The wheat and corn are growing very well, which _____ to be a good harvest.

A．expects            B．promises          C．support          D．thinks

The song “rice fragrance” by Jay Zhou was a ________ at once and its recording disc rose to No. one last week bestseller lists.

A．shock           B．strike          C hit            D．beat

It is generally       that new industries        for the southern part of the country .

A．admitted ;are to be needed                           B．admitted ;to be needed

C．admitting; are needing                     D．admitting ; needed

By nine o’clock, all the Olympic torch bearers had reached the top of Mount Qomolangma, ____ appeared a rare rainbow soon.

A．of which         B．on which          C．from which           D．above which

Washoe is a young chimpanzee（黑猩猩）.She is no 1  chimpanzee, though. Scientists are doing research  2  her. They want to see how civilized she can 3  .Already she can do many things a human being does.
    For example, she has been learning how to exchange 4  with people. The scientists are teaching her 5  language. When she wants to be picked  6 , Washoe points up with one finger. She rubs her teeth with her finger 7  she wants to brush her teeth. This is done after every meal.

    Washoe has also been 8 to find answers to problems. Once she was put in a 9  with food hanging from the ceiling. It was too high to 10 . After she considered the 11 ,she got a tall box to 12 . The food was still too high to be reached. Washoe found a 13 pole. Then she climbed onto the 14 , grasped the pole, and 15  down the food with the pole.   

Washoe 16 like a human ,too. The scientists keep her in a fully furnished house. After a hard 17 in the lab, she goes home. 18  she plays with her toys. She 19  enjoys watching television before going to bed.  

Scientists hope to 20 more about people by studying our closest relative ----- the chimpanzee.  1．A．foolish                     B． simple               C．special                D．ordinary

2．A．for                       B． on                    C．to                     D．by

3．A．experience             B．change                C．develop              D．become

4．A．actions                  B．views                 C．messages            D．feelings

5．A．human                B．sign                    C．spoken                D．foreign

6．A．out                       B．at                        C．on                      D．up

7．A．when                   B．until                    C．since                   D．while

8．A．trained                  B．raised                  C．ordered               D．led

9．A．hole                     B．zoo                     C．room                 D．museum

10．A．pull                     B．see                      C．eat                     D．reach

11．A．problem               B．position               C．food                  D．ceiling

12．A．stand by              B．stand on              C．stand up              D．stand with

13．A．straight               B．strong                 C．long                    D．heavy

14．A．wall                    B．box                     C．ceiling                 D．pole

15．A．knocked              B．picked                 C．took                    D．pulled

16．A．lives                    B．works                 C．thinks                 D．plays

17．A．task                    B．lesson                 C．time                    D．day

18．A．But                     B．There                  C．So                     D．Still

19．A．quite                   B．already                C．even                   D．still

20．A．see                     B．answer                C．learn                   D．gain

The Fourth “21th Century Cup” National English Speaking Competition is to be held in Shanghai.

　　Organizers: China Daily and Shanghai Broadcasting Network.

　　Co-ordinater: China University English Speaking Association （CUESA）.

　　Co-sponsors （联办单位）: English Speaking Union （ESU）, Lotus Software （China）Co. LtD．, Times Publishing Group of Singapore, Hilton Shanghai, Pearson Education, Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press.

　　Date: March 26 （ Friday）, 2007

　　Place: Hilton Shanghai.

　　Competition Format （形式） : Each student will present a prepared speech on the given topic, followed by a three -minute off - hand speech and a three - minute question and answer period with the judges.

　　Prepared speech period: six minutes.

　　Q & A period: three minutes.

　　Speech topic: People and Nature: In search of harmony （和谐）in a new age ＋ your personal opinion. （Topics for the off hand speech will be given on the day of competition）.

　　Prizes: Besides books and certificates （证书）, the top two winners will be offered scholarships（奖学金） to travel to the annual international English -speaking competition which will be held by the English Speaking Union in London in May, 2007．The third and fourth place winners will be offered a study trip to Singapore, sponsored by the Times Publishing Group. The fifth through 10th place winners will be offered cash prizes. All the competitors will receive certificates from the English Speaking Union and book prizes provided by Pearson Education and Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press. The teachers of the top winners will also receive a one - year membership to the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language（IATEFL）

1．The main purpose of this passage is ________.

　　A．to invite you to take part in the competition

　　B．to tell you some information of the competition

　　C．to help to improve your spoken English

　　D．to show you how to win the competition

2．Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Shanghai English Speaking Competition?________.

　　A．Where and when it will take place.

　　B．Its program.

　　C．What each winner will be offered.

　　D．The number of its competitors.

3．Suppose you get the sixth place, you’ll________ .

　　A．travel to London for free.

　　B．become a one - year member of IATEFL

　　C．get some money , some books and a certificate

　　D．get a chance to study in Singapore

4．An “off- hand speech”is________.

　　A．a speech not longer than three minutes

　　B．a speech without preparation

　　C．a speech with a piece of paper in hand

D．a speech which is well prepared

Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs. Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants. But in the executive（主管的） circle, beauty can become a liability.

　　While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman.

　　Handsome male executives were considered having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success.

　　Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck.

　　All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was connected more to personal relationships and less to ability than that of the attractive overnight successes.

　　Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is considered to be more feminine has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the “manly”qualifies required.

　　This is true even in politics, “When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently, ” says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates（候选人）. She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.

　　The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.

1．The word “liability” most probably means ________.

　　A．disadvantage　    B．advantage　　　  C．misfortune　　   D．trouble

2．Bowman’s experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness________

　　A．turns out to　be a disadvantage to men

　　B．is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women

　　C．has as little effect on men as on women

　　D．affects men and women alike

3．It can be inferred from the passage that people’s views on beauty are often________.

