The Voice of America began during the World WarⅡ. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international __1__， American officials believed they should __2__ the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in __3__. “The __4__ may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA __5__ were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

After the World War Ⅱended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA's __6__ had to be changed，__7__ the Soviet Union became enemy of America. They wanted to __8__ Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was __9__“ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know __10__ English to completely understand its __11__ English broadcast. So VOA __12__ a simpler kind of English, __13__ uses about 1,500 words and is spoken __14__ of course, it is special English.

In the __15__ of most VOA listeners, the most __16__ program is the news report. News from around the world __17__ into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in __18__ cities and also from other __19__ like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to __20__ news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.

1. A. business        B. culture     C. support          D. information

2. A. reply          B. answer       C. join             D. interrupt

3. A. same          B. short           C. English          D. German

4. A. news          B. problems       C. effects           D. opinions

5. A. stations        B. news           C. announcers       D. officials

6. A. home         B. position         C. purpose          D. results

7. A. if            B. supposing      C. considering       D. in order that

8. A. reach         B. satisfy         C. attack           D. support

9. A. known        B. reported         C. called           D. printed

10. A. American            B. British         

C. standard             D. enough

11. A. normal        B. fast           C. good            D. exact

12. A. invented       B. discovered    C. taught          D. stopped

13. A. it            B. who         C. which           D. that

14. A. slowly        B. rapidly     C. normally        D. loudly

15. A. pleasure      B. course       C. opinion          D. advice

16. A. difficult      B. important    C. various          D. common

17. A. flies         B. sends       C. delivers          D. pasts

18. A. all           B. major       C. American       D. news

19. A. broadcasts        B. forms

C. newspapers       D. countries

20. A. broadcast        B. announce      

C. translate         D. prepare

—We all know that children suffer when their parents are divorced(离婚)．

—__1__

—I have found children from one－parent families are not good at making friends and they often have difficulties getting along with other children. 

—__2__

—My research shows that these children are likely to be absent from school a lot, and have poor study habits. 

—__3__

—They often do. However, what they need most is more care, more help from both parents and school teachers.__4__

—Exactly. All these unpleasant experiences would cost a shadow(阴影)，which in turn makes them feel more disappointed in life and society. __5__

—You know what they do. Some of them leave school or home to join gangs(团伙)in the street.

A. What about their school work?

B. They do a lot of housework.

C. Do they receive punishment from their parents?

D. Yes. It's sad for them to live in a broken family.

E. Then they know what to do for others.

F. And more love, since they are growing up in a family where there may be quarrels, fights and often hate.

G. So they would do something to show their dislike of the situation.

1. ________　2. ________　3. ________　4. ________

5. ________

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

　　I'm a high school student. In front of our school gate has a street, on both sides of it are many shops. Everyday during rush hour，stalls sell food appear on the street, which makes it more crowded. Firstly, that makes it difficulty and dangerous to students to go in or out of the school. Secondly, the street is made dirty because so much plastic bags and waste water.

A school, in my opinion, it should be a place with clean and quiet surrounding. So I do hope some measures should be take to improve the situation.

Jenny Bowen, an American living in Beijing, has been selected as the only American to carry the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch on Chinese soil. She and seven other non－Chinese winners were chosen from a pool of 262 applicants (申请者) from 47 countries in a contest organized by Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group and the official English－language newspaper, China Daily. When Bowen runs with the Olympic torch, she will not only be representing the United States, but also be representing thousands of Chinese orphans(孤儿).

Bowen, a mother of two adopted Chinese daughters, is the executive director of Half the Sky Foundation, an organization which was founded in 1998 and aims to enrich the lives and improve the prospects for orphaned children in China. In nearly 10 years, Bowen and Half the Sky have touched the lives of over 13,000 children. Half the Sky is now present in 36 welfare (福利) institutions in 28 Chinese cities. About 4,000 children are active in the program, which provides trained staff, educational tools, medical support and nurturing love for orphans.

Bowen hopes that running with the Olympic torch will help draw attention to the children in China. She will be among 19,400 runners who will carry the flame along an 85,000－mile, 130－day route across five continents. Beijing organizers say it will be the longest torch relay in Olympic history.

Like Bowen, the seven other non－Chinese winners, including a German engineer and a Venezuelan graphic designer, live in China. Other countries represented will be the Philippines, Colombia, India, Japan and Russia.

