About 1．62 million Chinese students went abroad to study between 1978 and 2010, __ only 497,400 have come back．

       A．who              B．among whom         C．among which        D．in whom

—How do the students find the optional courses in your school?

       —Very interesting and they think_____the courses in science．

       A．a number of                                  B．a great deal of          

       C．the number of                                D．the great deal of

When it comes to job interview, you really don't know ____ you performed until you get the good-news call．

       A．how             B．why            C．where                  D．what

—Excuse me, what can I do for you?

       —Yes．I'd like to place ____ advertisement for ____ used car in your paper．

       A．the; a              B．an;/                 C．an; a            D．/;the

Federal regulators Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergency alert （警报） system using text messages delivered to cell phones．

Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among young people．The wireless industry's trade association, CTIA, estimates more than 48 billion text messages are sent each month．

The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2006 federal law that requires improvement to the nation's emergency alert system．The act tasked the Federal Communications Commission （FCC） with coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies．

"The ability to deliver accurate and timely warnings and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services is an important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public has the information they need to take action to protect themselves and their families before, and during disasters and other emergencies," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan．

Participation in the alert system by carriers —telecommunications companies —is voluntary, but it has received solid support from the wireless industry．

       The program would be optional for cell phone users．They also may not be charged for receiving alerts．

       There would be three different types of messages, according to the rules．

The first would be a national alert from the president, likely involving a terrorist attack or natural disaster．The second would involve "approaching threats," which could include natural disasters like hurricanes or storms or even university shootings．The third would be reserved for child abduction （绑架） emergencies, or so-called Amber Alerts．

       The service could be in place by 2010．

72．The improvement to the present system is in the charge of ____．

       A．CTIA                                                 B．the Warning Alert and Response Network

       C．FCC                                                   D．federal regulators

73．The carrier's participation in the system is determined by ____．

       A．the US federal government                 B．mobile phone users

       C．the law of the United States            D．the carriers themselves

74．Which of the following is true of cell phone users?

       A．They must accept the alert service．

       B．They may enjoy the alert service for free．

       C．They must send the alerts to others．

       D．They may choose the types of messages．

75．What is the purpose of the approved plan?

       A．To warn people of emergencies via messages．

       B．To popularize the use of cell phones．

       C．To estimate the monthly number of messages．

       D．To promote the wireless industry．

Alien: I've never been a big fan of the bears, especially the vacation show．On my last trip to Disneyland（1999） we passed it by, because we didn't want to spend the time on something we didn't really enjoy．If known it would be closed by our next visit, I'm sure we would have watched it one more time．I was just making the point that it wasn't until Disney announced the closing that this feeling suddenly sprang （弹跳） up for the Country Bear show at Disneyland．

But I think the idea of keeping some attractions open forever regardless of the number of visitors it gets is a mistake．We all have great memories of the Bears, but clearly very few kids today （or I should say families today） are making those same memories from this show．That may be a sad fact, but it's a fact．For whatever reason, the show doesn't pull in the numbers．Isn't it right to use the Country Bear space to bring in a more popular attraction so that more kids today can make those magic memories of an attraction they like? Otherwise aren't we just telling kids today that they "have to" make great memories of the Bears, when it's obvious that the kids themselves are not enjoying the Bears like we did?

Roger: I am very disappointed that they have decided to retire the Country Bear Playhouse．I remember going to the show as a child, and still enjoyed it as a teenager, and now young adult．It is true that there aren't a lot of shows left at DL and with this one closing even less．Being at DL does require a lot of walking, and it is nice to have a few attractions that are a place to sit and enjoy a good show．I understand that DL has to develop, but there has to be some history to the Disneyland that Walt Disney first designed．There should be some parts of DL that just never go away, and this is one of them．By the time I have children it looks like there won't be any attractions that I can say I went to as a child at the rate they are going．

Now the Bears are leaving．What I want to say is: stop trying to compete with everyone! DL is the best, because of attractions like the Country Bears．If DL insists on destroying all of its magic to make way for the latest, well, then it might as well be just another theme park．

68．What news might get people talking about the problem of the Country Bears?

       A．The Country Bear Playhouse will be closed．

       B．There will be a new attraction for our guests at Disneyland．

       C．The number of visitors to the Country Bear Playhouse is falling．

       D．The Bears will retire because of old age and can't give shows any more．

69．Allen spoke mainly to get his point across that ____．

       A．the Bears will be missed

       B．we should tell kids today that they "have to" make great memories of the Bears

       C．the longtime attraction ought to make way for a future attraction

       D．people never care about what they have until all is lost

70．Which is the best choice to complete Roger's idea: "The Country Bears have been a part of Disneyland for nearly 30 years, ____"

       A．and I feel it is time to give our bears a good rest

       B．but anyway, the attraction has lost interest

       C．but I know that Disneyland will always be changing, and I accept that

       D．and I am sad that the Bears will be leaving

71．Which of the following is not in the same group as the other three?

