10、 Her performance was perfect and,             the fact that there were other 20 participants, the first prize still belonged to her.

       A．however              B．while                 C．despite                  D．though

9、           that bad weather was on the way, the climbers decided to put off their attempt on Mount Tai until the coming week.

       A．Being told            B．To be told          C．Having told           D．Having been told

8、

---The plane is due to take off at 7:50 from the airport. ______ we fail to arrive there in time?

---Try to take another flight then.

  A. What if            B. As if           C. Even if           D. Only if

7、某对外发行的英文报纸对中国群众体育现状进行了调查，请根据下列图表和所给提示，用英语写一篇报道，向该报投稿。

参加体育活动的人口比例：

（a）不懂锻炼方法者  

（b）场地远、不方便   

（c）缺少场地设施    

（d）缺少时间

二、选择题

（每空？ 分，共？ 分）

5、In only two decades Asian Americans have become the fastest-growing U.S. minority (少数民族). As their children began moving up through the nation’s schools, it became clear that a new class of academic achievers was emerging(显现). Their achievements are reflected in the nation’s best universities, where mathematics, science and engineering departments have taken on a decidedly Asian character. This special liking for mathematics and science is partly explained by the fact that Asian-American students who began their educations abroad arrived in the U. S. with a solid grounding in mathematics but little or no knowledge of English. They are also influenced by the promise of a good job after college. Asians feel there will be less unfair treatment in areas like mathematics and science because they will be judged more objectively. And the return on the investment in education is more immediate in something like engineering than with an arts degree.

Most Asian-American students owe their success to the influence of parents who are determined that their children take full advantage of what the American educational system has to offer. An effective measure of parental attention is homework. Asian parents spend more time with their children than American parents do, and it helps. Many researchers also believe there is something in Asian culture that breeds success, such as ideals that stress family values and emphasize education.

Both explanations for academic success worry Asian Americans because of fears that they feed a typical racial (种族的) image. Many can remember when Chinese, Japanese and Filipino immigrants (移民) were the victims of social isolation(孤立). Indeed, it was not until 1952 that laws were laid down giving all Asian immigrants the right to citizenship.

72．While making tremendous achievements at college, Asian- American students ______.

A．feel they are mistreated because of limited knowledge of English

B．are afraid that their academic successes bear a strong Asian character

C．still worry about unfair treatment in society

D．generally feel it is a shame to have to depend on their parents

73．What are the major factors that determine the success of Asian Americans.

       A．A solid foundation in basic mathematics and being Asian Americans.

       B．Hard work and intelligence.

       C．Parental help and a limited knowledge of English.

       D．Asian culture and the American educational system.

74．Why do the two “explanations” (Line 1, Para. 3 ) worry Asian Americans ?

       A．They are afraid that they would again be isolated from American society in general.

       B．People would think that Asian students rely on their parents for success.

       C．Asian Americans would be a threat to other minorities

       D．American academic achievements have taken on too strong an Asian character.

75．The author’s tone in this passage is                      .

       A．sympathetic    B．doubtful        C．critical       D．objective

4、The loss of a job can have a very serious impact on the individual. The immediate effect, of course, is a sharp drop in income. Unemployment benefits(失业津贴)typically offer less than half the individual’s previous earnings, and many people are not even entitled to these benefits━for example, the self-employed, recent graduates who have not held a steady job in the previous year, and people who have been unemployed for a long period. The economic pressure on the jobless is very severe, particularly for those who have young children or long-term commitments for expenses for houses and education.

But the effects of unemployment are not merely financial; they are also social and psychological. As one out-of-work teacher puts it: “It’s difficult when you strip away(去掉)all the things that supposedly hold you together in terms of an identity. Your work, your money, whatever is power to you, whatever is responsibility, whatever means freedom and choice.” I had to ask myself, “Who am I now?  What will I do now?” All too often, long-term unemployment may thrust the individual into boredom, despair, ill-temper, and perhaps, conflict with other family members. Even those who keep their jobs are affected by rates of unemployment, for they begin to fear for own future. Lacking the confidence that workers have in times of full employment, they negotiate less aggressively for improvements in pay or working conditions, for they and the employers know that if they do not like the job as it is, others will gladly take it. Unemployment is always accompanied, in fact, by underemployment━the situation in which people are working either for extremely low wages or at jobs below their level of skill.

68．It can be inferred from the passage that unemployment benefits are given to ______.

A．people who are self-employed but now unemployed

B．recent graduates who have not held a steady job in the previous year

C．people who have been unemployed for a long period

D．people who have been unemployed for a short period

69．According to the passage, ______                         .

A．the loss of a job can have little impact on the individual

B．unemployment benefits are normally about the same as a person’s previous earnings

C．unemployment benefits are normally less than half of a person’s previous earnings

D．the economic pressure on the jobless is typically not very severe

70．By “underemployment”(Line 12, Para. 2), the writer means the situation in which ______.

A．people are unemployed or low skills are required

B．some people are unemployed and poorly paid 

C．people are working for less than eight hours a day

D．people are working for low wages or at jobs below their level of skill

71．The best title for the passage would be ______            .

A．The Financial Effect of Unemployment         B．The Social Effect of Unemployment

C．The Psychological Effect of Unemployment  D．The Effects of Unemployment

3、The government of Norway is planning to build an unusual storage center on an island in the Arctic Ocean. The place would be large enough to hold about two million seeds. The goal is to present all crops known to scientists. The British magazine New Scientist published details of the plan last month. The structure will be designed to protect the world’s food supply against nuclear war, climate change and other possible threats. It will be built in a mountain on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. The mountain is less than one thousand kilometers from the North Pole, the northernmost position on earth.

