“Agricultural products are more expensive than previous years, and this directly leads to the price increase of nianyefan,” Xia Xiangqing, a senior official with the Shanghai Restaurants. Association, told the newspaper. “Labor and transport also cost more.”

Up until a few years ago, almost every family in the city ate at home or the home of a close relative, with restaurants shutting down for the evening.

However, most families in the city now prefer to head out to a restaurant on that night to save the trouble of cooking and cleaning at home.

In fact, “if you haven’t reserved a table yet, you may be out of luck as most of the city’s restaurants are already booked before the New Year,” Xia said.

“In the past, restaurants decided everything.” Xia said. “They sometimes refused to return the customers deposit if they wanted to cancel their reservation.”

Xia also told the newspaper yesterday that the association is working on some standards for nianyefan to avoid complaints from customers.

56．If the price of dinner in a restaurant is 600 yuan normally, it will be         yuan for the Lunar New Year’s eve in 2007 at least.

      A．300                     B．540                     C．630                     D．654

57．What is the reason for the price rise of Spring Festival dinner according to the passage?

       A．The location of the restaurant                B．The number of the customers

       C．The time of having the dinner                D．The cost of the dinner

58．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

       A．Restaurants are usually shut down for the evening during the Spring Festival.

       B．More and more city families choose to book New Year dinner in restaurants.

       C．Most of the city’s restaurants are already booked from the beginning of a year

       D．Restaurants have taken measures to avoid customer complaints this year.

59．According to the passage, if you want to book a table in a restaurant for 2007 Lunar New Year’s eve, you will have to        first.

       A．save some money in a bank                  B．a(chǎn)ccept the restaurant’s decision

       C．put some money in the restaurant          D．invite some relatives or friends

Prices for the Lunar New Year’s eve dinners in 2007, the most important dinner for the Chinese people, will be 5 to 9 percent higher as restaurant reservations boom for the festival, Shanghai Morning Post reported on Thursday.

This year, the Lunar New Year’s eve festival falls on February 17.

The tradition meal, know as nianyefan, is for family reunions in China and to enjoy a homecoming feast, similar to Christmas dinners in the west.

“Agricultural products are more expensive than previous years, and this directly leads to the prices increase of nianyefan,” Xia Xiangqing, a senior official with the Shanghai Restaurants Association, told the newspaper, “Labour and transport also cost more.”

Up till a few years ago, almost every family in the city ate at home or the home of a close relative, with restaurants shutting down for the evening.

However, most families in the city now prefer to head out to a restaurant on that night to save the trouble of cooking and cleaning at home.

In fact, “if you haven’t reserved a table yet, you may be out of luck as most of the city’s restaurants are already booked before the new year,” Xia said.

“In the past, restaurants decided everything,” Xia said. “They sometimes refused to return the customers deposit(定金) if they wanted to cancel their reservation.”

Xia also told the newspaper yesterday that the association is working on some standards for nianyefan to avoid complaints from customers.

46. If the price of dinner in a retaurant is 600 yuan normally, it will be _____ yuan for the Lunar New Year’s eve in 2007 at least.

   A. 300           B. 540          C. 630             D. 654

47. What is the reason for the price rise of Spring Festival dinner according to the passage?

   A. The location of the restaurant          B. The number of the customers

   C. The time of having the dinner          D. The cost of dinner

48. Which of the follow is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. Restaurants are usually shut down for the evening during the Spring Festival.

   B. More and more city families choose to book New Year dinner in restaurants.

   C. Most of the city’s restaurants are already booked from the beginning of a year.

   D. Restaurants have taken measures to avoid customer complaints this year.

49. According to the passage, if you want to book a table in a restaurant for 2007 Lunar New Year’s eve, you will have to ______ first.

   A. save some money in a bank               B. accept the restaurant’s decision

   C. put some money in the restaurant      D. invite some relatives or friends

   I work in a nursing home and my job is to take care of the elderly.

      This year, a very sweet old lady that I cared for, Alice, had gone through a difficult time. She got dementia and so she had been in the hospital twice. In November I was finally able to get her back to her “home”.

      Alice had thought her daughter was coming to visit her on Christmas day that they were going to have the whole family together like the old days. When she finally realized that that happy moment was not going to happen, she was very sad. Knowing that her daughter was coming after Christmas was not enough to make her feel happy, I hated the idea of her being alone on the holiday!

      On Christmas Eve, I gave her surprise by asking if she would like to go to a candlelight service at church that night.

      Instead of taking her to my church, I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her friends were. We got there early and I got her a seat where her friends could see her as they came in. Then soon some of her friends came to the church and they rushed over to greet her and sit with her.

      The candlelight service was beautiful and Alice got a lot of love from her old and new friends there.

      The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alice’s face.

47. The underlined word “dementia” in Paragraph 2 probably is ____.

      A. an illness              B. a letter                   C. a house                 D. a plan

48. Where did Alice spend her Christmas Eve according to the story?

      A. In her old house. 

      B. In her old neighborhood church.

      C. In the nursing home.

      D. In the hospital.

49. What was the best gift that the author got on Christmas Eve？

      A. Alice’s happiness.                                   B. Praise from Alice’s friends

      C. Thanks from Alice’s daughter.                D. The candlelight service.

50. What is the best title for this passage?

      A.A special candlelight Christmas Eve        B. The dream of an old lonely lady

      C.A real present                                          D. The true love

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　　Jack bought a new car. During Christmas break from college, his son wanted to borrow it to drive to a New Year's Eve 1 to be held in Vermont. Jack was 2 the son would hit one of the roadblock(路障)that people set up all over the place on New York's Eve. The 3 that was reached was that the son would be allowed to use the car, 4 he would not drink at all.

　　So the son drove to Vermont, got completely 5 and tried his best to drive home. On the way home he hit a roadblock. He was told to 6 the car and stand in a line of people being given the infamous sobriety(not drunk) 7 . However, the careless policemen 8 him out. He was left standing off to the side while the others were 9 the police how well they could walk a 10 line, etc.

　　Jack got up to answer the 11 at 7∶00 a. m. There were 12 policemen there. They asked him if he was the 13 of that red FLAT. He replied, “Yes.”When he was asked if he was 14 the car evening before and he said that his son had been the driver.

　　When the son 15 himself in front of the policemen, he knew he was in some sort of 16 . Upon questioning, he admitted driving the car, but when asked if he had been 17 , he said, “No!”When asked if he could see his car, he was unable to remember the 18 . He said that it was in the garage.

　　And when the four of them walked out to look at the car, 19 seeing the car he had driven the 20 before, they saw a damaged car parked there.

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