On September 22, 2007, 108 Chinese cities took part in Car-Free Day, a global event held every year, for the first time.

   China became the world’s second-largest auto market and third-largest car-maker in 2006. It has also become the second-largest greenhouse gas producer in the world, and is rapidly catching up with the United States. In this sense, China’s participation will greatly promote the Car-Free Day movement.

   The number of cars on the road is going up rapidly in China. In Beijing, about 1,000 new cars are added to the streets on an average day.

   Cars certainly offer people plenty of freedom to move around. But in many Chinese cities, appearance of too many cars has turned into a major problem. Getting stuck in traffic jams is an everyday experience for drivers.

   Even worse is the environmental impact（影响）caused by cars. According to a national report, on a “smog day”, 79 percent of the air pollution is caused by cars.

   The growing number of traffic accidents is another problem. Over 100,000 people die from traffic accidents every year in China, which is by far the highest number of road deaths in the world.

   108 cities’ participation in Car-Free Day shows growing public concern about the traffic and environmental problems caused by cars.

   On this day, all cars were banned from running in selected areas of the participating cities. People were encouraged to walk, cycle and use public transport. According to experts, the carbon monoxide in the atmosphere produced by cars was reduced by 3,000 tons on Car-Free Day.

   With cleaner air and smoother traffic flow on the day, more cities will hopefully want to join the event next year. And more people might share the hope that Car-Free Day is not just on September 22, but a possibility 365 days of the year.

59. From the passage, we can know that China ______.

A. has the world’s highest number of road deaths

B. has the world’s largest auto market

C. is the world’s largest greenhouse gas producer

D. is the world’s second-largest car-maker

60. Which of the following is discussed in the passage?

A. The causes of car growth in China.  

B. The effects of car growth in China.

C. The history of World Car-Free Day. 

D. The popularity of World Car-Free Day.

61. Car-Free Day in China will ______.

A. be held all the year round

B. stop air pollution and traffic jams

C. attract more people to join in

D. reduce the production of cars

Why were you absent ___school yesterday?

A. from   B. for   C. to   D.at

His mother was born in Greece, and Greek was her native language, ___.

A. so it was with his father   B. so did his father  C. so was his father  D. so his father was

Alice is fond of playing __piano while Henry is interested in listening to __ music.

A./, the   B. the,/   C. /, /   D. the, the

____ he comes to Nanjing he will go to the Eastern Suburb for sightseeing.

A. By the time   B.Sometimes    C.Every time   D.At times

The train leaves at 6:00 p.m.So I have to be at the station ___5:40 p.m. at the lastest.

A. until    B. after    C. by    D. around

Babies born in summer are more likely to become short-sighted in late life, a study has shown.

As many as a quarter of all cases of short-sightedness are caused by too great an exposure to sunlight in the first weeks of life, say eye experts.

They are advising all parents to put sunglasses on their babies during the first weeks.

Scientists had already established that over-exposure to sunlight caused short-sightedness in animals.

Researchers who compared the months in which babies were born with whether they needed glasses later on say the principle also applies to humans.

A study of almost 300,000 young adults─the largest of its kind─showed that those born in June and July had a 25 per cent greater chance of becoming severely short-sighted than those born in December or January. Research leader Professor Michael Belkin, of Tel Aviv University, said it was because prolonged illumination(光照) causes the eyeball to lengthen, causing short-sightedness.

Hence the more light a newborn is exposed to, the more the eyeball lengthens and the worse the short-sightedness will be.

The mechanism which lengthens the eyeball is associated with levels of melatonin(褪黑激素), a pigment (色素) which protects the skin against harmful rays of the sun.

In young babies not enough melatonin is released as protection, meaning they are more vulnerable to sunburn and changes to eyeball shape.

Sight expert Professor Daniel O’Leary, of Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, said “At the moment we don’t know the precise cause of why light exposure affects sight, but the evidence seems to prove that it is one of the reasons for people becoming short-sighted.”

