35. In a room above the store, where a party _____ in half an hour, some workers are busily setting the table.

A. was held          B. will be held         C. is being held         D. has been held

Sir Richard Branson today offered a $ 25,000,000 prize for scientists who find a way to save the planet from the effects of climate change.

Supported by the former US vice-president A1 Gore and other environmentalists, the boss of Virgin Atlantic airlines called for scientists to come up with a way to take greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere.

“What we are doing is making sure we get the most carbon dioxide-friendly planes. We promise that 100% of profits we make from our transportation business are put into things like the prize we've offered today. We shall convince people that we are facing a threat which is urgent and there’s no superhero. We have no hope of a meaningful solution unless we find a way to work together.” he said.

Mr Gore said global warming was man-made and was like to the planet suffering from a “fever”. He said, "Humans had slipped into a way of thinking that was centered on ‘short term satisfaction’, and now meet the challenge of ‘transforming ourselves and changing the structures of everything we do’," he said.

Reacting to the launch of the prize, Tony Jupiter, the Friends of the Earth's director, warned against wasting time waiting for new inventions. He said, "Sir Richard' s initiative (初衷) may encourage inventors to develop a wonder technology to deal with carbon dioxide of the atmosphere. But many of the ways, such as energy efficiency and renewables, already exist, and it is essential that these be put into practice as soon as possible. Moreover, Sir Richard must also look at his business activities and the contribution they make to climate change. The world will find it very difficult to settle climate change if air travel continues to expand and space tourism is developed."

40. Sir Richard Branson is ________.

   A. a scientist concerned for climate change

   B. a businessman working for A1 Gore

   C. the boss of Virgin Atlantic airlines

   D. the director of the Friends of the Earth

41. The purpose of using A1 Gore' s quotation was to_______。

    A. ask people to change the way of thinking

    B. compare global warming to an Earth's fever

    C. show how serious and urgent the problem is

    D. call for more attention to the launch of the prize

42. What is file main idea of the passage?

    A. It is important for people to save our planet.

    B. Humans are to blame for causing climate change.

    C. Scientists are trying to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

    D. A prize was offered for solutions to global warming.

43. How was Tony Jupiter’s attitude to space tourism?

    A. Negative.     B. Positive.     C. Optimistic.      D. Neutral (中立).

單詞拼寫(共10小題：每小題1分，滿分10分)

    根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語(yǔ)注釋，寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。(每空只寫一詞)

(請(qǐng)將答案寫在答題卡上的指定位置)

66．It’s no use     (遺憾)what you have done．

67．It     (有希望)to be fine tomorrow．

68．He said he wasn’t prepared to     (討價(jià)還價(jià))．

69．Is it     (方便)for you to pick her up at ten o’clock?

70．I think     (地理)is olle ofthe few subjects that I love．

71．      (自然)，as a beginner I'm not a very good driver．

72．On hearing the good news，they shouted     (興奮)．

73．There used to be     (長(zhǎng)凳)in these schools．

74．He looked as ifhe needed a     (刮臉)．

75．I didn’t really want to go to see the film but he     (堅(jiān)持)we should go．

  8Help has already come from them，but the aid is      near what we expected．

  A．everywhere    B．somewhere    C．nowhere D．a(chǎn)nywhere

A computer _____ think for itself; it must be told what to do.

A. can’t   B. wouldn’t    C. mustn’t      D. may not

_____ she realized it was too late to go home.

A. No sooner it grew dark than           B. Hardly did it grow dark that

C. Scarcely had it grown dark than      D. It was not until dark that

Never before ____ in greater need of modern public transport than it is today.

A. has this city been             B. this city has been

C. was this city             D. this city was

______ his age, he was considered ______ well in the play.

A.    Considering; acting                             B.    Considering; to have acted

C.    Considered; acting                              D.    To consider; to act

The problem of poverty in that country is not ______ so easy as you think. It’s far from being settled.   A. hardly     B.       almost            C.    nearly     D.    scarcely

--- Why haven’t you asked Lisa to come here?

--- She was writing a paper when I found her and she ______ it.

A.    hasn’t finished       B.    didn’t finish    C.    wouldn’t finish      D.    hadn’t finished