Tourism, ____________ it brings in money to a country, can also result in damage to the World Heritage sites there.

A. because                           B. as                            C. while                D. since

Tourism, ______ it brings in money to a country, can also result in damage to the World Heritage sites there.

A. because                           B. as                            C. while                D. since

下面是一则关于读者对报纸上出现错别字等现象的看法的调查情况。请你用英语写一篇文章介绍其各自的观点和态度。

注意：

    I．词数不少于100，短文开头已给出，不计入总词数；

    2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。  

    3．参考词汇：inevitable不可避免的：编辑editors

    A survey was taken of public opinions of mis-spelled words which frequently appear on the newspapers?…

    Nowadays，it is common to see 5-gallon bottles of water being sent to homes. Supermarket  shelves are filled with all kinds of bottled water from simple plastic bottles containing “pure spring water” to expensive foreign types of mineral water in glass bottles. In Europe，bottled water is as popular as soft drinks are in the USA．People are not only interested in the different choices of drinks，but also in the taste of bottled water and its health value.

    All bottled water must list the content of the water on the bottle. Some companies mix minerals together to give the water a better taste．But the term mineral water is misleading， because an water―except specially purified water―contains minerals. Law must be made to tell people clearly what kind of water people are exactly buying：spring water, mineral water, or purified water．For example，“spring water” will have to come from the underground spring.

    Many people choose bottled water over tap water，because they doubt the safety of public drinking water．Some people worry about city water supplies．We need to pay close attention to the cleanliness of our drinking water．The government should be responsible for tap water quality. It should be tested and checked regularly．

    Keep in mind that bottled water is expensive．In many rases，you are paying for water that is not much different from tap water．If you are not sure of the safety of your tap watter，have it  tested．A local health department can be of service．Compared with the cost of bottled water，the testing cost will be less expensive．Letting cold water run for a minute or so before taking a drink or using it in preparing a meal is a good way to limit possible water pollution, especially if the water has been off for an hour or more．

56．What is the best title of the passage? (No more than 10 words)

57．According to the passage，what kind of water doesn't contain minerals? (No more than 5 words)

58．Why do people prefer bottled water to tap water? (No more than 10 words)

59．Please explain the underlined phrase“keep in mind”in English． (No more than 5 words)

60．If you don't think tap water is safe enough，what can you do? (No more than 20 words)

    Last year, on report card day，my son and a group of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car，ready for the last-day-of-school party at McDonald’s．“Jack got a laptop for getting straight A’s，and Laurie got a cell-phone，”one boy said．“Oh，yeah，and Sarah got a MP3，and she’s only in third grade，said another．“And how about Brian? He got $ 10 for each A．”

    I suddenly became concerned．These payoffs might get parents through grammar school，but what about high school and beyond? What would be left after the electric guitar，the cell-phone，and the DVD player?

    I saw the road ahead：As the homework load increased, my income would decrease．I saw my comfortable lifestyle disappear before my eyes---no more of those $5 bags of already-peeled organic carrots．No more organic anything!

    I started to feel surprised and nervous．Would every goal achieved by my two children fetch a reward? A high grade point average? A good class ranking? Would sports achievements be included in this reward system：soccer goals，touchdowns? What about the orchestra? Would first chair pay more than second? I’d be penniless by eighth-grade graduation．

    “We never paid anything for good grades，”said my neightbour across the street，whose son was recently accepted at MIT．“He just did it on his own．Maybe once in a while we went out for pizza，but that’s about it．"

    Don’t you just hate that? We’re all running around looking for the MP3 player with the most updates, and she’s spending a few dollars on pizza. She gets motivation；we get negotiation(协商)．And what about the primary grades? What do these students get? “When the teacher asked if anyone got rewards for good grades，everyone in my class raised their hand and said they got ice cream cones，”said one third grader．

51．What’s the best title for the passage?

    A．Tips on Paying Kids for Good Grades    

    B．New Trends in Paying Kids for Good Grades

    C．Don’t Pay Kids for Good Grades

    D．Good Grades Mean Good Rewards

52．What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably mean?

    A．Taking care of the children would influence my work．

    B．I would spend less money on my children’s good grades．

    C．Reducing my children’s homework load would cost me a lot．

    D．More rewards would be needed as the children grew up．

53．It call be inferred from the passage that        ．

    A．if you pay kids for good grades，they will take it for granted

    B．if you buy children pizza as a reward，they will work harder

    C．children will not ask for rewards when they enter high school

    D．good grades won’t help kids make great progress in future

54．The author takes her neighbour as an example to show           ．

    A．pizza is the best way to motivate children

    B．rewards are not the only way to motivate children

    C．getting rewards for good grades is common

    D．it is necessary to reward children for their good grades  

55．Who are most probably interested in this passage?

