The poor writer moved to London, hoping to meet some of the best ____ of her time.

A. thoughts     B. spirits     C. minds     D. heads

Seen from the moon, our earth, with water ____ 70% of its surface, appears as a “blue ball”.

A. covers      B. covered    C. to cover    D. covering

 When he dropped out of ____ college, Bill Gates ran ____ company of his own.

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

假如你是方华，美国一友好学校的负责人Mr. Smith 来信，询问关于你们两所学校合办一份中学生杂志的事宜。请你代表你们学校，向Smith 先生写一封回信，向他说明相关情况。主要内容如下：

   1 表示赞成；

  2 提出你们喜欢的栏目；

   3 简要说明理由。

要求:

 1 词数： 100词左右。

 2 参考词汇：栏目column

 3 开头以给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr. Smith,

I am very excited to learn that we are going to start a magazine together ____________________________________________________________________

                                                                               Yours faithfully,

                                                                                        Fang Hua

If you are invited to a family in a foreign country, it’s polite to bring a small gift, such as a bar of _________(巧克力).  

----Lovely day, isn't it?

----Mm, yes,  61  And it's supposed to get warmer.

----Yes, that's true. You know, though, I'm always a little worried to see winter go.

-----   62 

-----Well, I love skating. In fact, I used to teach skating for a living.

-----Oh? That sounds interesting.  63 

-----I work at Bank of America. How about you?

-----   64 

-----Here?

-----No, I'm from Chicago. I'm just visiting here for the wedding.

----Oh, I see.

----By the way,  65  I'm Helen Keller.

----Nice to meet you. My name is John Smith.

    A. But what do you do now?

    B. It's very cold.

    C. It's really warm.

    D. I guess I should introduce myself.

    E. I'm on the radio station.

    F. What' your name?

    G. Really?

People often ask me how, as a man, I became so devoted to improving the quality of women’s lives.  It wasn’t until age forty that I realized what had started me down my career path.
   One morning more than thirty-seven years ago, I was awakened by the passing school bus.  I was thirteen years old, living at home with my two younger brothers and our mother, Doris Joy Heavin.  She had just passed her fortieth birthday.  She was a mother of five children and had suffered emotional and physical problems most of her life.  Her doctor had tried various treatments on her with little benefit.

As I awoke to the sound of the passing school bus, my brother Paul came in and told me that I’d better come quickly because mother was sick.  As I knelt beside her bed, I could feel the absence of warmth.  I put my arms around her, first to feel for a sign of life, and then as a final hug.  I took my younger brothers, aged eight and nine, in my arms and gently told them that our mother was in heaven.
    Her death was unnecessary.  The high blood pressure causing the blood clot(血栓) that took her life was unnecessary.  Rather than medicate the symptoms, she could have dealt with the cause of her high blood pressure: we now know that exercise and proper nutrition will almost always reduce the causes of high blood pressure and most other chronic(慢性的) diseases.
    Many years later, while teaching a fitness and weight loss class to a group of about eighty women, I realized I was subconsciously(下意识地) searching the crowd for the face of my mother. 

57. The underlined part “medicate the symptoms” in Paragraph 4 probably means _______ .

A. provide proper nutrition                     

B. take exercise regularly

C. give up the treatment                    

D. treat the disease using medicine

58. What made the author devoted to improving the quality of women’s lives.

A. His mother’s illness and death.  

B. The early loss of both his parents.

C. His support to the rights of women.  

D. His knowledge of high blood pressure.

59. From the passage we learn that ________ .

A. the author was the oldest child in his family

B. the author’s father died long before his mother

C. high blood pressure is a kind of chronic disease

D. many women were found with blood clot at the time

60. Why did the author think his mother’s death was unnecessary?

A. Because her blood clot wasn’t a deadly disease at the time.

B. Because his mother wouldn’t have died if she had a job.

C. Because her high blood pressure could have been prevented.

D. Because his mother was not treated in the local hospital.

Chinese President Hu Jintao, on his way to talks with President George W. Bush in Washington, on Tuesday met with Bill Gates. 

After the meeting with Gates, the world's richest man, at Microsoft's headquarters, Hu restated that China would move against software pirates(盗版软件) all the time.

At Microsoft Corp.'s campus, Hu said on Tuesday he admired what Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates had achieved. He also sought to reassure Gates that China is serious about protecting intellectual property rights(知识产权).

"Because you, Mr. Bill Gates, are a friend of China, I'm a friend of Microsoft," Hu said.

"Also, I am dealing with the operating system produced by Microsoft every day," he added, to laughter.

Gates responded: "Thank you, it's a fantastic relationship," and then said: "And if you ever need advice on how to use Windows, I'll be glad to help."

"China is focused on and has already accomplished much in creating and enforcing laws to protect intellectual property." he said. "We take our promises very seriously."

Hu also said he would certainly welcome a further increase in Microsoft's investment in China.

"I'd also like to take this opportunity to assure you, Bill Gates, that we will certainly honor our words in protecting intellectual property rights," Hu said.

In his brief visit to the Microsoft campus, Hu, accompanied by Gates and company CEO Steve Ballmer, saw some business technology demonstrations and toured Microsoft's Home of the Future, which features experimental technology that might someday be used in people's living spaces.

Following the visit at Microsoft, about 100 guests, including former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Gov. Gary Locke, the first Chinese-American governor, were invited to Gates' $100 million lakeside house on Lake Washington for a dinner.

China has recently begun requiring Chinese computer makers to load legal software on their machines.

In Seattle's Chinatown, many stores hung Chinese and U.S. flags to welcome Hu, and many in the crowd outside the stately Fairmont Hotel on Monday night where Hu was staying were there to support the Chinese president.

53.   How many issues are mentioned in President Hu’s visit to Microsoft?

A. One.           B. Two.      C. Three.           D. Four.

54.   Put the sentences in correct order.

a. Hu had a meeting with President George W. Bush.

b. Hu had dinner with many guests in Gates’ lakeside house.

c. Hu paid a visit to the Microsoft campus.

d. Hu stayed at Fairmont Hotel in Seattle.

A. d-c-b-a      B. d-b-c-a     C. a-d-c-b         D. a-c-b-d

55.   What measure is not mentioned to protect intellectual property rights?

A. Moving against software pirates

B. creating and enforcing laws

C. increasing Microsoft's investment in China

D. requiring Chinese computer makers to load legal software on their machines

56.   What is the best title for the passage?

A. Hu Visits Microsoft.       

B. Protecting Intellectual Property Rights.

C. Bill Gate’s, A Friend of China.   

D. Americans Welcome President Hu.