Mr. Jackson was tired of living in his old house in the countryside and wanted to sell it and buy a better one. He tried to sell it for a long time, but was not successful, so at last he decided to go to an estate agent（房产经纪人）.

The agent advertised(登广告) the house straight away, and a few days later, the owner saw a very beautiful photograph of his house, with a wonderful description of his garden in an expensive magazine.

Having read the advertisement through, the house owner hurried to phone the estate agent, saying, “I'm sorry, Mr. Jones, but I've decided not to sell my house after all.” “Why?” the agent asked in a surprised voice. “Because from the advertisement in that magazine I can see it's just the kind of house I've wanted to live in all my life.”

60. Mr. Jackson wanted to sell his house because _____.

A. he needed some money to support his family   B. his house was too old to live in

C. he wanted some money to buy a new one      D. he didn't want to live in the house any longer

61. The reason why Mr. Jackson went to the estate agent was  that _____.

A. he had failed in selling his house by himself

B. he wanted the estate agent to help him to get a good price

C. he was sure that the estate agent could help him

D. he wanted the estate to advertise his house in the magazine

62. At last Mr. Jones _____.

A. was successful in selling the house

B. felt sorry to have lost a sale by his doing too good a job

C. was satisfied with what he had done in the advertisement

D. didn’t understand why Mr. Jackson had changed his mind

63. What do you think of the advertisement in magazines?

A. They are worth reading. 

B. They usually make things far better than they really are.

C. They are a great help to those who want to buy something.

D. They describe things as they really are.

I am an English teacher, with over 15 years’ experience of teaching in London. I started the DailyStep audio email lesson service because I noticed that when I started their English course, my students’ speaking and listening skills were much weaker than their reading and writing skills. In my view, this is because education in school does not focus enough on communication skills. DailyStep is designed to remedy this situation by offering more practice in speaking, listening and vocabulary.

  I am crazy about the English language and it is a real pleasure for me to see the development of my students’ language skills.

  I majored in (以….为专业)law at university and then worked for three years as a researcher and journalist for Sky television and BBC magazines. I decided to change to English teaching because of my love of the English language and my wish to move into more satisfying work.

  Then I qualified (取得资格)as an English teacher in 1992. My first teaching job was at a language school in Covent Garden, London, where I taught examination classes and Business English . After two years, I moved to the Nippon Club where I taught General English and Business English courses for 9 years. I also developed a unique course called British Society & Culture, covering all areas of British life, such as politics, law, education & music. At the same time, taught Business， Financial& Law English in the financial centre of London. My students included staff （工作人员）from banks and law firms.

   As well as running the DailyStep website, I also provide in-company English speech training for companies in London. If you have an important speech coming up and would like some information about how I can help you, please email me at jane@dailystep.com.

66.DailyStep audio email lesson service __________

A. is an in-company service

B. teaches English communication skills

C. is designed for working people

D. provides English training for free

67.What does the underlined word “remedy” in Paragraph mean?

A. report   B. judge   C. improve   D. practise

68. What’s the CORRECT time order of the following events?

a. The author qualified as an English teacher

b.The author taught at a language school in Covent Garden

c.The author worked as a journalist for Sky television

d.The author taught in the Noppon Club.

A. cabd   B. cadb  C. cbad   D. cdab

69. We can learn from the passage that_______.

A. the author enjoys teaching English

B. all of the author’s students are adults

C. the author majored in English at university

D. the author knows little about how to make a speech

I received pictures of my daughter floating (漂浮) on a lake in California. Right there under the sun during the hottest time of the day, she has only her swimsuit to cover her.
    When I showed it to my students, it was as if I had shown them scenes from a horror (恐怖) movie.
    “But she will get dark,” they said.
    “That’s what she wants,” I told them. “We think darker skin (肤色) is beautiful.”
     They looked at me in disbelief. It was as if I came from the moon.
     For years, American girls spend their summer trying to get as tanned (晒黑) as possible. In China, on the other hand, girls use umbrellas all year round.
    What in the world is going on?
    The pale skin we think looks unattractive (不漂亮) is what Asian women want. Both groups want to meet their culture’s standard (标准) of beauty.
    In the US, if you can afford to go on vacation in the summer, you head for a river, a lake or a beach, where you try to get as much sun as possible. If you are rich you take a winter vacation in some sunny spot. Your winter tan shows your wealth.
    In China, once upon a time, the few wealthy were the ones who didn’t have to work out in the hot sun. So the whiter the skin, the richer the woman. The folk opera performers who play these ladies wore lots of white makeup (妆容). The tradition survives to this day.
    So it comes naturally that none of my students wishes to follow the Western ways in this regard.
    But now I am noticing that a new business – the tanning booth (美黑店) – started up in China. I admire those brave enough to define（给…下定义）their own idea of beauty, but I do wonder what their grandmothers would have to say to them about it!

