduce tiredness-related accidents

B. has gone through testing at laboratories

C. aims to prevent drivers form sleeping

D. has been on sale for 12 months

2.How should a driver respond to the sounds from Driver Alert?

A. By sounding a warning.                                  B. By touching the wristband.

C. By checking the driving time.                          D. By pressing the steering wheel.

3.We can learn from the text that the driver needs to stop for a break when his response time is ______.

A. about 400 milliseconds                                    B. below 500 milliseconds

C. over 600 milliseconds                                     D. about 4 minutes

4.When the driver gets sleepy while driving, Driver Alert ______.

A. moves more regularly                         B. stops working properly

C. opens the window for the driver          D. sounds more frequently and loudly

1、Dear Helen,

Thank you so much for your party at Christmas Eve. All                      1 __________

of them enjoyed it very much. We liked the dishes you had                   2__________

cooked but we were happy to learn the English songs you taught          3 __________

us. We hope you’ll teach us a lot many songs in the future.                   4__________

We’re leaving from our hometowns to spend the winter                       5__________

vacations. It seems that many of us are homesick after                        6__________

being away form home for such a long time. What are your             7__________

plans? Will you join in the tourist group organized by our school?          8__________

We’re busy prepare for our trips. Please excuse us                                     9__________

for not able to say goodbye to you.                                                   10________                                                                                         

We hope you’ll have a good time.

                                                                        Yours,

                                         Xiao Hua