Even as Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda wrapped up a tired appearance before Congress，the head of the world’s largest automaker wasn’t leaving his problems behind．

 Toyota faces a criminal investigation by federal lawyers in New York．The company is now being investigated．Its US dealerships in difficulty now are facing repairs to potentially millions of customer cars that have been recalled．The company is offering customers money back for rental cars and other expenses．

 Its lawyers are busy preparing to cope with lawsuits．A new hearing will be conducted. And the cost to Toyota’s reputation is only now starting．

Despite back-to-back hearings this week，left to be said were a better explanation for slow actions to deal with the faults and believable promises that the problems that led to sudden，unintended accelerations will be fixed．

Toyoda said those changes were being made nearly around the clock，but during three hours of often tense questions and answers he repeated that there was no link to the vehicle’s electronic systems．

Many drivers making complaints against Toyota and the government say their acceleration problems had nothing to do with floor mat interference(油門踏板故障)or sticky gas pedals(剎車)．Outside experts have suggested electronic problems.

    House lawmakers expressed serious criticism on Toyoda，the grandson of the company’s founder．

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA)is seeking records on Toyota’s recalls and is conducting its own review on whether electronics were behind the car faults．NHTSA also continues to look into steering complaints from drivers of the popular Corolla model．

    Toyota has recalled 8．5 million cars，more than 6 million of them in the United States．

      It may be a while before car buyers believe that Toyota really makes safe cars．

      Toyota’s January sales already fell 16 percent even as most other automakers jumped back from last year’s bad results．Analyst Koji Endo of Advanced Research Japan in Tokyo said he expects February sales，due out next week，to be down 30 percent to 40．Toyota’s sales problem could continue beyond that． 

      It will take some time to feel the full effect of this，he said．

58．The best title for this passage is___________．

      A．Toyota is in trouble                    B．Toyota is under hearing

      C．Toyota is finished                         D．Toyota is still running

59．What is the purpose of the hearing?

      A．America hopes that Toyota apologizes to the US customers．

      B．America wants to get Toyota out of the US market．

      C．America wants to help Toyota out of difficulty．

      D．America hopes that Toyota admits their cars have electronic system problem．

60．Why does Toyota recall cars and offer customers money back for rental cars and other expenses?

      A．It tries to avoid the maximum damages to the company．

      B．It is big company and has means to fix every problem．

      C．It’s part of post service．

      D．It’s a way to compete in auto market．

61．The last sentence of this passage indicates______________.

      A．Analyst Koji Endo is fully confident about Toyota

      B．Toyota could meet a worse situation

      C．Toyota would get out of trouble sooner or later

      D．Toyota would build up a better reputation among its customers

A car drew up outside the Swan Hotel and a young man got out．Pausing only for an instant to see that he had come to the right place，he went into the hotel and rang the bell on the counter of the bar．

Mrs．Crump，the landlady，who was busy in the kitchen at the time，hurried out，wiping her

hands．The young man raised his hat．“Excuse me，”he said．“I’m looking for my uncle，Mr．White．I believe he is staying here．” “He was staying here．”Mrs．Crump corrected him．“But I’m afraid that he went back to London yesterday．” “Oh，dear，”said the young man，looking disappointed．“I understood that he was going to stay here until the end of the month．At least that is what his servant told me when I rang up his house．” “Quite right，”said Mrs，Cramp．“He intended to stay here the whole of July，as he always does． But yesterday he got a telegram to say that his relative was ill．So he caught the train back to London immediately．”  “I wish he had let me know,”The young man said．“I wrote him a letter saying that I was coming．I’ve had all this trouble for nothing．Well，since he isn’t here，there’s no point in waiting．”

    He thanked Mrs．Grump and went out．Mrs．Grump went to the window and watched him

drive off．When his car was out of sight，she called out：“You can come out now,Mr．White.He’s gone．”

    Mr．White came out of the kitchen，where he had been waiting．

    “Many thanks，Mrs．Grump，”he said，laughing，“you did that very well．These nephews of mine never gave me any peace．That young man is the worst of them all．As you see，when he needs money,he even follows me into the country．Well，perhaps next time he won’t warn me by writing a letter!”

