He proved himself a true gentleman and the beauty of his        was seen at its best when he worked with others.

A．advantage               B．appearance              C．qualification                   D．character

There was a king who gave his daughter a beautiful diamond necklace. The necklace was stolen and his people in the kingdom searched everywhere but could not find it. So the king asked to search for it and put a reward for＄50,000 for anyone who found it.

One day, a clerk was walking home along a river when he saw something shinning in the river and when he looked, he saw the diamond necklace. He decided to try and catch it to get the ＄50,000 reward.

He put his hand in the river and tried to catch the necklace, but somehow missed it and didn’t catch it. He took his hand out and looked again and the necklace was still there. He tried again.

But strangely, he still missed the necklace! He came out and started walking away, feeling sad. Just then, an old man walking by saw him, and asked him what was the matter. The clerk didn’t want to share the secret with him, thinking he might take the necklace for himself, so he refused to tell him anything.

The old man could see this man was troubled. He again asked the clerk to tell him the problem and promised that he would not tell anyone about it. The clerk told him about the necklace and how he tried and tried to catch it, but kept failing.

The old man then told him that perhaps he should try looking upward, toward the branches of the tree, instead of in the river. The clerk looked up and true enough, the necklace was hanging on the branch of a tree. He had been trying to take a reflection of the real necklace all this time.

The clerk tried to get the diamond necklace to ________________.

A. make the king happy.                    B. keep it for himself.

C. get the big reward.                      D. sell it at a high price.

Before the old man asked the clerk what was the matter, the clerk        .

   A. was searching in the water              B. was trying to find help

   C. felt rather tired                       D. was not feeling good

Where did the clerk find the necklace at last?

   A. On the tree      B. On the bank      C. In the river      D. In the sand

What might be the best title for the passage?

A. A beautiful diamond necklace           B. A king’s promise           

C.A lucky young clerk                   D. Changing the way of thinking

Pairs, Jan. 11--- An armored (武装) car robbery last night ended in a wild gunbattle that two men dead and a hostage (人质) seriously wounded.

The drama (刺激的事件) began when an armored car carrying the contents of safety（储备）boxes to a bank was struck by a large truck, police said.

The bank guards were helpless when the robbers jumped out of the truck and tied them. The robbers used heavy tools and explosives (爆炸品) to break the armored car.

    A passing police car turned to look into the accident as the men were removing the contents of the armored car. Police said the three robbers fled on foot across a nearby highway.

    Stopping a private car driven by a teenaged girl, the three escaped for central Pairs with the police car in hot pursuit（追捕）.

A plain clothes policeman saw the car as it drove through the street of Lat in Quarter. The policeman tried to stop the car, but the thieves started shooting at him, witness (目击者) said.

The girl hostage tried to slip away. Just as she was crawling (爬出) away from the car, she was hit by a bullet. Police said she was out of danger at Central Hospital.

The gunmen gave up the car and got into a shop, pouring fire on more than 50 policemen that surrounded the building. After a wild gunbattle, police broke into the room. They only found two of the gunmen, both seriously wounded. The third thief was believed to have escaped with over $1.3 million in cash and jewellery.

The passage is about _____.

A. a gunbattle between the policeman and the government soldiers.

B. a bank robbery in Paris.

C. a group of gunmen's robbery of armored car in the streets.

D. how a teenaged girl got seriously wounded.

The robbers came       and they _____.

A. in a police car; stole the armed car.

B. in a truck; blasted (炸毁) the armored car.

C. in an armored truck; drove the money car away.

D. in an armored car; opened the armored car with heavy tools.

The three robbers escaped on foot across a nearby highway because_____.

A. a passing police car found them .

B. the explosives were too strong .

C. the contents of the armored car were too heavy .

D. the truck broke down .

A plain clothes policeman is ______.

A. not a policeman but a soldier .              B. not a policeman but a gunman .

C. a policeman but he doesn't wear a uniform .   D. a robber .

After a wild gunbattle, ______.

