5、An increase in the number of suicides in South Korea, has led policeman Yoo Byoung-jong to a new job. He patrols(巡逻) Seoul’s bridges to stop desperate people from throwing themselves into the river.

According to South Korea’s health ministry, suicide rates have doubled in a decade and are now the leading cause of death for people in their 20s and 30s.

The country has the fourth-highest suicide rate among the 30 industrialized countries in the Organization for Co-operation and Development (OECD). It recorded 22.8 suicide deaths for every 100,000 people in 2003. That’s lower than Hungry, Finland and close neighbour Japan. But the number is growing by about 1 percent each year, faster than for all other OECD nations.

In a move to cut suicides by a fifth by 2010, the health ministry is running a television ad campaign. It opens with a lonely man walking on a bridge. A voice over says: “Think five minutes more before you give it all away. Don’t forget you have a loving family.”

Other ministry plans include setting up more hotlines and training more suicide counselors. Authorities are also limiting websites that provide suicide methods and sometimes even sell toxic(有毒的) chemicals.

    Distressed individuals range from students worried about poor grades to people in debt as well as disgraced politicians.

    Experts say the rising toll(死亡人数) in some way can be blamed on media coverage of recent high-profile suicides. These include top business leaders and celebrities(名人) who apparently lead a number of people to copy their actions.

    “We saved 50 lives this year when people turned to bridges as a place to die after news reports of such deaths by ‘big shots’,” said the 38-year-oldYoo, in December.

    Last July, the government and civil associations urged media to avoid reporting specific methods and locations of suicides. But it is difficult to clearly give reasons for the suicide increase.

67. The passage is mainly about    .

  A. suicide problems in Korea                      B. how to reduce suicides in Korea

  C. desperation                                           D. the relations between life and suicide

68. Suicide rates in South Korea    .

  A. have done great harm to the economical development              

  B. are going from bad to worse

  C. didn’t draw special attention of the government                      

  D. arouse international concerns

69. It doesn’t say but implies that    .

  A. present hotlines are not enough for suicide counsellors

  B. people choose suicide as the way to end their lives because they are short of love

  C. cutting suicides by a fifth by 2010 is easy to carry out

  D. authorities manage websites efficiently

70. Lowering the number of reported suicide by celebrities in the media in Korea   .

     A. will be limited                                     

     B. didn’t affect people’s daily life

     C. might cause fewer people to commit suicide                           

     D. damage the fame of media

71. Yoo Byoung-jong’s new job to patrol Seoul’s bridge has    .

     A. made him suffer a lot

     B. prevented people from jumping into water

     C. burdened himself

     D. proved a good way to save lives

4、Out and about

   Use personal stereos and mobile telephones with care.

    If possible, walk in the direction of oncoming traffic, in the middle of the pavement.

    Look after your valuables; keep your house and car keys separate from your bag.

Taxi and mini cabs

    Whenever possible pre-book a taxi.

    Use a reputable company; transport for London maintains a list.

    When traveling alone sit in the back seat.

In your car

    Have your keys ready so that you can get straight into your parked car.

    Consider locking your doors when traveling and when you leave your car to pay for your fuel.

    You may wish to take a mobile telephone but you must have a hands-free system to use it while driving.

Children

    Don’t dress children in clothing with their name on it.

    Teach them not to speak to people they do not know.

    Teach them an emergency contact number.

Public transport

    Plan your journey; know the timetable.

    If possible, try not to travel alone.

    Avoid sitting upstairs on a double-decker bus.

    Be discreet with your conversation; you never know who is listening.

Home security

    Whenever you go out, always lock the doors and close the windows.

    Use European Standard locks on the front and back doors and on windows. Ensure you draw the curtains after dark.

    Avoid displaying identification. Do not put your name on the letterbox or bell.

    Confirm the identity of callers.

63. Who will be interested in this passage?

 A. Foreign travelers to London.                  B. Drivers in London.

 C. Parents in London.                               D. People who live or travel in London.

64. If you are traveling alone, you are advised to    .

 A. sit on a back seat of a bus                      B. keep close to the pavement

 C. sit in the back of a taxi                          D. sit upstairs on a double-decker bus

65. Children should be advised not to    .

 A. dress too well                                       B. speak to strangers

 C. use mobile telephones                            D. forget any telephone number

66. The underlined word “discreet” in the passage can be best replaced by “    ”.

     A. interested              B. careful                  C. sensitive               D. polite

3、The newspaper seller was a clean, neat man, of about forty with a rather serious, unsmiling face. He didn’t speak much to the customers or to his helpers, but when he did he spoke slowly and quietly, as if to himself. He believed in efficiency, not conversation. And this was how the office workers, rushing to catch their trains, preferred it.

