---May I remind you that a Mr. Wang is waiting outside, sir?

---Oh, that’s right．I       about it

A．forget              B．forgot           C．had forgotten            D．have forgotten

Steve，a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents，was about to drop out of school．He had been  1  since his first grade．He was 2    until he met Miss White

3   he liked this beautiful teacher，he still failed and never did his   4 ．So he was often punished．

    One Friday，Miss white went  5  the test results of the seventh grade．“You all did pretty well，”she told the class，“except for one boy，and it  6  my heart to tell you this，but…”She  7  ，staring at Steve．“The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class!’’ All the other children looked at him．Steve  8  his eyes and carefully examined his   9  ．

    After that，things were not better．Steve still   10  do his homework．Even as the  11

became more severe，he remained stubborn （固执的）．

    “Just  12  it! One week!” He was   13  ．

    “You’re smart enough! You’ll see a change!” It didn’t matter to him．

    “Give yourself a chance! Don’t   14  up on your life!”  15 happened

    “Steve! Please! I care about you!” Wow! Someone cared about him?  16  Steve got it!

    From that moment on，  17 at home remained the same，but life still  18  ． He discovered that not only could he  19  ，but he was good at it! Steve began to excel（突出）!And he continued this course throughout his school life．

    Steve graduated from college Magna Cum Laude and had a successful career．In his following days，he inspired many young people，who without him，might not have believed in themselves．Miss White left him great treasure．She  20  one boy who has changed many lives．A change took place within the heart of one boy，all because of a teacher's care．

1．A．failing            B．joking                C．studying             D．applying

2．A．worried       B．cautious              C．unnoticed              D．anxious

3．A．In ease           B．Even though           C．As if                 D．Ever since

4．A．exam              B．cleaning             C．experiment             D．homework

5．A．along         B．over                  C．for                    D．with

6．A．moves             B．stops                C．opens                 D．breaks

7．A．complained       B．whispered           C．hesitated             D．concluded

8．A．dropped         B．shut                   C．opened                D．raised

9．A．marks          B．classmates           C．experiences          D．fingers

10．A．wouldn’t       B．couldn’t              C．needn’t              D．shouldn’t

11．A．attack          B．pain                    C．difficulty             D．punishment

12．A．forget         B．try                     C．make                D．bear

13．A．embarrassed    B．scared               C．unmoved             D．ashamed

14．A．give           B．check                         C．1et                   D．pick

15．A．Something       B．Nothing               C．Everything           D．Anything

16．A．Simply          B．Suddenly               C．Certainly             D．Naturally

17．A．study           B．work                  C．1ife                  D．1abor

18．A．lived            B．continued           C．enjoyed              D．changed

19．A．help             B care                     C．1earn                 D．inspire

20．A．saved                  B．found               C．comforted          D．appreciated

   “Yes，I'll be ready at nine in the morning．Goodbye，dear，and thanks again．”It had not been an easy telephone call for Mrs. Robson to make．Her daughter had been very kind，of course，

and had immediately agreed to pick her up and drive her to the station，but Mrs. Robson hated to admit that she needed help．Since her husband had died ten years before，she had prided herself on her independence．She had continued to live in their little house，alone．

    On the evening，however，she was standing at her living-room window，staring out at the SOLD notice in the small front garden． Her feelings were mixed．Of course，she was sad at the thought of leaving the house，as it was full of  many memories．But at the same time she was looking forward to spending her last years near the sea，back in the little seaside town where she had been born．With the money from the sale of the house，she had bought a little flat there．She turned from the living room window，and looked around at the walls．There was a small fish tank，with two goldfish in it．When asked why，her husband used to say，“It’s nice to have something alive in the room．’’Since he had passed away，she had always kept some goldfish，had always had something alive in the room”．

    The next morning，as her train was pulling out of the station，Mrs. Robson called to her daughter．“Kate，you won’t forget to collect the goldfish，will you? The children will love them．It’s…”，

    “I know．”Kate interrupted gently．“It s nice to have something alive in the room．”

1．According to the passage，we know that Mrs. Robson         

    A．was tired of living alone

    B．was not liked by her daughter

    C．did not like asking people for help

    D．did not want to be visited by her daughter

2．Mrs. Robson was going to          ．

    A．be in hospital               B．1ive with her daughter

    C．travel abroad alone         D．move to her hometown

3．The feelings of Mrs. Robson on her last night in the house were            

    A．sad and hopeful             B．regretful and excited

    C．sad and regretful           D．excited and hopeful

4．From the last two paragraphs，we can know that Mrs. Robson         ．

    A．enjoyed keeping pets at home

    B．missed her husband very much

    C．had the same hobby with her husband

    D．was worried about her daughter’s bad memory

Luggage

    We ask you to keep a medium-sized suitcase per person，but a small hold all can also be taken onto the coach

