The ship was _____ in a storm off Jamaica.

A．drowned          B．sunk             C．wrecked          D．submitted

This is the first time that I       it.

A．see              B．saw              C．had seen          D．have seen

Our holidays were coming to an end but we had not yet realized our plan to drive to Dalat. Our  1  about Dalat with its shining cherry blossoms (花) and scenic views were   2  us to start our journey.

Then one morning our dream  3. We hired a car and drove  4  to Dalat early in the morning. Splendid landscapes  5  on either side of the road   6   before us. The refreshing morning breeze was caressing (抚摸) our skin and in  7   spirits we were singing merrily.

When we reached Blao Pass, we saw a white  8  in front of us. We   9  down the pass. It seemed to us that the young girl in the white car did not want to be   10  as she was driving at full speed. Suddenly she lost  11  of her car; it turned to the left and crashed into the slope and  12  .

Quite frightened, we braked   13  and jumped out of our car. We turned her car over and pulled out the girl who was  14   in the car. The girl had narrowly escaped death. She was shivering like an aspen (白杨) leaf. In spite of her  15 , she looked very beautiful, just like an angel. When she had  16  from her panic, she timidly (胆小地) thanked us for having rescued her, then she looked at her flat  17  in despair.

Reading her thoughts, we took off our shirts and began to   18   the punctured tyre. We then put on the  19  wheel for her. As soon as the work had been done, we started our  20   again and followed Da Huong Lan—the girl we had helped.

1.                A．thoughts        B．ideas           C．suggestions    D．stories

2.                A．promising       B．telling          C．urging    D．refusing

3.                A．came true       B．woke up        C．took place D．broke out

4.                A．back           B．again           C．slowly    D．straight

5.                A．at dusk         B．at night         C．at dawn   D．at noon

6.                A．disappeared     B．unfolded        C．grown    D．developed

7.                A．strange         B．fresh           C．high D．low

8.                A．bus            B．car            C．dog  D．cat

9.                A．walked         B．ran            C．climbed  D．sped

10.               A．overtaken      B．beaten         C．discovered D．known

11.               A．anger          B．control         C．life   D．memory

12.               A．left            B．stopped        C．returned  D．overturned

13.               A．highly          B．successfully     C．hard  D．hardly

14.               A．trapped        B．locked         C．thrown    D．found

15.               A．pleasure        B．death          C．shock D．wake

16.               A．came          B．recovered      C．learned   D．turned

17.               A．tyre           B．chair           C．car   D．leg

18.               A．repair          B．remove        C．throw D．check

19.               A．other          B．new           C．second-hand   D．spare

20.               A．journey        B．voyage         C．passage   D．umbrella

Research at the University of Liverpool, UK, has found that Shakespeare’s language stimulates positive brain activity.

Shakespeare uses a linguistic（语言的）technique known as functional change that involves, for example, using a noun to serve as a verb．Researchers found that this technique allows the brain to understand what a word means before it understands the function of the word within a sentence．This process causes a sudden peak in brain activity and forces the brain to work backwards in order to fully understand what Shakespeare is trying to say.

Professor Philip Davis, from the university’s School of English, said: “The brain reacts to reading a phrase such as ‘he godded me’ from the tragedy of Coriolanus, in a similar way to putting a jigsaw puzzle（拼图玩具）together．If it is easy to see which pieces fit together you become bored of the game．But if the pieces don’t appear to fit, when we know they should, the brain becomes excited．By throwing irregular words into seemingly normal sentences, Shakespeare surprises the brain in a manner that produces a sudden burst of activity — a sense of drama created out of the simplest of things.”

Experts believe that this heightened brain activity may be one of the reasons why Shakespeare’s plays have such a dramatic impact on their readers.

Professor Neil Roberts, from the university’s Magnetic Resonance and Image Analysis Research Center, and Professor Davis, together with Dr Guillaune Thierry, from the University of Wales, UK, monitored 20 participants using an electroencephalogram (EEG) as they read selected lines from Shakespeare’s plays.

“The brain signal is relatively stable when we understand the meaning of a word but when the word changes the grammar of the whole sentence, brain readings suddenly peak．The brain is then forced to retrace its thinking process in order to understand what it is supposed to make of this unusual word,” explains Professor Roberts.

1.The research conducted by the professors has showed that ___________.

A．Shakespeare uses functional change to mislead readers

B．Shakespeare’s language excites positive brain activity.

