—         that he picked up French?

—It was in 1949          he traveled in France. 

A. Was it when; that                   B. When was it; that    

C. Was it when; when                  D. When was it; when

--- Flight 321         . I’d better be on my way. Bye.

    --- Bye, Happy landing!

       A．was announced        B．is being announced 

       C．had announced        D．is announced

As we all know , reading is to the mind______  food is to the body.

A. that   B. what   C. as   D. where

Sarah Williams went to a boarding school．Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school:

       Wentworth Girls’ school

       Beachside

       July 20th

       Dearest Mom and Dad,

       I’m afraid I have some very surprising news for you．I have been very naughty and the school headmaster is very angry with me．She is going to write to you．You must come and take me away from here．She does not want me in the school any longer．

       The trouble started last night when I was smoking in bed．This is against the rules, of course．We are not supposed to smoke at all．

       As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room．I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away．

       Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught fire．

       There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too．Soon the whole room was burning．

       The headmaster phoned the fire department．The school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was on fire．Many of the girls are in hospital．

       The headmaster says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for the damage．She will send you a bill for about a million dollars．

       I’m very sorry about this．

       Much love,

       Sarah

       P．S．None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams．I just want you to know how bad things could have been．

Why did Sarah tell her parents the story about the fire?

       A．She wanted to worry them

       B．She wanted to make them laugh

       C．She wanted to make them less angry at the real news

       D．She wanted to warn them about what the headmaster was going to do

The letter before the P．S．was __________．

       A．mostly true             B．partly true        

       C．a(chǎn)ll true                         D．completely untrue

Sarah said the headmaster was angry because________

       A．she had failed her exams              B．it was her fault that had caused the fire

       C．he had not made the phone call in time D．she had been caught smoking in bed

Tell the children ______ there not to make so much noise．

       A．play       B．played   C．playing          D．to play

With exports ______ a big role in its economic growth, China has been affected by the current financial storm.

       A. playing         B. to play               C. played            D. play

You _____ practise the drums while the baby is sleeping.

A. needn’t              B. mightn’t         C. mustn’t         D. won’t

It was not until yesterday that I realized ____ silly mistakes I had made.

A．what     B．that     C．how     D．which

Among all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes, or biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. Sometimes it’s a hot topic discussed by people.

   The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two killers. And to date, doctors have not found an effective way to cure them. But if the gene technology is applied, not only these two diseases can be cured completely, bringing happiness and more living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spend on curing their diseases can be saved, therefore it benefits the economy as well. In addition, human life span(壽命) can be prolonged.

   Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families, with the English imperial(皇帝的) family being a good example, have hereditary(遺傳的) diseases. This means their children will for sure have the family disease, which is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases. But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly. Scientists just need to find the wrong gene and correct it, and a healthy child will be born.

   Some people are worrying that the gene research can be used to manufacture(生產(chǎn)) human beings in large quantities. In the past few years, scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep; therefore these people predict that human babies would soon be cloned. But I believe cloned babies will not come out in large quantities, for most couples in the world can have babies in very normal way. Of course, the governments must take care to control gene technology.

What does "these two killers" in the second paragraph refer to?

     A. Gene technology and another treatment of the two diseases.

     B. The two murderers who killed the cloned baby.

     C. The two diseases of cancer and heart disease.

     D. Hereditary diseases and cancer.

What’s the main idea of the third paragraph?

     A. Gene technology can help people to give birth to a baby.

     B. Gene technology can be used to clone human babies.

     C. How gene technology can be used to treat hereditary diseases.

     D. Gene technology can solve all the problems of the English imperial family.

In what way can gene technology help to treat hereditary diseases?

     A. Gene technology helps people with hereditary diseases to live longer.

     B. Using gene technology, scientists find the wrong gene and correct it.

     C. Using gene technology, human babies can be cloned.

     D. Doctors can cure cancer and heart disease with the help of gene technology.

What is the main purpose of writing this passage?

     A. Expressing the writer's idea that gene technology will benefit people.

     B. Telling people the advantages and disadvantages of gene technology.

     C. Telling the readers that gene technology will not benefit people.

     D. Explaining that gene technology will also do harm to the humanity.

BEIJING---The Beijing government has set out to recruit thousands of university graduates to work as junior officials in rural areas to both improve rural administration and ease the city's employment problems.

The government plans to recruit 3,000 university graduates this year, 1,000 more than last year, to work as assistants to village heads or Party secretaries in suburban areas.

People interested in jobs in Beijing's rural villages and townships can submit applications to the Beijing Municipal Personnel Bureau or online at www. bjbys, com from February 1 through March 15.

"We hope university graduates will seize this opportunity to use their knowledge in rural villages and to start their careers," Sun Zhenyu, deputy director of Beijing Personnel Bureau, told Xinhua News Agency.

The government has promised successful candidates a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan( $ 250) in the first year, 2,500 yuan ($ 320) the second year and 3,000 yuan ($ 385) the third year, provided their performance is up to the required standards, Sun said.

Wang Lina, who graduated from Beijing Union University last year, was one of the first graduates to find work in the city's countryside. After majoring in industrial and commercial administration, Wang served as the assistant to the village head of Ertiaojie Village in suburban Beijing’s Pinggu District. For one project, Wang contacted people at the Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences and arranged for the local farmers to receive training in strawberry planting. Her efforts paid off. The village had a plentiful harvest of organic strawberries earlier this year.

Nationwide, about 150,000 university graduates found employment in rural areas last year, according to figures provided by the Ministry of Education.

The ministry predicts that 4．95 million students will graduate from universities across the country this year, 820,000 more than last year. About 1.4 million of them are unlikely to find jobs when they graduate.

In Beijing, a record 200,000 people are expected to graduate from university this year. Less than half of them are expected to be offered jobs, according to the personnel bureau.

The underlined word "recruit "in the first paragraph probably means_____________.

     A．force      B． employ        C．encourage D．train

From the story of Wang Lina we can learn that________________.

     A．the sooner you go to the countryside, the sooner you will be successful.

     B．local farmers can get big harvests if they learn more knowledge.

     C．university graduates can also realize their value in rural areas.

       D．Wang had great difficulty in helping villagers planting organic strawberries.

The last two paragraphs aim to tell us that________________.

     A．more and more graduates will work as junior officials

     B．the universities should not have so many students

     C．there are more and more graduates in recent years

     D．it is not easy for graduates to find jobs nowadays

Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

     A．Job hunting for university graduates.

     B．Go to the countryside.

     C．What is the best career?

       D．A good choice for university graduates.