9、--The Smiths expressed the idea of making peace with us．

--I have no doubt           they are honest．They always mean what they say．

A．what                   B．which                  C．that                       D．whether

6、Four pieces of News

News Item 1

ChongQing―A man has received compensation of more than 130,000 yuan（US&15,662）for being wrongly convicted of murder and serving nearly seven years in jail．Tong Liqing，who is now 41，was jailed for killing his brother's maid．At his trial，Tong said he had admitted to the crime to escape further police beatings．His case attracted the attention of a local lawyer who spent six years finding evidence to prove Tong's innocence．

News Item 2

Tokyo―An earthquake shook Tokyo on Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries．National broadcaster NHK said there was no danger of tidal waves．The earthquake measured a moderate 6.5 on the Richter scale．NHK said the epicenter was off the coast of the Kii peninsula in western Japan．

News Item 3

Hong Kong―More women from the Chinese mainland intend to visit Hong Kong in search of Mr. Right after restrictions on travel to Hong Kong were eased．In the first seven months of this year，some 18,000 couples registered for marriage in Horn Kong．For one third of these newly married couples，husbands or wives were from Chinese mainland．According to the China News Service，local matchmaking agencies have recently received more inquiries from women who are from the mainland，wanting to meet well-educated men with a relatively good income．

News Item 4

Nanjing―A report that three kindergarten teachers knelt down before a South Korean couple to apologize，in Nanjing，of East China's Jiangsu Province，has triggered wide criticism．

At a local kindergarten，a Chinese teacher frightened a South Korean child by saying she would cut off his fingers if he continued to make mischief．Although the kindergarten had apologized to the couple and dismissed the teacher surnamed Yang，the mother insisted that Yang should kneel down before her．

Sheng Dalin，a columnist，wrote in the XINXI SHIBAO that it was enough to fire the teacher and make an apology to the couple，but the mother's request was beyond all reason．

73．“Excessive Apology” may be a good title for                ．

A．News Item 1        B．News Item 2        C．News Item 3          D．News Item 4

74．Which of the following will be the best heading for News Item 3?

A．Women married to Hong Kong                    B． Mr. Right in Hong Kong

C．Match girls                                                D．A Hong Kong matchmaking agency

75．Which of the following is true according to the four pieces of news?

A．Tong Liqing from Chongqing was wrongly jailed for nearly 7 years before a local lawyer proved his innocence．

B．The quake in Tokyo was not a moderate one．

C．Girls from Chinese mainland intend to marry to a man whoever is a Hong Kong resident．

D．The columnist，Sheng Dalin，thinks that the teachers should kneel down before the kid's mother．

5、In the past ten years，America's National Basketball Association（NBA）has grown increasingly dependent on the rest of the world to supply players．

When Michael Jordan and Larry Bird won gold in Barcelona in 1992，the Americans were praised for teaching the world how to play basketball．This season，however，20 percent of NBA rosters（花名册）will be filled by non-Americans．NBA commissioner David Stem happily embraces the trend．On a visit to Paris in October，Stern outlined his vision for the future，which is likely to see Europe hosting NBA games by 2010．

The NBA is now planning to take China by storm．

“Our experience in China has been that it is going to be explosive in its growth，” said Stern．The strategy in China is television “We've made 14 deals in China with local and national networks on cable and satellite．” The success of Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China．The NBA，which is broadcasted in more than 200 countries in 42 languages，will put that to the test in October 2004 when the Houston Rockets play two preseason games against the Sacramento Kings in Beijing and Shanghai．The NBA knows that it needs a global market to compensate for tough times on home soil．

“It doesn't matter where the players come from，all the NBA teams now know that they have to scout（寻找，觅得）internationally，”said Terry Lyons，the NBA's vice-president of international public relations．“It has increased the level of competition here．” As Frenchman Tony Parker and Argentine Emanuel Ginobili showed in winning championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs last season，many people can earn the respect of their American peers．Others，such as the Houston Rockets' Chinese centre Yao Ming―number one draft pick in 2002―and the Detroit Pistons' 18-year-old Serb Darko Milicic--number two overall in this year's draft―are icons（偶像）in-waiting．It is the ultimate（最后的）revolution the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball．

68．According to the report，              ．

A．Michael Jordan is still playing a very important role in NBA

B．the part played by the foreign players in NBA will be great

C．Yao Ming is to play two pre-season games in NBA

D．European countries will host the 2004 NBA games

69．The underlined phrase “take China by storm” has the meaning of                         ．

A．NBA intends to make China its “marketing center”

B．NBA is planning to set up some training centers in China

C．there'll be a big storm when NBA comes to China to play against the Sacramento Kings

D．the NBA's live basket games will be broadcasted on all the TVs in China

70．What seems to be the biggest change that is happening to NBA?

