Intelligence doesn’t        mean success．You need to work hard as well．

      A．easily                 B．finally                  C．probably                D．necessarily

―May I have a glass of beer，please?

―Beer? There is         left．There’s still some orange juice though．

      A．nothing              B．none                    C．no one                   D．a(chǎn) little

It is the usual        in our school that if you spoil any material，you’ll have to pay for it．

      A．knowledge         B．experience            C．practice                 D．sense

          small step by Zhai Zhigang，China’s first spacewalker has been      historical leap in China’s space dreams．

      A．The：a              B．A；the                 C．The；不填          D．A；不填

    Believe it or not，there are good reasons for wearing a school uniform．It makes you feel proud of your school．It builds a common spirit of unity(整體)among students and reminds them of the values and history of their school．But for most students school uniforms are not something to be proud of at all．

    “Why not wear the school uniform just one day a week? Always wearing the same clothes makes me feel boring．”a senior student from a high school complained．“I don’t  like the big English letters of the name of our school on the back．”said a junior student．“They could be smaller．”The main students’ complaints about school uniform as are：simple colors , boring designs and bad quality．

    What has caused all these problems? Chen Hong，a uniform designer in Shenzhen，pointed out that problems come up because the whole society doesn’t  see the importance of the school uniform．“Most designers are likely to stick to the same old fashion，because there are no professionals(專業(yè)人員)that work for students，”Chen said．His company won most of the awards in the first national competition for school．uniforms last month in Nanning，Guangxi．“Besides，high quality calls for a high price，”said Chen．“But in some schools，the annual expense for each student’s  uniform is only 50 to 60 yuan．How can we produce high quality clothes with so little money?”

    Even with these problems．efforts have been made to change the situation．A school clothes competition was held in April in Beijing．Thirty-seven uniforms，to be seen in schools next spring，were selected from 570．“The perfect uniform should remind the students of the school’s  honor and cause them t0 be proud of it whenever and wherever they are．”Chen said．

56．What is the best title of the passage?(No more than 5 words)

57．How many reasons why students always complain about school uniforms are mentioned?(No more than 5 words)

58．Please explain the underlined word “caused” in English． (No more than 5 words)

59．Why is the quality of school uniforms so bad? (No more than 15 words)

60．What has been done to change the situation  (No more than 10 words)

    I am Greek，and my family go to Greece every summer．Uncle Spyro and my God-mother Aunt Aspa lived about 45 minutes outside of Athens．Every summer when we traveled to Greece．we would spend a couple of days with them．

    I remember all the缸n things we would do there．．We would shake almonds (杏仁) off the branches of Uncle Spyro’s  almond tree．Using his strong hands，he would break the shells off．a(chǎn)nd present us with the shiny white nut．With Aunt Aspa we would pick lemons off her lemon trees and carry them inside the small house with the help of Uncle Spyro．Drinking the fresh lemonade (檸檬水)and eating the delicious almonds，we would sit on the porch and talk．Uncle Spyro and Aunt Aspa didn’t  speak English，and my Greek wasn’t  and still isn’t  perfect．But those peacefully  quiet times on the porch were the times that I miss the most．

    Uncle Spyro developed cancer from smoking for most of his life and he became very sick. We didn’t  go to Greece in 2000，but we planned on going again in 2001．We found out that Uncle Spyro was in the hospital shortly before we left for Greece．My mother，Alethea，and I wanted to see him．But we waited until the day after we arrived．Now，I wish that we had gone the first daywe had arrived and that we had seen him for the last time． But my uncle didn't wait for us to go．

    We still Visit Aunt Aspa，and we still pick almonds and lemons．We still drink the fresh lemonade and eat the delicious almonds on the porch．But somehow the lemonade isn’t  as fresh and the almonds aren't as delicious as before．

    I thank God that I'm still here to comfort Aunt Aspa and that I'm still here to finish my life．I’m not afraid of death anymore like some people．And I know that when I do die，I'll just be going up to Uncle Spyro，and we’ll eat almonds and drink lemonade，just like before．

51．The author did some fun things Except         ．

      A．picking lemons off the lemon trees

      B．shaking almonds off the almond tree

      C．breaking the shells of the almonds with hands

      D．drinking fresh lemonade and eating the delicious almonds

52．From the underlined sentence in the third paragraph，what do we learn?

      A．Uncle Spyro was not willing to wait for the author．

      B．Uncle Spyro died before the author went to see him．

      C．Uncle Spyro went on a trip before the author arrived．

      D．Uncle Spyro went to hospital before the author arrived．

53．Why does the author say“the lemonade isn’t  as fresh，and the almonds aren’t  as delicious as before”?