A. the robbers were shot dead.

B. the police got back what they wanted.

C. the police failed to get back what they wanted.

D. 50 policemen were killed and the robbers were seriously wounded.

When we visit another country, differences in music and dance are   36   some of the first things that we notice. Every culture has   37   its own types of music and dance, which are very different from those of other societies.

   Each type of music usually has a distinctive rhythm and a special sound,   38   on the kinds of instruments that are used to produce it. The most common type of instruments are  39   instruments, such as guitars and violins; wind instruments, including horns and flutes. Many different kinds of musical sounds   40   be created by using different combinations of instruments.

   The human voice is a very special kind of instrument,   41   it can produce a great number of different sounds with different   42  , ranging from loud to soft. Singing is very popular in most cultures because it allows us to   43   words and ideas with music.

   Societies coordinate（使协调） body movements with musical rhythms to create   44  . Sometimes people dance for fun and individual expression. Dances can also be used to   45   ideas to an audience. Hawaiian dancers,   46  , use arm and hand movements to express the meaning of a song. In the same way, many societies use dances in religious ceremonies   47   to tell about important events.

   Music and dance are passed from one   48  to another and thus become a permanent part of the society and   49   culture. Of course, as cultures come   50   contact with each other, the music and dance of one society may be accepted by other societies, or the different styles may be combined to   51   a new kind of music or dance. Some Latin American music, for example, has taken   52   from Indian cultures and mixed them with those from European and African cultures.   53  , popular music from England and the US can be heard in countries   54   the world,   55   it has had an influence on musical tastes, especially among young people.

A. unlikely                 B. probably                  C. likely                D. surely

A. installed             B. developed                 C. meant               D. established

A. depending              B. relying                            C. playing             D. resting

A. thread                   B. cord                         C. string                D. band

A. can                    B. might                      C. must                 D. should

A. when                     B. since                        C. after                 D. although

A. heights                  B. sizes                        C. volumes            D. tones

A. express                  B. explain                     C. provide             D. compose

A. sounds                   B. songs                       C. dances               D. moves

A. give                    B. perform                   C. translate            D. communicate

A. for example          B. such as                     C. that is               D. on the contrary

A. just                         B. as                            C. or                     D. only

A. country                B. people                      C. generation         D. time

A. their                    B. the                           C. form                 D. its

A. to                        B. into                         C. for                    D. with

A. join                     B. show                        C. become             D. form

A. advantages           B. styles                       C. features             D. origins

A. However              B. On the contrary         C. Besides             D. Similarly

A. over                    B. across                      C. through             D. along

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

Nineteenth-century writers in the United States, whether they wrote novels, short stories, poems or plays, were powerfully drawn to the railroad in its golden years. In fact, writers responded to the railroads as soon as the first were built in the 1830’s. By the 1850’s, the railroad was a major presence in the life of the nation. Writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David saw the railroad both as a boon(要求) to democracy(民主国家) and as an object of suspicion. The railroad could be and was a despoiler(掠夺者) of nature, furthermore, in its manifestation of speed and noise. It might be a despoiler of human nature as well. By the 1850’s and 1860’s, there was a great distrust among writer and intellectuals of the rapid industrialization of which the railroad was a leading force. Deeply philosophical historians such as Henry Adams lamented the role that the new frenzy for business was playing in eroding traditional values. A distrust of industry and business continued among writers throughout the rest of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth.

　 For the most part, the literature in which the railroad plays and important role belong to popular culture rather than to the realm of serious art. One thinks of melodramas, boys’ books, thrillers, romances, and the like rather than novels of the first rank. In the railroads’ prime years, between 1890 and 1920, there were a few individuals in the United States, most of them with solid railroading experience behind them, who made a profession of writing about railroading—works offering the ambience of stations, yards, and locomotive cabs. These writers, who can genuinely be said to have created a genre, the “railroad novel”, are now mostly forgotten, their names having faded from memory. But anyone who takes the time to consult their fertile writings will still find a treasure trove of information about the place of the railroad in the life of the United States.

