When he came to the office on the seventh floor, he was out of ________ (呼吸).

We’ll ________ (保护) the plants against the weather.

Our ____________(政府) paid more attention to the air pollution.

-- Mary, do you want to see the pictures of my holiday in Italy?
-- ___56___                      

-- Ah, it was great! The food was great! The wine was great! The traffic was terrible!

-- ___57___

-- Those Italians are crazy drivers! I don't want to think about it!
-- OK, OK. ___58___

-- Yes, so here’s a picture of the Tower of Pisa.
-- How nice!

-- It was raining that day, but it was still wonderful. We climbed to the top!
-- ___59___

-- That’s a photo of the Arno River. That’s the “Ponte Vecchio”, the old bridge.

-- ___60___

-- It was very interesting. There were beautiful old buildings in the city, and lots of wonderful museums.

-- That’s nice.

A. And what's this?

B. Why was it so bad?

C. Yes, it was wonderful.

D. What was Florence like?

E. Let's return to the good parts.

F. Sure, what was your holiday like?

G. Well, do you like your hotel there?

What’s A Real Friend?

You can have the same neighbors for years. You love them or you think you love them. And you hope that they love you. But do you ever really understand them?

    Charlie Kemp and his family lived next door to me for 15 years. We were good friends all the time. I enjoy friendship. I think it's the best thing in the world. And friendship with the Kemps was easy because they seemed to welcome it.

    They were interesting and clever people. Their house caught fire twice, and twice the whole family slept in mine. They are always losing things like money, keys and watches. Pictures fell off the walls, the children fell out of bed …

    I was their neighbor and their friend. Life was always interesting, never dull. Best of all, I liked the whole family.

    One day, I lit a fire in the garden to burn some rubbish. After some time Charlie Kemp came out of his house and walked up the road.

    “Morning, Charlie,” I said, “lovely day, isn’t it?” He smiled at me and nodded. I went on with my work.

Twenty minutes later, a policeman arrived. He walked into my garden and said, “You’ll have to put out that fire. Your neighbor has complained (抱怨) to us. He doesn't like the smell.”

“My neighbor …?” I asked.

    “Yes,” the policeman took out his notebook and read, “Charlie Kemp. He lives next door, doesn’t he?”

53．  According to the passage, ________.

A. Charlie Kemp is the author's neighbor and his real good friend

B. Charlie Kemp is the author's neighbor but not his real good friend

C. Charlie Kemp treats the author as his real good friend

D. the author doesn't treat Charlie Kemp as his real good friend

54．  The author was blamed by the policeman because ________.

A. he was found burning the rubbish by the policeman

B. he was found polluting the environment by burning the rubbish

C. his neighbor Charlie Kemp complained about his action and called the policeman

D. he burnt something of his neighbors

55．  The author's experience tells us that ________.

A. a friend in need is a friend indeed

B. it is difficult to understand a person, even your friend

C. anyone is sure to be friendly to you if you are friendly to him

D. friendship is the best thing in the world

One is not born able to speak a language. One is born able to make a noise. I have heard babies cry in America and in China. I can't tell any difference. But when I hear someone from America speak English and hear someone speak Chinese, I can tell you there are a lot of differences.

   I believe a common problem with Chinese students’ learning English is that they were not taught to think in English. They have an idea spoken in English and want to translate the idea into Chinese, Then they think in Chinese of the proper reply and translate it into English. After a long period of speaking the language, one begins to think in the foreign language naturally. You will learn faster if you begin to think in English at the very beginning of your study. Many students ask me: What can I do to improve my spoken English?

    My reply is: The more English you speak, the better English you will speak. There are many things you can do to improve your spoken English. Of course, the best way is to live where English is spoken as a language of the country.

49．  The cries of American and Chinese babies are ________.

A. different                B. the same                 C. not like each other   D. like each other

50．  The underlined sentence ( in Paragraph 2 ) means that ________.

A. some teachers didn't teach students to think in English

B. teachers never gave the students the way of learning English

C. students didn't remember the way teachers taught them

D. teachers didn't want their students to think in English

51．  The underlined word “they” ( in Paragraph 2 ) refers to “________”.

A. Chinese students     B. English students      C. Chinese teachers     D. English teachers

52．  According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?

A. You must think in English all the time.

B. If you translate a sentence into Chinese, you should think about the meaning of the sentence in Chinese carefully first.

C. After speaking English for a long time, you may probably think in English naturally.

D. The best way of learning English is to live in America.

    It was several years since Adolf Hitler came into power in Germany. And now his army was marching into some parts of Europe. He must be in the prime (顶峰) of his career.

    One day Hitler went to an exhibition where the works of school children were on show. He seemed to have great interest in the exhibits―inventions as well as carvings, drawings. After having walked around the hall and examined everything, he said he was ready to meet the young artists. And soon a group of children came into the room to salute (向……敬礼) him.

