9．Dick lived in England．One day in January he said to his wife，"I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there．""Where are you going to stay there？"his wife asked．"I don't know yet．"Dick answered．"Please send me your address from there in a telegram （电报），"his wife said．"OK"Dick answered．
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city．He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram．He put the address of his hotel in it．
In the evening he didn't have any work，so he went to a cinema．He came out at nine o'clock and said，"Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner．"
He found a taxi （出租车） and the driver said，"Where do you want to go？"But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel．
"Which hotel are my things in？"he said"And what am I going to do tonight？"But the driver of the taxi did not know．So Dick got out and went into a post office．There he sent his wife another telegram，and in it he wrote，"Please send me my address at this post office．"

54．Dick flew to New York becauseB．
A．he went there for a holiday　　            B．he had work there
C．he went there for sightseeing （观光）　 　 D．his home was there
55．Why did his wife want a telegram from him？A
A．Because she didn't know his address yet
B．Because she wanted to go to New York，too
C．Because she might send him another telegram
D．Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York
56．Where did Dick stay in New York？B
A．In the center of the city．     B．In a hotel．
C．In a restaurant．               D．At his friend's house．
57．Who would send him the name and address of his hotel？D
A．The manager（经理）of his hotel．       B．The police office．
C．The taxi driver．                      D．His wife．

8．An old lady in a plane had a blanket（毯子）over her head and she did not want to take it off．The air hostess spoke to her，but the old lady said，"I have never been in a plane before，and I am frightened．I am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground again！"
Then the captain came．He said，"Madam，I am the captain of this plane．The weather is fine，there are no clouds in the sky，and everything is going very well．"But she continued to hide．
So the captain turned and started to go back．Then the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and said，"I am sorry，young man，but I don't like planes and I am never going to fly again．But I'll say one thing"She continued kindly，"You and your wife keep your plane very clean！"

51．An old lady hadB．
A．glasses　      B．a blanket over her head　　    
C．a coat　　     D．a basket
52．A．She didn't want toA．
A．take it off　  B．turn it off　                 
C．get on　　     D．talk about it
53．D spoke to her．
A．one of her friends　            B．The man next to her
C．her husband　                   D．The air hostess．

7．Wouldn't it be great if you could just look up at the sky and read the weather forecast right away？
Well，you CAN．The forecast is written in clouds．If you can read that writing，you can tell something about the atmosphere．With some practice，you can become a pretty good weather forecaster．Who knows，you might even do as well as meteorologists （气象学家）．
Meteorologists use much more information than just the appearance of the clouds to make their forecast．They collect data from all over the world．Then they put it into powerful，high-speed computers．
This does give meteorologists an advantage，because they can track weather patterns as they move from west to east across the country．
But you have an advantage，too．You have your brains．You can look at the sky and get your data directly．A meteorologist uses a computer forecast that's several hours old to make a local forecast．
What are you seeing when you look at a cloud？"A picture of what moisture （水气） is doing in the atmosphere，"says meteorologist Peter Leavit．There's moisture throughout the atmosphere．Most of the time you don't see it，because it's in the form of an invisible gas called water vapor．
    Sometimes，the temperature of the air gets cold enough to cause the water vapor to change to liquid water．That's called condensation，and we see it happen all the time，for example，when humid air from the shower hits the cold glass of a mirror．When enough water vapor condenses，droplets form in the air．These droplets scatter light．A cloud is seen．
Watching clouds over a day or two tells you a lot more than a single cloud about the weather to come．Changes in clouds show changes in the atmosphere．
You should begin to notice patterns．Certain clouds，fol1owing each other in order，can signal an approaching storm．But don't take our word for it； see for yourself．
53．According to the passage，ordinary people can tell the weather becauseD．
A．they can look up at the sky                         
B．they can read weather writings
C．information is stored in computers              
D．clouds signal the weather to come
54．Your advantage in weather forecast is thatC．
A．you can keep weather patterns in mind．
B．you have more powerful computers at home
C．your brain works as well as a high-speed computer
D．meteorologists give their data to you as soon as they get them
55．A cloud is formed whenA．
A．there are droplets in the air                        
B．light is scattered
C．moisture exists in the form of invisible gas  
D．water vapor changes to liquid water
56．This passage mainly tells us about howD．
A．to become a weather forecaster                   
B．to collect data directly
C．to be an assistant to a meteorologist             
D．to keep an eye on the weather．

