11、There is a real danger       the U. S will not keep its position on the world economic stage.

A. where                          B. that                      C. which                   D. one

10、She told me she hadn’t enjoyed the film, but I decided to go and see it      .

A. after all                        B. in all                     C. all the same           D. above all

9、While Americans      have coffee at breakfast, the English take tea as their    drink.

A. almost; normal                                             B. nearly; ordinary

C. most; common                                            D. mostly; usual

8、About 100,000 cars were sold in China in        first quarter,        27. 5 percent increase from a year ago.

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

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6、People tend to be more impressed by evidence that seems to confirm some relationship. Thus many are convinced that their dreams are prophetic（预言的）because a few have come true; they  fail to notice the many that have not. Consider also the belief that “the phone always rings when I’m in the shower. ” If it does ring while you are in the shower, the event will stand out and be remembered. If it doesn’t ring, that nonevent probably won’t even be remembered.

People want to see order, pattern and meaning in the world. Consider, for example, the common belief that things like personal misfortunes, plane crashes, and deaths “happen in threes. ” Such beliefs stem from the tendency of people to allow the third event to define the time period. I if three plane crashes occur in a month, then the period of time that counts as their “happening together” is one month; if three crashes occur in a year, the period of time is stretched. Flexible end strengthens such beliefs.

We also tend to believe what we want to believe. A majority of people think they are more intelligent, more fair-minded and more skilled behind the wheel of an automobile than the average person. Part of the reason we view ourselves so favorably is that we use standards that work to our advantage. As economist Thomas Schelling explains, “Everybody ranks himself high in qualities. ” He values: careful drives give weight to care, skilled drivers give weight to skill, and those who are polite give weight to courtesy. ” This way everyone ranks high on his own scale.

Perhaps the most important mental habit we can learn is to be cautions（谨慎的）in drawing conclusions. The “evidence” of everyday life is sometimes misleading.

72. In the first paragraph the author states that           .

A. dreams are prophetic because some of them did come true.

B. dreams may come true if clearly remembered.

C. dreams and reality are closely related.

D. dreams cannot be said to be prophetic even though a few have come true.

73. By “things like… ‘happen in threes’” in Para. 2, the author indicates that people believe     .

A. unfortunate events usually happen together.

B. personal misfortunes tend to happen every now and then.

C. misfortunes will occur three times in one’s whole life.

D. misfortunes will never occur more than three times to a person in his lifetime.

74. The underlined word “courtesy” probably means          .

A. good manners.                                     B. suitable speech.

C. friendly relations.                                  D. satisfactory service.

75. It can be concluded from the passage that         .

A. we should not base our conclusions on accidental evidence.

B. there is some truth even in the wildest dreams.

C. one should take notice of other people’s merits（优点）.

D. there is no order or pattern in world events.

5、Are you at a loss as to how to handle your fretful（烦躁的）child or how to ease your child’s colic（绞痛）discomfort? If you are, we welcome you to attend our one-hour baby massage(按摩)workshop conducted by our experts. This programmer is tailored for babies between l to 12 months old. You will learn the various techniques in baby massage and experience the joy of connecting with your child through touch.

68. The underlined word “tailored” in paragraph one probably means “________”。

A. unsuitable                                           B. perfectly suited

C. difficult                                              D. very simple

69. Which of the following is NOT the one that a person will learn?

A. How to massage a fretful child.

B. The various techniques in baby massage.

C. Psychological benefits of massage for child.

D. Physiological benefits of parent.

70. How much should a couple with one child pay if they attend 9 sessions?

A. ＄180.             B. ＄200.            C. ＄120.               D. ＄60.

71. What kind of people is the text mainly written for?

A. Parents with a child aged 2 years.

B. Parents with a baby aged 8 months.

C. Babies aged 1～12 months.

D. Children aged 1～12 years.

4、The vitamins necessary for a healthy body are normally supplied by a good mixed diet, including a variety of fruits and green vegetables. It is only when people try to live on a very restricted diet, say, when trying to lose weight, that it is necessary to make special provisions（饮食供应）to supply the missing vitamins.

An example of the dangers of a restricted diet may be seen in the disease known as “beri-beri”, which used to make large numbers of Eastern people who lived mainly on rice suffer. In the early years of last century, a Dutch scientist named Eijkman was trying to discover the cause of beri-beri. At first he thought it was transmitted（传播）by a germ（病菌）. He was working in a Japanese hospital, where the patients were fed on polished（磨光）rice which had the outer coverings removed from the grain. it was thought this would be easier for weak and sick people to digest（消化）.

Eijkman thought his germ theory was proved when he noticed the chickens in the hospital yard, which were fed on remains from the patients' plates, were also showing signs of the disease. He then tried to separate the germ, which he thought was causing the disease, but his experiments were interrupted by a hospital official, who ordered that the rice without coverings, even though left over by the patients, was too good for chickens. It should be recooked for the patients, and the chickens should be fed on cheap rice with the outer coverings still on the grain.

