You may ______ on it that I’ll support you whatever happens.

A. reply               B. rely          C. deny                D. lie

Karl Marx had tried to become a poet when young, only to end up as _____ failure. But he won ______ great success in philosophy and politics.

A. \, a                               B. a, \            C. \, \                          D. a, a

According to some economic experts, the present global financial crisis is ____ to last two or three years.

A. likely                       B. possibly           C. probable                        D. probably

She glanced about now and then _____ to make sure she was not being followed.

A. so that                          B. as though            C. even though                 D. in case

The pirate （海盜） problem of Somali is generally thought to go ______ with the bad situation in the country. Bringing the country back to normal is the best solution to the problem.

A. hand in hand            B. at hand             C. in hand                           D. by hand

After graduation from college, Joe ____ for a year seeing the country before he went to work in his father’s business.

A. knocked about          B. knocked over   C. knocked down            D. knocked off

As far as I can see, the poor boy is _______. He needs comforting.

A. more frightened than hurt                     B. hurt rather than frightened

C. more frightening than hurt                    D. hurt more than frightened

   Visitors from space may have landed on our planet dozens, even hundreds of times during the long, empty ages while Man was still a dream of the distant future. Indeed, they could have landed on 90% of the earth as recently as two or three hundred years ago, and we could never have heard of it. If one searches through old newspapers and local records, one can find many reports of strange incidents that could be interpreted(解釋) as visits from outer space. A winter, Charles Fort, had made a collection of UFO sightings in his book. One is tempted(引誘) to believe them more than any modern reports, for the simple reason that they happened long before anyone had ever thought of space travel. Yet at the same time, one can’t take them too seriously, for before scientific education was widespread, even sightings of meteors(流星) and comets(慧星) gave rise to the most unbelievable stories, as they still do today.

71. According to the passage visitors from space may have landed on the earth _____.

  A. long before man had dreamed of it  B. long before there were human beings

  C. in the last few hundred years       D. after the space age began

72. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

  A. All observations of UFO’s are believable

  B. Charles Fort sighted a lot of UFO’s himself

  C. Older civilization(文明) may exist on other planets

  D. People have seen visitors from other planets everywhere

73. If visitors from other planets have actually landed on the earth, one can suppose that they came to _____.

  A. make war  B. communicate  C. settle down  D. explore

74 The passage implies that the space age has _____.

   A. made the reported sightings unbelievable 

B. increased the number of UFO sightings

   C. allowed more scientific study of UFO’s 

D. given clearer pictures of UFO’s

75. According to the passage, _____.

  A. UFO’s are only recent observations      B. UFO sightings are not new

  C. UFO’s are just meteors and comets      D. UFO’s are invented by people 

   If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius(天才), they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational experts, this is one of the biggest mistakes that some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parents expect, and will fall. Unrealistic(不現(xiàn)實(shí)) expectations of the parents can cause great damage to children.

   However, if parents are not unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are hopeful in a sensible(明智) way, the child may succeed in doing very well -- especially if the parents are very supportive to their children.

   Michael Li is very lucky. He is very fond of music and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and let him attend piano and violin lessons. Although Michael’s mother knows very little about music, his father is a good musician. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

   Michael’s friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. “When I was your age I used to win every competition I enter.” Winston’s father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always quiet and unhappy.

67. The main idea of the passage is _____.

  A. what differences there are between parents

  B. what aim of a child can be easier to reach 

  C. how parents should make a child a musician

  D. how parents should bring up their children

68. Michael is lucky because _____.

   A. his parents help him in a sensible way 

B. his family is rich enough to have a car

   C. his father is a successful musician

D. he is free to do anything he likes best

69. Winston’s parents set so high a standard for him that _____.

    A. he has to do his best to do everything 

B. he has made greater progress in music

   C. he is afraid he may disappoint them   

D. he often wants to kill himself someday

70. It is one of the parents’ worst mistakes if they _____.

    A. want their child to be a musician 

B. make their child try to achieve too much

    C. don’t care their child’s education much

D. help their child to win music competition

   Our eating habits are very important for good health and a strong body. There are times when most of us would prefer sweets and ice-cream to meet and rice. Sweets and ice-cream are not bad for the stomach if we eat at the end of a meal. If we eat before a meal, they may take away our appetite(食欲). It is important for us to eat our meal at the same time each day. When we feel hungry, it is a sign that our body needs food. When we feel angry or excited, we may not want to eat. A long time ago, in England some judges used to decide whether a man was telling truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow the bread, it was a sign that he was not telling the truth. He was telling lies. Though this seems very strange and rather foolish, it is indeed an excellent way of finding out the truth. A man who is worrying about something had difficulty in swallowing anything dry. Because he loses his appetite and does not want to eat.

63. We have to form good eating habits because _____.

  A. we want to keep fit                           B. we enjoy our meals

  C. we want to eat more                         D. we want to save time

64. According to the passage we may eat sweets and ice-cream _____.

  A. when we are happy                          B. when we have a good appetite

  C. after a meal                                     D. before a meal

65. When does the speaker suggest it would be better to have our meals?

  A. When our work is over                     B. At the regular time every day

  C. When the meal is still hot                  D. When every family member is home

66. If a man is worrying he _____.

  A. has no appetite                                 B. wants to eat more food

  C. wants to drink                                  D. seems rather foolish