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When Dave was eighteen,he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more 　1　 than by bus.It worked quite well for a few years,but then it got so old,and it was costing him 　2　 much in repairs that he decided that he had better 　3　 it.

He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly 　4   to buy a cheap car,but they all knew that it was falling to pieces,so  5   of them had any desire to buy it.

Dave's friend Sam saw that he was  6   when they met one evening,and said,“What's  7  ,Dave?” Dave told him and Sam answered,“Well,what about advertising it in the paper? You may   8   more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's   9   was sensible,he put an advertisement in an evening paper,which read:“For sale:small car,  10   very little petrol,only two owners.Bargain at ￡50.”

For two days after the advertisement first appeared,there was no   11  .But then on Saturday evening a man rang up and said he would like to  12   him about the car.“All right,” Dave said,feeling happy.He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be   13   or not.“Fine,” the man said.“And I'll  14   my wife.We intend to go for a ride in it to   15   it.”

The next morning,at ten quarter,Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door,  16   to wait there for the person who had   17   his advertisement.Even Dave had to   18   that the car really looked like a wreck.Then soon after he had got the car as   19   as it could be,a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out.He looked at Dave's car and then said,“Have you reported this   20   to us yet,sir?”

1.A.directly            B.safely       C.properly      D.easily

2.A.so                    B.such            C.very         D.too

3.A.keep                B.repair       C.sell             D.throw

4.A.anxious            B.lucky          C.ashamed   D.generous

5.A.some                B.neither        C.none           D.no one

6.A.calm                   B.upset           C.delighted   D.astonished

7.A.no                         B.up                     C.it                D.that

8.A.learn                      B.miss            C.get              D.find

9.A.message                 B.advice         C.request     D.description

10.A.uses                            B.loses           C.has             D.spends

11.A.doubt                   B.help            C.trouble        D.answer

12.A.tell                       B.see              C.agree          D.call

13.A.exact                    B.suitable       C.early           D.late

14.A.follow                  B.meet           C.bring      D.introduce   

15.A.test                      B.obtain         C.admire       D.recognize

16.A.failing                  B.meaning      C.turning    D.happening

17.A.read                            B.placed      C.answered  D.understood

18.A.forget                   B.show           C.disagree      D.admit

19.A.clean                    B.crowded      C.fast             D.light

20.A.bargain                 B.sale             C.accident      D.result

Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play, ____, of course, made the others unhappy.

A. who    B. which    C. this      D. what

Is this the reason _______ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?

A. he explained      B. what he explained  

C. how he explained      D. why he explained

—Did you watch the basketball match yesterday?

—Yes, I did. You know, my brother _________ in the match.

A. is playing   B. was playing

C. has played  D. had played

The two girls are getting on very well and share _________ with each other.

A. little   B. much

C. some                       D. none

Do you know the man from ________ house the pictures were stolen?

A. which B. that

C. what   D. whose

Cara Lang is 13. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, in the US. Last Thursday, she didn’t go to school. She went to work with her father instead. Every year, on the fourth Thursday in April, millions of young girls go to work. This is Take Our Daughters to Work Day. The girls are between the ages of 9 to 15. They spend the day at work with an adult, usually a mother, aunt, or uncle. They go to offices, police stations, laboratories, and other places where their parents or other family members work. Next year, the day will include sons, too.

The Ms. Foundation, an organization for women, started the program about ten years ago. In the US, many women work outside the home. The Ms. Foundation wanted girls to find out about many different kinds of jobs. Then, when the girls grow up, they can choose a job they like.

Cara’s father is a film director. Cara says, “It was very exciting for me to go to the studio with my dad. I saw a lot of people doing different jobs.” Many businesses have special activities for girls on this day. Last year, Cara went to work with her aunt at the University of Massachusetts. In the engineering department, the girls learned to build a bridge with toothpicks and candy. In the chemistry department, they learned to use scales. They learned about many other kinds of jobs, too.

Right now, Cara does not know what jobs she will have when she grows up. But because of Take Our Daughters to Work Day, she knows she has many choices.

What is Cara’s father?

A. An engineer.                                               B. An official.              

C. A moviemaker.                                            D. A professor.

According to the passage, Take Our Daughters to Work Day is __________.

A. on every Thursday in April                          

B. a holiday for girls of all ages

C. a day for girls to know about jobs                

D. a day for girls to get a job easily

On this special day, Cara has done all the following EXCEPT that __________.

A. she learned to use scales                               

B. she worked as an actress

C. she went to work with her aunt                     

D. she used toothpicks and candy to build a bridge

What is probably the best title for the passage?

