One day last September, as Britney Spears was about to board a flight to Los Angeles from London, a blue bottle fell out of her purse. She quickly put it back in, but not before the camera recorded the event. Neither Spears nor her spokesman was willing to comment on the contents of the bottle, but the next morning London’s Daily Express published a page of pictures under the headline “EXCLUSIVE: POP PRINCESS SPOTTED AT AIRPORT WITH POT OF SLIMMING TABLETS.” Spears was apparently carrying Zantrex-3, one of the most popular weight-loss pills now sold in the United States. The pill, which is sold at about fifty dollars for a month’s supply, contains a huge amount of caffeine, some green tea, and three common South American herbs that also act as stimulants (兴奋剂). It hit the U.S. market last March and has had a success that would be hard to overstate. Millions of bottles have been sold, and during the Christmas season it was displayed in the windows of the nation’s largest chain of vitamin shops, G.N.C. (It is so highly sought after that many of the stores keep it in locked counters.) Zantrex-3 is also sold at CVS, Rite Aid, Wal-Mart, and other chains, and over the telephone and on the Internet. If you type “Zantrex” into Google, more than a hundred thousand pieces of information about it will appear. At any moment, there are scores of people sell it on eBay.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the success story of Zantrex-3, however, is that it is far from unique. There are hundreds of similar products on the market today, and they are bought by millions of Americans. And though Zantrex’s producer makes some exciting statements (“the most advanced weight control compound (化合物)period”), so do the people who sell Stacker 2 and Anorex along with those who sell Carb Eliminator and Fat Eliminator. Almost all of these compounds suggest that they can help people lose weight and regain lost energy, and often without diet, exercise, or any other effort.

46. Britney Spears is a / an______.

   A. dancer          B. singer           C. athlete         D. chemist

47. Which of the following is also a kind of weight-loss pill?

   A. CVS           B. Rite Aid          C. Wal-Mart       D. Anorex

48. The underlined part of the sentence in the first paragraph is most likely similar in meaning to ______.

   A. it is difficult to say how successful Zantrex-3 is

   B. you can’t overstate the success of Zantrex-3

   C. you can’t think too highly of the success of Zantrex-3

   D. Zantrex-3 is not very successful

49. From the second paragraph we know that ______ .

   A. Zantrex-3 is one of the successful weight-loss pills on the US market

   B. Zantrex-3 is the most successful weight-loss pills on the US market

C. Zantrex-3 is the only weight-loss pill on the US market

D. there are five kinds of weight-loss pills on the US market

50. The text mainly tells us ______.

   A. when Britney Spears was found taking weight-loss pills with her

   B. how Zantrex-3 became successful in the USA

   C. weight-loss pills are very popular in the USA

   D. Zantrex-3 is forbidden to be sold on the US market

Three surfers rushed to save a man’s life after he was left drifting on a notorious stretch of water.

The men stayed with Greg Popple for 30 minutes and had to be rescued themselves by helicopter as the drama unfolded.

The 45-year-old had floated out on a body board near Hutchwns Point at 8:30 am. He found himself in trouble about half-a-mile from the shore and dangerously close to rocks. Surfers Graig Evans, 31, Robert Miles, 19, and Owain Daviees, 23, were risking their own safety to keep him floating for 30 minutes. Luckily a passer-by noticed what was going on and raised the alarm. Porthcawl Coastguard, Porthcaw Lifeboat and an RAF helicopter all took part in the rescue.

“The man who got into trouble was a body boarder-there was a big tide where he was,” said Joe Missen. “Three other surfers spotted he was in difficulty and he was going down. They kept him afloat because he was in a state of shock and out of energy. If Mr. Popple was closer to the rocks, it could have been a lot worse, but they managed to keep him from harm”.

Mr. Missen’s mum Alison, also part of the rescue team, said, “That part of the water is notorious for taking people out to nowhere”.

The three men had clocked off a night shift at Ford Motor Company shortly before the incident.

“I headed straight down to the beach for a surf, when I saw him flailing(挥动). We just swam straight out to him and kept him calm while the help came”.

The four men were taken to the life boat house to recover, without injuries.

41. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Three Men to Be Praised  

B. Notorious Place for Surfers

C. Surfers Rescue Man Caught in Tide 

D.Greg Popple-a Lucky Dog

42. The helicopter came up at the request of ________.

A. Greg Popple   B. Craig Evans   C. Robert Miles   D. a passer-by

43. About the incident, we know that ______.

A. Mr. Popple moved with difficulty for loss of energy

B. The three men were badly injured

C. Mr. Popple’mum was also in the rescue team

D.Mr. Davies was going to work that morning

44. According to the text, what was the most important thing to do for the three men?

A. Keeping him farther away from the rocks.

B. Keeping Mr Popple swimming in the sea.

C. Asking him to have a good rest.

D.Keeping him floating everywhere.

45. What may the style of this passage be?

A. A story.   B. A news report.   C. A poster.   D. An advertisement.

      仔细阅读下面的短文，短文中有10个空格。请按照每小题的具体要求完成语法填空。答案写在答题卷上标号为31-40的对应位置。

Most students do an IQ text early in their school career. Even if they never see their results, they feel that their IQ is  31  determines how well they are going to do in life. When they see other students doing  32  (good) than them, they usually believe that those students have 33    higher IQ and  34  there is nothing they can do to change facts. However, new research  35     EQ suggests that success is not simply result of a high IQ.

While your IQ tells you how  36  (intelligence) you are, your EQ tells you how well you use your intelligence. Professor Salovery,  37  invented the term EQ,  38  (give) the following description: At work, it is IQ that gets you  39  (promote). Supported by his academic research, Professor Salovery suggests that when predicting someone’s future success, their character,  40     measured by EQ tests, might actually matter more than their IQ.

Being alone in outer space can be frightening. That is one reason why astronauts on solo（单独的） space flight were given plenty of work to keep them  21   . They were also in constant communication with people on the earth .   22 ,  being with people from whom you cannot get away might be even harder than being alone. This is what happens on long submarine（潜水艇） voyages. It will also happen on  23  space flights in the future. Will there be special problems of adjustment under such conditions?

Scientists have studied the reactions of men to one another during long submarine voyages. They have found that the longer the voyage lasts, the more serious the problem of    24  is. When men are  25  together for a long period, they begin to feel uneasy. Everyone has little habits of speaking and behaving that are ordinarily acceptable. In the limited space over a long period of time, however, these little habits may become very  26  .

Apparently, although no one wants to be  27  all the time, everyone needs some degree of privacy. When people are enclosed together, they are in what is called a stress situation. That means that they are under an unusual amount of  28  or stress.

People who are well-adjusted are able to  29  stress situations better than others. That is one reason why so much care is taken in  30  our astronauts. These men undergo a long period of testing and training. One of the things tested is their behavior under stress.

在你们学校所在的城镇将合资建一个化工厂，这在居民中引起争议。有人赞成，有人反对。请根据下表中的信息，以Should We Build the Chemical Plant？为题，用英语写一篇短文，对双方的观点进行客观的介绍，并阐述自己的看法。

注意：

1．词数120左右，开头已给出，不算在总词数内。

2．参考词汇：合资建设to build jointly；

Should We Build the Chemical Plant?

A chemical plant is said to be built jointly with a foreign company in our town, which has aroused argument among the citizens.

 根据对话内容，从对话的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并填写在试卷答题卡上。选项中有两项为多余选项。

（B：Burley, the boss; J: Jeremy）

B：Good morning.

J：Good morning, Mr, Burley.

B：Please be seated.   61 

J：Yes, I have. I worked for the B& J Business Forms Company.

B：  62 

J：I quite enjoyed it, but office was too big and sometimes noisy. I want to work in a smaller and quieter office.

B：  63  I think my office is very quiet and modern. I hope you don’t stay away from work too much.

J：  64 

B：That’s very good indeed.  65  One of the young men in my office is always absent. Right! I’ll take you on.

A．I need a young man like you.

B．How long have you worked in an office before?

C．That sounds very good.

D．Have you ever worked in an office before.

E．In my last job I was only away for one day in two years.

F．I’d like to follow your advice.

G．And did you enjoy it?

My first performance in front of an audience was coming up soon.

I tried as hard as I could to remain calm, but my heart was racing. I looked down at my sweat-covered, shaking hands.

