–Do you mind if I turn off the radio?

    – ________. The good news will be on in a few minutes.

        A. Of course not.                                                 B. I’m afraid I do.

        C. Why not?                                                        D. Yes, just go ahead.

V Reading

                          Ellas’ story

My name is Ellas .I am a poor black worker in South Africa .The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life .I was twelve years old . It was in 1952 and he had opened a black law firm to advise black poor people on their problems .

I began school at six . The school where I studied only two years was three kilometers away. I had to leave, because my family could not continue to pay the school fees and the bus fare .I could not read or write. After trying hard ,I got a job in a gold mine, This was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg. Sadly I did not have this passbook because I was not born there and I was worried about whether I would be out of work.

The day when Nelson Mandela told me what to do and helped me was one of the happiest days of my life .He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg .I never forgot how kind he was and when he organized the ANC Youth League ,I joined it as soon as I could .He said:

     “The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.”

    It was the truth .Black people has no vote and could not choose who ruled them .The parts of town where they lived were places decided by white people .They could not get jobs they wanted .The places there they were sent to live were the poorest areas in South Africa .No one could grow food there .In fact as  Nelson Mandela said:

“…we were put in a position in which we had either to accept we were less important ,or fight the Government .We chose to attack the law .We first broke the law in a way which was peaceful ;when this was not allowed… only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.”

As a matter of fact, I do not like violence… but in 1963 I helped him blow up some government buildings .It was very dangerous because if I was caught I could be put in prison for years .But I was happy to help because I knew it was to realize our dream of making black and white people equal.

1 Read the text and answer the following questions.

  1) When and where was the writer born?

  2) What difficulty did he meet when he worked in a gold mine in Johannesburg?      

  3 )why did Mandela organize the ANC Youth League?      

4 )What position were the black in and what did they do

----Since you like the camera so much ,why not buy it?

 -------Well , still I can not _____ such an expensive camera .I earn only $200 a month ,you know.

A  need    B adopt   C share   D afford

Greedy  _______ the opportunity to prove his ability, he took up the without any hesitation.

A. with     B. about    C for       D. of

_________ many times, but he still couldn’t understand it.

A. He was told         B. Though he had been told C. Having been told     D. Being told

 Shanghai is really a fascinating city and we’ve decided to stay for ______ two weeks.

A. another    B. other   C. the other   D. other’s

If you walked past the supermarket, you would find many foods that have been treated 1.__________ (kill) any harmful germs that might have been in them. Milk is a good example. Raw milk --- that is, milk just as it comes from the cow --- may be 2.__________    (safe) to drink. But 3.__________ the milk is heated and then cooled, the harmful germs are killed. The man 4.__________discovered this way of treating milk was a Frenchman by the name of Louis Pasteur.

In the supermarket you would also find many frozen foods --- frozen fruits, vegetables, meat and fish. As techniques for 5.__________ (freeze) food are being improved, more frozen foods are appearing on the market, and more people are buying them. Fruits and vegetable to be sold in the supermarket are often frozen the moment 6._______are picked. The      7._________fruits and vegetable are frozen, the better.8._______ machines are often taken into the fields where9.__________food grows, so that little time is lost 10.__________picking and freezing.

—_______ he have been chosen as captain of our school football team?

    — Yes, he _______. Can’t you see he’s wearing an armband(袖標(biāo))？

     A．Can; can           B．Must; must have   

       C．Can; must have     D．Must; must

We have been left no_______ choices except to go ahead to face them.

       A. others           B. another        C. the other                  D. other

SECTION B ( 18 points )

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.

Have you ever had to decide whether to go shopping or stay home and watch TV on a weekend? Now you can do both at the same time. Home shopping television networks have become a __36__ for many people to shop without having to leave their homes.

Some shoppers are tired of department stores and supermarkets — __37_ the crowds, waiting in long lines, and sometimes having slight __38__ of finding anything they want to buy. They’d rather sit quietly at home in front of the TV set and watch a friendly announcer describe a product __39__ a model shows it. And they can shop __40__ the clock, buying something __41__ by making a phone call.

Department stores and even mail-order companies are __42__ to join in the success of home shopping. Large department stores are busy setting up their own TV channels to encourage TV shopping in the future. Customers can ask questions about products and place __43__ all through their TV sets.

Will shopping by television finally take the place of shopping in stores ? Some industry managers think so. __44__ many people find shopping at a __45__ store a great enjoyment. And for many shoppers, it is still important to __46__ or try on dresses they want to buy. That’s why specialists say that in the future, home shopping will __47__ together with store shopping but will never entirely replace it.

36. A. programme                   B. way                 C. reason               D. purpose

37. A. fighting                      B. striking              C. treating              D. stopping

38. A. sense                 B. doubt               C. hope                 D. feeling

39. A. until                  B. since                 C. if                   D. while

40. A. by                    B. around                      C. about                D. to

41. A. suitably                      B. cheaply               C. simply               D. hardly

42. A. nervous                      B. lucky                C. equal                D. eager

43. A. orders                B. goods                 C. books                D. answers

44. A. Then                 B. Yet                   C. However             D. Therefore

45. A. general               B. popular                C. real                 D. true

46. A. design                B. make                 C. wear                 D. touch

47. A. exist                 B. practice               C. follow               D. appear