She used to sleep in the Fifth Street Post Office. I could smell her before I rounded the entrance to where she slept. I smelled the   1   liquid coming from her dirty clothing and her nearly toothless mouth. If she was not   2  , she whispered continuously.

Now they close the post office at six to keep the homeless   3  , so she rolls herself up on the sidewalk,  4  to herself.

One Thanksgiving we had so much food   5   over, I packed it up, excused myself from the others and   6   over to Fifth Street.

It was a freezing night. Leaves were flying around the streets and hardly   7   was out, all but a few of the luckless in some   8   home or shelter. But I knew I would find her.

I pulled my shiny car to the sidewalk, rolled down the window and said, “Mother … would you …” and was   14   at the word “Mother.” But she was in some way I couldn’t   15 I said, again, “Mother, I’ve   16   you some food. Would you like some turkey and apple pies?”

  17  this the old woman looked at me and said quite   18 , her two loose lower teeth sticking out as she spoke, “Oh, thank you very much, but I’m quite full now. Why don’t you take it to someone who really   19 it?” Her words were clear and her manners were polite. Then I was  20 . Her head sank into her rags again.

1．A．pleasant                B．awful                  C．moving               D．weak

3．A．in                         B．out                      C．off                      D．up

4．A．talking                  B．walking               C．helping                D．lying

5．A．taken                    B．gone                   C．left                     D．handed

6．A．flew                     B．moved                 C．ran                     D．drove

7．A．anyone                  B．everyone             C．no one                D．some one

8．A．cold                      B．warm                  C．dark                    D．bright

10．A．wrapping up        B．dressing in           C．keeping on           D．making of

11．A．buy                     B．rent                     C．choose                D．measure

12．A．robbers               B．poverty               C．embarrass           D．wind

13．A．sense                  B．ability                  C．advice                 D．chance

14．A．satisfied              B．moved                 C．shocked              D．disappointed

15．A．see                     B．grasp                  C．hear                    D．touch

16．A．brought               B．sent                    C．left                     D．collected

17．A．Like                    B．Taking                 C．Giving                 D．Hearing

18．A．clearly                 B．rudely                 C．lightly                 D．sadly

19．A．knows                B．needs                  C．finds                   D．has

20．A．satisfied          B．angry            C．dismissed        D．delighted

Other countries are restoring areas which have been reduced to waste land by mining. At Broken Hill in Australia drifting sand from rock crushing turned the area into a desert swept by sand storms. This is now being irrigated, fertilized and planted with grass and trees. In Great Britain quarries and gravel pits are being filled in or made into lakes, industrial wasteland is being turned into playing fields and waste tips into sloping green hills.

However Man tries to look after Earth , the fact is that he is using up at a great rate resources, especially fuel resources, which have taken millions of years to accumulate and which he cannot renew. Yet every day the Earth receives a huge supply of energy from the Sun. Man has made several experiments in using solar energy to heat furnaces, cookers, and water-distillers. In space technology, e.g. on satellites, solar cells convert sunlight into electricity. Houses and offices have been designed which are centrally heated by water or air heated by the sunlight. When Man can trap and store this energy, so that he can use it exactly as he needs it, he will have not only an endless supply, but a clean and safe one.

1．The main idea of the second paragraph is ________.

       A．Many areas throughout the world have been transformed into wasteland by mining.

    B．Australia and Great Britain are the only two countries that are changing the face of the Earth.

    C．Some countries are taking effective measures to make use of the wasteland and to beautify the Earth.

    D．Developing countries should learn from developed countries to look after our natural surroundings.

2．According to this selected passage, which energy is considered to be endless, clean and safe?

       A．Energy from lake waters                

B．Energy from fuel resources which have taken millions of years to accumulate

       C．Energy from forests

       D．Energy from the Sun

3．Which country has the largest scale of nature protection according to this passage?

      A．Great Britain       B．Australia            C．the U.S.A．      D．Canada

4．Which of the following statements do you think is true after reading the passage?

       A．Man is destroying the natural surroundings on purpose because the surroundings cannot make them satisfied to get enough treasures.

       B．All the wasteland throughout the world is now being irrigated, fertilized and planted with grass and trees.

       C．Where there is a desert, there can be sand storms.

D．Energy from waters, forests, fuel resources and the sun takes millions of years to accumulate.

