(05·福建B篇)

Three months after the government stopped issuing（发放）or renewing permits for Internet cafes because of security（安全）concerns, some cafe owners are having financial（经济的）concerns of their own.

The permits were stopped suddenly three months ago by the government until new safeguards could be put in place to prevent misuse of the information superhighway, but for cafe owners it’s a business breakdown with no fix in sight.

“I handed in a request to open up an Internet café and received the conditions,” said the businessman Obeidallah. “I rented a place in the Sharafiah district at SR45,000 and prepared the place with equipment that cost me more than SR100,000. When I went to the local government after finishing everything, I was surprised to find that they’d stopped issuing permits for Internet cafes.”

Having an Internet cafe without Internet is much like having a coffee shop without coffee. “I’m avoiding closing the place, but it’s been more than three months with the situation ongoing as it is.” Obeidallah said. “Who will bear the losses caused by the permit issue?”

The decision took many cafe owners by surprise. “I asked to open an Internet café, and I was handed a list of all the things that were needed to follow through, such as a sign for the place, filling out forms,” said Hassan Al-Harbi.

“I did all that was asked and rented a place. And after the Haj vacation I went to the local government and they surprised me, saying that there are new rules that forbid the issuing of any more Internet cafe permits and that one can’t even renew his permit. I’ve lost more than SR80,000,” Al-harbi added.

As for the government, officials say a method to deal with it is on the way. But security concerns come before profit（盈利）.

60．The government stopped issuing or renewing permits for Internet cafes       .

       A．to prevent misuse of new safeguards in Internet cafes

       B．to make cafe owners earn less profit from their business

       C．to stop the use of the information superhighway on Internet

       D．to make sure of the proper use of the information superhighway

61．The government’s decision led to the fact that many cafe owners            .

       A．suffered heavy financial losses              B．asked to open up Internet cafes

       C．continued to operate Internet cafes        D．asked the government for payment

62．The underlined phrase in the last paragraph “on the way” means             .

       A．to be studied                                       B．to be put into practice

       C．to be changed                                      D．to be improved

63．The cafe owners found the government’s decision          .

       A．surprising and unacceptable                  B．understandable and acceptable

       C．reasonable but surprising                      D．surprising but acceptable

 (05·浙江D篇)

Supermarkets are trying out new computers that make shopping carts more intelligent (具备智能的). They will help shoppers find cups or toilet soap, and keep a record of the bill.

The touch-screen devices (触摸屏装置) are on show at the Food Marketing Institute's exhibition here this week. "These devices are able to create value and get you around the store quicker," said Michael Alexandor, manager of Springboard Retail Networks Inc., which makes a smart cart computer called the Concierge.

Canadian stores will test the Concierge in July. A similar device, IBM's "shopping buddy," has recently been test-marketed at Stop & Shop stores in Massachusetts.

Neither device tells you how many fat grams or calories are in your cart, but they will flash you with items on sale. The idea is to make it easier for people to buy, not to have second thoughts that maybe you should put something back on the shelf.

"The whole model is driven by advertisers' need to get in front of shoppers," said Alexandor. "They're not watching 30-second TV ads anymore."

People can use a home computer to make their shopping lists. Once at the store, a shopper can use a preferred customer card to start a system (系统) that will organize the trip around the store. If you're looking for toothpicks, you type in the word or pick it from a list, and a map will appear on the screen showing where you are and where you can find them.

The devices also keep a record of what you buy. When you're finished, the device figures out your bill. Then you go to the checker or place your card into a self-checkout stand and pay.

The new computerized shopping assistants don't come cheap. The Buddy devices will cost the average store about $160,000, and the Concierge will cost stores about $500 for each device.

53. The underlined word “they” (paragraph1) refers to_________.

       A．supermarkets       B．shop assistants    C．shopping carts    D．shop managers

54. Which of the following is the correct order of shopping with the computerized shopping carts?

a. Start the system.                     b. Make a shopping list.

c. Find the things you want.              D. Go to a self-checkout stand.

