news               A．house            B．horses                    C．service         D．houses

northeast          A．southern        B．though                    C．throat           D．these

explanation       A．excellent        B．exhibit                    C．example       D．express

recent              A．recorder         B．edition                    C．frequent       D．develop

联合国环境组织一行八人来你市考察环境污染情况。当他们来到你们学校向你了解情况时，你向他们介绍：我校位于一个山脚下。一条小河从旁流过。两年前，学校南面建起一座化工厂，排出大量废气、废水，造成严重污染，影响师生健康。如今政府采取了一系列保护环境、防止污染的措施。我们学校现在美如花园，院内树木四季常青，鲜花争艳。

1. 文章必须包括以上主要内容,可以适当增减细节，使内容连贯；

2. 词数100 - 120左右。

Are you happy? Do you remember a time when you were happy? Are you seeking happiness today?

    Many have sought a variety of sources for their feelings of happiness. Some have put their heart and effort into their work. Too many have turned to drugs and alcohol. Most of their efforts have a root in one common fact: People are looking for a lasting source of happiness.

    Unfortunately, I believe that happiness escapes many because they misunderstand the process and journey of finding it. I have heard many people say that, “I'll be happy when I get my new promotion." Or “I'll be happy when I lose that extra 20 pounds." The list goes on and on. You probably have a few of your own you could add if you wanted.

    This thinking is dangerous because it presupposes that happiness is a “response" to having, being or doing something. In life, we all experience stimulus and response. Stimulus is when a dog barks at you and bares his teeth. Response is when your heart beats faster, your palms get sweaty and you prepare to run. Today, some people think that an expensive car is a stimulus. Happiness is a response. A great paying job is a stimulus. Happiness is a response. A loving relationship is a stimulus. Happiness is a response. This belief leaves us thinking and feeling: “ I’ll be happy when..."

    It has been my finding that actually the opposite is true. I believe that happiness is a stimulus and response is what life brings to those who are truly happy. When we are happy, we tend to have more success in our work. When we are happy, people want to be around us and enjoy loving relationships. When we are happy, we more naturally take better care of our bodies and enjoy good health. Happiness is NOT a response--rather, it is a stimulus.

    Happiness is a conscious choice we make every day of our lives. For unknown reason to me, many choose to be painful, unsuccessful and angry most of the time. Happiness is not something that happens to us after we get something we want--we usually get things we want AFTER we choose to be happy.

    I have made only one simple rule for my own happiness: Every day above ground is a GOOD day. Therefore, I tend to have a lot of good (and happy) days continually.

72. Paragraph 2 mainly talks about that people seek happiness ________.

   A. in the same way                     B. in different ways          C. hyping hard                        D. by taking drugs

73. What does the underlined phrase “This thinking" refer to? ________

   A. The thinking of being promoted.      

   B. The giving up of happiness.

   C. The process and journey of finding happiness.     

   D. The misunderstanding of happiness.

74. The writer strongly believes that happiness is ___________.

   A. a response                        B. a stimulus                 C. a great paying job                  D. an expensive car

75. The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to ________.

   A. tell people how to enjoy happiness        

   B. encourage people to seek happiness

   C. criticize the wrong ideas about happiness 

   D. express his attitude towards happiness

     Wang Ruifeng was buried under a school building in Beichuan, in Sichuan Province, after the earthquake struck on Monday, May12,2008, staring at death and destruction around her, but she was confident that her father would come and get her. It took 20 hours, but Wang Yong did come and get her after a great effort.

    Yesterday, lying in Mianyang's No 404 Hospital after operation on her right leg, the 10-year-old girl said she realized she was among the luckiest in her school. It is estimated that more than 700 teachers and students are buried under the two school buildings, and only about 360 were rescued.

    Wang said she was sitting with 46 classmates on the second floor of a three-storey building when the quake struck, and only three survived. The remaining died immediately or within hours, she said. "There was a ray of light coming into the collapsed ( 倒塌的 ) building so I could see the boy next to me was badly hurt. He began to vomit (呕吐) heavily. I saw so much blood coming out of his mouth before he died on Tuesday morning." All through this, a strong belief that her father would save her kept her alive. "I kept telling myself: “Papa will come to save me."

    Wang Yong, who was in the open when the quake struck, rushed to the school immediately. “I was thinking: ‘I don't want to live any more if my girl dies'." the 36-year-old said. Digging away the whole night, he kept shouting out his daughter's name. And at 4 am on Tuesday, he heard a response ‘Papa, I'm here', in a really weak voice. “Following the voice, I finally found her lying there with a chunk of the ceiling on her stomach and some broken wooden chairs on her legs." He said he removed the weight from her stomach so she could breathe, but the wooden desks posed a big problem. “I found a craftsman and he helped me saw (锯) the wood and remove the desks. Wang Yong then carried his daughter over a mountain to reach the main road leading to Mianyang and finally met volunteers. "They took us to hospital. I am so happy and really appreciate all those who helped me.

