25. They suggested that the professor ______ just now ______ chairman of the meeting.

   A. referring to; was made           B. referring to; be made

   C. referred to; be made             D. referred to; was made

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。

Old people enjoy surfing on the Internet

Chinanews, Beijing, Dec. 29. In Beijing, a group of old people, take great  31  (please) in surfing on the Internet. Recently, these senior web surfers organized a party, CCTV international channel reported.

About 40-50 old people went to the party,  32  was full of joy and happiness. To many people, this might be the first time for them to meet each other face to face. On the other hand,  33  , they might have become very close friends through online chatting.

     34  these people, the youngest might be in   35   50s and the oldest might be over 70 years old now. Despite their old age, many might have just started to learn computer and online surfing for no more than a year. Mr. Fan had  36  touched any computers, because he didn’t know any of the Pinyin forms adopted by computers. 

   “We can do what is supposed to   37   (do) by young people. It is quite an exciting experience for me sitting by the desk to get to know what has happened around the world. It sure makes my life more   38  (color).” said a senior person at the party.

When the party ended, many senior people said they felt very happy when   39  (attend)a party like this, it made them feel  40  they were young people, too

I’m sure you know the song “Happy Birthday”. But do you know who wrote the song and for whom it was written?

    The retired professor, Archibald A. Hill in Lucasville, USA could tell us the story. Ninety-seven years ago, two of Mr. Archibald Hill’s aunts, Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were asked to write some songs for a book called “Song Storied for the Sunday Morning”. Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were both kindergarten teachers then. They loved children very much and wrote many beautiful songs for the book. One of them was the famous “Good Morning to You.” The song said, “Good morning to you, good morning to you, dear children, good morning to all.” This song was very popular at that time among kindergarten children. But not many grown-ups knew it. A few years later little Archibald was born. As his aunt, Miss Patty Hill sang the song “Happy Birthday” to the melody（曲调）of “Good Morning to you” to her little nephew（侄子）. She sang the song like this: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Archie! Happy birthday to you!

    Miss Patty Hill and her sister had never expected that this song would become so popular, but it really did. People all over the world like the song because of its simplicity in tune（曲调简单）and friendliness in words.

Archibald A. Hill was __________.

   A. English      B. Russian          C. American    D. Australian

Professor Archibald A. Hill was Miss Mildred Hill’s __________.

   A. son           B. student          C. brother      D. nephew

The song “Happy Birthday” has a history of __________ years.

   A. 97                B. about 90     C. more than 90     D. less than 90     

Why did Miss Hiss wrote songs?

   A. Because they are musicians.

   B. Because they love children.

   C. Because they were asked to write for a book.

   D. Because their nephew asked them to do so.

The sentence “it really did” means __________.

   A. The song really became popular     

B. Their wish would really come true

   C. People all over the world like to listen to the song

   D. Yes, but the song didn’t become popular

Most of the news in the newspapers is bad but sometimes there is a story with good news. This is one of those stories. Millions of people around the world suffer from AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and other serious diseases. There are medicines to treat these diseases but for people in poor countries, these medicines are too expensive to buy. When a pharmaceutical（制药的）company produces a new medicine, they receive a special license called a patent. This license means that the new medicine or drug is protected for a period of 20 years. The company that produced the drug can fix the price of the drug and no other company is allowed to produce the same drug or a copy of the drug for 20 years. At the moment, these patents operate all over the world, both in rich countries and in poor countries. The drugs companies say that they need patents so that they can get the money to pay for research to find new drugs and medicines. In rich countries people usually have enough money to pay for these drugs but in poor countries people can’t afford to buy them and cannot treat diseases like AIDS and malaria.

Last month, however, a group of experts published a report which says that patents are very bad for poor countries. The report says that drug companies do not want to find new medicines for diseases of poor people in poor countries. It says that poor countries should be allowed to buy cheap drugs without patents from other countries.

    The authors of the report were lawyers, scientists and a senior director from the drug company Pfizer. Of course, the pharmaceuticals industry doesn’t agree with the report, “We need patents so that we can develop new medicines to fight disease both in the developed and developing world,” said a spokesman. But the report is the first sign that there might be a change in the patent system. This change could save millions of lives in the world’s poorest countries. This really is good news.

Why are medicines expensive for people in poor countries?

   A. They are protected by patents.        B. They are produced in rich countries.

   C. They are imported.               D. They can cure the deadly diseases.

What does the underlined word “patent” in Para1 mean in Chinese?

   A. 执照          B. 专利权       C. 专利品       D. 商标

Why do drugs companies need patents?

   A. To sell drugs in rich countries.

   B. To sell drugs in poor countries.

   C. To get money to produce new drugs.

 D. To compete with other companies.

What does the report say?

   A. Poor countries should spend more money on drugs.

   B. Poor countries shouldn’t obey a pharmaceutical patent.

   C. Poor countries should import drugs.

D. Poor countries should be allowed to make copies of drugs.

What might happen if the patent system is changed?

