With too many construction projects        all the strength out of the economy, people of the small country complained a lot.

A．sucking        B．to suck         C．being sucked         D．being sucking

Having a mix of male and female nurses also helps create a fun atmosphere,       helps patients recover faster.

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

Unable to practice their traditions, many young Roma        illegal behavior, such as stealing, and were usually the main suspects when anything went missing.

A．took in          B．took on         C．took up         D．took to

20 years ago, I drove a cab for a living. One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a ___1__ up at a building that was dark ___2___ a single light in a ground floor window. After a long pause, a small woman in her 80’s stood before me.

   “Would you carry my bag out to the car?” she said. I took her small suitcase to the cab, and then returned to ___3____ the woman. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “ It’s nothing.” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the ___4___ I would want my mother treated.”

“Riverside Street, please. But could you drive through downtown?”

“ It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I don’t mind,” She said.“ I’m in no ____5__. I am on my way to a hospice.” I looked in the back view mirror. Her eyes were full of ___6___. “ I don’t have any family __7___.” She continued. “The __8___ says I don’t have very long.” While we were driving through the city, she showed me the building where she had once worked. Sometimes she asked me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would ___9___into the darkness, saying ___10___. Not until the first ray of the sun ___11___up the sky did we get to the address she had given me.

“How much do I ___12___you?’ she asked.

“Nothing,” I said. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She ___13____ onto me tightly, saying “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.” Then she walked into the hospice.

 Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the ___14__ of a life. I don’t pick up any more passengers for the rest of the day. I drove ___15____, lost in thought.  ___16___ I had refused to take the run?  On a quick ___17___, I don’t think I have done anything more __18___ in my life. We are conditioned to think that our lives ___19__ on great moments. But great moments often catch us _20___ ----beautifully hidden in what others may consider a small one.

1．A．visit              B．pick              C．business         D．a(chǎn)ppointment

3．A．take              B．bring              C．a(chǎn)ccompany     D．a(chǎn)ssist

4．A．a(chǎn)ttitude           B．manner            C．way           D．means

5．A．trouble             B．hurry             C．time            D．danger

6. A．puzzlement         B．excitement         C．eagerness        D．sadness

7．A．gone             B．stayed             C．left             D．remained

8．A．lawyer            B．doctor            C．neighbor         D．relative

9．A．stare             B．wander           C．disappeared      D．step

10．A．much           B．nothing           C．a(chǎn)nything         D．none

11．A came              B．a(chǎn)ppeared         C．showed          D．lit

12．A．charge          B．owe             C．give             D．cost

13．A．kept             B．held              C．caught          D．seized

14．A．beginning        B．symbol           C．sign             D．closing

15．A．a(chǎn)imlessly         B．deliberately        C．intentionally      D．carefully

16．A．How come       B．So what          C．What if        D．How about

17．A．review          B．pause           C．rest             D．memory

18．A．troublesome      B．important         C．enthusiastic      D．worthless

19．A．depend          B．rely             C．look           D．center

20．A．sudden              B．unaware            C．conscious         D．expected

When I graduated from Edinburgh University in 2004, I was unwilling to leave the city. The beautiful architecture, the Scottish countryside, friendly people—I was not short of reasons to stay. But along with the majority of my friends, both English and Scottish, I headed south to London to find a job.

This is a common pattern across the UK. About one in five graduates aged between 21 and 29 gets a job in London within six months of graduation, according to the Higher Education Careers Service Unit.

Emma Pollard, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Employment Studies says, “There’s a real desire on the part of the students to stay on in a university town or city. They say the quality of life is good. But they get drawn away because they think that the opportunities are in big cities.” This trend is particularly strong in southern cities, with London not far away.

But although large cities such as Birmingham and Manchester are a major draw for financial jobs, graduates sometimes focus on them too much and miss opportunities elsewhere. “Some areas do have less of a lively financial services business—the East Midlands, for example. However, there are top-level manufacturing (制造業(yè)) jobs. Everywhere has top jobs in health and education, ” says Pollard.

However, people do not remain happy in the big cities forever. Later in their careers the UK’s middle class tend to change their opinions.

People traditionally look to move out of the big cities and travel to their workplace. This is especially true for families who want to buy more space for their money.

