, they set out to break the record for cross – channel swim.

A．Well equipped B．Well equipping         C．Well equips             D．To be equipped

—How beautiful the dress looks on you! Don’t you want         , Madam?

—Well, please show me         .

A．one; other               B．it; other                   C．it; another               D．one; the other

I should prefer         to be no discussion of my private affairs.

A．it                            B．that                        C．what                      D．there

After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced         trucks in 2004 as the year before.

A．as twice many                                            B．as many twice

C．twice as many                                            D．twice many as

Mother told me that you are         here till she comes.

A．waiting                   B．waited                    C．to wait                    D．wait

—Would you take this along to the office for me?

—         .

A．With pleasure          B．That’s right             C．Never mind             D．Don’t mention it

The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the   1  person.

When I first knew Bill, back in   2  , he was one of the most carefree（无忧无虚）people I had ever   3  . He was always ready to  have a party. He thought   4  of going out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or driving 50 miles to see an old   5  he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and   6  was never dull when he was   7  . With him there was one wild   8  after another. Sometimes I wonder how we   9  to study for our exams.

Last week I was in Houston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel.  10  , I wasn’t even sure it was   11  . Was this short – haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He   12  most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the  13  thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main   14  . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never   15  Bill changing so much. My image of him   16  the one I had formed   17  the time when we were college students together.

I suppose it’s   18  to expect people to remain the same, especially   19  I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he   20  the same way about me.

1．A．proper               B．same                      C．usual                      D．right

2．A．childhood                 B．the army                 C．his thirties               D．college

3．A．considered         B．supposed                C．met                        D．expected

5．A．man                         B．hospital                   C．movie                     D．country

6．A．learning                    B．life                         C．work                      D．fun

7．A．in                      B．out                         C．away                      D．around

8．A．adventure                 B．mistake                   C．chance                   D．joke

9．A．decided                    B．intended                  C．managed                 D．hoped

10．A．First of all               B．At first                    C．Now and then         D．All the time

11．A．that                        B．us                          C．there                      D．him

12．A．thought                   B．talked                     C．argued                    D．spent

13．A．first                        B．last                         C．next                       D．only

14．A．interest                   B．event                      C．subject                   D．problem

15．A．forgot                     B．minded                   C．liked                       D．imagined

16．A．remained                 B．reminded                 C．suggested               D．became

17．A．since                      B．from                       C．at                           D．till

18．A．unnecessary            B．foolish                    C．common                 D．unusually

19．A．because                  B．that                        C．how                       D．when

20．A．felt                         B．acted                      C．looked                    D．discovered

Erik Weihenmayer wants to climb Mount Everest. He loves to climb, and there is no place greater for climbers than the Himalayan peak of 29,035 feet, the world’s highest mountain.

Weihenmayer is blind. He has been blind since age 13, when an eye disease robbed him of his sight. His new book, Touch the Top of the  World, A blind Man’s Journey to Climb Farther than the Eye Can See, describes his blindness and climbing. He is the first blind man to attempt Everest. The team reached base camp at 17,800 feet last Wednesday and begins its climb Saturday. If all goes well, Weihenmayer will reach the top on or about May 15.

“I’m not just some token blind guy, ” Weihrnmayer, aged 32, said hours before he left Los Angeles on Friday for Katmandu, Nepal. “I put my life in my fellow climbers’ hands, and they put their lives in my hands. It’s an honour to reach that state.”

“I want to experience the sense of adventure. Blindness has nothing to do with that. But a message of the climb is that a blind person can join a team and climb the highest mountain in the world.”

Weihenmayer has climbed the highest peaks on four continents: North America’s Mount McKinley, South America’s Aconcagua, Africa’s Kilimanjaro and Antarctica’s Vinson Massif. He is an expert rock and ice climber, having scaled EL Capitan in Yosemite National Park. When he was 16, he attended a school that taught blind people to be independent. One day, a group went rock climbing. “I really liked it,” Weihenmayer said. “You can problem – solve. It is pretty sense in your inner mind. People didn’t think blind people could go out and become expert rock climbers.”

1．Which of the following sentences is NOT True?

       A．Weihenmayer has been blind for almost 19 years.

       B．Weihenmayer is the first man to climb Everest.

       C．Mountain climbers think it great to conquer the Himalayan peak.

       D．Weihenmayer might have begun his dream when he was in his teens.

2．The distance between the top of Mount Everest and the team camp was probably         .

       A．29,035 feet                                                B．11,235 feet

C．17,800 feet                                                D．not told in the passage

3．Weihenmayer         .

