Take good care of the resources or they will be ______ soon.

A. run out         B. used up       C.run away        D. using up

This problem may lead to more serious ones if_______ unsolved.

A.making         B.left         C.remained         D.keeping

________, you need to give all you have and try your best.

A. Being a winner           B. To be a winner

C. Be a winner             D. Having been a winner

Victor apologized for ________ to inform me of the change in the plan.

A. his being not able  B. him not to able   C. his not being able    D. him to be not able

John couldn’t take part in the activity held at the cultural center yesterday for _____ reasons.

A. series of        B. all kinds        C. the number of       D. a variety of

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51． When I opened the door, l found him sitting in the sofa, completely _____________________ reading a novel. (absorb)

當我打開門時，我發(fā)現(xiàn)他坐在沙發(fā)上，完全專心地看小說。

52．So _____________________________ that Maric was able to set up new branches elsewhere. (successful)

她的生意是如此成功，以至于瑪里克可以在別的地方建立新的分公司。

53．It seems that we have to accept the result and make a good preparation to have another try.

                       earlier, I could have done something to avoid this accident. (inform)

看來我們必須接受這個結果并做好再次嘗試的準備了。要是我早點得知的話，就可以做些什么來避免這場事故了。

54．It is the test system, rather than the teachers,           　                 for the students’ heavy study burden nowadays. (blame) 

對于學生現(xiàn)在的學業(yè)重壓，該受責備的是考試體系，而不是老師。

55． Have you ever had a case           　           but nobody showed any concern? (fall)

你有沒有過這種情況，你病倒了，卻沒有人關心?

56．With my money            　　　        , I have to draw some from the bank in case I have none in hand. (run)

我的錢快用完了，所以我要從銀行取點錢，以防手頭太緊。

57．We are told from the director’s office that                           we know the result of the final examination.  (long)

我們從主任辦公室獲悉，過不了多久，我們就可以知道期終考試的結果。

58．Some experts recommend signs and posters be put up in areas                 . (allow)

一些專家建議應在不允許抽煙的地方貼上標志和海報。

59． No one really knows exactly when the first people arrived in                 now. (call)

沒有人知道確切在什么時候第一批移民者到達我們今天稱之為美國的地方。

60．A reporter begins by contacting people ______________ and then prepares questions. (interview)

記者要先和被采訪人聯(lián)系，然后準備好要采訪的問題。

Scientists have confirmed that the majority of overweight people who try to lose weight either by cutting calories or exercising will return to their former size．Fewer than 10 percent of the l2 million British people who go on a diet each year succeed in losing significant amounts of weight and most of those who do put it all back on again within a year．

    The study of 25，000 people provides further evidence of the popularity of‘yo-yo dieting’where slimmers get into a cycle of losing weight and regaining it．The scientists，from the Medical Research Council’s National Survey of Health and Development，have concluded it is better to avoid getting fat in the first place．They followed 5，362 men and women from their birth in l946 and 20，000 from birth in l958，measuring their weight and blood pressure and assessing their lifestyles．The researchers found both groups began gaining weight in the 1980s and have steadily increased in size ever since．

    Dr Rebecca Hardy，the council’s programme leader on body size，said：“0nce people become, overweight，they continue extremely upwards．They hardly ever go back down．A(印刷不清兩個單詞)  weight but very few get back to normal。The best policy is to prevent people becoming overweight．For men weight goes up steadily through life。For women it starts slowly and accelerates in the mid-thirties．”

   But the study's findings do not mean dieting is pointless，as eating less and taking more exercise can increase fitness and lower blood pressure．In 2009，a quarter of adults and l4 percent of children were obese(過度肥胖的)，according to the Department of Health’s latest Health Survey for England．Although previous research has shown one in four Britons is trying to lose weight at any one time，it has been predicted that 60 percent of us will be obese by 2050，leading to even more cases of diabetes(糖尿病)，heart disease and cancer．Experts said we are programmed to put on weight rather than lose it．Dieting can make this tendency worse as decreasing calorie intake causes the body to go into starvation mode and reduce the amount of energy it naturally expends，making it even harder to lose weight．Commenting on the study，Professor Nick Finer from London Hospital，said：“It is unlikely that man would have progressed with mechanisms to fight against obesity which has only become a problem in the last 30～40 years．For most of human history，storing fat would have been an advantage．”

 47．According to Dr Rebecca Hardy，which of the following is TRUE?

