The number of the stamps _____ limited, so a number of people _____ to have a look at them.

A．a(chǎn)re; want      B．is; wants     C．is; want           D．a(chǎn)re; wants

To finish the work in such a short time, all of us ________ like crazy day and night.

    A. are supposed to work                        B. suppose to work

C. suppose to working                          D. are supposed to working

When first __________ to the market, the computer software was not a success due to its complexity in operation.

A. introducing                                                        B. being introduced             

C. introduced                                                   D. to be introduced

The old man said the accident______ his careless driving, so a lot of money _____ be paid by the driver.

    A. was due to , was due to          B. due to , was due to

C. is due to , was due to            D. is due to , was due to

I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old．My mother told us that we would not be   26  Christmas gifts because there was not enough money．I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd 27 ?" Just when I started to  28  that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women  29  at our house with gifts for all of us．For me they brought a doll．I felt such a sense of  30  that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school．I wasn't   31 ．Somebody had thought  32  of me to bring me a gift．

Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my  33 Christmas there special and memorable, I  34  remembered the women's visit．I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of  35  for as many children as I could possibly reach．

So I   36  a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help．We gathered about 125 orphans （孤兒） at the Christmas party．For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies,   37  with a child's name．We wanted all of them to know they were  38 ．Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I   39  them that they couldn't open their presents   40  every child had come forward．Finally the   41  they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three．Open your presents!" As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles  42  up the room．The   43  in the room was obvious, and   44  wasn't just about toys．It was a feeling — the feeling I knew   45 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit．I wasn't forgotten．Somebody thought of me．I matter．

A．sending        B．receiving        C．making        D．exchanging

A．found         B．prepared         C．got             D．expected

A．doubt         B．hope            C．suggest          D．a(chǎn)ccept

A．broke in       B．settled down    C．turned up       D．showed off

A．relief          B．loss            C．a(chǎn)chievement  D．justice

A．blamed        B．loved          C．forgotten        D．a(chǎn)ffected

A．highly         B．little           C．poorly         D．enough

A．present        B．first            C．recent           D．previous

A．hardly         B．instantly         C．regularly        D．occasionally

A．strength        B．independence   C．importance      D．safety

A．kept up with  B．caught up with C．came up with   D．put up with

A．none          B．few           C．some           D．each

A．fine           B．special         C．helpful         D．normal

A．reminded      B．guaranteed      C．convinced       D．promised

A．a(chǎn)fter          B．until            C．when         D．since

A．chance         B．gift           C．moment         D．reward

A．lit            B．took            C．burned          D．cheered

A．a(chǎn)tmosphere    B．sympathy        C．calmness        D．joy

A．it            B．such          C．something      D．everybody

A．by            B．till            C．for            D．from

His platinum albums such as “You Make Me Happy and Sad,” “Flowery Heart,” “Music Brings Us Together” and “Emil & Friends” have brought him numerous awards in Singapore, and China’s Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Jonathan Lee represents the creative spirit of the past 20 years in Taiwan and many renowned singers like Sarah Chan (Chen Shuhua), Sandy Lam (Lin Yilian), Emil Chau (Zhou Huajian) and Karen Mok (Mo Wenwei) draw great inspiration from Lee's works.

Jasmine Leong is a Malaysian singer who is very popular on the Taiwan music scene. Focusing on lyrical songs, Leong's Beijing performance will also tap into rock & roll music.

To remember Henrik Ibsen, with pianist Wolfgang Plagge, violinist Annar Folles and soprano Gao Xia, the Norwegian Ibsen Trio will present the classic works of the celebrated playwright.

The mix of musical treats for children in Beijing includes various kinds of art forms, including Western classical music and Chinese traditional music, as well as puppet plays, crosstalk shows, and highlights of Chinese local operas such as Peking Operas and Kunqu Operas.

A. Commemorative show: To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, the founder of modern prose drama, a concert titled “Nora's Songs” will be given.

Time: 7:30 pm, March 20

Place: Peking University Concert Hall

Tel: 6275-2279, 6275-9637

B. Feel the mood: Jonathan Lee will host his 2006 concert in Beijing. As the master of music in Taiwan, Lee is famous for his unique annotation of love, mood and life.