The underlined word “it” in the passage refers to______.

　　A. railroad 　　B. manifestation　　 C. speed 　　D. nature

In the first paragraph, the author implies that writers’ reactions to the development of railroads were______.

　　A. highly enthusiastic 　 B. both positive and negative　  C. unchanging　 　D. Disinterested

According to the passage, the railroad played a significant role in literature in all of the following kinds of books except_______.　

A. thrillers 　 B. boys’ books　　C. romances　　D. important novels

The phrase “first rank” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to______.

A. largest category(类别) 　B. highest quality　  C. earliest writers 　D. most difficult language

Which of the following topics is the main idea of passage?

A. The role of the railroad in the economy of the USA　

B. Major nineteenth century writers

C. The conflict between expanding industry and preserving nature

D. The railroad as a subject for literature

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Leshan is a famous city which has long history.               1__________

Lain in the southwest of China, it is a cultural city of           2 __________

Sichuan Province,also it is famous for Leshan Great Buddha.    3 __________

It said that the Buddha was built over 1000 years ago and       4 __________

it had changed a lot since then.  There are a large number      5__________

of famous cultural sites but delicious snacks here, which        6 __________

have always been attraction to tourists from around the         7 __________

world.  Tourists go not only to see the historically sites and     8. __________

to taste the snacks, but also because that it has beautiful        9 __________

scenery.  Walk along the sides of the beautiful rivers         10 __________

will offer a feast for anyone's eyes.

New Zealand has a population of about 3.8 million, ____ about fourteen percent are Mori.

  A. about which    B. for  which      C. during which      D. of  which

Please remind me _______ he said he was going. I may be in time to see him off.

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

—"How do you like the book?"

— "It's quite different from   I read last month."

A. that       B. which         C. the one         D. the one what

For computer users, there is no bigger excitement than tossing out your old PC and upgrading to a newer, faster and cleaner machine. With hardware designers like Intel, pushing newer, faster products every year, and new software requiring even more powerful machines, companies and consumers have little choice but to go along.

But this rapid turnover is having a serious effect on the planet. Producing a personal computer consumes large quantities of natural resources. A recent study by the United Nations estimates the energy required to produce a single new computer is equivalent to nearly two barrels of oil. And that doesn't include the 22 kg of chemicals or the 1,500 kg of water used in the manufacturing process.

  In fact, pound for pound（均等地）, the process for making a car is about 500% more efficient than that for making a computer. That doesn't matter so much 20 years ago when personal computers were few and far between, but times have changed. These days, computers are found nearly everywhere and sales continue to grow. The number of PCs in use topped one billion in 2002.

Waste in production is only half the problem. Old computers, especially the monitors, are full of dangerous substances, which need to be carefully recycled. The problem is sure to expand over the coming years as users replace their boxy CRT monitors with LCD flat displays.

  Europe now requires that 70% of parts from old computers be recycled, but the study’s authors say that’s also part of the problem. The solution, they insist, is for governments and companies to encourage people to use their computers longer, and upgrade rather than replace. But considering that much of the world’s recent economic growth has come from spending on computers and information technology, that advice may sound like wishful thinking. 

What do computer users have to do every few years according to the passage?

   A. Push newer, faster products.

   B. Produce more powerful machines.

   C. Consume large quantities of natural resources.

   D. Upgrade to a newer, faster computer.

What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A. The pound.                                   B. The process.

    C. The car.                                     D. The computer.

We can infer from the last paragraph that ____.

A. governments and companies will surely encourage people to use their computers longer

B. governments and companies will probably encourage people to replace their personal computers

C. the world's economic has been growing without people's spending on computers and information technology

D. all parts from old computers are now recycled in Europe

The purpose of writing this passage is ____

A. to encourage companies to push newer, faster personal computers

B. to encourage people to design more new software

C. to encourage people to save their personal computers

D. to encourage people to spend more money on computers and information technology