The discovery of gold in Australia led thousands to believe that a fortune _______．

A．is made                                        B．would make

C．was to be made                                 D．had made

—I’d rather have some wine, if you don’t mind．

—_______________．

A．No, you ‘d better not                                   B．Not at all, anything you want．

C．Thank you all the same                                D．Yes, but not good

It was only with the help of the local guide ___________．

A．that was the mountain climber rescued

B．that the mountain climber was rescued

C．when the mountain climber was rescued

D．then the mountain climber was rescued

She is looking so forward as much to his return as he himself to _____ her．

A．have seen            B．seeing         C．see           D．having seen

All the money____, John had to start looking for a job．

A．was cost                                           B．had cost

C．having been spent                            D．having spent

— I hear that you’ll go to see your aunt in Hong Kong?

—Yes, I’m planning _____．

A．to             B．to do             C．so             D．it

       When my husband, Bob, died very suddenly in January 1994, I received condolences（慰唁）from people I hadn't heard from in years: letters, cards, flowers, calls, visits．I was  1  by the strong feeling of sadness, yet uplifted by this outpouring of love from family, friends and even  2  acquaintances．

       One message   3  me deeply．I received a letter from my best friend from sixth grade  4 high school．We had drifted somewhat since 5  in 1949, as she stayed in our home town and I had not,  6  it was the kind of friendship that could  7  start again even if we lost  8  for five or ten years．

       Her husband, Pete, had died perhaps 20 years ago at a young age,   9  her with deep sorrow and heavy   10  : finding a job and raising three young children．She and Pete, like Bob and I, had  11  one of those rare, close, “love-of- your-life-you-can-never-forget” relationships．

       In her letter she shared an   12  about my mother （now long dead）．She wrote, “  13   Pete died, your dear mother  14  me and said, ‘Trudy, I don’t know what to say, so I’ll just say I love you．’”

       She  15  her letter to me repeating my mother's words of so long   16 , “Bonnie, I don't know what to say ．．．so I'll just say I love you．”

       I felt I   17   almost hear my mother speaking to me now．What a   18  message of sympathy! How dear of my friend to   19  it all those years and then pass it on to me．I love you． 20  words．A gift．A legacy（遗赠物）．

1．A．affected                B．attained               C．attracted              D．absorbed

2．A．senior                   B．extra                   C．mere                   D．famous

3．A．reached                 B．touched               C．impressed            D．amazed

4．A．beyond                 B．below                  C．during                 D．through

5．A．marriage               B．graduation        C．separation         D．settlement

6．A．But                       B．Though               C．So                   D．While

7．A．completely         B．constantly      C．approximately      D．quickly

8．A．memory                B．relation                C．contact               D．control

9．A．providing              B．offering              C．leaving                D．causing

10．A．trouble                B．business              C．position               D．burden

11．A．shared                 B．received              C．achieved              D．remembered

12．A．instruction         B．incident               C．opinion                D．advice

13．A．Where                 B．When               C．Because              D．As

14．A．met                     B．kissed                C．hugged             D．shook

15．A．closed                 B．wrote             C．posted         D．read

16．A．before               B．away             C．apart                   D．ago

17．A．must                 B．should         C．would              D．could

18．A．powerful           B．serious          C．bitter                   D．sincere

19．A．hide                  B．send              C．keep                   D．remind

20．A．Unique            B．Perfect          C．Curious          D．Special

       Lego, the inventor of those colorful bricks that have inspired kids’ imaginations world-wide, has celebrated its 50th anniversary．

       On January 28, 1958, a man named Godtfred Kirk Christiansen created the plastic building bricks that can now be found in almost every child’s toy box．The simple building block has become one of the most well-known and popular toys around the world．

       "The Lego brick continues to be very attractive, because it allows children, and others, to develop their creativity and imagination," said Charlotte Simonsen, a spokeswoman of the Danish Lego company．

       The company’s building brick allows an infinite number of links．With just two bricks there are 24 different links, and with six, there are 915 million possibilities, according to Lego．

       A half-century after its creation, more than 400 million children and adults spend five billion hours a year putting the bricks together and pulling them apart．Also, the bricks made today can still interlock with those made in 1958．

       Lego bricks are not just child’s play: they also attract the interest of adults．South Korean adventurer, Heo Young-Ho, who climbed Mount Everest in 1987, left a Lego toy behind in the snow during his climb．

       After its great success Lego experienced a severe crisis at the end of the 1990s, hit hard by fierce competition from electronic games．This so-called "Toy of the Century" then suffered a dark period that lasted several years．

