Television is now playing a very important part in our life. But television, like many   1                things, has both advantages and disadvantages. Do the  2                outweigh (比…更重要) the latter?

In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also    3         comparatively cheap one. For a family of four, for example, it is   4            as well as cheaper to sit comfortably at home, with almost unlimited entertainment available, than to go out in search of amusement elsewhere.

All they have to do is    5          (press) a button, and they can see plays, films, operas, and shows of every kind, not to mention the latest   6        (excite) football match. Some people,    7            maintain that this is precisely     8           the danger lies. The television viewer makes no choice and exercises no judgment. He is completely passive and has everything   9          (present) to  10           without any effort on his part.

_______ the weather, the sports meet will be held on time.

       A．Instead of           B．In relation to       C．Regardless of          D．In favor of

Zhang Hua is clever and works hard at his lessons. __________ .

       A. So is Li Ming                       B. So does Li Ming     

C. It was the same with Li Ming            D. So it is with Li Ming

. Although most of them have no doubt ________ he will pass the exam , I still wonder _______ he has really got everything ready.

A. whether; that    B. that; whether        C. that; that              D. whether; whether

Have you ever heard anyone say “It’s raining cats and dogs”? It means “It’s raining hard!”

 But sometimes cats and dogs do drop from the sky! Here’s how it happens.

    Not so long ago, a country far away had many large rats. The people there said, “ We need cats!” So cats were sent to them by airplane. But the country had many mountains. It was hard for an airplane to land. So the cats came down by parachute(降落伞). Did the cats like the ride? They didn’t say they didn’t! And today they are still catching rats!

    In another country far away, there is snow the year around. People sometimes got lost in it.

   “We need big dogs!” the people said, “The dogs could find people lost in the snow. The dogs could help bring them home. Where can we get big dogs?”

   A man across the sea had big dogs to sell. “I will send dogs to you,” he said. “ I have some very big ones. They can find people lost in the snow.”

   He sent the dogs by airplane.

   But the airplane did not land in the snow. The dogs came down by parachute ---- you guessed it !

   Did the dogs like the ride? They didn’t say they didn’t! And today they are well and happy.

They find anyone who gets lost in the snow. Then they help him get home. Good dogs!

   Remember it, so you can say, “ Yes, it does rain cats and dogs sometimes. They came down by parachute!”

40.The underlined word “ it” In Paragraph  2  refers to __________.

A．the weather 

B．the saying “It’s raining cats and dogs.”

C．the saying “It’s raining hard.”

D．the fact that real cats and dogs drop from the sky.

41. Cats and dogs drop from the sky because ______.

A．there are many mountains in the country.

B. it snows the year around in the country.

C. was hard for a plane to land in the two countries.

D. coming down by parachute could save money.

42．The main purpose of the passage is to _________________.

A．tell the readers cats and dogs do drop from the sky

B．tell the readers of a new meaning about an old saying.

C．show cats and dogs are our good friends.

D．show parachute is an important

The young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are talking nothing but nonsense, as in their hearts they must surely know.

No, the village is not dead. There is more life in it now than there ever was. But it seems that “village life” is dead. Gone for ever. It began to decline about a hundred years ago. When many girls left home to go into service in town many miles away, and men also left home in increasing numbers in search of work, and home was where work was. There are still a number of people alive today who can remember what “village life” meant in the early years of the present century. It meant knowing and being known by everybody else in the village. It meant finding your entertainment in the village of within walking distance of it. It meant housewives tied to the home all day and every day. It meant going to bed early to save lamp oil and coal.

Then came the First World War and the Second World War. After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed（展现）to villagers. The long-established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make “village life” and “town life” almost alike. Now with the highly developed science and technology and high-level social welfare（福利）for all, there is no point whatever in talking any longer about “village life.” It is just life, and a better life.

Finally, if we have any doubts about the future, or about the many changes which we have seen in our lives, we have only to look in at the school playground any mid-morning; or see the children as they walk homeward in little groups. 0bviously these children are better fed, better clothed, better educated, healthier, prettier and happier than any generation of children that ever before walked the village street.

72．By saying that village is not dead, but “village life” is dead, the writer suggests that        .

       A．those young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are wrong

       B．the two statements are against each other

       C．“village life” today is rather uninteresting

       D．“village life” today is no longer like what it used to be

73．As is suggested in paragraph 2, villages in the past        .

       A．lived a simpler life than villagers today 

       B．knew fewer people than villagers today

       C．found it difficult to enjoy themselves

       D．like to wash themselves with cold water

74．The expression “…there is no point whatever in talking about…” in paragraph 3 means that        .

       A．there is no end to the talking about …  

       B．it is harmful to talk about …

       C．it is not meaningless to talk about …

       D．there is no reason for talking about …

75．What does the writer think of the “village life today”?        .

       A．Dead.       B．Worse       C．Better.      D．Unclear.

         so much electrical equipment , wood and paper in one place , there is a danger of fire .

       A．For B．In     C．With        D．By

.      reasonable, the idea he           to create a friendly environment attracted much public attention.

A．Sounded; came about      B．Sounded; came across

C．Sounding; came up with  D．Sounding; came along

He hurried to the railway station only         that the train had already left.

   A. to be told                   B. to tell                       C. told                         D. telling

______ a good result，the professor decided to do the experiment once more．

     A．Not getting           B．Getting not      C．Not having got         D．Having not got