It is morning _____ we have four classes, not afternoon.

A．when　　　　 B．which　　　　 C．that　　　　D．why

Bows and arrows have _______ been out of use.

A．long after　　  B．long before　     C．before long　      D．long since

His parents ________ his money, so he is in trouble now.

A．cut off　　　　 B．cut through　        C．gave up　　    D．brought down

The bird was lucky enough to escape ________ by the young man.

A．caught　　　　 B．to be caught　          C．catching　　      D．being caught

He can speak French, German, and Russian, ______ English.

A．not mentioning　     B．no mention　　 C．not to mention　    D．not to be mentioned

I had applied for the nuclear submarine program, and Admiral Rickover interviewed me for the job. It was the first time I met Admiral Rickover, and we sat in a large room 　1　ourselves for more than two hours, and he let me 　2　any subjects I wished to 　3　. Very carefully, I chose those about which I knew most at the time – current events, seamanship, music, literature, naval tactics, electronics, gunnery – and he began to ask me a series of questions of increasing 　4　. In each instance, he soon 　5　that I knew relatively 　6　about the subjects I had chosen.　　

He always looked right 　7　my eyes，and he never smiled. I was wet with cold 　8　.

Finally, he asked me a question and I thought I could regain 　9　. He said, “How did you 　10　 in your class at Georgia Tech before 　11　our Annapolis as a plebe （軍校新生） ?”I had done very well, and I swelled my chest with pride and answered, “Sir, I stood fifty-ninth in a class of 820!” I sat back to wait for the 　12　--- which never came. 　13　, the question: “Did you do your best?” I started to say, “Yes, Sir,” but I remembered who this was, and 　14　several of my times at the academy15 I could have learned more about our supporters, our enemies, weapons strategy, and so forth. I was just human. I 16 my throat and finally said, “No, Sir. I didn’t always do my 　17.”　　

He looked at me for a long time, and then turned his chair around to 　18　the interview. He asked one final question, which I have never been able to forget 　19　to answer. He said, “Why not?” I sat there for a while, 　20　, and then slowly left the room.

1．A．beside                   B．with                    C．for                      D．by

2．A．choose                  B．consider              C．elect　　            D．search

3．A．learn　                 B．confirm               C．discuss　            D．concern

4．A．humor                  B．knowledge           C．difficulty　          D．a(chǎn)bility

5．A．.proved　             B．showed　            C．meant                 D．imagined

6．A．much                    B．a(chǎn)nything　           C．little　                 D．everything

7．A．for                       B．into                     C．back                   D．up

8．A．sweat                   B．a(chǎn)ir                       C．water                  D．weather

9．A．consideration         B．permission        C．self-confidence    D．self-defense

10．A．stand                  B deal.                      C．behave                D．go

11．A．leaving                B．reaching              C．choosing             D．entering

12．A．celebrations         B．expectations         C．evaluations          congratulations

13．A．Thus                   B．Instead                C．However             D．Therefore

14．A．recalled               B．tried                    C．a(chǎn)nalyzed              D．examined

15．A．where                 B．that                     C．when                 D．which

16．A．cleared                B examined.              C cleaned.                 D treated.

17．A．worst                  B．best　                 C．fewest                D．least

18．A．start　                B．continue              C．interrupt              D．end

19．A．so　                   B．a(chǎn)nd　                  C．or                       D．but

20．A．moved                B．excited                C．frightened            D．shaken

Female Chinese space pioneers?

CHINA plans to recruit（招募） women astronauts thanks to the lobbying of the leading women’s organization. Gu Xiulian, president of the All-China Women’s Federation（ACWF） （全國婦聯(lián)）, said on Saturday that she put forward a proposal that women be trained for space missions after the manned space flight last October. And it was accepted by the central authorities, local media reported. But the plan to recruit female astronauts has yet to be worked out, according to sources close to the astronaut-training programme.

Beijing needs mental health care

MORE than 1,000 people committed suicide（自殺） in Beijing last year, and experts have been encouraging the capital to set up a mental health care system as soon as possible, local media reported last week. About 20 percent of the people of Beijing live in unhealthy conditions, with 3 percent of these suffering from affective disorder and 5 percent reporting symptoms of depression, according to the Beijing Mental Health Service Center.

No need to fear your licence plate

CAR licence plates in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, will not have the number “four” from this month on ---a move that has led to heated discussion among officials, schools and residents. The word for “four” sounds like “death” in Cantonese. The number has been cleared away from the computer data banks that generate the six-digit licence numbers for local cars. Some say that, for the first time, a public agency service has considered local customs and bans. Others worry it will encourage superstitious（迷信的） beliefs.

1．We can infer from the news that ____.

     A．there are several female astronauts in China now

     B．people in Guangdong province hate number “four”

     C．the mental disorder concerns everybody all over the country

     D．the city government of Beijing has promised to set up a mental health care system

2．The underlined sentence in the third news means that __    __.

     A．there is no number “four” in the computers in Shenzhen

     B．computer is used to print six-digit car licence numbers

     C．local cars will be protected to use six-digit car licence numbers

     D．number “four” will no longer appear in the six-digit car licence numbers

3．What is the message of the first news?

     A．China only needs male astronauts.

     B．Gu Xiulian wants to be the first space woman.

     C．Society doesn’t discriminate（歧視） against women in China.

   D．The astronaut-training programme hasn’t been planned.

