The new dictionaries are very useful. They ________ well and ________ already .

　　A. sell; have been sold out

　　B. sold; had sold out

　　C. sell; sell out

　　D. are sold; have been sold out

　I’ve just seen no more than one copy of“ Gone with the Wind”in the bookshop opposite. Tom, go and buy ________ back.

　　A. one　　　　　B. any　　　　　 C. it　　　　　　 D. some

If the world were a village of 1,000 people, it would include:

    ★ 584 Asians

    ★ 124 Africans

    ★ 95 Eastern and Western Europeans

    ★ 84 Latin America

    ★ 55 former Soviets (including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups)

    ★ 52 North Americans

   ★ 6 Australians and New Zealand

  The people of the village would speak:

   ★ 165 Mandarin

   ★ 86 English

   ★ 83 Hindu/Urdu

   ★ 64 Spanish

   ★ 58 Russian

   ★ 37 Arabic

  The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.

   One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65. Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modern equipments.

   This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from cancer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and 10 deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1018.

   In this village of 1,000 persons,200 people receive 75 percent of the income: another 200 receive only 2 percent of the income.

   About one third have access to clean, safe drinking water.

   Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write.

   The village has a total yearly budget(預(yù)算), public and private, of over $ 3 million--$ 3,000 per person if it is distributed evenly. Of the total $ 3 million:

   ★ 181,000 goes to weapons and warfare

   ★ 159,000 to education

   ★ 132,000 to health care

  These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together.

Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?

   A. Nearly one third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.

   B. About 25 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

   C. About 16.5 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

   D. Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village.

Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?

   A. Poverty       B. Education.     C. Environment.       D. Marriage.

The underlined part “have access to”(in Para. 4) means____.

   A. use     B. buy     C. produce     D. try

The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for ___.

   A. a peaceful world    B. good education    C. better health care  D. a life without anxiety

—Have you nearly finished?

   —       , we have just begun.

A. Above all       B. After all

C. On the contrary  D. On the other hand

He arrived here at noon,      in the day, and he went out and came back      in the day.

A. late; late      B. late; later            C. later; late      D. later; later

—Will you attend the meeting this afternoon?

　　　　—But I ________ told anything about it.

　　A. wasn't　　　　　　　　　　　　B. am not

　　C. haven't been　　　　　　　　　 D. won’t be

Something ________ wrong with the car, and it ________ not start.

　　A. being; could　　　　　　　　　 B. going; should

　　C. was; might　　　　　　　　　　D. went; would

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Nowadays millions of people of all age take pleasure in a                       1.       

hobby which is both interested and fun.And every year                                  2.       

more and more people start a stamp collection of your own                            3.       

and discover an interest which can even last lifetime.Starting                         4.       

your collection of stamps are easy because they are everywhere.                     5.       

Holidays and birthday postcards from relatives and letters                              6.       

from friends can all provide you for stamps from all over                              7.       

the world.So once you’ve started collecting seriously,you                              8.       

will probably want to join in the Stamp Collectors’Club                                9.       

which exist to add more stamps to your collection.                                        10.       

—Do you think that man will come to your help?

—I really don’t know        a person like him can help me with.

A.how                          B.what                         C.why                          D.if

Although it is not our normal       to give credit in our shop,this time I think we should consider the matter more closely.

A.habit                         B.intention?                 C.action                       D.practice