The increase in online communication also means more people can work from home or just go into the office a couple of times a week. With the comparatively small size of the UK, you can easily enjoy the best of both worlds, wherever you live.

1．Graduates leave university towns or cities because ______________ .

     A．the quality of life there is not good.

     B．they think there are more chances in big cities

     C．they want to follow the others

     D．the environment there is not satisfying

2．The underlined words “both worlds” in the last paragraph specifically refer to _____ .

     A．the west and the east                    B．the UK and a foreign country

     C．big cities and small places              D．work and home

3．What makes it possible to enjoy the best of both worlds easily?

     A．The change in people’s opinions.        B．The size of the UK.

     C．The development of minor cities.       D．People’s desire to buy more space.

4．According to the passage, Birmingham and Manchester __________ .

     A．a(chǎn)re two of the attractions to graduates         

       B．a(chǎn)re two less lively cities

     C．offer good manufacturing jobs      

       D．have lost their appeal to finance graduates

1．The People’s Car is ___________ .

     A．cheap                                   B．expensive

     C．environmentally friendly               D．strongly built

2．Which of the products is made completely from environmentally friendly material?

     A．The People’s Car.                    B．The Air Jordan XX3.

     C．The HX car.                      D．The Fujitsu laptop.

3．According to scientists, which of the following opinions towards the new products is true?

     A．The People’s Car will bring a revolution to car materials.

     B．The Air Jordan shoe will contribute to global warming.

     C．The HX car has raised people’s environmental awareness.

     D．The Fujitsu laptop will not make a significant difference to the environment.

Autumn means different things to different people. It all depends on your personality, said British naturalist Richard Mabey. “Personality shapes your view of the reason,” he said. “ You may see it as a fading away, a packing up, or as a time of packing in another sense- the excited gathering of resources before a long journey.”

    If this is true, perhaps it tells us a little about, for instance, Thomas Hood, the 19^th Century English poet. About November, he wrote:

No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees

November!

On the other hand, another English poet John Keats, already sensing he was seriously ill, was inspired by a late September day to open one of the greatest poems in the English language, To Autumn. He wrote to a friend afterwards, saying there was something comforting about autumn.

According to Richard Mabey, Keats has the biological evidence on his side. Autumn is not a time of slowing down, but a time of new beginnings and great movements of creatures. For example, just at the moment that Keats’ “gathering swallows(燕子)” (in To Autumn) are leaving for America, millions of creatures from the frozen north are fleeing into Britain. Wild geese arrive from Iceland, Greenland and Russia to winter along the east and south coasts. People might argue that it is the coloring of the leaves and their eventual falls that make people feel sad about autumn. But no one is sure why trees drop their leaves in the first place. It may be to rid the poisonous material trees collect over the summer. More likely, it is a way of reducing the loss of water, which tree roots find hard to take in from cold soil.

A century after Keats, the American poet Loren Eiseley wrote:

Suppose we saw ourselves burning like maples in a golden autumn And suppose we could disintegrate(消逝) like autumn leaves

Would not our attitude towards death be different?

1．The best title of the passage would be________.

     A．Autumn’s many faces

     B．Poems about autumn

     C．Autumn-the only theme of poems

     D．Not a time of slowing down

2．Which of the following is more likely to make people sad?

     A．Swallows leaving for Africa            B．Wild geese arriving Britain

     C．The fall of tree leaves                 D．Their lack of knowledge of trees

3．Because of his personality, Keats felt­­­­­­­­­________ when autumn came.

     A．excited           B．comfortable       C．disappointed      D．sad

4．We can infer from the last paragraph that___________

     A．Loren Eiseley was also a botanist

     B．nobody can avoid death

     C．Loren Eiseley would like to be a maple leaf in autumn

       D．we should take a positive attitude towards death

Ship tourism to Antarctica is on the rise: More than 35,000 tourists are expected to visit Antarctic this summer. In 1992-93, 6,750 visited Antarctica, according to the Antarctica Treaty. All of this tourism, however, is putting both tourists and the environment in great danger.

Among the tourist ships that visit the continent, the Explorer, a Canadian ship, was one of the first. Put to use in 1969, it was built to carry tourists to Antarctica. Last week, however, it became the first commercial passengers ship to sink beneath the waters. Fortunately, all of the passengers and crew members were rescued from the ship. However, the sunken ship endangered the Antarctic’s fragile environment. The ship was estimated to be holding 48,000 gallons of fuel.

