It’s the same in China --- many people, ________ some are not overweight at all, are always going on diets or taking weight-loss pills, ________ are often dangerous.

A. whose; which         B. of which; who        C. of whom; which       D. who; that

Trees are useful to man in three very important ways: they provide him with wood and other products, they give him shade, and they help to prevent drought and floods.

Unfortunately, in many parts of the world man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had.

Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.

Even though a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food with, and he can earn money by making charcoal(木炭) or selling wood to the townsman（城市居民）. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look after trees. So unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear.

This does not only mean that the villager’s sons and grandsons have fewer trees. The results are even more serious. For where there are trees their roots break the soil up—allowing the rain to sink in and also hold the soil, thus preventing it being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the soil becomes hard and poor. The rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, causing floods and carrying away with it the rich topsoil, in which crops grow so well. When all the topsoil is gone, nothing remains but a worthless desert.

The purpose that the writer wrote this article is to ______.         

     A. tell people the use of wood

     B. tell people the function of tree roots

     C. warn that man mustn’t destroy forests any more

     D. explain how trees help to prevent drought and floods

In the writer’s opinion, _____, or the forests will slowly disappear.

     A. measures must be taken

     B. people shouldn’t draw benefit from the tree

     C. government must realize the serious results

     D. unless trees never be cut down

According to the article we know it is _____ to prevent the forests from slowly disappearing.

     A. necessary but impossible

     B. necessary but difficult

     C. impossible and unimportant

     D. difficult and impossible

In the last two paragraphs the writer wanted to make it clear that _____ .

     A. where there are no trees, the soil becomes poor but soft

     B. where there are many trees, there are more floods

     C. where there are no trees, the land might become desert slowly

     D. floods will make the land become desert      

根据文章内容,从下面A．B．C．D．E．F六个选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项, 选

项中有一项是多余选项．

    Effective reading should adopt a correct way, and then you can get more by paying less．Here are some hints for reading effectively．

___________

Don’t choose a rather difficult book or a too easy one for yourself to read．A book full of new words will make you feel discouraged quickly．To understand those new words, you have to turn to the dictionary quite often．It seems that you are not reading the book but the dictionary．It has no fun at all! On the contrary, a too easy one will only waste your time and cannot do any help．The two extremes may at last make you give up reading．So it’s better for you to find a proper book with no more than five new words on each page．

_____________

If you come across a new word, do not look it up in a dictionary as quickly as possible．Leave it alone and guess the meaning of it based on the content of the text．        This ability is quite necessary in reading．If you know your guess is right later, you will be highly excited at your “success”, and your interest in reading is well stimulated．If a word really hinders you from understanding the whole passage, turn to the dictionary by then．I am sure you can remember this word very well, as it has left you such a deep impression for its “troublesome image．”

___________

To comprehend what you are reading, you should think while you are reading, then from your own ideas on some special issues．Try to scribble some lines-a very short journal, to express your ideas．Your writing does not need to be quite formal but expressive．This practice can make you communicate with the original English authors．Day by day, your way of thinking in English will turn into a native way, which is quite important for English writing．

_____________

Language has its own beauty, no matter Chinese or English．Don’t merely take English as a “test”．Take it as an “entertainment” instead and you will enjoy it through learning．

Maybe you should find some beautiful literary works such as a prose or a poem to read, if you like．Try top read them as loudly and impassionedly as you can．During this process, not only you can enjoy yourself by the great emotions of the writers, but also your pronunciation and your manner of speaking English will be improved．

______________

The last but not the least, keep on reading．If you cannot keep it as a habit, you will suffer from paying without gaining．

--- How about _________ Christmas evening party?

   __ I should say it was __________ success．

       A．a; a             B．the; a               C．a; /                 D．the; /

“Sorry, sorry…”, he whispered, _______ talking to himself.

  A. while                   B. even if                     C. as if                         D. when

Almost everyone has his own strengths and weaknesses. It is ______ others are weak that maybe you have a great advantage.

A. as              B. where           C. that            D. what

A couple of years ago, those who forecast that oil price would reach $ 100 a barrel were seen as doomsters. However, now some are predicting $ 200 a barrel.

   Had economists been told that oil price would barely pause at $ 100 before reaching the recent peak of nearly $ 127, they would no doubt have forecast terrible economic consequences. But the global economy, though interrupted by the high price of energy, is still chugging along. Meanwhile, inflation has picked up, but the headline rates of inflation (通货膨胀率) in most developed countries are nowhere near the levels seen in the 1970s and 1980s.

   There are three explanations for the oil price’s unclear impact. The first is that nowadays developed economies are more efficient in their use of energy, thanks partly to the increased importance of service industries and the diminished role of manufacturing(制造业). According to the Energy Information Administration, the energy intensity of America’s GDP fell by 42% between 1980 and 2007.

   A second theory is that the oil-price rise has been steady, not sudden, giving the economy time to adjust. Giovanni Serio of Goldman Sachs points out that in 1973 there was a severe supply shock because of the oil embargo(石油禁运), when the world had to cope with 10%-15% less crude almost overnight. Not this time.

  The third explanation turns the argument on its head; rather than oil harming the global economy, it is global expansion that is driving up the price of oil.

  The most important factor is the shift in favor of the developing economies. America has responded to high price in familiar fashion: UBS forecasts that demand will drop by 1.1% this year and will be no higher in 2010 than it was in 2004. But the demand from China and other emerging markets is more than offsetting(抵消) this shortfall.

What is the passage mainly talking about?

   A. The prediction of economists.             B. The situation of economy

   C. The increase of oil price                  D. The American response to high price

How many explanations for the oil price’s impact are mentioned in the passage?

   A. Two      B. Three        C. Four        D. Five

What can we conclude from the passage?

   A. In USA, the demand for oil in 2010 will be very high.

   B. In USA, the demand for oil in 2010 will be higher than it was in 2004.

   C. In USA, the demand for oil in 2010 will be as high as it was in 2004.

   D. In USA, the demand for oil in 2010 will be as low as it was in 2004.

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例： pen

     A.  restore    B. theme     C. effect     D. respect

答案是D

country

  A. pound        B. proud      C. soup       D. enough

breathe

A. worthy        B. thought     C. south     D. tooth

pleasant

A. license        B. escape      C. design    D. house

express

A. explanation    B. experience   C. exercise   D. exhibition

studio

A. study         B. funny       C. plus    D. reduce

I can’t stand        with Jane in the same office．She just refuses         talking while she works．

    A．working；stopping      B．to work；stopping

C．working；to stop           D．to work；to stop

I’m afraid I’m not _____ to help with the show, for I am fully occupied with my own project.

       A．acceptable        B．adaptable        

       C．available          D．accessible