       With great efforts, the company began to prosper again, and in 2006 it earned about 1．5 billion dollars in 130 countries．Seven boxes of Lego are now sold every second around the world, and 19 billion bricks are produced each year: enough to encircle the Earth five times！

1．The author gave the example of South Korean adventurer Heo Young-Ho in order to prove that ______．

       A．Heo Youn-Ho also loved playing Lego bricks

       B．the Lego bricks made him a mountain climber

       C．the Lego bricks not only interest children but also adults

       D．the Lego bricks are a must when on goes on an adventure

2．It can be inferred from the text that ______．

       A．there are 915 different links with just 6 bricks

       B．the Lego Bricks Company has made a lot of money from the people worldwide

       C．the Lego Bricks can’t compare with computer games

       D．the bricks made today don’t change much compared with those made in 1958

3．The underlined word “hit” in the seventh paragraph means _____．

       A．defeated in a fight or a competition

       B．have a crash in an accident or a fight

       C．get known through a song

       D．attack somebody in a fight

4．The main idea of the story is that _____．

       A．Lego bricks: brilliant past and struggling future

       B．Lego bricks: an attraction of both children and adults

       C．Lego bricks: making creativity and imagination

       D．Lego bricks: making billions of money every year

       People with less education suffer fewer stressful days, according to a report in the current issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior．

       However, the study also found that when less-educated people did suffer stress it was more severe and had a stronger effect on their health．

       From this, researchers have concluded that the day-to-day factors that cause stress are regular．Where you are in society determines the kinds of problems that you have each day, and how well you will cope with them．

       The research team interviewed a national sample of 1, 031 adults daily for eight days about their stress level and health．People without a high school diploma reported stress on 30 percent of the study days, people with a high school degree reported stress 38 percent of the time, and people with college degrees reported stress 44 percent of the time．

       “Less advantaged people are less healthy on a daily basis and are more likely to have downward turns in their health．” leading researcher Dr．Joseph Grzywacz of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, said in a prepared statement．“The downward turns in health were connected with daily stressors （紧张刺激物）, and the effect of daily stressors on their health is much more damaging for the less advantaged．”

       “If something happens every day, maybe it’s not seen as a stressor．” Grzywacz says．“Maybe it is just life．”

1．Stress level is closely related to           ．

       A．family size                                         B．social position

       C．body weight                                      D．work experience

2．Which group reported the biggest number of stressful days?

       A．People without any education．            B．People without high school degrees．

       C．People with high school degrees．       D．People with college degrees．

3．The less advantaged people are, the greater            ．

       A．the effect of stress on their health is      B．the effect of education on their health is

       C．the level of their education is                D．the degree of their health concern is

4．Less-educated people report fewer days of stress possibly because          ．

       A．they don’t want to tell truth

       B．they don’t want to face the truth

       C．stress is too common a factor in their life

       D．their stress is much greater

       We have met the enemy, and he is ours．We bought him at a pet shop．When monkey-pox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest, suddenly turns up in children in the American Midwest, it’s hard not to wonder if the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings．“Most of the infections （感染） we think of as human infections started in other animals,” says Stephen Morse, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University．

       It’s not just that we’re going to where the animals are; we’re also bringing them closer to us．Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country．A strange illness killed Isaksen’s pets, and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea．“I don’t think it’s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them,” says Isaksen．

       “Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing,” says Peter Schantz．Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call．Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners．We know very little about these new diseases．A new bug （病毒） may be kind at first．But it may develop into something harmful．Monkey-pox doesn’t look a major infectious disease．But it is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person．

1．We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may _________．

       A．come from Columbia                  B．prevent us from being infected

       C．enjoy being with children               D．suffer from monkey-pox

2．Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets?

       A．They attack human beings．           B．We need to study native animals．

       C．They can’t live out of the rain forest． D．We do not know much about them yet．

3．What does the phrase “the wake-up call” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?

       A．a new disease                                   B．a clear warning

       C．a dangerous animal                            D．a morning call

4．The text suggests that in the future we _______．

       A．may have to fight against more new diseases

       B．may easily get infected by diseases from dogs

       C．should not be allowed to have pets

       D．should stop buying pets from Africa

5．The last paragraph means _________．

       A．we should have laws to stop having pets at home

       B．wild animals shouldn’t adopted as pets

       C．laws should be passed to avoid pets’ diseases spreading

       D．people with pets should be stayed at home