The World Health Organization（WHO）planned to study the relationship between the eating habits of the people and the disease．Two doctors were chosen to make the study．

They flew to Africa south of the Sahara and during the next two months visited ten countries．They found that serious diseases of poor eating, often mistaken for other diseases, existed in all parts of Africa．The diseases were similar and could therefore all be named kwashiorkor(恶性营养不良)．The diseased children are usually from one to four years old．As the illness progresses, the child’s stomach becomes swollen by liquid collecting in the body．The skin changes colour and may break out in open sores．The hair changes colour and starts to fall out．The patient loses all interest in his surroundings and even in food, and becomes so weak that he wants to lie down all the time．Stomach liquids are no longer produced．

The doctors reasoned that kwashiorkor was found in the young children of this age in many parts of Africa because of lack of milk or meat．Their mothers gave them foods full of starches（淀粉）instead of greatly needed proteins．They found that the addition of milk to the food of children suffering from kwashiorkor saved many lives．

67.From the passage we learn that kwashiorkor is a disease caused by _______．

A. poor living conditions                 B. lack of proteins in food

C. much stomach liquids                 D. lack of food

68.It is difficult to discover kwashiorkor because _______．

A. it has no viruses                           B. it does not last long

C. it is hard to see signs of it              D. it is like other diseases

69.What is mentioned as a simple but reasonable way of curing this disease?

A. Taking a special medicine．         B. Avoiding any food containing starch．

C. Having more meat or milk．       D. Taking medicines full of proteins．

70.What’s the best title for the article?

A. Milk and Meat Are Daily Necessities   B. Kwashiorkor and Bad Eating Habits

C. A New Form of Illness in Africa       D.A Case of Eating Habits

BRITAIN is a popular tourist place．But tours of the country have pros and cons．

GOOD NEWS

Free museums．No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities（文物）．

Pop music．Britain is the only country to rival (与…匹敌) the US on this score．

Black cabs．London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never

enough of them at weekends or night．

Choice of food．Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants．

Fashion．Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names

such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too．

　　BAD NEWS

　　Poor service．“It’s part of the image of the place．People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton, of Luton University’s International Tourism Research Center．

　　Poor public transport．Trains and buses are promised to defeat the keenest tourists, although the overcrowded London tube is inexplicably (难以理解的) popular．

　　Rain．Still in the number one complaint．

　　No air-conditioning．So that even splendidly hot summers become as unbearable as the downpours．

　　Overpriced hotels．The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark．

Licensing hours．Alcohol (酒) is in short supply after 11 p.m. even in “24-hour cities”．

63.What do tourists complain most?

A.Poor service．            B. Poor public transport．

C. Rain.                         D. Overpriced hotels．

64.What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the US through this passage?

A. Pop music in Britain is better than that in the US．

B. Pop music in Britain is as good as that in the US．

C. Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the US．

D. Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the US．

65.When are people not able to get alcohol?

A. At 12: 00 p.m.      B. At 10: 00 p.m.     C. At 11: 00 p.m.   D. At 9: 00 p.m.

66.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. You have to pay to visit the museums．    B. It’s very cheap to travel by taxi there.

Perfect disaster

All around us buildings shook. We decided to leave the town. We stopped once we had left the buildings behind us. The carts were moving in opposite directions, though the ground was perfectly flat, and they wouldn't stay in place even with their wheels blocked by stones.

In addition, it seemed as though the sea was being sucked(吸) backwards, as if it were being pushed back by the shaking of the land. Certainly the shoreline moved outwards, and many sea animals were left on dry sand.

Behind us were frightening dark clouds that opened up to show fire－like lightening, but bigger. Not long after that the clouds reached down to the ground and covered the sea. Now came the dust, though still thin. I looked back. A dense cloud appeared behind us, following us like a flood pouring across the land. Then a darkness came that was not like a moonless or cloudy night, but more like being in a closed and unlighted room. You could hear women and children crying, men shouting. Some were calling for parents, others for children; they could only recognize them by their voices.

Darkness and ashes came again, a great weight of them. We stood up and shook the ash off again and again, otherwise we would have been covered with it and crushed by the weight.

At last the cloud became thinner and thinner until it was no more than smoke or fog. Soon there was real daylight. The sight that met our still terrified eyes was a changed world, buried in ash like snow.

                                           ―from Pliny's letter to a friend

59. Pliny left the town after _____.  

A. the eruption                              B. the sky became dark

C. the buildings began shaking        D. the sea went back

60. The carts wouldn't stay still because _____.

A. the earth was shaking                             B. the sea sucked them backwards

C. the wheels had stones under them            D. the lightening frightened the horses

61. The reason why it was dark is that _____.

A. it was very late at night           B. clouds of ash covered the sun

C. there was a very bad storm     D. there was no moon that night

62. People tried to find their relations by calling out their names and      .

A. listening to their voices          B. running about looking for them

C. shaking the ash off people      D. watching people as they ran past

On May 8, last Thursday morning, the Olympic flame was lit on the top of Mount Qomolangma! It was a historic moment for China exactly three months ahead of the Beijing Games.