We have heard of counterfeiting before. Usually it refers to people making money by printing it instead of earning it. But counterfeiting also can involve all sorts of consumer goods and manufactured (制造) products. From well-known brand names such as Calvin Klein jeans to auto parts, counterfeiters have found ways to produce goods that look authentic. In some instances, counterfeit products look better than the original!

       The demand of brand-name products has helped counterfeiting grow into a very profitable business throughout the world and into a serious problem for legal manufacturers and consumers alike. Faulty counterfeit parts have caused more than two dozen crashes. Most counterfeit auto parts do not meet federal (联邦的) safety standards.

       Counterfeiting hurts manufacturers in many ways. Analysts estimate that, in the United States alone, annual revenue (收入) loss runs form $ 6 billion to $ 8 billion. Perhaps even worse, consumers blame the innocent manufacturers when they unknowingly buy a counterfeit product and find it doesn’t perform as expected. Sometimes entire economies can suffer. For instance, when farmers in Kenya and Zaire used counterfeit fertilizers, both countries lost most crops.

       By copying other firm’s products, counterfeiters avoid research and development costs and most marketing costs. High-tech products such as computers and their software products are especially easy to attack. As long as counterfeiting is profitable, large quantities of products are available to copy, and the laws are difficult to enforce, counterfeiters can be expected to prosper for a long time.

1．The word “counterfeiting” most probably means ______.

A．making things of poor quality for profit 

B．making things of good quality for profit

C．illegal making of things by copying       

D．legal making of things by copying

2．The most appropriate title for the passage would be ______.

A．The Effects of Counterfeiting               B．The Problem of Counterfeiting

C．The Cause of Counterfeiting              D．The Profit of Counterfeiting

3．It can be inferred from the passage that hand-made products are “______.”

A．easier to counterfeit than high-tech products

       B．more difficult to counterfeit than high-tech products

C．less profitable to counterfeit than high-tech products

D．more profitable to counterfeit than high-tech products  

4．The quality of most counterfeit auto products is ______.

A．not up to the standards of America         

B．up to the standards of America

C．so poor that few people want to buy the products

D．so good that most people prefer them to the authentic ones

BALTIMORE – When 15–year–old Michael Thomas left home for school last May, he couldn’t have been prouder. On his feet, thanks to his mother’s hard work, were a pair of new Air Jordans — ＄ 100 worth of leather, rubber and status（身份）that to today’s youth are the Mercedes – Benz of athletic footwear.

The next day it was James David Martin, 17, who was walking down the street in Thomas’ new sneakers, while Thomas lay dead in a field not far from his school. Martin was arrested for murder.

For the Baltimore school system, Thomas’ death was the last straw. He was the third youngster to have been killed over his clothes in five years. Dozens of others had been robbed of name brand sneakers, designer jogging suits, leather jackets and jewelry. This fall, the school board announced a dress code（规定）preventing leather skirts and jackets, jogging suits, gold chains and other expensive items.

Clothes, said board president Joseph Smith, had just gotten out of hand.

Across the nation, parents, school officials, psychologists and even some children agree.

They say that today’s youngsters, throughout the nation, have become clothes fixated（专注）.They worry about them, compete over them, ignore school for them and sometimes even rob and kill for them.

In many cases, students are so concerned about what they and their classmates are wearing, they forget what they come to school for, educators said.

In response, many public schools, mainly in Eastern cities, have adopted school uniforms to cut down on competition. Educators say, in the current fashion climate, dressing students alike allows them more freedom to be individuals.

1．Why was Michael so proud of himself?

       A．His hard – working mother earned a lot of money.

       B．He wore expensive clothes worth ＄100.

       C．He was in a pair of name brand shoes.

       D．He was good at playing basketball.

2．Martin was arrested for            .

       A．killing Thomas                                     B．robbing several students

       C．stealing expensive things                       D．murdering three people for their clothes

3．By saying “Clothes had just gotten out of hand”, the board president meant clothes were

                  .

       A．the target of robbery                            B．thrown away soon

       C．hard to control                                    D．easily worn out

4．According to the text, adopting school uniforms means to            .

       A．have students wear ordinary clothes      B．make students more competitive

       C．keep students less clothes focused      D．dress students all alike

     Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry--William Shakespeare--but there are two clearly separate and different branches. There is the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC),which presents excellent productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon. And there are townsfolk who largely live on the tourists who come, not to see the play, but to look at Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shakespeare's birthplace and the other sights.