4．Which word has the same meaning as the underlined word “symptoms”?

     A．signals             B．signs               C．sorts                 D．shocks

In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people. I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten. However, while some seem to be lost in die desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only die winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve can we discover a new meaning in competition.

1．What does this passage mainly talk about?

       A．Competition helps to set up self-respect.

       B．Opinions about competition are different among people.

       C．Competition is harmful to personal quality development.

       D．Failures are necessary experiences in competition.

2．Why do some people favor competition according to the passage?

A．It pushes society forward.

B．It builds up a sense of duty.

C．It improves personal abilities.

D．It encourages individual efforts.

3．The underlined phrase “the most vocal” means_______.

     A．those who try their best to win.

  B．those who value competition most highly.

  C．those who are against competition most strongly.

     D．those who rely on others most for success

4．what is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a “desire to fail”

     A．One’s worth lies in his performance compared with others.

     B．One’s success in competition needs great efforts.

     C．One’s achievement is determined by his particular skill.

     D．One’s success is based on how hard he has tried.

It is now commonly known that AIDS is a deadly disease. It does great damage to human beings’ immune system, weakening resistance to disease and leading to death due to utter weakness. To this day, there are no existing drugs that can kill AIDS virus. It is a deadly battle between science and AIDS.

This is only one side of the story. Although it can not be cured, AIDS is preventable. For those who have not caught the disease, the knowledge of preventive measures seems to be the most powerful weapon at hand.

Since the discovery of the first AIDS patient in 1985, the number of HIV carriers is on an alarming rise in China and statistics show that young people are the more likely victims of AIDS. Nationwide there are 214 million people between the ages of 13 and 22, most of whom are students. If no measures are taken to protect these young people, it is almost certain that the threat of AIDS will be very real to them. There has been a great deal of misinformation concerning the transmission of AIDS.

One of the most misleading myths is that AIDS can be transmitted by casual physical contact such as kissing, shaking hands or sharing food container. Surveys and investigations conducted in some universities and colleges show that half of those people questioned are not clear about how AIDS is transmitted, not to mention how it is prevented.

This is the driving force behind the State Education Department’s decision to spread AIDS awareness information among college students and later to high school students and primary school students.

1．Why does the passage say that AIDS is a deadly disease?

     A．Because it destroys the immune system of the human body.

     B．Because the AIDS patients cannot resist the disease and will die.

     C．Because the doctors now find no medicine to cure AIDS.

     D．All of the above.

2．By writing “This is only one side of the story”, the author suggests that_____.

     A．a(chǎn)lthough we can’t cure AIDS, we can manage to prevent it.

     B．AIDS is very dangerous, but we should not be scared of it.

     C．AIDS is not curable, but doctors should not give up fighting against it.

     D．a(chǎn)lthough the doctors cannot cure the disease, they can help improve the patients’ health.

3．What can be concluded from the surveys and investigations mentioned in the passage?

     A．No college students know how people become AIDS victims.

     B．50 percent of college students do not know how to prevent AIDS.

     C．Many college students are not aware how people become AIDS victims.

     D．Many college students did not mention AIDS prevention in the surveys and investigations.

4．What is the best title of this passage?

     A．China Fights AIDS                             B．Young People—Most likely AIDS Victims

     C．AIDS Information Is Necessary           D．AIDS—A Deadly Disease

People with bigger brains tend to score higher on standardized tests of intelligence, according to new study findings.

However, Dr. Michael A.McDaniel emphasized that these findings represent a general trend, and people with small heads should not automatically believe they are less intelligent. For instance, Albert Einstein’s brain was “ not particularly large,” McDaniel noted “ There’s some relationship between brain size and intelligence on average, but there’s plenty of room for exceptions,” he said.

 Interest in the relationship between brain size and intelligence grew in the 1830s, when German anantomist（解剖學(xué)家）Frederick Tidemann wrote that he believed there was “ a natural connection between the size of the brain and the mental energy displayed by the individual man.” Since that statement, scientists have conducted numerous studies to determine if Tidemann’s idea was, in fact, correct. Most studies have investigated the link between head size and intelligence .More recently, however, researchers have published additional studies on intelligence and brain size, measure using MRI scans.

For his study, McDaniel analyzed more than 20 studies that investigated the relationship between brain size and intelligence in a total of 1,530 people. The studies showed that on average, people with larger brain volume tended to be more intelligent. The relationship was stronger in women that men, and adults than children, McDaniel noted.

In an interview, McDaniel noted that he’s not sure why the relationship was stronger for adults and women. Previous research has shown that women, on average, tend to have smaller brains that men, but score just as well--- if not higher--- in tests of intelligence he said.

McDaniel insisted that the relationship between brain size and intelligence is not a “perfect” one. “One can certainly find lots of examples of smaller-brained people who are highly intelligent,” he said” But , on average, the relationship holds.”

1．What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．The success of using MRI scans for studies on man’s intelligence.

B．On average bigger brains mean higher IQ.

C．The importance of our brain volume.

D．Dr. Michael succeeded in his studies on man’s intelligence.

2．By mentioning Albert Einstein, the writer wanted to show ___.

A．what Albert Einstein achieved had nothing to do with his brain size

B．probably the studies on man’s intelligence are not worth believing

C．why hard working is more important than intelligence.

D．the results of these studies are not true for everyone

3．The underlined word “investigated “ could be replaced by ____.

A．worked our       B．guessed             C．study               D．imagined