An international group called the Global Crop Diversity Trust is working on the project. The director of the group, Cary Fowler, spoke to New Scientist. He said the project would let the world rebuild agriculture if, in his word, “the worst came to the worst”. Norway is expected to start work next year. The project is expected to cost three million dollars. Workers will drill deep in the side of a sandstone mountain. Temperatures in the area never rise above 0?C. The seeds will be protected behind concrete walls a meter thick and high-security door.

The magazine report says the collection will represent the products of ten thousand years of farming. Most of the seeds at first will come from collections at seed banks in Africa, Asia and Latin America. To last a long time, seeds need to be kept in very low temperatures. Workers will not be present all the time. But they plan to replace the air inside the storage space each winter. Winter temperatures on the island are about eighteen degrees below 0?C. The cold weather would protect the seeds even if the air could not be replaced.

Mr. Fowler says the proposed structure will be the world’s most secure gene bank. He says the plant seeds would only be used when all other seeds are gone for some reason. Norway first proposed the idea in the 1980s. But security concerns delayed the plan. At that time, the Soviet Union was meeting in Rome of the Food and Agriculture Organization.

64．The project is meant to ______.

A．increase the world’s food output in the future                         

B．carry out some scientific experiments on plant genes               

C．protect crop seeds from dying out in case of possible disasters

D．build an exhibition centre of the world’s plant seeds

65．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the above passage?

A．The government of Norway will perform the project alone.

B．Seeds to be collected there were produced ten thousands years ago.    

C．Spitsbergen is chosen because it is free of the threat unclear war forever.    

D．Temperature is a major consideration when choosing the storage place.

66．We can infer from the text that _______.

A．People will get newly-developed seeds from the center every year

B．The storage center will greatly promote world agriculture         

C．Norway had meant to build the storage centre about 20 years before

D．There haven’t been any seed storage centres in the world before

67．What is probably the best title of the passage?

A．The Best Place to Store Seeds      B．Noah’s Ark（诺亚方舟）of Plant Seeds in Plan

C．Concerns of World Food Supply  D．A New Way to Feed the World

2、Treat with Respect

The speed with which Man is changing the face of Earth has outstripped（超过）all the mighty processes of nature put together. In his haste to supply himself with increasing quantities of Earth’s treasures he risks destroying one he greatly needs, his natural surroundings. Some countries set aside unspoiled areas of natural beauty. Canada has the largest system of national parks in the world, 29 in all covering about 13 million hectares, preserving the different landscapes and the plant and animal life.

Other countries are restoring areas which have been reduced to waste land by mining. At Broken Hill in Australia drifting sand from rock crushing turned the area into a desert swept by sand storms. This is now being irrigated, fertilized and planted with grass and trees. In Great Britain quarries and gravel pits(深坑) are being filled in or made into lakes, industrial wasteland is being turned into playing fields and waste tips into sloping green hills.

However Man tries to look after Earth, the fact is that he is using up at a great rate resources, especially fuel resources, which have taken millions of years to accumulate and which he cannot renew. Yet every day the Earth receives a huge supply of energy from the Sun. Man has made several experiments in using solar energy to heat furnaces(熔炉), cookers, and water-distillers. In space technology, e.g. on satellites, solar cells convert(使转变) sunlight into electricity. Houses and offices have been designed which are centrally heated by water or air heated by the sunlight. When Man can trap and store this energy, so that he can use it exactly as he needs it, he will have not only an endless supply, but a clean and safe one.

60．The main idea of the second paragraph is ________.

A．Many areas throughout the world have been transformed into wasteland by mining.

B．Australia and Great Britain are the only two countries that are changing the face of the Earth.

C．Some countries are taking effective measures to make use of the wasteland and to beautify the Earth.

D. Developing countries should learn from developed countries to look after our natural surroundings.

61．According to this selected passage, which energy is considered to be endless, clean and safe?

       A．Energy from lake waters.

       B．Energy from fuel resources which have taken millions of years to accumulate.

       C．Energy from forests.

       D．Energy from the Sun.

62．Which country has the largest scale of nature protection according to this passage?

      A．Great Britain           B．Australia                C．the U.S.A．          D．Canada

63．Which of the following statements do you think is true after reading the passage?

A．Man is destroying the natural surroundings on purpose because the surroundings cannot make them satisfied to get enough treasures.

B．All the wasteland throughout the world is now being irrigated, fertilized and planted with grass and trees.

       C．Where there is a desert, there can be sand storms.

D．Energy from waters, forests, fuel resources and the sun takes millions of years to accumulate.

1、When Nancy Lublin got $ 5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans.    36 , the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing    37 faced by most of today's low-income women: "If she goes for a job interview   38 dressed, she won't get the job," Lublin says. "But without a job, she can't   39 proper clothing."

 A few weeks later, Lublin  40 Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers. She asked women to give away    41   business clothes that were   42 in good condition. She asked the members of diet centers to give away clothes that no longer fit. At first Lublin  43 the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment, but finally she found   44 in Greenwich Village church basement, which now   45 as the organization's main office.
     Today, when women arrive at the office for help with job-hunting, they   46 a dress, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewelry, and self-confidence as well. Some are trying to enter the work  47 after being on welfare for years.

 48  Dress for Success fitted its first person who got help a year ago, more than 1,000 women have received dresses and many have won   49 . Yarit Polanco was recently   50 as a law-firm office manager. "Thanks to Dress for Success, I made a good impression and was accepted," she says.
    Donations are now    51 in, including jewelry and 6,000 pairs of trousers and $ 40,000 worth of handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lublin is opening Dress for Success   52 in other cities. "Many women have clothes    53 around that they'll never wear again," says a volunteer. "Nancy's   54 is simple and practical and the  55 has proved so important to those women who are in great need of it."