--- John failed his final exam.

   --- I’m not surprised at the news at all. _______, he is never seen busy with his lessons.

  A. Above all           B. In all                     C. First of all              D. After all

—I did very well in the English exam last week.

       —I did       . I got a full mark.

       A．no better   B．not better  C．no worse   D．even worse

Mary was only too ready to help others, seldom, ______, refusing them when they turned to him.

       A．if never    B．if not C．if any       D．if ever

       Blind photography sounds strange．But a striking exhibition of photographs in California argues that it develops as a result of the contemporary art．The show "Sight Unseen", at the California Museum of Photography until Aug．29, includes everything: underwater scenes, landscapes, abstracts and everything else you might expect from a "sighted" photographer．

       How do the blind take their photographs? Some rely on assistants to set up and then describe the shots （镜头） , and others just point and shoot in the right place．"Just like any good artists," says McCulloh．"They have their unique ways of operating．" One participating photographer is Pete Eckert, an artist with multiple degrees in design and sculpture who only turned to photography after losing his vision in the mid-1990s．He opens the shutter （快门） on his camera and then uses flashlights, lights, and candies to paint his scene on film．A former fashion photographer in Chicago, Weston, lost his vision due to AIDS in 1996 and focuses on images of destruction and disability．His photos are also a star of the show．

       What do gallery-goers say? "I was very impressed by it．The technique and experience was amazingly different," says John Hesketh, a printmaker in Anaheim．"You never have a sense of feeling sorry for these people because they've worked very hard to prove their value．"

       Beyond the praise, however, the exhibition also makes a great example for disabled people everywhere．That point was explained in early May during a discussion on the TV show．At the very end of the talk, one attendee expressed his opinion．"This exhibition is extraordinary and revolutionary for many reasons．I think that by being an artist with a disability, you are continuing the work of those people who fought for basic civil rights to gain access and to have a voice．In that way, it's so wonderful that your photographs say it all．"

63．From the passage we know that some blind people take photos by______

       A．describing the things to their assistants

       B．holding the camera and shooting randomly

       C．opening the shutter with the help of others

       D．using special equipment designed for them

64．We can learn from the passage that blind photographers ______

       A．were not born blind               B．do jobs related to art

       C．focus on different subjects            D．like photos of destruction

65．What is people's reaction to the blind photography show?

       A．They admire the blind photographers' hard work．

       B．They feel really sorry for those blind photographers．

       C．They think some have good techniques while others not．

       D．They can understand the real meaning of each photograph．

66．The significance of the exhibition lies in the fact that ______．

       A．the California Museum of Photography receives praises for holding the show

       B．the public have a chance to know what the blind people are concerned about

       C．the blind photographers have a good place to show their works

       D．the exhibition can be very inspiring to the blind in the world

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Unit 4 …Finally about 2.6 million years ago some small clever animals, now with hands and feet, (91)_______________________. Thus they have, (92)___________, become the most important animals (93)____________. But they are not (94)_______________________. They are putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which (95)_____________________ from the earth into space.

Unit 5 …After (96)_________________, the girl began to realize that Canada is quite empty. At school, they had learned that most Canadians live (97)____________________________of the USA border and Canada's population is only (98)________________________, but now they (99)______________ such an empty country. They (100)______________ a wheat-growing province and saw farms that covered thousands of acres.

 Information has been put forward__more and more students will be admitted into universities.

   A. that           B. while           C. when            D. as              

Young people go to college with the expectation that_________educated people get a higher pay.

       A．good       B．better        C．best          D．the best

You lent him $10,000 yesterday? You must ________ by him!

A. be taken in B. have taken in            C. take in              D. have been taken in

Soon after the PRC was set up, a new law was passed which _______ people’s freedom of speech, religion and demonstration.

A. announced      B. guaranteed      C. kept         D. prevented

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项

Wings of Angel

    I used to hate myself because I wasn’t “normal”. Everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not   36  . I had a severe spinal cord disorder(脊髓病) and I knew I would always be much   37  than others.

I hated going to school and I hated   38   at me. I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing   39  and tall. And most of all, I hated looking in the   40  and seeing an ugly and hunchback(驼背).

My friends found me   41  because I didn’t let other get close to me. I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life   42  Angela appeared.

That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school—a spot where no one would

  43  me. That’s when I first heard your voice.

“Hi. Can I sit down?”

I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible smile on her round face.

“What are you looking at?” you asked.

“Ants.”

“What are they doing?”

 “No   44  .”

“I bet they’re playing games and make friends. Don’t you think so?”

That was how our   45  started and it didn’t stop. We talked about everything under the sun—the ants, the clouds, my little niche(处境)—until it was sunset.

Then suddenly, you saw my   46  . She just stared.

My heart   47  . What I feared most had happened and I knew for sure she would   48   me now.

She stood up, pointed at my back and said, “I know why your back is hunched.”

I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be   50  . I begged in my heart for her to   51  , but you just kept on going. “I know what you’ve got in there. Do you?”

“No,” I answered   52  .

She bent and whispered in my ears.

“Your back is bunched because you’ve got a pair of wings from the angels.”

I was   53  . I looked into your eyes and her   54  touched my heart. From that day on, I started to learn to   55  myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kind – hearted friend.

36．A．them B．it      C．mo    D．her

37．A．sadder      B．shorter      C．weaker     D．slower

38．A．looking    B．smiling     C．aiming      D．glaring

39．A．still   B．alone C．straight     D．together

40．A．street B．sun    C．corner      D．mirror

41．A．distant      B．stubborn   C．hopeless    D．unfortunate

42．A．after B．before      C．since D．until

43．A．disturb     B．seek  C．interrupt   D．ignore

44．A．wonder     B．idea   C．sign   D．action

45．A．connection       B．competition      C．conversation     D．comprehension

46．A．face  B．back  C．eyes  D．shoulders

47．A．sank  B．beat  C．broke       D．ached

48．A．care for    B．rely on     C．look down upon      D．put up with

49．A．that   B．how  C．whether    D．why

50．A．accused    B．arrested    C．punished   D．sentenced

51．A．relax B．leave C．stop   D．pause

52．A．shyly B．weakly     C．proudly    D．firmly

53．A．astonished B．ashamed   C．annoyed    D．amused

54．A．wisdom    B．generosity C．honesty     D．kindness

55．A．control     B．like   C．comfort    D．enjoy