—Why do you look so upset?

—There are so many troublesome problems ____________．

A．remaining to settle                                  B．remained settled

C．remaining to be settled                   D．remained to be settled

Recent studies show that only one out of three people have strong and healthy self-confidence．That   1   two out of every three people simply don't know the   2   they already have to be successful when it's   3   there in their hands!   4   if you want others to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first．Remember: "No one can make you feel inferior（差的） unless you   5   them．" A successful businessman says, "You can't   6   anyone up a ladder unless he knows he can climb himself．"

Many of us have an image   7   , the image we have of ourselves．As one guy   8   it: "You can't win a horse race if you think you look   9   on a horse．" To succeed, the first person you have to   10   is yourself! So stop believing your own lies about yourself．Just   11   your mind and you'll change your life．

One of the most harmful   12   that can kill your success in life are the two little words: "I can't．" You know that people used to  13  ．that if human beings traveled faster than 30 miles an hour it would   14   our circulation of blood and kill us? Thank goodness a few people didn't believe that   15    thinking, or we wouldn't be riding in cars, buses, and flying in airplanes today．You'll never know until you   16   ．

Roger Bannister was the first human being to run a mile in less than 4 minutes．But  17  he did it, most people in the world didn't think it was even   18   ．Yet only weeks after Bannister did it, suddenly   19   all over the world began running a mile in less than 4 minutes! If we believe something can be done, we'll   20    do it．

1．A．means                   B．reflects               C．reads                  D．explains

2．A．chance                  B．strength              C．ability                 D．reason

3．A．immediately          B．properly              C．accurately           D．right

4．A．Because               B．But                     C．What                  D．While

5．A．let                        B．challenge            C．admit                 D．get

6．A．make                    B．bring                   C．urge                    D．push

7．A．quiz                     B．question              C．problem              D．mystery

8．A．matched                B．put                      C．took                    D．represented

9．A．curious                B．good-looking        C．serious                D．funny

10．A．beat                    B．promote              C．advertise             D．deliver

11．A．settle                   B．bend                   C．change               D．fix

12．A．requirements        B．efforts                C．measures             D．weapons

13．A．imagine               B．think                   C．expect                 D．doubt

14．A．start                    B．help                    C．stop                    D．continue

15．A．silly                    B．empty                 C．reasonable          D．terrible

16．A．try                      B．realize                 C．understand          D．judge

17．A．after                   B．before                 C．since                   D．because

18．A．accessible            B．unbelievable         C．possible               D．available

19．A．workers              B．runners               C．competitors         D．players

20．A．simply                 B．seldom                C．never                  D．usually

TWENTY-FIVE years ago director Stephen Spielberg captured the hearts of Western audiences with his family classic, E．T．Now his Hong Kong director Stephen Chow is trying to do the same trick in China．

Chow's latest movie CJ7, in cinemas now, is a heart-warming story about a poor migrant worker and his son．When a strange alien enters their lives, father and son learn a lesson about the value of family．

Chow hopes his movie will help to make family films more popular in China．

Family films have been the main part of the Hollywood market for the last 40 years．They have given audiences movies like E．T．, Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park．However, there are few of these movies in China, where expensive history films are more popular．

A family film is not simply a children's movie．It is a film that is not only appropriate for children, but appeals to the whole family．

According to Raymond Zhou, a famous film critic, these films are rare in China because "very few families go to the cinema together"．Because of this, there is little demand for movies that appeal to the whole family．

However, in the West, it is common for the family to sit down and watch a movie together．Tim Bridges, from London, says; "I love it at Christmas when I sit down and watch a movie with my family．"

All family films contain similar messages about being honest; remaining positive and learning there is more to life than money．According to the American movie reviewer, Dave Johnson, this is because "When parents watch a movie, they want their children to be learning good values"．

Just like when the alien in Spielberg's E．T．phones home to make contact with his family, Chow will hope Chinese audiences are tuned in and ready to receive his family movie message．

1．Which of the following movies does not belong to family films?

       A．E．T．                               B．Indiana Jones．

       C．Jurassic Park                            D．Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

2．What is the family film according to the passage?

       A．A kind of film that is meant not only for children but also for adults．

       B．A kind of film that is only suitable for adults．

       C．A kind of film that is suitable for children rather than adults．

       D．A kind of film that is not fierce and heart-breaking．

3．What is implied in the passage?

