5、The year was 1985. Ronald Reagan was president. Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the USSR. Back to the Future was boffo at the box office. “Born in the USA” was climbing the charts. Philanthropy(慈善業(yè)) and pop culture combined with LiveAid and “We Are the World.” And “.com”, which few people outside of the military or universities knew, came into this world.

 Looking back, few could have predicted “.com” would become one of the biggest cultural touchstones of the century. In March 1985, the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California assigned the first .com domain address to symbolics.com. That seemingly nominal（象征性的）event set into motion forces that would change our world forever.

 .com wasn’t the birth of the Internet, but it was the budding computer network’s coming-out party. It made it pretty and inviting. It did away with the need to have complex “maps” that were the equivalent of writing a phone number on your hand, and opened it up for a mainstream audience.

 After 1985, all it takes is a simple .com name to get into business. “.com” became part of our daily lexicon and drove its own economic boom and depression. It helped create a whole new family of industries, facilitated global commerce and connected people around the world in ways never before possible.

 It’s now 2010. Barack Obama is president, thanks in part to his smart use of the Internet. There is no USSR. A computer-generated Avatar has set new box office records. “TiK ToK” tops the charts. We’re sending robots to find water on Mars. And that once-obscure computer communications system is one of our civilization’s most prominent features.

1. This passage was written to mark _____.

   A. the change of American presidency

   B. the development of entertainment

   C. the 25th anniversary of .com

   D. the anniversary of the internet

2. What does the underlined word “boffo” probably mean?

   A. Successful.                   B. Changeable.          C. Tough.               D. Novel.

3. Which of the following can be the main contribution of “.com”?

   A. It gave birth to the Internet.

   B. It combined politics, entertainment and space science.

   C. It made the Internet accessible to ordinary people.

   D. It helped produce more domain addresses.

4. We can infer that before 1985, getting on-line was _____.

   A. impossible              B. complex               C. expensive             D. popular

5. The first and last paragraphs were intended to _______.

   A. make comparison                                 B. provide details

   C. list arguments                                    D. stimulate readers’ interest

4、The World Trade Organization came into existence in the 1990s. It operates a system of trade rules. It serves as a place for nations to settle disagreements and negotiate agreements to reduce trade barriers. The newest of its 150 members, Vietnam, joined in January.

But the roots of the W.T.O. date back to World War Two and the years that followed. In 1944,   the International Monetary(貨幣的) Conference agreed to create the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. But they could not agree on an organization to deal with international trade.

Three years later, in 1947, twenty-three nations approved the General Agreement on Tariffs (關(guān)稅)and Trade, or GATT. It was meant to be temporary. Trade negotiations under GATT were carried out in a series of talks called rounds. The first round lowered import taxes on one-fifth of world trade. Later rounds produced additional cuts, and negotiators added more issues.

The sixth round began in 1963. It was called the Kennedy Round after the murder of President John F. Kennedy. The results included an agreement against trade dumping. This is when one country sells a product in another country at an unfairly low price.

The eighth round of talks began in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in 1986. The Uruguay Round lasted almost twice as long as planned. In all, 123 nations took part in seven-and-a-half years of work. They set time limits for future negotiations. They also agreed to create a permanent system to settle trade disagreements.

In April of 1994, most of those 123 nations signed an agreement. It replaced GATT with the World Trade Organization.

The W.T.O. launched a new round on development issues in Doha, Qatar, in November of 2001. These talks were supposed to end by January of 2005. But negotiators could not agree on issues involving agricultural protections. The current round has been suspended since last July.

1. The WTO got this name in the year _____.

   A. 1947                       B. 1963                     C. 1986                     D. 1994

2. Which of the following statements about GATT is NOT true?

    A. It was set up after World War II.

    B. It was first approved by less than 30 countries.

    C. It was a branch of the World Bank.

    D. It was meant to improve international trade.

3. What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph mean?

 A. The founders wanted GATT to bring in money.

   B. The founders didn’t expect GATT to last long.

   C. GATT was ready to change its name at the very beginning.

   D. GATT was open for more member countries.

4. What is one of the results of the Uruguay Round?

   A. A permanent system was agreed on.

   B. It lasted almost eight years.

   C. More countries took part in it.

   D. More disagreements than expected were settled.

5. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

   A. Why the WTO was Called GATT?

   B. WTO Talk Rounds Last Longer

   C. A Brief Introduction to the WTO

   D. GATT or WTO? A Real Question

3、The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group. The term is also connected with academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism(精英主義).

The term became official, especially in sports terminology, after the formation of the NCAA Division I athletic conference in 1954, when much of the nation polarized around favorite college teams. “IV” was used because originally the league consisted only of four members. The use of the phrase is no longer limited to athletics, and now represents an educational philosophy inherent to the nation's oldest schools. In addition, Ivy League schools are often viewed by the public as some of the most prestigious universities worldwide and are often ranked amongst the best universities in the United States and worldwide. The eight institutions are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.

All of the Ivy League's institutions place near the top in the U.S. News & World Report college and university rankings and rank within the top one percent of the world's academic institutions in terms of financial endowment(捐助). Seven of the eight schools were founded during America's colonial period; the exception is Cornell, which was founded in 1865. Ivy League institutions, therefore, account for seven of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The Ivies are all in the Northeast geographic region of the United States. All eight schools receive millions of dollars in research grants and other subsidies from federal and state government.

Undergraduate enrollments among the Ivy League schools range from about 4,000 to 14,000, making them larger than those of a typical private liberal arts college and smaller than a typical public state university. Ivy League university financial endowments range from Brown's $2.01 billion to Harvard's $26 billion, the largest financial endowment of any academic institution in the world.

1. From the passage, we know the word “Ivy” in “the Ivy League” was first chosen to refer to _______.

    A. a plant                B. a number                    C. a sport                 D. a spirit

2. What is special about Cornell University in the League?

    A. It is the oldest one.                             B. It was founded by colonists.

    C. It has the smallest endowment.                    D. It is the youngest one.

3. Which meaning can the term “the Ivy League” convey today?

    A. The largest enrollment.                           B. The strongest government support.

    C. The most expensive schools.                       D. First-class education.

4. Which of the following statements is true?

    A. There is no longer sports competition in the Ivy League.

    B. Seven colleges were set up before the USA was founded.

    C. Brown University has the smallest number of students.

    D. Typical public state universities are larger than the Ivies.

5. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

   A. The ABC of “The Ivy League”

   B. Best Universities in the USA

   C. The Financial Income of American Universities

   D. How to Apply to an Ivy League University

1、近幾年，某些旅行社組織中學(xué)生在寒暑假期間赴著名大學(xué)旅游，人們對此褒貶不一。請用英語寫一篇論說文，

1.介紹問題； 2.討論利弊；   3.表明自己的觀點。

字?jǐn)?shù)：120-150。

參考詞匯：旅行社 travel agency     校園  campus

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28、Have you got a free evening next week?          , let’s have dinner.

A．While so       B．Since so         C．When so       D．If so

27、      of danger in the street at night, she had to go home, with a friend       her.

A．Warned; accompanied                                  B．Having warned; accompanying

C．Warning; accompanying                              D．Having been warned; accompanying

26、---Do you want tea or coffee?

---       . I really don’t mind.

A．Both           B．None          C．Either            D．Neither

25、---Our holiday cost a lot of money.

---Did it? Well, that doesn’t matter     you enjoyed yourselves.

A．unless           B．a(chǎn)s long as         C．a(chǎn)s far as          D．in case