14、It was 2 hours’ wait by the time the announcement ______, saying my flight was canceled.

A．had been made       B．was made          C．made          D．was making

13、______ has been done to provide training for the new staff of this company.

A．Not nearly enough                                  B．Nearly not enough

C．Enough not nearly                                   D．Not enough nearly

12、Sometimes ______ you’re paying attention in class, certain subjects seem too hard.

A．ever since      B．now that       C．even though        D．even as

11、Lang lang is my favorite pianist．I regards him as __________ other pianists.

A．superior to                   B．more superior to        

C．surperior than            D．more surprior than

10、Young people nowadays are different _____ we used to be.

 A．from what              B．in which        C．in how       D．in what

9、— I’d like to be on my own for a while．Do you mind?

— ______. Go ahead.

A．No way         B．I’m afraid so         C．Not in the least      D．Yes, of course

8、We all like to think that we are perfect to a fault .And whose fault is that? Not mine.

       Recently, my husband and I got up at the    1   of 4 am to catch an early    2 to New York .We were extremely   3  ,perhaps because we were sleep-walking . And we were all ready when the taxi came to   4  us 45 minutes later.

       It was a quiet   5  to the airport .We didn’t even chat ,because he was enjoying his new iPod .At the airport ,the taxi   6  to let us get off ,at which point the iPod guy   7  me and said , “We don’t have our   8 .”

       “You are   9  ,right?” I replied ,for he   10   lied like that.

       “No. I mean it .Did you bring it down?” I didn’t”

       “What do you mean ,you didn’t ?” I shouted. “All our things are there.”

       “How  11  !” I was thinking, “You’re always  12  to do things like bringing down luggage .This is your fault , 13  now ,we may   14  our flight.” I didn’t say that out loud,  15  .He already knew how I felt.

       The experience showed I had a hard time accepting  16  . But what do you think of me? Psychologists think that the best way to assess ourselves is  17  the eyes of others. We often don’t recognize that we’ve done wrong.

       Oh ,and that missing suitcase? We went home  18 in the taxi ,picked it up ,returned to the airport and made it through with minutes to  19  .

       Later ,while walking along Broadway, I noted how  20 I was. I hadn’t said a thing about his forgetting our suitcase at home.

1．A．point                     B．hour                    C．strike                  D．period

2．A．bus                       B．train                    C．flight                   D．taxi

3．A．still                       B．excited                C．calm                   D．disappointment

4．A．collect                  B．pick                    C．fetch                   D．draw

5．A．drive                     B．experience           C．travel                  D．ride

6．A．pulled in                B．pushed in             C．hurried in            D．dragged in

7．A．turned to               B．turned up             C．turned against      D．turned away

8．A．briefcase               B．suitcase               C．clothes bag          D．food bag

9．A．running                 B．laughing              C．joking                 D．cheating

10．A．rarely                  B．a(chǎn)lways                C．hardly                 D．never

11．A．clever                  B．stupid                  C．terrible                D．unlucky

12．A．expected             B．a(chǎn)sked                  C．requested            D．supposed

13．A．a(chǎn)nd                     B．if                        C．while                  D．but

14．A．catch                  B．quit                     C．change                D．miss

15．A．either                  B．a(chǎn)s well                C．though                D．besides

16．A．punishment          B．a(chǎn)dvice                 C．responsibility       D．belief

17．A．in                       B．through               C．over                    D．on

18．A．slowly                 B．carelessly            C．sadly                   D．hurriedly

19．A．spare                  B．use                     C．leave                   D．share

20．A．stupid             B．sorry             C．wise            D．funny

7、The English language is changing fast ,thanks to the rapid progress of technology. We all have a rapid choice: we can either bury our heads in the sand and spend the rest of our lives wishing Shakespeare were alive and well. Or we can embrace（擁抱）the new English ,enter into the spirit of the Internet age called Weblish.

       “You can’t avoid it ,for the simple reason that whenever a new variety of language comes along ,it inevitably impacts（沖擊）on the language as a whole .” Says Dr. David Crystal, honorary professor of linguistics（語(yǔ)言學(xué)家）at the University of Wales in Bangor .Whose book “Language and the Internet” has just been published.

       The trouble with keeping up with the new English is not so much that there are so many new words but that the old words no longer mean what we thought they did. In the past, if someone said they did not have Windows, you would have to suppose they lived in a cave .These days ,it is probably because they use a Mac(which is a computer ,not a rain coat). Spam is as disliked as it ever was ,but whereas it once meant an unappetizing（引不起食欲的）canned meat .It now stands for unwanted “junk” email. Spellings are changing, too. Not only is text—messaging playing

“hvc wth vrbs” (havoc（混亂）with verbs),but the conventions of email communication place little emphasis on “perfect speaking”.

