14、I was so familiar with him that I recognized his voice      I picked up the phone.

A．next time       B．quickly        C．the first time       D．the moment

13、There is no doubt      man will conquer nature some day.

A．whether       B．why      C．which      D．that

12、She walks quickly for half an hour every night      lose weight.

A．so as for        B．so as to          C．in as to         D．so as in

11、The price of the computer varies from 3,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan,        the brand.

A．depending on               B．to depend on

C．depended on              D．having depended on

10、The man kept silent in the room unless           .

A．spoken       B．speaking       C．to speak        D．spoken to

9、The number of people applying for the job         fifty, but a number of them    not accepted for various reasons.

A．were; was       B．was; were       C．were; were        D．was; was

8、A friend of mine met with an accident driving in the darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was  1  , he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of  2   as a result of the exhausted（用盡的）battery. Nothing could be done but  3   in the cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the  4  of the rescue.

It was almost  5  that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his  6  ,“First of all I checked up my  7  condition and found myself not in deadly danger. As there was no  8  to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from  9  .In this way I dozed（打盹）off.”

His story put an end to my regret for the  10  of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men  11 to explore a mountain cave and got lost.   12  to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of  13  . Finally they fell dead because of fear and exhaustion. According to the  14  people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the  15  of the cave. If they have stayed on the spot when they lost their way and have tried to  16  themselves, they would have probably sensed a faint light flashing not far away.

Don’t you think that you can compare it with  17  itself? When you meet with difficulties in life, you are lost in darkness.   18  you that it’s unclear yet and you needn’t put  up struggle  19  . It seems to be a negative attitude,   20  a person who can do so must have foresight as well as a great courage in the first place.

1．A．hopeless            B．worse                     C．more                    D．best

2．A．service              B．way                       C．control                  D．work

3．A．cry                   B．lie                          C．wait                   D．sleep

4．A．delay                 B．success                  C．team                   D．a(chǎn)rrival

5．A．untrue               B．unimaginable           C．possible                 D．useless

6．A．plan                  B．decision                 C．explanation             D．excuse

7．A．physical             B．mental                    C．working               D．medical

8．A．method              B．way                     C．tool                  D．strength

9．A．rotting              B．spreading               C．bleeding             D．running

10．A．loss               B．failure                   C．disappointment       D．sadness

11．A．had                B．managed                C．tried                 D．planned

12．A．willing            B．Unable                   C．Determined            D．Deciding

13．A．hearing            B．sight                    C．feeling                  D．direction

14．A．rescue             B．village                   C．local                     D．brave

15．A．end                 B．top                      C．opening                 D．side

16．A．save                      B．help                    C．stop                      D．calm

17．A．a(chǎn)dventure        B．work                     C．life                        D．mankind

19．A．really              B．immediately            C．carefully                 D．hopefully

20．A．a(chǎn)nd                 B．so                    C．but                       D．while

7、New holiday plan

Good news for all Chinese people!  We will have one more day holiday every year starting in 2008, according to a new government plan.

The plan was passed by the State Council（國(guó)務(wù)院）this month and is likely to be formally announced before the new year. Under the new plan, New Year’s Day will remain a one-day holiday and Spring Festival will still last three days. However, it will now start a day earlier.

People will only have one day for the May Day holiday. But three traditional festivals, including Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival will be added on to the annual（每年的）holiday calendar. “Celebrating traditional festivals will help keep folk customs and Chinese traditional culture among the young,” said Cai Jiming, a professor at Tsinghua University.

Millions of people agree with him. In November, the government sought the public’s opinion about the holidays. According to Xinhua News Agency（通訊社），more than 1.55 million Chinese took part in an online survey and nearly 80 percent supported the plan.

Other people are happy about the change as there will be three more 3-day weekends with the traditional festivals. “There will be more choices when you choose to travel. We won’t have to squeeze through the crowds in scenic spots（景點(diǎn)）during Golden Weeks,” said Jin Lihua, a white-collar worker in Beijing.

The Golden Week system was first introduced in 1999, in the hope of encouraging people to spend more for the benefit of economic growth. The 8-year-old system achieved its goal with tourism profits increasing from 14.1 billion yuan during the first Golden Week to 64.2 billion yuan during the last National Day Holiday.

But voices calling for their cancellation are becoming ever stronger. People complain that having a nation of 1.3 billion on holiday during the same week resulted in crowded scenic spots, packed hotels and chaos（嘈雜） on trains and buses. Nationwide travel has also done harm to the environment around scenic spots.

