With smart phones taking the world by storm, a phone that can only send and receive voictcal1s and text messages may seem like a relic from a bygone age. Yet in East Africa, simple phones like these are changing the face of the economy, thanks to the mobile money services that are spreading across the region. Using the text--messaging function built into the GSM system(全球通) used by most cell phone networks, these services al1ow people without a bank account or credit card to use their/phone as an electronic wallet that can he used to store, send or receive cash.

It works like this: you pay cash to your loca1 agent who then tops up your mobile money account using a secure form of text messaging. That money can be transferred to another person by sending a message to their cell Phone account.

Fur some the system is a lifeline. ''If I didn’t have my mobile Phone, I would be very poor," says Neyasse Neemur, a mother of four chi1dren who lives in northern Kenya. .”Now I can sell fish.” Neemur took up fishing in Ju1y last year, but making money from it was a little tricky, especially as Turkana peop1e do not usually eat fish. A truck from Ethiopia to Tanzania passes through her vi1lage once a week, and she arranged to have the driver transport the fish several hundred ki1ometers south to market in   Kisumu, where relatives sell the fish.

"I get the money transfer immediately.” says Neemur . "Then I can pay for my children to go to school and for vegetables and beans," she adds, "so I don't need to eat fish."

According to the Central Bank of Kenya, payments worth around l billion Kenyan shillings($13 million) per day were transferred through Kenya’s mobile money systems in 2009, equaling the country’s credit card transactions(業(yè)務(wù)). The bank expects mobile money transfers to overtake credit cards in 2010.

63. In Paragraph l the author uses "simple phones" to _______________________.

A. make a comparison   B. introduce a topic   C. describe a scene   D. offer an argument.

64. What can we learn about the simple phones in East Africa?

A. They might help the local peop1e apply for a bank account.

B. They will replace the banks completely in the near future.

C. They Provide a safe means for the locals to do business.

D. They can do nothing except send and receive calls or messages.

65. The word “It” in the third paragraph refers to _____________________.

A. the GSM system                 B. the mobile money service

C. the credit card service             D. the cell phone networks

66. The story of Neyasse Neemur suggests that ___________________.

A. the mobile money service plays a key role in the locals life

 B. Neemur uses her mobile phone to contact her customers

C. her relative' tricks Turkana people to eat the fish they sell

 D. the Bant of Kenya helps her improve her living condition

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78.  ________ the fact, French still had an ________ on the English __________.

盡管如此，法語(yǔ)仍然對(duì)英語(yǔ)有著巨大沖擊。

79. By the latter half of the 14th century, English was _________ by all __________ in England.

到14世紀(jì)下半葉，英語(yǔ)被英國(guó)所有階級(jí)所采用。

80. ____________ also ___________ huge ________ during this period.

發(fā)音在這段時(shí)期也經(jīng)歷了巨變。

81. Chinese ________ numerous __________ to _________ ideas, objects or actions.

中國(guó)人發(fā)明了大量的漢字來(lái)表示思想，物體和行為。

82. All the people were ________ _________, and _________ was the whole city.

所有人都被活埋了，整個(gè)城市也被掩埋。

83. We are off to Naples to visit the museum that ________ many of the _________ from Pompeii.

我們即將動(dòng)手去那不勒斯拜訪那座收藏了許多來(lái)自Pompeii的珍品的博物館。

84. ____ ________ ________ silk, China received wine, spices and other goods.

中國(guó)用絲綢交換酒、香料和其他物品。

85. PSAs are often placed ________ _________, and are _________ to educate people about health, safety or any other issue.

公益廣告往往是免費(fèi)投放的，其目的是就健康，安全或者其他問(wèn)題對(duì)人們進(jìn)行教育。

Paris is________most beautiful city，where you can see_______famous Eiffel Tower．    

  A．a(chǎn)；the    B．a(chǎn)；不填     C．the；a     D．the；the

—How much of the foreign expert’s speech have you understood?

    —Next to nothing. I wish I _______ harder at English.

A. worked                                  B. had worked               C. would work         D. were working

It’s already 10 o’clock, I wonder how it ____ that she was two hours late on such a short trip.

A. came over    B. came out      C. came about     D. came up

The situation is hard to ___, because he isn’t a man easy to ____.

A. be dealt, communicate                  B. be dealt with, be communicated 

C. deal with, communicate with          D. deal , be communicated with

—Mary told me she would ______computer study.

—Really? I'll try my best to ask her to _____such foolish ideas.

   A. pick up; give up  B. put away; give up   C. give up; put away   D. give up; pick up

_____ with her sister, Jenny pays special attention to her appearance. _____ she earns

  is spent on clothing.

  A. Comparing; Whatever                                      B. Compared; Whatever

  C. Compared; No matter what   Zxxk                           D. Comparing; No matter what

I stood outside New York’s Madison Square Garden and just stared, almost speechless. I was a farm boy from County Kilkenny, a child who some thought would never walk, let alone go as far as I had in the world.