       Weblish loves to see nouns happily become verbs( “ please bookmark this site”) ,and verbs become nouns (“ Send me the download”). Verbs and prepositions are regularly thrown together to become new nouns or adjectives(dial—up .Logon .Print—on .Pull-down. upload), while others are created from simply pairing nouns: cyberspace. Etl ,emit Internet , hyperlink , metatag ,netspeak.

1．The best title of this passage would be        .

       A．Keep Up with the Latest Weblish

       B．Keep Up with the Latest Development in English

       C．Newly invented English Words

       D．Technology and English

2．We can infer from the first paragraph that        .

       A．some people wish Shakespeare were still alive

       B．people may have different attitudes towards weblish

       C．a(chǎn)ll people welcome weblish

       D．weblish causes fear among people

3．The author thinks the main difficulty for people in keeping up with weblish is that        .

       A．old words take on new meanings

       B．there are so many new words

       C．the technology is changing too fast

       D．weblish words are full of spelling mistakes

4．Dr．David Crystal would probably agree that        .

       A．people should not accept weblish

       B．weblish can cause misunderstandings among people

       C．weblish will destroy the English language

       D．people should know something about weblish

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Phone(073)418-12341(800)233-1234

1．Which hotel does not provide service to drive its guests to the airport or metro stations?

       A．Americana Hotel Crystal City                B．Days Inn Arlington

    C．The Highlander Motor Inn                    D．Hyatt Regency Crystal City

2．If you want to stay in a hotel which provides free parking and free breakfast ,which telephone numbers will you ring to ask for further information?

       A．(703)979-3722 or (703)524-4300          B．(703)524-4300 or (073) 418-12341

       C．(073)418-12341 or (703) 525-0300       D．(703)525-0300 or (703)979-3722

3．Which hotel is close to airports?

       A．Americana Hotel Crystal City                B．Days Inn Arlington

       C．Hyatt Regency Crystal City                   D．The Highlander Motor Inn

4．Steven loves the idea of having delicious meal while enjoying the night view of Washington D．C．He will probably reserve a room by calling        .

       A．(703)524-4300            B．(073)418-12341

C．(703)525-0300            D．(703)979-3722

5、Besides news reports that tend to focus on war or election, Americans generally don’t hear much about people in other countries. One reason may be that very little foreign-language literature is translated into English. In the United States, just a few of the titles, mainly translations of foreign novels, short stories, or poetry, make it into English. However, a number of efforts have taken root to try to bring more global literature to US audiences.

The online magazine of international literature, Words Without Borders, was founded by Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. The nonprofit site, now in its fifth year, offers modern writing from places such as Argentina, China and Italy, often for the first time in English. It gets about 200,000 page views per month and counts roughly 8,000 subscribers (訂閱者) , more than one-quarter of whom live in the US.

“There’s a wave of interest right now,” says Jill Schoolman, publisher of Archipelago Books, a small nonprofit press in Brooklyn, N.Y., opened in 2003 to publish world literature in translation only. “People are hungry for ideas from other countries.”

Rainmaker Translations — a Las Vegas-based nonprofit — was formed two years ago to support the publication of more top-quality global writing here in the US. They put out their first three titles, translated from Arabic, Chinese, and Russian, in the spring of 2006 and plan to aid up to four more in the coming year.

In March, the Center for the Art of Translation, a nonprofit started in 1994 in San Francisco, will publish Two Lines World Library, focused on writing from some particular areas published over the last several decades.

Dalkey Archive Press, a century-old nonprofit publisher in Champaign, Illinois, has upped the number of translations on its publication list since 2003, from 25 percent to nearly 80 percent.

       In recent years, more nonprofits have applied to the National Endowment for the Arts for help to publish literary translations. The agency is also trying to increase the availability of translated prose (散文) and poetry in the US, such as publishing partnerships with foreign governments.

1．The main purpose in founding the magazine Words Without Borders is __________.

       A．to compete for page views and subscribers online

       B．to get American literature better known to the world

       C．to help advance nonprofit world literature translation

       D．to introduce more world literature to readers in the US

2．What do the publishers mentioned in the passage have in common?

       A．They mainly publish top-quality world literature in translation.

       B．They don’t aim at making money by publishing global writing.

       C．They provide their translation and publication services online.

       D．They have published a number of literary works in translation.

3．Which of the following shows the proper order of the founding of the presses (出版社)?

DAP = Dalkey Archive Press                      CAT = Center for the Art of Translation

       RT = Rainmaker Translations                      AB = Archipelago Books

A．DAP→CAT→RT→AB                         B．DAP→CAT→AB→RT

C．CAT→DAP→AB→RT                         D．CAT→DAP→RT→AB

4．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．World literature: Shared by the world    

B．World literature: Loved by Americans

       C．World literature: Founded in translation  

D．World literature: Developed in styles