With the housing price going up and up, even far beyond the public’s affordability,  more and more people ______ the government take more strict measures over the second mortgage. 

A. advocate       B. claim              C. promote             D. allocate

—You can’t imagine ____ fantastic fun web chatting is．

         —Really? But it may cause a lot of trouble sometimes．

         A．what            B．how   C．why    D．so

Beyond the Factory: Child Labor in the Cities

      At the beginning of the nineteenth century, factory owners faced few restrictions on the way they employed their children workers, who were between the age of 7 and 12. Gradually laws came into being.

       The first child-labor laws were passed at the state level in America and usually focused on both required education and a minimum age for employment. And added rules limited the length of the workday for children. Pennsylvania, for example, limited the workday to 10 hours for children under 12. However, government officials cared little whether businesses followed the law. In fact one group of children was left entirely unprotected by labor laws -- the children of immigrant families.

       By the beginning of the twentieth century, piecework appeared, for which people were paid by the piece. Significant numbers of women sewed baby dresses or men's neckties and made the artificial flowers used to decorate hats. Piecework turned homes into factories that were free from the law, and countless children worked long hours alongside their mothers and old sisters.

       Manufactures exploited the system shamelessly and paid the lowest wages they could. Embroidering (刺繡) a silk dress, which was a 10-day job, might generate a five-dollar payment. In the case of "willowing", workers needed to add more strands to ostrich feathers used on hats to make them longer and more graceful. The first willowers were paid 15 cents per inch, but a few months later, the pay was reduced to 13 cents. Within three years, willowers were earning only three cents per inch.

       In order to survive under these circumstances, pieceworkers had even their youngest children help them. In one Italian neighborhood, a three-year-old girl helped her mother sew clothes. In another case, a child of eight who had lived in New York for three years had never been to school at all and could speak almost no English. Slowly child labor laws brought these abuses to an end.

31. The first child-labor laws required ______.

       A. workplace safety and conditions

       B. minimum payment and age

       C. education and working time

       D. minimum payment and schooling

32. Manufactures who hired women to do piecework ______.

       A. were kind and concerned employers

       B. were sometimes called "willowers"

       C. usually paid the lowest salary

       D. forced children to turn home into factories

33. "Willowing" was a kind of ______.

       A. handwork activity           B. workplace

       C. payment requirement              D. workers

34. By raising the example of the three-year-old girl's experience in the last paragraph, the author intended to ______.

       A. show how poor the situations were for children workers

       B. blame those adult pieceworkers for allowing children to work

       C. attract attention to protect young children

       D. emphasize the importance of educating young children

35. Which of the following sentences best summarizes the passage?

       A. The first child-labor laws were limited due to working at the state level.

       B. Early child-labor laws offered no protection to children who worked at home.

       C. Some immigrant children did not learn English because of their piecework.

       D. Child-labor laws should have come into being before children became workers.

第二節(jié) 語法填空(共10小題；每小題l 5分．滿分l5分)

       閱讀下面短文，按照句子結構的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個適當?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空，并將答案填寫在答題卡標號為16—25的相應位置上。

In social life, time plays a very important part．In the U.S.A.,guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation  16         a dinner party is extended only three or four days  17          the party date．But it is not true in all countries．In   18        areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make  19          appointment too far in advance because plans that are made for a date more than a week away tend                 20            (forget)．The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world．Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from cultures  21          time is treated differently．Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example．If people are not punctual, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully  22            (responsibility). In the U.S.A. no one would think of keeping a business associate  23           (wait) for an hour;   24           would be too impolite．A person who is 5 minutes late will say a few words of explanation,  25          perhaps he will not complete the sentence．

Hardly _______________ when we were told to stop.

   A. did we begin           B. had we begun      

C. were we beginning      D. were we to begin

World Reading Day was set up by the UNESCO in 1995 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading. It is also the day to honor great writers, for example, William Shakespeare, born or dead on that day.

