12、Why did you just sit and watch? You        me.

A．might help                                           B．could have helped

C．should help                                         D．must have helped

11、I’ve visited a lot of different places and stayed in lots of different hotels, but none of them  

this one.

A．makes          B．beats        C．compares         D．matches

10、We carved their names on the stone so that the younger generation should know what their forefathers            for the nation.

A．did          B．had done           C．were doing           D．have done

9、I’ll stay at home all day         there is news of admission to the college.

A．in case           B．for fear that          C．in case of           D．so that

8、In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live．These things have come to represent, in fact, what I call__1__ and love.

I don't remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool．But he did__2__ the water．Any kind of __3__ ride seemed to give him pleasure.__4__ he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.

But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father__5__．I liked being at the water, moving through it,__6__ it all around me．I was not a strong__7__ , or one who learned to swim early, for I had my  8  ．But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father's office and__9__ those summer days with my father, who__10__ come by on a break．I needed him to see what I could do．My father would stand there in his suit, the__11__person not in swimsuit.

After swimming, I would go__12__ his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me__13__ anything I found in his top desk drawer．Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk__14__ he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn't be playing with his __15__．But my father always__16__ and said easily, "Oh, no, it's__17__ "Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get__18__ an ice cream ...

A poet once said, "We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is__19__ "And I think it is not only what we "look at once, in childhood" that determines our memories, _20__who, in that childhood, looks at us?

1．A．desire                 B．joy                  C．a(chǎn)nger             D．worry

2．A．a(chǎn)void          B．refuse               C．praise               D．love

3．A．boat              B．bus              C．train              D．bike

4．A．But               B．Then          C．And               D．Still

5．A．expected             B．desired          C．wished             D．did

6．A．having            B．leaving          C．making           D．getting

7．A．swimmer          B．rider            C．walker         D．runner

8．A．hopes                B．faiths          C．rights            D．fears

9．A．spending          B．saying           C．wasting          D．ruining

10．A．should              B．would           C．had to            D．ought to

11．A．next           B．only           C．other               D．last

12．A．a(chǎn)way from       B．out of              C．by                D．inside

13．A．put up              B．break down     C．play with         D．work out

14．A．the moment      B．the first time       C．while               D．before

15．A．fishing net         B．office things      C．wooden chair   D．lab equipment

16．A．stood up           B．set out            C．showed up        D．turned out

17．A．fine                 B．strange           C．terrible          D．funny

18．A．the student       B．the assistant      C．myself             D．himself

19．A．memory          B．wealth            C．experience       D．practice

20．A．a(chǎn)s                   B．but                C．or                  D．a(chǎn)nd

7、Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in from of him fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited in for a c Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, and then Mark went home. They often saw each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. “Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see. I cleared out my locker because I didn’t want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, mark , when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot amore. You saved my life.”

1．When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going          .

      A．to have a basketball game                     B．to his classroom

       C．to see Mark                                         D．back home

2．From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he        .

       A．was a good student                              B．liked sports and music

       C．liked all the subjects in school               D．was a good friend

3．Mark and Bill             .

       A．were in the same middle school and high school

       B．were in the same middle school but not in the same high school

       C．often had lunch together at school

       D．had known each other before they began to study in middle school

4．When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he        .

      A．knew he could save Bill’s life.

       B．knew who Bill was and wanted to help him

       C．didn’t know why he was going to help him.

       D．didn’t know what he was doing was very important to Bill

6、London

01 April 2009

U．S．President Barack Obama and British Prinme Minister Gordon Brown are calling for global unity as world leaders gather in Lindon for an emergency economic summit（峰會）. The president says no one country can fix the economic crisis.

Mr. Obama stressed the need for all participants to seek common ground to deal with the

economic crisis. “I am absolutely confident that this meeting will reflect enormous consensus（一致的意見）about the need to work together to deal with these problems,” said Mr. Obama.

