The advertisement says the vacuum cleaner (吸尘器) can ______ everything from the floor. Do you believe it?

   A. pick up                     B. take up             C. make up                  D. put up

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked, "Just a minute," answered a weak, elderly voice.

After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.

I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. "It's nothing," I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated."

"Oh, you're such a good man." She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, "Could you drive through downtown?"

"It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly.

"Oh, I'm in no hurry," she said. "I'm on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don't have any family left. The doctor says I don't have very long."

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she'd ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

At dawn, she suddenly said, "I'm tired. Let's go now."

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

"How much do I owe you?" she asked.

"Nothing." I said.

"You have to make a living," she answered. "Oh, there are other passengers," I answered.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto earth tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, "You gave an old woman a little moment of joy."

The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.

A. show she was familiar with the city    B. let the driver earn more money

C. see some places for the last time       D. reach the destination on time

The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he ______.

A. shut off the meter by mistake             B. had received her payment in advance

C. was in a hurry to take other passengers     D. wanted to do her a favor

What can we learn from the story?

A. Giving is always a pleasure.      B. An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

C. People should respect each other.  D. People should learn to appreciate others' concern.

  Su Hua is studying at Cambridge, UK. She has bought a bicycle and is worried about security（安全）. Her friend, Kate, found this article and sent it to her.

   Introduction

   A lot of crime is against bicycles. About 150,000 bicycles are stolen every year and most are never found. You can prevent this happening by following a few careful steps.

   Basic Security

   Do not leave you bicycle in out-of-the-way places. Always lock your bicycle when you leave. Secure it to lampposts（灯柱）or trees. Take off smaller parts and take them with you, for example lights and saddles（车座）。

   Locks

   Get a good lock. There are many different types in the shops. Buy one that has been tested against attack. Ask for a recommendation from a bike stop.

   Marking

   Security marking your bike can act as a deterrent to a thief. It can also help the police find your bicycle. It should be clearly written and include you postcode and your house or flat number. This will provide a simple way to identify your bicycle.

   Registration

   There are a number of companies who will security mark your bicycle for you. They will then put your registration number and personal details on their computer database. Then if your bicycle is found it will be easy to contact you.

   Finally

   Keep a record of the bicycle yourself: its make, model and registration number. You can even take a photograph of it. This will prove the bicycle belongs to you.

Which part gives you information on how to lock up your bicycle when you leave it? ______.

   A. Locks.                           B. Marking.   

   C. Registration.                      D. Basic Security.

The underlined phrase “act as a deterrent to a thief” means _______.

   A. help you recognize your bike                B. help the police find you bicycle

   C. stop someone stealing your bicycle            D. stop you worrying about your like

The article advises you to keep a record of your bicycle _________.

   A. in the bike shop and your computer         B. in a police station and a security company

   C. in a security company and your university    D. by yourself and in a security company

The main purpose of this article is _________.

   A. To tell you what to do if your bicycle is stolen          

   B. to suggest way of keeping your bicycle safe           

   C. to give you advice on where to buy a good lock          

   D. to say why you shouldn’t keep your bicycle in a quiet place

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后面的要求答题。（请注意问题后的字数要求）

After achieving a 9 percent GDP growth, hosting a successful Olympic Games and carrying out its first space walk the year before last, you'd think China would be happy. __________________. That, at least, is the opinion of a new book written by a group of Chinese authors.

China Is Not Happy was published in March, 2009. It is a follow-up to the 1996 work China Can Say No, a bestseller that complained about the influence of the West, and the US in particular, on China. Thirteen years later, the authors of China Is Not Happy list their dissatisfaction with how China is being treated in the world today.

They argue that China needs to use its growing power and economic resources to build its own position of preeminence (卓越). "From looking at the history of human civilization, we are most qualified to lead this world." the book says.

The authors, single out the US for special scorn (轻蔑). "The economic problem has shown the Chinese people that America does have problems, that what we've been saying is right," said one of the authors. Zxxk

The book has become a bestseller in many Chinese bookstores. Yet much of the response to the book has been negative. Several reviews in the Chinese media have criticized the book's radical (激进的) opinions. The book is a way to "fish money from the pockets of the angry youth and angry elderly," wrote one critic in the China Youth Daily. Meanwhile, a well-known sociologist, Li Yinhe, has said that China needs patriotism (爱国主义), but there is a limit. In her blog she wrote, "If we are to bully (欺负) other countries, take the world's resources and try to lead it, we're going over the top."

76. List three great achievements that China made in 2008 based on the text. (Please answer within 20 words.)

   ①                                                                        

   ②                                                                       

   ③                                                                      

77. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 1 with proper words.(Please answer within 6 words.)

78. Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?

   Ancient China was advanced and it was Chinese who created developed civilization, so we Chinese should be the leader of the world.

79. What is the main idea of the last Paragraph? (Please answer within 10words.)

80. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 into Chinese.

         World Expo is regarded as the Olympic Games of the economy, science and technology,          expert said.   

A. A; an    B. The; an  C. The; a   D. A; the

He is a talkative man, but he didn’t say a word in today’s discussion．I am not sure how to _____ his silence．  

A．treat           B．master       C．grasp        D．read

In Yunan Province, the drought is still getting worse．More than two billion yuan and eleven million people are       to drought relief work.

A．determined                 B．accustomed                C．adapted                        D．devoted

A brilliant idea occurred to him,        to his research in the lab.

         A．while devoting            B．while devoting himself

         C．while he was devoted        D．while devoted

书面表达（满分25分）假如你是一名高三学生

假如你是一名高三学生最近你班同学就填报志愿时是首先考虑专业还是学校有两种不同的看法。

请你根据此表的内容，写一篇短文。

注意：1．开头已给出，不计入总词数；

2．词数100左右。   

 Every student in Senior Three will be faced with the question when he passes the College-Entrance Examinations．                                                                        

Yours truly,

 Liu Wei

The purse found in the supermarket matches the______ by Tom, so it must be his.

   A. impression     B. imagination     C. which     D. what