--The Smiths expressed the idea of making peace with us．

--I have no doubt           they are honest．They always mean what they say．

A．what                   B．which                  C．that                       D．whether

请根据以下四幅图画和提示词，以《乐于助人新风尚》为题，用英语写一篇120个词左右的短文，主要内容为：1）图中助人为乐的行为；2）你对助人为乐的看法。短文的标题已经写好，不计入单词总数。

参考词汇：virtue（美德）；sympathetic（同情的）；disabled（残疾的）；

escalator（电梯）；donate（捐）The Virtue of Helping Others

阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

W：I can't decide（76）w                 to go to university or get a job．What do you think?

M：Well，if I（77）w                you，I'd go on studying．

W：But I don't（78）e               know what to study．

M：If I had the chance again，I'd study computer．You're good at science subject．

W：That's（79）w              my parents want me to do．

M：You should take their（80）a               ．They know what's the best for you．

W：But my friends will have jobs and lots of fun（81）w               I spend all my time studying．

M：But（82）i              you go to university，you'll still have time for fun．

W：Umm．What you say makes（83）s                  ．But，you know．I still have to ask my parents for pocket money and I（84）h                to do so at this age．

M：If you try to find a（85）p                  job，you will have some money，too．

W：You're right．Thank you．

Having finished her homework，Ma Li wants some music for relaxation（娱乐）．As usual，she starts her computer and goes to Baidu．corn to download music files．But this time she is surprised when an announcement about protecting songs' copyright bursts onto the screen．The age of free music and movie downloads may have come to an end as Web companies like Baidu are accused of pirating copyright．Lawsuits（诉讼）have been filed against four websites offering free downloads．In September 2005，a Beijing court ordered Baidu to pay recording company Shanghai Push compensation for their losses．Baidu was also told to block the links to the pirated music on the website．This caused a heated discussion on Interact file sharing．

“Baidu's defeat in the lawsuit shows it is not right to get copyrighted songs without paying．Downloaders may face lawsuits or fines，” said an official．

Like many teens，Huang Ruoru，an 18-year-old girl from Puning in Guangdong Province，doesn't think that getting music from websites is wrong．She always shares her favorite songs downloaded from Baidu with her friends．When told about the lawsuit，she began to feel a little guilty about obtaining others，work without paying．

However，other teenagers have different ideas．Wang Yafei，a Senior 2 girl from Jinan，Shandong Province pointed out that file sharing is a good way to promote pop singers．“If I download a song and really like it，I will buy the CD，” she said．“So what the recording companies really should concentrate on is improving their music，rather than pursuing

（追赶，追击）file-sharers．”

71．Which of the following best describes the passage?

A．Music on the Internet is of better quality．    B．Downloading material can be illegal．

C．It's good to get free music on the Internet．  D．Baidu is a popular web company．

72．The four web companies were put to court because                  ．

A．they got copyrighted songs without paying

B．they downloaded copyrighted music for people

C．they make copyrighted files for free downloads

D．they offer free music on line

73．How do some of the teenagers feel while downloading free music after the lawsuit?

A．A bit guilty．        B．A little sad．         C．Extremely angry．   D．Awfully sorry

74．What’s the advantage of file sharing for recording companies?

A．Getting more money from web companies．

B．Enabling people to download favorite songs

C．Helping to improve the music．

D．Making pop singers more popular．

75．It can be inferred from the text that                    ．

A．web companies are still ignoring the copyright laws

B．teenagers haven't got money to buy CDs

C．teenagers are probably still downloading free music

D．teenagers prefer CDs with copyright to pirate music

A strong wind can be a dangerous thing-sometimes it is powerful enough to knock you off your feet．But to plants，the wind is a source of new life，carrying them or their spores（孢子）thousands of miles．

A NASA satellite called QuikSCAT has discovered highways of wind over the Earth's oceans．Scientists believe these invisible roads may explain why many nonflowering plants，such as mosses（苔藓）and lichens（地衣），grow where they do．

The satellite is able to send microwaves（微波）from space to the surface of the ocean．The pattern of signals that come back shows which way the winds are blowing．

Using this data, the scientists studied a group of islands in the southern hemisphere（半球），near Antarctica．Winds tend to blow anticlockwise（逆时针）in this region，but there are lots of local differences．

When the researchers compared these local patterns to botanical（植物学）data，they found that the wind had an important effect on where species of mosses，lichens，and other nonflowering plants grow．

