---___ the sports meet might be put off.----yes, it all depends on the weather.

  A.I’ve been told   B. I’ve told    C.I’m told    D.I told

--I’m sorry, I am too busy to help you, but my brother can.I’ve told him to.---______.

A. It doesn't matter  B.I’m so sorry to hear that  C. That’s very kind of you  D.That’s not fair

With the rapid increase of economic rate in western countries,more and more married young couples tend to have no child or only one.  At the meantime,many developing nations adopt family planning policy to get rid of poverty. All these facts result in a world with population growth rate declining.But I myself would like to grow up in a big family.?

Of course,a small family has its advantages.Firstly,the small family makes it easier for parents to bring up and educate their child.Parents could spend more time and money educating one child than several.The child could grow up in an influential environment.Secondly,the child could learn more survival skills for future success.?

However,___________ .The only child becomes the little emperor.It would make the only child ask more for himself and think less of others.

Besides,after the child grows up and gets married,the new couple has to take care of four old parents.That means the two children must work hard to support the four old parents.At present,many nations are facing the problem of becoming aged society.China will face this situation in a short time to come.?

On the contrary,a big family weighs over a small family in many aspects.Firstly,parents could educate several children with almost the same time as they spend with one.Moreover,the old brothers or sisters could also help their parents bring up little children.Secondly,if one of the children turns out to be successful,it may mean he or she is becoming a model for other children to learn from.?

Despite the fact that parents have to spend more time and money bringing up several children,it is not so difficult as people think it to be.With the help of good educational system and modern technology,it is becoming easier to afford several children.?

1. What is the writer’s attitude towards whether  it is good to grow up in a big family?(Please answer within 10 words.)?

2. Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.?

3.What’s the main idea of the second paragraph? (Please answer within 10 words.)

4. Please fill in the blank with a proper sentence.(Please answer within 10 words.)?

5. What else do you think will help afford several  children besides what is mentioned in the article?(Please answer within 20 words.)?

Hollywood star Sharon Stone’s words on Sichuan earthquake ____her image.Nobody

     in China ____ her any more.?

     A.destroyed;would like

     B.has destroyed;likes?

     C.destroyed;will like

     D.had destroyed;liked?

There’s nothing ____being robbed while 

      you’re on holiday.?

      A.better than             B.wrong with?

      C.as well                   D.worse than?

“You are not a new member , are you?”  “___. I joined only yesterday.”

A. No, I am not    B.Yes, I’m not    C.No, I’m     D.Yes, I am

Have you ever regretted doing something you shouldn't have done or something you didn't do which you should have? At one time or another we probably all have.There's no __51 in getting depressed about it now—it's no __52  crying overspilt(溢出的)milk.However,there may be some gain in thinking about exactly what happened and why __53  we might be able to draw some conclusions for the future.

One thing we all do now and again is to lose our __54  with a friend or close relative.The odd thing is that we more often display great __55  towards someone we are fond of than towards __56  .The explanation may be that we see friends and relatives as a kind of safety net, an opportunity to __57  a bit of steam in a safe environment,while the consequences (后果)of __58   a stranger could be far more serious.

Being honest is usually thought of as a virtue (美德) and undoubtedly this is the __59  .On the other hand,we have all experienced occasions when we have spoken our minds to someone,telling them exactly what we feel,and then have found ourselves filled with feelings of __60  .Perhaps we should have kept our mouths shut?

51. A. reason        B. purpose      C. point          D. result 

52. A. use           B. help         C. value          D. benefit 

53. A. so            B. because      C. but            D. though 

54. A. mind          B. memory       C. manner         D. temper 

55. A. anger         B. interest     C. love           D. respect 

56. A. strangers     B. friends      C. relatives      D. colleagues

57. A. run through   B. throw away   C. give up        D. let off

58. A. inviting      B. insulting    C. speaking to    D. believing in 

59. A. issue         B. case         C. event          D. factor 

60. A. excitement    B. happiness    C. pride          D. guilt 

Like poorly managed stress, anger that isn’t handled in a healthy way can be not only uncomfortable, but even damaging to one’s health and personal life. Consider the following research on anger:

One study from the University of Washington School of Nursing studied   1   problems in husbands and wives. Researchers cited(引用) previous evidence that anger problems and depressive symptoms have been linked to all major   2   of death, but found that wives specifically found a greater association between anger and   3   of depression,   4   men tended to instead experience an   5   between anger and health problems.

According to a study from Ohio State University, those who had less control over their anger   6   to heal more slowly from wounds. Researchers gave blisters(起皰膏) to 98 participants and found that, after 8 days, those who had less control over their anger also tended to be   7   healers.    8   , those participants also tended to have more cortisol (a stress hormone) in their system during the blistering procedure,   9   that they may be more stressed by difficult situations as well.

  10   study from Harvard School of Public Health studied hostility(敵對行為) in men and found that those with   11   rates of hostility not only had poorer pulmonary functioning (breathing problems), but experienced higher rates of decline as they aged.

Research with children and   12   shows that anger   13   is important for the younger set as well. Findings showed that youth who cope inappropriately with their anger are at greater   14   for problem-ridden(受…支配的) interpersonal relationships. Their   15   is also at risk; those who cope poorly with anger tend to have more negative   16   when it comes to both mental and general health. This highlights the fact that anger management is an important skill to   17   early.

These are just a few of the many studies linking anger to   18   and emotional health problems, from the obvious to the   19   . Because poorly managed anger presents such a significant problem in so many areas of life, it’s important to take steps toward learning and using healthy anger management techniques in daily life,    20   stress management techniques.