       A．Family films are very popular in the U．S．A．

       B．Many parents don't let their children watch family films in the U．S．A．

       C．The Chinese don't like family films．

       D．The movie CJ7 has nothing in common with E．T．

4．According to Raymond Zhou's words, we can know that ____．

       A．the Chinese don't need family films because they live in harmony

       B．the number of people in families in China is so small that the family films are not suitable for them

       C．in China family members seldom see films together

       D．there is great demand for family movies in China in the future

American economy after 1952 was the economy of a well-fed, almost fully employed people．Despite occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom An economic survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950s, may be typical as illustrating the rapid economic growth of the decade．The national output was valued at 10 percent above that of 1954 （1955 output was estimated at 392 billion dollars）．The production of manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it had averaged in the years immediately following World War Two． The country's business spent about 30 billion dollars for new factories and machinery．National income available for spending was almost a third greater than it had been in 1950．Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day, or about twenty-five million dollars every hour, all round the clock．Sixty-five million people held jobs and only a little more than two million wanted jobs but could not find them．Only agriculture complained that it was not sharing in the room．To some observers this was a threatening echo of the mid-1920's．As farmers' share of their products declined, marketing costs rose．But there were, among the observers of the national economy, a few who were not as confident as the majority．Those few seemed to fear that the boom could not last and would eventually lead to the opposite-depression．

1．What is the best title of the passage?

       A．The Agricultural Trends of the 1950s

       B．The Unemployment Rate of the 1950s

       C．American Economy in the 1950s

       D．The Federal Budget of 1952

2．It can be inferred from the passage that most people in the United States in 1955 viewed the national economy with an air of____．

       A．confidence          B．confusion           C．disappointment     D．suspicion

3．According to the passage we can get to know the national output of 1954 was about ____．

       A．353 billion           B．356 billion            C．280 billion           D．431 billion

4．Which of the following was LEAST satisfied with the national economy in the 1950?

       A．Economists         B．Observers           C．Politicians           D．Farmers

Electronic monitoring devices, mobile phone detectors and giant screens connected to close-circuit TV cameras. Does it sound like a high security operation? Well, the National College Entrance Examination（NCEE） in China is nothing less than that.

The education authorities' efforts to prevent cheating at the exam have gone almost unnoticed. The authorities launched the country's new monitoring system for the all-important exam yesterday. The system is based on local schools' networks and is connected to provincial headquarters, especially set up for the exam.

The government has plans to cover all the 31 provinces and regions in the next three years and offer the services for other national exams, too.

The records of students caught cheating during national tests, such as the college entrance exam, would be stored in the system and made available online for higher educational institutions' and future employers' reference.

But despite all these measures, cheating remains a big temptation for some candidates. The number of students caught cheating in last year's NCEE was 3,000, up from 1,300 in 2005. But this is hardly surprising because passing the NCEE is the only way most of the students can get access to higher education.

10.1 million students registered for this year's NCEE, 9.6 million taking the exam, but only 5.67 million would enter college. Among the successful candidates will be about 500,000 with special merits who will be admitted to universities directly, which means roughly 13 in every 24 candidates can actually enter college．That should explain why some students are temped to cheat during the exam．

Cheating in such a well-monitored exam is not an easy thing to do, says an MoE official, and it's very risky business too．The chance of a student getting away with cheating is minuscule．And if caught, he/she risks ruining his/her entire career because higher educational institutions and potential employers can always check his/her record．

1．The passage is most probably taken from ____．

       A．A politics textbook．                           B．A fashion report．

       C．A reference book                                D．A newspaper．

2．According to the passage, what will happen if a student is caught cheating in the NCEE?

       A．He/She will lose the chance to sit for more exams．

       B．His/Her behavior will be recorded, stored and made available online．

       C．He/She will get no records and lose the opportunity to go to college．

       D．He/She will be blamed and his/her career and life will be put an end to．

3．The underlined word "minuscule" in the last paragraph probably means ____．

       A．tiny                     B．impossible           C．difficult              D．incredible

4．We can draw a conclusion from the passage that ____．

       A．the education authorities are making great efforts to prevent cheating in exams．

       B．although it is very hard to succeed, many students take a chance to cheat in exams．

       C．honesty is still the best policy when it comes to exams．

       D．it is not easy to get access to higher education in China．

Summer in Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city, is the time for festivals．Between the end of July and the beginning of September, there are several different festivals which take place there．

The original Edinburgh International Festival started in 1947, and offered visitors a rich program of classical music, theatre, opera and dance．The same year the official festival began, and a handful of theatrical companies came to the festival without being invited and organized their own events, which grew into what is now called the Fringe Festival．

The term 'fringe' means something on the outside of the main event, but over the years, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has become the largest of all the festivals, and indeed the largest arts festival in the world!

The Fringe features performers and acts that are less traditional and more unusual than those in the International Festival, and includes a lot of stand-up comedy shows（即兴喜剧表演）, music and children's entertainment．The Edinburgh Fringe is regarded as an important place for up- and- coming stand-up comedians to perform at．

At the same time in Edinburgh there are various other festivals, such as the Jazz and Blues Festival, the Book Festival, the Film Festival, and even an Internet Festival! There is also a multicultural festival called Mela, which celebrates the diversity of people living in Edinburgh, in particular people with South Asian origins．

Edinburgh Castle is the site of one of the most splendid events - the Military Tattoo．A military tattoo has nothing to do with a tattoo（纹身） on your skin! It means a performance of military music, for example, by marching bands．In Scotland the military tattoo traditionally includes bagpipes（苏格兰风笛） and drums．This year the display will also include dancers, horses and motorbikes!

