一How long have you been here?

一Only about five minutes．Henry and Simon           here with me．

    A．have walked    B．had walked       C．walked          D．were walking

一I enjoyed a very good holiday in Hong Kong．

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    A．Oh，I am glad to hear that               B．It’s a pleasure

    C．Congratulations                               D．Oh，that’s very nice of you

Nokia，        world largest mobile phone producer，is going to found       new research centre in China．

    A．a；a         B．the；a             C．a；the         D．the; the

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Australia releases more greenhouse gases per person than almost any other country in the world．Its emissions(排放) come mainly from coal burned for electricity．Scientists warn that the Australian continent could suffer more severe dry periods，floods and storms as a result of climate change．

Australia wants to show that existing power stations can be refitted to burn coal in a much cleaner way．A demonstration project will seek to develop new technology over the next four years that makes it easier to capture carbon dioxide(二氧化碳). Carbon dioxide is the main gas that many scientists say helps cause global warming.

In traditional coal-fired power stations，the coal is burned in air in a big furnace(炉子) and the carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. In the new system，the coal is burned in pure oxygen instead of air. The captured carbon dioxide gas is then made into a liquid and buried deep underground．

The operators of the project in the northern state of Queensland say it is the first of its kind in the world. Australian and Japanese companies are supporting the project，and the Australian government is paying for part of it.

Geoff Wilson is the mines and energy minister in Queensland. He says the new system will sharply reduce the amount of carbon released from the coal-fired process and make it easier to store.

The International Energy Agency has said that clean coal technology could help reduce the release of greenhouse gases by one-fourth．But a spokeswoman for the environmental group Friends of the Earth says the technology has very limited promise to cut emissions in the short term. 

Critics(评论家) say the technology is unproven．And they say it will not guarantee that Australia will be able to reduce emissions in the future.

Title：Australia aims for 76．

Working in the healthcare industry offers many rewards and benefits．Find out more about what you can gain by looking for a career in healthcare today!

According to  the US Bureau of Labor Statistics，8 of the top 20 fastest growing professions are in the healthcare industry !Also, the healthcare industry has over 13 million jobs. It means that as a healthcare worker, you will enjoy more job opportunities. You will bi less likely to lose your job, and thanks to the advances in medicine and the countries aging population, there will be a continually increasing demand for medical workers.

In which other profession can you touch lives the way you can in the healthcare industry? You could help to bring a new life into the world，or save a life from ending. You can change lives, affecting families in the way that only healthcare workers are able to．Not only will you affect individuals, but you could also have an effect on the entire community, providing healthcare in a variety of forms or treating diseases of all sorts.

Whether you are a doctor of philosophy or not, there is an exciting healthcare career available to you. Of course, you need many years of school to be a doctor or a nurse, but there are hundreds of other roles available in the healthcare industry that can be explored.

Due to the high demand for workers in the healthcare industry, careers in healthcare are some of the best chances available to make money. The better your skills are, the higher your pay is.

Why do you think there are so many TV shows about hospitals and medical workers? American shows like Greys Anatomy and Private Practice are successful because the medical field is exciting， ever-changing and dramatic in nature. Healthcare is fast-paced，you are dealing with life or death situations，and new patients come in every day, so you will never experience the same day twice．

73．What makes it possible for you to be better paid in healthcare?(不超过3个单词)

74．Why are you less likely to be fired if you are a healthcare worker?(不超过12个单词)

75．What is the author's purpose of writing this passage?(不超过10个单词)

The Ring of Fire covers 4,000 km around the edge of the Pacific Ocean．It includes the countries of Japan，Indonesia and the Philippines．More earthquakes and volcanoes occur in this area than anywhere else in the world．The name Ring of Fire refers to areas below the earth's surface．These areas move suddenly and often cause earthquakes and create volcanoes．

