—Can I look at the prices for a few more minutes before I order?

  — Of course. _____________, sir.

  A. Make yourself at home                  B. Enjoy yourself

  C. It doesn’t matter                       D. Take your time

Nowhere else, as his mother told us, __________ except the cabin in the backyard.

       A．did he go  B．he did go  C．went he    D．he went

E

LOS ANGELES, the US

    Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff ruled Michael Jackson,s father can

 receive some medical records related to his superstar son,s death．

  The judge will review the records first before making them accessible to Joe Jackson,s

lawyer，Brian Oxman．Beckloff said the man can only receive records on or after June 25一

the day Michael Jackson died．

VANCOUVER，CANADA

    World number one Zhou Yang overcame three South Korean players to win the women,s

 short track speed skating 1,500 meters final at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games．

    The l8-year-old made perfect debut(首次亮相)as she set an Olympic record of a winning time

 of 2 minutes and l6,993 seconds among other seven skaters．

    China has never won the women,s l,500 meters in the Olympics before，and this time Zhou,s

 performance gave China its third gold medal in Vancouver．

BElJING，CHINA

    China,s first compulsory,(强制性的)safety regulation on primary school buses，which re-

quires every seat to have a seat belt，will take effect on July l to help ensure safer transporta-

tion for the country,s 100 million students．

  Each primary school bus must also be equipped with a“black box，”0r a recording monitor，

to record speed，travel time and distance．Also，the bus must be staffed by teachers who will

ensure student safety．

    In addition，the new rule states that the color of the school buses should be yellow，and each bus must have at least two emergency exits．

Texas，the US

  A software engineer who crashed his plane into a Texas building housing a United States

tax agency office，killing himself and at least one worker，apparently left behind an angry anti-government manifesto(宣言) detailing his financial difficulties and tax problems．

  The pilot took off from an airport in Georgetown．about 48 km from Austin．He flew low

over the Austin skyline before plowing into the building．

57．We can learn from the first news that_________．

  A．all Michael Jackson,s medical records can be accessed

  B．Mitchell Beckloff will not go over the record first

  C．medical records before June 25 won,t be received

  D．Joe Jackson,s lawyer will not get any records

58．The new school bus safety rules include all the followings EXCEPT_____________.

    A．the driver,s experience    B．the equipment of the bus

    C．the color of the bus       D．emergency exits

  59．It seems the software engineer crashed into the US tax office mainly because of___________.

    A．unhappy marriage    B．mental disease

    C．heavy work pressure D．financial and tax problems

  60．We can infer from the news that____________.

    A．Joe Jackson will be the first to receive the medical records

    B．Zhou Yang once broke the Olympic records in the same event

    C．the tax agency office is somewhere inside the building in Texas

    D．the software engineer flew high over skyline before crashing into the building

_____your taste，you can be satisfied in this newly-popened restaurant．

  A．However    B．Wherever    C．Whenever     D．Whatever

Not knowing what happened, Mom was sad and angry when she saw Dad come home late, ________.

 — Sorry, I must be leaving now, because there's a meeting.

— _____________________________.

A. Oh, no, you can't.

B. Yes, you can leave if you like.

C. Do you really have to go? Couldn't you at least stay for another cup of tea?

D. Oh, no. I don't understand.

D

Hawking has left much for Chinese to think about.

British physicist Stephen hawking, possible the world’s most famous scientist after Albert Einstein, gave lectures in Zhejiang and Beijing in August.

An illness left him unable to move any part of his body except for three fingers. But his continuing efforts in the field of science have made many young people take him as their idol（偶像）.

His books, such as A Brief History of Time, become bestsellers in Chinese bookstores. “Hawking helps people enlarge their horizons and become interested in science,” said Pan Yunhe, president of Zhejiang University.

Indeed, experts don’t think it likely that Hawking’ s lectures and profound（深奥的） ideas will be easily understood by the average person. But he has certainly sowed the seeds of science among many young people.

    And the “Hawking fever” caused by his visit has made people ask: How can China produce more top scientists like Hawking?

   “Nurturing（培养）top scientists will take as much work to change society as to educate the scientists themselves,” said Zhang Fan. Zhang has studied in the UK since 1999 and will be a second – year student at Trinity College in October.

In Britain, Zhang said, teachers inspire students to have a general understanding of the subjects they are interested in. And they encourage students to develop new ideas, which helps them to nurture their creativity.

In China, the Department of Education has encouraged schools to provide quality education to develop students’ potential（潜力）.

“I hope teachers will pay more attention to helping us use our imaginations and solve problems on our own,” said Lu Jie, a Junior Three student in Sanfan Middle School in Beijing.

63. _________ have made young people take Hawking as their idol.

       A. Hawking’ s ongoing devotion to science

B. the fact that Hawking is a famous physicist

       C. Hawking’ s lectures in Zhejiang and Beijing

D. the fact that Hawking can just move three fingers

64. In paragraph 4, the underlined word “horizons” means “_________”.

A. one’s knowledge of science      B. one’s sight of the subjects

C. the area of one’s knowledge     D. the line where earth and sky meet

65. From the passage we learn that _______.

       A. Hawking’ s books were not popular in China before his visit

       B. most schools in China provide quality education to develop students’ potential

       C. to nurture top scientists, teachers should solve all the problems for the students

       D. ordinary people in China may find Hawking’ s ideas beyond their comprehension

66. The last three paragraphs mainly tell us_______.

       A. students in Sanfan middle school are more imaginative

B. teachers should encourage students to be more creative

       C. British students do not work as hard as Chinese students

       D. top scientists won’t appear even if schools provide quality education

 ---Excuse me. Could you tell me how far the railway station is from here?