According to Olympic organizers, candidates (候选人) were selected based on an online vote, committee selection, their “love of Chinese culture and history” and devotion to “communicating information of a real China to their native countries”. Each runner will carry the torch for 200 meters on Chinese soil.

6. According to the text, Jenny Bowen ________.

A. is interested in Chinese sports

B. founded Half the Sky, an organization which aims to help Chinese orphans

C. has adopted 13,000 children during 10 years

D. loves Chinese culture and history

7. Bowen hopes that being a torch runner would help ________.

A. collect educational tools, medical support, etc, for orphans

B. make Half the Sky Foundation well known

C. communicate information of America

D. draw attention to orphans in China

8. Which of the following about the 2008 torch relay is WRONG?

A. The contest for its runners is organized by Lenovo Group and China Daily.

B. It has eight foreign runners, including an American, a German and a Venezuelan.

C. It will be the longest relay with the most runners in Olympic history.

D. It will be an opportunity to communicate information of a real China to the world.

9. What's the BEST title for the passage?

A. A US woman to carry 2008 Olympic torch in China

B. Happy life of a US woman in China

C. Development of Chinese welfare institutions

D. The longest torch relay in Olympic history

10. The text is a(n)________．

A. biography                 B. argument            

C. news report               D. advertisement

Yi So－yeon, an engineer from Seoul, returned to Earth on Saturday after 11 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), along with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and US astronaut Peggy Whitson.

A technical problem turned a routine (常规) return to Earth into a sharper than usual descent (下降) that tested the group members' stamina and courage. They landed in the Kazakh steppes ( 大草原)  about 420km  (260 miles) wide of their target.

“During the descent there was some kind of fire outside the Soyuz capsule because we were going through the atmosphere，” Yi said.

“At first I was afraid, but the two other guys looked okay, so I tried to look okay too.”

Yi smiled and joked her way through a 10－minute news briefing at Star City, the wooded Soviet era cosmonaut training centre on the edge of Moscow. However, Malenchenko and Whitson looked tired and thin after nearly six months in space. Their answers were short and Whitson needed support to balance when she walked. The 29－year－old Yi has become famous in South Korea since the take－off but she brushed this aside and said she has had little contact with friends or family since returning.

“In fact, they are the heroes right now，” Yi said, referring to Malenchenko and Whitson. “I'm just a beginner and a little ashamed to say that I am a hero.”  She did, though, relate a more light－hearted incident on the ISS.

“I sang Fly Me to the Moon” Yi said about the 1950s pop song. “It's my favorite song from university although at that time I didn't know I would be an astronaut.”

The capsule's so－called “ballistic” re－entering made the group members face twice the usual pull from the centre of the earth.  The flames Yi described may have been caused by friction (摩擦) heating the capsule as it fell through the atmosphere.

Whitson told reporters that Saturday's ballistic landing, was irregular but not an emergency.

“The Soyuz has been through its history very reliable and there has obviously been some issue in the last couple of descents which went ballistic, but I'm sure the engineers will determine what the problems are and get them fixed，” she said.

In October, a Soyuz capsule carrying Malaysia's first space tourist touched down about 200 km (125 miles) off_course in a similar ballistic landing caused by a technical problem.

The Soyuz is the world's longest－serving manned space capsule.  An early version of the craft, the Vostok, carried the first person into space in 1961.

Whitson, 48, has become the American with the longest amount of time in space with 377 days.

1. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. Flight in space is very dangerous

B. Not everybody can go into space

C. Fearful landing tests the Korean astronaut

D. Yi didn't know she would be an astronaut when she was young

2. The reason why Yi So－yeon felt afraid at first was that ________.

A. a fire was caused by the friction

B. she had no such experience before

C. she was not brave enough

D. the other two didn't help her

3. From the passage, we can learn that ________.

A. Yi So－yeon, a space tourist came from South Korea

B. Whitson became energetic when they landed on earth

C. the two other guys were not afraid during the descent

D. the Soyuz, an unmanned space capsule, had a long history

4. The underlined phrase in this passage means ________.

A. out of work            B. out of control  

C. in the wrong direction   D. in danger

5. We can conclude from this passage that ________.

A. experience is very important for astronauts to ensure safety

B. Yi So－yeon will never return to the space station

C. people are not willing to experience the space flight

D. we should draw a lesson from the accident

There is a Web site called the “World Database of Happiness”. It combines and __1__ the results of hundreds of surveys from around the world that have been conducted on life __2__. Most of the findings are predictable, but a few are __3__.

