We do not _______ to give out lives for our motherland, let alone suffer some hardships.

A. hasten         B. hesitate      C. overcome D. discourage

The birthrate is Europe has been in a steady decrease since the 1960s. European countries, realizing crisis is at hand, are providing great encouragement for parents to create more babies in the 21st century.

Affairs Ministry concluded last year that, __1__ cash encouragement, some women just don’t want to be __2__ holding the baby. “What we know is that it’s good for the __3__ if men and women share the burden of having children,” says Soren Kindlund, family policy adviser at the Swedish ministry. __4__ Swedish parents can take their paid leave as they wish, men use a mere 12% of it; 60% of fathers do not take even a(n) __5__ day off work.

Experts fear that the tendency for women to use most of the parental leave could make employers __6__ to give young women the permanent jobs they need to qualify for paid maternity leave (產(chǎn)假). In January, Sweden decided to allow new fathers two months’ paid leave, with a warming: use it or __7__ it.

Kindlund admits that men are under __8__ to stay at work, even though parental pay comes out of the public purse. “It’s not popular among bosses and perhaps with other men in the workplace,” he says. “But it’s good for the father and for the child if they can __9__ a relationship.”

In Norway, a (n) __10__ policy has worked wonders. 70% of dads in Norway now take parental leave, and the birthrate of 1.85 children per woman is one of the highest in Europe. 

A. is spite of       B. at the cost of     C. in addition to     D. due to

A. sent        B. left           C. caught        D. seen

A. birthrate    B. income         C. health       D. spirit

A. Just as      B. Only if        C. Even though      D. Now that

A. one        B. mere           C. only            D. single

A. willing     B. reluctant        C. likely          D. unable

A. reserve      B. misuse         C. ignore      D. lose

A. discussion   B. attack          C. control     D. pressure

A. make out    B. add up         C. build up  D. set aside

A. impersonal   B. similar       C. severe    D. global

The farmer used wood to build a house           to store grain.

A. with which B. in which C. which D. where

       File-sharing occurs whenever one individual sends a file to another. The only way to even try to limit this process is to monitor all communication between ordinary people. Despite the crackdown on Napster, Kazaa and other peer-to-peer(對(duì)等網(wǎng)絡(luò)) services over the past decade, the volume of file-sharing has grown exponentially. Even if the authorities closed down all other possibilities, people could still send copyrighted files as attachments to e-mails or through private networks. If people start doing that, should we give the government the right to monitor all mail and all encrypted(加密) networks? Whenever there are ways of communicating in private, they will be used to share copyrighted material. If you want to stop people doing this, you must remove the right to communicate in private. There is no other option. Society has to make a choice.

The world is at a crossroads. The internet and new information technologies are so powerful that no matter what we do, society will change. But the direction has not been decided.

The internet it still in its infancy, but already we see fantastic things appearing as if by magic. Take Linux, the free computer operating system, or Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. But where technology opens up new possibilities, our intellectual property laws do their best to restrict them. Linux is held back by patents, the rest of the examples by copyright. The public increasingly recognizes the need for reform.

Our manifesto(聲明) is to reform copyright laws and gradually abolish(廢除) the patent system. We oppose mass surveillance (監(jiān)視)and censorship(審查制度) on the net, as in the rest of society. We intend to devote all our time and energy to protecting the basal civil liberties on the net and elsewhere.

Political decisions taken over the next five years are likely to set the course we take into the information society, and will affect the lives of millions for many years into the future. The information revolution is happening here and now. It is up to us to decide what future we want.

41. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

       A. Over the past decade, the volume of file-sharing has increased doubly.

       B. Over the past decade, other peer-to-peer(對(duì)等網(wǎng)絡(luò)) services have been beaten down.

       C. Copyright laws should be reformed.

       D. File-sharing occurs unless a file is sent on the Internet.

42. In the opinion of the writer, the government ________.

       A. has to make a choice

       B. should stop people sharing the copyrighted files

       C. shouldn't stop people sharing the copyrighted files

       D. should monitor all the mail and all encrypted (加密) networks

43. The author's main purpose in writing the passage is____________.

       A. to have the basal citizen's freedom on the net and elsewhere

       B. to establish the patent system

       C. to abolish copyright laws

       D. to reform computer operating system

44. The underlined word “restrict” in Paragraph 3 most probably means__________.

       A. remove            B. limit                C. close                D. reform

45. We can infer from the passage_______________.

       A. A new information revolution will be coming.

       B. People won't share copyrighted material on the net

       C. People can share the free encyclopedia

       D. The future of the Internet will rely on the government

If Tom’s wife doesn’t go to the party,      .

   A. he doesn’t either    B. neither will he    C. neither doesn’t he   D. either will he

86. In the following spring , the seeds should be knocked _______ the seed-heads and sown .

A. out of                  B. into                    C. over                      D. at

66. When the good news that our football team won the championship, the hall was at once _______ great joy.

A. filled of                  B. full with             C. filled with                   D. fill with

46. _____ his disadvantage, it began to rain heavily suddenly.

A. At                           B. With                        C. To                           D. For

26. I called _____ you last night, but you were out.

A. with                  B. on                     C. at                          D. in

6. Standard time in Beijing is eight hours ____ Greenwich Mean Time(GMT格林威治標(biāo)準(zhǔn)時(shí)間).

after                   B. front                        C. ahead of                   D. Forward