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    Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life.   31         these proverbs, there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop   32    (help) it grow”, is based on the following story.

    It is said that a short-tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960 — 1279) was very anxious to help   33         rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about   34          day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.

    One day, he came up with an idea   35             he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.

    He was very tired   36          doing this for a whole day,   37         he felt very happy since the crop did “grow”   38            (high).

    His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.

This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their   39            (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often   40             (result) in the contrary to our intention.

E-Mail is a _____of communication and it is becoming more and more popular.

A. type           B. mean              C. means              D kind

It is every citizen's duty to _____ our country when she is attacked by the enemy．

       A．approach           B．defend             C．support       D．preserve

Is this school ______you studied in three years ago?

       A．where       B．that   C．the one     D．which

—Where did you get to know her?

—It was on the farm _________ we worked.

A．that       B．there       C．which        D．where

Venice is the “Queen” of the Adriatic Sea (亚得里亚海). Every year thousands of people from all over the world travel to Italy to visit the city. Do you know why they like to go there for a visit?

Venice is a very beautiful city. It is quite different from other cities in the world. There aren’t any roads and streets in the city. So there aren’t any cars and buses. There are many canals(运河)in the city. There is one big canal and one hundred and seventy-seven small canals. People move up and down the canals in boats to go to work, go shopping or visit their friends.

But Venice is sinking. It is going down and the water is going up. In 2040Venice will be under water, The Adriatic Sea will cover the city. The Venetians (威尼斯人)love their city and want to stay there. So they want to save Venice? They can build some strong huge walls and gates in the sea. The gates will close to keep too much water out. Thus Venice will not sink.

From this short article we know Venice is         .

        A. a very beautiful woman of the Adriatic Sea.

        B. the most important woman in Italy.

       C. a very important and beautiful place of the Adriatic Sea.

       D. the most important city in Italy.

People from all parts of the world go to visit Venice because        .

        A. there are 177 canals in the city.

        B. it is sinking into the Adriatic Sea.

        C. there are a lot of kinds of boats on the canals.

        D. it is not only beautiful but also quite different from other cities.

The Venetians usually go to work or visit their friends            .

        A. by bus.        B. by bike.        C. in cars.        D. in boats.

Year by year the Adriatic Sea      and Venice          .

        A. is rising…is sinking.        B. is going down…is going up

       C. has risen… has sunk       D. will go up…will go down

Because the Adriatic Sea will cover it, the Venetians         .

        A. have to leave Venice in 2040.

        B. will try to do something to save their city.

        C. want to stay there until the water covers the city

       D. do not love the city any longer

Today’s drivers may feel shocked by the high price of petrol when they drive to the gas station. However, the car industry has the technology to solve the problem. It’s the hybrid car（混合动力汽车）.

   What is a hybrid car? Any car that uses two or more sources of power is a hybrid car. Most hybrid cars on the road right now are petrol-electric hybrids. The petrol-electric hybrid car is just what it sounds like — a cross between a petrol-powered car and an electric car.

    A gas-powered car has a fuel tank（油箱）, which supplies petrol to the engine. An electric car, on the other hand, has a set of batteries that provides electricity for the car.

    To be useful to you or me, a car should be able to run at least 300 miles (483 km) before refueling, be capable of(能够) being refueled quickly and easily and fast enough to keep up with the other traffic on the road.

    A petrol car meets these requirements（要求）but produces a large amount of pollution. An electric car, however, produces almost no pollution, but can only go 50 to 100 miles (80 to 161 km) between recharging(充电). And the problem has been that the electric car is very slow and inconvenient to recharge.

    A petrol-electric car combines the advantages of the two power sources into one system that uses both gas power and electric power. Some experts believe that the hybrid car is “the next generation of smart cars”. A hybrid car can go up to 50% further than a traditional car can on the same amount of gas! It saves driver’s money on gas and cuts air pollution!

What do the underlined words “the problem” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. The price of petrol goes up and down.     B. The gas-powered car is sold at a high price.

C. The gas-powered car causes air pollution.   D. The price of petrol keeps going up.

How many sources of power do most hybrid cars use?

A. Two.             B. Three.            C. Four.         D. It depends.

The author thinks that electric cars _____.

A. are smart vehicles     B. are popular vehicle  C. are not practical  D. are not slow

Some experts believe that the hybrid car will have a large market in future because _____.

A. it is just powered by renewable energy   B. it saves money and is eco-friendly

C. it goes further than a traditional car      D. it is safe, cheap and produces no air pollution

—Have you heard the story of “The Merchant of Venice”? 

  —No. When and where does the story ______ ?

   A. take up          B. take on       C. take place               D. take off

______ with great pressure in the job market, university graduates start to make use of blogs to attract publicity.

A. To face                B. Facing         C. To have faced               D. Faced

--- Hi, Torry, can I use your computer for a while this afternoon?

   --- Sorry. ___________.

A. It’s repaired                    B. It’s has been repaired

C. It’s being repaired               D. It’s had been repaired