Time: 7:30 pm, March 24, 25

Place: Capital Gymnasium, Baishiqiao Lu, Haidian District

Tel: 6835-4020

C. Chamber music: The chamber concert series of China Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra will greet audiences with a woodwind quintet, a string quartet plus Bach's piano concerto and suite.

Time: 7:30 pm, March 25

Place: The Concert Hall of the Central Conservatory of Music, 43 Baojiajie, Xicheng District

Tel: 6641-4759, 6642-5744

D. Pop star: Singer and composer Emil Chau, one of the most admired music idols in China and Southeast Asia, will perform a solo concert in Beijing. Chau was born in Hong Kong and attended college in Taiwan. He has released more than 30 albums in Mandarin, Cantonese and English.

Time: 7:30 pm, March 31

Place: Capital Gymnasium, Baishiqiao Lu, Haidian District

Tel: 6833-5552

E. Music for children: Some 50 colourful music-related performances will be staged until August 28 in an "Open the Door to Music" series of concerts, in a move to foster Chinese children's taste for art. The concert series will be held in several venues, sponsored by the Forbidden City Concert Hall and supported by the Beijing Municipal Culture Bureau.

Tickets: 10-100 yuan (US$1-12)

Time/date: 2 pm or 7:30 pm, July 20-August 28

Location: mainly in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Zhongshan Park, some in Peking University Hall in Haidian District and in the China Puppet Art Theatre and Poly Theatre

Tel: 6506-5343, 6506-5345

F. Beautiful timbre: Jasmine Leong will meet her Beijing fans next month. Singing with beautiful timbre, Leong will present a series of love stories to the audience. To highlight the theme of love, 200 sets of lover's tickets, valued at 1800 yuan will be presented.

Tickets: 180-980 yuan (US$22-121)

Time/date: 7:30 pm, September 9

Location: Workers' Gymnasium, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District

Tel: 6501-6655

A well-written composition ________ good choice of words and clear organization among other things.

  A. calls on                B. calls up             C. calls for                   D. calls off

I can’t imagine there     be a shortage of water in Yunnan, the southwest of China where there used to be adequate (充足的) rain .

A. could                 B. must                  C. can                 D. should

—The party is so great!

—Yes, but Johnson, we’ve got to go home. _______

—Thank you. See you later!

 A. See you.               B. I’m very sorry.

 C. What about you?        D. Enjoy yourself!

Information has always been at the center of human communication. You may ask why. Well, communication between people contains giving and receiving information. The way we give and receive information today has experienced a revolution in the development of the mass media in the 20th century.

The first truly mass communication medium was the newspaper. For the first time in history, people could read about events in their country and from around the world every day. However, there were two problems with newspapers of that time. Firstly, newspapers were available only in large cities, for getting newspapers to the countryside was a difficult and time-consuming（耗時(shí)的） task. Secondly, newspapers weren’t always reliable, as there was a limited range of opinions.

Nowadays, we can choose from a wide variety of sources to get information. Television and the Internet have given us the chance to be informed about everything the minute it happens. Large numbers of radio and TV stations, satellite channels and millions of websites help people keep up with the latest news. People live in history and are part of it.

The media have come a long way in the last century and there is no doubt that we now live in the information age.  Whatever type of media we choose, it all comes down to the need for information. This will always be a basic need as long as communication is part of human nature.

Information is considered the center of human communication because ________.

A. human communication means information exchange

    B. human communication involves people’s participation

    C. information is now experiencing a revolution

    D. information helps people gather together

What was the historical contribution of the newspaper as a source of information?

    A. It made the mass communication truly develop.

    B. It helped the mass communication develop in cities.

    C. It kept people timely informed about home and world events.

    D. It kept reliable information available in big cities.

The third paragraph mainly tells us that technology helps ________.

    A. information easily available           B. people be part of history

    C. inform everything timely             D. produce the latest news

It can be concluded from the last paragraph that a basic need today is ________.

    A. communication                     B. information

C. high technology                    D. media types