For example，Bouvet Island and Heard Island，share 30 percent of their moss species，29 percent of liverworts（叶苔），and 32 percent of lichens-even though they are 4,430 kilometers apart．In contrast，Gough Island and Bouvet Island，separated by just 1,860 kilometers of sea，share only 16 percent of mosses and 17 percent of liverworts．They have no lichens in common．

Ferns（蕨类植物）and flowering plants don't travel as well in the wind，so they don't show the same kinds of distribution（分布）patterns．

67．This story is about                ．

A．the discovery of wind highways                   B．how wind travels

C．how wind affects different plants                 D．one of the wind

68．The underlined word “data” in the fourth paragraph means               ．

A．signal              B．pattern                    C．information             D．research

69．Which of the following is WRONG?

A．Bouvet Island，Heard Island and Gough Island are all in the southern hemisphere．

B．Winds in the researched areas blow anticlockwise．

C．The scientists needn't base this research on how winds affect where ferns grow．

D．Without the QuikSCAT，the research wouldn't have made sense．

70．Which of the following diagrams shows the correct position of the islands?

What do literary greats Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Burns have in common? They both lived and wrote in Edinburgh, along with many other big names in the field of literature．This fact helped UNESCO（联合国教科文组织）award the city the title of world's first City of Literature on October 14．

Edinburgh left a lasting impression on Arthur Conan Doyle（1859-1930）．Although he was born there he went to school in England but returned home for medical school．After graduating he moved to London and began writing his Sherlock Holmes stories．His inspiration for the character came from one of his professors at university．Holmes' methods were so clever that they actually furthered the advance of the study of criminology（犯罪学）．

Robert Burns（1759-1796）is still regarded as Scotland's national poet，more than 200 years after his death．He is celebrated all over the world through translations of his work and the annual Burns Night supper on his birthday．One of his songs，“My Love is Like a Red Red Rose” ranks among the finest love songs ever written and “Auld Lang Syne” (友谊地久天长) is sung all around the world．

As one of the first literate societies in Europe，the Scottish Parliament passed the world's first compulsory (义务) education law in 1496．By the 1790s，almost all Scots could read．Visitors to Scotland often observed that even the lowest members of society had copies of Burns' poems and other books．

63．Edinburgh was awarded the title of world's first City of Literature because                     ．

A．the first award ceremony of literature was held there

B．many literary greats like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Burns were born there

C．it left a deep impression on many literary greats like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

D．many literary greats like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Burns often wrote about it

64．Arthur Conan Doyle was remembered mainly for his                ．

A．detective stories                                          B．love poems and songs

C．contribution to the study of criminology        D．clever writing skill

65．In honor of Robert Burns，                 ．

A．“My Love is Like a Red Red Rose” and “Auld Lang Syne” are sung all around the world

B．his works are translated into many languages every year

C．a celebration is held more than 200 years after his death

D．a celebration is held every year on his birthday

66．In the last paragraph，the writer mainly discussed             ．

A．the impression of visitors to Scotland

B．how Burn's poems are popular in Scotland

C．the possible history reasons for many literary greats in Scotland

D．how the world's first compulsory education law was made

People and the sources of air pollution are found in the same places．This means that cities with large populations have the biggest problem of dirty air．Air pollution is caused by many different things．A major source of air pollution is the gas fumes from cars．Statistics show that 93 percent of all auto trips are within cities．Another major source of dirty air is the burning of coal and oil for energy．This energy is needed to make electricity．Of course，much more electricity is used in the city than in the country．

On the average，we throw away more trash and garbage than the previous year．The burning of garbage contributes to air pollution．Many major industries are also responsible for the dirty air in the around cities．The fumes from iron，steel，chemical，and petroleum production add particles to the air．

The effects of air pollution range from mild headaches to death．The levels of pollution found in heavy for traffic may cause headaches for loss of clear vision．Wherever coal and oil are used for fuel，fumes may kill trees and plants and cause metal to corrode．In some of the larger cities，these fumes endanger the live of human beings by contributing to lung diseases and causing early death．

59．The key point of the passage is that                   ．

A．the cause of air pollution is people

B．the causes and the effects of air pollution are both found in cities

C．the effects of air pollution range from headaches to death

D．air pollution is caused by dirty air

60．What is the purpose of this passage?

