I need the money badly now and I have to       my car though I’m not at all willing to do so.

       A．donate                 B．sacrifice              C．decline                D．deliver

I decide to leave the company next month, where I          for exactly three years.

       A．work                  B．is working           C．will be working    D．will have worked

            he is, he seldom shows his inventions to others.

       A．Inventor as                                          B．As an inventor     

       C．Being an inventor as                             D．Inventor although

This book is said to be a special one, which       many events not found on other history books.

       A．writes                 B．covers                 C．instructs              D．conveys

假如你是华新中学的李华，今年18岁，参加了全国英语能力竞赛，成绩突出，获得去英语国家交流学习的机会。现请根据下面的内容提示，用英语写一份材料，提交国外组织机构。

l                     你选择的国家及其理由

l                     学习交流方式：

居住在有同龄学生的家庭

周一至周五学习

周末外出参观学习

l                     回国后的打算

注意：　1) 不要逐字翻译试题说明。可以适当增加细节使表达连贯；

　　　　2）字数100字左右。（开头语已写出，不计入总词数）。

I’m Li Hua from Huaxin Middle School.

In the social and economic fields the UN increased its efforts to fight against poverty, ignorance, hunger, and disease and to help raise the standards of living in the newly developing countries.

The sixteenth General Assembly placed considerable emphasis on the idea of economic development by planning the current decade as the United Nations Decade of Economic Development. The agreement called upon UN members to help the newly developing countries achieve a minimum rate of growth of 5% by the end of the decade. It also emphasized the need for industrial development and encouraged cooperation with respect to regional-development programs.

In the past the organs and agencies of the UN in the economic field have concentrated largely on economic development. Increased attention was directed towards the need for balance and integration in economic and social development. It was emphasized at various UN meetings that particular attention must be given in the new nations to such problems as urbanization, housing, community development, and child welfare.

The Assembly has also offered a $100,000,000 world food program designed to use surplus (过剩的) food to encourage the development of needy countries. The program would improve upon the present unsatisfactory method of disposing of surplus food supplies and would enable the poorer nations to use more of their resources for development purposes.

Many of the UN specialized agencies increased their budgets. This means that such agencies as the Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, the World Health Organization, and the International Labor Organization will be pushing ahead at an increasing rate to deal with problems in their respective fields.

The Assembly again set $150,000,000 as the target figure for the work of the UN Technical Assistance Program and the Special Fund. If funds are available, technical assistance will move ahead at a faster speed.

72. What was the sixteenth General Assembly’s goal?

  A. To help increase the economy of the world.

  B. To help emphasize the importance of the economic field.

  C. To help newly developing countries to develop.

  D. To get their ideas accepted by all the UN members.

73. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

  A. UN has done a lot to help all the member countries.

  B. UN has called upon all the new countries to develop economy.

  C. UN has realized all their goals to develop the world economy.

  D. UN has done a lot to help develop the economy of the new countries.

74. The attitude of the author of the above passage is ______.

  A. praising                B. objective            C. personal            D. imaginary

75. The best topic of the above passage might be ______.

  A. UN, Efforts to Help Needy Countries 

  B. UN, a Helpful and Developing Organization

  C. UN, Past and Future Developments   

  D. UN, Balance of World Economy

I’m a commercial fisherman in Alaska. It was an eye-opener to see the destruction and waste popular in the world’s fisheries. The Alaska fishery is very well managed and we do not see the damage occurring elsewhere. Many local people complain of the many restrictive (限制) laws in the fishery, but after reading these articles, I’m in favor of even stricter regulation. The sea is the basis for life on Earth, and we must take care of it.

Tom Hagen

Craig, Alaska

Your report presents an overly hopeless future. Here in New England where I have fished commercially for 45 years, we are beginning a recovery from years of over fishing. Under the newly authorized Magnuson-Stevens Act, fishermen are forming partnerships with scientists for the purpose of developing fishing-gear modifications (减少) to reduce by-catch and reduce impacts (冲击) to fish habitat. Additionally, we are collecting information on fish stock abundance, population, and ecosystems. The New England Regional Fishery Management Council is supporting the formation of harvest districts, which enables fishermen to have changing market conditions.                                                                   

Frank Mirarchi

                                                Scituate, Massachusetts

You described fishing around the world, but not here in the United States. There is no support for the American fisherman who is working under the harshest regulations on Earth and the strictest restrictions. We are fishing in a fashion that is completely suitable as required in the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The U.S. keeps importing more fish from countries that have no requirements on gear or on their catch. U.S. fishermen cannot compete with foreign prices, so the fishermen’s numbers have been reduced. There are no young people who will take our place.