6．Jiang Nan，a full-time mother in Beijing，keeps a dozen or so cloth bags at home，carefully selecting one or two before heading out to get groceries．"Most of them were giveaways from advertising marketing campaigns，but others had been handed out in the street by various environmental protection organizations，"she explained．
Since June 2008 China has forbidden the production，sale and usage of plastic bags thinner than 0.025 millimeter （毫米），and retailers（零售商） are not allowed to provide free plastic bags to their customers，regardless of the thickness．
Many Chinese consumers like Jiang have learned to refuse plastic bags whenever possible in their shopping．"A plastic bag may only cost a few jiao，but it's more about how bad they are for the environment，"Jiang said．
The plastic ban is for the most part well carried out in big cities，and has been distinctly effective in reducing white waste．On the first anniversary of the plastic ban Global Village of Beijing，an NGO environmental organization，shows that during the year of the ban the consumption of plastic bags fell by about 40 billion pieces in chain supermarkets alone，saving more than 1.2 million tons of petroleum．
However，enforcement shows considerably less muscle in smaller cities，towns and country-side．In a remote town like Lichuan，the awareness of environmental protection is not as strong as that in big cities．Street vendors（街头小贩） worry that they are likely to lose customers if they charge them for plastic bags．Seeing no significance in the issue，local government often turn a blind eye to banned bag traffic in the market．
There are still those who don't have an interest in living green．Cui Lin，another Beijinger，often forgets to bring a cloth bag when shopping，and has to buy plastic bags．"Anyway I think plastic bags are neater and cleaner，and I don't mind paying a couple more jiao，"he shrugged．
Mrs Yu，a vegetable vendor in Lichuan County，Jiangxi Province，recalled that before plastic bags became popular in the early 1990s，Chinese people always carried a bamboo basket when they visited the market．"Plastic bags are more convenient，"she comments，and her view might be that of the tens of millions of people in the nation who still cling to plastic bags，paid or free．This is suggested by her trade where piles of plastic bags are still passed out every day．
49．In Paragraph 1，the writer uses Jiang Nan's case toA．
A．introduce a topic                                      
B．tell a story
C．describe a person                                      
D．offer an argument
50．How did Jiang Nan get her cloth bags？C
A．She bought them at a low price．
C．She borrowed them from her relatives．
B．She got them for free．
D．She made them herself．
51．Which is NOT the reason why some people still use plastic bags when shopping？A
A．Cloth bags are difficult to get and heavy to carry．
B．People's awareness of environmental protection is not strong enough．
C．People don't mind paying a couple more jiao for plastic bags．
D．Street vendors worry that they are likely to lose customers if they charge them．
52．What message does the writer mostly convey in the passage？C
A．To reduce white waste is urgent．
B．The plastic bag ban has achieved great success．
C．There is still a long way to go for the plastic bag ban．
D．People's awareness of environmental protection should be stressed．

5．"Can I see my baby？"the happy new mother asked．When the baby was in her arms and she was moving the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face，the doctor turned quickly and looked out of the tall hospital window．The baby had been born without ears．
Time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect．It was only his appearance that was imperfect．When he rushed home from school one day and threw himself into his mother's arms，she sighed （叹息），knowing that his life was to be unfortunate．He cried to his mum"A boy，a big boy…called me a freak （怪人）．"
He grew up，handsome．A favorite with his fellow students，he might have been class president，but for that．He developed a gift，a talent for literature and music．"But you might communicate with other young people，"his mother blamed him，but felt a kindness in her heart．
A few years went by．One day，his father said to the son，"You're going to the hospital，son．Mother and I have someone who will donate （捐献） the ears you need．But it's a secret．"The operation was a great success，and a new person appeared．
Later he married and became a lawyer．One day，he asked his father，"Who gave me the ears？Who gave me so much？I could never do enough for him or her．""I do not believe you could，"said the father，"but the agreement was that you are not to know…not yet．"
The years kept their secret，but the day did come．He stood with his father over his mother's casket（棺材）．Slowly，tenderly，the father reached out and raised the thick，reddish brown hair to show the mother had no outer ears．
"Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut，"his father whispered gently，"and nobody ever thought Mother less beautiful，did they？"

64．Why did the doctor turn quickly and look out of the window？C
A．Because the baby had a tiny face．
B．Because he saw the baby crying．
C．Because the baby was born imperfect．
D．Because he saw something attractive outside．
65．Which word can describe Mother's feeling when the son threw himself into her arms？B
A．Nervous．    B．Sorry．     C．Proud．      D．Angry．
66．We can infer that the person who donate the ears isC．
A．a doctor．     B．his father．
C．his mother．    D．a stranger．
67．The best title for the passage would beC．
A．Mother's hair　　　　　　　B．An unforgettable memory
C．Who gave me the ears？D．Why did they keep the secret？