       A．an attraction                                  B．the latest magic                              

       C．the Bears                                    D．a theme park

Music lessons may improve memory and learning ability in your children by promoting different patterns of brain development, a study shows．

After a year of musical training, children aged between 4 and 6 performed better at a standard memory test than did children who were not taught music．The findings suggest that music could be useful for building the learning capacity of your minds．

Earlier studies have shown that older children given music lessons become better at IQ tests than those who are musically untrained, but this is the first to show such a benefit in children so young．

Professor Laurek Trainor, of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, also found clear differences in the ways in which children's brains responded to sound after a year of musical training．'This is the first study to show that brain responses in young, musically trained and untrained children change differently over the course of a year," she said．"These changes are likely to be related to the cognitive（ 认知的 ）benefit that is seen with musical training．"

Professor Trainer's team looked at 12 children, 6 of whom had just started extra-curricular （课程外） music lessons and 6 of whom were not being taught any music except that included as a standard part of their school curriculum （课程标准） ．

During the year all 12 children had their brains examined four times using magneto-encephalography （MEG）, and each child was played two types of sound —white noise and a violin tone．The MEG measurements showed that all children responded more to violin sounds than to white noise, reflecting a preferable for meaningful tones, and their response times fell over the course of the year as their brains matured．

64．This passage is mainly about ____．

       A．why music lessons are good for the memory

       B．the benefit from extra-curricular training for younger children

       C．a study on twelve young children's brains

       D．new technology to examine children's brains

65．It can be concluded from the text that ____．

       A．the study is the first one on the effect of musical training on children's brains

       B．scientists got no valuable results from the earlier studies on the topic

       C．children musically trained remember things better than those untrained

       D．older children get more benefit from musical training than younger ones

66．What do we know about the twelve children tested in the study?

       A．None of them had been musically trained before．

       B．Only 6 of them had a knowledge of music before．

       C．Not all of them had been taught some music in school．

       D．All of them were required to learn some music in school．

67．We know from the MEG measurements that ____．

       A．the older a child is, the more quickly he/she responds to sounds

       B．human brains prefer musical sounds to white noise

       C．children of different ages respond to sounds at the same speed

       D．all the twelve children like to learn to play the violin very much

Walking across the campus of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon

Univers ity one delightful spring day, I came upon a table filled

with young people chatting and enjoying the fine weather．Several

 had identical blue T-Shirts with 'Trilogy @CMU" written across them —Trilogy being an Austin,

Texas-based software company with a reputation for recruiting （招聘） our top students．I walked over to the table．"Are you guys here to recruit?" I asked．"No, absolutely not," they replied firmly．"We're not recruiters．We're just hanging out, playing a little Frisbee （飞盘） with our friends．" How interesting, I thought．They've come to campus on a workday, all the way from Austin, just to hang out with some new friends．

As I later learned, they were gifted students who had inked the highest-paying deal in the history of their department．

I asked one young man why he was going to a smaller city in Texas．"The company is excellent", he told me．"There are also terrific people and the work is challenging"．Though he had several good job offers from Pittsburgh's high-tech firms and knew the city well, he said he felt the city lacked the lifestyle options, cultural diversity, and tolerant attitude that would make it attractive to him．As he summed it up: "How would I fit in here?"

What a change from my own college days, just a little more than 20 years ago, when students would put on their dressiest clothes and carefully hide any counterculture tendencies to prove that they could fit in with the company．Today, apparently, it's the company trying to fit in with the students．

These young men and their lifestyle represent a lively new force in the economy and life of America．They are members of what I call the creative class: a fast-growing, highly educated, and well-paid part of the workforce on whose efforts corporate profits and economic growth increasingly depend．They do not consciously think of themselves as a class．Yet they share a common belief that values creativity, individuality, difference, and advantage．

59．What would be the best title for the passage?

       A．The rise of the creative class         B．New ideas about recruitment

       C．Changed working cultures                 D．A tale of two cities

60．Why were the young people on the university campus?

       A．To get recruited in Pittsburgh．

       B．To celebrate their successful recruitment．

       C．To relax themselves away from work．

       D．To meet their old schoolmates．

61．The underlined word "inked" in paragraph 2 probably means "____"．

       A．fulfilled             B．obtained              C．settled            D．signed

62．Which of the following best describes the author's attitude towards the young people?

