Much of the power of the trade unions has been lost            , their political influence should be very great.

A. As a result              B. As usual             

C. Even so                D. So far

No matter how frequently          , the works of Beethoven still attract people all over the  world.

A. performed            B. performing         

C. to be performed       D. being performed

          this cake, you'll need 2 eggs, 175 g sugar and 175 g flour.

A. Having made        B. Make          C. To make          D. Making

"You can't have this football back             you promise not to kick it at my cat again," the old man said firmly.

A. because            B. since             C. when           D. until

The young girl sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous. She            before.

A. hasn't flown         B. didn't fly           

C. hadn't flown         D. wasn't flying

So difficult          it to work out the problem that I decided to ask Tom for advice.

A. I did find       B. did I find       C. I have found      D. have I found

You have been sitting on my hat and now it is badly out of           .

A. date            B. shape            C. order             D. balance

-- Excuse me, Sir, is the swimming pool open all day?

--          Only from 6:00 pal to 10:00 pm.

A. That's right.                           B. Yes, of course

C. Sorry, I am not sure                     D. Sorry, I'm afraid not

The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long andhard. But in the rich world, children can   1  from a different kind of poverty - of the spirit.   2 , one Western country alone now sees 14, 000 attempted suicides ( 自殺 ) every year bychildren under 15, and one child   3 five needs psychiatric (心理) advice.

There are many good things about   4 in the Third World. Take the close and constantrelation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbours for example. In the West, thevery nature of work puts distance between   5  and children. But in most Third World villagesmother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices.    6  , the child seesmother and father, relations and neighbours working   7 and often shares in that work.

A child   8 in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community's   9：helping to dig or build, look after animals or babies -- rather than   10playing with water andsand in kindergarten, keeping pets   11playing with dolls.

These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the   12children. Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions ofthe sun or the moon in the sky. Children in the rich world,    13, are provided with a watch asone of the   14signs of growing up, so that they can   15long with their parents aboutbeing late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows …

Third World children do not usually   16o stay indoors, still less in highrise apartments(公寓) . Instead of dangerous roads, "keep off the grass" signs and "don't speak to strangers",there is often a sense of   17to study and play. Parents can see their children outside ratherthan observe them   18from ten floors up.

 19, twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease.But childhood in the Third World is not all   20

1. A. come            B. learn           C. suffer          D. survive

2 A. As usual          B. For instance     C. In fact          D. In other words

3. A. by               B. in             C. to              D. under

4 A. childhood         B. poverty         C. spirit            D. survival

5 A. adults            B. fathers          C. neighbours       D. relatives

6 A. Anyhow          B. However        C. Instead          D. Still

7 A. away             B. alone           C. along           D. nearby

8 A. growing up        B. living through    C. playing          D. working

9 A. activity           B. life             C. study           D. work

10A. by               B. from            C. through         D. with

11A. and              B. but             C. or              D. so

12A. Eastern           B. good            C. poor           D. Western

13. A. at any moment    B. at the same time   C. on the other hand  D. on the whole

14. A. easiest          B. earliest           C. happiest         D. quickest

15. A. care            B. fear              C. hurry           D. worry

16. A. dare            B. expect            C. have           D. require

17. A. control          B. danger            C. disappointment  D. freedom

18. A. anxiously        B. eagerly           C. impatiently      D. proudly

19. A. Above all        B. In the end         C. Of course       D. What's more

20. A. bad             B. good              C. rich           D. poor

Scientific experiments can sometimes go wrong and when they do the results may range from the disastrous to the troubling. One such experiment took place in South America about fifty years ago. Whether its final consequences will cause serious damage or nothing more than a small trouble

still remains to be seen.

    The story began in 1956 when an American scientist working in Brazil decided to solve the problem of increasing the productivity of that country's bees. He imported a very active type of African bee from Tanzania and mated  (交配)  it with the more easy-going native variety to produce a new kind of bees. The new bees worked harder and produced twice as much honey. It seemed that Professor Kerr, for that was the scientist's name, had a total success on his hands.

    Then things began to go wrong. For some reason as yet unseen, but perhaps as a result of something in their environment, the new bees began to develop extremely attacking personalities. They became bad-tempered and easy to be angry, attacked the native bees and drove them from their living places.

    But worse was to follow. Having taken over the countryside, the new bees, with their dangerous stings (叮) , began to attack its neighbours -- cats, dogs, horses, chickens and finally man himself. A long period of terror began that has so far killed a great number of animals and about

150 human beings.

   This would have been bad enough if the bees had stayed in Brazil. But now they are on the move, heading northwards in countless millions towards Central and North America, and moving at the alarming speed of 200 miles a year. The countries that lie in their path are naturally worried because it looks as if nothing can be done to stop them.

1. The results of the South American experiment              .

A. have caused a serious trouble

B. have proved to be wrong

C. are not yet certain

D. are not important

2. The experiment mentioned in this passage was designed to              .

A. increase the amount of honey in Brazil

B. make Brazilian bees more easy-going

C. increase the number of bees in Brazil

D. make African bees less active

3. Which of the following may be the cause of the new bees' attacking personalities?

A. Their production of honey.

B. Their hard work.

C. Their living environment.

D. Their bad temper.

4. The last paragraph implies that             .

A. the bees have been driven to Central and North America

B. the bees may bring about trouble in more countries

C. the bees must be stopped from moving north

D. the bees prefer to live in Brazil