According to a joint survey by the Social Investigation Center of China Youth Daily and the news center of Tencent.com，76.9％ of the 5,21l respondents（调查对象），all being youths in their 20s, believe the society needs chutouniao（“leading birds”）who dare to take risks to show their worth，although，as the Chinese, saying goes, “The leading bird gets shot first．”or “One who takes the lead usually bears the brunt of an attack．”

About 58.2％of the respondents think that one has to work hard at all times, and one must know how to show off when the chance comes．53％of them also believe that it is necessary to be aggressive（进取的）,sometimes．

“I wish my employees will let me know when they have achieved something．”said LiuXueyuan，the president of a media company，as it is impossible for him to know all his employees well．However, showing off too much is of course no good, either．“One who likes to show off one’s achievement will also be the first to be noticed when one makes a mistake．”said Liu．He suggested that the employees should do their jobs steadily and surely．

Although most respondents think chutouniao are necessary，not many of them like to hobnob（亲近）with such persons．In fact, 65.9％ of the respondents simply don’t like them，while 7.1％ of the respondents expressed their hatred（厌恶）of them．

Faced with the conflict between “needed by the society” and “disliked by fellow beings,” quite a large number of people have let slip chances．59.6％ of the respondents regret it．

60．According to the survey，how many respondents think that one should behave in a very determined way to succeed if necessary?

A．About 3,033．    B．About 2,762．        C．About 4,007．        D．About 3,434．

61．Which of the following sayings explains correctly what President Liu said?

A．The bird loves her nest．

B．You can’t sell the cow and drink the milk

C．A bird is known by its note．and a man by his words．

D．Every coin has two sides．

62．According to the passage, the following statements are true EXCEPT that         ．

A．all of the respondents are more than 20 years old

B．chutouniao are those who dare to show their worth

C．those who take the lead always get shot first

D．it is the “leading birds” that are popular with most people

63．A great many people miss the opportunity to become leading birds because they are afraid of      ．

A．being disliked by others                              B．regretting doing it

C．getting shot first                                        D．bearing the brunt of an attack

CHANGSHA，Feb．14（Xinhua）――Areas of China affected by the recent severe weather have shifted from emergency work to reconstruction，with transport and power supplies returning to normal．

The government of central Hunan Province．one of the areas hardest hit by the worst weather in half a century，said that it would offer a subsidy of 5，000 yuan（694 U. S. dollars）to each household whose residence was destroyed．Around 67，000 houses in Hunan collapsed in the snowy weather，which persisted from mid-January through late in the month．

The provincial civil affairs authorities have started checking those in need of government help，pledging they could move to new houses by May．

According to the latest official statistics，snow-related catastrophes killed 107 people and caused 111.1 billion yuan in direct losses．In a11，21 provinces，autonomous regions and municipalities have been affected．A total of 354,000 houses collapsed and 1.5 million people were evacuated．

Seven provinces―Hunan，Guizhou，Jiangxi，Anhui，Hubei，Zhejiang and Sichuan-and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were the worst-hit areas，the Ministry of Civil Affairs said．

In Guangxi，l,332 schools were damaged and more than l,200 classrooms became dangerous．

Yu Yizhong，director of the region’s education department，urged local education administration bureaus and schools to try to raise funds and launch repair and reconstruction work as soon as possible to ensure the spring term opens as scheduled．

The extreme weather aim affected nearly 24.4 million hectares of farmland and 18.6 million ha of forests．Agricultural technicians have been organized to go to rural areas to help farmers with crop planting．

On Thursday，nearly 30 agricultural experts in eastern Anhui Province set out for a week-long service journey to snow-stricken rural areas．They will check damage and help farmers replant vegetable fields? Similar technical teams have been organized in other provinces such as Jiangxi to help farmers restore agricultural production．

Also in Jiangxi，rural credit cooperatives have provided farmers with loans totaling 3.5 bil1ion yuan．

56．According to the report，the severe weather lasted about        ．

A．one week                B．two weeks                     C．one month              D．two months

57．         was／were hit hardest by the winter storm．

A．Hunan Province      B．7 areas                 C．21 areas                 D．8 areas

58．The underlined word in Paragraph 4 means        ．

A．weather                 B．great disaster        C．great destruction      D．great hit

59．What’s the best title of the passage?

A．China’s snow disaster areas shifting focus to reconstruction work．

B．Heavy snow in East and South China．

C．Severe disaster in China．

D．Great losses in snow-hit areas in China．

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire．He told his employer of his  36  to leave the house-building business to  37  a happier life with his wife and enjoy his extended family．He would  38  the salary each week，but he wanted to  39  ．They could get by．The employer was  40  to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal  41  ．Thinking for a moment，the carpenter said yes，but  42  his heart was not in his work．He used some materials with poor quality and  43  it with poor workmanship．It was a （n）  44  way to end a devoted career．When the carpenter finished his work，his employer came to  45  the house．Then he handed the front-door key to the  46  and said，“This is your house… my  47  to you．”When the carpenter heard these words，he was  48  ! What a shame! People all could not help saying：  49  he had known he was building his own house!

So it is with us．We  50  our lives，reacting rather than acting，often  51  less energy and time to the building．Then，with a shock，we  52  we have to live in the house we have built．If we could do it again，we would do it  53  ．

Someone once said，“Life is a do-it-yourself  54  ．”Your attitude and the choices you make today help build the “house” you will live in tomorrow．  55  ，build wisely!

――Where is my ball? I remember I put it here yesterday．

――You       it in the wrong place．

A．must put                B．might put             C．should have put      D．might have put

Seeing the happy           of children playing in the park，I’m full of joy and confidence in the future of our country．

A．sight                    B．scene                   C．view                      D．sign

Children asked       they would go to the party       they were invited．

A．if；whether         B．that；if                C．whether；if            D．if；that

        by a greater demand of vegetables，farmers have built more green houses．

A．To drive                  B．Having driven         C．Being driven           D．Driven．

Before its first voyage，         that the ship Titanic was the most advanced and safest one in history．

       A．this was declared     B．they were declared C．it was declared       D．that declared

――Why was Peter so angry?

――        what Mary had said to him．

A．Because                  B．As                          C．Since                      D．Because of

――You’ve given us a wonderful Chinese dinner，Mrs. Wang．

――         ．

A．Oh，I’m afraid I didn’t cook very well               B．I’m glad you enjoyed it

C．Come again when you are free                               D．It’s not necessary for you to say so