(   ) 1. A. anger                 B. health               C. emotion            D. spirit

(   ) 2. A. causes               B. effects              C. excuses             D. factors

(   ) 3. A. times                 B. results              C. influences        D. symptoms

(   ) 4. A. but                    B. if                     C. while                      D. though

(   ) 5. A. appreciation      B. attention           C. association        D. attraction

(   ) 6. A. prepared            B. addicted           C. accustomed       D. tended

(   ) 7. A. faster                 B. more               C. slower              D. quicker

(   ) 8. A. As well as          B. In addition            C. Except             D. What’s worse

(   ) 9. A. predicting          B. promising        C. expecting          D. suggesting

(   ) 10. A. Other                      B. More               C. Another            D. The other

(   ) 11. A. higher                  B. lower                      C. thicker             D. fewer

(   ) 12. A. adults                   B. adolescents       C. elders                   D. citizens

(   ) 13. A. development     B. management     C. argument          D. engagement

(   ) 14. A. chance             B. choice              C. rate                  D. risk

(   ) 15. A. body               B. feeling             C. health               D. emotion

(   ) 16. A. outcomes          B. meanings          C. effects              D. pains

(   ) 17. A. recite                      B. learn               C. understand            D. explore

(   ) 18. A. facial                      B. spiritual            C. psychological    D. physical

(   ) 19. A. unperfected      B. unexpected       C. unprotected       D. uncovered

(   ) 20. A. along with               B. along side        C. as with             D. for with

       Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter, Maureen. With a checklist of criteria in hand, the Dallas family looked around the country visiting half a dozen schools. They sought a university that offered the teenager’s intended major, one located near a large city, and a campus where their daughter would be safe.

       “The safety issue is a big one,” says Joe Mahoney, who quickly discovered he wasn’t alone in his worries. On campus tours other parents voiced similar concerns, and the same question was always asked: what about crime? But when college officials always gave the same answer — “That’s not a problem here.” — Mahoney began to feel uneasy.

       “No crime whatsoever?” comments Mahoney today.  “I just don’t buy it.”  Nor should he: in 1999 the U.S. Department of Education had reports of nearly 400,000 serious crimes on or around our campuses. “Parents need to understand that times have changed since they went to colleges,” says David Nichols, author of Creating a Safe Campus. “Campus crime mirrors the rest of the nation.”

       But getting accurate information isn’t easy. Colleges must report crime statistics （統(tǒng)計數(shù)字) by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity, leaving the honest ones looking dangerous. “The truth may not always be obvious,” warns S. Daniel Carter of Security on Campus, Inc., the nation’s leading campus safety watchdog group.

      To help concerned parents, Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to experts around the country to find out major crime issues and effective solutions.

56.   The Mahoneys visited quite a few colleges last August ______.

       A. to express the opinions of many parents

B. to choose a right one for their daughter

       C. to check the cost of college education

       D. to find a right one near a large city

57.   It is often difficult to get correct information on campus crime because some colleges

______.

       A. receive too many visitors                              B. mirror the rest of the nation

       C. hide the truth of campus crime                      D. have too many watchdog groups

58.   The underlined word “buy” in the third paragraph means ______.

       A. mind                       B. admit                       C. believe                     D. expect

59.   We learn from the text that “the honest ones” in the fourth paragraph most probably refers to colleges ______.

A. that are protected by campus security             B. that report campus crimes by law

C. that are free from campus crime                           D. the enjoy very good publicity

60.   What is the text mainly about?

       A. Exact campus crime statistics.                       B. Crimes on or around campuses.

       C. Effective solutions to campus crime.                     D. concerns about kids’ campus safety.

If you ask people to name the one person who had the greatest effect on the English language,

you will get answers like "Shakespeare," "Samuel Johnson," and "Webster," but none of these men had any effect at all compared to a man who didn't even speak English-William the Conqueror.

Before 1066, in the land we now call Great Britain lived peoples belonging to two major language groups. In the west-central region lived the Welsh, who spoke a Celtic language, and in the north lived the Scots, whose language, though not the same as Welsh, was also Celtic. In the rest of the country lived the Saxons, actually a mixture of Anglos, Saxons, and other Germanic and Nordic peoples, who spoke what we now call Anglo-Saxon（or Old English）, a Germanic language. If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would be close to German.

But this state of affairs did not last. In 1066 the Normans led by William defeated the Saxons and began their rule over England. For about a century, French became the official language of England while Old English became the language of peasants. As a result, English words of politics and the law come from French rather than German. In some cases, modem English even shows a distinction（區(qū)別） between upper-class French and lower-class Anglo-Saxon in its words. We even have different words for some foods, meat in particular, depending on whether it is still Out in the fields or at home ready to be cooked, which shows the fact that the Saxon peasants were doing the farming, while the upper-class Normans were doing most of the eating.

When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germany more "foreign" than France because the German they see on signs and advertisements seems much more different from English than French does. Few realize that the English language is actually Germanic in its beginning and that the French influences are all the result of one man's ambition.

67. The two major languages spoken in what is now called Great Britain before 1066 were _____.

A. Welsh and Scottish    B. Nordic and Germanic

C. Celtic and Old English      D. Anglo-Saxon and Germanic

68. Which of the following groups of words are, by inference, rooted in French?

A. president, lawyer, beef      B. president, bread, water

C. bread, field, sheep     D. folk, field, cow

69. Why does France appear less foreign than Germany to Americans on their first visit to Europe?

A. Most advertisements in France appear in English.

B. They know little of the history of the English language.

C. Many French words are similar to English ones.

D. They know French better than German.

70. What is the subject discussed in the text?

A. The history of Great Britain.   

B. The similarity between English and French.

C. The rule of England by William the Conqueror.     

D. The French influences on the English language.