Seats

    Requests for particular seats can be made on most coach breaks（巴士旅游）when booking，but since seats are booked on a first come，first serve basic，early booking is advisable．When

bookings are made with us，you will be offered the best seats that are available on the coach at that time．

Travel Documents

    When you have paid your deposit（订金），we will send you all the necessary documents，so that you receive them in good time before the coach break leaving date Certain documents，for example，air or boat tickets，may have to be reserved and your guide will then give them to you during the break．

Special Diets

    If you require a special diet，you must inform us at the time of booking with a copy of the diet．This will be told to the hotels on your coach break．The hotels for certain coach breaks are tourist class and they may not have the equipment to deal with special diets．Any extra costs must be paid by yourself before leaving the hotel．

Accommodation（住宿）

    On any coach break there are only a limited number of single rooms．When a single room is available，it may be subject to an extra charge and this will be shown on the brochure page．

Entertainment

    Some of our hotels arrange extra entertainment which could include music，dancing，films，etc．The nature and frequency of the entertainment presented is decided by the hotel and therefore not guaranteed and could be withdrawn if there is a lack of demand or insufficient numbers in the hotel．

1．If you want to choose certain seats of the coach, you should          

A．take little luggage                B．avoid traveling in holidays

C．book your seats web in advance     D．arrive early on the leaving date

2．What should you do if you need a special diet?

    A．Bring your own food with you．    B．Tell the organizer while booking．

    C．Inform the hotel when you arrive．  D．Pay extra money with the booking．

3．It may be necessary to pay extra for           ．

    A．single rooms      B．particular seats     C．entertainment       D．hand luggage

4．Where is the passage mostly taken from?

    A．A fashion magazine．            B．A business report．

    C．A legal document．              D．A travel brochure．

Dear Jack，

    Thank you for your congratulations，my congratulations to you! I remember Margaret Field very well—the girl with that wonderful red hair and those beautiful eyes．She was the most popular girl in our college．You’re a very lucky fellow and I'm sure you’11 be very happy with her．

    Brenda and I are very lucky，too．Her father gave us this house as a wedding present，so we

don't have to pay rent．The house and furniture are insured already，so I can’t help you by giving you that kind of business．I wish I'd known earlier that you were in the insurance business．I'd

certainly have asked you to give me a policy for the house and its contents．

    I'm rather doubtful about the value of life insurance．It’s my duty，I know，to see that there will be money for my wife，and later on for the children，in the event of my early death．But I feel that it's wiser to put my money into the shares of good business companies．You say I can get policy that will provide 50，000 when I'm 65．Yes，but that time is nearly forty years away，and what will 50，000 be worth then? The real value of money has been going down and prices go up a little every year，perhaps only 4％or 5％，but the movement is always up，never down．50，000 in fifty years from now may be worth only two—thirds or even a half of what it is worth today．Now if I put my savings into the shares of the big oil companies，or aircraft manufacturers，the value of the shares will go up with the rise in costs and prices．So the real value of my money would remain about the same，wouldn’t it? I know your answer．You’ll say that your life insurance policy provides against my possible death．I've got to balance that possibility against the almost certain fall in the value of money·

    I'd very much like you to meet Brenda．Can you come for a weekend some time? What about next Saturday? If you can manage it，please let me know which train you’re coming by，and I’ll meet you at the station．We can have a talk about life insurance and perhaps you’ll succeed in making me see that life insurance is a good thing．

                                                             Yours sincerely，

                                                                   Fred

1．We can infer from the passage that              ．

    A．Margaret is Fred’s wife

    B．Jack is a customer of Fred

    C．Brenda is familiar to Margaret

    D．Jack，Fred and Margaret once studied in the same college

2．The underlined sentence” In the event of my early death” can be replaced by      

    A．when I should die young         B．if I should die young

    C．after I should die young          D．before I should die young

3．Which word can be used to describe Fred according to the passage?

