14、With the prices going up every day, 300 yuan a month can hardly cover his         of living.

A．standard          B．cost           C．price          D．salary

13、So far, about 40 houses have fallen down under the weight of the snow, with 22 people         .

A．reported injured                                   B．reported injuring

C．reporting injured                         D．reporting injuring

12、Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes,      people will buy books and newspapers.

A．more and more                                  B．a(chǎn)ny the less

C．more or less                                      D．fewer and fewer

11、—I’m afraid these flowers won’t be able to live through the winter.

—But I think otherwise. You see, measures         to take good care of them.

A．have taken                                   B．had been taken

C．will take                           D．a(chǎn)re being taken

10、Problems relating to people’s livelihood（民生）have been the focus of the government,

especially          Premier Wen Jiabao included them in his government work report last year.

A．when         B．if             C．since            D．until

9、I’m so glad to see you back, Lucy. How long         at your grandma’s ?

A．had you stayed                                 B．did you stay

C．have you stayed                        D．would you stay

8、—I hear they will get married next week.

—        

A．Good luck!               B．Congratulations!                 C．Oh, really?           D．Yes, sir?

7、Chinese tennis is entering a golden time. In recent years there has been an explosion(激增)of   1  female tennis players bursting onto the global scene. And this couldn’t have come at a   2  time with the 2008 Beijing Olympics just months  3  .

These young girl have both strong will and talent.  4  the way is Li Na, who may have the   5  name in women’s tennis, but she has a big reputation（名氣）. Li Na is China’s top ranked player and the first to have   6  into the world’s top 20.

After   7  nearly six months of the season with a serious injury, the 25-year-old   8  an impressive comeback by winning the Australian Women’s Hardcourt Tennis Championships.

In the world of professional tennis, Li’s refreshing sense of humor proved to be a hit both on and   9  the court（球場(chǎng)）.

“My husband said he had a special gift for me  10  I won,” Li Na said after lifting the prize cup. “That’s   11  I tried so hard today. I wanted a special gift.”

The Wuhan girl   12  tennis at the age of eight after being discovered by a coach who had   13  her playing badminton. After years of hard training, Li Na turned   14  in 1999 and has become one of the most successful Chinese tennis players.

With her solid groundstroke（擊落地球）and aggressive（攻擊的）mindset, she  15  the first Chinese tennis player to win a WTA Tour  16  . Then two years later, she was the first Chinese to make   17  into the last 16 of Wimbledon, which led to her being   18  number 16 in the world last January.

Li is now looking forward to winning a   19  at the Olympics. “The Olympics are very important for us, ” she said. “I am more motivated after my recovery   20  I feel my desire for the Olympics is bigger than ever before.”

1．A．pleased                 B．talented               C．excited                D．interested

2．A．good                     B．better                  C．best                    D．well

3．A．a(chǎn)long                    B．before                 C．a(chǎn)way                  D．later

4．A．Knowing               B．Leading               C．Showing             D．Finding

5．A．biggest                  B．longest                C．smallest               D．shortest

6．A．broken                  B．walked                C．dropped              D．changed

7．A．playing                  B．wasting               C．sparing                D．missing

8．A．returned                B．made                   C．kept                    D．brought

9．A．over                     B．off                      C．in                       D．a(chǎn)round

10．A．unless                 B．if                        C．whether              D．that

11．A．  what                  B．how                    C．because               D．why

12．A．went on              B．met with              C．took up               D．set out

13．A．spotted                B．heard                  C．minded                D．persuaded

14．A．competitor           B．player                  C．professional         D．coach

15．A．found                  B．became               C．got                     D．helped

16．A．event                  B．team                   C．project                D．race

17．A．one                     B．this                     C．that                     D．it

18．A．praised                B．ranked                 C．received              D．a(chǎn)nnounced

19．A．reward                B．score                  C．gold                    D．prize

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

6、On the first day of school we were challenged to get to know a new classmate. I was looking around, when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I found a little old lady with a warm smile.

She said, “Hi, handsome! I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a bug（擁抱）？” I laughed and heartily responded, “Of course!”

“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent（天真的）age?” I asked.

She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have children, and then travel around.”

“No, seriously,” I asked. I was curious why she took on this challenge at this age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me. We became instant friends.

Over the year, Rose became a campus icon (偶像) and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.

“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. Here are the secrets to staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have many people walking around who are dead, and they don’t even know it!” she said.

“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability,” she added. “But growing up requires finding the opportunity in change. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what they did, but rather for things they did not do.”

One week after graduation that year, Rose died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

1．Rose started college at the age of 87 in order to           .

      A．marry a rich man                                 B．travel around the world

       C．make more friends                               D．realize her dream

2．Which of the following best explains “she was living it up” in the seventh paragraph?

       A．She was living a long life.                     B．She was enjoying herself.

       C．She was spending a lot of money.          D．She was killing time.

3．When you lose your dreams, you die because         .

       A．there’s no sense in living without your aim

       B．you can’t sleep well every night

       C．you are too old and have to stop playing

       D．something is terribly wrong with you brain

4．What would be the best title for the passage?

      A．Meet the Challenge.                              B．Never Waste Time.

       C．Grow Up or Grow Old?                       D．Have You Got Ready?

5、Climate change connected with the reduction of wetlands at the source of the country’s two longest rivers, the Yangtze and the Yellow, has reduced the volume of water flowing into them, scientists said.

Scientists studied changes over past 40 years to the wetlands on the cold Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in west China where the two rivers have their sources.

They found the wetlands on the plateau have shrunk（減少）more than 10 percent over the past four years. The wetlands at the source of the Yangtze have suffered the most, decreasing by 29 percent.

About 17.5 percent of the small lakes at the source of the Yangtze have dried up, the scientists said.

“The wetland plays a key role in holding water and changing the water volume of the rivers, ” Wang Xugen, a researcher, said.

“The reduction of the wetland on the plateau is closely connected with global warming, ” Wang said, adding that even though rainfall has increased in the area, the reduction of the wetland has reduced the flow of the Yangtze and the Yellow.

Records by the weather station at the head of the Yangtze showed yearly rainfall at its source increased from 260mm during 1991-2000 to 323 mm in the period 2001-2006.

“But the increased rainfall didn’t lead to more water’s flowing into the rivers because the evaporation（蒸發(fā)）was so fast as a result of global warming, ”Li Shijie, a researcher, said.

Another study showed global warming had caused glaciers to get smaller, frozen earth to melt, grasslands to turn yellow and rivers to dry up.

The Qinghai- Tibet Plateau used to have 36000 glaciers covering an area of 50,000 sq km. In the past 100 years, their area has been reduced by 30 percent.

1．According to the passage, the true statement of the following is that         .

       A．the wetlands at the source of the Yellow have decreased by 29percent.

       B．there’s no more water in about 17.5 percent of the small lakes at the source of the Yangtze`

       C．the reduction of the wetland on the plateau has nothing to do with global warming.

       D．yearly rainfall has increased from 260 mm to 323 mm in the past 15 years.

2．Which of the following is NOT the result of global warming?

       A．Frozen earth melts.                              B．Evaporation becomes faster.

       C．Sea level rises.                                     D．Plants grow better in greenhouses.

3．The area that the glaciers of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau cover is now about         sq km.

       A．35,000                B．12,000                C．15,000                D．17,000

4．In the passage,         plays a most important part in holding water and changing the volume of the rivers.

      A．yearly rainfall                                      B．the evaporation

       C．the wetland                                         D．climate change