Mother told me that Jerry died in an accident. When _____ this, my heart did break.

   A. hearing      B. heard       C. having heard     D. I heard

―Computers are becoming more and more important these years.

--Yes. Without them, human life ______ quite different.

   A. is      B. would be     C. will be    D. would have been

You __________ only half the price, how could the shopkeeper sell the shirt to you?

   A. spent       B. paid        C. charged         D. offered

It is said that Xiamen is _____ most beautiful city in our country, and Tom is going to pay _____ second visit to it.

A. the, the       B. a, a     C. the, a     D. \,  \

高中生活是人的一生中很美好的时光，除了学业之外，我们还经历、感悟了许多。为了不留遗憾，在临近毕业时，你将做些什么呢？请根据以下提示写一篇英语短文。  

要抓紧时间温书迎考；  

要主动与对你有误解的同学沟通；  

要向老师父母感恩；  

其他你认为值得做的事情。  

注意：  

1．可适当加入细节，以使行文连贯；  

2．短文词数：120左右；  

3．短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。  

We all value the time we spent in high school. Besides studies, there seems to be a lot I really want to do before graduation.  

For the past two decades. New York has been an inspiration to other American cities. Yes, New York had a lot of crime, but somehow it also still had neigh neighborhoods, and a central area for walking. Lately, though, as far as the pedestrian （行人） issues go. New York is acting more like the rest of America, and the rest of America is acting more like the once-inspiring New York.  

As a New Yorker who has spent two years researching roads and transportation across the United States, 1 am saddened lo see our city falling behind places like downtown Albuquerque, where one-way streets have become more pedestrian-friendly two-way streets, and car lanes are replaced by bike lanes, with bike racks everywhere. Then there is Grand Rapids, Midi. , which has a walk-able downtown with purposely limited parking and is home to a new bus square. In Indianapolis, an urban walking and biking road will soon link inner-city neighborhoods something New York certainly hasn't tried.  

We have lost our golden pedestrian touch in New York mostly because we still think about traffic as though it were 1950, and we needed Robert Moses to plow a few giant freeways through town to get the cars moving again. But the fact is that more roads equal more traffic. New Yorkers always find good reasons to drive. Public transportation is dirty, time-consuming, unsafe. Walking takes too long. The children will be late for school. But choosing the car is no longer safe ― for your children who already don’t get enough exercise, for anyone’s lungs or for the future of New York as a livable place. We’ve already lost a lot of New York to traffic. If New Yorkers don’t get out of their cars soon, the city’s future residents won’t have a reason to.  

72．According to ihe passage, New York _____.  

A．used to be a good example for other cities to follow in road design  

B．is still an inspiration to other American cities in city design  

C．used to have a lot of crimes and the city was too crowded with cars  

D．is learning from the rest of America to improve its transportation  

73．It can be inferred from the passage that______.  

A．New York has built a road for walking and biking  

B．in Albuuuerque, the streets have become one-way streets  

C．the city of New York is now terribly crowded with cars  

D．parking is not allowed in the center of Grand Rapids, Mich.  

74．The cause of the present traffic situation in New York is that ______.  

A．New Yorkers prefer driving to walking or taking buses  

B．taking buses lakes a long lime and is not safe and clean  

C．the more roads there are, the more traffic there will be  

D．the city of New York is too big for people to walk  

75．The author of the passage suggests that ______.  

A．more freeways be built to get the cars moving again  

B．New York should have more spaces for pedestrians  

C．children in New- York schools should walk to schools  

D．New Yorkers should replace their cars with bicycles  

It is important to get the right boiler for the size of our house.  

Having a large boiler in a small house is a waste, but if you have a large house with a small boiler you’ll be left lacking warmth.  

British Gas has developed a new boiler, the 330+domestic（家用的） central heating boiler, which could provide the perfect way for you to change situation.

       An experienced engineer can adjust the 330+’s output from 9kW to 30kW. This means the amount of heat the boiler is producing can be adjusted in line with the size of your house.  

So, while you still have just two bedrooms, you could keep it on a fairly low setting, having this increased as you make your house larger to four （or even more） bedrooms, Whatever your future needs, the 330+ can keep up with you, preventing you from having to deal with the trouble and cost of having a new, larger boiler fixed at a later date.  

In addition, the 330+ is very easy to keep in good condition and fix. Its digital indicator provides advanced and accurate diagnoses（诊断） of any problems. This information will enable you to have any problems speedily settled.  

If you also find it difficult to work out exactly how much gas you are consuming on a daily basis, the 330+ can help you see immediately if you are consuming a low, medium or high amount of gas.  

An independent research has shown that this level of customer awareness can reduce energy consumption by as much as 10%, so you’ll be doing your bit for the environment as well. And as the 330+ is produced in Britain, transportation is least possible, providing even greater savings for the environment.  

For further information visit britishgas. co. uk/chi  

What do you think? Have your say at guardian. co. uk/britishgasgreenerliving  

68．The greatest advantage of the new product is that      .  