    A．Parents．    B．Children．    C．Teachers．D．Businessmen．

    Wugging，or web use giving，describes the act of giving to charity at no cost to the user．By using Everyclick．com，which is being added to a number of university computers across the UK，students can raise money every time they search，but it won’t cost them a penny．

   Research shows that students are extremely passionate(热情的)about supporting charity，88％of full time students have used the Internet to give to charity．This figure is high because this age group is often the least likely to have their own income．19％ of 22 to 24 year olds have short-term debts of more than￡5，000．With rising personal debt levels in this age group，due to university tuition fees or personal loans and a lack of long-term savings，traditional methods of donating to charity are of ten not possible．

    Beth Truman，a 21year old recent university graduate has used Everyclick．com to donate to her chosen charity，the RSPCA，for two years and has seen the “wugging” movement grow in popularity with students．“When you’re at university you become more socially aware，but it's sometimes hard to give to others when you have little money yourself,” says Beth．“Wugging is great for people in this age group as it allows them to use the technology on a daily basis to give to charity，without it costing them a single penny．”

    Wugging is perfect for people who want to be more socially aware and supportive but don’t feel they have the means to do so．Students using the web can raise money for causes they care about without it costing them anything in terms of time or money，and charities get a valuable source of funding．

    Everyclick．com works like any other search engine，allowing users to search for information，news and images but users can decide which of the UK’s 170，000 charities they would like to support through their clicks．Everyclick．com then makes monthly payments to every registered charity．Launched in June 2005，Everyclick．com is now the eighth largest search engine and one of the busiest charity websites in the UK．

46．According to the passage，“wuggint” is actually a             ．

    A．website                          B．charity-related action

    C．school organization          D．student movement

 47．Everyclick．com contributes to charity          ．

    A．without taking any money from users

    B．by receiving money from students

    C．by offering information to students’

    D．by advertising on their website

48．How does Beth Truman think of the “wugging” movement?

    A．It makes Everyclick,com popular in the UK．

    B．It makes giving to charity easy．

    C．It results in students being more social awareness．

    D．it stresses the importance ofcharity in people’s daily lives．

49．From the passage，we can conclude that           ．

    A．most full time students contribute to charity on the Intemet every day

    B．Everyclick .com helps students pay for the college education

    C．“wugging”is a win-win idea for both students and charities

    D．Everyclick．com is the most．successful search engine in the UK

50．What would be the best title for this passage?

    A．“Wugging”，a New Popular Term on the Internet

    B．British People Show Strong Interest in Charities

    C．More Britain Charities Beneflt from the Internet

    D．Students Raise Money for Charity by“Wugging”

  The Siemens Foundation holds a Mathematics，Science and Technology Competition for high school students every year．The Foundation created the competition to improve student. Performance in mathematics and science．The contest is open to any student who is an American citizen or permitted to live in the United States The Siemens Foundation joined the College Board and six universities to create the competition．More than 1，600 students took part in the contest last year．

    Experts from the universities judge competitions in six parts of the country．Individual and team winners from those events then compete nationally．They demonstrate their projects to university professors and scientists．A winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics，Joseph Taylor,led the judging group for the latest contest．

    The results from that judging group produced a first in the history of the competition It was the first time in which girls won both the individual and the team prizes．Forty-eight percent of those who entered the latest contest were young women.

    The individual winner was Isha Jain of Bethlehem，Pennsylvania．She received 100，000 dollars toward her college education for her studies of bone growth in zebra fish．The Siemens judges said she was the first to discover that bone grows in many short periods of time．They also said her work was equal to that of a student who had completed four years of college．

    The top team winners were two seventeen year olds from Plainview，New York．Janelle Schloss berger and Amanda Harin off shared a prize of 100，000 dollars for their college educations．The young women studied bacteria(细菌)responsible for the disease tuberculosis(肺结核，略作TB)．They created substances that kill tuberculosis by attacking a protein．The Siemens

 Foundation says their discovery could lead to a new treatment for drug resistant TB．

41．The Siemens Foundation holds the science competitions for American hi．gh school students in  order to           ．

    A．encourage them to complete their schoolwork

    B．improve their knowledge of science

    C．earn enough money for college

    D．show them the importance of science

42．Isha Jain of Bethlehem won her prize because         ．

    A．she had finished her college study

    B．she had studied the disease tuberculosis

    C．she had worked equally with boys

    D．she had obtained a result about bone growth

43．The competitors show their talent by           ．

    A．presenting their projects to the judging group

    B．taking part in an examination

    C．handing in the whole of their projects

    D．designing a project on the spot

44．From this passage we learn that           ．

    A．only American citizens take part in the competition

    B．fewer girls used to take part in the competition

    C．more than half girls took part in the recent competition

    D．all winners’ prizes are for their college educations

45．What is a good title for the passage?