       A．abdc                   B．bacd                   C．acbd               D．bcad

55. We can learn from the last paragraph that_________.

A．intelligent shopping carts cost a large sum of money

B．the Concierge is cheaper than the Buddy devices

C．shop assistants with computer knowledge are well paid   

D．average stores prefer the Concierge to the Buddy devices

56. What might be the most suitable title for the text?

       A．New age for supermarkets                               

B．Concierge and Shopping Buddy                        

C．New computers make shopping carts smarter   

D．Touch-screen devices make shopping enjoyable

 (05·江苏E篇)

The twentieth century saw greater changes than any century before: changes for the better,

changes for the worse; changes that brought a lot of benefits to human beings, changes that

put man in danger. Many things caused the changes, but, in my opinion, the most important was

the progress in science.

     Scientific research in physics and biology has vastly broadened our views. It has given us a

deeper knowledge of the structure of matter and of the universe; it has brought us a better

understanding of the nature of life and of its continuous development. Technology m the application of science m has made big advances that have benefited us in nearly every part of life.

     The continuation of such activities in the twenty-first century will result in even greater

advantages to human beings: in pure science -- a wider and deeper knowledge in all fields of

learning; in applied science -- a more reasonable sharing of material benefits, and better protection

of the environment.

      Sadly, however, there is another side to the picture. The creativity of science has been

employed in doing damage to mankind.  The application of science and technology to the

development and production of weapons of mass destruction has created a real danger to the

continued existence of the human race on this planet. We have seen this happen in the case of

nuclear weapons, Although their actual use has so far occurred only in the Second World War, the

number of nuclear weapons that were produced and made ready for use was so large that if the

weapons had actually been used, the result could have been the ruin of the human race, as well as

of many kinds of animals.

   William Shakespeare said, "The web of our life is of a mingled yarn (纱线), good and ill

together. '’The above brief review of the application of only one part of human activities -- science

    seems to prove what Shakespeare said. But does it have to be so? Must the ill always go together with the good? Are we biologically programmed for war?

72. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

A.            B.             C.             D.

73.From the fourth paragraph, we can infer that________.

A. a great many nuclear weapons were actually used for war

B. a large number of nuclear weapons should have been used for war

C. the author is doubtful about the ruin of human beings by nuclear weapons

D. the author is anxious about the huge number of nuclear weapons on the earth

74.The underlined word "mingled" in the last paragraph most probably means________.

A. simple           B. mixed           C. sad               D. happy

75.What do you think the author is most likely to suggest if he continues to write?

A. Further application of science to war.

B. More reading of William Shakespeare.

C. Proper use of science in the new century.

D. Effective ways to separate the good from the ill.

 (05·江苏C篇)

The Sahara Festival is a celebration of the very recent past. The three-day event is not fixed to the same dates each year, but generally takes place in November or December. It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals.

     During the opening ceremonies, after the official greetings from the government leaders, people who attend the festival begin to march smartly before the viewing stands, and white camels transport their riders across the sands. Horsemen from different nations display their beautiful clothes and their fine horsemanship. One following another, groups of musicians and dancers from all over the Sahara take their turn to show off their wonderful traditional culture. Groups of men in blue and yellow play horns and beat drums as they dance in different designs. On their knees in the sand, a group of women in long dark dresses dance with their hair: their long, dark, shiny hair is thrown back and forth in the wind to the rhythm of their dance.

      The local and visiting Italian dogs are anxious to run after hares. The crowd is on its feet for the camel races. Camels and riders run far into the distance, and then return to the finish Line in front of the cheering people.

      Towards the evening, there comes the grand finale of the opening day, an extremely exciting horserace. All the riders run very fast on horseback. Some riders hang off the side of their saddles. Some even ride upside down -- their legs and feet straight up in the air -- all at full speed. Others rush down the course together, men arm in arm, on different horses. On and on they went. SO fast and so wonderful!