    “Well, well. You did very good work.” Nodded Hitler in satisfaction. “I promise on my honor I’d satisfy you with whatever you want. What’d you wish to be if I were your father?”

    “A sailor sailing the sea” one of the boys answered.

    “Good. I’ll have you join my navy and some day you will rule the oceans.”

    “Ask for anything? What’d you wish to be if I were your father?” he asked a second boy.

    “A painter as great as Rembruant.”

    “Good. You are to be sent to the Fine Art School and surely you will make an even greater painter.”

    When Hitler caught sight of a sad-looking boy he frowned (皱眉), then quickly forced a smile, “There my boy, in spite of my point of view towards the Jews (犹太人), I’d do you a favor and your dream will come true. What’d you wish to be if I were your father?”

   The boy looked straight at the man.

    “An orphan ( a child who has no parents ).” he murmured.

45．  Hitler promised to satisfy the children with whatever they want because ________.

A. he wanted all the children to live a happy life

B. he wanted to make a good expression on the children

C. he liked paintings very much

D. he liked all the children

46．  Hitler frowned when he saw the sad-looking boy because ________.

A. the boy was recognized to be a Jew

B. the boy didn’t come to the front to salute him

C. the boy didn’t want to ask for anything

D. the boy was sad-looking

47．  Judging by what the boy said we can see that ________.

A. the boy’s parents had died                        B. the boy had no brothers or sisters

C. the boys hated Hitler very much                  D. the boy wanted himself to be an orphan

48．  Which of the following statements is not true?

A. Hitler wanted to be the father of the children.

B. The boy was both clever and courageous (勇敢的)

C. Rembruant was a great painter.

D. Hitler did not like Jews.

    One day, Wilson was walking quietly along the road when someone hit him hard on the back of his neck. He looked behind him, and saw a young man whom he had never seen before.

    “How dare you hit me like that?” shouted Wilson.

    The young man said he had mistaken Wilson for a friend of his and that he thought Wilson was making a lot of noise about nothing.

    This insult (侮辱) made Wilson even angrier, of course, and he at once decided to bring the young man before a judge.

    Now, the judge, who heard the case was a friend of the young man's father's, and, although he pretended to be quite fair, he was thinking about what he could do to protect the young man from being punished while at the same time not to be appearing unfair.

    Finally he said to Wilson, “I understand your feelings in this matter very well. Would you be satisfied if I let you hit the young man as he hit you?”

    Wilson said he would not be. The young man had insulted him and should be properly punished.

    “Well, then,” said the judge to the young man, “I order you to pay ten coins to Wilson.”

    Ten coins was very little for such a crime, but the young man did not have it with him, so the judge allowed him to go and get it.

    Wilson waited for him to return with the money. He waited an hour, and then two hours, while the judge took care of other business.

    When it was nearly time for the court to close, Wilson chose a moment when the judge was especially busy, came up quietly and hit him hard on the back of the neck. Then he said to him, “I am sorry, but I can’t wait any longer. When the young man comes back, tell him that I have passed my right to the ten coins on to you.”

41．  Why did the young man hit Wilson from behind?

A. Wilson had hit him before.                       

B. He had mistaken Wilson for a friend of his.

C. Wilson was a stranger there.                    

D. Wilson made a lot of noise when he was walking.

42．  According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. The young man was ordered to hit himself as hard as he had done on Wilson.

B Wilson was allowed to hit the young man as hard as he had done.

C. Wilson was allowed to do more insulting on the young man.

D. The young man was ordered to hand a lot of money to Wilson.

43．  The judge allowed the young man to go home, hoping ________.

A. he would not return any more                   B. he could escape from there

C. he would return in two hours                    D. he would get the money

44．  The best title for this passage is ________.

A. I’ve passed my right on to you               B. The judge and Wilson

C. Wilson and the young man                       D. The young man was set free

My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the   21   day, and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked   22  , but I could not find   23   of my husband’s socks though I had looked   24   for it.

The next morning, I got ready for   25   as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them and told them   26   we were going to do   27  .

When I turned   28   to write on the blackboard, the class burst out   29   . They laughed so much, in fact, that I was   30   the headmaster would be in to see all this.

I asked the class to   31  , but the   32   I talked, the more they laughed. So I thought I had better pay   33   attention to them and continue to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they laughed even more.

Before long, the teacher who had the room next to   34   came to see   35   all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started   36   too.

“Good Heavens!” I said. “Will   37   please tell me what is so   38  ?”

“Oh, God.” Said the teacher. “You have a brown   39   stuck to the back of your shirt.”

So that’s   40   I found my husband’s missing sock. “Oh, well,” I said to the class, “Let’s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity (静电).”