The 2008 Beijing Olympics began officially on Friday 8th August 2008 at 8 pm in front of a crowd of 90,000 eager spectators in the Bird's Nest stadium.

Things got off to a bang with a starting firework display which lit up Beijing's skyline, followed by a total of 2,008 energetic drummers beating a countdown（倒計時）. Then the crowd was treated to an amazing sequence（系列） pretty and carefully designed scenes which took them through 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture.

After these performances, it was time for the athletes themselves to take center stage. In keeping with tradition, Olympic founders Greece led the 204 competing nations into the stadium.

China's 639 athletes entered last behind towering flag bearer Yao Ming, to a thunderous reception from the crowd.

Finally, the main torch was lit by a jet of fire  from Chinese Olympic hero Li Ning, who had been pulled up to the roof of the stadium on wires.

China, of course, was not alone in watching the opening ceremony. British newspaper The Guardian said the show "outdid all of its former hosts in numbers, colour, noise and expense."

The Financial Times was equally impressed. "No country ever has--or surely will--match the Chinese in effort, human power, organization, creativity and , it has to be said, money they were willing to put into what once a little show."

No pressure on the next host city then! With just four years to go, the London Olympic organizers have promised to deliver an equally inspirational ceremony. Let's hope they can pull it off.

45. Which of the following is the right order of the opening ceremony of 29th Olympic Games?

a. China's athletes entered last behind Yao Ming.

b. A starting firework display lit up Beijing's skyline.

c. The main torch was lit by a jet of fire from Chinese Olympic hero Li Ning.

d. A total  of 2,008 energetic drummers beat a countdown.

e. The crowd was treated to an amazing sequence of pretty and carefully designed scenes which took them through 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture.

f. Olympic founders Greece led the 204 competing nations into the stadium.

A. b, d, e, a, f, c              B. d, c, b, a, e, f               C. d, c, a, e, b, f        D. b, d, e, f, a, c

46. What does the underlined word outdid probably mean in this passage?

A. did well              B. did worse than         C. did better than             D. did poorly

47. Which of the following can best describe the author's attitude toward the London Olympics?

A. negative              B. sad                         C. positive                       D. satisfied

48. We can find the passage in a newspaper most probably in _____________section.

A. music                B. sports                       C. literature                    D. military

He _____ football regularly for many years when he was young.

   A. was playing      B. played      C. has played     D. had played

Even　though　he　was　guilty，the＿＿judge　did　not　send　him　to　prison．

A)merciful?     B)impartial?      C)conscientious?     D)conspicuous

The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image （形象）of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.

An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious（叛逆的）and selfish .but actually they have other things on their minds: they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation（商議）and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”

So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me," says 17-year-old Daniel Lazall. “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”

Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”

41. What is the popular image of teenagers today?

A. They worry about school.                        B. They dislike living with their parents.

C, They have to be locked in to avoid troubles.  D. They quarrel a lot with other family members.

42. The study shows that teenagers don’t want to__________ .

A. share family responsibility                                B. cause trouble in their families

C. go boating with their family                          D. make family decisions

43. Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents__________ .

A. go to clubs more often with their children          B. are much stricter with their children

C. care less about their children’s life                 D. give their children more freedom

44. According to the author, teenage rebellion__________ .

A. may be a false belief                                    B. is common nowadays

C. existed only in the 1960s                               D. resulted from changes in families

45. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Negotiation in family.                                         B. Education in family.

C. Harmony in family.                          D.Teenage trouble in family.

Alice is fond of playing ___ piano while Henry is interested in listening to ___ music.

   A./, the    B.the, /   C./,/     D.the, the

You have waited 45 minutes for the valuable 10 minutes’ break between classes. But when the bell for the next class rings, you can’t   36   how quickly time has passed.

If you are familiar with this   37  , you’ll know how time flies when you are having fun-and  38   when you are bored. Now scientists have   39   a reason why this is the case.

Scans have shown that patterns of activity in the brain   40   according to how we focus on a task. When we are   41  , we concentrate more on how time is passing. And this makes our brains   42   the clock is ticking more slowly.