       A．likes the sense of being dependent on other people now that he is blind

       B．will have climbed the highest mountains on four continents after climbing Mount Everest

       C．loves climbing because he wants to enjoy the sense of adventure of problem – solving.

       D．and his teammates will reach the top of Mount Everest exactly on May 15.

Passport Control（护照验证处）

If you are arriving at London Heathrow Airport and are not transferring to another flight outside Britain or Northern Ireland, you must pass through Passport Control and Customs immediately after leaving your plane. If you are not Britain or a citizen of the European Community（欧共体），you must fill out a special form before your passport is examined. This form is called a landing card and should be given to you during the flight to London.

After landing, follow the ARRIVALS signs. Make sure you are in the right  channel when you reach Passport Control. There is one channel for holders of European Community Passports, and a second channel marked “Other Passports”.

Baggage Reclaim Area（取行李处）

After passing through the Passport Control, follow the signs to the Baggage Reclaim Area. If you have luggage which is carried in the aircraft hold, it will be  delivered to you in the Baggage Reclaim Area. Look for the sign with your flight number. If you have only hand luggage, go directly through the Baggage Reclaim Area to the Customs.

All passengers must pass Customs after Passport Control. There is a choice of two channels: Green and Red. If you have nothing to declare, go through the Green Channel. If you are not sure about your Duty Free allowance（免税限额）or if you have something to declare, go through the Red Channel. Information about Duty Free allowance can found on special notice – boards in the Baggage Reclaim Area. You should study this information carefully whether you are going through the Red Channel or not. Please note that if you go through the Green Channel, you may be stopped and asked to open your luggage for inspection.

1．All passengers arriving at Heathrow from outside Britain         .

       A．must go through either Passport Control or Custom

       B．must go through Customs, but not Passport Control

       C．must go through Passport Control and Customs

       D．don’t have to be examined

2．The underlined word “transferring” means         .

       A．exchanging             B．switching                C．replacing                 D．turning

3．At Heathrow when reaching Passport Control,         .

A．all passengers go though the same channel

B．passengers of the European Community and those from other countries go through different channels

       C．British people and passengers from other countries go through different channels

D．All European passengers go through the channel

4．If you have only hand luggage,        .

       A．you may go through the Baggage Reclaim Area to customs

       B．you should go through the Baggage Reclaim Areas

       C．it isn’t necessary for you to go through the Baggage Reclaim Area

       D．it isn’t necessary for you to do anything

5．If you have duty free goods,        .

       A．you don’t have to go through the Green Channel

       B．you may go through the Green Channel

       C．you must go through the Red Channel

       D．you should go through both Green and Red Channel

A serious threat to farmers in many parts of the world is erosion. Erosion occurs if a large area of land is cleared of trees and is then badly treated by the farmers. The rain and winds may gradually wash away, or blow away, much of the topsoil. When this happens, crops of wheat or corn become weaker and weaker until nothing grows well. If erosion continues, it will turn good land into a desert.

In the past, when erosion appeared, farmers sometimes moved to a new place to farm. Sometimes they could not move, but continued to try to grow food in the unhealthy soil. This caused them to sink into poverty. Soon some people realized that there was little rich, fertile soil in the world, government began to try to stop erosion.

One of the first experiments to stop erosion began in the United States in 1933. The experiment was carried out in the area of the Tennessee River. Floods and had farming in this area had ruined（毁坏）land that had once been rich. As a result, most of the people living around the Tennessee River were very poor.

The government built big dams across the river and stored the water for use during the dry season when there was no rain. The government workers also helped farmers to fertilize their soil and to learn new farming methods which could stop erosion.

At the beginning, the farmers were not interested. But soon,  good healthy crops began to appear on the land where new methods where used. Ten years after the extremely prosperous, the great success of this experiment had led similar projects in the other parts of the world.

1．The word “erosion” in the first paragraph means        .

       A．the clearing of trees                                    B．excessive（极度）use of the land

       C．the destruction of crops                              D．gradual loss of topsoil

2．The passage tells us that erosion is a problem which        .

       A．first began in the United States in 1933

       B．occurs mainly in river areas

       C．affects many parts of the world

       D．is becoming more and more serious

3．In the second paragraph, “to sink into poverty” means        .

       A．to lose topsoil in erosion

       B．to become weaker and weaker until nothing grows well

       C．to become very poor

       D．to turn into a desert

4．The main purpose of this passage is to tell people        .

      A．how erosion occurs

       B．the importance of using new farming methods

       C．something can be done to prevent erosion

       D．the serious outcomes（后果）of erosion