I looked up again at the audience, realizing that these were real people. They were not just my mum and dad, who would say, “Good job!” even if I messed up the entire piece.

“What if I had the wrong music? What if I played the wrong notes? ”

As it turned out, I was never able to answer these questions because the spotlight was waiting for me. I grasped my hands tightly together, drying off the sweat.

Slowly I walked to the piano in the center of the room. It contained 88 demanding keys, which were waiting impatiently to be played. Slowly, I opened the music. Next, I rested my still shaking hands on the ivory keys.

As my fingers played across the keys, I was becoming more unsure of my preparation for this moment. But the memory of my years of training came flooding back. I knew that I had practiced this piece so many times that I could play it backwards if requested.

Although at one point I accidentally played two keys instead of the intended one, I continued to move my fingers automatically.

My eyes burned holes into the pages in front of me.

There was no way that I was going to lose my concentration. To keep this to myself, I leaned forward and focused carefully on the music.

When I came to the end of the page, a warning went off inside my head: DON’T MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE!

Needless to say, I obeyed myself with all my heart and mind. And, proud of my “page-turning” feat, I finished the rest of the piece without making a single mistake.

After the final note died away, a celebration went into action inside my head. I had finished. I had mastered the impossible.

57．The author was nervous before the performance because _______.

     A．her mother and father weren’t present

     B．the strong spotlight was shining onto the stage

     C．she hadn’t mastered the entire piece

       D．she had never performed in public before

58．The underlined phrase “mess up” in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.

       A．put into disorder                               B．forget about 

       C．stop halfway                                   D．do well in

59．The author _________.

       A．didn’t make any mistake in the performance

       B．felt better at the beginning of the performance

       C．paid all attention to nothing but her performance

       D．lost her concentration sometimes during the performance

60． What did the author feel about her performance?

       A．She thought it was comfortable and successful.

       B．She thought it was very difficult but successful.

       C．She thought she had never made a mistake during the performance.

       D．She thought she played through the piece carefully but light-heartedly. 

The Government should raise taxes on air travel and high-polluting cars in order to help the environment, an important committee of MPs  has said. It also said that the 70 mph speed limit on motorways should be reduced or enforced to bring down the amount of carbon dioxide given off by cars The House of Common Enviromental Audit committee’s latest report said that transport was the only sector（部门）of the UK where carbon emissions have continued to rise since 1990.

It said it was time for the Government to make demand for cheap air impossible by raising air passenger tax. Emissions from air traffic have risen by 5 times as much since 1900 and are continuing to rise.

The committee welcomed the recent introduction of changed car tax, which means that the lowest-carbon cars pay no road tax, while gas-guzzling（耗油的）4×4s pay an increased rate of ￡210. However, the MPs say it doesn’t go far enough and are calling for a top limit of ￡1,800 with lower limit of ￡200.

Committee chairman Tim Yeo said : “Air travel in particular is the fastest growing source of CO₂, with emissions more than five times since 1900. The Government should take much more decisive action to reduce the difference of income favor of trains, buses, and lower carbon cars and lorries.”

Friends of the Earth’s senior organizer Tony Bosworth said: “Emissions from transport are still rising and forecasts suggest they will carry on rising for years to come.”

“Tinkering（随意或部分修补）around the edges is no longer enough to deal with the greatest threat the world faces.” A spokesman for the Department for Transport said: “Dealing with carbon emissions in transport is a key problem.”

53．What is the purpose of Government’s raising taxes on air travel and high-polluting cars?

A．To reduce the number of the planes and cars

B．To make more money

C．To encourage people to travel by bus or by rail.

D．To help the environment.

54．The underlined word “emissions” in this passage probably means “          ”

A．having a bad effect      B．producing or raising

C．sending out (gas or heat etc.)                       D．doing a lot of harm

55．According to the changed car tax, if you have a lower-carbon car, you will pay         .

A．no road tax                 B．less road tax        C．more road tax      D．a little road tax

56．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Transport is the biggest polluter

B．Raise taxes on air travel and high-polluting cars

C．Deal with greatest threat the world faces

D．Air travel in particular is the fastest growing sources of CO₂