C．Shakespeare’s plays have a dramatic effect on their readers.

D．Shakespeare’s language makes the brain signal relatively stable

2.Which of the following words can replace the underlined pronoun “it” in the 2nd paragraph?

A．technique       B．word        C．brain       C．sentence

3.In the 3rd paragraph, the example of a jigsaw puzzle is used here to state___________.

A．the function of Shakespeare’s linguistic technique

B．a sense of drama created by playing the game

C．the Shakespeare’s thinking process

D．the brain’s reaction to reading a book

4.Based on the research, Shakespeare’s plays have a great effect on their reader lies in_______.

A．language used in plays

B．characters showed in works

C．brain activity increased in reading

D．thinking process when writing

The Mona Lisa, one of the world’s most famous paintings, has been recreated with 3,604 cups of coffee—and 564 pints of milk. The different colors were created by adding no, little or lots of milk to each cup of black coffee.

The recreated Mona Lisa measured 20 feet long and 13 feet wide. It took a team of eight people three hours to complete the work. It was created for The Rocks Aroma Festival in Sydney, Australia, and seen by 130,000 people who attended the one-day coffee-lovers event.

Elaine Kelly, one of the organizers from the Sydney Harbor Foreshore Authority, was delighted with the result. She said, “Each coffee cup was filled with varying amounts of milk to create the different shades(色度) of the painting. We wanted to create an element of surprise and a sense of fun in the way we communicated with the public.”

“Once we had the idea of creating an image(像) out of coffee cups we searched for something iconic（有代表性的）to reproduce(复制).And after some time we chose the most iconic painting in history. The Mona Lisa has been reproduced so many times in so many different mediums but, as far as we know, never out of coffee,” Kelly continued. “Besides, the idea is practical.”

“It was fantastic. It really looked like the famous painting—the Mona Lisa. It was wonderful,” said one visitor.

After much planning it was great to see it coming together so well and the 130,000 people who attended the event certainly enjoyed it and were deeply attracted by it,” said Kelly.

1.How were the different colors of the recreated Moma Lisa created?

A．By adding different amounts of black coffee to each cup of milk.

B．By adding different amounts of milk to each cup of black coffee.

C．By using paints of different colors

D．By using different kinds of coffee

2.How large is the recreated Mona Lisa?

A．20 square feet                         B．260 square feet

C．564 square feet                        D．3,604 square feet

3.The people who saw the recreated Mona Lisa are all_______ lovers.

A．Mona Lisa         B．milk              C．coffee            D．painting

4.The event organizers chose to recreate the Mona Lisa for the following reasons EXCEPT that _________ .

A．the Mona Lisa is a very iconic painting in history

B．the Mona Lisa has never been reproduced out of coffee

C．the idea can be actually carried out

D．it is very easy to do so

Holidays

1.What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?

A．Choose the holiday in Devon.              B．Go to the Snowdonia Centre.

C．Join the World Sea Trip of 2008.            D．Visit Acapulco and Hawaii.

2.In what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays?

A．It provides chances of family gatherings.

B．It provides customers with good food.

C．It offers a sports lesson.

D．It offers comfortable rooms.

3.What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2008?

A．You can have free meals on deck every day.

B．You can sleep on a ship and tour many places.

C．You will have chances to watch and act in a play.

D．You have to do your own packing and unpacking.

I am going to tell you an unbelievable story. This afternoon a __1___(poor)  dressed gentleman came into my restaurant. Nobody knew who he was and __2___he came from. After __3___(sit) down, he ordered a lot of food. He stared at it and then _4___ (eat) it up very quickly.

To be_5___, we doubted whether the man was able to pay for the food. When he was asked to pay the bill, the gentleman asked if we would mind__6__ (wait) just a few minutes. Then we were _7___ (shock) to see that he took a million pound bank note. __8__(fortunate), we could not change the bank note as it was too large. So I gave this strange but very rich man a _9__ dinner, in the hope__10__he might come to our restaurant again.

科学技术在日新月异地发展，它们在人们生活中的应用越来越广泛，但是也带来了一些问题。结合下面的图画，谈谈科学技术给人们造成的影响。

注意：

1．词数：100—120词左右。

2．开头已为你写好，不计入词数。可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

From the above pictures, we can see the following scene.

—— He promised to come to see you.

—— But he ＿＿＿＿＿. I’ve been all alone.

A．didn’t           B．wouldn’t         C．hasn’t           D．won’t