                                                 Jeremiah O’Brien

                                                 MorroBay, California

68. How is the situation about fishery in Alaska according to Tom Hagen?

   A. There is too much waste in fishery.

   B. The fishery is balanced well there.

   C. Many local fishermen liked the fishery laws before.

   D. The government is not doing their best to limit fishing.

69. Jeremiah O’Brien does not agree with ______.

   A. the opinion of Tom Hagen’s                    

   B. the opinion of Frank Mirarchi’s

   C. Magnuson-Stevens Act

   D. all the ideas in the article mentioned

70. We can see from the above passage that ______.

   A. fishery in the United States is controlled by the U.S.A government

   B. fishery in the world is running well by the Magnuson-Stevens Act

   C. in some countries there is less limitation in fishing

   D. importing fish pays more for the fishermen in the U.S.A.

71. Which of the following might serve as the best title of the above passage?

   A. Fishery in the World                   B. Fishery in the United States

   C. Fishery, a World Problem           D. Fishery Limitation, Stricter or Not

64. What can you get from OrientalEscape.com?

A. All the information about Thailand.

  B. All the information about travel in Thailand.

  C. All the service about Thailand travel.

  D. All the available travel information one needs in Thailand.

65. If you want to know more about transportation and destinations beforehand, you’d better check______.

  A.     B.    C.     D.  

66. What information can’t you get from the above table about travel in Thailand?

  A. Prices of each service.                B. The quality of the services.

  C. Safety and personal services.              D. Benefits and characteristics of each service.

67. From the above passage, we can conclude that ______.

  A. many possible travelers will go to Thailand

  B. the advertisement is trying to get more travelers

  C. traveling in Thailand is very popular all over the world

  D. everything about traveling is well managed in Thailand

Passing a store, you might just step in and see if the store has received any new CDs. Once in the store, you’re delighted to discover some new CDs that you must have. You could buy them later, of course, but you’re already here, so why not now? In the checkout line you wonder whether to write a check or pay with a credit card. Either way would be OK, you suppose. The trouble with writing a check, though, is that you don’t have much money left in your checking account. Using the credit card you won’t have to pay at once, and when you do pay, you will only have to pay a little a month. So you hand the salesperson your plastic card, and that’s the deal!
    There are a few good things about credit cards. For one thing, it’s almost impossible to rent a car without a credit card. For another, they are helpful if you are in a situation where you don’t have your checkbook or you have little cash with you.

What are the disadvantages? One is that few people have the discipline to use their credit cards wisely. Instead, many fall into the buy-now-pay-later trap. Many become “addicted to plastic.” Another disadvantage is that credit cards are more abstract than money or checks and thus contribute to our having less control over our money. Bank notes are physical things, and you have to reconcile your checking account every month when you pay with a check. This takes a bit of work, and although it’s painful, it’s more realistic. Credit cards represent the abstract, lending a certain air of unreality to the stage of managing your finances. All you do is sign your name; someone else does the math for you.

60. What is the advantage of credit cards?

    A. You can buy what you like at a lower price.  

B. You can buy what you like without paying at all.

   C. You can buy what you like more conveniently.

D. You can buy what you like more freely.

61. What is the disadvantage of the credit cards?

  A. They will leave you buying more than what you can really afford.

  B. They will leave you spending more than paying in cash or with checks.

  C. They can save you some money sometimes but later cost more.

  D. They can save you some money but increase interest in your bank account.

62. The underlined word “reconcile” in the last paragraph might mostly probably mean “______”.

  A. balance                 B. increase                    C. check               D. change

63. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

  A. The ABC of Credit Cards.                        B. Credit Cards, Checks or Cash.

  C. Why Not Credit Cards?                            D. Watch out Your Credit Cards!