4．Last year I was put into a lower-level math class at school．The reason I was in this class had（21）Bto do with my intelligence．I am blind．The school（22）Cthat it would be better for me to learn at a lower level because it takes me a great deal longer to complete school tasks．
The only problem with being in this class was that I was（23）Dby"at-risk"students，who did not perform well in school and were（24）Ain trouble with the school and the law．On Monday mornings，the kids talked about what they had done during the past（25）C．I tried not to listen，but it was almost（26）Dnot to．I heard things in that classroom that shocked me．（27）Dthe teacher was in the room，that didn't stop my classmates from（28）Atheir stories of drugs and violence．
（29）BI was tired of their rude words．I even began to（30）Cthe fact that I had to be there．One Tuesday morning，I went to a Christian Student Union meeting before school，where a guest speaker talked to us about praying for our（31）Bno matter how much we hated them．I thought a lot and began to pray for the kids in my class，asking God to（32）Dthem for they weren't bad kids； they were just（33）A．
（34）Cwhat I did was automatic．When I heard their voices in class，I would pray，"Dear God，please bless so-and-so…"But as I continued，something was growing （35）Dmy heart for them．My classmates gradually became more than just annoying kids to me．They began to feel like family，and I was learning to love them in a way I（36）Athought possible．
I now see that praying is such a（37）Bact．When I pray for those around me，it also（38）Dmy life，and it changes my understanding of others．I realized God's blessings enabled me to see the world through（39）Aeyes．The prayers I said for others（40）Cto help me the most．

21．A．something	B．nothing	C．everything	D．anything
22．A．described	B．doubted	C．decided	D．defended
23．A．laughed	B．beaten	C．tricked	D．surrounded
24．A．constantly	B．regularly	C．occasionally	D．especially
25．A．holiday	B．month	C．weekend	D．party
26．A．informal	B．unnecessary	C．illegal	D．impossible
27．A．Only if	B．Now that	C．As though	D．Even though
28．A．sharing	B．admiring	C．learning	D．creating
29．A．No wonder	B．Without doubt	C．Without delay	D．No sense
30．A．prove	B．refuse	C．hate	D．ignore
31．A．friends	B．enemies	C．teachers	D．relatives
32．A．appreciate	B．dismiss	C．promote	D．forgive
33．A．lost	B．forgotten	C．cheated	D．disturbed
34．A．In general	B．After all	C．At first	D．On the whole
35．A．beyond	B．under	C．above	D．inside
36．A．never	B．ever	C．even	D．once
37．A．technical	B．powerful	C．typical	D．suitable
38．A．reflects	B．satisfies	C．risks	D．blesses
39．A．loving	B．shining	C．bright	D．blind
40．A．turned up	B．turned away	C．turned out	D．turned over

3．"Ten years ago I could never have imagined I'd be doing this，"says Greg Pal，33，a former software executive．"I mean，this is essentially agriculture，right？But the people I talk to，especially the ones coming out of business school，think this is the one hot area everyone wants to get into．"
He means bugs．To be more accurate，the genetic（基因的） change of bugs---very，very small ones---so that when they feed on agricultural waste such as woodchip or wheat straw，they do something extraordinary．They excrete （排泄） crude oil．
Unbelievably，this is not science fiction．Mr．Pal holds up a small cup of bug excretion that could，in theory，be poured into the tank of the big Lexus SUX next to us．Not that Mr．Pal was willing to risk it just yet．He gives it a month before the first vehicle is filled up with what he calls"renewable petroleum"．After that，he smiles，"It's a brave new world．"
Mr．Pal is a senior director of LS9，one of several companies in or near Silicon Valley．The company is not interested in using corn as material，given the much-advertised problems created by using food crops for fuel．Instead，different types of agricultural waste will be used according to whatever makes sense for the local climate and economy：wheat straw in California，for example，or woodchip in the south．
Are Americans ready to be putting genetically changed bug excretion in their cars？"It's not the same as with food，"Mr．Pal say．"We are putting these bacteria in a very isolated container．Their entire universe is in that tank．When we've done with them．they are destroyed．"
"Besides"，he says，"there is greater good being served．""I have two children，and climate change is something that they are going to face．The energy crisis is something that they are going to face．We have a collective responsibility to do this．"

72．Greg Pal used toC．
A．have great interest in bugs
B．major in agriculture
C．be engaged in developing software
D．study in a business school
73．To make the bugs excrete crude oil，Greg Pal has toB．．
A．keep them in an isolated tank
B．change their genes first
C．change their usual diet first
D．kill them for bacteria
74．We can infer from the passage thatC．
A．it is a very complex process for bugs to produce oil
B．it is not worthwhile for Mr．Pal to do the experiment
C．it is safe to use the excretion produced by bugs
D．it is necessary to use bugs to produce crude oil
75．What would be the best title for the passage？A
A．Bugs Eat Waste and Excrete Petrol
B．Waste Turns into Crude Oil
C．A Promising Business
D．Software Executive Turned to Bugs．

