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The two parties held the talk in a friendly________________ and reached an agreement．

     A．a(chǎn)tmosphere    B．state    C．situation   D．phenomenon

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一My flight was delayed because of________ heavy rain．

―But you are just in______________ time for the discussion．

A．the；a    B．a(chǎn)；the    C．不填；不填D．the；不填

6、（1）           You are in a beautiful place enjoying the landscape，maybe fishing ,but suddenly the peace and quiet is interrupted by the noisy sound of a cell phone !Cell phone are everywhere，and some people don’t know what the limits of cell phone use are.

（2）           Nowadays，that’s the biggest problem．People disturb other people，first with the ringing of their cell phones and then with their conversations because they usually speak very loudly．Not everybody in a public place should have to listen to private conversations．

（3）           People need to-learn how to use cell phones correctly．If there is an emergency，cell phone  are acceptable；but remember that just a few years ago few people had cell phones and the whole society survived! Nowadays people can’t seem to live__________.．They talk in restaurants，in restrooms，in ears，in hospitals，and at parties．It's incredible!

（4）           It's like smoking．Just as people don’t want to be bothered by smokers。they don’t want to be disturbed by cell phone talkers．Our society has to learn to respect other people．It would be great if loud talking was seen as really bad manners．The u8e of cell phones must be restricted in places such as cinemas，theatres，museums，classrooms，and hospitals．

（5）           Nowadays，people just laugh when a cell phone rings in these places ,but it’s Just the beginning，SO in the future I think things are going to change．They should have got tickets when they use them in inappropriate places，like people get parking tickets when they park in inappropriate places .So，we have to write some rules to restrict，or even prohibit，cell phone use in some places．New rules of etiquette(禮儀)are needed for new behaviors in our lives such as using cell phones．It's going to have to be part 0f our education in t}le future．

76.What is the purpose of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words)

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77．The following sentence is taken from the beginning of a paragraph．Please find out which paragraph the sentence belongs to．But again，not everybody wants to listen to other people’s private conversation.

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78．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words)

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79．If cell phones are acceptable in your school，please list two rules about the correct use of cell phones．(Please answer within 20 words) ．

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80．Translate the underlined sentences in Paragraph 5 into Chinese.

二、選擇題

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5、    Scott Langteau has this message for kids：Spend less time playing video games．

    It’s a message that many a morn and dad have tried to impress upon many a youngster (and some not―so―youngsters)who spend perhaps a bit too much time with game controllers in hand．

    But the 40一year―old Langteau isn’t a parent．He’s a veteran(老手)0f the video game in dusty―one who played producer on three“Medal of Honor" games and co―founded his own game development company．

    Langteau has just published a children’s book called“Sofa Boy，”which tells the story of a kid who spends too much time sitting on the Couch with controller held in hand and the rather terrible consequences that follow．

    It’s a fairy tale picked straight from Langteau’s own experiences as a lad with a fondness for video games and his own bouts with a bit of game addiction．But first．Langteau would like to make one thing clear：…I m not saying that you shouldn’t play video games．I think video games are great―think they do great things for kids．"Instead。Langteau says his book is all about a little something called“moderation(克制)．”

    “It's about being well rounded，”he says．“Just like with anything else，we all need to make sure that there’s a variety in what we do．”

    Video garners can be rather bad-tempered when it comes to accepting criticism about their favorite entertainment．And understandably so．After all，most people who go around talking about the dangers of playing video games tend to be outsiders―people who don't play video games and certainly don’t understand that they can be a valuable and healthy form of entertainment．

    But Langteau and‘‘Sofa Boy’’ seem to be in a unique position to deliver a message of gaming moderation that the young game masses might actually listen to．After a11．this is a man who understands what it means to be a kid with a passion for games．His early experience has taught him a lesson．

70．Scott Langteau published“Sofa Boy”to          

  A．share his great skills on games        B．what kids against game addiction

  C．tell about his fairy tale as a kid        D．deliver a message for games

71．Which of the following is true of the book“Sofa Boy”?

  A．The book tells of the writer’s own story．

  B．The book describes a veteran on games.

  C．The boy in the book wins a medal for games．

  D．The boy in the book is not an addict on games．

72．We can learn from the passage that          

  A．Langteau advises the young play games within limits

  B．Langteau advises the young not to play games

  C．playing video games ruins the future of kids

  D．playing video games is of no benefit to kids

73．Why are video gamers not accepted by the outsiders?