It had been a good day. Lunch-time had been warm and sunny, and many people had bought magazines to read outside with their sandwiches. Now it was cold and rainy, and people wanted an evening paper for a cheerless journey ahead and a dull evening indoors.

At 6:30, with the main rush over, he started to collect the money together and count it. Then he left the stand and went home. It was the assistant’s turn this evening to look after it till eight o’clock, when it would be packed away for the night. His large white Mercedes was in the private car park of a large Government Building. He’d parked there for six months, pretending to be part of a heating firm working in the building. They would find out about him soon, and he’d have to park in a garage again, which was annoying. Their charges were far too high. A couple of junior clerks, regular customers, happened to see him getting into his car. “Must be a lot of money in papers, eh?” one of them shouted. He just smiled coldly in reply, and got into the car, placing the bags of money on the floor.

He thought about the clerks on the way home. Like the majority of his customers, despite their white shirts and dark suits, they probably made in a week as much as he could make in a good day.

59. It seems unlikely that the newspaper seller would be the sort of man who would    .

       A. be a cheerful companion                        B. try to cheat a customer

       C. earn a great deal of money                     D. trust his assistant much

60. The assistant’s job that evening was to      .

       A. sell papers until 8 o’clock                      B. start selling magazines at 8 o’clock

       C. count the money taken that day               D. lock up the car park

61. If they realized that he was not a heating engineer he would have to     .

A. park his car in a Government car park

B. look for another free parking place

C. pay to park his car in a garage

D. pretend he was a Government employee

62. When the newspaper seller thought about the two clerks he decided they were   .

A. badly dressed

B. very well off

C. not as rich as himself

D. not as hard-working as himself

2、  At Harton College―an English boarding school for boys―there are many rules. 15-year-old Bob Sanders often breaks them.

The boys can go into the town in the afternoon after class. But they must return to the school at six o’clock. One afternoon Bob walked to the town. He looked at the shops and then went to the cinema. When the film was over, it was after eight o’clock. He was a little worried. He walked back to Harton College as fast as possible.

When he arrived, he ran quickly to the main entrance. It was locked. He went round the school . uilding to another door, which was locked, too. He looked up at the window of his dormitory on the third floor. The window was open, but it was quite dark and he could not climb up the wall easily. Then he saw another open window on the ground floor. It was the window of the headmaster’s study.

He looked into the room―no one was there. Bob quickly climbed onto the window sill and jumped into the room. Just then he heard a noise. Then someone turned on a light in the corridor. Bob looked around and then hid under the sofa. One minute later, Mr. Mannering, the headmaster, came in. He turned on the light on his desk, and sat down on the sofa. Then he opened a book and began to read.

Bob lay under the sofa as quietly as possible. He couldn’t move. The floor was cold and uncomfortable. He looked at the headmaster’s shoes and socks for an hour.

“Why doesn’t he get up and go to bed?” Bob thought.

Mr. Mannering read his book for another hour. Finally, the headmaster closed his book and stood up. He put the book on a shelf and walked towards the door.

“Thank heavens he didn’t find me under the sofa,” thought Bob.

Then Mr. Mannering stopped and spoke towards the sofa. “Would you turn off the light when you leave?” He said, and left the study.

56. Why didn’t Bob go to his dormitory?

       A. Because its door was locked.

       B. Because the window was shut.

       C. Because it was quite dark.

       D. Because the wall was too high for him to climb up.

57. When the headmaster came in, Bob     .

       A. was sitting on the sofa                           B. was lying under the sofa

       C. hid himself behind the bookshelf            D. hid himself under the desk

58. It can be inferred that Mr. Mannering     .

       A. knew that Bob was still at the cinema

     B. knew that Bob was in the dormitory

     C. knew exactly where Bob was

     D. didn’t know clearly where Bob was

34、The tax increase have _________ us all.

       A. afforded            B. affected             C. effected             D. efforted

33、Many visitors take _______buses between the Bands and the Jinmao Building every day.

       A. trip                   B. double                     C. shuttle               D. round

32、 The captain and his crew set out for an unknown island in _________ of buried treasure.

       A. notice               B. hunt                  C. search               D. watch

31、Jim is intelligent and hardworking; _______ he is always achieve good results at school.

       A. as a result          B. by the way        C. on the contrary        D. in a word

30、Please __________ the traffic regulations.

       A. observe             B. take                  C. see                    D. look