The rock is _____ two hundred kilograms, and almost no one can move it.

   A. nearly               B. mostly               C. hardly               D. partly

However, it only appears in the imagination and will never be __________.

   A. realized                            B. supported                 C. understood               D. produced

_______ solids expand much less than liquids or gases, the continuous increases can add up to a lot, …

A. Although           B. If                            C. Because             D. After

Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants.

Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns(角) had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.

Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds. A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.

The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.

Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling----jealousy(嫉妒). The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play “Othello”. It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants. A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else. Or, that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay rise and she does not.

56. Greenhorn now refers to ____.

A. a person who is new in a job        B. a new solider

C. a young horse              D. None of above

57. A person who has a green thumb is a person ____.

A. who is good at growing plants   B. whose thumbs are in green color

C. whose garden is greener than others’        D. who is younger than his neighbors

58. The author is actually talking about ____.

A. colors  B. language        C. politics          D. agriculture 

59. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. In about the 16th century, a greenhorn meant an experienced soldier.

B. The Green Revolution may have some connection with green thumbs.

C. The green-eyed monster was probably created by William Shakespeare.

D. The green-eyed monster can be used to describe a person who is jealous.

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(注意：61-65的答案涂到答题卡上：E涂成 AB；F涂成AC；G涂成AD)

A: Oh, you didn’t know how many people there were in the streets when I went shopping last Sunday!

B: No wonder. __61__ The earth will be full of people and there will be standing room only.

A: You said it.

B: __62__

A: Look up into the sky. What can you see?

B: __63__

A: The moon is the satellite of the earth, maybe man will fly to the moon.

B: __64__

A: I mean perhaps the moon will be our home in the future.

B: But man can’t live there because there is no air and no water. No life can live there. __65__

A: In that case, man can’t live there before solving these problems.

A.How can we?

B.There will be more and more people.

C.But I don’t think so.

E.How to solve the problem?

F.Pardon?

G.Of course I can see the moon and stars.

Can we live there?

“The interest_______ be divided into five parts, according to the agreement made by both sides,” declared the judge.

A. may     B. should    C. must     D. shall

Eating too much fat can _______ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.  

         A. result from     B. contribute to          C. attend to       D. devote to

The farmers are only allowed to cut ______ trees and cut them _______ for firewood once a year.

  A. down, up             B. up, down          C. off, across        D. down, out

- -- Why don’t we choose that road to save time ?

   --- The bridge to it __________.

   A. has repaired                B. is repaired

   C. is being repaired           D. will be repaired

My headache _________ me．I thought it was going away, but it's getting worse and worse．

       A．killed     B．kills      C．is killing        D．was killing