59. The students were shocked at the picture the writer showed them because ______.
   A. they thought it shameful for a girl only to wear a swimsuit 

B. the writer’s daughter was wearing very little while out in the sun

C. it is dangerous for a girl to be out on a lake alone

D. with the powerful sunlight the writer’s daughter would have got a suntan
60. According to the article, which kind of woman meets the American standard of beauty?
   A. Women with blond hair.                                        B. Women with a slim figure.
   C. Women with tanned skin.                                        D. Women with pale skin.
61. In the US a winter tan usually means the person _____.
   A. is hard-working                                           B. doesn’t have to work
   C. has a lot of money and spare time                          D. is from a very poor family
62. The writer ______ the tanning booth started up in China.
   A. is not interested in                                                       B. doesn’t understand
   C. doesn’t like                                                                       D. has mixed feelings about

He was an old man who fished alone in a boat in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was now definitely and finally salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first week. It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff empty and he always went down to help him carry either the coiled lines or the gaff (鱼钩) and harpoon (鱼叉) and the sail that was furled around the mast (桅杆). The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat.

The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck. The brown blotches（斑点）of the skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords. But none of these scars were fresh. They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert.

Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.

“Santiago,” the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from where the skiff was pulled up. “I could go with you again. We’ve made some money.”

The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him.

“No,” the old man said. “You’re with a lucky boat. Stay with them.”

“But remember how you went eighty-seven days without fish and then we caught big ones every day for three weeks.”

“I remember,” the old man said. “I know you did not leave me because you doubted.” 

“It was papa who made me leave. I am a boy and I must obey him.”

“I know,” the old man said. “It is quite normal.”

“He hasn’t much faith.”

“No,” the old man said. “But we have. Haven’t we?”

“Yes,” the boy said. “Can I offer you a beer on the Terrace and then we’ll take the stuff home.”

“Why not?” the old man said. “Between fishermen.”

56. The boy left the old man and went in another boat to fish because            .

A. the old man preferred to fish alone              

B. the old man was unlucky

C. the boy’s parents ordered him to

D. the old man’s sail suggested a permanent defeat

57. After reading this passage, we may safely conclude that                 .

A. the old man was insistent and not afraid of failure[

B. the boy’s papa had confidence in everything

C. the old man caught big fishes during eighty-seven days

D. the boy obeyed his father because he had some doubts about the old man

58. What might happen after the last paragraph?

A. The old man and the boy might go to fish with other fishermen.

B. The old man might go to have a drink with the boy.

C. The old man and the boy might go to enjoy beer at the old man’s home.

D. The old man might go to tell the boy’s papa about the secrets between fishermen.

Tess still stood hesitating like a swimmer about to make his dive，hardly knowing whether to return or move forward，when a figure came out from the dark door of the tent．It was a tall young man，smoking

 He had an almost black face，though red and smooth．His moustache was black with curled points，though he could not be more than twenty, three or—four．There was an unusual force in his face，and in his daring rolling eyes．w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.

 Well，my beauty, what can I do for you?’said he，coming forward．And seeing that she was quite m a loss：'Never mind me. I am Mr.d’Urberville,．Have you come to see me or my mother?’

  This differed greatly from what Tess had expected．She had dreamed of an aged and dignified face．She tried to keep calm and answered —I came to see your mother, sir．

  I am afraid you cannot see her—she is ill in bed, replied the representative of the house；for this was Mr．Alee, the only son of the noble family．’What is the business you wish to see her about?’ w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.

 “It isn't business—it is—I can hardly say what!”

 “Pleasure?”

 “Oh no．Why, sir if tell you, it will seem—”

 Tess's sense of a certain ridicule was now so strong that, despite her general discomfort at being here，her rosy lips curved(弯曲)towards a smile, much to the attraction of the young man．

 “It is so foolish，she stammered(急急巴巴地说)：“I fear 1 can't tell you!”