The accident was not unexpected. Both the US and UK had warned a conference of the Antarctic Treaty member countries in May that the tourism situation in this area was a potential disaster. The US said in a paper, People “ should take a hard look at tourism issues now, especially those related to ship safety.” Although the Antarctic seas are relatively(相對地) calm, floating ice causes a potential threat to ships. The owner of the Explorer blamed the sinking on a fist-like hole in the ship caused by ice.

Many of the other large ships now visiting Antarctica are not designed especially against thick ice. Such ships generally can only come to the continent in summer. But the tourist rush is pushing ships into dangerous situations. “ The increasing number of ships operating in Antarctic means that the ship are under great pressure to get there in time for the key visiting sites,” the British government wrote in a paper at the meeting of member countries.

As a natural frontier, Antarctica is in a messy legal situation. There are no obvious answers as to who is responsible for dealing with the threat that tourist may cause to human life and the environment.

There is no coast guard for Antarctica. Do we want tit to become Disneyland, or do we need some controls?

1．Which of the following is true according to this passage?

    A．Antarctica tourism has a history of about 15 years

    B．The number of tourists to the Antarctic is over 5 times bigger than that of 15 years ago.

    C．The tourism boom has caused holes in the floating ice in the ­­­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Antarctica.

    D．The Antarctica Treaty is responsible for the problem.

2．The sinking of the Explorer____________

    A．led to a conference about the tourism situation in the Antarctica.

    B．was caused by the rough seas

    C．had been predicted

    D．did harm to the Antarctica.

3．It can be inferred from the passage that_________

    A．a(chǎn) Disneyland will be built in the Antarctic

    B．fewer people are visiting the Antarctic because of the warnings given
      C．not all the ships are suitable to go to the Antarctic

    D．some ships take risks visiting the Antarctic in other seasons rather than in summer

4．In this passage, the writer suggests that___________

    A．People had better not make a tour of the Antarctic

    B．ships to the Antarctic should be built strong enough

    C．there should be legal controls over tourism in the Antarctic

       D．the Antarctic’s environment is fragile

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Dear John,

     I’m very glad to receive your letter and knowing that you are very much interested in what volunteers do in Nanjing, As a member of the Nanjing Volunteers Association, I can tell you a lot.

Could you please tell me what you do as volunteers in the US? Hope to hear from you soon.

Best wishes,

Yours,

Li Hua

The finest and most sought-after violins were handcrafted by an Italian violin maker over 250 years ago. The man’s name was Antonius Stradivarius. He was born in 1644 and began his career   1   a violin maker’s apprentice (學徒). Working on his own by 1680, he became determined to make   2   that could reproduce tones as rich as those produced by the human voice. He  3    several shapes and styles for his violins until he arrived at a design that pleased him. During his career he crafted 1,100 violins. Those in   4   have become treasured possessions.

    Unfortunately, the secret of the Stradivarius violin died with its maker. During his lifetime Stradivarius kept his notes safely   5  , even his two sons, who helped him in his workshop, did not know all the steps involved in each violin’s construction.

    Through the years, many experts have offered    6   explanations for the unique tone of a “Strad”. Some say it is due to the violin’s shape. Others suggests that the secret    7   the special properties(特性) of the wood, which Stradivarius obtained from native Italian trees that no longer exist. The most widely accepted explanation is that it is created by the varnish（清漆） that the    8    used to coat his violins. Chemists have analyzed as closely as possible the varnish and have found its    9    has improved the sound of many violins.   10   , no other violin maker has been able to fully reproduce the tone of the Stradivarius’s violins.

1.  A. with                  B. as               C. for              D. from

2.  A. instruments        B. facilities        C. equipment     D. tools

3.  A. investigated       B. surveyed      C. tested           D. experimented

4.  A. fashion         B. existence         C. possession      D. use

5.  A. protected           B. buried        C. hidden         D. covered

6.  A. possible         B. accurate              C. detailed         D. persuasive

7.  A. brings in         B. takes in       C. results in      D. lies in

8.  A. master          B. violinist         C. expert           D. user

9.  A. attention        B. application      C. invention      D. foundation

10.  A. Additionally      B. Luckily         C. Therefore     D. Still