A．to persuade people to stop polluting the air

B．to tell the causes of air pollution

C．to tell why cities are bad places to live

D．to describe why cities are bad places to live

61．What is the main cause of more serious air pollution in the city than in the country?

A．There are larger populations in cities．

B．The air in the city is dirty．

C．There are more cars in the city．

D．There are much more gas fumes from cal's and burning of coal and oil for energy in the city than in the country．

62．The fumes from coal and oil may cause metal                   ．

A．to turn black        B．to become new    C．to corrode               D．to disappear

Beijing Opera，acrobatics（杂技），Chinese folk music，and tea ceremonies（仪式）all make up parts of a great Chinese party．But this party was not in Beijing．It was in Moscow．

Russian people enjoyed a big Chinese party at the Kremlin（克里姆林宫）last Monday．With Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Vladimir Putin in attendance，the party marked the opening of the Year of China in Russia．

It's more than just a cultural festival．During Hu's three-day visit in Russia，the two countries agreed to start a joint（共同的）unmanned mission（任务））to Mars（火星）in two years and voiced their desire to push forward cooperation（合作）in many areas．“In 2006 the Year of Russia in China achieved full SUCCESS，and I believe that the Year of China in Russia will also be Successful，” Hu said．

But，in history the Sino-Russian relationship has not always been so relaxed．The former Soviet Union（前苏联），in which Russia was the biggest part，was among the flew countries that recognized the new China in 1949．It also helped China to develop its heavy industry during the 1950s and early 1960s．

But in the late 1960s．the relationship became difficult．Soviet leaders wanted China to do whatever it said，but China refused．The relationship worsened in 1969，when a border conflict over an island in Heilongjiang Province almost caused a war．

The tension（紧张关系）continued until the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991．Then both the two countries' new leaders opened a new door to get the relationship back to normal．Since the two countries set up the strategic（战略的）partnership of cooperation 11 years ago，cooperation in different areas has been developing smoothly．

China has become the fourth biggest trade partner of Russia，and Russia is China's ninth biggest．The year 2005 has seen an effort to decide the location of the China-Russia border．It ended a decades-long dispute about the border and opened a new page for long-term friendly relations．“The increasing exchanges between China and Russia have brought more job opportunities to Chinese-speaking Russians I hope the friendship can last from generation to generation so that it will bring more benefits to both peoples，”said Irina Ivanovo，a tour guide who studied Chinese at university for five years．

56．What is the story mainly about?

A．The Sino-Russian relationship．

B．The big Chinese party held at the Kremlin．

C．President Hu Jlintao's three-day visit in Russia．

D．The increasing exchanges between China and Russia．

57．Which of the following is not mentioned to show the cooperation between the two countries?

A．Cultural exchange．                                 B．Business and trade．

C．Space and border                                     D．Student exchange programs．

58 Which of the following best describes the Sino-Russia relationship over all these years?

A．Lasting friendship．                                B．Ups and downs  

C．On the down turn．                                D．Strategic partners．

Few other nations are so much interested in horseracing as the English．The famous races Ascot are held every year and followed by sports fans all over England．The king or the queen also attends   36   and presents the winner with a gold cup．To  37   this gold cup is the dream of every owner of a racehorse．All newspapers．great and small，are full of detailed description of the  __38  ，and the name of the   39   winner of the Ascot cup is pronounced by everyone   40   of a great hero．

It happened once，however，some seventy years ago，that the gold cup was stolen a few days before the race! The police   41   for it all over the country but could not find it．

Just at the time，Mark Twain，the witty American writer，  42   England．He was  43     by an England Literary Society to be   44   at a dinner given in his honor．After dinner the president of the society rose to   45   a toast to Mark Twain's health and praise   46   the talent of the famous American．Mark Twain   47   started his speech with the following words：

“Gentlemen，I thank you for the great honor you   48   me，  49   I very much doubt whether all your countrymen join you in your warm welcome．When I arrived at Dover yesterday，and    50   my foot in ‘Merry Old England’，the first thing I saw was a newspaper poster and on it，  51    my great surprise．I read two   52   printed in big red letters：

MARK TWAIN ARRIVES!  

ASCOT CUP STOLEN!

These two announcements stood so closely together that it   53   seemed，gentlemen，as if some people in this country   54   sure that my arrival had something to do with the disappearance of the gold cup!”

This witty speech of the famous American author   55   a shout of laughter．

--Would you like some more juice?

--        ，please．

A．No，more                  B．Just a little    C．I've had enough      D．Yes，I would