A．NBA is expecting more foreign players to join the league．

B．China's rapid development in sports affects NBA．

C．Yao Ming has taken the place of Michael Jordan．

D．The NBA will stop teaching the world how to play basketball．

71．When the writer talked of “home soil”，he was referring to               ．

A．farms in the States                                   B．native Americans

C．the NBA training center                            D．the USA

72．Which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage?

A．The Non American Basketball Players        B．NBA Is Coming to China

C．The Foreign Ties That Bind the NBA          D．NBA Is Making Big Progress

4、A typical Chinese Internet user is a young male who prefers instant messaging to e-mail，seldom makes online purchases but favors news，music and games sites．According to a study，about two-thirds of survey participants use the Internet for news―often entertainment-related―or for online games．About half download music and movies．

They also tend to prefer instant messaging to e-mail，and they are depending on the Internet more frequently than before to communicate with others who have the same professions，hobbies and political interests．Online purchases still remain unpopular in China．Three-quarters of users surveyed have never bought anything over the Internet，and only 10 percent make purchases even once a month．Among those who do buy online，most pay for entertainment while others buy phone cards，or computer hardware or software．

“Many people don’t trust the quality of goods bought online，” Guo said Wednesday．“If they buy it in a store and don't like it，they can easily bring it back．’’

The survey was done in five major cities：Beijin9，Shanghai，Guangzhou．Chengdu and Changsha．Results do not necessarily project countrywide because Internet use in rural areas is lower than in cities．Guo describes the typical netizen（网民）in the five cities surveyed as young，male，richer and more highly educated．Males make up two-thirds of the Internet community，and more than 80 percent of users are under 24．Among people ages 25 to 29，60 percent to 80 percent go online．

China has more than 100 million people online，second in the world to the United States．

64．A typical Chinese Internet user will be the one who          ．

A．likes to send e-mails                                          B．likes to buy goods online

C．likes to pay for entertainment                             D．likes the games sites

65．Online purchases still remain unpopular in China mainly because          ．

A．it is more difficult for sales returns            B．people haven't computers

C．people can't have a look at the goods         D．goods bought online are of low quality

66．Which of the following words fails to describe the typical netizens in the five cities?

A．Well-educated．      B．Richer．              C．Female．             D．Young．

67．According to the text，which of the following shows the fight relation between online people and their ages?

3、The Kyoto Protocol is a plan created by the United Nations for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change．The plan aims to reduce the amount of industrial gases released（释放）into the environment．Some scientists say carbon dioxide and other industrial gases are to blame for climate change around the world．The scientists say such gases build up in the atmosphere and trap heat below．They say this results in increasing temperatures and rising sea levels．

The plan is called the Kyoto Protocol because it was negotiated（商订）in Kyoto，Japan in December，1997．The goal of the agreement is to reduce the amount of emissions（排放物）--industrial gases released to below the levels of 1990．

Nations responsible for at least 55％of the world's industrial carbon dioxide emissions had to approve the agreement before it could go into effect．The European Union and many other industrial nations quickly approved the Kyoto Protocol．They receive credit for their own emissions if they invest in cleaned technologies in developing nations．Developing nations do not have to meet the emissions requirements of the agreement．

The United States produced 36％of the world's carbon dioxide emissions in 1999．But the United States refused to approve the Kyoto Protocol．Before the Protocol was negotiated，the United States Senate（美国参议院）voted that any treaty（条约）harmful to the economy of the United States could not be signed．President Bush has said that he supports the general idea of the treaty but will not send the treaty to the Senate for approval．Mr. Bush said that the agreement sets unfair differences between industrial and developing nations．He also said that the treaty could cause some Americans to lose their jobs．

After the United States rejected（拒绝）the Kyoto Protocol，approval by Russia was necessary for the agreement to come into effect．Russia approved the Protocol in November，2004 and the Kyoto Protocol went into effect on February 16^th，2005．157 countries have approved the agreement．

60．What’s the purpose of this passage?