1．In what way did the government seek the public’s opinion about the new holiday plan?

A．Written questronaire.              B．Face-to-face interview.

C．Newspaper survey.               D．Online survey.

2．The Colden Week system was first introduced in 1999     .

A．in order to encourage people to travel.

B．in order to encourage people to consume.

C．in order to increase tourism profits.

D．in order to please the Chinese people.

3．The underlined word “squeeze” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to     .

   A．pull             B．press        C．push          D．walk

4．Why do more and more people hope to call off the Golden Week system?

   A．The Golden Week system caused many unpleasant problems in tourism and environment.

B．The Chinese people hope to celebrate traditional festivals.

C．Travelling is harmful to scenic spots.

D．The Chinese people need more holidays and more choices.

5．According to the new holiday plan, how many traditional festival holidays will the Chinese enjoy?

A．3.              B．4.           C．5.           D．6.

6、SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999, Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well, chatting about sport, life and “anything else that came up”.

Yet in Sydney next month, they will meet again by the pool, and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly（蝶泳）in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay.

Gould, now a 47-year-old mother of four, has announced she will be making a return to elite competition（頂級(jí)賽事）to swim the one event, having set a qualifying（合格的）time of 30.32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships. Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics.

Schipper, now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics, yesterday recalled（回憶）her time with Gould five years ago.

“I was at a national youth camp on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us and watch us train,” Schipper explained. “It seemed as if we had long been good friends. I don’t know why. We just started talking and it went from there.”

“She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp. She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what it’s like to be on an Australian team. It was really interesting.”

Next time, things will be more serious. “I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals, so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould,” said Schipper, who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly.

1．What is the passage mainly about?

A．Stories happening in swimming competitions.

B．Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds.

C．Lessons learned from international swimming championships.

D．Friendship and competition between two swimmers.

2．Gould and Schipper are going to       .

   A．talk about sport and life.                B．go back to elite competition

C．set a qualifying time and win gold         D．take part in the same sports event

3．Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was       .

   A．15.            B．17.          C．22.           D．30.

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

   A．the Olympics                      B．the youth camp

C．the friendship                      D．the Australian team

5．What Schipper said showed that she       .

   A．was no longer Gould’s friend.

B．had learned a lot from Gould.

C．was not interested in Gould’s stories.

D．would not like to compete against Gould.

5、Many years ago my student asked me the question, “Mrs. Kindred, why do you teach?” Without taking time to reflect, I answered, “Because someday I might say something that might make a difference in someone’s life.” Even though I was sincere, that wasn’t a very good answer and my student didn’t let it slide.

“Let me get this straight,” he said, “You went to college for four years so you could come here every day because you have the hope that someday you might say something that will influence someone?” He shook his head as if I were crazy and walked away looking confused. I’m one of those people who look back and wish they had said something smart or witty, or swift.

Even though that particular student might no longer wonder why I teach, there are days when I wonder. On those days, I remind myself of the real reasons I teach:

It’s in my blood. My mother was my most influential teacher, and she was a 6th grade reading teacher until her death in 1990. She instilled（逐漸灌輸）in me a love of reading and the knowledge that education opens doors.

Teaching is a way to make a difference. If you throw a stone in a pond the ripples go on and on until they reach the shore. You can’t have ripples without a “stone.” Good teachers throw stones that make a positive difference, and that’s what I strive to do.

I genuinely love teenagers.

I want to share with others what I know and what I have learned through the years. Life is full of ups and downs, and if I can help students avoid some pot holes on the road of life, I want to do so. If they’ll allow me to celebrate their victories with them, I want to do so too.

Teaching isn’t for everyone, but I know I made the right career choice.

1．Why did the student continue to ask the question about the writer’s being a teacher?

A．Because he thought her answer was unbelievable.

B．Because the writer was insincere.

C．Because the student was naughty.

D．Because the answer was difficult to understand.

2．What do you think of the writer?

   A．Stupid.          B．Honest.       C．Conservative.      D．Polite.

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

   A．The writer’s mother has the greatest influence on her .

B．The writer’s answer made the student confused.

C．In the writer’s opinion, some people in the world are unfit to teach.

D．The writer made the student who asked the question angry.

4．We can infer from the text that         .

   A．the writer was also a good teacher in school.

B．the writer often plays with her students beside a pond.

C．the writer devotes herself to teaching and her students.

D．the writer often accompanies the students on their way home.

5．What is the main idea of the text?

   A．A student’s silly question.            B．A good teacher who likes students.

C．A confused student.               D．The reason why I teach.