      A．Because Uncle Spyro can’t  stay with the author any longer．

      B．Because the lemonade and the almonds aren’t  fresh anymore．

      C．Because the lemonade and the almonds are stored for a long time．

      D．Because Aunt Aspa doesn’t  know how to make the lemonade and store the almonds．

54．We learn from the passage       ．

    A．the author’s  uncle died in 2000

    B．the author doesn’t  live in Greece

    C．the author call speak Greek fluently

    D．the author could communicate with his aunt fluently

55．What’s  the best title for this passage?

    A．An Unhappy Day

    B．My Uncle and Aunt

    B．An Unforgettable Trip

    D．Unforgettable Fresh Almonds and Lemonade

   Are you feeling blue? An American study suggests that being surrounded by happy friends and neighbours could have more of an effect on your happiness than money．That is the finding of researchers from Harvard University and the University of California at San Diego．

    Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler studied the emotional health of more than 4，700 people．They used information from the Framingham Heart Study．That study began sixty years ago in the American community of Framingham．Massachusetts．It was started to learn more about the risks of heart attack and stroke．    

    For the new study，the researchers examined the emotions of the men and women in the Framingham Heart Study．The information was gathered from 1983 to 2003．

    The researchers found that friends of happy people had a greater chance of being happy themselves．That means that happiness spreads，or has a contagious(傳染性的)effect，among people．And，the smaller the physical distance between friends，the larger the effect they had on each other's happiness．

    Sadness was also contagious among friends，but not as much as happiness．The researchers say social groups did not influence happiness as much as personal situations．

  However，people removed by as much as three degrees of separation still had an effect on one’s  happiness．The expression three degrees of separation means the friends of an individual’s  friends．

    In fact，persons with three degrees of separation had a greater effect on an individual’s   happiness than having five thousand dollars．The researchers say the study is historic because it shows that social effects on health can be spread among people．

    Another finding is that people who work together or are married do not have as much of an effect on happiness levels as friends．The researchers say this is often true among friends of the same sex．

46．The Framingham Heart Study was founded to         ．

    A．study the danger of heart disease

    B．study the influence of emotional health

    C．collect the information of various diseases

    D．provide a place for people of heart disease

47．Why do the researchers do this study?

    A．They want to learn about the importance of having friends．

    B．They want to find a way to let people get rid of depression．

    C．They want to supply more information to hospitals．

    D．They want to learn about social effects on health．

48．The conclusion of the new study is         ．

    A．the emotional health plays an important part in an individual’s  physical health

    B．being surrounded by friends can bring happiness to all individual

    C．happiness can be spread and have an active effect on friends

    D．the physical distance between friends has no connection with happiness

49．From this passage we learn        ．

    A．it‘s a hard job to do this study and draw a right conclusion

    B．sadness was contagious among friends as much as happiness    ‘

    C．colleagues or spouse’s (配偶)happiness have more effect on an individual

    D．friends’happiness can influence five degree of separation

50．The report is about          ．

    A．culture                 B．economy              C．science                  D．technology

    In this age of media technology where the Internet is playing a more and more important role in our lives，how do you usually get information? For many students and office workers，their first Interact stop is the search engine Google：For any information they want，they’s imply type in a keyword, click “enter”，and within seconds relevant web pages appear out．

    So are people still reading books? The answer is surely yes．It’s  simply not realistic to use a computer to read a novel But reading habits in China，and other countries，are changing．Mr Li，a businessman，says his purpose in reading is to get practical knowledge．“I like stories of successful people and books that give advice on how people become successful．Besides，I read  books with basic knowledge，”said Li．

   “I like funny books，especially Japanese funny books，”said Xing Mingyan，a junior student，who reads purely for entertainment．

   “I like to read cook books，”said Miss Zhang，an office worker，who usually reads magazines．

  “And I usually buy fashion magazines．”

    It seems that the purposes of reading have changed a lot．People don’t  tend to read for entertainment as much．They usually read to learn．Books that teach people how to be more successful，wealthier or more beautiful stay on the best―seller charts for a long time．People are also interested in buying funny books and magazines．Just remember how the funny novels of Jimmy Liao took China and other countries by storm．

    But educators say reading is important to teach people and also to develop their imaginations and language skills．No matter what you like to read，why not turn off the computer and television and read a good book，make yourself comfortable and open the door to another world?

41．We learn from the second paragraph that       ．

    A．Mr Li likes books that give him basic knowledge

    B．Mr Li is a very successful businessman

    C．It is hard for readers to buy books that they are interested in

    D．books are playing a more important role in our lives

42．Which of the following is Tree?

