---Do you think it wise for Chinese parents to try to do everything for their children?

   ---No, that’s ________ they are mistaken.

   A. when             B. where           C. what           D. how

Fruit juices can be harmful ___ children’s teeth.

A. for   B. toward    C. with     D. to

    There was more evidence the effects of high oil prices on the transportation industry．

    Automakers reported further drops in sales of tracks and SUVs(sport utility vehicles)in the United States Big，fuel—hungry vehicles brought in big profits—until Americans faced big costs for fuel now they want smaller and more fuel—efficient cars The head of General Motors，Rick Wagoner，says the prices are changing consular behavior．G．M sales in the United States dropped 30％from last year The Ford Motor Company had a 19％drop．

    General Motors announced it will close four truck factories in North America and expand car production．It may also see its Hummer division．Hummers are military—like vehicles．But Rick Wagoner said G-M· will go forward with plans to make the Chevy Volt，a car powered mainly by electricity．He said it will be available no later than the end of 2010．

    Still，new findings show that Americans are driving less．The Federal Highway Administration says the number of kilometers traveled on public roads has dropped since late 2006．

    Many people may be driving less because of high gasoline prices But transportation officials worry that less demand for gasoline will mean shortages of money from fuel taxes that support reads．Use of public transportation，though，is up，The American Public Transportation Association says it increased three percent this year．

    High fuel prices are also affecting air travel．The International Air Transport Association expects the industry to lose at least two billions dollars this year，mainly because of prices for jet fuel．This week more air，carriers in the United States announced plans to cut flights and jobs and remove older．1ess fuel efficient planes from service Continental Airlines said record—high fuel prices have produced the worst crisis(危機)for the industry since 2001．

72．According to Rick Wagoner，           ．

A．G．M．has made the Chevy Volt already 

B．G．M．sales in America had a 19％drop

C  oil prices affect people’s buying behavior

D  people like bigger and more fuel—efficient cars

73．Which of the following will General Motors do?

A．To try to produce more cats

B To make a new kind of truck powered mainly by electricity．

C．To close truck factories in America．

D．To make more vehicles such as Hummers for the army

74．The last paragraph mainly tells us          ．

    A．high oil prices made some people lost their jobs

    B．1ess fuel—efficient planes will come out of service

    C．a(chǎn)irlines faces till worst crisis since 2001

    D．the effect of oil prices on airlines

75．We can learn from the passage that         ．

    A．American public transportation carries mol'e passengers than before

    B  the Ford Motor Company doesn’t face the challenge of increasing oil prices

    C．carmakers will get more money from American government

D．the prices of cars will be much cheaper than they are now．

We should realize      valuable health is to each of us．

    A．that             B how              C．such             D．what

The road _________ for vehicles is under repair. Drivers are required to take some other routes.

A. meaning                 B. meant                       C. to mean                   D. being meant

--- Since you can't find a better way out for the time being, why not follow his advice?

   --- oh, you are right. ______.

A. I believe so     B. I might as well  C. It doesn't matter   D. I don't care

Computer people talk a lot about the need for other people to become “computer-literate”. But not all experts agree that this is a good idea.

One pioneer, in particular, who disagrees is David Tebbutt, the founder of Computertown UK. Although many people see this as a successful attempt to bring people closer to the computer, David does not see it that way. He says that Computertown UK was formed for just the opposite reason, to bring computers to people and make them “people-literate”.

David Tebbutt thinks Computertowns are most successful when tied to a computer club but he insists there is an important difference between the two. The clubs are for people who have some computer knowledge already. This frightens away non-experts, who are happier going to Computertowns where there are computers for them to experiment on, with experts to encourage them and answer any questions they have. They are not told what to do. They find out. The computer experts have to learn not to tell people about computers, but have to be able to answer all questions people ask. People don't have to learn computer terms(術(shù)語), but the experts have to explain in plain language. The computers are becoming “people-literate”.

Which of the following is David Tebbutt's idea on the relationship between people and

 computers?

A.Computer learning should be made easier.

B.There should be more computer clubs for experts.

C.People should work harder to master computer use.

D.Computers should be made cheaper so that people can afford them.

We can infer from the text that “computer-literate” means ______.

A.being able to afford a computer

B.being able to write computer programs

C.working with the computer and finding out the value

D.understanding the computer and knowing how to use it

The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to the idea that Computertowns ___.

A.help to set up more computer clubs                 B.bring people to learn to use computers

C.bring more experts to work together                D.help to sell computers to the public

David Tebbutt started Computertown UK with the purpose of ______.

A.making better use of computer experts            B.improving computer programs

C.increasing computer sales                               D.popularising computers

Criticism is judgement．A critic is a judge．A judgement study and think about the material presented to him, accept it, correct it, or reject it after thinking over what he has read, watched or heard.

Another word for criticism is appreciation．When I criticize or appreciate some objector another, I look for its good points and bad points．In reading any printed or written matter, I always have a pencil in hand and put any comments in the book or on a separate paper．In other words, I always talk back to the writer.

That sort of critical reading might well be called creative reading because I am thinking along with the author, asking him questions, seeing whether he answers the questions and how well he answers them．I mark the good passages to store them in my memory piece of writing; where, how and why could or should I improve upon it?

You might think that doing what I suggested is work．Yes, it is, but the work is a pleasure because I can feel my brain expanding, my emotion reacting and my way of living change.

Reading exercises is a great influence on a person．If pictures, still or moving, accompany the reading, the memory will retain the material for a long time.

Just as evil books can corrupt, so also can good books gradually work a change on a corrupt person.

Let's get back to the beneficial effects of thinking while reading．It helps us to enlarge our minds．We understand more about the universe, its people and many of its wonders．We learn to think and observe in new ways．We certainly do get a feeling for the language we are reading．All good writers in any language have been readers who read critically and continuously.

The writer says a critic________． 

A．a(chǎn)sks what he does not understand  

B．talks back to the author

C．understand the background on which the works are based

D．looks for the good and bad points of the material he has read

According to the writer, creative reading is________.

A．raising questions and answering them for the author.

B．reading and giving comments on the materials one has read.

C．thinking in the same line with the author.                          

D．storing up facts in one's memory.

By the phrase “thinking along with” in the third paragraph, the writer means________.

A．following one's thought closely          B．a(chǎn)ccepting      

C．considering                 D．a(chǎn)greeing

According to the writer, critical reading________.

A．makes a person rich B．enables a person to write fluently

C．broaden a person's horizons     D．gives a person extra work.

We can learn from the passage that all good readers ________.

A．understand more about their surrounding than others.

B .have a thorough insight to the problem in life.

C．have the feeling of the language they read.

D．have read extensively(廣泛地)and critically

The sports meet , originally due to be held last Friday, was finally _____ because of the bad weather.

What was it ________you found in the hotel?

   A. that      B. which     C. and    D. this