A．To note the importance of environmental protection．

B  To provide information about the Kyoto Protocol．

C．To show the results caused by global climate change．

D．To criticize the US for its response to the Kyoto Protocol．

61．How many years was the Kyoto Protocol negotiated before its coming into effect?

A．Nearly 1 year．                                         B．Nearly 6 years．

C．Nearly 8 years．                                        D．Nearly 15 years．

62．What's the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A．The US Senate has more power than President Bush．

B．The Kyoto Protocol will really do some harm to the US economy．

C．The worry of President Bush about signing the Kyoto Protocol is reasonable．

D．The US views its interest more important than environmental protection．

63．It can NOT be learned from this passage that          ．

A．the Kyoto Protocol was created to solve global pollution problems

B．the developed countries are mainly responsible for industrial gases

C．the developing countries can be free from the Kyoto Protocol

D．the Kyoto Protocol finally took effect without America's approval

2、WASHINGTON―Tofu（豆腐）and Soyaburgers（豆饼）may be coming to American school lunch menus．What will the kids say?

“Terrible，” said Greg Dudzinski，17，of Ripon High School in Wisconsin，as he toured the US capital．

“The regular hamburgers are bad enough，so soyaburgers would be a lot worse，” offered Zach Richey，13，of Scottsboro Junior High in Alabama，another tourist．

But the United States government―hoping to reduce the amount of fat that children are eating―has approved（认可）the use of soy as a meat substitute（替代品）in meals for schools and day-care centers．

Not all kids dislike the change Mariel Spano，17，of Sandy Creek High School in New York，also visiting the capital，said she likes soyaburgers：“There’s less fat，and they're better for you．They taste the same，and they're just as good．”

The government tried to make soy a meat substitute nearly 20 years ago-but later dropped the idea．At the time，the plan was intended as a cost-cutting move（步骤）．US Agriculture Department officials say their purpose now is only to make meals healthier．

Schools are likely to increase the amount of soy that is mixed with hamburgers and other foods already on their menus，and they will also be looking to food companies to develop new soy products that children will like “I can’t see putting tofu on a student’s plate as being acceptable．I can see taking a product that's familiar to the students and adding a large amount of soy to it and having it be acceptable，” said Jill Benza，director of food services for the Mesa，Arizona schools．

56．What is the newspaper report mainly about?

A．The difficulty in using soy products for US schools．

B．Various opinions on soy products for US schools．

C．The plan that is made by the US government for school lunch．

D．Healthy foods for students in US schools．

57．Where did the interviews most probably take place?

A．In food companies．                                  B．In schools．

C．In Washington．                                        D．In some other states．

58．We may learn from the text that          ．

A．soyaburgers taste better than hamburgers

B．hamburgers are healthier than soyaburgers

C．soyaburgers cost less than hamburgers

D．hamburgers cost less than soyaburgers

59．What Jill Benza said shows that          ．

A．students are not used to soy products

B．it is hardly possible to make soy products popular

C．she does not like the change in meals for students

D．schools are unwilling to change the lunch menus

1、Horror gripped（抓紧）the heart of the World War soldier，as he saw his lifelong friend falling in battle．Caught in a trench（战壕）with   36   gunfire whizzing（鸣）over his head，the soldier asked his officer if he   37   go out into the “No Man's Land” between the trenches to bring his  __38   comrade back．

“You can go，”said the officer，“  39   I don't think it will be worth it．Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your own   40    away．”

The officer's words didn't matter，and the soldier went anyway．  41   he   42   to reach his friend，lift him   43   his shoulder，and bring him back to their company's trench．As the two of them tumbled（跌倒）in together to the bottom of the trench，the officer   44   the wounded soldier，and then looked kindly at   45   ．

“I told you it wouldn't be worth it，” he said．“Your friend is dead，and you are mortally（致命地）wounded．”

“It was worth it，  46  ，sir，” the soldier said．

“What do you mean by ‘worth it’?”   47   the officer．“Your friend is dead!” “Yes sir，” the miner answered．“But it was worth it because when I got to him，he was still   48  ，and I had the   49   of hearing him say，‘Jim，I knew you'd come．’”

__50   in life，whether a thing is worth doing or not really   51   how you look at it．Take up all your   52   and do something your   53   tells you to do so that you may not   54  doing it later in life．May each and every one of you be blessed（保佑）with the company of  55 ．

26、The new machine, as is put in the report, will work twice as fast, _______ greatly reducing costs.

A. so                B. even              C. yet                D. thus