Many areas of Asia，such as the Philippines，Japan，and Indonesia, sometime experience earthquakes and volcanoes．There are occasionally landslides(泥石流)，mudslides，and tidal waves as a result．Fortunately, these natural disasters do not happen very often．

Southern China is about 600 km away from the Ring of Fire．Sometimes, people in this region feel earthquakes too．The worst earthquake felt in southern China was in 1918 in Shantou．It measured 7.3 on the Richter scale．Any earthquake of 6 or more on the Richter scale is very dangerous to people．

People in Hong Kong sometimes experience the effects of earthquakes and volcanoes．In September 1994，for example，the strongest earthquake to hit Hong Kong for 76 years shook buildings and scared thousands of residents．Frightened workers and families ran out of their offices and homes．The earthquake measured 6.5 on the Richter seal．

It is difficult to predict when an earthquake will occur In countries within the Ring of Fire, buildings must be very strong because the effects of earthquakes on buildings are terrible．

In June 1991, Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted．Many people were killed and the area surrounding the volcano was badly damaged．Hot ash and liquid rock from the volcano forced people to leave the area．They only returned many months later．The ash spread over a large area．Even people in the Guangdong region of southern China saw ash in the air．

69．The Ring of Fire is              ．

    A．about 4,000 km from China

    B a volcano in the Philippines

    C．a Region where there are many earthquakes and volcanoes

    D．a fire below the Earth's surface

70．Many Asian countries              ．

    A．are outside the Ring of Fire    B．never experience natural disasters

    C．experience earthquakes only  D．experience earthquakes and volcanoes

71．Hong Kong                 ．

    A．never experienced earthquakes

    B．is at the center of the Ring of Fire

    C．often experiences very strong earthquakes

    D．has experienced a few earthquakes

72．Earthquakes          ．

    A．never cause much damage

    B．are easy of predict

    C．occur suddenly and are difficult to predict

    D．are usually accompanied by strong winds

A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made――the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts，usually beginning by working with his hands．While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common labors or even the skilled factory workers，he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort．

This attitude toward manual(体力的)labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel，expensive hobbies，and college education for the children；yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery．And the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes．A professional man may talk about washing the car，digging in his flowerbeds，painting the house．His wife may even help with these things，just as he often helps her with the dishwashing．The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education．

66．According to the passage，the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because            ．

    A．servants in America are hard to get

    B．she takes pride in what she can do herself

    C．she can hardly afford servants

    D．it is easy to prepare a meal with canned food．

67．The expression“wait on table”in the second paragraph means“         ”．

    A．work in a furniture shop    B．keep accounts of a bar

    C．wait to lay the table           D．serve customers in a restaurant

68．Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?         ．

A．A Respectable Self-made Family  

B．American Attitude Toward Manual Labor

C．Characteristics of American Culture

D．The Development of Manual Labor  

Do you want to see the effects of global warming? Then head north．Will Steger is going to take all of us there．

Steger,64, the first person to make a dogsled trip to the Noah Pole，is a very famous and admired polar explorer．He's at home in frozen parts of the world where few humans ever step on．Steger is also a devoted environmentalist who was early to ring the alarm bell on global warming．He saw its effects firsthand in frequent polar expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica．

Steger is about to lead a team of six young adventurers on a 1,400-mile，60-day-long dogsled trip across Ellesmere Island, in the Canadian Arctic．The sea ice in that region should still be frozen．“We want to take our audience to the front lines of global warming,”says Steger． The team will be uploading videos，stories and photos to the website global-warming 101．com as they march along，allowing armchair adventurers and kids in classrooms to follow their progress day to day．“We can actually bring the audience up there，”Steger says．

Stege's team will include some already-famous young explorers．Sam Branson, the22-year-old son of British airline tycoon(大亨)Richard Branson，is an experienced Arctic traveler．Also on the journey will be 27-year-old Norwegian Sigrid Ekran．Last year，Ekran became only the second woman in history to win Rookie(新秀)of the Year for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race．

