Most members of the committee were in favour of the suggestion; only a ________ were against it.

A. majority          B. minority          C. quantity         D. amount

_____from heavy pollution for a long time, the villagers decided to clear the river.

A. Having suffered            B. Suffering           C. To suffer          D. Suffered

----Could I ask you a rather personal question?

----________.

A. Yes, don’t worry                                             B. Of course, go ahead

C. Yes, help yourself                                 D. Of course, why not

We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang. Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests' coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.

    The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.

    Each of the guests made a particular fuss（关注） over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.

    I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big "to do" over the younger one because she's the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions.

    But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child. I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined. I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes. I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying.

    I said, "What are you doing, my dear?"

    She turned to me with a sad expression and said, "Mommy, why don't people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I 'm not pretty? Is that why they don't say nice things about me as much?"

    I tried to explain to her, kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.

    Now, whenever I visit a friend's home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.

1. The underlined expression make a big "to do" over（paragraph 4） means ______.

      A. show much concern about                    B. have a special effect on

      C. list jobs to be done for                        D. do good things for

2. The guests praised Kelly for carrying coats upstairs because of her ______.

      A. beautiful hair          B. pretty clothes             C. ovely smile          D. young age

3. Kristen felt sad and cried because ______.

      A. the guest gave her more coats to carry

      B. she didn't look as pretty as Kelly

   C. the guests praised her sister more than her

   D. her mother didn't introduce her to the guests

4. We can conclude from the passage that ______.

   A. parents should pay more attention to the elder children

   B. the younger children are usually more easily hurt

   C. people usually like the younger children more

   D. adults should treat children equally

5. Which of the following saying is right?

   A. Kristen and Kelly are not getting along with each other.

   B. Kristen is older than Kelly.

   C. The mother likes Kristen more than Kelly.

   D. People usually talk more to Kelly than they do to Kristen.

The following is a true story. It happened in the northern end of Queens land, Australia, where all kinds of animals live in the forest.

    Lisa, a 33-year-old woman, went to prepare lunch in the kitchen, leaving Barney, her three-year-old son, playing by himself in the back garden.

    Suddenly, a sharp cry of Barney came into the mother’s ears, and Lisa rushed into the backyard in a hurry and found a big snake entwining（缠绕） the little child with its terrible body and trying to eat the boy as its delicious dish! It was a boa（蟒）! Lisa was terrified and quite angry. She made up her mind to save her son from the snake’s mouth.

    It was fearless mother love that made Lisa forget what she faced. She took up an old hoe from the ground and beat the boa with all her might.

    One...two... With the hoe, Lisa beat the snake repeatedly, but useless. The little boy’s voice and breath were getting weaker and weaker. Lisa’s heart was broken and she got nearly mad.

    Suddenly Lisa put away the hoe and threw herself to the boa, opening her mouth and bit into the boa’s back as if trying to eat a rare steak（牛排）. Lisa was really mad!

    Blood was spurting（喷射） out of the boa’s body and covered most of Lisa’s body. The boa was so badly wounded that it let go of Barney and moved back into the forest hurriedly. It had never known how a man had such terrible sharp teeth! On halfway home, the boa died.

    It was fearless mother love that saved the little boy.

1. When she rushed into the back garden, Lisa found  ______

      A. a boa eating her son                        B. her son was playing with a big snake

      C. her son in danger of losing his life          D. her son was fighting with a boa

2. Lisa failed in fighting against the boa at first just because ______.

      A. she was bit by the boa

      B. the boa was too strong

      C. the hoe was not sharp enough

      D. she was afraid that she would hurt her son

3. Lisa bit the snake because ______.

      A. she was mad

      B. she thought her teeth were much sharper than the boa 

      C. her son was entwined by the boa

      D. she hadn’t got any other way to fight with the snake

4. The best title for this passage is ______.

      A. Mother and Boa                               B. Fearless Mother Love

      C.A Boa and a Boy                               D. Saving a Boy from a Boa

1. Which of the following is NOT included in a starter pack? ?

      A. One hundred used stamps and hinges and album pages.?

   B. The Collectors Club Guide to Collecting and badge and stickers.?

   C. The latest Collectors Club magazine and membership card.?

   D. Royal Mail Stamp Calendar and Collectors Corner supplement.

2. This advertisement is written for people who want to_______.?

   A. make money through collecting stamps?

B. develop stamp collection as a hobby?

   C. get something free from the club

D. find out where the club is located?

3. From the advertisement we can learn_____.?

A. Collectors Club is among the biggest clubs in this country?

B. how much you must pay to become a member of the club?

C. today is the last day for stamp collectors to join the club?

D. members may receive a set of album pages every month?

4. Where is this advertisement most probably found??

      A. In a newspaper.                                           B. On a web page.?

C. In a magazine.                            D. On a TV program.?

A German taxi-driver, Franz Bussman, recently found his brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before.

    While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman. After they had gone on, Mrs. Bussman said that the workman was closely like her husband and even suggested that he might be his brother. Franz laughed at the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during the war. Though Mrs. Bussman knew this story quite well, she thought that there was a chance in a million that she might be right.

