It is reported that ______children are more likely to suffer family abuses and a new policy will be ______ to improve the situation.

A. adapted; taken    B. given-away; adopted   C. adopted; adopted  D. adopted; adapted

Many of you are not quite clear about how to read passages of science fiction. The following ______ may of some help to you.

    A. advices      B. tip     C. technology     D. techniques

The woman she acted in the film is ______ the women in the 1930s.

A. typical of     B. conventional of    C. impressive of    D. consistent of

The general manager thought _______ of these problems before he made the final decision.

A. a good many    B. a great deal    C. lots     D. a plenty

请你根据以吓图表和提示写一篇关于我国手机拥有量变化的报道，并阐述手机给人们生活带来利与弊。

方便随时，随地联系；

许多功能满足不同要求。如发短信，上网等；

接到打错的电话并为之付费；

电磁辅射（radiation）有害健康。

注意：1。词数100左右；2。开头已写好

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SHANGHAI--The Shanghai World Financial Centre will be the tallest land-mark in the world after its completion this century in Pudong, according to the project's Japanese investors.

The building will be located in the prime Lujiazui Zone in Pudong , on a 30,000-square-metre site. The building was originally designed to be a 94-floor office tower with a height of 460 metres.

The project broke ground in 1997 but was later halted as a result of the financial crisis in Southeast Asia.

“As the economy warms up, we are more confident about Shanghai and the whole China and we are working hard to get the Project restarted as soon as possible,” said Katsuyuki Takeuchi, vice-president and general manager of the  Shanghai World Financial Centre Company.

Its parent company, Japan-based Moil Building Co. Ltd, established the Shanghai subsidiary as the operator responsible for this ambitious project. The design, which is undergoing revision in apian, will accommodate international  high-tech  businesses, department stores, art galleries, clubs and a five-star hotel. Unlike the gloomy economies of the United States, Europe and Japan, China enjoys a strong growth with brighter prospects, Takeuchi said.

More capital and businesses are expected to flow into Shanghai, which aims to become a world centre for trade and the financial industry--with Lujiazui as its showpiece.

The layout of Luijiazui includes three tall buildings, one of which is the completed Jinmao Tower, each rising above 400 metres, as designed by local government after holding an international design competition early last decade.

Other buildings nearby fall in height gradually, creating a special shape against the skyline. The Shanghai World Financial Centre will be built as the peak of the mountain. “The peak will be safe thanks to the perfect design, advanced technology and the stable social and political environment in Shanghai,” Takeuchi said, reassuring those who might be anxious about the safety of the soon-to-be world's tallest building.

52. Why is the Shanghai World Financial Center to be built?  :

A. Because it is by the bank of the Changjiang River.

B. Because it is going to be the highest building in China.

C. Because the economy of China is of a better future than of  other countries.

D. Because the builders in Shanghai could be sure of the quality of the building.

53. Seen from a long distance, the Lujiazui Zone looks like a(an)

A. apple    B. mountain    C. box    D. basin

54. Why will the Shanghai World Financial Center be of great safety?

A. Because it will be the peak of a mountain.

B. Because its design and technology are of the top levels.

C. In Shanghai there is a stable social and political environment.

D. B and C.

55. Which of the following has the same meaning as the sentence“... reassuring those who might be anxious about the safety of the soon-to-be world's tallest building”

A. Comfort the people so that they won't worry about the safety of the peak.

B. Tell the people the tallest building will be finished soon.

C. Advise people not to be anxious about the building until it is finished.

D. Make sure that the building will be built in Shanghai.

Experts have put forward detailed plans for a tunnel to join Taiwan with the Chinese mainland．

The shortest proposed route would be 126 kilometers―more than twice the length of the English Channel Tunnel．And the longest proposed route would be 207 kilometers．

A recent conference in xiamen，Fujian Province brought together more than 70 experts．The event was co一sponsored(共同发起)by universities from Taiwan and the Chinese mainland．Fujian is the province where both proposed mutes would begin．

There is no direct passenger access(通道)between the mainland and Taiwan by air or sea at the moment．

Experts say that it is better to start research sooner rather than later，although there is a lack of government funding(资金)．There  are no technical problems t0 build a Taiwan tunnel．But it will require an improved political relationship across the Straits．

A professor of TsinghHa University said，“A special feature of  huge projects is that the period of preparation is longer than the  period of construction．”

For example，he said，the English channel Tunnel took 14 years of planning and had been discussed for two centuries．And preparations for the huge Three Corges(三峡)dam on the Yangze River began in the 1950s．

The xiamen conference focused on the longest southern route，which would  use the Taiwan-controlled  islands of Jinmen  and Penghu as steppingstones.

