My new neighbor is a _____ person; he never speaks to anyone and nobody knows where he is from and what he is doing.

A. curious                                                       B. anxious

C. mysterious                                            D. glorious

       private cars are bringing us convenience, they may also cause more traffic accidents

and pollution.

   A. While            B. As          C. If              D. Since

After a second thought, Jean       a better method to deal with the problem.

       A．put up with      B．came up with   C．a(chǎn)dded up to      D．made up for

I am wondering ____ he expects will win the gold medal in Men's Single．

       A．whom      B．who C．which     D．what

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 a.m. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark exvept for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.

After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.

I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated. ”

“Oh, you’re such a good man.”  She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “ Could you drive through downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“ Oh, I’m in no hurry.” She said, “I’m on my way to a hospice (臨終醫(yī)院)。 I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(計(jì)價(jià)器)

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

At down, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

“How much do I owe you?” She asked.

“Nothing.” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment joy.”

The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to           .

   A. Show she was familiar with the city

   B. reach the destination on time

   C. let the driver earn more money

   D. see some places for the last time.

The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he             

   A. wanted to do her a favor

   B. shut off the meter by mistake

   C. had received her payment in advance

   D. was in a hurry to take other passenhers

What can we learn from the story?

   A. Giving is always a pleasure

   B. People should respect each other

   C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

   D. People should learn to appreciate others’ concern.

3D comes home

Have you had this experience? You are watching a movie. A man is shooting on the screen. The picture is so real that you think he is shooting at you. Or a car is speeding on the screen and at one point you are afraid it will hit you.

Three-dimensional (3D)films use special technology to make pictures seem more real and exciting than two-dimensional ones. Two popular movies in the cinema this year, UP and Ice Age; Dawn of the Dinosaurs both use 3D technology.

So far we can only see 3D films in the cinema with a special screen and projector. But soon, we will be able to watch them in our living rooms. Last month, the Japanese company Sony told reporters that it plans to bring 3D televisions to homes in 2010. The company is also hoping to make other products with 3D, like laptops and PS3.

“      The 3D train is on the track, and we are ready to drive it home,” said Sony President Sir Howard Stringer.

How 3D technology works

Three dimensional movies and TV programs are fun to watch, but do you know how they are made? It is much easier to understand if we do an experiment.

Hold one of your fingers up at arms length and close one eye. Then try closing the other eye. As you switch between open eyes you should see your finger “jumping” left and right against the background.

This happens because our two eyes are about 4 cm away from each other. The separation causes each eye to see the world from a different angle. The brain puts these two views together. What you see becomes three-dimensional.

Three dimensional movies are made using two video cameras at the same time, which creates two different images. When the movie plays in a cinema, two projectors put the two images on the screen. With a pair of 3D glasses, the two images are separated and each image only enters one eye. Your brain puts the two pictures back together, and the pictures on the screen become three-dimensional.

72. What does the sentence “The 3D train is on the track, and we are ready to drive it home” mean?           .

A. They’ve got a train to take 3D films back home

B. They are ready to bring 3D technology to homes

C. They have no more work to do on 3D technology

D. They are not sure about the future of 3D films

73. According to the text, 3D films        .

A. use advanced technology to make special sound effects.

B. are less real than ordinary films, but more exciting.

C. can only be seen in the cinema at the moment.

D. will take the place of 2D films in the near future.

74. From the text, we know that 3D technology        .

A. works in a similar way to how our eyes see things.

B. is too expensive to be used in ordinary homes.

C. uses special video cameras and light effects

D. can be easy to experiment with

75. The passage is mainly about        .

A. how 3D films will develop in the future.    

B. what makes 3D films so enjoyable

C. how 3D technology works and its future

D. what 3D technology needs and its future

--- It seems that the manager is very unhappy.

   --- Surely she is. You see, Steve left the company half an hour ago, with his work_______.

A. to leave unfinished              B. was left finishing             

C. leaving to finish                D. left unfinished

---I told you she was not serious about him and now she has dumped him.

    ---Poor boy! It will take him a long time to get over this      .

       A．beat  B．strike C．blow D．knock

These natural parks aye very important for preserving animals，which would_______-run the

    risk of extinction．

      A．otherwise       B．therefore              C．besides                   D．however

—Don’t be disappointed．Have another go，Ok?

    —          .

    A．With pleasure                     B．It’s my pleasure

    C．That’s all                              D．Good idea