The common cold is the world's most widespread illness, which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives.

     The most widespread fallacy(谬误) of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated Arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.

During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.

In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz Concentration Camp(奥斯维辛集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds. At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in Experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.

    If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter? Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.

No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors(止痛片) such as aspirin, but all they do is relieve the symptoms.

Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage?

   A. The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.            

   B. Colds are not caused by cold.

   C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.                      .  .

   D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.

Arctic explorers may catch colds when       .

   A. they are working in the isolated arctic regions

   B. they are writing reports in terribly cold weather

   C. they are free from work in the isolated arctic regions

   D. they are coming into touch again with the outside world

Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit       .

   A. suffered a lot   B. never caught colds   C. often caught colds  D. became very strong

The passage mainly discusses       .

   A. the experiments on the common cold            B. the fallacy about the common cold

   C. the reason and the way people catch colds        D. the continued spread of common colds

When _______cruel man was hurting the children, there were no adults around who were able to stop______ hurting.

A. the, the      B. the, 不填        C. a,   不填     D. a, a

---Are all telephone numbers_______ in the directory?    --- Yes, all ________ Jane’s.

A. listed; including                   B. listed; included

C. including; includes                 D. being listed; being included

There was a man who had a little boy that he loved very much. Every day after work the man would come home and  36  with the little boy. He would always  37  all of his extern) time with the little boy.

One night. while the man was at work, he  __38  that he had extra work to do for the evening, and that he wouldn’t be able to play with his little boy.   39  he wanted to be able to give the boy something to keep him  40  . So, looking around his office, he saw a magazine with a large  41  of the world on the cover. He got a(n)  42  . He removed the map, and then patiently tore it up into small pieces. Then he put all the  43  in his coat pocket.

When he got home, the little boy came  __44  to him and was ready to play. The man  __45  that he had extra work to do and couldn’t play just now. He  46  the little boy into the dinning room, and  47  all the pieces of the map. He spread them on the table. He explained that it was a map of the world, and that by the time he could  48  together, his extra work would be  49  , and they could both play. Surely this would keep the child busy for hours, he thought.

About half an hour later the boy came to the man and said, “Okay, it’s finished. Can we play now?”

The man was  50  , saying, “That’s impossible. Let’s have a look.” And  51__enough, there was the picture of the world, all put together, every piece in its  52  .

The man said, “That’s amazing! How did you do that?” The boy said, “It’s  53  . On the  54  of the page is a(n) 55   of a man. When I put the man together the whole world fell into place.”

A. play             B. watch          C. share            D. enjoy

A. take             B. spend          C. spare            D. have

A. recognized       B. realized         C. knew            D. expected

A. However         B. Or             C. For             D. But

A. happy            B. excited         C. busy            D. silent

A. map             B. picture          C. figure           D. image

A. information       B. chance          C. advice           D. idea

A. world            B. pieces          C. paper            D. magazine

A. shouting          B. expecting       C. running          D. meeting

A. explained         B. persuaded       C. shouted          D. discussed

A. asked            B. led             C. ordered          D. showed

A. did up           B. dealt with        C. put out           D. took out

A. looked it up       B. got it around     C. put it back        D. turned it over

A. finished          B. wasted          C. delivered         D. filled

A. shocked          B. surprised        C. satisfied          D. tired

A. beautiful          B. sure           C. right             D. quite

A. way              B. position        C. side             D. place

A. funny             B. difficult        C. simple           D. interesting

A. cover             B. back           C. top              D. front

A. picture            B. impression      C. sculpture         D. shade

BUKHANNON, West Virginia—Two rescue teams slowly moved along a two-mile path on Monday night to the site of a coal mine explosion that trapped 13 miners, who had not been heard from since the early morning accident.

   Meanwhile, at a nearby church, more than 250 family members and friends gathered, waiting for updates（最新报道）on the rescuers’ progress.

  The miners were trapped at about 6:30 and many families weren’t informed of the accident until about 10 a.m-more than three hours after it happened. “It’s very upsetting, but you’ve got to be patient, I guess,” said John Helms, whose brother, Terry, was trapped in the mine.