What they will see may be surprising．Even Steger doesn't know exactly what to expect．Climate change has already reshaped the geography of the Arctic．“Within a decade or less, it's going to be impossible to reach the North Pole by dog team，without flotation(漂浮)，”says Steger．

Climate change is happening，but people can change too．Their willingness to change will determine the shape of Earth's future．

61．Steger is the following except             ．

    A．a sixty-four-year old man    B．a very famous polar explorer

   C．a devoted environmentalist   D．a famous British airline tycoon

62．Steger is about to organize the adventure to the Arctic in order to          ．

    A．let more people enjoy its natural beauty

    B．collect evidence for his scientific research

    C．let people realize the bad  effects of global warming

    D．develop the young people's adventurous and brave spirit

63．How can people learn about the progress of Steger's journey?         ．

    A．On the Internet          B．By watching TV

    C．Through radio programs   D．By reading their journals

64．According to Steger，people can save the earth by        ．

    A．changing their harmful way of life

 B．learning more about the environment

    C．willingly giving up their comfortable life

     D．getting used to the present changes of the earth

65．The best title for this passage would be一．

    A．The Arctic Is In Danger       B．Discoveries of the Arctic

    C．Sledding Through the Arctic D．Consequences of Global Warming

On the whole, it's not something we parents shout about, but one in four of us does it．Hiring private tutors(指老师)for our children is now widespread．And this year, as always，the Easter holidays will be peak time(高峰期) for tutor demand．

“My husband and I tried to tutor her at home，but we found all our knowledge was out of date and we were only confusing Zarreen．We also tried a group revision course but all the children were sitting exams for different boards(入学考试)． On the whole we think one-two-one tuition works best and it is worth the money．In our case，Preeta is a bit like an elder sister to Zarreen and that's the most important，”says Ashan Sabri from London， whose daughter Zarreen，18，is having tuition in biology and chemistry in preparation for A-levels this summer．

In fact，Preeta Datta is only six years older than her pupil and she is happy to provide extra tuition through mobile phone．“Maybe Zarreen will call me two or three times a week with a question about biology or chemistry, and that's fine to me，”says Datta．

The real question is：does tutoring do any good?

“It's not the magic bullet，”says Professor Judith Ireson．‘It's still up to the child to do the learning．If he or she isn't interested，then sending them to a private tutor won't do any good．”

In which case，surely it's time to break open the Champagne(香槟酒)?Not necessarily, says Elaine Tyrrell，head of the Rowans School．

“While we recommend private tutoring for a few children whose first language isn't English，we don't encourage it for the others，”says Tyrrell．“With the level of education they get here，children really ought to be able to pass the entrance exams without any extra teaching． Besides， our biggest worry is that they might just get in with the help of last-minute tutoring，but，once they actually get to that school，they won't be able to manage．”

It's a point worth considering．After all，who would want their child to stay at the bottom of the class?

56．The passage is most probably written by          ．

        A．a parent    B．a famous professor

C．a student   D．a famous headmaster

57．In Ashan Sabri's opinion，which method is most suitable for her daughter?       ．

       A．Taking different kinds of exams     B．Teaching her at home by herself

C．Finding a private tutor to help her   D．Taking part in group revision courses

55．Elaine Tyrrell doesn't encourage parents to hire private tutors for their children mainly because          ．

      A．children may be misled by private tutors

      B．the quality of private tutoring may be poor

      C．the education that children receive in class is enough for them

       D．children may not have the real ability to deal with their further studies

59．What attitude does the author hold towards home tutoring?         ．

A．Critical    B．Uncertain    C．Supportive  D．Uninterested

60．From the passage we know that        ．

    A．Preeta Datta is only twenty four years old．

    B．Preeta Datta is head of the Rowans school

    C．Judith Ireson is a teacher of the Rowans School

    D．A shan Sabri has a daughter named Zarreen，who is over 18