   A. Millions of lives will be saved in poor countries.

B. Drugs companies will stop producing drugs.

   C. Drug companies will make more money.

   D. The competition will be canceled.

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

    下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在下面加上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

          2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

A visitor visits an island where two tribes live. One tribe always tells the truth and an other always lies. The truth tellers live on the western side of the island, and those which lie live on the eastern side. The visitor wants determine whether the native beside he is a truth teller or not by ask only one question. He asks the native, “Go or ask the native in the distance which side of the island he lives to.” When the messenger returned, he says, "He said he lives on the western side of the island."

Is the messenger a truth teller or not one? How can the visitor be surely?

   If you, the special one in the world, want to show your ______ personality, this T-shirt is exactly what you are looking for.

A. calm         B. unique           C. straight     D. constant

—I don’t think you can manage it.

 —That __________!

A. will all depend on  B. will all depend   C. all depends   D. all depends on

Studies show that people are more _______ to suffer from back problems if they always sit before computer screens for a long time.  

A. likely       B. possible         C. sure     D. probable

完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

    阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    Everywhere, you will find "the white-haired boy", sometimes called "the fair-haired" boy．He gets special   36   , as if he were above everybody else．You will find him in school, in college, at home, or   37   you work．

    In school, he is teacher's   38   , her favorite who can do nothing   39  ．Sometimes she lets him do little jobs for her．He comes to class in the morning, all shiny and clean．" He is always raising his hand,   40   with answers to the teacher' s questions．And he knows all the answers．

    He gets into your hair, especially if you are at the  41   of the class and die teacher thinks you are slow at learning things．How you   42   the guy!

    At college, he walks across the school ground as if he  43   it．Sometimes he wears a, colorful football or basketball shirt or sweater, with a bright red, or green or yellow college letter   44  worn on the front of it．What   45   shoulders, what muscles he has! He   46   the girls happy by just smiling at them．He has the mark of _47_ on him．   

    At home, "the fair-haired boy" is  48   choice．Sometimes, he is the oldest son—  49  , the youngest．If you are in between, you are out of  50   ．

    Then, you discover that there are others who   51   your feelings, ready to tell you their private   52  ．One of them asks, "What does he have that I haven't got?" You ask yourself the same question．

      53  , there comes a day when you decide to stop hating him. Is it  54  because he has been made boss and you  55   yourself working for him?

A．treatment   B．belief   C．courage  D．encouragement

A．somewhere   B．anywhere C．where    D．everywhere

A．pet B．friend   C．workmate D．child

A．correct B．wrong    C．special  D．difficult

A．curious B．willing  C．interested   D．ready

A．front   B．top  C．bottom   D．point

A．hated   B．envy C．admire   D．like

A．brought B．won  C．owned    D．gained

A．freely  B．quickly  C．delightedly  D．proudly

A．great   B．broad    C．manned   D．bright

A．makes   B．les  C．takes    D．keep

A．success B．challenge    C．faith    D．innocence

A．Father’s   B．Mother’s    C．Sister’s    D．Grandma’s

A．seldom  B．never    C．usually  D．at times

A．pity    B．luck C．shame    D．sight

A．understand  B．realize  C．share    D．reach

A．opinions    B．suggestions  C．expressions  D．thoughts

A．Gradually   B．Finally  C．Surprisingly D．Actually

A．certain     B．true C．perhaps  D．possible

A．see B．know C．notice   D．find

Edmund Halley was an English scientist who lived over 200 years ago. He studied the observations of comets(彗星)which other scientists had made. The orbit（轨道） of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem. He could not figure it out. Neither could other scientists who dealt with such problems.

    However, Halley had a friend named Isaac Newton, who was a brilliant mathematician. Newton thought he had already worked out that problem, but he could not find the papers on which he had done it. He told Halley that the orbit of a comet had the shape of an ellipse(椭圆形).

    Now Halley set to work. He figured out(解决，计算出)the orbits of some of the comets that had been observed by scientists. He made a surprising discovery. The comets that had appeared in the years 1531, 1607, and 1682 all had the same orbit. Yet their appearance had been 75 to 76 years apart.

    This seemed very strange to Halley. Three different comets followed the same orbit. The more Halley thought about it, the more he thought that there had not been three different comets as people thought. He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times. The comet had gone away and had come back again.

    It was an astonishing idea! Halley felt certain to make a prediction(预言)of what would happen in the future. He decided that this would appear in the year 1758. There were 53 years to go before Halley’s prediction could be tested. In 1758 the comet appeared in the sky. Halley did not see it, for he had died some years before. Ever since then that comet had been called Halley’s comet, in his honor.

Edmund Halley figured out the orbit of ____.

    A. some different comets appearing several times

    B. the same comet appearing at different times

    C. three different comets appearing at the same time

    D. several comets appearing at the same time

Halley made his discovery ____.

    A. by doing experiments

    B. by means of his own careful observation

    C. by using the working of other scientists

    D. by chance

Halley made a surprising, but correct prediction in the year____.

    A. 1704     B. 1705     C. 1706     D. 1707

This passage in general is about ____.

    A. Halley and other scientists

    B. the orbit of a comet

    C. Newton and Halley

    D. Halley and his discovery

Which of the following is TRUE?

    A. Edmund Halley was an American scientist.

    B. Halley made his discovery by doing experiments.

    C. Isaac Newton was a famous mathematician.

    D. The orbit of a comet had the shape of an around.