55. Babies born in summer are more likely to be short-sighted ____________.

      A. because the summer sun is too strong for babies

      B. because babies born in summer have lengthened eyeballs

      C. if they are exposed to much sunlight in the first weeks after they are born

      D. if parents don’t know a proper way to protect their babies’ eyes

56. Melatonin is a kind of material to ___________.

      A. prevent the eyes from becoming near-sighted

      B. protect the skin from harmful sun rays

      C. make our body strong

      D. protect babies’ eyes from summer sun

57.   From what Professor Daniel O’Leary says we can conclude that ___________.

      A. there is no evidence that short-sightedness is related to exposure to sunlight

      B. whether light exposure affects sight still needs to be further proved

      C. he believes that light exposure can cause short-sightedness

      D. he tries to give the cause of why light exposure affects sight

58.   The underlined word “vulnerable” in the passage probably means __________.

      A. easy to be harmed                           B. resistant

      C. protective                                      D. changeable

How can you expect to learn anything ____ you devote all your energies to playing computer games?

A. in case                   B. while                       C. when                       D. unless

第三部分 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，计20分）

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I will never forget a special trip to the grocery store some years ago. My father had just recently    51  . I was missing him terribly and hardly getting through a day without    52  . I needed to pull myself together to get some groceries for my young children.

As I entered the store, I    53   had to control my emotions as the    54   smell of my daddy’s favorite cinnamon buns (肉桂卷) made there filled the whole    55  . I made my way up and down the busy passages and    56   my cart (手推车) as I read my list, which I had prepared that morning. I was    57   the in-store bakery when I just couldn’t    58   myself any longer. I held the    59   and quietly cried as I looked at the cinnamon buns.

A gentleman came to my    60   and simply said, “Would you like me to    61   here with you for a moment?” I nodded and the man simply put his hand on top of mine, and stood there    62   supporting me as I cried. Once I gathered myself, I looked into his wonderful eyes and thanked him,    63   I had just lost my father. He simply said there had been such    64   in his life too, when he just needed to cry.

This man    65   me deeply. I realized too many times, we see someone    66   and make guesses about the happenings in their life, when really we should recognize we are all    67   and just need a little    68   sometimes.

Before leaving, I    69   again in the store for this man, but could not find him. I hope that maybe, he or someone who has done this same thing reads this and learns how the gesture    70   the heart of another person.

51. A. calmed down                   B. passed away                 C. turned up                       D. turned away

52. A. crying                                 B. sleeping                          C. researching                   D. worrying

53. A. slowly                                B. successfully          C. immediately                  D. unluckily

54. A. different                            B. unpleasant                     C. bad                                   D. sweet

55. A. car                                      B. store                                C. room                                D. bakery

56. A. watched                                     B. emptied                         C. filled                                 D. discovered

57. A. approaching                     B. admiring                         C. leaving                            D. running

58. A. behave                            B. control                                      C. enjoy                                D. defend

59. A. note                                   B. position                           C. money                             D. cart

60. A. side                                    B. attention                        C. help                                  D. head            

61. A. work                                 B. wait                                 C. stand                               D. sit

62. A. nervously                          B. angrily                             C. proudly                            D. quietly

63. A. meaning                            B. explaining                       C. arguing                           D. reminding

64. A. moments                          B. chances                          C. dreams                           D. duties

65. A. pleased                             B. touched                          C. disappointed                D. shocked

66. A. unfriendly                         B. impolite                          C. ill                             D. sad

67. A. relatives                            B. strangers                       C. humans                           D. volunteers

68. A. support                             B. wealth                             C. humor                             D. energy

69. A. asked                                 B. paid                                  C. looked                             D. called

70. A. won                                    B. opened                            C. beat                                 D. warmed

John promised his parents he _______ not smoke again, and he has not smoked ever since.

  A. would                                   B. could                                         C. should                             D. might