Only under special circumstances ________ not to wear their school uniforms.

A. are students allowed                              B. allowed are students.

C. students are allowed                              D. are allowed students

It is known that teaching little children is no easy job because it ____enough patience and care.

A. calls on         B. calls for             C. calls off                            D. calls in

The conference has been held to discuss the effects of tourism ______ the wildlife in the area.

A. to                           B. on                           C. at                             D. with

Eco-travel is a form of travel that ______ normal tourism with learning and it is more environmentally-friendly.

A. exchanges         B. shares                      C. combines                 D. matches

Believing that everyone can make _____ world _____ better place on a daily basis, Tom plays his part in protecting the environment.

A. /, a                          B. the, /                        C. the, a                       D. the, the

BEIJING, China (CNN) --- China's economic growth dropped to 9 percent for 2008, according to numbers released by the government Thursday --- in line with expectations, but still the slowest rate the nation has seen in seven years.

Economists are concerned about what the slowdown means for investment in the future, whether new projects will be undertaken in manufacturing companies and in factories. If not, it will translate into more job losses and erase any optimism about a rebound in 2009.

Since 2001, China has been used to double-digit growth as consumers buy Chinese goods. However, the export sector was hit hard in late 2008, with December exports down 2.8 percent.

Consumer spending has mostly held up in China, as people there do not carry as much debt as their American counterparts and can continue to spend.

Consumer confidence, however, is a problem, said Dong Tao, Asia chief economist for Credit Suisse. Infrastructure is the only thing driving the Chinese economy, Dong said.

Tens of thousands of Chinese factories have closed, millions of people are looking for jobs and an untold number of migrants who can't find work may be leaving cities for good because of the slowdown, which would have been unheard of six months ago. 

Fourth quarter numbers showed growth at 6.8 percent. Goldman Sachs predicted 6.5 percent, down from 9 percent in the third quarter.

For all of 2008, Goldman Sachs had predicted 8.8 percent, down from 11.9 percent in 2007.

72. Since 2001, the slowest rate in annual economic growth china has seen is ______.

A. 6.8%    B. 8.8%   C. 9 %   D. 11.9 %

73. According to Dong Tao, the only thing driving the Chinese economy is ____.

   A. export    B. infrastructure   C. consumer confidence  

   D. consumer spending

74. Which of the following is NOT the difficulty China is facing?

   A. Tens of thousands of factories have closed.

   B. Millions of people are looking for jobs.

   C. An uncertain number of migrant workers may be leaving cities forever.

   D. The terrible situation will erase any optimism about a rebound in 2009.

75. The best title of this passage should be____.

A. China’s Economic Growth Slows.   

B. China’s Economic Difficulty Appears

C. Economists Analyze China’s Economy.

D. Several Factors Determine China’s Economy

FreeRice.com―For Each Vocabulary Word You Get Right, We Donate Free Rice through the United Nations World Food Program to Help End World Hunger

       1 word = 20 grains;       5 words = 100 grains

       Play and feed hungry people  .                   

       How to play

Click on the answer that best defines the word.

If you get it right, you get a harder word. If wrong, you get an easier word.

For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.

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★Get better grades in high school, college and graduate school

★Perform better at job interviews and conferences

★Be more effective and successful at your job…

    After you have done FreeRice for a couple of days, you may notice an odd phenomenon. Words that you have never consciously used before will begin to pop into your head while you are speaking or writing. You will feel yourself using and knowing more words.

       How does the FreeRice vocabulary program work?

    FreeRice has a custom database(数据库) containing thousands of words at varying degrees of difficulty. There are words proper for people just learning English and words that will challenge the most learned professors. In between are thousands of words for students, business people,  doctors, truck drivers… everyone!

    FreeRice adjusts to your level of vocabulary. It starts by giving you words at different levels of difficulty and then, based on how you do, designs a proper starting level for you. When you get a word wrong, you go to an easier level. When you get three words in a row right, you go to a harder level.

    There are 60 levels in all, but it is rare for people to get above level 50.