2．When Russell Lyons volunteered for the first time，he read Goodnight Moon to a class of San Diego preschoolers．And it wasn't reading-he'd memorized the book and was reciting it out loud．He was 4．Still，he said it felt good up there，in front of the other kids，lending a hand．He wanted more of that feeling．
Thirteen years later，he's getting a lot of it．He's on a five-month road trip across America-not sightseeing，but volunteering．
The University City resident has spent time at an animal reserve in Utah，a women's shelter in St．Louis，a soup kitchen in New York，a retirement home in Tucson．This week he's in Los Angeles，at a program that supports disabled youth．
"I just like helping people and feeling that something I do is making a difference，"he said．He resists the idea that his"Do Good Adventure"is all that unusual．It bothers him that the media often describes young people as lazy，self-centered and materialistic．So he sees his trip as a chance to make a statement，too．"About 55percent of teens do volunteer work，higher than the rate of adults，"he said，according to a 2002study．"Not everybody knows that．"
Of course，some teens do volunteer work because it looks impressive on their college applications．Lyons said he mentioned his trip on his submissions．But charity work is a habit with him．Even before the cross country trip，he was volunteering abut 200hours a year at various places．He's made sandwiches for homeless families in Washington D．C..He's taught math to fifth-graders in Cuernavaca，Mexico．
He gets some of that drive from his mother，Leslye Lyons，who has been involved in nonprofits for much of her life．She was there when her son"read"to the preschoolers-a memory of hers"that will never go away．"

56．What did Russell Lyons think of his first volunteering？C
A．Creative．    B．Persuasive．
C．Impressive．  D．Imaginative．
57．The third paragraph is meant toA．
A．indicate Russell Lyons is working as a volunteer
B．introduce some tourist attractions across America
C．appeal to volunteers to offer help to those in need
D．show volunteers are needed in all parts of America
58．According to Paragraph 4，Russell Lyons is against the idea thatC．
A．what he has done is common
B．most teens do volunteer work
C．young people don't work hard
D．adults prefer to be volunteers
59．Russell Lyons has been doing volunteer work becauseB．
A．it is necessary for college applications
B．it has become a natural part of his life
C．he likes the feeling of being praised
D．he ought to keep his promise to Mom．

1．Mary         control of herself while she          about the traffic accident．（　　）

	A．	was losing； was asking		B．	lost； was being asked
	C．	has lost； was asked		D．	had lost； asked

20．Have you ever picked a job based on the fact that you were good at it but later found it made you feel very uncomfortable over time？When you select your career，there's whole lot more to it than assessing your skills and matching them with a particular position．If you ignore your personality，it will hurt you long-term regardless of your skills or the job's pay．There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job．Here are a few of those main areas：
1）Do you prefer working alone or with other people？
There are isolating（使孤立） jobs that will drive an outgoing person crazy and also interactive jobs that will make a shy person uneasy．Most people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency that they prefer．There are also positions that are sometimes a combination of the two，which may be best for someone in the middle who adapts easily to either situation．
2）How do you handle change？
Most jobs these days have some elements of change to them，but some are more than others．If you need stability in your life，you may need a job where the changes don't happen so often．Other people would be bored of the same daily routine．
3）Do you enjoy working with computers？
I do see this as a kind of personality characteristic．There are people who are happy to spend more than 40 hours a week on a computer，while there are others who need a lot of human interaction throughout the day．Again，these are extremes and you'll likely find a lot of positions somewhere in the middle as well．
4）What type of work environment do you enjoy？
This can range from being in a large building with a lot of people you won't know immediately to a smaller setting where you'll get to know almost all the people there fairly quickly．
5）How do you like to get paid？
Some people are motivated by the pay they get，while others feel too stressed to be like that．The variety of payment designs in the sales industry is a typical example for this．
Anyway，these are a great starting point for you．I've seen it over and over again with people that they make more money over time when they do something they love．It may take you a little longer，but making a move to do what you have a passion for can change the course of your life for the better．
49．This passage mainly talks about the importance ofB．
A．different jobs                                  
B．personalities
C．personal skills                                 
D．job's pay
50．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？D
A．Isolating jobs usually drive people mad．
B．Interactive jobs make people shy easily．
C．Extreme people tend to work with others．
D．Almost everyone has a tendency in jobs．
51．What is the missing word about a job search in the following chart？C
A．Design              B．Skills                C．Cooperation        D．Hobbies

52．What is the best title for this passage？D
A．Lifestyles and Job Pay                        
B．Jobs and Environment
C．Job Skills and Abilities                        
D．Personalities and Jobs．