63. Who do you think saved Wang Ruifeng? _________

  A. his father                              B. a craftsman     

  C. some volunteers                    D. all of the above

64. Which of the following is Not True according to the passage? _________

  A. There are forty-seven students in Wang Ruifeng's class.

  B. Wang Ruifeng survived largely due to her strong belief.

  C. Wang Yong found his daughter with the help of a craftsman.

  D. Wang Yong wasn't hurt during the quake

65. The right order of what happened in the following should be __________

  a. Wang Yong found her daughter.

  b. Wang Ruifeng saw the boy next to her vomit.

  c. Wang Ruifeng was treated in the hospital.

  d. Wang Yong met some warm-hearted persons.

  e. The earthquake happened in Sichuan Province

  f. Wang Ruifeng was studying in her classroom.

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

66. What can't be inferred from the text is _________

  A. Wang Yong loved his daughter deeply.

  B. The school where Wang Ruifeng was studying was completely in ruins.

  C. Wang Yong would like to send some thank-you letters to those who had helped them.

  D. Wang Ruifeng was considered to be the lucky one to survive with two other classmates.

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No. 312

Monthly Rent: RMB9500

Property name: Zun Yuan (new high-rise apartment)

Layout: 2 bedrooms 2 living rooms 1 kitchen 2 bathrooms

Gross area: 138sqm

Floor: 36f/ 37f (with 2 lilts)

Location: North Caoxi Road Central part of Xujia Hui,,

Brief Introduction: Enjoy very convenient traffic. The apartment with a garden in the middle is newly decorated with full set of modern furniture

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Apartment Fully Decorated and Equipped

No. 326

Monthly Rent: RMB16000( all fees included)

Property name: Oriental Manhattan (new high-rise apartment)

Layout: 3 bedrooms 2 living rooms 2 bathrooms 1 kitchen

Gross Area: 180sqm

Floor: 5f/32f (equipped with 3 high-speed lifts)

Location: Hong-qiao Road CENTRAL part of Xujia Hui Shanghai close to Yi-shan Road 5rains walk to Xujia Hui Station of METRO LINE 1

Brief description: It's convenient to go shopping and for entertainment. The house is well furnished with garden within a children's playground, excellent clubhouse, indoor swimming pool, fitness room, sauna, gym, tennis court and other kinds of courts.

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Deluxe 2bed-room Apartment

No. 335

Monthly Rent: RMB 32000

Deluxe Apartment Available - 11th Floor at Lakeville, Xintiandi

General: 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths for 109 sq. meters, good view, and quiet.

Brief description: Courtyard garden, gym, indoor swimming pool, air conditional, furnished, professionally managed.

Available Date: January, 2008

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Townhouse in Jing'an district

No. 339

Monthly Rent: RMB 42000 per month

General: 400sqm for 4 bedrooms, 2 living rooms and 3 bathrooms,

Location: Very close to WuNing supermarket

Brief description: Bright and comfortable house located on KangDing Road, 5 mins driving distance to Zhonshan Park CBD, 10 rains driving distance to People's square,

Available on February

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59. The general purpose to release the information is to _________.

   A. sell the house                       B. attract renting    

   C. entertain people                    D. educate people

60. The cheapest apartment in the ads is ________.

   A. Ad 1st           B. Ad 2nd           C. Ad3rd           D. Ad4th

61. The apartment furnished with sauna is sure to be found in _________.

   A. No. 339          B. No. 335           C. No 326          D. No. 312

62. Which can be true for the four Ads? _________

   A. The apartment of No 335 is not decorated.

   B. The apartments aren't equipped with a bathroom.

   C. The ads might be from two agents ( 中介 ).

   D. You call find an apartment less than 100 sq. m.

When you come to America, you'll find that the American word for many things is not the same as the English one. For example, a cinema is “the movies", sweets are “candy", a tin is a “can" and instead of posting a letter you “mail" it. After an Englishman has “phoned" you, he will “ring off", after an American has “called" you , he will “hang up".

   When you arrive in New York, you first see the Statue of Liberty, it' s 93 maters tall and forty people can stand inside its head. Then you may see the Rockefeller Centre, which cost 100 million dollars to build and has 13,000 telephones in it. Its hanging gardens are four times the size of the famous hanging gardens of Babylon that were one of the seven Wonders of the ancient world. The Empire State Building, 102 storeys, more than one thousand feet high, is the highest man-made thing in the world.

    The streets in New York, instead of streets wandering and twisting as they do in London, are all regular and planned. The streets running north and south are called “avenues" and are numbered, e. g. 1 st Avenue, 2nd Avenue, etc. The streets going east and west are called “streets” and also numbered, e. g. 51st Street, 63rd Street, etc.

The United States is a big place, as one American said, “Yon can leave New York, fly twice as far as from London to Moscow, and find yourself still in America."

56. If an American says “an elevator", in England, people say “_________”.

A. a lift            B. a left          C. stairs         D. rise

57.         were one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world.

  A. The hanging gardens of Rockefeller    B. The Statue of Liberty

  C. The Empire State Building                 D. The hanging gardens of Babylon

58. The street in New York are ____________.

  A. wandering and twisting              B. straight

  C. not regular and planned             D. narrow and winding