    A．It is easier for men to lose weight than women．

    B．Once people lose weight，they never put on weight again．

    C．Never to become fat is the best way of keeping a good shape．

    D．The fact that fat people keep their weight upwards is unusual．

  48．The author says “the study’s findings do not mean dieting is pointless” because    ．

    A．the study lacks believable facts

    B．obese people are confident in losing weight

    C．dieting can really make a few people lose weight

    D．dieting and sports help to keep people free from some diseases

  49．From the last paragraph，we can learn that    ．

    A．decreasing calorie intake makes it even harder to lose weight

    B．the idea that people lose weight with mechanisms is practical

    C．being overweight is a lasting problem through the human history

    D．by 2050 more and more people will have got unfit because of losing weight

  50．Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?

    A．Which is better：cutting calories or exercisin97

    B．Fat people can’t really keep the weight off

    C．A new study on people’s health

D．How to go on a healthy diet

Everyone wants some degree of success. Many people believe that they deserve success simply because they believe that they deserve success.

But there is a widespread belief that people who get on in life may be successful not because they deserve it, but because of influential (有影響的)  friends or the right background. Sometimes it may just be a comforting and harmless belief, while at the other extreme it can be very destructive. I once met a brilliant young engineer who worked in a chemical plant. Because of her knowledge and experience, she should have been promoted to Production Manager. Instead, the job went to a man who was totally unsuited for the post. Everyone knew that he only got it because he was politically acceptable to his superiors (上司). This injustice discouraged the young engineer and many of her colleagues. It also meant that the factory was much less efficient than it could have been.

　　　At the same time, we should not be pessimistic (悲觀的). More and more the modern world depends on having people who are in the job because they are good enough, not just because their faces fit. There is a story of a factory owner who sent for an engineer to see to a machine which would not go. He examined it, then took out a hammer and tapped, once. The machine started up immediately. When he presented his bill, the owner protested, "This can't be right! $100 just for tapping a machine with a hammer?" The engineer wrote out a new bill: "For tapping a machine,$1; for knowing where to tap. $99."

43．The engineer at the chemical plant was not promoted because _____.

A. it was politically less good for the boss to accept her than the man

B. her boss did not think she had the fight qualifications for the job

C. the man who got the promotion was more experienced than she was

D. it is more difficult for a woman to get a promotion than for her male colleague

44．The engineer who repaired the machine was right in charging $ 100 because____.

A. he hit the machine to get it started again

B. the factory owner could not have repaired it himself

C. he was charging for his knowledge and expert skills

D. he was the only person who could find out what was wrong with it

45．What can we learn about the author's attitude toward the widespread belief that "people get on in life may be successful not because they deserve it"?

A. He quite agrees with it.

B. He doesn't express his opinion his opinion at it.

C. He completely disagrees with it.

D. He doesn't quite agree with it.

46．According to the text, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Having influential friends or right background seems helpful sometimes.

B. The engineer had good reason to overcharge the factory owner.

C. Not all those who are good in their jobs have the chance to be promoted.

D. Those who are good in their jobs are still largely needed by the modern society.

The United States economy has dipped into economic recession (經濟衰退). This caused discomfort and hardship in every level of society; but for many of the nation’s poor, discomfort and hardship turned into misery (苦難).

An increase in homelessness is probably the worst result of a nation’s financial disaster. About 3 million Americans were homeless because of a lack of affordable housing. Experts suggest that a family should spend no more than 30 percent of its income on housing. In fact, in some families housing costs make up 50 percent or more. An unexpected event, such as losing work or illness, can quickly push a family into homelessness.

An article in Time magazine tells a story of one such family. A young couple and their three children rented a two-bedroom apartment for about $350 a month. They could hardly go on with the husband’s$920-a-month take-home pay; so when their rent was raised to $500 a month, they could no longer make ends meet.

Another woman was found dead on a street in Washington D.C., the capital, and she died at a bus-stop across the street from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.

People become homeless for different reasons. Some may not be able to pay for housing, because they have lost their job and cannot find another place they can afford. Others have mental diseases, or are addicted to drugs or alcohol, many of whom do not live with their family. And what’s more, there are not enough centers for shelter as the government doesn’t pay enough attention to this social problem. 

People are making efforts to solve the problem. However, it will not be easy, because it is a personal and economical problem as well as a social problem.

39．The passage is mainly about __________ in the US.

A. ways of solving economic problems

B. homeless people being taken good care of

C. different reasons for economic recession

D. economic recession leading to social problems

40．In the passage the author supported his view by __________.

A. presenting specific figures                B. giving examples

C. explaining in details                      D. discussing different opinions

41． One main result that economic recession has led to is __________

A. an increase of living costs             B. more and more deaths

C. an increase of homeless people       D. less centers for poor people

42．How many reasons why people become homeless are listed in the passage?

A. 2.        B. 3.               C. 4.              D. 5.