—English has a large vocabulary, hasn’t it?

—Yes.        more words and expressions and you will find it easier to read and  communicate.

A．To know   B．Knowing   C．Know       D．Known

—It’s thirty years since we last met.

—But I still remember the story, believe it or not,        we got lost on a rainy night.

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

—I’m dead tired. I can’t walk any farther, Jenny.

—        , Tommy. You can make it!

A．Come on          B．No problem      C．No hurry         D．That’s OK

At the beginning of the class, the noise of desks        could be heard outside the classroom.

A．being opened and closed                              B．to be opened and closed

C．opened and closed                                      D．to open and close

Beijing was attacked by such a terrible sandstorm        few citizens had ever experienced before.

A．a(chǎn)nd it was        B．a(chǎn)s     C．that   D．which

I think it is your husband,        you,        to blame.

A．more than; are                                            B．less than; who are

C．rather than; is                                             D．rather than; who is

Eleven – year – old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system（神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)）.She was unable to   1  .In fact, she could hardly make any    2  . Although she believed that she had a    3  chance of recovering, the doctors said that    4  , if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not    5  . There, lying in her hospital bed, she    6  that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was    7  .

She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method that could be tried was used. Still she would not    8  . It seemed that she was    9  . The doctors were all fond of her and taught her about    10  that she could make it. Every day Angela would lie there,   11  doing her mental exercise.

One day,   12  she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle（奇跡）happened: The bed began to    13  ! “Look what I’m doing ! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved! ” she    14  .

Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was    15  .More importantly, they were running    16  safety.

People were crying, and equipment was    17  . You see, it was an earthquake. But don’t    18  that to Angela. She has    19  that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, she’s back in school. You see, to such a person who can    20  the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn’t it?

1．A．see                       B．hear                    C．talk                     D．walk

2．A．progress               B．difference            C．movement           D．a(chǎn)chievement

3．A．poor                     B．good                   C．little                    D．special

4．A．few                      B．a(chǎn)ll                       C．some                  D．most

5．A．satisfied                B．delighted              C．surprised             D．discouraged

6．A．insisted                 B．sighed                 C．feared                 D．promised

7．A．true                      B．doubtful              C．certain                D．impossible

8．A．get up                   B．give up                C．turn up                D．stand up

9．A．disappointed          B．proud                  C．troubled              D．undefeatable

11．A．sadly                   B．madly                  C．carefully              D．faithfully

12．A．a(chǎn)s                       B．since                   C．a(chǎn)fter                   D．before

13．A．fly                      B．move                  C．roll                     D．speak

14．A．jumped                B．wondered            C．screamed            D．recovered

15．A．frightened            B．pleased                C．touched               D．encouraged

16．A．in                       B．by                       C．for                      D．with

17．A．rising                  B．falling                  C．missing               D．gathering

18．A．tell                      B．do                       C．give                    D．show

19．A．noticed                B．supposed             C．believed               D．discovered

20．A．push                  B．shock                  C．shake                       D．save

Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team, “Football, tennis, cricket – anything with a round ball, I was useless,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.

It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.

The following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about Ridgways’s cold water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future.

In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long – distance expedition（探險(xiǎn)）towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite（凍瘡）, ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply loaded sled（雪橇）up and over rocky ice.

Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.

Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900 – kilometer journey that has never been completed on skis.

1．What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old?

       A．He became good at most sports.            B．He began to build up his body.

       C．He joined a sports team.                       D．He made friends with a runner.

2．The underlined word “exploits”（paragraph 3） is closest in meaning to         .

       A．journeys              B．researches           C．a(chǎn)dventures           D．operations

3．Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?

       a．He ran his first marathon.                      b．He skied alone in the North Pole.

       c．He rode his bike in a forest.                   d．He planned an adventure to the South Pole.

       A．a(chǎn),c,d,b                B．c,d,a,b                C．a(chǎn),c,b,d                D．c,a,b,d

4．What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?

       A．He is a success in sports.                     B．He is the best British skier.

       C．He is Ridgway’s favorite student.   D．He is a good instructor at school

It’s 2035. You have a job, a family and you’re about 40 years old. Welcome to our future life.

Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics（智能電子元件）are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you’re 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your enervation may live to be 150 years old. You’re not even middle-aged!

As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appear on the counter as kitchen cheeks its food supplies.

“Ready for your trip to space,” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially-trained astronauts went into space— and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for daytrips or longer vacation. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots （防疫針）are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.

It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office, autopilot,” you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it.

1．What changes the color of your shirt?

                                       A．The mirror.                                        B．The shirt itself.

                                       C．The counter.                                       D．The medicine.

2．How do the shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal?

       A．By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.

                                       B．By listening to the doctor’s advice.

       C．By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.

                                       D．By checking the nutrition details of the food.

3．The strawberries the children eat serve as ______.

                                       A．breakfast            B．lunch                  C．vaccines    D．nutrition

4．How is the text organized?

                                       A．In order of time                                   B．In order of frequency.

C．In order of preference.                               D．In order of importance.

Old Computers Make for Unhappy Workers --- Survey

LONDON（Reuters）---Dealing with the dissatisfaction of ageing and unreliable office computers leads to workers’ unhappiness and more sick –leave, a survey showed on Wednesday.

A survey carried out by care4free.net of over 2,700 European office workers from the UK, France and Germany found that workplace dissatisfaction increased greatly with the age of computer equipment.

      “We do know that job satisfaction is falling in Britain and in most advanced nations,” said Stephen White, a researcher from the Work Foundation. “The actual reasons for this are the subject of very heated discussion. It’s certainly one interesting theory that technology may be the cause of this in some way.” White added.

      A quarter of those using out-dated computers in Britain said they were “quite” or “very dissatisfied” with their everyday job compared to 16 percent of those who had enjoyed an advantage from up-to-date technology.

     The survey also said that among workers dealing with out-dated equipment, there was a 35 percent greater probability they would take six or more days of sick-leave per year compared with the average worker. In France, where more workers use older computers, the probability jumped to 55 percent.

     Results also showed that women in the three countries were more likely to be using outdated equipment. In the UK, where more workers have up-to-date computers than in the other countries surveyed, the number of women using old equipment doubled that of men.

     White pointed out that there were two sides to this problem, saying that continually having to deal with new technology and new equipment can also be source of worry. “Old and faulty equipment is a major cause of office dissatisfaction, there’s no question about it, but you also have to say that the frequent change of equipment is also, or could be, a main cause of dissatisfaction.”

1．The underlined word “this” (paragraph3) refers to________.

A．workplace dissatisfaction              B．computer use in most jobs

C．the ageing of office computers         D．the survey by care4free.net

2．How many office workers using old computers in Britain expressed their dissatisfaction?

A．16%                B．25%                   C．35%                D．55%

3．According to White, why were the women surveyed more likely to use old computers?

A．Most office workers use old computers

B．They do some of their work with computers.

C．Dealing with new equipment can cause anxiety.

D．They are easier to be satisfied with new technology

4．What is the subject of this news story ?

     A．Poor working conditions in offices         

       B．Research work of the Work Foundation

  C．Influence of technology in the workplace    

D．Different attitudes to old computers