  “Never mind；I like foolish things．Try again，my dear’said he kindly．

 “Mother asked me to come，’Tess continued；and，indeed，I was in the mind to do so myself. But I did not think it would be like this．I came，sir, to tell you that we are of the same family as you”

“Ho! Poor relations?’

“Yes．”

“Stokes?”

“No; d’Urbervilles.”

“Ay, ay；I mean d'Urbervilles．”

“Our names are worn away to Durbeyfield; but we have several proofs that we are d’Urbervilles. The local scholars hold the view that we are, —and—and we have an old seal（印章）and a silver spoon marked with the same castle as yours. So mother said we ought to make ourselves known to you, as we’ve lost our horse by a bad accident; we can hardly make a living.”

“Very kind of your mother, I’m sure,” Alec looked at Tess as he spoke, in a way that made her uneasy.  “And so, my pretty girl, you’ve come on a friendly visit to us, as relations?”

“I suppose I have,” looking less confident and uncomfortable again.

“Well—there’s no harm in it. Where do you live? What are you?

­—Tess of the d’Urbervilles By Thomas Hardy

67，How does Tess feel in the whole course of the meeting with Alec?

 A．Excited and hopeful．      B．Nervous and uncomfortable．

 C．Surprised but comfortable． D．Pleased but embarrassed

68．In the eyes of Tess，Alec is         ．

 A．forceful and daring           B．unfriendly and talkative

 C．a gentle and reliable man     D．older than she had expected

69．Why does Tess pay the visit to the d’Urbervilles?    

 A．To see Alec himself．

 B．To see Alec's mother．

 C．To confirm that are of the same family．

 D．To make known their relationship and seek help．

70．Alec appears quite friendly to Tess mainly because      ．

A．Tess is his distant relation           B．Tess looks polite to him

 C，Tess is a pretty girl    D．Tess looks ridiculous

Believe it or not, America’s favorite snack food is the potato chip. There is a story behind how it was first made. One might think that somewhere a genius thought up the first potato chips, but it didn’t happen that way. Picture an elegant restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1853. The Moon Lake Restaurant’s menu included French-fried potatoes, a popular food recipe brought back from France by Thomas Jefferson. These were thickly cut potatoes, fried until golden brown and crisp on the outside. One evening a guest in the dining hall felt that his potatoes were too thick and sent them back to the kitchen. The cook sliced some potatoes thinner than before and prepared them for the complaining guest. He was still not satisfied and sent them back again! By this time the cook was angry and decided to do exactly what the dinner guest wanted: slice the potatoes as thin as possible. Then they would be so crisp that the diner wouldn’t be able to use his fork to eat them. When the paper-thin browned potatoes arrived, the diner was pleased. He was so happy with them that other guests started ordering the new potatoes. The cook’s plan to stop the dinner guest from complaining did not turn out as he had planned. Soon Saratoga Chips appeared on the menu and became so popular that people wanted to take some home. The restaurant started selling small packages of the potato chips. A few years later, they were selling all over the United States. But because the potatoes had to be peeled by hand, it was a time-consuming task and potato chips were often out of stock. In the 1920s a mechanical potato peeler was invented and soon there were potato chips in abundance. They gradually spread all over the world, and have remained popular ever since.

56. According to this passage, mass production of potato chips was made possible when ________.

       A. potatoes could be peeled by machines         

       B. potatoes were peeled by a large number of cooks

       C. there was a growing demand for them        

       D. they first appeared in a Saratoga restaurant

57. According to this passage, the cook of the Moon Lake Restaurant _______.

A. enjoyed making potato chips very much  

B. planned to sell potato chips everywhere

C. wanted to silence a complaining diner        

D. was pleased that other guests liked the chips

58. Potato chips have been popular in the US _______.

A. for more than 200 years               B. ever since 1920

C. for less than 100 years               D. since the 19th century

Much as Robby tried, he lacked the sense of tone and basic rhythm (节奏). But he dutifully reviewed his lessons. Over the months he tried and tried, and often repeating to me “My mom's going to hear me play some day.”

But he seemed hopeless, with no born ability. A real bad advertisement for my teaching! I was so happy when one day he stopped coming.

Several weeks later my students are to have a recital (演奏会). To my surprise, Robby came, asking to play in the recital.

“But, it is for current pupils, you dropped.”