64. The Sahara Festival is a festival which________.

   A. has a very long history in North Africa

   B. is held in the same place on the same day

   C. is attended mainly by the people in the Sahara

D. is celebrated mostly by travelers from different countries

65. Before the races begin, ________ take part in the activities during the opening ceremonies.

   A. musicians, dancers, horses and hares

   B. camel riders, musicians, dogs and hares

   C. horseme.n, dancers, camels and dogs

   D. musicians, offi~:ials, camels and horses

66. The underlined word "finale" in the fourth paragraph most probably means the ________of the

   opening day.

A. f'irst part         B. middle          C. last part          D. whole

67. This passage mainly tells readers_______.

   A. what happens on the opening day of the Sahara Festival

   B. how people celebrate during the three-day Sahara Festival

   C. what takes place at the closing ceremonies of the Sahara Festival

   D. how animals race on the first and the last days of the Sahara Festival

 (05·山东C篇)

Millions of people visit Yosemite National Park every year to see the tall waterfalls and mountains. Thee mountains are a splendid sight when viewed from the valley floor. Lots of stores, hotels, and restaurants are needed to handle the crowds. Also, water, roads, and other service systems are part of the infrastructure(基础设施) that must be maintained

     Unfortunately，these systems are starting to break down. It’s not just in Yosemite but in national parks around the nation.
     Yosemite is thirty years old according to Dennis Galvin, a National Park Service worker. The park is not only old but worn out. Two or three times as many visitors come every year. That is too many visitors for the parks to deal with.
     Four years ago a storm washed out a water pipeline in the Grand Canyon. The National Park service had to send water trucks to provide water for the visitors. Last month pipes almost broke again and roads had to be closed for a while.
     Why hasn’t the National Park Service kept up the park repairs? There is a lack of money. The United States has 378 monuments, parks, and wilderness areas. Between three and four billion dollars are needs for repairs.
     Yosemite is one national park that does have money for repairs. It has two hundred million dollars but cannot spend it any way it chooses. When the park workers started widening the road, they were forced to stop by the Sierra Club. The club claimed that the road work was damaging the Merced River that runs through the park.
     A sierra Club lawyer, Julia Olson, feels that the infrastructure needs to be moved out of Yosemit. That way less pressure will be put on the already crowded park.
65. According to the text, the mountains in Yosemite look most splendid when they

are appreciated from ______.

A. the bottom of the valleys               

B. the top of the mountains
C. the side of the mountains               

D. the edge of the valleys

66. National parks like Yosemite in the U. S. find it increasingly difficult to meet the need of visitors because ______.
A. that transport management needs improving
B. they spend too much on their service systems
C. their service systems frequently go out of order
D. they need help from environmental organizations

67. The main problem of Yosemite National Park is its _______
A. rundown water pipes                      B. overcrowdedness
C. lack of money                            D. narrow roads

68. According to the text, the Sierra Club is most likely to be ______
A. an environmental group                  B. an information center
C. a travel service                        D. a law firm

 (05·山东A篇)

Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter, Maureen. With a checklist of criteria in hand, the Dallas family looked around the country visiting half a dozen schools. They sought a university that offered the teenager’s intended major, one located neat a large city, and a campus where their daughter would be safe. “The safety issue is a big one,” says Joe Mahoney, who quickly discovered he wasn’t alone in his worries. On campus tours other parents voiced similar concerns, and the same question was always asked : what about crime? But when college officials always gave the same answer —“That’s not a problem here,” —Mahoney began to feel uneasy.
    “No crime whatsoever?” comments Mahoney today. “I just don’t buy it. ” Nor should he: in 1999 the U. S. Department of education had reent-count: 2.0; mports of nearly 400,000 serious crimes on or around our campuses. “Parents need to understand that times have changed since they went to college,” says David Nichols, author of Creating a Safe Campus. “Campus crime mirrors the rest of the nation.”
    But getting accurate information isn’t easy. Colleges must report crime statistics(统计数字) by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity, leaving the honest ones looking dangerous. “The truth may not always be serious,” warms S. Daniel Carter of Security on Campus, Inc. , the nation’s leading campus safety watchdog group.
    To help concerned parents, Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to experts around the country to find out major crime issues and effective solutions.
 56.The Mahoneys visited quite a few colleges last August ________
    A. to express the opinions of many parents
    B. to choose a right one four their daughter
    C. to check the cost of college education
    D. to find a tight one near a large city
57. It is often difficult to get correct information on campus crime because some
    colleges ____
    A. receive too many visitors               