    A．Educators say reading is useful in improving people’s  language skills．

    B．Xing Mingyan，a senior student，especially likes Japanese funny books．

    C．Jimmy Liao’s  serious stories made him well-known in China and other countries．

    D．Miss Zhang likes reading funny magazines and fashion magazines．

43．What’s  the main idea of the passage?

    A．People shouldn’t  watch TV or get information from the Internet．

    B．People’s  reading habits and purposes are changing．

    C．A lot of people like reading．

    D．Books are more popular than the Internet．

44．This passage is most probably     ．

    A．a(chǎn)n advertisement                                       B．taken from a text book

    C．to tell people how to read books                  D．a(chǎn) newspaper article

45．From the passage we can infer that the writer thinks        ．

      A．books are more important than the Internet

      B．books are as important as the Internet

      C．it’s  pleasant and useful to read good books

      D．books can give us more information than the Internet

    This is a list of the origins of some slang words or phrases that we all use regularly．These words are common in almost all English speaking nations．

Cool

    Who hasn't used this word at least once in their life when speaking highly of something? This meaning of the word is relatively new in English，but not as new as you might think．The earliest record found so far is from 1884 in the phrase“Dat’s  cool!”

Kick the Bucket

   This means“to die”．Many people consider the term to have come from a guilty man standing on an upturned bucket which was then kicked out from under his feet leaving him to hang，but there is no written evidence that this is the case．In fact，it is more likely from a different type of bucket entirely．In butchery(肉食店)，when a pig was killed it would be hung from a pole．It is mostly likely that in his death throes(垂死掙扎)，the pig’s  feet would bang against the rail(橫桿)to which they were tied．Therefore，kicking the bucket was a term referring to the last actions of the pig before he finally died．

Bob’s  Your Uncle

    Bob’s  your uncle generally means that something is simple or easy or a“job done”．It is most likely that this phrase came about as a result of nepotism(裙帶關(guān)系)．In the late 1800s， Lord Salisbury(first name Robert)was prime-minister of Great Britain．After his third term he was succeeded by his nephew Arthur．Arthur had been made Chief Secretary of Ireland in 1886． Suspicions arose that Robert was favoring his nephew Arthur．The term“Bob’s  your uncle”could be used at the time as a reference to this charge of nepotism．

36．What does the passage mainly talk about?

    A．The most commonly used slang words in the world．

    B．The origins of some most．commonly used slang words or phrases．

    C．The origins of English words and phrases．

    D．Common words and phrases in English speaking countries．

37．If you want to praise something，the slang words or phrase you may use is“      “．

    A．Cool                                                          B．Kick the Bucket

    C．To Die                                                      D．Bob’s  Your Uncle

38．From the passage we can infer that the slang phrase“Kick the Bucket”――．

    A．is the oldest in meaning among all the English slang words or phrases

    B．has the same meaning as“Kick the Ball”

    C．will be never used in the future

    D．has something to do with pigs

39．The underlined word“succeeded’’in Paragraph 4 means“        “．

    A．taken position of    B．brought up           C．killed                     D．driven away

40．You may read this passage in         ．

    A．a(chǎn) science fiction                                        B．a(chǎn) cook book

    C．a(chǎn)n English vocabulary text                          D．a(chǎn)n advertisement

    One afternoon，many years ago，I went to pick up my mother from work．I got there a little early so I   16   the car by the roadside，across the street from where she worked and waited for her．

     As I looked out of the car window to my right, there was a small park where I saw a little boy  17  one and a half to two years old,   18  freely on the grass as his mother watched him from a short distance．The boy had a big smile on his face  19  he had just been set free from prison．The boy would then fall to the grass，get up，and without  20  ．run as fast as he could，

again，  21   with smile on his face，as if nothing had happened．

     22  ，with kids(especially at all early age)，when they fall down，they don't perceive(認(rèn)識(shí)到)their falling down as a(n)   23  ，but instead, they treat it as a learning   24   ，as just another outcome(后果)．They will try and try again until they   25  ．The answer must be that they have not   26  “falling down”with the word“failure”yet．Thus they don’t  know how to feel the state which accompanies failure．What's more，they probably think that it is perfectly okay to fall down，and that ifs not   27  to do so．In other words，they give themselves   28  to make mistakes subconsciously(潛意識(shí)地)．Thus they remain   29  ．

    While I was touched by the boy’s  persistence(堅(jiān)持不懈)，I was   30   touched by the manner in which he ran．With each  31  ，he looked so confident and so natural．No  32  of fear, of nervousness，or of being discouraged…as if he didn’t    33  the world around him．His only  34  was to run freely and to do it as effectively as he could．I learned a lot from that observation and experience，and had successfully brought that   35   with me in my many pursuits(追求)in life．