  A．Because they are bad-tempered．

  B．Bceause they are dangerous to others．

  C．Because they do nothing but play video games?

  D．Because the value of video games is not understood．

74．By saying“It’s about being well rounded”，Langteau thinks           

  A．games do great things for kids

  B．garners are usually fat and round

  C．games should be viewded from all sides

  D．gamers are to blame for their behaviors

 75．What topic will be discussed in the following paragraph?

  A．His idea to create“Sofa Boy”．

  B．His great achievement in games as a kid．

  C．His hard times to set up his game company.

  D．His enthusiasm for games when he Was a small boy.

4、    These days，when about 10.3 million．Americans are jobless and countless mole worry they will be，lovers of yoga(瑜珈)are eager to keep peace by twisting their bodies．

    “People want to do something relaxing and physically active．My experience is that attendance In classes gone significantly up in the past few months，”said yoga instructor David，who turned to teaching yoga when his advertising jobs dried up in the recession(不景氣)of  2001．He admitted his private custoIlll~I'8 have fallen off a bit，but “generally，my long―term private clients are financially well-off and eager to recommend me to their friends．”

    “We’ve  added yoga classes，”said Nicole Moke，spokeswoman for the fitness centers．“We add classes every January．”

    And if the attack of hard times should fall upon their weft-heeled member ship?

    “We’ve  added a lot of meditation classes．Our members．seem to be very excited about that”，she added．    

    Callfornia-hased Yoga Works agrees that business is successful．“In our experience attendance is up year over year，”Marketing Director Terri  Seiden  said．

   “We expect to see this trend continue．In difficult times yoga goers are more unwilling than ever to give up their practice，”she said from her office in Santa Monica，California．Seiden said Yoga Works opened a new studio in January and has plans for more．“We are hiring more teachers and studio staff，”she said．   

  So is yoga a recession-proof shelter from the storms of economy?

   “We don’t say yoga is recession-proof but it does work，”Seiden said．“Yoga is one way that people Can take care of multiple needs―it is a complete workout for your mind and body， a form of stress relief，entertainment and there is a sense of community as well．’’

66.From the passage we can see                .

  A．the jobless are eager to practice yoga

  B．people want to hunt for jobs by practicing yoga

  C．those practicing yoga don’t worry about employment

  D．those practicing yoga want to seek peace in the hard times

67．According to the second paragraph，we can learn

  A．David does an advertising job in the Yoga Works

  B．David denies his private customers have fallen off

  C．David’s friends recommend to him the well―off customers

  D．David doesn’t think the storms of economy will affect the business

68．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

  A．Meditation classes have been added to attract customers．

  B．Some yoga instructors will lose their jobs in the hard times．

  C．The well-heeled membership will be affected in the hard times．

  D．People practice yoga because they are afraid of being jobless．

69.According to the last paragraph，practicing yoga_______．

  A．is a way out of stress

  B．gives people a perfect shape

  C．gives people a sense of safety

  D．provides a she her to survive the hard times   

3、      Most children，even the youngest of children，are delighted to be around cats and dogs．But these  pets carry plenty of germs and allergens(過(guò)敏原)，prompting researchers to ask：Are cats and dogs really safe for children?

    A study finds that，contrary to many parents’ fears，owning cats or dog8 does not in crease a child’s risk of developing allergies，and in fact，may actually protect them．The study’s lead author，Dr-Dennis Own by of the Medical College of Georgia，says that even he was “Very surprised”by the results．Own by and colleagues followed more than 470 children form birth to age 6 Or 7，comparing those exposed to cats and dog8 during their first year of life to those who Were not

    By using skin―prick tests for detecting common allergies，the researches found that  contrary  to  what many doctors had been taught for years，children wh0 had lived with a pet were not  at greater risk.

    Even more remarkable，children who had two or more dogs or cats had even  great diction ,up to77 percent，in risk of allergies．Researchers suggest this protective effect  may be the result of early exposure to lots of bacteria that are carried by dogs and cats．Exposing  young children  to  these bacteria helps“exercise”their immune systems early in life  so that they're better able to resist allergic disease8 later．

    There’s something  Very important in that first year of life when the immune system developing that we can retrain it away from an allergic response，”said Dr．William Davis．

    And while researchers are not encouraging parents to buy dogs 0r cats just to reduce a child’s allergy risk，they say if a family already has one or more animals，there’s no need to get rid of them．

61．Why do the researchers feel“very surprised”by the results of the study?