Though you have to pay to attend most of the events at the various festivals, there are several groups who organize large numbers of free events as well．

1．Which of the following statements about Edinburgh festivals is RIGHT?

       A．Edinburgh International Festival is the oldest art festival in the world．

       B．Only well-known performers are welcome to join in Edinburgh festivals,

       C．Every summer different kinds of festivals take place in Edinburgh．

       D．People have to pay to enjoy events of the festivals in Edinburgh．

2．The Military Tattoo is ___．

       A．something on the skins to make people look different

       B．a performance of military music by marching bands

       C．a traditional performance of bagpipes, drums and so on

       D．displayed in Edinburgh Castle every year for festivals

3．The underlined word "up- and- coming" in the fourth paragraph probably means ____．

       A．being likely to be successful and popular

       B．being likely to be a failure in the future

       C．being likely to be accepted sooner or later

       D．being likely to lose people's attention soon

4．What is best title of the passage?

       A．Summer in Edinburgh                          B．Edinburgh Festivals

       C．Edinburgh Castle                                 D．Enjoy Edinburgh

When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter（炼铜厂）, and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest．One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area．Paul knocked him down．From then on, something happened inside him．

Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office．He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back．The answer from that big industry was "No．"

Paul then went to college to study the science of plants．Unfortunately, his teachers said there weren't any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds．It would be a waste of his life to try to do it．Everyone knew that, he was told．Even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn't get his idea accepted．

Paul later got married and had some kids．But, his dream would not die．And then one night he did what be could with what he had．As Samuel Johnson wrote, "It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote．Attainable good is often ignored by minds busied, in wide ranges．" Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting．

And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass．For fifteen years he did this against the plain common sense．Slowly rabbits appeared．Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing．

Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has．It took him until his hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow he made to himself as a child．

1．When Paul was a boy, ____．

       A．he had decided never to leave his hometown

       B．the economy of Utah depended wholly on the copper smelter

       C．no laws were made to protect the environment against pollution

       D．he had determined to stop the copper smelter polluting the area

2．Why did Paul go to college to study the science of plants?

       A．He wanted to find out the best way to save the area himself．

       B．He was interested in planting trees since he was young．

       C．He wanted to get more knowledgeable people to help him．

       D．He thought his knowledge would make his advice more persuasive．

3．What does the underlined phrase "the plain common sense" probably refer to?

       A．That it was impossible for trees to grow on the wasteland．

       B．That his normal work and life would be greatly affected．

       C．That no one would like to join him in the efforts．

       D．That he had to keep everything he did secret．

4．The message of the passage is that____．

       A．action speaks louder than words

      B．perseverance will work wonders

       C．God helps those who help themselves

       D．many hands make light work

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项。（选项中有两个为多余选项）

M：Our firm's going to hire a new sales person．____1_____

W：Ok, sir．So what's your requirement for the new staff?

M：Well, first of all, _____2____

W：Yes, honesty is the essential quality．

M：Besides, _____3_____ because a qualified sales person should have the ability to deal with personal relationship with others．

W：Exactly．_____4____

M：College degree is a must．But theory or book knowledge is not the only thing．

W：_____5_____

M：Right．

W：I've got that, and I'll put the want ad on the newspaper as soon as possible．

M：Thanks a lot．

A．I think he or she should be honest and reliable．

B．Please prepare a want ad for me．

C．What do you think of honesty?

D．he should be easy-going

E．You mean book knowledge is not important ?

F．What about the educational background?

G．You mean practical working experience should be taken into consideration?

A foreign universities exhibition fair held at Zhijiang                      1．        

Hotel on March 18．Over 50 universities from 10 country                   2．        

open their doors to students who eager to go abroad to                        3．        

continuing their further study．More and more middle school              4．        

students have joined in the tide of going abroad．The                          5．        

lower-aged group has become the new highlight of this tide．              6．        

And whether early entry into international education means                   7．        

better education nor it pushes the young to leave their family                8．        

too early to discipline himself is discussed a lot by both                        9．        

parents and educators．How do you think of this tide of                      10．        

going abroad?

根据下列句子及所给汉语或首字母写出空缺处所需单词的正确形式（每空只写一词）

1．The present economic situation closely ______（像，类似）that of Europe in 1940．

2．The new secretary is quick, ______（效率高的）, and the boss is quite satisfied with her．

3．Later what he observed_______（确实，证实） their suspicions．

4．We aim to increase our ______（利润） by at least 5% every year,

5．Their school was closed because of the ______（流感）．

6．He was o______ in painting the wall when the telephone rang．

7．They are e ______ their school with new facilities and equipment of the modern technology．

8．The r______ of the town are proud of its new library．

9．We were s______ in traffic for over an hour．

10．I didn't scold him．I m______ told him what to do．