--- Did you enjoy the party last weekend at Peter’s home?

   --- Oh, sure. It has been years _______ I last enjoyed myself like that.

   A. since                  B. before              C. until                  D. when

Human needs seem endless. When a hungry man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat, when a manager gets a new sports car, a big house and pleasure boats dance into view.

The many needs of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. When there is money enough to satisfy one level of needs, another level appears.

The first and most basic level of needs involves food. Once this level is satisfied, the second level of needs, clothing and some sort of shelter, appears. By the end of World War Ⅱ, these needs were satisfied for a great majority of Americans. Then a third level appeared. It included such items as automobiles and new houses.

By 1957 or 1958 this third level of needs was fairly well satisfied. Then, in the late 1950s, a fourth level of needs appeared; the “life-enriching” level. While the other levels involve physical satisfaction, that is, the need in comfort, safety, and transportation, this level stresses mental needs for recognition, achievement, and happiness. It includes a variety of goods and services, many of which could be called “luxury” items. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical and dental care, and recreation. Also included here are fancy goods and the latest styles in clothing.

On the fourth level, a lot of money is spent on services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods. Will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of needs as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level?

A fifth level would probably involve needs that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, ignorance, crime, and prejudice. After filling our stomachs, our clothes closets, our garages, our teeth, and our minds, we now may seek to ensure the health, safety, and leisure to enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels.

According to the passage, man will begin to think about such needs as housing and clothing only when       .

A. he has saved up enough money

B. he has grown dissatisfied with his simple shelter

C. he has satisfied his hunger

D. he has learned to build houses

It can be inferred from the passage that by the end of World War Ⅱ, most Americans        .

A. were very rich      

B. lived in poverty

C. had the good things on the first three levels

D. did not own automobiles

Which of the following is NOT related to “physical satisfaction” ?

A. A successful career.                 B. A comfortable home.

C. A good meal.                          D. A family car.

What is the main concern of man on the fourth level?

A. The more goods the better.

B. The more mental satisfaction the better.

C. The more “luxury” items the better.

D. The more earnings the better.

假如你是李明，你的班里来了一位英国交换生Paul。他在和你的交谈中表示在中国学习压力很大。请你给他写封信，给他提一些建议。主要包括以下内容：

1．请求老师和同学的帮助

2．不要总想着考试成绩，要多想自己的进步

3．多做运动

4.  ……

注意：1. 词数：100字左右；

      2. 可适当加入细节，以使行文连贯；

      3. 信的开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）。

Paul,

I quite sympathize with you and understand the great trouble you are suffering from.  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours sincerely,

                                                           Li Ming

Don’t be upset．I think Tom, rather than you, _______

       A is to blame  B are to blame       C is to be blamed   D are to be blamed

–The Guangzhou Asian Games was a great success.

—I can’t agree more. We couldn’t have ______one.

       A. a better             B. a worse                    C. such nice                  D. so bad

______ was known to us all that Johnson had broken his promise _____ he would

give each of us a small gift.

A. As; which       B. What; that      C. It; that           D. It; which

I was very busy that day. Otherwise I _________in the discussion．

       A. would take party     B. had taken part  C. took part    D. would have taken part

Events Calendar

TUESDAY

Landscape Pests (害虫)

Learn to identify, control and prevent seasonal landscape-disease and landscape-pest problems at the workshop, 3:30 pm. – 5 pm. Tuesday at the US National Arboretum, 3501 New York Ave NE, Washington. $15; registration required.

202-245-4521 or www.usna.usda.gov.

THROUGH AUGUST 3

Horticultural(园艺的) Art

Watercolors, pen-and-ink drawings and colored-pencil pieces by the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical (植物学的) Art and Illustration will be on display at the exhibit Botanic 2007: The Art and Science of Plants at Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, 1800 Glenallan Ave, Wheaton, through Aug. 3. Free. 301-962-1400 or www.brooksidegardens.org.

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 9

Botanical Art

Visit Patterns in Nature, an exhibit by Amy Lamb featuring photographs of flowers, leaves and other botanical life, at the US Botanic Garden Conservatory （温室），West Orangerie, 100 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, through Sept. 9. The conservatory is open 10 am. – 5 pm. Daily. Free. 202-225-8333.

THROUGH OCTOBER 8

Botanic Garden Exhibit

Celebrating America’s Public Gardens is on view through Oct. 8 at the US Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave SW, Washington. The exhibit, on the Conservatory Terrace and in the National Garden, features displays of 20 public botanic gardens across the country. Hours are 10 am. – 5 pm. Daily. Free. 202-200-8956.

If you want to record your name for an event in advance, you may call _____.

       A. 202-225-8333    B. 202-245-4521    C. 301-962-1400    D. 202-200-8956

If you go to Botanic Garden Exhibit, you _____.

       A. can enjoy drawings and coloured-pencil pieces

       B. can learn how to kill pests living on the plants

       C. can find displays of 20 botanic gardens across the country

       D. will enjoy the photographs of flowers and leaves

From the advertisement, we learn _____.

       A. the first event is about growing healthy plants

       B. all of the events are free of charge

       C. there is no time limit to all the events

       D. you can find the information of all the events either by phone or by e-mail

某英文报“读者来信”专栏正在就家长是否允许孩子课后看电视的问题开展讨论。请你用英语向该报编辑部写一封信，发表你的观点，信的开头已写好，你只需接着写。

注意：

1、下面的提示可能会帮助你构思：（只选其中一方的观点）

2、你不必根据上面的提示逐条进行写作，可自由发挥，适当拓展。

3、词数100个左右。

Dear editor,

I (don’t) think it is right for us to watch TV after school.                                   

I am sorry to say that our food is almost______. We cannot survive if there is no one to help us.

A. by the end              B. at an end        C. in the end       D. at the end