       A．Criticizing                                    B．Approving              

       C．Disappointing                                 D．Disgusting

63．From the passage we can infer that ____．

       A．the young people prefer to work in a small quiet city

       B．the high pay is the main attraction to the young people

       C．Pittsburgh has many advantages over Austin

       D．Pittsburgh doesn't have enough attractions to the young people

Sometimes the real world can be a confusing place．It is not always fair or kind．And in the real world there are not always happy endings．That's why, every once in a while, we like to escape into the world of fantasy —a place where things always go our way and there is always a happy ending．

We want to believe in fantastic creatures in imaginary lands．We want to believe in magic powers, good friends, and the power of good to overcome evil．We all fantasize about being able to fly and lift buildings off the ground．And how good a magic sword would feel in our hand as we go off to kill a dragon or win the hand of a beautiful princess．

The amazing adventures of Superman, Peter Pan, and Harry Potter have charmed many people, children and adults alike．The main reason is that these stories offer us chances to get away from this real, frustrating world and allow us to find some magical solutions to our problems．For example．Super man always arrives in the nick of time to prevent a disaster from happening, Peter Pan can fly at will to tease the bad guy captain Hook, and Harry Potter has his magic power to take revenge on his uncle, aunt and cousin, who always ill-treat them．

56．People enter the world of fantasy for the following reasons EXCEPT that ____．

       A．the world of fantasy frightens us       B．the real world is often disappointing

       C．we can find happy endings there        D．we can always have our wishes fulfilled

57．Superman, Peter Pan, and Harry Potter have charmed many people because ____．

       A．the bad guys always have the upper hand

       B．they end up getting married to beautiful princesses

       C．their solutions are anything but magical

       D．they possess powers that ordinary people don't have

58．This article about fantasy literature is intended to ____．

       A．criticize its unrealistic concepts             B．laugh at those people reading it

       C．explain why people like to read it         D．teach people to avoid disasters

One day．a poor boy who was trying to pay his school expenses by selling goods from door to door found that he had only one quarter left．He was hungry so he decided to    36    for a meal at the next house．

37    ,he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door．Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water．She thought he looked    38    so she brought him a large glass of milk．He drank it

39__, and then asked, "How much do I owe you?"

"You don't owe me anything," she     40   . "Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a  41__．" He said, "Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart．" As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger    42   , but it also increased his faith in God and human race．He was about to give up and quit before this point．

Years later the young woman became seriously ill．The local doctors were puzzled．They finally sent her to the big city, where    43    can be called in to study her rare disease．Dr．Howard Kelly, now    44  , was called in for the consultation．When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light _45  his eyes．Immediately, he    46    and went down through the hospital hall into her room．

47    in his doctor's gown he went in to see her．He    48    her at once．He went back to the consultation room and    49    to do his best to save her life．From that day on, he gave    50    attention to her case．

After a long    51    the battle was won．Dr．Kelly    52    the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval．He looked at it and then wrote something on the side．The bill was sent to her room．She was afraid to open it because she was _53    that it would take the rest other life to pay it off．Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her    54    She read these words．．．

       "Paid in full with a glass of milk．"

（Signed） Dr．Howard Kelly

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she    55    silently．"Thank you．God．Your love has spread through human hearts and hands．"

36．A．call             B．make               C．beg             D．prepare

37．A．Otherwise        B．Nevertheless          C．Therefore           D．Furthermore

38．A．thirsty            B．lazy                   C．tired               D．hungry

39．A．slowly           B．unexpectedly              C．steadily             D．hurriedly

40．A．announced       B．declared               C．replied             D．stated

41．A．reward           B．kindness             C．hand               D．repay

42．A．physically          B．mentally                C．normally            D．properly

43．A．officials          B．scientists             C．doctors             D．specialists

44．A．rich             B．famous               C．elegant                D．vivid

45．A．fixed            B．focused              C．filled                   D．concentrated

46．A．rose             B．raised              C．got                   D．left

47．A．Wearing         B．Having                      C．Putting            D．Dressed

48．A．recognized       B．knew                   C．realized             D．regained

49．A．desired          B．declared              C．determined          D．declined

50．A．special            B．ordinary             C．normal            D．no

51．A．consultation       B．preparation           C．struggle            D．operation

52．A．ordered          B．requested            C．commanded        D．suggested

53．A．negative         B．uncertain           C．positive            D．obvious

54．A．dream            B．preference           C．attention           D．memory

55．A．praised          B．pretended             C．pressed            D．prayed