The database makes it __4__ that there is not a strong connection between material wealth and general contentment. It is a cliche(陈词滥调) to say that money __5__ buy happiness, but the old saying seems to be __6__ by research. Many people still cling to the belief that gaining riches will be the answer to all their problems, yet they are probably __7__.

Studies have been __8__ on people who acquired sudden wealth, such as lottery winners. In most cases, after the initial joy had __9__，  people were not left with a sense of lasting happiness. In fact, they __10__ to return to the way they felt before they became rich.__11__ contented people continue to be contented，__12__ those who were miserable in the past sink back into misery.

If material wealth does not bring happiness, then __13__ does? Perhaps happiness has something to do with __14__ you live. The authorities at the World Database of Happiness have surveyed levels of happiness in different __15__. Apparently, people in America, Canada, and Singapore are very happy; people living in India and Russia, not surprisingly, are not happy.

Other surveys consistently point to the importance of relationships. Family relationships，__16__， seem to be the key to long－term contentment. The Web site suggests that __17__ in love and having children are two of the situations that bring the greatest happiness.

Nowadays people look to __18__ as an alternative source of satisfaction. People increasingly spend more time alone watching TV or surfing the Internet __19__ spending time with family. Can technology truly make people happy? It is too difficult to tell, but one thing is sure: If the Web site's research is __20__， time spent with your family is a better investment than time spent making money.

1. A. gamers         B. analyzes     C. uses       D. collects

2. A. condition     B. level        C. style      D. satisfaction

3. A. surprising    B. exciting     C. interesting   D. annoying

4. A. actual        B. true         C. real       D. clear

5. A. can           B. may          C. can't     D. mustn't

6. A. supported     B. carried      C. satisfied  D. served

7. A. correct       B. mistaken     C. foolish    D. stupid

8. A. carried away       B. carried on  

C. carried off         D. carried out

9. A. worn out      B. cut off      C. worn off   D. cut out

10. A. intend       B. tend         C. desire     D. want

11. A. Especially        B. Previously  

C. Actually          D. Totally

12. A. then         B. but          C. so         D. while

13. A. which        B. who          C. what       D. when

14. A. space        B. place        C. where      D. how

15. A. cites         B. countries    C. towns      D. sections

16. A. in surprise       B. in all

C. in fact           D. in particular

17. A. dropping     B. feeling      C. falling    D. stepping

18. A. entertainment      B. information 

C. technology        D. study

19. A. other than         B. more than   

C. or rather           D. rather than

20. A. reasonable         B. simple    

C. adequate          D. accurate

__1__ When a person does a certain thing again, he is impelled(迫使) by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly; thus a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of. __2__ Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits as long as they live,  and sometimes become ruined by them.

__3__ Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and thoroughness.

Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on. __4__ Unfortunately older persons often form habits which ought to have been avoided.

__5__

A. There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help.

B. Whether good or not habit are, they are easy to get rid of.

C. We ought to keep from all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will prove good for ourselves and others.

D. Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed.

E. It is very important for us to know why we should get used to good habits.

F. These are all easily formed habits.

G. It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits.

1. ________　2. ________　3. ________　4. ________

5. ________

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

Dear Susan，

I'm very gladly to hear you are coming to visit me the next Friday. Unfortunately, I won't be able to meet you at the airport although I have classes in the afternoon. You won't find difficult to get to the city center. The airport bus leaves every 30 minute and will take you rightly to the Friendship Hotel. My classes will be over by then or I will pick you up there. I will take you together to a hot pot restaurant for dinner and we'll talk with our plan for the weekend over dinner. Having a pleasant trip and see you Friday.

Yours，

Zhang Ming

Prince Charles yesterday, promised to reduce the royal impact on the environment through sweeping changes to his personal lifestyle and official schedule. The prince will replace carbon－heavy private jets and helicopters with scheduled flights and train services.

The move came as Prince Charles urged business leaders to publish the environmental impact of their activities. He said, “Few accountants and business decision－makers ask, ‘How much of our critical natural resource is left? How many miles of polar ice cap has our business helped melt this year? By how many inches have we raised sea levels? How many species have we put at risk? How many homes will be flooded, how many people will die of thirst or starvation because of our activities？’ These are not comfortable questions, but, by God, they need to be asked.”