From the day I was born, there was a problem. The doctors at the Dublin hospital told my parents I had phocomelia, a deformity that affected both legs below the knee, which were outward and shorter than normal and each foot had just three toes.

Life was tough. I couldn’t stand, much less walk. I rarely left the farmhouse—and then only in someone’s arms. Mom bundled me up whenever she took me to town, no matter the season.

“The world will see him when he can walk,” she told Dad. “And he will walk.”

Mom devoted herself to helping me. She tried everything to get me on my feet. When I was three, she and Dad took me to a clinic in Dublin.

A few weeks later we returned to Dublin with my artificial limbs (肢). Back home I practiced walking with my new limbs.

“There’s nothing anyone can do but you can’t,” Mom said. “You and I are going to walk through town.”

The next day Mom dressed me in my finest clothes. She wore a summer dress and fixed her hair and makeup. Dad drove us to the church. We stepped out of the car. Mom took my hand. “Hold your head up high, now, Ronan,” she said.

We walked 300 meters to the post office. It was the farthest I’d walked, and I was sweating from the effort. Then we left the post office and continued down the street, Mom's eyes shining with a mother's pride.

That night, back on our farm, I lay exhausted on my bed. It meant nothing, though, compared to what I’d done on my walk.

Then I began to pursue my dream of singing. And at every step Mom's words came back to me—Ronan, you can do anything anyone else can do—and the faith she had in God, who would help me do it.

I’ve sung from the grandest stages in Europe, to music played by the world’s finest musicians. That night, I stood at the Madison Square Garden, with Mom’s words chiming in my ears. Then I began singing. I couldn't feel the pulse of the music in my feet, but I felt it deep in my heart, the same place where Mom’s promise lived. 

What was the problem with the author as a baby?

A. He was expected unable to walk.                                 B. He was born outward in character.

C. He had a problem with listening.                                 D. He was shorter than a normal baby.

The underlined word “deformity” in the second paragraph most probably means _________.

A. shortcoming           B. disadvantage                 C. disability                D. delay

Why did Mom dress him and herself in finest clothes?

A. To hide their depressed feeling.                             B. To indicate it an unusual day.

C. To show off their clothes.                                 D. To celebrate his successful operation.

From the story we may conclude that his mother was __________.

A. determined            B. stubborn                       C. generous                D. distinguished

According to the writer, what mattered most in his success?

A. His consistent effort.                                   B. His talent for music.

C. His countless failures.                                  D. His mother’s promise.

Losing a baby tooth can be fun for a kid. You can put it under your pillow and look forward to finding some money there in the morning. And then you can watch your new permanent(永恒的) tooth grow in its place.

But if a permanent tooth falls out, that’s a problem. There isn’t another one under the gum(齒齦)that can replace it. Unfortunately, this happens to some older people. And if permanent teeth fall out or need to be pulled, an older person might need dentures.

Dentures, known as false teeth, are a set of replacement teeth for any teeth that are missing. There are partial dentures, which take the place of only a few teeth and prevent the others from changing position. If all the teeth are gone, the person would need complete dentures, which replace every tooth in the mouth.

Dentures can cause pains at first and take little time to get adjusted to. They also need special care. They should be brushed daily with a special denture brush and cleanser and soaked（浸泡） in denture solution when not in the mouth.

Dentures are important for the old because, without teeth, it’s hard to smile, talk, and eat properly. But it can be a little weird if you see someone take out his or her dentures. It can also be strange to see someone, like a grandparent, without dentures in because he or she won’t have any teeth. Try not to make fun of the person because this could cause hurt feelings.

People usually lose their permanent teeth due to periodontal disease（牙周炎）, or gum disease, which is caused by bacteria that attacks the gums. Diseased gums aren’t strong and healthy, so teeth can get loose and fall out. Older people often have many cavities(洞)that have been filled over the years, and these fillings can weaken over time, leading to more tooth problems.

If one of your baby teeth falls out, you      .

A．should have a false tooth fixed in its place  B．have to put it under your pillow at once

C．will gain a permanent tooth in future        D．can exchange it for some money

A person wearing dentures      .

A．should brush them with a special denture brush every few days

B．will take a very long time to adjust himself or herself to them

C．will experience unpleasant feelings at the beginning of fixing them

D．should use denture solution to soak them in his or her mouth

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Partial dentures can prevent the remaining teeth from changing position.

B．Old people will find it hard to smile, talk, and eat properly without teeth.

C．A person’s teeth will possibly get loose if diseases strike his gums.

D．It is hard for a person to wear dentures if all his teeth have fallen out.

What does the underlined word “weird” mean in the fifth paragraph?

A．inconvenient           B．excited                 C．uncomfortable       D．impolite