     The townsfolk of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their income. They frankly dislike the RSC actors, those who walk with long hair and beard and great noise.

     The tourist stream are not entirely separate. The sightseers, who come by bus and often take in Warwick on the side, don't usually see the plays. And some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford. However, the playgoers do manage a little sight-seeing along with their play-going. It is the playgoers, the RSC declares, who bring in much of the town's income because they spend the night ( some of them four or five nights) pouring money into hotels and restaurants. The sightseers can take in everything and get out of town by nightfall.

     The townsfolk don't see it this way and local government does not put away some money for the RSC．Stratford cries poor traditionally. Nevertheless, every hotel in town seems to be adding a new wing or a cocktail room. Hilton is building its own hotel there, which you will be sure will be decorated with Hamburger bars, dinner rooms and so forth, and will be very expensive.

     Anyway, the townsfolk can't understand why the RSC needs help from the government. The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row. Last year, its 1,431 seats were 94 occupied all year long and this year they will do better. The reason, of course, is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed the same. It would be a shame to raise prices too much because it would drive away the young people who are Stratford's most attractive customers. They come entirely for the plays, not the sights. They all seem to look alike, though they come from all over.

1．From the first two paragraphs, we learn that______.

    A．the townsfolk think little of the RSC 's contribution to the town's income

    B．the actors of RSC imitate Shakespeare on and off stage

    C．the two branches are not getting along well with each other

    D．the townsfolk earn little from tourism

2．It can be inferred from the third paragraph that_____.

    A．the sightseers cannot visit the castle and the palace separately

    B．the playgoers seem to spend more money than the sightseers

    C．the playgoers go to no other places in town than the theatre

    D．the sightseers do no other things than shopping in town

3．By saying "Stratford cries poor traditionally", the author means that ____.

       A．Stratford has long been in financial difficulties

       B．Stratford cannot afford the new projects

       C．the town is not really short of money

       D．the townsfolk used to be poorly paid

4．According to the townsfolk, the RSC deserves no help from the government because ____.

       A．the behavior of the actors is not socially acceptable

       B．ticket prices can be raised to cover the spending

       C．the company is financially ill-managed

       D．the theatre attendance is on the rise

1．关于你的建议,我很高兴地通知你大部分委员会成员认为那是可行的.

_______________ your proposal, I am pleased to ___________you that most committee members consider it acceptable.

2．他提早到达车站生怕错过火车.

He got to the station early _________ __________ _________missing the train.

3．通过考试的将授予证书.

Those who have passed the examination will be ___________ a ________________.

4．他很穷连片面包都买不起

He is so __________ __________ that he cannot ____________ to buy a piece of bread.

5．这个年轻人认为自己是无辜的所以向高等法院上诉抗议对自己的审判

The young man thought he was innocent so he ______________ ______the high court ______________his sentence.

6．许多政府运用广告宣传使人们注意到社会问题.

Many governments use ad _______________ to make people __________ _______ social problems.

7．要是不定期打扫房间,很快就会积满灰尘

Dust and dirt soon _______________if you don’t clean the room ________________.

8．预定的开会时间是下午两点.

The time ________________ ____________the meeting was 2 p.m.

Last weekend we went mountain-climbing. Even the

heavy rain in the morning could not prevent us go. Setting                  1．             

off very early, we went along an extreme narrow road, all                   2．             

in high spirits. On every side of the road were green fields                    3．             

and some farm house. We could hear the sound of the                     4．             

rain and our footsteps mixing with our laughter. At noon                    5．             

we reached the top of the mountain. That surprised us                     6．            

most there was the beauty of scenes .After having a short                  7．             

rest there and sharing with the food we had brought, we                   8．             

started going down. It rained even harder .We were                        9．             

wet to the skin, and we still sang and laughed happily.               10．             

Mr. Smith told us that ____ gold medal his son had got was considered ____ great honour to the whole family.

A．the; 不填               B．a; a          C．the; a              D．a; the

It soon became clear that the Labour Party had, for the first time in its history, won its third election _____.

A．in a hurry               B．in a way          C．in other words               D．in a row

－What made you so delighted at Christmas?

－ ________.

A．I received many more presents than others

B．Because my parents promised me a new car

C．My uncle's coming back from abroad

D．As there was an unusual celebration