“My mom was sick. But I have been practicing. I've just got to play!”

I don't know what led me to agree, maybe ….

The recital came. I put Robby up last to play before my “curtain closer”, by which, I could save the recital if …

The recital went off well. Robby came up on stage, clothes wrinkled and his hair looked like he’d run an egg-beater through it. “How could his mom …?”

 Robby pulled out the piano bench and began. It was Mozart's work! I was not prepared for what I heard next. Like in a dream, I was then woken up by the wild applause, everybody was on their feet!

“I’ve never heard you play like that Robby! How'd you do it?”

Through the microphone Robby explained: “Well, Miss Hondorf, remember I told you my mom was sick? Actually she had cancer and died this morning. She was born deaf, tonight was the first time she ever heard me play. I wanted to make it special.”

My eyes were wet. He was not a student of mine, but a teacher!

63. What can be inferred from the underlined sentence?

A. The writer was fully confident that Robby would perform well

B. The writer thought that Robby would make the recital special.

C. The writer thought that Robby wouldn’t play at the recital then.

D. The writer had no confidence in Robby at all for the recital.

64. What made the boy succeed in the recital?

A. Love for his mother              B. Musical talent 

C. The writer’s help                   D. Regular practice

65. What made the writer think that Robby was her teacher, not student?

A. That he played better than her in the recital.

B. That he loved his mother more than she did.

C. That he never gave up.

D. That the audience gave him more applause than her.

66. What is the highlight of the recital?      

A. The writer’s performance                B. Robby’s performance.

C. Robby and his mom’s story.            D. The audience’s applause.

Pop singer star Britney Spears would feel happy(or amused)if she knew what her songs can do for some German farmers.

Recently, some farmers in Germany have been playing Britney’s songs very often on their farms. Not that they like her songs a lot, but that her songs can drive away the troublesome wild boars(野猪)！

As the boars are an endangered animal in Germany, people can’t shoot or kill them. Farmers there tried their best to stop the boars from destroying their crops but failed.

One day, one of the German farmers noticed that all the boars were scared away when he started to play one of Britney’s songs!

The farmer was delighted and then he tried some other singers on the boars. Madonna’s and Robbie Williams’ songs didn’t work at all.

Only Britney’s songs seemed to have the magical power. Every time her songs were played on his farm, the boars would go running away in a rush.

It’s reported quite a number of German farmers are using Britney’s magic songs to protect their vegetable and fruits.

59.The farmers play Britey’s songs on their farms so that_______.

A. they can protect their crops and fruits                   

B. they don’t feel tired from working

C. their crops may grow better                   

D. they can get some money from the music company

60.The farmers cannot shoot the boars because_______.

A. they are not allowed to own guns           

B. they are afraid the boars might attack them

C. the boars are protected by law               

D. the boars are owned by some other farmers

61.Which of the following statements is true ac-cording to the text?

A. Animals like to listen to music by different singers.

B. Not all the singers’ songs are liked by the boars in Germany.

C. Boars in Germany like Britney’s songs very much.

D. Britney’s songs seem to be quite different from other singers’.

Basil Hayward was a successful artist. He had nearly finished a picture of a very handsome young man called Dorian Gray. One day a friend of his, Lord Henry Wotton, saw the picture and wanted to meet this young man. A few days later, Lord Henry and Dorian Gray met at Basil’s house.

       “Ah, how lucky you are to be so young,” said Lord Henry to Dorian. “But time is your enemy.”

       “I wish I could always stay young and the picture could grow old. Oh, Basil, why should it stay young while I grow old? I wish the picture could change and I could stay as I am.” Dorian was beginning to fall in love with his own picture.

       A few weeks later, Dorian told Lord Henry that he was in love with a young beautiful actress, called Sybil Vane, who had a brother serving as a sailor.

       One night, Dorian took his friends to see Sybil acting as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. She acted badly, which made Dorian very angry with her. “But how can I pretend to be Juliet since I know what real love is?” she said. Dorian said that he had loved her because she was a good actress. Now he didn’t love her any more and so he left her.

       When he got back home, Dorian looked at his picture again. Somehow it was different. The face in the picture now had a cruel smile. He realized that he had been cruel to Sybil and would see her and make up for what he had done. But the next day, Lord Henry told him that Sybil had killed herself. When Lord Henry left, Dorian looked at the picture and found the face in the picture would become ugly, old and cruel.