A．it can prevent you from buying a new, larger boiler  

B．it can be used both at home and in big companies  

C．it can be adjusted according to the size of your house  

D．anyone can adjust the amount of the heat it produces  

69．According to the passage, the digital indicator can         .  

A．be repaired quite easily B．be kept in good condition  

C．detect the problems of the boiler                   D．help you settle problems by yourself  

70．What can we learn from the passage?  

A．If you use 330+ heating boiler, you may save 20% of gas.  

B．The cost of transportation may be reduced if you have 330+.  

C．An experienced engineer will keep the boiler on a low setting.  

D．The 330+ boiler can tell you the amount of gas used every day.  

71．Some of the readers will probably         .  

A．know the amount of gas they are using every day  

B．reduce energy consumption to protect the environment  

C．get further information from guardian. co. uk/britishgasgreenerliving  

D．try the newly-developed 330+ domestic central heating boiler  

Mnrk Zuckerberg, born on May 14. 1984, is an American computer programmer and businessman. As a Harvard student. He created the online social website Facebook, a site popular among students worldwide, with fellow computer science major students and his roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. He serves as Facebook’s CEO. He has been the subject of argument for the origins of his business and his wealth. Time Magazine added Zuckerherg as one of The World's Most Influential people 2008.  

Zuckerberg grew up in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Early on. Zuckerlrg enjoyed making computer programs, especially communication tools and games. He started programming when he was in middle school. While attending Phillips Exeter Academy in high school, he built a program to help the workers in his dad’s office communicate and a version（版本） of the game Risk. He also built a music player named Synapse that can learn the user’s listening habits. Microsoft and AOL tried to purchase Synapse and employ Zuckerberg, but instead he decided to attend Harvard University.  

Zuckerberg started Facebook from his Harvard dorm room on February 4, 2004. it quickly became a success at Harvard and more than two-thirds of the school’s studetts signed up in the first two weeks. It started off as just a “Havard-Thing,” until Zuckerberg then decided to spread Facebook to other schools and enlisted the help of roommate Dustin Moskovitz. They first spread it to Stanford, Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell and Yale, and then to other schools with social contacts with Harvard. By the beginning of the summer, Zuckerberg and Moskovitz had made Facebook available at almost forty-five schools and hundreds of thousands of people were using it.  

64．We can learn from the passage that       .  

A．Facebook suffered immediate failure when it first appeared  

B．Microsoft and AOL failed to take on Zuckerberg as a member  

C．people agree on the origins of Zuckerberg’s business and his wealth  

D．Zuckerberg began making computer programs after entering Harvard  

65．Zuckerberg started Facebook when he was ____.  

A．24                       B．22                 C．20                D．18  

66．Which of the following is the right order of the events related to Zuckerberg?  

A．He was admitted to Harvard University.  

B．He built d music player named Synapse..  

C．He was regarded as one of the World’s Most Influential People of 2008.  

D．He started making computer programs, communication tools and games.  

A．abdc                         B．bacd             C．cbda              d．dbac  

67．Which word can best describe Zuckerberg?  

A．Modest.                  B．Creative.           C．Outgoing.        D．Sensitive.  

A new Barbie doll was presented at a toy fair in Germany．It has been modelled after the  German Chief Minister Angela Merkel as part of 50th birthday celebrations for the popular toy．It  wears a hairstyle and a dark coat like Merkel wears.  

Lim Ding Wen, a nine-year-old pupil in Singapore, wrote some programs for Apple's popular  iPhone．His painting program named "Doodle Kids" has been downloaded over 40,000 times in two weeks.  

Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama answered questions from some pupils in  Washington．During his surprise visit, Obama told the children, "We are just tired of being in the  White House"  

On February 5, China declared a top level emergency in the drought-hit provinces．The drought, which has rarely been seen in China's history, has left many people without proper drinking water and is affecting large amounts of crops.  

Big flames burned entire towns in southeastern Australia and some locals in their cars, making it the country's deadliest fire disaster．Officials believed arson, which means criminal act of setting fire to possessions in order to cause destruction, may be behind some of the fires.  

At the beginning of February, snow storms paralyzed（使…瘫痪） parts of London, costing businesses millions of pounds．The snow storms are the worst Britain has seen in 18 years.  

60．Angela Merkel is most probably _____.  

A．director of a US company                         B．country leader of Germany  

C．a new Barbie doll at a toy fair                    D．a fashion designer of fifty years old  

61．We can infer from the passage that _____.  

A．Lim Ding Wen is a talent in designing softwares  

B．drought is a natural disaster that is rare in China  

C．US President paid an official visit to Washington  

D．there have been no snow storms in Britain in the last 18 years  

62．Some of the big fires in Australia may result from the fact that some people _____.  

A．started the fires on purpose                      B．were smoking in their cars  

C．were killed by the big fire                         D．attempted to destroy Australia  

63．The best title of the passage should be _____.  

A．Recent Disasters                                       B．Brief News  

C．Important Discoveries                               D．Major Events in 2008