B. mirror the rest of the nation
C. hide the truth of campus crime          

D. have too many watchdog groups

58. The underlined word “buy” in the third paragraph means _______
A. mind                 B. admit               

C. believe              D. expect

59. We learn from the text that “the honest ones” in the fourth paragraph most probably refers to colleges _____.
A. that are protected by campus security
B. that report campus crimes by law
C. that are free from campus crime
D. that enjoy very good publicity

60. What is the text mainly about?

A. Exact campus crime statistics

B. Crimes on or around campuses
C. Effective solutions to campus crime

D. Concerns about kids’ campus safety

 (05·重庆E篇)

In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied (依赖) on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit (追求) of success, the development, of many other human qualities ia sadly forgotten.                                     '

However, while sonic seem to be lost in die desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only die winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: "I may have lost, but it doesn't mailer because I really didn't try. " What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one's self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (缓解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.

71. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A. Competition helps to set up self-respect.  

B. Opinions about competition are different among people.

C. Competition is harmful to personal quality development.

D. Failures are necessary experiences in competition.

72. Why do some people favor competition according to the passage?

A. It pushes society forward.           B. It builds up a sense of duty.

C. It improves personal abilities.       D. It encourages individual efforts.

73. The underlined phrase "the most vocal" in Paragraph 3 means _____.

A. those who try their best to win                 

B. those who value competition most highly

C. those who are against competition most strongly   

D, those who rely on others most for success

74. What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a "desire to fail"?

A. One's worth lies in his performance compared with others.

B. One's success in competition needs great efforts.

C. One's achievement is determined by his particular skills.

D. One's success is based on how hard he has tried.

75. Which point of view may the author agree to?

A. Every effort should be paid back.         

B. Competition should be encouraged.

C. Winning should be a life-and-death matter.  

D. Fear of failure should be removed in competition.

 (05·重庆D篇)

Everyone should visit a lighthouse at least once.

The most important reason for such a visit is to realize how our ancestors (祖先) battled nature with the basic tools they had. "They had only basic ways of creating light, and yet they found a way of using this simple technology in isolated(孤零零的) places to save ships from hitting rocks.

Secondly, visiting lighthouses will help us to understand the lives of lighthouse keepers. By their very nature, lighthouses were built on some rocks or cliffs. Thus, the lighthouse keepers often lived lonely lives. To walk around their small home and imagine the angry storm outside beating against the walls, is to take a step towards understanding the lives they had.

The reasons for a visit to a lighthouse are not all so backward-looking in time. It is true that lighthouses were built in out-of-the-way places. But on a pleasant sunny summer day, this very isolation has a natural beauty that many people will love to experience. Therefore, with the gentle waves touching all round the lighthouse, the visitor is likely to think it 13 a world preferable to the busy and noisy modem life.

Another reason for considering a visit is that the lighthouses themselves can be very attractive buildings. Mankind could often not be content just to put up a basic structure, but felt the need, even in such an isolated place, to build with an artistic touch. The result is a view for tired eyes to enjoy.

Finally, lighthouses have a romantic attraction, summed up by the image of the oil-skin coaled keeper climbing his winding stairs to take care of the light to warn ships and save lives,

67. What is the reason to look back into the past of a lighthouse?

A. To escape from the busy and noisy city.   

B. To look for die tools used by our ancestors.

C. To experience the natural beauty of a lighthouse.

D. To learn about the living condition of lighthouse keepers.

68. The underlined phrase "out-of-the-way" in Paragraph 4 means

A. far-away                    B. dangerous         

C. ancient                     D. secret

69. Lighthouses were often built with an artistic touch _________ 

A. to attract visitors             B. to guide passing ships  

C. to give a pleasant sight        D. to remember lighthouse keepers

70. How many reasons are mentioned for a visit to a Hothouse?

A. Three.       B. Four        C. Five.         D. Six,

 (05·重庆C篇)

"My kids really understand solar and earth-heat energy," says a second-grade teacher in Saugus, California. "Some of them are building solar collectors for their energy course. ” These young scientists are part of City Building Educational Program (CBEP), a particular program for kindergarten through twelfth grade that uses the stages of city planning to teach basic reading, writing and math skills, and more.