68. Playing the vocabulary game at Freerice enables you to do the following EXCEPT______.

A. be admitted to a top university

B. perform better in a speech contest

C. help the needy people in the world     

D. improve your performance at work

69. People of different levels of learning can surf FreeRice because_______.

A. it offers a large vocabulary

      B. it adjusts to the player’s level of vocabulary

C. it is free of charge to play the game

D. it is designed to meet the needs of people in different fields

70. We can infer from the passage that the purpose of designing the game is to______.

A. supply more rice to feed the hungry people in poor countries

B. promote English learning in non-English speaking countries

C. attract more people to learn English to stop hunger

D. combine English learning with helping hungry people

71. Where is the passage likely to appear?

 A. In a popular newspaper.            B. In a farming magazine.

 C. On the website.                        D. In a document of the UN.

64. The underlined word “blending” in the first book introduction means_______.

   A. ruin                    B. break              C. combine                  D. attempt

65. What happened to the survivors on the life boat according to the  second book introduction?

   A. Pi managed to kill those animals and finally survived

   B. They worked hand in hand to get through the sea

   C. They had to fight against one another in order to survive

   D. Richard Parker killed other animals but was killed by Pi.

66. Five People You Meet in Heaven tells an old man’s experience in Heaven in order to reveal_______.

   A. the existence of Heaven           B. the mystery of death

   C. human’s future life               D. the true meaning of life

67. Who is Grogan most probably according to the last book introduction?

   A. The author of Marley＆Me               B. A friend of John and Jenny

   C. An expert taming dogs.                    D. The previous owner of the dog

In the first programme,The Mexican Wave, the focus is on the Orange Monarch butterfly.

Each autumn in the pine forests of central Mexico, one of the greatest natural phenomena appears, as tens of millions of beautiful orange Monarch butterflies pour into the trees to spend the winter months.

Some of them have migrated several thousand kilometres from their breeding (繁殖) grounds in North America and Canada, but although they’ve never been here before, they travel south and find their way to an area not much bigger than the English county of Devon.

Although they coat the trees and when they take flight, look like an orange snowstorm, these butterflies are under threat at both ends of their journey.The pine forest are being cut down illegally by gangs of loggers, despite protection from the Mexican government.

Local people need timber（原木）and firewood to survive. Where the butterflies breed in North America, their foodplant, the milkweed, is being killed by herbicides and agricultural practices, and the Monarch’s migration is in danger.With location reports from the Mexican forests, Brett Westwood explores how steps are being taken to develop sustainable forestry to help preserve this magnificent insect.

60. When do the Orange Monarch butterfly come to central Mexico?        .

   A．Each spring     B．Each summer     C．Each autumn    D．Each winter

61. What do we learn about the Orange Monarch butterflies?

   A．They are good at hiding themselves from the enemies

   B．They travelled thousands of miles to the English county of Devon.

   C．They breed in the central Mexico.

   D．Their food source pine trees have been destroyed by loggers.

62.What’s the main reason for the decline of the number of Orange Monarch butterflies?   .

   A．Being killed by enemies

   B．Being caught by human beings

   C．Lack of protection from the Mexican government    

   D．The disappearance of their habitat and food

63．Where is the article probably from?        .

   A. A newspaper      B. A magazine       C. A journal         D. A radio programme

The Voice of America began during the World War Ⅱ. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international   36 , American officials believed they should   37   the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in  38  . “The   39  may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA   40_   were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

After the World War Ⅱended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s   _41  had to be changed, _42  the Soviet Union became enemy of America. They wanted to  43  Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was  44  “ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959．VOA knew that many listeners did not know  45   English to completely understand its   46   English broadcast. So VOA  _ 47       a simpler kind of English,   48   uses about 1,500 words and is spoken   49   of course, it is special English.

In the  50   of most VOA listeners, the most  51   program is the news report. News from around the world  52   into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in      53   cities and also from other   54   like BBC．VOA writers and editors use these materials to  55  news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.