The owner of the cinema needed to make a lot of improvements and employ  more people to keep it running, _______ meant spending tens of thousands of pounds.

  A. who                            B. that                          C. as                            D. which

My camera can be___________to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions.

       A. adapted                    B. adjusted                   C. fit                     D. revised

The question          at tomorrow’s meeting will be of importance.

A. discussed                B. to be discussed

C.been discussed             D. being discussed

______ the project as planned, we’ll have to work two more hours a day.

A. Completing     B. Complete     C. Completed      D. To complete

“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold．As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings. “Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “It’s cool.” You may think, “He’s so cool,” when you see your favorite footballer. We all maximize（扩大）the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”. Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used．A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall （瀑布） they had visited．On one student’s paper was just the one sentence, “It’s so cool. ” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt. But the story also shows a scarcity（缺乏）of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility （可信性）. Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool .

We know that the word “cool” has had ________________

A．only one meaning 　　　　　      B．no meanings

C．many different meanings　　       D．the same meaning

In the passage, the word “express” means “_____________”

       A．see 　　  B．show 　　      C．know　　　   D．feel

In the passage, the writer suggests（暗示） that the word “cool”__________

       A．can be used instead of many words 　   B．usually means something interesting　　　　　

       C．can make your life colorful 　　　      D．may not be as cool as it seems

   It is Saturday night and you want to turn on your television. Can you? Or do you first need to call your partner, or your child, or whoever it is in your household who knows which handset to use and which buttons to press? If so, you are not alone. Our televisions are an unspoken disaster zone. Finally, somebody has said something.

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  All hail (致敬) the Duke of Edinburgh. “To work out how to operate a television set, you practically have to make love to the thing,” he says, in this week’s Saturday Review. “And why can’t

you have a handset that people who are not ten years old can actually read?”

The Duke is often a reactionary (反动者), but this is not reactionary thinking. Our computers become ever easier to operate. Our cars almost drive themselves. Some mobile telephones, such as the phone, are obvious wonders: successful designs that could be operated by a child. The remote control of your television, by comparison, has changed only for the worse.

    The first wide – spread commercial remote control was the Zenith Space Command, designed in 1956. It had four buttons: power, channel up, channel down and volume. Oh, for such simple things in our lives today. Before long, the remote control was out of control. Not just with televisions, but with video players, too. They came and went, and a whole generation never figured out how to use them. Why not? In all other ways, televisual technology has developed a great deal. The screens have grown grander, the picture definition (清晰度) has grown higher, and the sound clearer. The remote controls have merely grown. Nobody ever uses half those buttons. A remote revolution is long overdue.

68.What does “Our televisions are an unspoken disaster zone” mean?

A. Television is actually a great danger to humans.

B. It is very difficult to use many TV handsets properly.

C. We should treat televisions in a friendly way.

D. Somebody has said something about television.

69.What the Duke of Edinburgh says actually means that ________.

A. TV remote controls should be made easier to use

B. we must learn to respect TVs

C. we should love watching TV

D. we should buy handsets to control our TVs

70.What’s the author’s attitude to television remote controls?

A. Positive.           B. Negative.         C. Neutral (中立的).       D. Indifferent (漠然的)

71.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Remote Revolution.              B. From Buttons to Handsets.

C. Televisions－Out of Control.       D. Computers－Under Control.

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61. Congratulations! You have finally s____________ in getting to the top of the mountain after you failed six times.

62. The company e____________ 100 workers this year while last year it had only 50 workers.

63. Harry p_____________ a dance on the stage. Everyone says he played perfectly.

64. Don’t read in the sun! Strong sunlight will do h___________ to your eyes.

65. I am not f____________ with this town. I haven’t been to this place before.  

66. Don’t believe in what he said. It is only a t____________. He is a cheater.

67. You shouldn’t come into the office without teacher’s p_____________. It’s not polite.

68. A lot of people g____________ in the hall for the celebration on the eve of the National Day.

69. It is o__________ that the boy has fallen in love with the girl. Everyone with eyes can see it clearly.

70. Western d__________ is unhealthy because it is rich in fat and sugar. As a result, more and more people have turned to Chinese style.

 --- I need some fresh air, so I’m going out for a walk.

   --- _________.

  A. Have fun                     B. With pleasure     C. You’d better not   D. It’s none of my business

If transport costs       into consideration at the beginning , the factory would have been built far from its present place.

       A．will be taken   B．were taken       C．had been taken D．were being taken

—Why are you staring at me?

       —You look stupid! The way you wear is______ annoys most.

       A．which       B．where       C．how  D．what