Tibetan female climber Cering Wangmo reached the summit with a special extreme-altitude Olympic torch. This event is what China has promised to the world as the high point of the torch relay, the longest and most challenging of all time.

Five torchbearers(火炬手) finished the highest relay ever―three of the climbers are Tibetan athletes.

Team members said “Beijing welcomes you!” in Chinese, English and Tibetan, as they stood at the summit celebrating, with the event broadcast on national television.

“I finally fulfilled the last dream of my husband,” said Gyigyi with tears in her eyes. She was the first torchbearer. Her husband lost his life in an attempt to climb all 14 mountains in China more than 8,000 meters three years ago.

“We are on top of the world! One world, one dream,” shouted Nima Cering, at the top of his voice. He said that although he had climbed the peak（峰顶）several times, this was the most significant ascent(登高). “As a Tibetan and a Chinese I pray for the success of Beijing 2008,” he added.

The special torch is different form the one currently touring the Chinese mainland, after an around-the-world relay. Officials organizing the trek up the peak had earlier set an April 26 target to begin the ascent, but high winds and heavy snow had delayed the mission.

The Xinhua News Agency said that the Qomolangma leg of the torch relay represents the Olympic motto, “higher, faster and stronger,” in practice and will promote unity among all 56 ethnic groups in China.

55.It was a historic moment because ______.

  A. some Tibetan torchbearers took part in it

  B. it was lit three months before the Olympic Games were held 

C. it was lit on the top of Mount Qomolangma for the first time

D. it was the longest attempt in history

56.Which is RIGHT according to the whole passage?

A. All the five torchbearers are men.

B. Only the five torchbearers reached the summit.  

C. Team members said “Beijing welcomes you!” in their native language.

D. At least two of the five torchbearers are females.

57.What does the word “leg” underlined in the last paragraph refer to?

A. one part of a journey or race

B. one of the long parts that connect the feet to the rest of the body

C. the leg of an animal, especially the top part, cooked and eaten

D. the part of a pair of trousers that covers the leg

58.What would be the best title for the text?

A. One world, one dream

B. Relay reaches its highest point

C. Qomolangma, the highest summit in the world

D. The special torch and the brave torchbearers

A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.

The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and in life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups ― plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some fine ― telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.”

“What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups.”

“Now consider this: Life is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and do not change the quality of life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. So, don't let the cups drive you... enjoy the coffee instead.”

51.Why did the conversation soon turn into complaints?

 A. Because there was no coffee to drink.

 B. Because there was nothing to talk about except complaints.

 C. Because life was not easy for everyone.

 D. Because there was nothing better than to complain.

52.The professor brought in a variety of cups because _____.

 A. he was richer than his students

 B. he was fond of collecting cups

 C. there were too many people to drink coffee

 D. the cups would play an important part in his talk

53.In the author’s opinion, _____.

 A. it is necessary to have a variety of cups to meet the needs of different guests

 B. one should concentrate on main things in life

 C. the students liked drinking coffee more than anything else

 D. cups are more important than coffee

54. We can infer that ______.

 A. in our daily life most people want only the best for themselves

 B. coffee was as important as a cup

 C. a teacher should have all kinds of cups at home

 D. whether coffee is nice to drink depends on the cup

Han hands out

This time, the best-selling author and car racer, Han Han has a new role to play, a volunteer relief worker. The strong debate about his rebellious（叛逆的） 31 , sharp words and  32  post-80s’ self-centered way of living seems to have  33  .

Two days after the May 12 earthquake occurred, the 26-year-old man arrived in Sichuan by car to  34  the relief efforts. Believing that  35  is not equal to sincerity（真挚）, he said in his  36  that he would not  37  other stars on the amount of money being donated. Han also  38  his blog updated during his one-week stay telling his readers that  39  were badly in need of water, tents and daily necessities.

    40 , he promised to donate 200,000 yuan to help build a school that won’t be damaged by an earthquake,  41  the help of a real estate (房地产) company. He is also      42  to be the honorary principal (名誉校长) of the school.

   “I’ll find designers and workers  43  and  44  them build a new school to make sure every coin is responsibly spent on the building. I believe such a school will never ever   45  kids in an earthquake,” he said.

   Han’s  46  efforts won support and praise from online readers, many of  47  used to criticize him a lot.

   “I didn’t like you before, but now I find you are  48  ,” said a Sina netizen(网民).

Another reader of his blog left a message,  49  , “What you have done lets me know a  50   Han Han.”

 It takes about an hour to get there, ______ possible traffic delays.

  A. allowed for       B. allowing for       C. allowing       D. allowed

Bruce Li was the first Chinese actor _____ Chinese Kungfu _____to the world.   

A. to make; widely known                     B. making; widely known  

C. to make; to be widely known             D. making; be widely known

 ---How       feel to be back to school again after graduation for 20 years?

---Exciting.

A. do you      B. does that        C. did you        D. does it