There is a wide ________ of reference books to be found, so _______ you look for some

material needed, you can turn to me.

A. kind; the last time                   B. sort; every time

C. variety; next time                   D. type; the moment

He has become a millionaire and owns a big computer company. He is really _________ great success in _________ business.

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

最近，网上展开一场关于“教科书是否要循环使用”的辩论。假如你是Li Hua，请你向报社写信谈谈你自己的一些想法。要点如下：

1. 据说我国的教科书寿命一般是半年，而美国则是五年。这说明浪费严重；

2. 我国有两亿两千万学生，每年要用三十亿本教科书，这就需要消耗一千一百万棵树木。如果将教科书的寿命延长

年的话，那么将节省好多树木；

3. 许多贫困家庭的学生买不起教科书，如果将不用的教科书赠给他们岂不是更好？

4. 你的看法（至少两点）。

要求：1. 语句通顺，结构合理；

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数（字数：150左右）。

3. 参考词汇：lifespan 寿命   thriftiness  节约

Dear Editor,

Recently there has been an argument about the reuse of textbooks on the internet. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes,

Yours truly,

Li Hua

One of the roles of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to choose the host city for the Olympic Games. The host city election takes place in a country which does not have a candidate city for the Olympics in question. Except for unusual circumstances, the election is held seven years before the Olympic Games take place. There have been two phases leading to the election of the host city since December 1999.

Phase 1: applicant cities

Any city that wishes to host the Olympic Games must be proposed to the IOC by its National Olympic Committee (NOC), with a letter from the city itself. During the first phase, which lasts around ten months, each applicant city must answer a questionnaire to provide general information about itself. Then the applications will be examined carefully. A number of things will be considered, such as government support, public opinion, general infrastructure（基础设施）, safety, accommodations and transport. The IOC Executive Board（执行董事会）will determine which applicant cities will be accepted as candidate cities. Only candidate cities can continue with the procedure.    

Phase 2: candidate cities    

Candidate cities must provide a candidature（候选资格）file according to the instructions given by the IOC. After all the files are examined and the IOC Evaluation Commission（评估委员会）produces its report, the IOC Executive Board draws up a list of final candidate cities. The general assembly of the IOC then takes a vote on the host city.

Choosing the host city of the Olympics

Millions of people die of hunger in Southern Africa every year, but when Zambia was offered thousands of tons of free maize by the US, the government politely said no.

“We don’t know whether the food is safe,” said Zambia’s Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Dipak Patel.

His worries are shared by countries around the world that are in two minds about America’s genetically modified (GM) crops. Just last week, EU member nations were discussing whether or not to import GM sweet corn from the US.

Ever since people started farming, they have tried to crossbreed (杂交) plants to make them stronger or better tasting. At one time, only related plants could be crossed with each other.

But when GM techniques were developed in the 1970s, scientists were able to put a single gene from a living creature into an unrelated creature.

This means they can make crops more productive and resistant to disease by adding genes from other species. They can also create food with special characteristics, such as “golden rice”, which is enriched with vitamin A. But many people believe GM foods are a health risk.

“If left to me, I would certainly not eat GM foods,” said Scottish scientist Arpad Pusztai. “We are putting new things into food which haven’t been eaten before. The effects on the immune system are not easy to predict.”

At the moment, the official argument is that GM foods “are not likely to present risks for human health”. But there are still many questions to be answered as the foods are produced in different ways.

Some experts believe the genetic material added to plants can transfer to humans and give damage to our bodies. Further harm could be caused by the genes from GM plants crossbreeding with naturally produced crops.

67. We learn from the passage __________.

       A. people have discovered that GM foods will do harm to human health

       B. millions of Zambia people die of eating too much GM foods

       C. people are still not sure if GM foods will do harm to human health

       D. genetic material added to plants will damage our bodies sooner or later

68. What does “in two minds” in the third paragraph mean?

       A. Unsure.                B. Worried.               C. Likely.                  D. Careless.

69. Which of the following statements is NOT true about GM foods?

       A. It is produced from plants added genes from other species.

       B. GM foods can have special characteristics.

       C. GM foods will affect people’s immune system.

       D. GM foods have been produced since 1970s.

70. What’s the author’s attitude?

       A. Supportive.           B. Neutral.                C. Doubtful.              D. Critical.

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner.   36   woman was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but my work had made   37   impossible to visit her very often. That night I called to   38  her to go out for dinner.“What’s wrong? Are you   39  ?”she asked. “I thought that it would be   40   to spend some time with you. Just the two of us,”I answered. She thought about it   41   moment, and agreed.

That Friday after work,   42   I drove to pick her up, I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I   43   that, she, too, seemed to be   44   about our date. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to   45   her last wedding anniversary.

We went to a restaurant that,   46   not elegant, was very nice and cozy. When I read the menu, Mom sat there   47   at me. A nostalgic(怀旧的)smile was   48   her lips. During the dinner, we had a(an)   49   conversation―nothing special but catching up on(了解)recent events of each other’s life.

A few days   50  , my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do   51   for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a note   52  “You will never know what that night meant to me. I’m looking forward to the   53   dinner. I love you, Son.”

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time“I LOVE YOU”. Nothing in life is more important than your   54  . Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be   55   till“some other time”.

So involved with their computers _____ that leaders at summer computer camps often have to force them to break for sports

and games.

A. became the children                     B. become the children

C. had the children become              D. do the children become

On their arrival, they found the people suffering the quake were ______ food and water supplies.

A. in praise of        B. in honor of              

C. in face of          D. in want of

I don’t think Maria will be disappointed at the news, but I will see her _______ she is.

A. as if                           B. so that               C. in case                     D. even though

― Is it _________ the bad habit that is difficult?

― Of course.

A. get rid of                  B. got rid of          

C. to get rid of              D. being got rid of