---I have got a headache．

---No wonder．You ________ in front of that computer too long．

A．work                                       B．are working

C．have been working                      D．worked

The conference has been told to discuss the effects of tourism ____ the wild life in the area．

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

Hundreds of people leave their villages to seek their ____ in cities．

A．luck           B．chance         C．fortune                D．future

---I’d like to find a job in the library．

--- Good idea．In my opinion,                           it doesn’t affect your studies．

A．unless          B．as long as            C．despite          D．even if

When she came in, she was surprised to find a stranger ____ at the back of the classroom with his eyes ____ upon her．

A．seating; fixing                                      B．to seat; fixing

C．having seated; fixed                                 D．seated; fixed

I think if we are lucky we will meet nice people．They will offer us help, friendship, kindness and so on  1  , when I was 17 years old, there was a boy, who gave me something very important．It was a  2 

The story   3   when I became a high student in the autumn of 2003．At the beginning of the term, I did not know anyone in my class because I had just   4  from a school, which was far from my new school, I was the  5 one who studied at my new school．I felt very lonely．I was afraid to 6  anyone because 1 did not think they were friendly to me．

Every time I heard them talking and laughing, I felt my heart   7  ．I thought my life was dark and sad．I did not know what to do and I did not want to tell my parents anything   8   they would worry about it．

9 , one day, something good happened, I was sitting on my seat,   10  as usual, as my deskmate talked happily with her friends．At that   11   , a boy, who I didn't know, entered the classroom,   12   the seats, passed mine and suddenly turned back．It seemed that he was looking for something．   13  , he looked at me, and, without a word, gave me a smile．

Suddenly, I felt like something warm, bright and friendly had 14   me and I thought would be lucky and never live in   15  from then on．Why was that? I asked myself．Although he walked away 16 ，I knew he had smiled at me．His smile made me feel friendly, happy, lively and warm．

The smile   17   my life．I did not feel sad any more．   18  , I think, sometimes the world is 19  you think it is．If you think you are lonely, you may always be alone．So, cheer up, those who are lonely or in 20   ．The world is not that bad．Smile to the world and it will smile back．

1．A．To make things better                            B．Believe it or not

       C．I say                                            D．It just depends

2．A．smile          B．pleasure           C．comfort                                 D．help

3．A．happened       B．spread              C．occurred          D．started

4．A．separated       B．left               C．graduated          D．escaped

5．A．just               B．only              C．very                                    D．right

6．A．make friends with                                                                 B．drop a time to

       C．keep company of                               D．have a glimpse of

7．A．sink              B．beat                 C．jump               D．run

8．A．though            B．when          C．if               D．because

9．A．Strangely           B．Patiently         C．Luckily           D．Willingly

10．A．unusual        B．polite          C．unhappy         D．delighted

11．A．while          B．moment          C．chance                                  D．o'clock

12．A．got through       B．looked through  C．broke through       D．went through

13．A．Surprisingly       B．Eagerly          C．Seriously          D．Beautifully

14．A．drawn         B．defeated          C．caught             D．struck

15．A．happiness         B．darkness         C．coldness          D．friendliness

16．A．friendly        B．peacefully         C．eventually        D．immediately

17．A．coloured         B．improved           C．satisfied           D．changed

18．A．Therefore        B．However          C．Otherwise          D．Meanwhile

19．A．something      B．what               C．everything        D．where

20．A．need                B．honor               C．trouble            D．danger

African-- American talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is the world's most powerful celebrity（名人）, according to Forbes （福布斯） magazine．It placed Winfrey at the top of its annual ranking of the 100 people with the biggest pull（影响力）．

Winfrey, 51, draws 30 million viewers weekly in the United States．Her talk show reaches 112 countries．She earned US $ 225 million over the past 12 months to rank second in celebrity riches．

The annual Forbes list gives most weight to annual earnings．But it also looks at the celebrity’s presence on the Internet and in the media. "After 21 years, her exciting chat show still rules the airwaves," the magazine said．