A. Cara Lang, a Fortunate Girl           

B. Take Our Daughters to Work Day

C. Children’s Day and Work Day        

D. Ms. Foundation, an Organization for Women

One of India's top engineering schools has restricted Internet access in its boarding houses, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging was affecting students' performance, making them lonely and even suicidal.

Authorities at the best Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai said students had stopped socializing and many were late for morning classes or slept through them. "Now, a student doesn't even know who lives two doors away from him because he is so busy on the Internet," said Prakash Gopalan, dean of student affairs. "The old dormitory culture of companionship and socializing among students is gone. This is not healthy in our opinion."

IIT-Mumbai, with about 5,000 students, is one of seven IITs across India which are considered to be among the finest engineering schools in the world. They are also a talent pool for global technology giants. But their hard courses, tough competition and lonely campus lifestyle have taken an effect on students. Depressive and dysfunctional (不正常的) lifestyles are known to be common among IIT students, and at least nine have committed suicide in the past five years. Students have unlimited free Internet access in their boarding houses to help them in their studies, but many also use it to surf, chat, download movies and music, blog and for gaming.

Starting Monday, Internet access will be banned between 11 p.m. and 12.30 p.m. at IIT-Mumbai's 13 boarding buildings to encourage students to sleep early and to try and force them out of their "shells," Gopalan said. But the move has not gone down well with students who say they hate their lives being regulated. "Now they will say we need to listen to a lullaby (摇篮曲) to go to sleep," said Rajiv, an electronics student.

Which of the following is not the possible effect of free Internet access on students?

A. There has been a decline in students’ lessons.

B. Participation in social activities has gone down.

C. Some students feel lonely and even suicidal.

D. Students don’t even know his classmates.

What measure has been taken in IIT- Mumbai?

A. Students have unlimited free Internet access in their dormitories.

B. Students are forbidden to surf the Internet.

C. Internet access is unavailable in deep night.

D. Students must go to bed before 11 p.m.

In the passage the students are told to _____.

A. sleep through their lessons                    B. break away from the Internet

C. go to sleep along with music          D. stop surfing, make friends

We may infer from the last paragraph that _____.

A. the banning order causes some complaints among the students

B. all electronics students hate the banning order

C. more students prefer listening to music to surfing the Internet

D. there is no Internet access on the IIT campus even since.

For hundreds of years humans have dreamed of finding life on distant planets.Now the hope of discovering real evidence of life has greatly increased.

NASA's Mars detector（探测器）,Opportunity,succeeded in finding signs that water once existed on the planet.Opportunity landed on Mars in January.Scientists now believe that the planet could once have supported life.

This discovery was chosen by ?Science?,one of the world's leading magazines,as the most important scientific achievement of 2004 last Friday.

“This little,wheeled,one-armed box went around another planet and has done something no human has ever managed,” according to ?Science?.“It has discovered another place in the universe where life could once have existed.

“Although we still can't say that life could have existed in this environment,it is now certain that there was water on Mars,”said Steve Squyres,one of the scientists working on the Mars mission.The evidence comes from pictures and chemical readings taken by Opportunity.It includes marks on rocks like those caused by following water on Earth and salty chemicals like those found in dried-out sea-beds.Scientists said the new evidence proved beyond doubt that water has existed on Mars.But it is still unknown whether the water was like an ocean or just ice.

While Opportunity has not found any signs of life,the presence of water means life is possible.“In everything we know about life on Earth,there is no example without liquid water,” Squyres said.“So water is important for the search for life on Mars.”

Researchers agree that a future mission（任务） should bring back physical samples（样品）.But some scientists worry about the risk that this could introduce dangerous foreign creatures to Earth.“The problem here is how to get the samples back,”Squyres replied.“I think it is our responsibility to limit any risk.”

What proved that water existed on Mars?

A.The physical samples with salty chemicals.

B.The marks on rocks and salty chemicals.

C.Scientific achievements of 2004.

D.Creatures from Mars.

Which of the following is true according to the text?

A.It is now certain that there was water on Mars.

B.The water on Mars was like an ocean.

C.Evidence of life on Mars has been found.

D.Search for life on Mars is a great risk to humans.

How did scientists draw the conclusion that there was water on Mars?

A.The world's leading magazine has announced the fact.

B.Scientists have taken many pictures and chemical readings on the Mars.

C.Astronauts have got some rocks from Mars.

D.Scientists have made a study of the pictures and readings sent back by Mars detector.

It can be inferred that,if the creatures from Mars came to earth,_________.

A.they would be kind to humans

B.they would be cruel to humans

C.they would be a great danger to Earth

D.it would be hard to say whether it would be good news or bad news