In an experiment   43   by a French laboratory, 12 volunteers watched an image   44  

researchers monitored their brain activity.

The volunteers were told to   45   concentrate on how long an image appeared for, then

  46   the color of the image, and thirdly, study both duration and color. The results showed that  47   was more active when the volunteers paid   48   subjects.

It is thought that if the brain is   49   focusing on many aspects of a task, it has to  50  its resources, and pays less attention to the clock.  51 , time passes without us really   52   it, and seems to go quickly. If the brain is not so active, it concentrates its   53   energies on monitoring the passing of time.   54  , time seems to drag.

Next time you feel bored   55  , perhaps you should pay more attention to what the teacher is saying!

36．A．guess                      B．learn                      C．believe                   D．doubt

37．A．view                      B．point                      C．scene                      D．experience

38．A．drags                      B．stops                      C．backs                      D．gains

39．A．thought over           B．made up                 C．suggested                D．come up with

40．A．change                   B．develop                  C．grow                      D．slow

41．A．sleepy                    B．bored                            C．excited                   D．a(chǎn)ctive

42．A．report                     B．think                      C．decide                    D．see

43．A．produced                B．carried                    C．tried                       D．performed

44．A．so                          B．when                      C．while                      D．but

45．A．partly                     B．quickly                   C．how                       D．first

46．A．remember               B．focus on                 C．forget                     D．tell apart

47．A．the researchers        B．the experiment        C．the clock                 D．the brain

48．A．much attention to                                       B．more attention to    

    C．a(chǎn)ttention to many                                        D．a(chǎn)ttention to more

49．A．busy                       B．likely                            C．ready                      D．sure

50．A．focus                      B．gather                     C．reach                      D．spread

51．A．However                B．Furthermore            C．Therefore                D．Finally

52．A．recognizing             B．watching                 C．noticing                  D．counting

53．A．enough                   B．full                        C．right                       D．proper

54．A．In fact                    B．As a result                     C．For example            D．Instead

55．A．in class                   B．with work               C．in mind                  D．of lessons

Paul was a good athlete when he was a middle school student. He liked running and jumping and won some medals at the sports meetings. So he was tall and strong. Suddenly war broke out and the young man joined the army. He was sent to the front and killed several enemy soldiers. Two years later he raturned to his home town and found a job at the police station. People had known about his bravery by then and they all liked the polite young man.

One day a few young men had drunk too much before they came in a cinema. They danced and sang there and the film couldn't be shown. Paul was ill that day and went to the hospital. When he was passing there, the young men were beating an old man. He went to stop them and they began to fight. He caught them all and sent them to the police station. Since then all the bad men in the town were afraid of the brave policeman.

It was a summer evening. The weather was hot and few people could stay indoors. Paul was on duty and sat by the telephone. Suddenly in rushed a beautiful girl with a book in her hand. She stood there, shaking in her shoes.

“What's the matter, madam? ”asked Paul.

“I wish you could protect me sir, ”answered the girl.

“Protect? ”Paul said in surprise. “For what? ”

The girl showed the book to Paul. The young man understood at once: it was a book about Ghosts（鬼）！

64. Paul won some medals because ____.  

A. he was a middle school student        B. he was tall and strong

C. he kept doing morning exercises       D. he was good at running and jumping.

65. Paul was ____ after he joined the army.  

A. a good athlete   B. a brave soldier   C. a polite policeman    D. a brave policeman

66. Paul sent the young men to the police station because ____.     

A. they made some trouble（鬧事）at the cinema    B. they drank much in the restaurant

C. they wouldn't see the filin                     D. they wanted to fight with him

67. Paul sat by the telephone that evening because ____.  

A. he was waiting for an important call          B. he was going to call somebody

C. he was on duty                           D. he wasn't afraid of hotness

________ global energy safety, all the countries have been called on to take joint efforts ．

       A．Having ensured             B．Ensuring               

C．To ensure               D．To have ensured

If you buy more than ten, they knock 20 pence off        .

A.  a price           B.  price            C.  the price          D.  price

____________ production up by 60%, the company has had another excellent year.

A.  As             B. For          C. With         D. Through