14、--- Have you been to New Zealand?

--- No, I’d like to, _______.

A．too        B．though         C．yet       D．either

13、--- Have your working conditions improved?

--- No, _____ than before, I’m afraid.

A．no better         B．a(chǎn) little better        C．not worse          D．no worse

12、The field research will take Joan and Paul about five months; it will be a long time _____ we meet them again.

A．a(chǎn)fter        B．before        C．since         D．when

11、_____ that Marie was able to set up new branches elsewhere.

A．So successful her business was                B．So successful was her business

C．So her business was successful                D．So was her successful business

10、What a table! I’ve never seen such a thing before. It is _____ it is long.

A．half not as wide as                                 B．wide not as half as

C．not half as wide as                                 D．a(chǎn)s wide as not half

9、Despite such a big difference in ____ towards what one eats, there is no doubt that people in the west regard the Chinese food as something special.

A．point            B．idea       C．a(chǎn)ttitude           D．sight

8、What seemed impossible is possible nowadays. One spring afternoon last year a group of   1  attacked a 15-year-old girl in the Berlin district of K?penick. They hit her in the face and pushed her to the ground. When the victim   2   to hand over her money, some of them held her down and   3  her arms with a lighted cigarette. The   4   were not a gang of boys, but of 13- to 15-year-old girls.

While men are still responsible for the  5  of crimes in Germany,  6   violence is on the rise. Young girls and women of all  7  groups are becoming more violent, and that has been a   8   trend for several years. Last year in Berlin, the   9   of female suspects of violent crime under the age of 21 increased by almost 8%, while that of male suspects   10   slightly. Violent crimes like  11 and serious bodily harm have even shot up by 18% and 25% among young women.

Why are   12   women becoming more violent? Gender （性別）   13   may have something to do with it. Today's females are drinking and smoking more, and raising all sorts of   14   things. Girls and young women are generally less held back in adopting male forms of behavior.  15  , the same goes for the   16   of violence. The members of all-female gangs tend to be especially   17  . When particularly humiliating methods like burning or undressing are involved, the   18   will usually be girls. It seems to be all about showing the   19  , “Hey, we can do   20   than you.” 

1．A．terrorists        B．thieves   C．teenagers       D．passers-by

2．A．refused              B．tried         C．managed          D．decided

3．A．twisted              B．beat          C．tied                 D．burned

4．A．fighters             B．a(chǎn)ttackers   C．students           D．criminals

5．A．majority            B．variety      C．most               D．few  

6．A．strong           B．daytime      C．secret                     D．female

7．A．working            B．a(chǎn)ctivity     C．a(chǎn)ge                  D．interest

8．A．worldwide         B．nationwideC．school             D．family

9．A．number             B．degree      C．quantity           D．quality

10．A．remained          B．changed    C．happened         D．dropped

11．A．drug taking       B．theft         C．robbery           D．poisoning

12．A．stupid              B．uneducatedC．homeless         D．German

13．A．difference        B．equality     C．relations           D．roles

14．A．dirty                B．surprising  C．unbelievable     D．useless

15．A．However          B．Therefore  C．Unfortunately   D．Finally

16．A．use                  B．belief        C．love                 D．rise

17．A．beautiful          B．cruel         C．young              D．boyish

18．A．watchers         B．victims     C．helpers            D．performers

19．A．parents            B．teachers    C．boys                D．people

20．A．faster                     B．better        C．more easily      D．more efficiently

7、The very wealthy English Baron Fitzgerald had only one child, a son, who understandably was the apple of his eye. His wife died when the child was in his early teens. So Fitzgerald devoted himself to fathering the kid. Unfortunately the son died in his late teens.

Meanwhile, Fitzgerald’s wealth greatly increased. He spent a lot on art works of the masters. Later Fitzgerald himself became seriously ill. Before his death, he had carefully prepared his will as to how his wealth would be settled—to sell his entire collection at an auction（拍賣）.

Because of the large quantity and high quality of his collection, a huge crowd of possible buyers gathered for the auction. Many of them were museum directors and private collectors eager to bid（出價(jià)）.Before the auction, the art works were shown, among which was a painting of Fitzgerald’s son by an unknown artist. Because of its poor quality, it received little attention.

When it was time for the auction, the auctioneer gaveled（敲槌） the crowd to attention. First the lawyer read from Fitzgerald’s will that the first art work to be auctioned was the painting of his son.

The poor-quality painting didn’t receive any bidders...except one—the old servant who had served the son and loved him, and who for emotional reasons offered the only bid.

