Procter and Gamble（P&G）has announced that it’ll enlarge its household products empire by combining with Gillette. The deal is expected to close this autumn because it should get permission from US Antitrust Regulators（反垄断管理协会），P&G said in a statement.

       P&G is to gain all of Gillette’s business, including its producing and technical equipment. It will add a product variety popular with men. P&G said it expected the combination to bring in totaling US $14―16 billion. But it also said it was planning to cut the combined workforce of 140,000 by about 6,000 or four percent.

       P&G is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, US. It has about 110,000 employees in almost 80 countries. Its brands include Tide laundry detergent and Head&Shoulders shampoo. Gillette is famous all over the world for its shaving（刮脸）products. It’s based in Boston, Massachusetts, US and has 32 factories in 14 countries. P&G ranks No. 1 in the world in its household and personal furnishing parts and the company had US$ 5.8 billion in profits（利润）in 2004. Gillette ranks No.5 and has a market capitalization（资本）of US$ 45.5 billion.

       This combination of two best of their class, at a time when they are both operating from a position of strength, is a special opportunity, and the combination is going to create the greatest consumer products company in the world. It’s a dream deal.

56．The main purpose of writing this text is         .

       A．to compare the two world-famous companies

       B．to inform us of the combination of the two companies

       C．to introduce the two companies and their products

       D．to announce the two companies’ profits and capitalization

57．What does the writer think of the combination?

       A．The deal is really great.

       B．The deal will do harm to Gillette.

       C．The deal will disappoint the business world.

       D．The deal is welcomed by consumers.

58．Which of the following is most likely to happen after the combination.

       A．P&G will be shut off this autumn.

       B．Only Gillette’s employees will be fired.

       C．Both of the two companies will be the best.

       D．P&G will produce what attracts men.

59．We can infer from the text that        .

      A．The combination of big companies may possibly lead to trust.

       B．All Gillette’s thirty-two factories are in fourteen countries

       C．P&G made less profits than Gillette in 2004

       D．P&G’s products are worse than Gillette’s

       Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived; Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others,   36   Love. One day it was announced to   37   that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and   38   , except for Love. Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to   39   until the last  40   moment. When the island had almost sunk. Love decided to ask for help.

       Richness was passing by Love in a grand  41   .Love said,“Richness, can you take me with you?”

       Richness answered,“No, I can’t. There is a lot of  42   in my boat. There is no place here for you.”

       Love decided to ask Vanity（虚荣）who was also passing by in a（n）  43   vessel（船只）. “Vanity, please help me!”

       “I can’t help you. Love. You are all wet and might  44   my boat,” Vanity answered.

       Sadness was  45   by so Love asked, “Sadness, let me go with you.”

       “Oh…Love, I am so sad that I need to be   46  ! ”

       Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even  47   when Love called her.

         48   ,there was a voice,“Come, Love, I will take you.”It was an elder. So blessed and

  49  , Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at  50   land, the elder went her own  51   . Realizing how much was  52   the elder. Love asked Knowledge, another  53  , “Who helped me?”

       “It was Time,”Knowledge answered.

       “Time?”asked Love.“But why did Time help me?”

       Knowledge smiled with deep  54   and answered,“Because only Time is capable of understanding how  55   Love is.”

―It is two months since I smoked.

―        .

       A．You shouldn’t have smoked so much     B．You will make a good husband

       C．How did you keep smoking for so long?   D．Why couldn’t you stop it?

How about the two of us         the computer game together?

       A．play                    B．to play                 C．playing                D．played

Jay Chou’s success proves that fashion and personality matter        music itself.

       A．as important as    B．better than           C．more than            D．other than

According to experts, tattoo（纹身）carries with         the risk of infection and can even be         .

       A．us; dead              B．it; deadly             C．one; death           D．which; deadly

We students should learn to be good citizens. A mistake may         cause lifelong regret.

       A．necessarily          B．however              C．absolutely            D．otherwise

―We’re late. The play has started.

 ―I wonder how long ago        .

       A．it began               B．did it begin           C．was it beginning   D．it has begun

The problem of over fishing is spreading. Since       can fish，        people do.

       A．anyone; many                                      B．no one; some

       C．some one; most                                   D．anyone; any

Is this research center         you visited the modern equipment last year?

       A．where                 B．that                     C．the one that         D．the one where