    A few days later, she sent a boy to the workman to ask him if his name was Hans Bussman. Needless to say, the man’s name was Hans Bussman. And he really was Franz’s long-lost brother. When the brothers were reunited, Hans explained how it was that he was still alive.

    After having been wounded towards the end of the war, he had been sent to hospital and was separated from his unit. The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on foot. Meanwhile, his unit was lost and all records of him had been destroyed. Hans returned to his family house, but the house had been bombed. Guessing that his family had been killed during an air-raid. Hans settled down in a village fifty miles away where he had remained ever since.

1. Which of the following can be used as the best title of the passage?

      A. Living Not Far                                       B. A Chance in a Million

      C. Coming Back to Life                                  D. Back after the War

2. Walking along the street, _______.

      A. Mr. Bussman recognized his brother at the first sight

      B. Mrs. Bussman thought of her long-lost brother

      C. Mr. and Mrs. Bussman talked to a workman because he looked like his brother

      D. Mr. Bussman happened to meet a work-man and talked to him

3. Which of the following order is RIGHT?

      A. He walked back to Western German

      B. He was wounded when the war was coming to the end.

      C. The hospital was destroyed by bombs.

      D. He came back to his family house.

      E. He was sent to hospital.

      F. His unit of German didn’t exist any longer.

      A. b, a, e, d, f, c                                             B. b, e, c, a, f, d   

C. b, e, a, c, d, f                          D. b, c, f, d, a, e

Have you ever been frustrated （沮丧的） when left talking to yourself after your mobile phone battery runs out in the middle of a call?

If yes, then here comes some good news. Scientists are now perfecting a way to recharge （充电） electrical equipment while on the move.

Researchers from the Netherlands, France and Portugal announced last week that they have developed very thin solar panels （太阳能板） that can be put on clothes. They can also be added to furniture and rooftops. They change light from the sun into electricity.

In about three years, you'll be able to wear a jacket that will recharge your phone as you walk. For camping fans, the development could lead to a tent which charges batteries all day so you can have light or music at night.

The basic technology of wearable solar panels is the same as that used for conventional （传统的） solar panels. Pairs of sheets of semi-conducting silicon （半导体硅） are linked together to form the panel.

But scientists made them much thinner by using different silicon. At one micro-metre, they are the same thickness as photographic film.

"This technology will make it easier for people to use clean energy sources," said Gerrit Kroesen, a physicist in the Netherlands who led the team of scientists.

But the thin panels are not as efficient as the thicker ones. While some solar panels now operate at an efficiency of about 20 per cent, the new flexible （柔韧的） panels are only 7 per cent efficient. But the scientists believe that this is worth accepting for a stronger and more useful panel.

But the thinner panel is cheaper. An A4 sized panel put onto the back of a jacket costs less than US$13. It could charge a cellphone during a summer walk in the countryside. As long as you stay within range of the transmitting masts （发射天线） that relay a call to the networks, phones will never again run out of power.

1. What is the meaning of the phrase "on the move" in paragraph 2?

      A. Taking a course of action.                    B. Going from one place to another.

      C. Changing clothes before moving.            D. Changing the mobile phone battery.

2. What is the passage mainly about?

      A. A new kind of chargeable battery.        B. A way to recharge electrical equipment.

      C. A new type of mobile phone.            D. A use of mobile phones.

3. What is the most important in the development of the technology?

      A. Photographic film.                              B. Warmer clothes.

      C. Furniture and rooftops.                        D. Thin flexible solar panels.

4. What is NOT likely to happen in the future?

      A. You can listen to music in a campsite using the electricity from sunshine.

      B. Your mobile phone battery runs out in the middle of a call.

      C. You wear a jacket that will recharge your phone.

      D. You can change light from the sun into electricity.

阅读下面短文，根据文章上下文意思、首字母或中文意思填入所缺单词。

On my way back form school this afternoon, I met with two American friends. Who had l     1    their way. They looked anxious. When I was told the hotel     2      they lived, I took them there. On the way I told them about the great changes that had t     3    place in our city in the past few years.

I also told them about my l   4   at school, especially my English study. The American friends were     5     （惊讶的）to know so many Chinese student were learning English and kept      6   （表扬）me for my wonderful English, which encouraged me greatly. It didn’t take l     7    time to find their hotel. At the gate of the hotel, I shook    8     with them and said good-bye to them. They kept waving to me until I was out of s    9      . I got home later than usual, but I felt happy because my English     10     （起作用）！

1. 市政府发起了戒烟运动。

The city             has started a                       smoking.

2. 毕业以后，他决定专攻法律。

                        , he decided to           in law.

3. 他想把秘密说出来，让他自己得到解脱。

He wanted to         himself          the          of the secret.

4. 他病后逐步恢复体力。

He                        his             after an illness.

5. 这种疾病上周蔓延全国。

The disease                           the country last week.

6. 这项计划的成败取决于你。

The           or           of the plan           on you.

7. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。

The                   over 500 contestants         eight different countries.

8. 不管怎样，我们不能背叛祖国。

We can’t           our                      our country anyhow.

9. 昨晚你喝了那么多酒，难怪你头痛。

It’s               you’ve got a        when you       so much last night.

10.我们不得不提前三周支付租金。

We had to pay the           three weeks                        .