The boy is so clever that he always tries his best s________ his mother.

Nowadays many people in Africa suffer from s________ because of war.

       The following table shows some results of a survey in which 800 Japanese school pupils were asked to give their impressions of their classroom teachers. The pupils’ impressions were found to differ depending on whether the teacher was new(with less than three years’ experience), middle-standing(ten to twenty years), or a veteran(twenty to thirty years). The numbers in the table show the percentage of the pupils who answered “very satisfied” or “extremely satisfied” for each question item.

72. In contrast(對比)to the new teachers, the middle-standing and veteran teachers seem to have made a remarkable(顯著的)improvement in their ability to____.

       A. be fair to any pupil

       B. evaluate(評價)pupils’ progress

       C. present materials clearly

       D. understand and play with pupils

73. Pupils seem to regard the new and the middle-standing teachers as being more ____than the veteran.

       A. relaxed in class

       B. interested in pupils’ ideas

       C. neat in appearance

       D. skilful at explaining

74. According to the table, which of the following is right?

       A. In the new teachers’ classes, pupils seem to ask questions more freely.

       B. Pupils seem to be quite satisfied with amount(總量)of time their teachers spend with them between classes.

       C. The evaluation of the middle-standing teachers is lower than that of the veterans in seven items.

       D. Though veterans do not play games with pupils during breaks, their teaching is rated highly.

75. Compared with the new teachers, ____.

       A. the middle-standing teachers lack energy to teach

       B. the middle-standing teachers feel difficult to teach

       C. the veterans feel it relaxing to teach

       D. the veterans feel the older they are, the more difficult it is to teach

       Several times each year the Queen gives afternoon tea parties at which guests are served tiny cakes filled with cream from her own cows. Cakes and sandwiches are brought in by footmen, yet you never see the Queen touch a thing. She simply sits beside a big silver plate, pouring cups of tea for everyone and carefully avoiding the cakes.

       At cocktail parties the Queen moves from group to group, chatting informally, and manages to make one glass of diet(節(jié)食)drink to last an entire evening.

       Tours abroad are difficult because hosts(主人)seem to believe the warmth of their welcome must be shown with wonderful state banquets(宴會). But the Queen has perfected the art of appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much.

       During one visit to the Pacific islands of Tonga, a specially-prepared dinner was arranged in a hut made of wood and bamboo leaves. Deep holes were dug in the ground, filled with hot stones and baby pigs, and the pigs were slowly baked over several days. The Queen looked uneasily at her plate when she discovered a whole roast pig was her serving.

       Then she became uneasy when a turkey, some meat, bananas and an apple were also carried in for each guest. So she depended on her old favorite trick of talking with her host., King Tupou IV, carrying on a warm conversation. At the same time she pushed her food around her plate and only ate a piece of turkey and some fruit.

       Reporters traveling with her have noted that the Queen will sometimes seem so carried away by a foreign leader’s political chat that she simply never has time to finish a meal before it is time to get up and make her speech. She will lift her fork to swallow a mouthful, then put it down again to make another point, leaving almost all of her meal untouched.

68. The main idea of the passage is about ____.

       A. the Queen’s favorite food

       B. the Queen’s tours abroad

       C. how the Queen keeps her diet during her tours

       D. the Queen’s trouble with a foreign leader

69. The Queen talked with her host and carried on conversation with him. The purpose of doing this is ____.

       A. to show her politeness

       B. not to eat much 

       C. to show her great interest in food

       D. to hide her dislike to the food

70. We can infer from the passage that tours are difficult for the Queen, because ____.

       A. she has to meet with so many important leaders

       B. she has to eat much oily food

       C. she has so many reporters to travel with her

       D. hosts always present wonderful state banquets

71. What probably is the Queen’s art of acting at state dinners?

       A. Appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much.

       B. Drinking Malvern water.

       C. Eating a piece of turkey and some fruit.

       D. Eating much without being noticed.

       A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment.

       The unpunctual man, on the other hand, never does what he has to do at the proper time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be regained. Time is more valuable than material things. In fact, time is life itself. The unpunctual man is forever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable asset(財產(chǎn))as well as others’. The unpunctual person is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters, or return calls or keep appointments promptly. But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it. He knows that he cannot get through his huge amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every piece of work when it has to be attended to.

       Failure to be punctual in keeping one’s appointments is a sign of disrespect towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the appointed time, he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. Usually this will be regarded as a great disrespect to the host and all other guests present.

       Unpunctuality, moreover, is very harmful when it comes to do one’s duty, whether public or private. Imagine how it would be if those who are put in chare of important tasks failed to be at their proper places at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or fellow men.

64. What does the author think is the main difference between  a punctual person and an unpunctual person?

       A. A punctual person does everything ahead of time while an unpunctual person does everything behind schedule.

       B. A punctual person does everything at the right time while an unpunctual person seldom does anything at the correct time.

       C. A punctual person has a lot of appointments while an unpunctual person has few appointments.

       D. A punctual person has much time to do everything while an unpunctual person has little time to do anything.

65. According to the passage, the main reason that a person is always unpunctual is that____.

       A. he has more work to do than other people

       B. he is always in a hurry when he works

       C. he doesn’t care much about time

       D. he always mismanages and wastes his time

66. According to the third paragraph, when you are invited to dinner, you should arrive there____.

       A. after other guests have arrived

       B. before all other guests

       C. at the appointed time

       D. after the host has got things ready

67. Which of the following statements best describes the harm of unpunctuality?

       A. If you are an unpunctual person, you cannot be in charge of any important task.

       B. If your friends know that you are unpunctual, they may not see you again.

       C. Unpunctuality may bring about heavy losses for both public and private affairs.

       D. Unpunctuality may make you miss a lot of appointments and lose friends.

A group of young people ____ “singers” by others will give performance in our town tonight.

       A. call                   B. calling                     C. called                D. to call

The most serious problem ____ the new government is how to supply more job opportunities.

       faced                     B. facing               C. to face to           D. facing to

It’s the ____ in the country to go out and pick flowers on the first day of spring.

       A. use                   B. habit                 C. custom              D. normal

I am surprised that you should have been fooled by such a simple ____.

       A. role                  B. deal                  C. test                   D. trick

In some parts of London, missing a bus means ____ for another hour.

       A. waiting             B. to wait                     C. wait                  D. to be waiting