The first stage of the new project could be a bridge to cross the five kilometers between Xiamen and Jinmen．This would mean that traveling from Xiamen to Jinmen by car would only take five minutes．

The longest tunnel now being planned anywhere in the world is the 54-kilometer land tunnel to link Lyon in France with Turin in  Italy．The tunnel will not be completed until 2015-2020．

48．Which is the longest tunnel in the world at present?

A．The English Channel Tunnel．

B．The tunnel between Lyon and Turin．

C．The Taiwan straits tunnel_

D．The passage doesn’t mention it．

49．The example of English Channel Tunnel shows――．

A．it’s important to complete a huge project

B．there are many problems to be solved before doing something

C．discussions among countries usually take a lot of time

D．the preparation takes 1onger time than the construction

50．Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Universities both at home and abroad have sponsored(赞助)the plan．

B. If the project is completed，the world's longest tunnel will appear．    ．

C．You can't reach Taiwan from the mainland directly at present.

D．The starting point of the proposed tunnel is in Fujian．

51．What is the possible difficulty in carrying out the plan?

A．The 1ack of money for the project from the government．

B．Improving the relationship between Taiwan and the mainland．

C．The detailed plans for the tunnel．

D．The technical problems with the tunnel．

Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures. The increasingly popular “design museums” that are opening today, however, perform quite a different role. Unlike most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public. These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the center of the hall.

People have argued that design museums are often made use of as advertisements for new industrial technology. But their role is not simply a matter of sales--it is the honoring of excellently invented products. The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale.

One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits. Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work and look as they do, and how design has improved the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their understanding.

In recent years, several new design museums have opened their doors. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public's growing interest in the field with new ideas. London's Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choices open to design museums seem far less strict than those to art museums, and visitors may also sense the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday life.

40. Showcases in design museums are different from store windows because they __

A. show more technologically advanced products

B. help increase the sales of products

C. show why the products have sold well

D. attract more people than store windows do

41. The author believes that most design museum visitors.

A. do not admire mass-produced products

B. are puzzled with technological exhibits

C. dislike exhibits in art museums

D. know the exhibits very well

42. The choices open to design museums          

A. are not as strict as those to art museums

B. are not aimed to interest the public

C. may fail to bring some pleasure to visitors

D. often contain precious exhibits

43. The best title for this passage is    .

A. The Forms of Design Museums

B. The Exhibits of Design Museums  

C. The Nature of Design Museums

D. The Choice Open of Design Museums

In the late 1960's, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointed out that a forest of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public transportation and parking lots.

Skyscrapers are also consumers and wasters of electric power. In one recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscrapers office space in New York City raised the peak daily demand for electricity by 120,000 kilowatts--enough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day.

Glass-walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The heat loss ( or gain) through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical brick wall filled with insulation (绝缘) board. To lessen the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment, builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce glare(眩目的光) as well as heat gain.

However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings.               

Skyscrapers put a strain on a city's sanitation facilities(卫生设备),too. If fully occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone produce 2.25 million gallons of wastes each year-as much a city the size of Stanford, Connecticut, which has a population of more than 109,000.

Skyscrapers also affect television reception, block bird flyways and air traffic, In Boston in the late 1960's, some people even feared that shadows from skyscrapers would kill the grass on Boston Common. Still ,people continue to build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have always built them-personal pride and the desire of owners to have the largest possible amount of space to rent.

36. The main purpose of the passage is to __

A. compare skyscrapers with other modern structures

B. describe some architectural designs of skyscrapers

C. describe skyscrapers and their effect on the environment

D. encourage using bricks in the construction of skyscrapers

37. According to the passage, what is one disadvantage of skyscrapers that have mirrored walls?

A. The surrounding air is heated.

B. Construction time is increased.

C. The windows must be cleaned daily.

D. Extra air-conditioning equipment is needed.

38. According to the passage, in the late 1960's some residents of Boston were concerned with which aspect of skyscrapers?

A. The noise from their construction.

B. The high cost of renting an office.

C. The harmful effects on the city's grass.

D. The removal of trees from building sites.

39. The author raises problems that would most concern which of the following groups?

A. Pilots                            B. Electricians.

C. Environmentalists.         D. Construction workers