Winfrey is most popular with her popular talk show "The Oprah Winfrey Show"．She can always attract the superstars and let them open up to her animate interview style．Winfrey's approach appears to be simple．She is in a pursuit（追求） or  self- improvement and self- empowerment．This has proved to be just what people, especially women, want．

Winfrey often talks about her personal secrets on her show．That pulls in viewers．For example, she made it known that she had been sexually abused as a child, and has spoken freely of her．struggle with her weight．

Her success has not just been on the screen．Her media group includes a women’s TV network and websites for women．Her work has extended to social change．In 1991, she did a lot of work for the National Child Protection Act．She  testified before the US Senate to establish a national database（数据库） of dangerous child abusers．The then President Bill Clinton later singed the "Oprah Bill" into law．

1．The annual Forbes list selects its celebrities according to          ．

       A．their names

       B．their annual earnings

       C．their presence on the Internet and in the media

       D．their annual earnings and presence in the public

2．Which of the following statements is WRONG?

       A．Oprah Winfrey was the first of the 100 celebrities according to Forbes magazine．

       B．Oprah's success has been only on the screen．

       C．Oprah can attract superstars and get them to open up to her interview

       D．Oprah ranked second in celebrity riches that year．

3．The underlined phrase "rules the airwaves" in the passage means"       ．

       A．attracts many readers' attention         B．causes many people to take planes

       C．has a large number of viewers         D．measures the airwaves

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

       A．Oprah Winfrey Conquering the Americans

       B．Oprah Winfrey---- the No 1 Celebrity

       C．Forbes Ranking List

       D．The Oprah Winfrey Show

New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Price: £ 28．00

Publication Date: 30/11/2005

Publisher’s description

Collects Doyle's fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in  late nineteenth and early twentieth--century book editions, in a set complemented by four novels, editor biographies（传记） of Doyle, Holmes  and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society．

       Breaking Ground by Daniel Libeskind

       Price: £ 16．00

       Publication Date: 11/10/2005

       Brief introduction

       This is a book about the adventure life that can offer each of us if we seize it, and about the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope．For Daniel Libeskind, life's adventure has been through architecture, which he has found has the power to reshape human experience．Although often relating to the past, his buildings are about the future．This memoir （自传） of one man's journey brings together history, personal experience, our physical environment and a fresh international vision．

       In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman

       Price: £ 16．00

       Publication Date: 02/09/2005

       Brief introduction

On 11 th September 2001, Art Spiegelman raced to the World Trade Center, not knowing if his daughter Nadja was alive or dead. Once she was found safe~ in her school at the foot of the burning towers--he returned home, to meditate（反省） on the trauma（创伤）, and to work on a comic strip（连环漫画）．In the Shadow of No Towers is New Yorker Art Spiegelman's extraordinary account of "the hijacking" on 9．11 and the following hijacking of those events' by America．

       Light on Snow by Anita Shreve

       Price: £ 14．00

       Publication Date: 07/10/2005

       Publisher' s description

       This is the 11th novel by Anita Shreve, the critically accepted bestseller．A moving story of love and courage and tragedy and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself．

1．Who is the writer of the book latest published among the four books?

    A．Arthur Conan Doyle．              B．Daniel Libeskind．

    C．Art Spiegelman．                    D．Anita Shreve．

2．If one would like to know something about cultural details about Victorian society, he or she may read     ．

    A．Light on Snow                        B．In the Shadow of No Towers

    C．Breaking Ground '                         D．New Annotated Sherlock Holm

3．Which of the four books listed above have something to do with tragedies?

    A．New Annotated Sherlock Holmes &- In the Shadow of No Towers．

       B．Light on Snow & In the Shadow of No Towers．

       C．Light on Snow & Breaking Ground．

       D．In the Shadow of No Towers & Breaking Ground

A new study has found that all women need to lower their stress levels is a strong and happy marriage．A team of researchers led by Jamesa. Coan, a University of Virginia neuroscientist （神经学家） has found that women under threat who hold their husbands' hands show signs of immediate relief, which can clearly be seen on their brain scans．

Coan, an assistant professor in the U．V A．Neuroscience Graduate Program and the Department of Psychology, and his team conducted a study involving several couples who rated themselves as highly satisfied with their marriages．