There are signs of tension , as the G20 summit prepares to begin its work in London．Some countries are blaming the United States for sparking the economic crisis through the deregulation（撤銷管制規(guī)定）of its financial scene - a move that sparked an economic recession（衰退期）．The president says the United States has made mistakes, but so did other countries whose regulatory systems could not keep pace with a changing financial sector．He says it is time to look for solutions．"At this point, I am less interested in identifying blame, than in fixing the problem," he said．

President says differences are overstated．

France and Germany say the emphasis should be on regulatory reform．French President Nicholas Sarkozy even told an interviewer that he might walk out of the summit, if nations fail to agree on stricter regulation of global financial markets．Brown predicts no walkouts．President Obama says reports of differences are overstated．And, Prime Minister Brown predicts no one will walk away from the summit and its important work．" I am confident President Sarkozy will not be here for the first course of our dinner, but will still be sitting as we complete our dinner this evening," said Mr. Brown．Mr. Brown says "Never before has the world come together in this way to talk about an economic crisis," he said．" Any of the crises we have seen since the second World War, you have not had this level of international cooperation."

1．According to the news report, the aim of the summit in London is mainly to ________．

       A．seek solutions to the world economic crisis

       B．remove the misunderstanding between world leaders

       C．build up new regulatory systems in each country

       D．strengthen the economic relationship between countries

2．When President Obama says no one country can fix the economic crisis, he wants to stress the  _______．

       A．importance of the USA taking part in the summit

       B．effort to reach an agreement on the economic recession

       C．need for all the members at the summit to work together．

       D．the necessary reform in the regulatory systems

3．Differences between leaders at the summit can be seen from the fact that__________．

       A．President Obama says differences are overstated．

       B．French President told an interviewer that he might walk out of the summit．

       C．Prime Minister Brown predicts no one will walk away from the summit．

       D．nations do not agree on stricter regulation of global financial markets．

4．Mr. Brown seems to see the summit as_________．

       A．the only way to solve the world problems

       B．a(chǎn)n unhappy gathering for the world leaders

       C．a(chǎn) high-level international cooperation

       D．a(chǎn) meeting with too many differences

5、Feel tired lately? Has a doctor said he can’t find anything wrong with you? Perhaps he sent you to a hospital, but all the advanced equipment there shows that there is nothing wrong with you．

Then, consider this: you might be in a state of sub-health．

Sub-health, also called the third state or gray state, is explained as a borderline（界限）state between health and disease．

According to the investigation by the National Health Organization, over 45 percent of sub-healthy people are middle-aged or elderly．The percentage is even higher among people who work in management positions as well as students around exam-week．

Symptoms include a lack of energy, depression, slow reactions, insomnia, angry, and poor memory．Other symptoms include shortness of breath, sweating and aching in the waist and legs．

The key to preventing and recovering from sub-health, according to some medical experts, is to form good living habits, alternate work and rest, exercise regularly, and take part in open air activities．

As for meals, people are advised to eat less salt and sugar．They should also eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, fish because they are rich in nutritional elements--vitamins and other elements that are important to the body．

Nutrition experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause unhealthy changes in the digestive tract. They also say that a balanced diet is very helpful in avoiding sub-health．

1．According to this passage, which of the following is right?

     A．When you are in a state of sub-health, you should stay home and keep silent．

     B．When you are in a state of sub-health, you should go to see a doctor and but some medicine.

     C．When you are in a state of sub-health, you should have yourself examined in foreign countries．

   D．When you are in a state of sub-health, you should find out the reasons and relax yourself．

2．It may be easy for middle-aged people to get sub-health because _______．

     A．they have used up their energy           

       B．they have lost their living hopes

     C．they have more pressure in life and work

     D．they begin to get older

3．The key to preventing you from falling into a state of sub-health is that you should _______．

     A．work hard                            B．sleep more

     C．form good living habits                   D．take more medicine

4．The underlined word “alternate” in this passage is closest in meaning to        .

