He made another wonderful discovery, ______ of great importance to science.

         A. which I think is                                                   B. which I think it is

         C. which I think                                                       D.I think which is

Every few years, the coal workers         their lungs X-rayed to ensure their health.

A. are having       B. have            C. have had           D. had had

If you look up the word “create” in the dictionary , you will find it means “to bring into being, to cause to exist something each of us does daily”．

       We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way First, this includes an awareness of our surroundings．It means using all of our senses to become aware of our world．This may be as simple as being aware of color and texture（质地）,as well as taste, when we plan a meal．Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss．

       A second part of creativity is an ability to see relationships among things．If we believe the expression,“There is nothing new under the sun, the creativity is remaking or recombining（重组） the old in new ways．”For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph．

       A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ideas, to ask for them to achieve some new results．To think up a new idea is one thing; to put the idea to work is another．

       These three parts of creativity are included in all the great works of geniuses, but they are also included in many of our day-to-day activities．

Which of the following activities is NOT a creative one according to the passage?

       A．To prepare for a meal．                

       B．To arrange the furniture in a special way．

       C．To buy some books from a bookstore．

       D．To“write”a letter with the computer．

“There is nothing new under the sun” really implies that _________．

       A．a new thing can only be created at the basis of earlier things  

       B．a new thing is only a tale

       C．we can seldom create new things            

       D．we can hardly see really new things in the world

What does the author think about the relationship between a new thought and its being put into

    practice?

       A．It’s more difficut to create a new thought than to use it in practice．

       B．To find a new thought will clearly lead to the production of a new thing．

       C．A man with an excellent ability of practice can easily become an inventor．

       D．One may come up with a new thought, but can not put it into practice．

The best title for this passage is__________．

       A．How to Develop One’s Creativity         

       B．What Is Creativity

       C．The Importance of Creativity        

       D．Creativity, a Not Faraway Thing

The scientists predict that if present trends______, women in 400 years will be 2cm shorter

   and have healthier hearts．

       A．will continue               B．continue  

       C．are continued          D．will be continued

In the late nineteenth century, ^5,000 pianos were sold in the United States each year and, with over half a million youths learning to play the instrument, there was a huge demand for sheet music （活页乐谱）．Indeed the demand was so huge that publishers rushed to enter the profitable market．During the last fifteen years of the century, many publishers began to set up shops in New York, the center for the production of the musical arts

       By the turn of the nineteenth century many important publishers had their offices on 28^th Street between Broadway and 5th Avenue, and this Is the area that became known as Tin Pan Alley．It was here that publishers adopted new, aggressive business practices and marketing techniques to achieve great sales．

       How it became to be known by that name is unclear, but the general opinion is that it is down to a visiting journalist by the name of Monroe Rosenfeld．He described the area as being drowned in the noise coming from the producers' offices, sounding as though hundreds of people were hitting tin pans（锡锅）．He used it several times in his newspaper articles in the early twentieth century and the term stuck．With time this name was popularly embraced and many years later it came to describe the U．S．music publishing industry in general．

       The start of Tin Pan Alley is usually dated to about 1885,．but the end of Tin Pan Alley is less clear-cut ．Some date it to the start of the Great．Depression in the 1930s when the phonograph（留声机） and radio replaced sheet music, as the driving force of American popular music, while others consider Tin Pan Alley to have continued into thel950s when earlier styles of American popular music were upstaged （抢风头） by the rise of rock & roll．

       There's a plaque（纪念匾牌）on the sidewalk on 28th Street in honor of the influence of Tin Pan Alley on American popular culture, but the buildings that were home to the legendary Tin Pan Alley publishers and songwriters are up for sale and may be torn down to make room for modern high-rise buildings．

What．is the passage mainly about ?                     

       A．American popular music．

       B．Tin Pan Alley's future。 

       C．American music Industry．

       D．The history of Tin Pan Alley．

In the early 20th century．Tin Pan Alley was used to refer to ____．

       A．the American popular culture．    B．the American printing media

       C．the American rock-music center              D．the American music publishing industry．

In the nineteenth century, the driving force of American popular music was:____．

       A．rock & roll                         B．sheet music

       C．country music                        D．phonographs and radios

When visiting Tin Pan Alley , Rosenfeld probably felt it was ____．

       A．very noisy      B．very quiet           C．wide           D．narrow

We can learn from the passage that ______．

       A．the term " Tin Pan Alley" was perhaps first used by Rosenfeld．

       B．the old shops of Tin Pan Alley will be well protected．

       C．Tin Pan Alley got its name in the early nineteenth century．

       D．there were once some factories in Tin Pan Alley

Directions (25’): Write an English composition according to the information given below in Chinese.

我校近期正在进行一项关于突发事件发生时如何自救的安全教育和征文比赛。其主题为：在学校发生火灾或地震时，我们应该如何保护自己？请按下面的要求写一篇英语短文。

只选其中一种突发灾害进行阐述；

要求至少写出两条措施。

注意：词数不少于120，开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

  Life is not easy. As a student, we should learn how to protect ourselves in the school.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer ____ hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned.

A. temporary         B. permanent                C. frequent       D. extraordinary

–Do you enjoy seeing foreign films?

  –Yes. Some of them are good and the film Avatar ____ is excellent.

A. in common            B. in total                   C. in particular          D. in general

She decided to resign from the party rather than ____herself to the new rules.

A.reduce      B. add      C. fail         D. submit

In China, all the students work hard at school _________ going to university for higher education in the future. .w.^w.k.&s.5*u.c.#om.

       A. in the habit of           B. in the hope of           C. in search of       D. in honor of