The children don't just plan any city. They map and analyze (分析) the housing, energy, and transportation requirements of their own district and foretell its needs in 100 years. With the aid of an architect ( 建筑师) who visits the classroom once a week, they invent new ways to meet these needs and build models of their creations. " Designing buildings of the future gives children a lot of freedom," says the teacher who developed this program. "They are able to use their own rich imagination and inventions without fear of blame, because there are no wrong answers in a future context. In fact, as the class enters the final model-building stage of the program, an elected ‘ official’ and ‘ planning group’ make all the design decisions for the model city, and the teacher steps back and becomes an adviser. "

CBEP is a set of activities, games and imitations that teach the basic steps necessary for problem-solving: observing, analyzing, working out possible answers, and judging them based on the children's own standards.              

63. The Program is designed _____.

A. to direct kids to build solar collectors          

B. to train young scientists for city planning

C. to develop children's problem-solving abilities  

D. to help young architects know more about designing

64. An architect pays a weekly visit to the classroom ______.

A. to find out kids' creative ideas            B. to discuss with the teacher

C. to give children lectures                 D. to help kids with their program

65. Who is the designer of the program?

A. An official.     B. An architect.         C. A teacher.   D. A scientist.

66. The children feel free in the program because______.

A.they can design future buildings themselves  

B.they have new ideas and rich imagination

C.they are given enough time to design models 

D.they need not worry about making mistakes

 (05·上海C篇)

Across the world, 1.1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water. More than 2.5 billion people lack basic sanitation.(卫生设备)

The combination proves deadly. Each year, diseases related to inadequate water and sanitation kill between 2 and 5 million people and cause an estimated 80 percent of all sicknesses in the developing world. Safe drinking water is a precondition for health and the fight against child death rate, inequality between men and women, and poverty.

Consider these facts:

●The average distance that women in Africa and Asia walk to collect water is 6 kilometers.

●Only 58 percent of children in sub-Saharan Africa are drinking safe water., and only 37 percent of children in South Asia have access to even a basic toilet.

●Each year in India alone, 73 million working days are lost to water-borne diseases.

Here are three ways you can help:

1)      Write Congress

Current U.S. foreign aid for drinking water and sanitation budgets only one dollar per year per American citizen. Few members of Congress have ever received a letter from voters about clean drinking water abroad.

2)      Sponsor a project with a faith-based organization

Many U.S. religious groups already sponsor water and sanitation projects, working with partner organizations abroad. Simply put a single project by a U.S. organization can make safe water a reality for thousands of people.

3)      Support nonprofit water organizations

Numerous U.S.-based nonprofits work skillfully abroad in community-led projects related to drinking water and sanitation. Like the sample of non-profits noted as follows: some organizations are large, other small-scale, some operate worldwide, others are devoted to certain areas in Africa, Asia, or Latin America. Support them generously.

72. The three facts presented in the passage are used to illustrate that________.

   A. poverty can result in water-borne diseases

   B. people have no access to clean drinking water

   C. women’s rights are denied in some developing countries

   D. safe drinking water should be a primary concern

73. The intended readers of the passage are________.

A. Americans                       B. overseas sponsors

C. Congressmen                     D. U.S.-based water organizations

74. The main purpose of the passage is to call on people to _________.

   A. get rid of water-related diseases in developing countries

   B. donate money to people short of water through religious groups

   C. fight against the worldwide water shortage and sanitation problem

   D. take joint action in support of some nonprofit water organizations

75. What information will probably be provided following the last paragraph?

   A. A variety of companies and their worldwide operation.

   B. A list of nonprofit water organizations to make contact with.

   C. Some ways to get financial aids from U.S. Congress.

   D. A few water resources exploited by some world-famous organizations.