The weather was warm, the food was inviting and the view was pretty — ____ we had a pleasant holiday.

A. exactly       B. meanwhile            C. finally          D. altogether

We are at your service. Don’t       to turn to us if you have any further problems. Ks5u

A. beg             B. hesitate            C. desire          D. seek

After a 15-year ban on the sale of fireworks in Beijing, Kang Guoliang, 51, was able to start his old trade again yesterday．

       As a salesman in Xinhui store in Dongcheng District, he is happy about the increasing number of buying fireworks wrapped in red paper — a color standing for happiness and good luck．

       “Fireworks are available for the first time in town for more than a decade,” Kang said happily．“People will buy them．”

       The store has 300 boxes of fireworks piled up and is open 24 hours at the moment．Residents are buying the fireworks and firecrackers for the upcoming Spring Festival, which falls on February 18．

       Citywide, 2,116 registered stores and retailers, 585 in the centre and 1,600 on the outskirts are trading fireworks in the Chinese capital．Sales of fireworks within the Fifth Ring Road started yesterday and will last until March 4, Xinhua reported．Among the stores, 117 stores are permitted to operate 24 hours．About 600,000 boxes of firecrackers worth more than 100 million yuan have been carried to registered stores．

       The Chinese capital began a ban in 1993 to reduce fireworks-related deaths and fires during the holiday season．Last September the ban was removed in response to residents’ fondness for fireworks when celebrating Spring Festival．

       According to new rules, Beijing residents are allowed to set off fireworks within the Fifth Ring Road all day on Lunar New Year’s Eve and Lunar New Year’s day, from 7 a．m．to midnight every day from February 19 to March 4．

       “Spring Festival without fireworks is not Spring Festival,” said Sheng Hefei, who was buying fireworks in the store．“It was fun to light the firecrackers when I was little,” he said．“The sound and view of fireworks make a real holiday．” However, not all residents welcome the return of firecrackers because of injuries, pollution and noise．“My child is scared of the sudden sound of firecrackers, and it is annoying to hear it all night long,” complained Lu Jun, a local resident．

（China Daily02/11/2008）

The passage is likely to belong to a（n）__________?

       A．description   B．argument       C．advertisement        D．news report

What’s the main idea of the passage?

       A．Beijing fireworks sales start after a 15-year ban．

       B．People go to buy fireworks and firecrackers every where in Beijing．

       C．Beijing residents all welcome the return of firecrackers．

       D．Many stores began to sell fireworks and firecrackers．

We can learn from the passage that ____________．

       A．every Spring Festival falls on February 18

       B．Beijing residents can set off fireworks everywhere ．

       C．fireworks are allowed to be sold because people like them．

       D．from February 19 to March 4, Beijing residents can set off fireworks twenty four hours every day．

What is the writer’s attitude towards the sales of fireworks in Beijing?

       A．Negative   B．Not mentioned C．Positive    D．Satisfactory 

Though the long-distance runner ______ his previous record last month, his trainer let him ______  its speed as he went around the curve.．

       A．bettered; slowed         B．better ; to slow    

       C．bettered; slow           D．better; slow

        his bookishness, curiously little is known about the worldview of Gordon Brown, the first British Prime Minister said to be a real intellectual in decades.

       A．Though        B．As        C．In spite that    D．Despite

The one million people of the city,________ thought little of these events , _______to bed as usual that night .

A .which…going    B. where…went    C. who…went      D. who… going

______ the terrible pollution, so many beautiful fish are fast disappearing in the river.

   A. According to     B. Because of     C. Because         D. As a result

Copy the expression ___________, please, without any changes.

   A. as it is         B. such as it is     C. what it is    D. so it is

根据中文意思填入适当的词，使英语句子意思完整。

我不太相信他的诚实。                   I don’t have much ___________ _______his honesty.

对男护士有大量的需求.           There will be a great __________ _______male nurses.

她把婚姻的失败归咎于她的丈夫。

She _________ the failure of their marriage _______ her husband.

并不是所有的学生都知道答案。

_______ of the students _________ know the answer.

从你说的话中得出任何结论都是不明智的。

It’s not wise to __________ any ____________ from what you said.

他的突然到来扰乱了我们所有的计划。

_______ sudden __________ disturbed all our plans.

跟他争吵是没用的。他总是不管你。

It’s no ___________ ____________ with him. He always turns his back on you.

你能对这两个想法加以区别吗？

Can you ________ a ____________ between two ideas?

我的成功应该归功于我的老师。            I__________ my success _________ my teachers.

他对我们的计划没有发表任何意见。He ____________ no comments ________ our plan.

Students who say they never or hardly ever used dictionaries often speak English well but usually write poorly, because they make many mistakes.

    The students who use dictionaries most do not learn especially well either. The ones who look up every new word do not read fast. Therefore they do not have time to read much. Those who use small two-language dictionaries have the worst problems. Their dictionaries often give only one or two words as translations of English. But one English word often has many translations in a foreign language and one foreign word has many translations in English.

    The most successful students are those who use large college edition dictionaries with about 100,000 words but do not use them too often. When they are reading, these students first try to get the general idea and understand new words from the context. Then they reread and use the dictionary to look up only key words that they still do not understand. They use dictionaries more for writing. If they are not sure how to spell a word, or divide it into syllables (音节), they always use a dictionary. Also, if they think a noun might have an unusual plural form, they check these in a dictionary.

The writer thinks that        .

   A. choose a good dictionary, and you’ll be successful in learning English

   B. dictionaries are not necessary to the students who learn English

   C. it is very important for students to use good dictionaries properly

   D. using dictionaries very often can’t help to improve writing

According to the passage, which of the following is wrong?

   A. Dictionaries have little effect on learning to speak English.

   B. Whatever new words you meet while reading, never use dictionaries.

   C. Small two-language dictionaries have serious defects (缺陷).

   D. Reading something for the first time, you’d better not use dictionaries.

When in the reading does the writer advise students to use a good dictionary?

   A. At the beginning of the reading

   B. At the end of the reading

   C. During the first reading

   D. After the first reading

This passage mainly tells us        .

   A. students shouldn’t use small two-language dictionaries

   B. what were the defects of small two-language dictionaries

   C. why students should use large college edition dictionaries

   D. what dictionary students should choose and how to use it

Which is not mentioned in this passage?

   A. How to make good use of a dictionary.

   B. When to use a dictionary.

   C. How to improve spoken English.

   D. How to practise reading fast.