       The years went by, but Dorian Gray stayed young and handsome. He enjoyed all the pleasures in his life. However, his picture changed and showed all the terrible secrets of his life. On Dorian’s thirty-eighth birthday, Basil Hayward came to see him. He was horrified when he saw the face in the picture and told Dorian to change his life. Suddenly, Dorian became very angry and took a knife and killed Basil.

       A week later, Dorian was in the country staying with some friends when he realized that the sailor, Sybil’s brother, was following him. The next day he went out walking with some of his friends who were shooting. His friend shot at an animal and there was a cry of a man. He killed the sailor. Dorian decided to change his life.

       “Maybe if I have a better life, the face in the picture will not be so ugly and horrible.”

       But when he looked at the picture, it was even more horrible than before. He decided to destroy the picture. He picked up a knife and stabbed（戳）the painting. There was a loud cry and a crash.

       The servants heard these and went into the room. On the wall they saw the picture of Dorian Gray as a young, handsome man. On the floor was a dead man, with a knife in his heart. It was the other Dorian Gray, and his face was old, ugly and horrible.

64. According to the story, Dorian’s wish that he could always stay young ________.

A. came true in his life                              B. brought him surprises one after another

C. brought him good luck                                 D. led to the loss of his girlfriend’s love

65. In Sybil’s opinion, ___________.

A. Dorian didn’t know what real love is

B. the love between Romeo and Juliet was unbelievable

C. She was, in fact, not a good actress

D. nobody could act Juliet very well

66. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the story?

A. Dorian really loved Sybil very much.            

B. Lord Henry had a great effect on Dorian’s life.

C. Lord Henry was always caring about Dorian.

D. Dorian killed Sybil’s brother by accident.

67. Which of the following do you think is the best title for the passage?

A. The Way to Stay Young Forever.                   B. A Person’s Real Beauty.

C. A Handsome Young Man.                       D. The Picture of Dorian Gray.

       What others thought was just an exercise routine to lose weight was, for Chen Yurong, a way to save her son’s life.

       The 51-year-old Hubei native knew she had to improve the condition of her liver in order for doctors to cut part of it out — and transplant it into her son’s body.

       So in February she went on a diet and marched about 10 km a day. The result was a successful 14-hour operation to save her son from a life-threatening liver disease.

       “In order to give my young granddaughter a complete family, I’d like to do everything to save my son,” Chen said before the operation.

       While Chen and her 31-year-old son, Ye Haibin, are now in stable condition at Tongji Hospital in Wuhan. He suffers from Wilson’s disease. Health experts said a living organ donation was not the best way for Chen to save her son, considering that about 1 out of 1,000 liver donors die after the transplant operation.

       “Living organ donation is just an alternative when there’s no suitable deceased organ donated,” said Chen Shi, an organ transplant expert. “It’s kind of a dilemma facing transplant doctors worldwide whether to do living organ transplantations, which involve potential health risks for the donor(捐献者), particularly in countries like China without robust (健全的) voluntary organ donations after death,” he said.

       Last December, when Ye was again rushed to hospital, doctors said that a liver transplant would be the only way to lengthen his life. That’s when Chen made the decision to give part of her own, as it’s even harder and more expensive to get a match from others.

       Vice-Health Minister Huang Jiefu previously warned that living organ donations involve risks for both donor and recipient. In the worst cases, both could die, he said. “We have had such tragedies in China before. The best way is to set up a nationwide deceased organ donation system and encourage more people to donate organs for life-saving transplants after death,” he said.

56.   In February, Chen Yurong marched 10 km every day because       .

       A. she just followed the present trend (潮流)

       B. she wanted to lose her weight by marching

       C. getting some exercise was her daily routine

       D. she tried to make her liver fit enough for the transplant

57.   The underlined word “deceased” (Paragraph 6) means       .

       A. cheap  B. safe    C. healthy       D. dead

58.   We can infer from the passage that       .

       A. Doing living organ transplantations is the only way to save a person’s life

       B. Chen Yurong marched 10 km a day as soon as her son was rushed to hospital

       C. not enough people are now willing to donate organs for transplants after death

       D. Chen Yurong’s son failed to come back to life after the 14-hour operation

59.   Which would be the best headline for the news story?

       A. Mother risks life to save her son’s.

       B. A successful living organ transplant.

       C. An effective way of losing weight.

       D. An organ donation system to be set up.