　　A．practical　　　   B．supportive　　    C．old – fashioned　 D．one - sided

4．The author writes this passage to ________.

　　A．give advice to job - seekers who are attractive

　　B．discuss the disadvantages of being attractive

　　C．demand equal rights for women

D．state the importance of appearance

Some people believe that international sport brings about good will between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood. Not only was there the terrible incident with the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by those incidents caused mainly by minor national contests.

　　One country received its second - place medal with great anger after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were certain that one of their goals should not have been dismissed and that the opposite side’s victory was unfair. Their manager was angry when he said: “This wasn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Society are finished. “The president of the society said later that such words could result in the pause of the team for at least three years.

　　The American basketball team announced that they would not give away first place to Russia, after a fighting end to their contest. The game had ended in quarrel. It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play, A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player beat it into the basket. It was the first time the USA had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. The judges discussed the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then decided not to receive the silver medals.

　　Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played for honors or money rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that sportsmen should compete as individuals , or in non national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages dangerous nationalism.

1．According to the author, recent Olympic Games have ________.

　　A．brought about goodwill between the nations

　　B．made only false national pride

　　C．hardly showed any international friendship

　　D．led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred

2．What did the manager mean by saying, “… Hockey and the International Hockey Society are finished”? ________.

　　A．His team would no longer take part in international games

　　B．Hockey and the society are both ruined by the unfair decisions

　　C．There should be no more hockey matches organized by the society

　　D．The society should be dismissed

3．The author gives the two examples in paragraphs 2 and 3 to show________.

　　A．how false national pride leads to undesirable incidents in international games

　　B．that sport men have been more troublesome than they used to be

　　C．that competitiveness in the games discourages international friendship

　　D．that unfair decisions are common in Olympic Games.

4．What conclusion can be drawn from the passage? ________.

　　A．The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved

　　B．Athletes should compete as individuals in the Olympic Games

　　C．Sport should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game

D．International contests lead to misunderstanding between nations.

ARIEL, West Bank: A suicide bomber blew up near Israeli soldiers outside a Jewish settlement in the West Bank yesterday, killing at least three people and wounding about 30 others, the settlement’s mayor and rescue workers said.

　　“A suicide bomber came and there were many soldiers…and he blew himself up.” said Ron Nachman, mayor of the settlement of Ariel. “Soldiers were among the casualties. ”People on the spot said the bomber blew up after soldiers eating at a food stand in a petrol station at the entrance of the settlement found him. According to some people on the spot accounts reported by Israeli media, a soldier shot and wounded the bomber, who then exploded.

The Magen David Adorn ambulance service said at least three people were killed and at least 30 wounded in the blast, which set the bomber burning at Ariel, about 25 kilometers east of Tel Avi v.

　　A fire brigade official said: “The bomber was still burning when we got there and we put out the fire immediatelly.”

　　Meanwhile, a blast shook homes in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp early yesterday, damaging buildings but causing no injuries, Palestinian sources said. They said the bomb was planted outside the home of a member of Palestimian President Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction in Ain el-Hilwch camp, and exploded while the family was sleeping.

1．Some of people including ________were killed or wounded in the blast accident.

A．soldiers　　                                       B．mayor　　         

C．rescue workers　　                            D．a fire brigade official

2．The suicide bomber blew himself up because________.

　　A．there was something wrong with his brains

　　B．a soldier shot and wounded him

　　C．he couldn’t see the settlement’s mayor

　　D．he wanted to make himself known

3．It can be concluded that the passage is most probably part of a （n）________.

A．announcement　　                              B．advertisement  

C．news report　　                        D．science research

I live in Japan, where electronic items are a way of life, so it is no surprise that many students carry these little electronic dictionaries. E-dictionaries may be light and compact（简洁的） more so than any paper dictionary.  1___ It depends on which one you buy. To me, these are pretty much the limits to their advantages.

I think e-dictionaries should be limited in their use in classrooms.   2____

E-dictionaries are much more expensive. In Japan, they cost as little as 10,000 yen （US$100）much as 40,000 yen, depending on how many functions you want （or think you want） and depending on how fashionable you are. My trusty Random House paper dictionary is copyrighted at1995, cost me a mere US$12.95 plus tax.

E-dictionaries are more fragile（易碎的）. Drop your paper dictionary. Go ahead. Hold it above your head and drop it.     3  

E-dictionaries need batteries. Batteries are temperature sensitive. Batteries cost money, too.

E-dictionaries have keypads. Typing in the spelling of a word is harder and more time consuming than looking through pages and using the index at the top of each page.

_4____ Such little devices beep（嘟嘟声） when you press the buttons, but it is very disturbing to some people in a classroom situation or library.

Finally, let’s consider making corrections or additions. No dictionary is perfect, paper version or electronic. However, when you find something you’d like to change in the e-dictionary, you can’t do anything about it. You can pencil in some notes with the paper type. Similarly, if you learn a word that isn’t in the dictionary, a few notes of a pencil make it easy to increase its memory capacity.

__5__ And, for those students whose habit is to mark certain words with a highlight pen for ease of future reference, again, the paper dictionary wins out.

    A．But it is impossible  to do so with a keypad model

    B．They may even contain more words and expressions

    C．Sometimes e-dictionaries trouble you and you really don’t know how to get rid of them

    D．Now, try this with any lightweight plastic e-dictionary, and you’ll be picking up the pieces

    E．That huge, heavy paper dictionary that you see in your library looks like a building block in size and weight.

    F．E-dictionaries have advantages as well as disadvantages

    G．Let’s take a look at the following reasons