    A．Preparations for High School Students Before College

    B．A Chance to Demonstrate Their Knowledge of Science

    C．Distinguished Meeting of American High School Students

    D．Young Women’s Great Contributions to Science

    Dr Frank Mayfield was touring Tewksbury Institute when he met all elderly floor maid(奴仆)．Having known that the elderly woman had worked there for many years，he asked her to tell him about the history of this place．

    “I don’t think I can tell you anything．but I could show you something．”She took his hand and led him down to the basement under the oldest section of the building．“That’s where they used to keep Annie．”

    “Who was Annie?”

    “Annie was a young girl who was brought in here because nobody could do anything with her．She’d bite and scream and throw her food at people．The doctors and nurses couldn’t even examine her．I was only a few years younger than her myself and I used to think．I surely would hate to be locked up like that．I wanted to help her，but I didn’t have any idea what I could do．So I just baked her some brownies(核仁巧克力)one night after work.The next day I brought them in.I walked carefully to her cage and I got out of there just as fast as I could because I was afraid she might throw them at me．But she didn’t．She actually took the brownies and ate them．After that,she was just a little bit nicer to me when I was around．And sometimes I’d talk to her．Once,I even got her laughing.One of the nurses noticed this and she told the doctor．They asked me if l’d help them with Annie．I said I would if I could．I went into the cage first and explained and calmed her down and held her hand，which is how they discovered that Annie was almost blind．”

…

When Helen Keller received the Nobel Prize，she was asked who had the greatest impact on her life and she said，  “Annie Sullivan．”  But Annie said，“No Helen．The woman who had the greatest influence on both our lives was a floor maid at the Tewksbury Institute．”

36．Annie was locked up in the basement because she           ．

    A．was blind                                                         B．was an orphan

    C．was out of control                                            D．became mad

37．The floor maid wanted to help Annie because she            ．

    A．felt sorry to see Annie locked up there

    B．wanted to help the doctors and nurses

    C．was afraid that Annie would bite her    

    D．had the same experience with Annie

 38．After the floor maid gave her the brownies，Annie        ．

    A．began to accept the doctors and nurses                B．became friendly to her

    C．threw the food at her                                         D．told her the truth

 39．What does the passage mainly tell us?

    A．Annie Sullivan’s great influence on Helen Keller．

    B．The great impact of a floor maid on Annie Sullivan．

    C．An elderly floor maid’s strange experience．

    D．Annie Sullivan’s early hard life．

40．What could probably happen after the doctors found Annie was almost blind?

    A．Annie continued to be locked there．

    B．Annie and the floor maid became friends．

    C．Annie was set free and received treatment．

  D．Annie went to teach Helen Keller．

    My mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body is．Through the years I 16   what the correct answer was.

When I was   17  ，I thought sound was important to us，so I said，“My  18  ”She said，“No．Many people are   19  ．But keep  20  it and I will ask you again late.”   

    Several years passed before she asked me again．This time I told her，“Mommy，if there is 21  important to us．it must be our eyes．”She looked at me and said，“You are learning   22，but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind．”

    Over the years，Mother asked me a few more times and  23  her answer was，“No，but you are getting  24  very year，my child．”

    Last year，my Grandpa  25  ．Everybody was crying．Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our  26  goodbye to Grandpa．She asked me，“Do you know what the most important part of the body is   27  ，my dear?” I was  28  when she asked me that then .I always thought this was a  29   between her and me．She saw the confusion on my face and said，“This question is very important．It shows that you have really known what your life is.” I saw  30   well up in her eyes．She said，“The answer is your shoulder．”I asked，“Is it because it   31 head?’’ She replied，“No，it is because it can hold up a  32  or relative’s head when he or she is crying．Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on  33  in life. I only hope that you have enough friends who you will have a shoulder to cry on when you need them.”

    Only then did I know what the most important part of the body is not a  34  one．It is sympathetic to the  35  of others．

He is a good student，and works very hard；            .

      A．so it is with her                                        B．so was she

      C．so she is                                                  D．neither does she