       A．a(chǎn)rrange by turns                                  B．cause to take place

       C．keep up                                              D．take up

4、While the rest of the world carried on cycling during the 1950 s and 1960 s, America forgot how; even high—school children would drive to school．Recently there has been something of a renaissance（復(fù)興）in cycling, and in many areas it is a very useful way of getting around, especially where bike paths or bike routes have been built．You may well want to buy, hire or borrow a bike．

There are two important consequences of this earlier drop in cycling in the USA．One is that many people do not know how to cycle．That is, cyclists often behave more like pedestrians（行人）than motorists :they ride on the sidewalk or on the wrong side of the road; they do not care for stop signs or traffic lights; they ride without lights at night; they give no hand signals．The other consequence is that cycling is regarded by many people not so much as a way of getting from one place to another but as a way of life, a form of exercise, etc．As a result, large number of young Americans have ten-speed racing bikes．These are very high and fast and great if you are cycling long distances, riding up mountains or racing．At first, though, you may find them awkward（使用不便） for cycling in town, Sight-seeing or shopping—they are expensive, uncomfortable and hard to control until you get used to them, and unsuitable for rough stony roads．

There are also ordinary bikes around．If you get hold of one of these, you may find that the brakes work by pedaling（踩踏板）backwards．This is perhaps safer than ordinary brakes when it is wet, but it seems to be less effective．This arrangement also means you can’t pedal backwards in order to get the pedals in the right place for getting on or moving off．

1．The passage gives us a brief introduction to         ．

       A．a(chǎn)dvantages of bikes                     B．cycling in America

       C．American transportation                 D．how to ride a bike

2．Young Americans prefer racing bikes because they         ．

       A．can help keep fit                      B．a(chǎn)re easy to learn

       C．a(chǎn)re safer to ride                         D．a(chǎn)re expensive and popular

3．Which of the following does NOT result from the early drop in cycling in the U.S.A?

      A．Cyclists do not care for traffic lights.    

       B．People ride on the wrong side of the roads.

      C．Cycling is not considered a way of transportation.

      D．People have to pedal backwards to stop the bike.

3、Trees should only be pruned（修剪）when there is a good and clear reason fordoing so and, fortunately, the number of such reasons is small．Pruning involves the cutting away of overgrown and unwanted branches, and the inexperienced gardener can be encouraged by the thought that more damage results from doing it unnecessarily than from leaving the tree to grow in its own way.

First, pruning may be done to make sure that trees have a desired shape or size．The object may be to get a tree of the right height, and at the same time to help the growth of small side branches which will thicken its appearance or give it a special shape．Secondly, pruning may be done to make the tree healthier．You may cur out diseased or dead wood, or branches that are rubbing against each other and thus causing wounds．The health of a tree may be encouraged by removing the branches that are locking up the centre and so preventing the free movement of air.

One result of pruning is that an open would is left on the tree and this provides an easy entry for diseases, but it is a wound that will heal（愈合）．Often there is a race between the healing and the disease as to whether the tree will live or die, or that there is a period when the tree is at risk．It should be the aim of every gardener to reduce the risk as far as possible．It is essential to make the area which has been pruned smooth and clean, for healing will be slowed down by roughness．You should allow the cut surface to dry for a few hours and then paint it with one of the substances available from garden shops produced especially for this purpose．Pruning is usually done in winter, for then you can see the shape of the tree clearly without the interference（妨礙）from the leaves and it is, too, very unlikely that the cuts you make will bleed．If this does happen, it is, of course, impossible to paint them properly.

1．Why should pruning be done?

       A．To make the tree grow taller.                 B．To improve the shape of the tree.

       C．To get rid of the small branches.           D．To make the small branches thicker.

2．Trees become unhealthy if the gardener          .

       A．helps a wound to dry.

       B．covers a rough surface.

       C．damages some of the small side branches

       D．a(chǎn)llows too many branches to grow in the middle

3．Why is a special material painted on the tree?

       A．To help a wound to dry.                       B．To cover a rough surface.

       C．To make a wound smooth.                   D．To prevent disease entering a wound.

4．A good gardener prunes a tree           .

       A．several times throughout the year              B．a(chǎn)s quickly as possible

       C．occasionally when necessary                    D．regularly every winter

5．What was the author’s purpose when writing this passage?

       A．To discuss different methods of pruning.

       B．To introduce some common knowledge of pruning.

       C．To explain how trees develop disease.

       D．To give practical instruction for pruning a tree.