    A．Narrow-minded．  B．Short-sighted．    C．Ambitious．   D．Practical．

4．This is a letter of        ．

    A．refusing  B．inquiring（询问） C．complaining    D． negotiating（协商）

More than 10 years ago, it was difficult to buy a tasty pineapple．The fruits that made it to the UK were green on the outside and, more often than not, hard with an unpleasant taste within．Then in 1996, the Del Monte Gold pineapple produced in Hawaii first hit our shelves．

       The new type of pineapple looked more yellowy-gold than green．It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside．But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit-and-miss pineapples we had known． In no time, the Del Monte Gold took the market by storm, rapidly becoming the world’s best-selling pineapple variety, and delivering natural levels of sweetness in the mouth, up until then only found in tinned pineapple．

       In nutrition（营养） it was all good news too．This nice-tasting pineapple contained four times more vitamin C（维生素C） than the old green variety．Nutritionists said that it was not only full of vitamins, but also good against some diseases．People were understandably eager to be able to buy this wonderful fruit．The new type of pineapple was selling fast, and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater．

       Seeing the growing market for its winning pineapple, Del Monte tried to keep the market to itself． But other fruit companies developed similar pineapples． Del Monte turned to law for help, but failed．Those companies argued successfully that Del Monte’s attempts to keep the golden pineapple for itself were just a way to knock them out of the market．

1．We learn from the text that the new type of pineapple is ______．

   A．green outside and sweet inside

   B．good-looking outside and soft inside

   C．yellowy-gold outside and hard inside

   D．a little soft outside and sweet inside

2．Why was the new type of pineapple selling well?

   A．It was rich in nutrition and tasted nice．

   B．It was less sweet and good for health．

   C．It was developed by Del Monte．

   D．It was used as medicine．

3．The underlined word “fixture” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to something ______．

   A．that people enjoy eating            B．that is always present

   C．that is difficult to get                D．that people use as a gift

4．We learn from the last paragraph that Del Monte ______．

   A．allowed other companies to develop pineapples

   B．succeeded in keeping the pineapple for itself

   C．tried hard to control the pineapple market

   D．planned to help the other companies

If you are a male and you are reading this, congratulations, you are a survivor．According to statistics, you are more likely to die of skin cancer than a woman, and nine times more likely to die of AIDS． Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you will die on average five years before a woman．

There are many reasons for this—typically, men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink and smoke but perhaps more importantly, men don’t go to the doctor．

 “Men aren’t seeing doctors as often as they should,” says Dr． Gullotta, “This is particularly so for the over 40s, when diseases tend to strike．”

Gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two． For those over 45, it should be at least once a year．

Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smoker’s cough for a year．

 “When I finally saw him it had already spread and he has since died from lung cancer,” he says, “Earlier detection and treatment may not have cured him, but it would have prolonged（延长）his life． ”

According to a recent survey, 95% of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70% of men in the same age group．

 “A lot of men think they are invincible（不可战胜的）” Gullotta says． “They only come in when a friend drops dead on the golf course and they think, ‘Geez, if it could happen to him, ’”

Then there is the ostrich（鸵鸟）approach, “Some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know,” says Dr．Ross Cartmill．

 “Most men get their cars serviced more regularly than they service their bodies,” Cartmill says．He believes most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive check-ups．

Regular check-ups for men would inevitably place strain on the public purse, Cartmill says．“But prevention is cheaper in the long run than having to treat the diseases．Besides, the ultimate cost is far greater: it’s called premature death． ”

1．What does the author state is the most important reason men die five years earlier on average than women?

A．Men drink and smoke much more than women．

B．Men don’t seek medical care as often as women．

C．Men aren’t as cautious as women in face of danger．

D．Men are more likely to suffer from fatal diseases．

2．Which of the following best completes the sentence ‘Geez, if it could happen to him,____（Para．8）?

A．it could happen to me, too．                 B．I should avoid playing golf．

C．I should consider myself lucky．             D．it would be a big misfortune．

3．What does Dr．Ross Cartmill mean by “the ostrich approach”（Para． 9）?

A．A casual attitude towards one’s health conditions．

B．A new therapy for certain psychological problems．

C．Refusal to get medical treatment for fear of the pain involved．

D．Unwillingness to find out about one’s disease because of fear．

4．What does Cartmill say about regular check-ups for men?

A．They may increase public expenses．

B．They will save money in the long run．

C．They may cause psychological strains on men．

D．They will enable men to live as long as women．

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An Announcement

Boys and girls,

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—Jane, which color do you prefer, red or blue?

—______．I prefer to buy a green one．

A．Either will be OK                               B．Both will be OK

C．To be honest, neither                            D．Generally, I’m not sure

I am not fond of ______ music very much, but I do like ______ music they are dancing to．

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