49．The young man said “Oh，dear” to express his            ．

    A．disappointment       B．sadness       C．surprise      D．a(chǎn)nger

50．This story is about a man          ．

A．who was very much loved by his nephews 

B．whose nephew went to visit him at the hotel

C．whose nephew is always asking him for help

D．who was not willing to meet his nephew

51．When his nephew came to the hotel，Mr．White             ．

    A．took the train back to London            B．left to visit a sick relative

    C．went to pick up a telegram               D．hid himself in the kitchen

52．Mr．White didn’t like his nephews because          ．

    A．they always follow him around            B．they frequently disturb their relatives

C．they won’t write to him often             D．they usually visit him in hotels

5月1日，高二（3）班的學生志愿者Li Yue 和 Zhang Hua 去陽光敬老院（Sunshine Nursing Home）開展志愿者活動（送水果.打掃.聊天等）。假如你是校英語報的記者，請按下列要點用英語寫一則100-120個詞的新聞報道。

1.時間.地點.任務.活動；

2.老人們的反應；

3.簡短評論。

注意：報道的標題和記者姓名已給出（不記詞數(shù)）。

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Almost all the houses in the city are said ________ in the terrible earthquake.

A. to destroy                         B. having destroyed   

C. to have been destroyed               D. to have destroyed

This book ______ 50 maps, _______ 20 of America’s.

    A. contains, including        B. contains, includes  

C. includes, containing       D. includes, contained

The Smith’s family, which _______ a large one, __________ very fond of their old house.

A. are; are        B. is; are      C. are; is      D. is; is

--- The snowstorm caused great damage to this area.

   --- Exactly, the economic _______ it caused reached 20 billion.

  A. loss                B. effect                    C. suffering                 D. debt

China is known      greatly in terms of its cultural values over the past few years.

       A．to change  B．having changed       C．changing   D．to have changed

第三部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，40分）

第一節(jié)：（共15小題；每小題2分，共30分）

       閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

STUDY CENTER COURSES

56．If a student takes the course The Short Story, he can’t take______.

       A．From Paragraph to Essay       B．Tense about Tenses

       C．Source Material              D．Media Use

57．Which of the courses can develop the students’ team work?

       A．From Paragraph to Essay       B．The Short Story

       C．Caught for Speeding       D．Express Yourself

58．From where can a student read this?

       A．On the radio.              B．On television.  

       C．In a local newspaper.       D．On a school notice board.

第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，共10分）

       根據(jù)短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填人空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

       Most drinks stating that they are fruit-flavored （水果味道的） contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only a small quantity of fruit, according to a study carried by the British Food Commission．

            "Shoppers need to check the labels（標簽）before buying drinks, though sometimes the actual content can be non-existent," said Food Commission spokesperson Lan Tokelove．"Food production is highly competitive．___71 __ It will increase profits, and consumers won't always realize they are being tricked."

       Flavorings are focused on the flavors of natural food products such as fruits, meats and vegetables, or creating flavor for food products that do not have the desired flavors．Researchers analyzed the contents of 28 strawberry-flavored products sold in stores．   72   Of the 11 products that did contain strawberries, five of them contained less than one percent real fruit．In addition, each juice box contained nearly eight teaspoons of sugar．

    73    Let’s take jam as an example. Some strawberry-flavored jam was labeled as containing no artificial colors, flavors, or sweeteners, but it contained absolutely no strawberries at all.

74    Consumers have the rights to know clearly about what they have bought．Under current UK law. Food packages do no not have to distinguish between natural and artificial flavoring. “Describing a product as strawberry flavor and covering the surface of the packed with pictures of stawberries is misleading.   75  Unfortunatcly, it is also legal and widespread,” Tokelove said.

       A．The products which contain real fruit are popular with people．

       B．Even products advertised as more natural often contained no fruit．

       C．They found that about 60 percent of them didn't contain any fruit at all．

       D．If companies can cut their costs by using flavoring, they are likely to do so．

       E．It is important and necessary to demand a small amount of flavoring in the products．

       F．Actually the product contains just a tiny percentage of strawberry or even no fruit at all．

       G．The Food Commission suggested all flavors used in a product should be listed on the packaging.