As soon as the servant bought the painting for less than one English pound, the auctioneer stopped the bidding and asked the lawyer to read again from the will. The crowd became quiet, and the lawyer read from the will: “Whoever buys the painting of my son gets all my collection.” Then the auction was over.

1．The English Baron Fitzgerald was ______.

A．a(chǎn) museum director                                    B．a(chǎn) master of art

C．a(chǎn)n art collector                                         D．a(chǎn)n art dealer

2．Why did the old servant bid for the painting of Fitzgerald’s son?

A．He was devoted to the family.            B．He saw that no one bid for it.

C．He knew the content of the will.          D．He found it cheap for him to buy.

3．Fitzgerald’s will showed ______.

A．his desire to fool the bidders

B．his invaluable love for his son

C．his sadness at the death of his son

D．his regret of having no children to take over his wealth

6、Many animals recognize their food because they see it. So do humans. When you see an apple or a piece of chocolate you know that these are things you can eat. You can also use other senses when you choose your food. You may like it because it smells good or because it tastes good. You may dislike some types of food because they do not look, smell or taste very nice. Different animals use different senses to find and choose their food. A few animals depend on only one of their senses, while most animals use more than one sense.

Although there are many different types of food, some animals spend their lives eating only one type. The giant panda（大熊貓）eats only one particular type of bamboo（竹子）. Other animals eat only one type of food even when given the choice. A kind of white butterfly（蝴蝶）will stay on the leaves of a cabbage, even though there are plenty of other vegetables in the garden. However, most animals have a more varied diet（多樣化飲食）. The bear eats fruits and fish. The fox eats small animals, birds and fruits. The diet of these animals will be different depending on the season.

Humans have a very varied diet. We often eat food because we like it and not because it is good for us. In countries such as France and Britain, people eat foods with too much sugar. This makes them overweight, which is bad for their health. Eating too much red meat and animal products, such as butter, can also be bad for the health. Choosing the right food, therefore, has become an area of study in modern life.

1．We can infer from the text that humans and animals _________.

   A．depend on one sense in choosing food    B．a(chǎn)re not satisfied with their food

   C．choose food in similar ways            D．eat entirely different food

2．Which of the following eats only one type of food?

   A．The white butterfly.    B．The small bird.   C．The bear.    D．The fox.

3．Certain animals change their choice of food when ___________.

   A．the season changes                    B．the food color changes

   C．they move to different places             D．they are attracted by different smells

4．We can learn from the last paragraph that __________.

    A．food is chosen for a good reason

       B．French and British food is good

    C．some people have few choices of food

D．some people care little about healthy diet

5、As a professor at a large American university, there is a phrase that I hear often from students:“I’m only a 1050.”The unlucky students are speaking of the score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test（SAT）,which is used to determine whether they will be admitted to the college or university of their choice, or even if they have a chance to get a higher education at all. The SAT score, whether it is 800,1100 or 1550,has become the focus at this time of their life.

It is obvious that if students value highly their test scores, then a great amount of their self-respect is put in the number. Students who perform poorly on the exam are left feeling that it is all over. The low test score, they think, will make it impossible for them to get into a good college. And without a degree from a prestigious university, they fear that many of life’s doors will remain forever closed.

According to a study done in the 1990s,the SAT is only a reliable indicator of a student’s future performance in most cases. Interestingly, it becomes much more accurate when it is set together with other indicators-like a student’s high school grades. Even if standardized tests like the SAT could show a student’s academic proficiency（學(xué)業(yè)水平），they will never be able to test things like confidence, efforts and willpower, and are unable to give us the full picture of a student’s potentialities（潛力）.This is not to suggest that we should stop using SAT scores in our college admission process. The SAT is an excellent test in many ways, and the score is still a useful means of testing students. However, it should be only one of many methods used.

1．The purpose of the SAT is to test students’ ______.

A．strong will                                                B．a(chǎn)cademic ability

C．full potentialities                                   D．confidence in school work

2．Students’ self-respect is influenced by their ______.

A．scores in the SAT                                     B．a(chǎn)chievements in mathematics

C．job opportunities                                       D．money spent on education

3．“A prestigious university” is most probably ______.

A．a(chǎn) famous university                                   B．a(chǎn) technical university

C．a(chǎn) traditional university                                D．a(chǎn)n expensive university

4．This passage is mainly about ______.

A．how to prepare for the SAT                        B．stress caused by the SAT

C．American higher education                         D．the SAT and its effects