He added，“At the moment these costs do not appear in anyone's books. Yet they are real, they are incurred (遭受) now and in a relatively short time, the damage being caused may be beyond remedy(补救)．”He said the world was “running up the_biggest_global_credit_card_debt in history, but with little or no thought for how the bill will ever be paid”．

Flanked by (两侧有) the prime minister and business and community leaders at St James' Palace, the prince said his new accounting for sustainability (可持续性) project would give consumers the power to choose products that caused less damage to the planet.

Duchy Originals, the Prince's food company, is taking steps to quantify how much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas is emitted in growing, processing and distributing its products.

The changes to the Prince's travel arrangements announced yesterday are part of a wider review of the carbon footprint associated with activities at all three of his residences: Clarence House in London, Highgrove and Birkhall on the Balmoral estate, as well as the activities of his 21 personal and 105 full－time staff.

Measures include a review of electricity use, commuter(通勤者) and other staff travel and are intended to identify further reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. The review will report in June, when Clarence House will announce annual targets to reduce carbon emissions.

6. One of the moves Prince Charles will take to reduce the royal impact on the environment is ________.

A. taking private jets that are not carbon－heavy

B. taking helicopters instead of private jets

C. taking trains instead of scheduled flights

D. taking scheduled flights instead of helicopters

7. How does Prince Charles feel about business leaders in terms of environmental protection?

A. Dissatisfied.       B. Disappointed.

C. Doubtful.          D. Impatient.

8. Duchy Originals will ________ in response to Prince Charles' calls.

A. make as much green food as possible

B. cut down on its electricity use

C. figure out its greenhouse gas emission

D. reduce its greenhouse gas emission

9. The underlined phrase “the biggest global credit card debt” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to ________.

A. the great amount of waste produced by industry

B. the great damage caused for the environment

C. the great amount of debts of the royal family

D. the high cost of industry in the producing process

10. What would be the BEST title of the passage?

A. Prince Charles promises greener royal lifestyle

B. Better late than never

C. Prince Charles and his concern for the environment

D. The royal family has a role to play in environment protection

With petroleum reserves (石油储量) decreasing, the search is on to replace gas with a cleaner，greener alternative. Though much eco－talk has centered on biofuels from corn and soybeans, the biofuel that looks more likely to replace petroleum comes from a most unlikely source: algae(藻类)．

Algae, like corn, soybeans, and other crops, grow via photosynthesis(光合作用) and can be processed into fuel oil. However, they yield 30 times more energy than land crops such as soybeans, according to the U．S. Department of Energy. Many algae species also can grow in saltwater and polluted water—while corn and soy require arable land and fresh water that will be in short supply as the world's population balloons.

“If you replaced all the diesel(柴油) in the U．S. with soy biodiesel, it would take half the land mass of the U．S. to grow those soybeans，” says Matt Caspari, chief executive of Aurora Biofuels, a Berkeley, Calif－based private firm that specializes in algae oil technology. On the other hand, the Energy Department says that if algae fuel replaced all the petroleum fuel in the United States, it would require 15,000 square miles, which is a few thousand miles larger than Maryland (12,407 square miles), the 42nd state in land area.

Another bonus: Because algae can be grown just about anywhere in a closed space, they're being tested at several power plants across the nation as a carbon absorber. Smokestack emissions (烟囱排放物) can be pumped directly into the ponds, feeding the algae while keeping greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere.

Although processing technology for algae fuel－also known as “oilgae” in some environmentalist circles—is improving, it's still years away from reaching your local gas pump. “It's just a question of cost, because no large－scale facilities have been built yet，” Caspari says.

1. The underlined word “yield” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by ________.

A. control         B. require

C. produce         D. grow

2. Compared with corn and soybeans, algae________.

A. may pollute water and soil

B. can grow in poor conditions

C. provide much less energy

D. need more special care

3. According to Paragraph 3, one of the advantages of algae fuel is that________.

A. it can be used more widely

B. it is more easy to produce

C. it needs much less land

D. it costs much less money

4. What do we learn about algae from Paragraph 4?

A. Algae help protect the environment.

B. People can grow algae anywhere.

C. Fish can get more oxygen from algae.

D. Algae produce less waste.

5. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Environmental protection.

B. Biofuels from corn and soybeans.

C. The false hope of biofuels.

D. A promising oil alternative.