Many countries celebrated World Reading Day. Take the UK as an example, on that day, millions of schoolchildren can buy books of special price, a much lower price than usual, in any bookstore. It has been done every year since 1998. World Reading Day 2010 in the UK will take place on Thursday 4th March. Please note that this date applies to the UK and Ireland only. The initiative is so well established in schools there that they want to make sure that the Day happens in term time to really make the most of this opportunity to celebrate books and reading. Most other countries hold World Reading Day on 23 rd April every year.

World Reading Day is also celebrated in China. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, an avid reader, does lots of reading every day though he is very busy. On World Reading Day 2009 he encouraged citizens to do more reading. Wen suggested that young people should spend more time reading. “Books cannot change the world, but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading.”

       Reading can benefit people in many ways. Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology. Reading gives us information about other cultures and places of the world. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English.

       “Reading makes a full man” (Bacon, 1597). Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to know more about the out side world and perfect us. Therefore, it is necessary for us to spend time on reading every day.

Which of the following statements about World Reading Day is TURE?

       A．It was set up to encourage people to learn English.

       B．China also celebrates it on 4th March every year.

       C．It is also the same day as some great writers was born or died.

       D．Only since 1998 has the UK begun to celebrate it.

An avid reader is a person who              .

       A．loves reading   B．never reads      C．does little reading    D．hates reading

According to the passage, reading can help people EXCEPT        .

       A．learn a foreign language better       B．know more about culture

       C．improve your memory greatly D．know more about the outside world

What’s the best title for the passage?

       A．World Reading Day in the UK       B．Reading makes a full man

       C．World Reading Day in China  D．World Reading Day and Reading

Students often want to practice their English outside class. One of the best ways to practice your English is to speak to a foreigner. You may ask, “Is it okay to try to talk to foreigners I see in the street?”

The answer is yes and no, but probably no! If you see a foreigner who looks lost, it is polite to ask him, “May I help you?” But, otherwise, you should probably let them get on with their business. Situations, however, do exist where it is quite all right to talk to foreigners. If a foreigner enters your school, classroom, office, shop or restaurant, for instance, feel free to ask him (for example):

— What is your name?

— Where do you come from?

— What do you think of Beijing?

— How long will you stay in Beijing?

There are also situations where it's okay to talk to foreigners in public places. If you see a foreigner alone in a restaurant, bar or coffee shop, it may be appropriate to ask him or her:

— Is this seat free?

— Do you mind if I talk to you in English?

You can probably help them if they are new in China and if they are alone, you may be able to make them feel more welcome.

After a few such questions, you should know whether this person wants to talk to you or not. If they ask you similar questions, or if they give long, informative answers, you're in luck. If not, then give them their privacy. Talking to strangers is fun if you choose the right time and place.

66. It is the best way to practice your spoken English with ______.

A. Japanese           B. Americans                C. our classmates           D. French people

67. From the second paragraph we can get to know that ______.

A. it is polite to stop a foreigner to talk with him in the street

B. it is polite to interrupt foreigners in a conversation

C. it is impolite to interrupt a foreigner when he or she is on business

D. it is impolite to help a foreigner find his way

68. When you first meet a foreigner, you should say “_______”

A. Where are you going?                           B. Have you ten your dinner?

C. Can you help me with my English?         D. Nice to meet you.

69. The writer suggests to us that we should ______.

A. follow the foreigners when we meet them in the street

B. talk with a foreigner in an accepted way

C. have a meal with foreigners in a restaurant

D. move to a place where a foreigner lives

70. This passage comes from a newspaper in column ________.

A. Sports               B. Health               C. Language                 D. Business

Section C

Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

請你從你父母、老師或同學中選擇一位做你的知心朋友，說明你的理由。

要求：1. 詞數(shù)不少于120；

2.不能寫出你的真實姓名與學校名稱；

 The Internet celebrated its birthday on September 2nd, by which time 40 years _______ since the first successful transfer of data between two computers.

A. has passed         B. had passed           C. passed                 D. have passed

____ it is to skate on real ice in winter!

   A. What fun                     B. What a fun           C. How fun            D. How a fun