   ---__________.

  A. By bus           B. Ten minutes         C. Sorry, I’m new here        D. I’m lost

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，共30分）

       阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

       Sometimes I really doubt 36  there is love between my parents．Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me．They don’t act in the romantic ways  37 I read in books or I see on TV．In their opinion, “I love you” is    38  luxurious for them to say．Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question．Finally my father has a bad temper．When he’s very tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to lose his temper．

       One day, my mother was sewing a quilt．I silently sat down beside her and looked at her．

       “Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low  39

       My mother stopped her work and   40   her head with surprise in her eyes．She didn’t answer immediately．Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt．

       I was very worried because I thought I had   41  her．I was in a great embarrassment and I didn’t know what I should do．  42    at last I heard my mother say the following words:

       “Susan,” she said    43    , “Look at this thread．Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt．The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable．If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen    44   or anytime, but it’s really there．  45  is inside．”

       I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her   46   the next spring．At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously．My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month．When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very pale．It seemed both of them had had a    47   illness．

       After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road．My father had  48   been so gentle．It seemed that they were the most harmonious couple．Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees．The sun gently glistened  49 the leaves．All of these    50   the most beautiful picture in the world．

       The doctor had said my father would recover   51   two months．But after two months he still couldn’t walk    52    ．All of us were worried about him．

       “Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day．

       “Susan, don’t worry about me．” he said gently．“To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom．I like this kind of life．”   53    his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply．

       Once I thought love  54    flowers, gifts and sweet kisses．But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life．Love is inside,  55    life strong and warm．．

36．A．that     B．what            C．why D．whether

37．A．that   B．which       C．in that      D．as

38．A．so     B．much C．too    D．very

39．A．sound       B．noise C．voice D．speech

40．A．rose  B．arouse      C．held  D．raised

41．A．harmed     B．injured     C．hurt   D．wounded

42．A．But   B．And  C．However   D．Still

43．A．carefully   B．thoughtfully     C．gently       D．slowly

44．A．nowhere   B．somewhere       C．everywhere      D．anywhere

45．A．love  B．life    C．quilt  D．thread

46．A．until  B．before      C．in      D．since

47．A．weak B．serious      C．incurable  D．worse

48．A．seldom     B．ever  C．always      D．never

49．A．by     B．through    C．across       D．over

50．A．made up   B．took up     C．called up   D．picked up

51．A．after  B．in      C．during      D．about

52．A．of himself B．to himself C．by himself       D．for himself

53．A．Seeing      B．Looking at       C．Reading    D．Watching

54．A．included   B．contained  C．covered    D．meant

55．A．making     B．leaving     C．keeping    D．finding

C

Disposing (处理) of waste has been a problem since humans started producing it. As more and more people choose to live close together in cities, the waste disposal problem becomes increasingly difficult.

During the eighteenth century, it was usual for several neighboring towns to get together to select a faraway spot as a dump site. Residents or trash haulers (垃圾拖运者) would transport household rubbish, rotted wood, and old possessions to the site. Periodically some of the trash was burned and the rest was buried. The unpleasant sights and smells caused no problem because nobody lived close by. Factories, mills, and other industrial sites also had waste to be disposed of. Those located on rivers often just dumped the unwanted remains into the water. Others built huge burners with chimneys to deal with the problem.

Several facts make these choices unacceptable to modern society. The first problem is space. Dumps, which are now called landfills, are most needed in heavily populated areas. Such areas rarely have empty land suitable for this purpose. Property is either too expensive or too close to residential neighborhoods. Long distance trash hauling has been a common practice, but once farm areas are refusing to accept rubbish from elsewhere, cheap land within trucking distance of major city areas is nonexistent. Awareness (意识) of pollution dangers has resulted in more strict rules of waste disposal. Pollution of rivers, ground water, land and air is a price people cannot longer pay to get rid of waste. The amount of waste, however, continues to grow.

Recycling efforts have become common place, and many towns require their people to take part. Even the most efficient recycling programs, however, can hope to deal with only about 50 percent of a city's reusable waste.

64.  The most suitable title for this passage would be_______.

A. Places for Disposing Waste     B. Waste Pollution Dangers

C. Ways of Getting Rid of Waste     D. Waste Disposal Problem

65. During the 18th century, people disposed their waste in many ways except for_______.

A. burying it     B. recycling it     C. burning it     D. throwing it into rivers

66. What can be inferred from the third paragraph?

A. Farm areas will continue accepting waste from the city in modern society.

B. There is cheap land to bury waste in modern society.

C. It is difficult to find space to bury waste in modern society.

D. Ways to deal with waste in modern society stay the same.

67.  The main purpose of writing this article is to_______.

A. draw people's attention to waste management

B. warn people of the pollution dangers we are facing

C. call on people to take part in recycling programs

D. tell people a better way to get rid of the waste