  A．Because the results are contrary to their expectation．

  B．Because 80 many children are playing with eats and dogs．

  C．Because parents are so much worried about their children．

  D．Bee-use children with animals may develop allergies easily．

62．Compared with children who have pets，those who haven't

  A．will lose the chance to develop immune system

  B．may suffer allergic diseases more often

  C．will reduce the harm from bacteria

  D．can keep doctors away   

63．It Can be inferred from the passage that

  A．pets are ill-treated by their owners

  B．less families would like to own eats and dogs

  C．keeping pets is a good  way to keep children healthy

  D．the results of the study Call make families with pets feel at ease

64．The underlined word“it”in the fifth paragraph refers to

  A．the early life                             B．a(chǎn)n allergic disease

  C．immune system                        D．something important

65．What may be the best title of the passage？

  A．How to protect your kids from allergies

  B．Your pets may be helping your kids

  C．Bacteria do good to your kids   

  D．Advantages of owning pets   

2、  Spending as little as  $US 5 a day on someone else could significantly boost happiness，the team at the University of British Columbia found．

  Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably happier when they spent money on others―even if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them happier．

  “We wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important

as how much money they earn，”said Elizabeth Dunn，a psychologist at the University of British Columbia．They asked their 600 volunteers fwst to rate their general happiness，report their annual income and detail their monthly spending including bills，gifts for themselves，gifts for others and donations to charity．

  “No matter how much income each person made，those who spent money on others reported greater happiness，while those who spent more on themselves did not，”Dunn said in a statement．

  Dunn’s team also surveyed 16 employees at a company in Boston before and after they received an annual profit-sharing bonus ofbetween$US3000 and$US8000．“Employees who devoted more of their bonus to pro-social spending experienced greater happiness after receiving the bonus，and the manner in which they spent that bonus was a more important predictor of their happiness than the size of the bonus itself，”they wrote in their report，published in the journal science．

  They gave their volunteers$US5 or $US20 and half got clear instructions on how to spend it．Those, who spent the money on someone or something else reported feeling happier about it．

  “These findings suggest that very minor changes in spending allocations―a8 little as $US5一may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day，”Dunn said．

56．What is the general idea of the passage?

  A．The more you earn，the greater happiness you will get．

  B．Spending more money on yourself will make you happier．

  C．Money Can buy happiness，but only if you spend it on someone else．

  D．You can spend only$US5 a day on 80meone else to get happiness．

57．The underlined word“boost’’ in the first paragraph probably means

  A．help to find                                   B．help to bring

  C．help to increase                             D．help to get

58．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

  A．Those who spend more money on礎(chǔ)占r8 Can get much more bonus．

  B．People usually think spending money on themselves will make them happier．

  C．Very small changes in spending your money may be enough to gain happiness．

  D．Researchers think that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn．

59．Dunn is ______ .

     A.. an employee in a company

     C．a(chǎn) reporter in a journal

     B．a(chǎn) psychologist at a university

     D．a(chǎn) volunteer in the experiment

60．It Can be inferred from the 6th paragraph that    ．

    A. the volunteers not given$US5 or $US20 spent their own money on themselves

    B. those who spent the money on someone or something else felt happier about it

    C. the volunteers were given $US5 or$U$20 as a reward for the experiment

    D. half of the volunteers could spend the money as they liked

1、After thinking thoroughly about it, I find that life is worth everything．For me，Life is not Just about having a relationship，companionship，good friends，money or a job that I like．Some people will be  36  with things like this because   37  them, it’s by far the best they can get For me ,that’s not all I can   38  from this world.

I believe in harps（豎琴）and violins and   39  and lightning .I believe in being in love and just trying my best to make others   40  .I believe in “  41  in love” with my partner, not just “l(fā)oving” him.

Life is more than   48  trying to achieve the norms（規(guī)范）of   49  but trying to be good person by my own   50  .It is not about   51  running after dreams to be superior to others. What   52  in my own thoughts is such a life- it is more about long walks in the quiet green parks ;it’s nor about feeling the wind   53  my face ,as I go through the   54  on my bicycle.

Life is about passion ,freedom and love .I will only walk this road   55  ;I might as well make the most of it．

24、----What time do you start work?

---- _____________.

  A. It’s none of your business.        B. It varies.

  C. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.                 D. It doesn’t make any difference

23、Jack’s room always has the dusty smell of an apartment whose windows are　opened.

A．rarely                   B．generally             C．a(chǎn)pparently           D．frequently