The researchers designed a functional MRI（magnetic resonance imaging 磁共振成像） study in which 16 married women were subjected to the threat of a very mild electric shock while they by turns held their husband's hand, the hand of a stranger（male） or no hand at all．

They found that the MRI was able to show how these women's brains responded to this handholding while in a threatening situation．The researchers noted a large decrease in the brain response to threat as a function of partner handholding, and a limited decrease in this response as a function of stranger handholding．

Moreover, partner handholding effects varied as a function of marital quality, with women in the very highest quality marriages benefiting from a very powerful decrease in threat-related brain activity．"This is the first study of the neurological reactions to human touch in a threatening situation．" said Dr．Coan．

1．The study shows that _____can be the best way to lessen stress for women．

       A．high-quality marriages                   B．holding their husband's hand

       C．getting married                    D．being strong and happy

2．How do the researchers create the threatening situation in the experiment?

       A．Forcing the women to hold the hand of a stranger．

       B．Giving the women a very mild electric shock．

       C．Putting the women in a dark and silent room．

       D．Telling the story of sad marriage．

3．According to the study, the larger decrease in the brain response to the threat, __

       A．the more satisfied you'll be with the marriage．

       B．the more disappointed you'll be with the marriage

       C．the more eager you'll be to get married．

       D．the less reliable husband you'll have．

4．We can infer that the passage could be published in            ．

      A．a book about love and marriage             B．a magazine on entertainment

      C．a section of home news in the newspaper  D．a science journal on psychology

An increase in the number of suicides in South Korea, has led policeman Yoo Byoung-jong to a new job. He patrols （巡逻） Seoul's bridges to stop desperate people from throwing themselves into the river．

According to South Korea's health ministry, suicide rates have doubled in a decade and are now the leading cause of death for people in their 20s and 30s．

The country has the fourth -- highest suicide rate among the 30 industrialized countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development （OECD）．It recorded 22．8 suicide deaths for every 100,000 people in 2003．That’s lower than Hungary, Finland and close neighbor Japan．But the number is growing by about 1 per cent each year, faster than for all other OECD nations．

In a move to cut suicides by a fifth by 2010, the health ministry is running a television ad campaign．It opens with a lonely man walking on a bridge．A voiceover says: "Think five minutes more before you give it all away．．．Don’t forget you have a loving family．"

Other ministry plans include setting up more hotlines and training more suicide counselors．Authorities are also limiting websites that provide suicide methods and sometimes even sell toxic （有毒的） chemicals．

Distressed individuals range from students worried about poor grades to people in debt as well as disgraced politicians．

Exports say the rising toll （死亡人数） in some way can be blamed on media coverage of recent high--profile suicides．These include top business leaders and celebrities （名人） who apparently lead a number of people to copy their actions．

"We saved 50 lives this year when people turned to bridges as a place to die after news reports of such deaths by “big shots" said the 38­- year- old Yoo, in December．

Last July, the government and civil associations urged media to avoid reporting specific methods and locations of suicides．But it is difficult to clearly give reasons for the suicide increase．

1．The passage is mainly about          

       A．suicide problems in Korea                     B．how to reduce suicides in Korea

       C．desperation                                         D．the relations between life and suicide

2．Suicide rates in South Korea          

       A．have done great harm to the economical development

       B．are going from bad to worse

       C．didn't draw special attention of the government

       D．arouse international concerns

3．It doesn't say but implies that          

       A．present hotlines are not enough for suicide counsellors

       B．people choose suicide as the way to end their lives because they are short of love

       C．cutting suicides by a fifth by 2010 is easy to carry out

       D．authorities manage websites efficiently

4．Lowering the number of reported suicides by celebrities in the media in Korea             

       A．will be limited

       B．didn't affect people's daily life．

       C．might cause fewer people to commit suicide

       D．damage the fame of media

5．Yoo Byoung--jong's new job to patrol Seoul's bridges has          

      A．made him suffer a lot

       B．prevented people from jumping into water

       C．burdened himself

       D．proved a good way to save lives