Eijkman noticed that the chickens began to recover on the new diet. He began to consider the possibility that eating unpolished rice（糙米）somehow prevented or cured beri-beri ―― even that a lack of some element（成分）in the coverings may be the cause of the disease. Indeed this was the case. The element needed to prevent beri-beri was shortly afterwards separated from rice coverings and is now known as vitamin B. The milled rice, though more expensive, was in fact causing the disease the hospital was trying to cure. Nowadays, this terrible disease is much less common thanks to our knowledge of vitamins.

64. According to the passage, a good mixed diet       .

A. normally contains enough vitamins

B. should be only fruits and vegetables

C. suitable for losing weight

D. is often difficult to arrange

65. What do we know about the disease beri-beri?

A. It killed large numbers of people.

B. It was transmitted by milled rice.

C. It resulted from lack of vitamins.

D. It was caused by diseased chickens.

66. The ingredient missing from milled rice        .

A. was named the Eijkman vitamin

B. did not affect the chickens

C. did not result in beri-beri

D. was vitamin B

67. What can be the best title of the passage?

A. A Good Mixed Diet

B. A New Discovery on Vitamin

C. The Dangers of Beri-beri

D. The Importance of Balaneed Vitamins

3、In many ways, the earliest periods of photography are the most satisfying. Learning to use the controls is easy and comes quickly, and you can measure the results in terms of sharp and correctly developed pictured. Once you have mastered that, you can start on the second step of your photographic work. Using these basic skills in a wide variety of situations to give the pictures you want, noticing what you see through the viewfinder and turning that into the most effective picture becomes totally interesting.

All good photographs have one thing in common; there is no doubt what the subject of the picture is meant to be. Every photographer must use those same standards to his or her work, not only to the finished results but to the subject before he or she takes it. Always work out quite clearly what the subject of the picture is to be and why you are taking the picture. For example, “I am going to take a picture of this street to show the different styles and ages of the buildings and that people have been living, working and shopping in them since time began. ” By doing this you have a better idea of what to include in the picture and what to leave out. How often have you been shown photographs taken by people away on a trip somewhere? The judgment is always similar, something about “the car park is out of the picture to the left”, or “you can’t quite see from this picture but if you go up the street”. The photographs are usually collections of buildings, people, parked cars, possibly a distant look of an ancient church, and best of all, a figure which you are told is Aunt Henrietta, disappearing in the middle distance. When photographers show you their pictures, they have a clear idea of what they want to bring to your attention, but it often does not appear in the picture. If they had given just a little of their time to think about their future judgment before taking the picture, then the picture would relate its own story. Good pictures can show their subjects quickly and easily.

60. What does the author mean by saying “in many ways, the earliest periods of photography are the most satisfying”?

A. The skills of photography are not as satisfactory nowadays as before

B. The earliest pictures were the best pictures people have ever taken

C. Learning to produce a sharp and correctly developed picture is only the first step in photography and is easily learned.

D. The present-day photography depends more on technology than on art

61. What will it bring you if you decide the purpose of the photograph in advance?

A. Means you waste less time.

B. Allows you to stand in the best place

C. Helps you to vary the subjects of your pictures

D. Allows you to leave out unnecessary material

62. Many photographers fail because       .

A. their pictures include the buildings and people

B. the subjects of their pictures are not obvious

C. the details are not clear in their pictures

D. the explanation given for their pictures is mistaken

63. What book is this passage most likely taken from?

A. A book on photography for news reporters

B. A book on improving photographic techniques.

C. A book on choosing the right camera.

D. A book on how to photograph people

2、About ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.

He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and-WHUMP!-it hit the Jag’s shiny black side door! SCREECH. . . !!!! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, “What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?!” Building up a head of steam, he went on. “That’s my new Jag, that brick you threw is gone cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?”

“Please, mister, please. . . I’m sorry! I didn’t know what else to do!” begged the youngster. “I threw the brick because no one else would stop!” Tears were streaming down the boy’s face as he pointed around the parked car. “It’s my brother, mister,” he said. “He rolled off the curb （路沿）and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up. ” Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman, “Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair?” He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me. ”

Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long walk back to the black, shining, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE ― a long and slow walk. Josh never fixed the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent （凹痕）to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you.

56. The boy threw a brick at the businessman’s car because ________.

A. the businessman drove at a high speed

B. he envied the brand-new car very much

C. he wanted to get help from the driver

D. he wanted to ask for some money

57. Which of the following is the right order of the story?

a. The younger brother threw a brick at Josh’s car.

b. The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair.

c. The younger brother begged Josh for help.

d. Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheelchair.

e. Josh shouted at the younger brother.

A. a, c, b, e, d　　                                    B. a, c, d, b, e

C. b, a, c, e, d　　                                   D. b, a, e, c, d

58. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Josh would accept the money from the kids.

B. Josh was a kind-hearted man.

C. The two kids were Josh’s neighbors.

D. Josh’s new car broke down easily.

59. According to the passage, the last sentence means ________.

A. trying to get ready for the trouble in your future life

B. driving fast in a neighborhood street is dangerous

C. protecting oneself from being hurt

D. trying to be more understanding seeing others in trouble