   The trapped miners were about 260 feet underground and about 10,000 feet from the Sago Mine’s entrance, said Roger Nicholson, general counsel from International Coal Group.

   At a late night news conference, Nicholson said one team had advanced about 4, 800 feet in the four hours since entering the mine just before 6 p.m. Another team entered the mine about 30 minutes later.

   He said the crew was very experienced, with some members having worked underground for

30 to 35 years. The miners were equipped with about one hour of breathable oxygen each. The company has not released the names of the miners.

   The teams test the air about every 500 feet, and have to disconnect (remove) the power to the phones they use to communicate with the surface before doing that. “ We don’t want to be energizing anything if it’s in an atmosphere with burnable gases,” Kips said.

   The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. High levels of carbon monoxide were discovered shortly after the explosion, which delayed rescue efforts, but those levels have since subsided（减退）, authorities said.

According to the passage, we can infer that ________.

A. all the miners who were trapped underground were still alive

B. communication with the trapped miners was cut off

C. the two rescue teams entered the mine at the same time

D. the rescue started as soon as the accident happened

If the first team advanced at an average speed, they could dig about _______ per hour.

       A. 1,000 feet          B. 2,400 feet         C. 1,200feet             D. 4,800feet

Where can the passage be seen?

 A. In a magazine.        B. In a newspaper.     C. In a science book..      D. On an advertisement.

Which of the following shows the position where the miners were trapped?

Miss Liu will show you around _______Mount Yuntai, because she has _____ good knowledge of it.

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

As is known to all language learners, the newly learnt words will soon be forgotten unless______ used in everyday communication.

   A. gradually            B. loosely            C. exactly                D. frequently

American Indians ______ about five percent of the U.S. population.

   A. fill up                   B. bring up               C. set up                  D. make up

Cities alarmed by deaths and injuries of pedestrians are taking efforts to make crosswalks safer for people on foot, especially seniors and children who need more time to cross streets.

       A pedestrian is killed in a traffic accident in the USA every 110 minutes; one is injured every nine minutes, according to official data. Crosswalks can be especially dangerous for the elderly. Among people 70 and older, 36% of pedestrian deaths in 2006 occurred in crosswalks, compared with 21% of those younger than 70, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

       The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) advises that next year States increase by nearly 15% the amount of time traffic lights provide for pedestrians to cross the street after the flashing orange hand appears.

       FHWA spokesman Doug Hecox says reasons for the change include an aging population that needs more time to cross, health conscious Americans walking more, children encouraged to walk to prevent getting overweight and high gas prices pushing people to walk instead of drive.

       Pedestrian deaths went down by 12% from 5, 449 in 1996 to 4,784 in 2006,.But among those in 2006,471 were killed in crosswalks, down slightly from 488 ten years earlier, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says.

Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. Among 100 pedestrian deaths there were 21 people younger than 70.

B. Old people are more likely to meet with accidents in crosswalks.

C. Traffic accidents killed more old people than young people.

D. About seven traffic accidents happened per hour.

What is FHWA’s suggestion to States?

A. Fixing more traffic lights.

B. Providing more crosswalks.

C. Giving pedestrians more time to cross streets.

D. Increasing the time before the orange lights appear.

What’s the cause of the crosswalk safety problem according to the text?

A. There’re many cars and buses on the road.                           B. Pedestrians are careless.

C. Crosswalks are more crowded than before.                           D. Drivers don’t give way.

The report from NHTSA suggests that                .

A. fewer people were injured in crosswalks

B. crosswalk safety has greatly improved

C. much has been done to reduce traffic accidents

D. pedestrian deaths in crosswalks remain a serious problem

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

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。

I was born in a farmer family in Suizhong county, Liaoning                  

Province in June, in 1965．When I was a child, I dreamed of flying       

in the sky．I joined the army in June, 1983．In 1992, I was sent to        

the air force base．In August, 1996, I was one of the first 14 members     

from 1,500 pilots through the physical examination．I worked hardly,      

because I was among the first astronauts of our country in 1998 ．              

I was chosen one of the first man space aircraft astronauts later．

On Oct．15, 2003, I successfully fly to space, circled       

around the earth about 14 circle and then returned ．I was honored        

to have given the chance to be the first Chinese to travel in space．