—I’m trying to________on my job right now.

—OK，sorry for disturbing you.

A．concentrate　　　　　　　　　          B．fix

C．work                                                 D．go

A new plan for getting children to and from school is being started by a local government in Eastern England.This could end the worries of many parents fearful for their children’s safety on the roads.

Until now the local government have only been prepared to provide bus services for children living more than three miles from their school，or sometimes less if special reasons existed.Now it has been decided that if a group of parents ask for help in organizing transport they will be prepared to go ahead，as long as the arrangement will not lose money and children taking part will be attending their nearest school.

The new plan is to be tried out this term for children living at Milton who attend Impington School.The children live just without the three­mile limit and the local government have said in the past that they will not undertake to provide free transport to the school.But now they have agreed to offer a sum of money for a bus service from Milton to Impington and back，a plan which has the support of the school’s headmaster.

Between 50 and 60 parents have said they would like their children to take part.Final calculations have still to be carried out，but a government official has said the cost to parents should be less than ￡20 a term.

They have been able to arrange the service at a low cost because there is already an agreement with the bus company for a bus to take children who live further away to Impington.The same bus would now just make one more journey to pick up the Milton children.The official said they would get in touch with other groups of parents who in the past had asked if transport could be provided for their children，to see if they would like to take part in the new plan.

51．What is the aim of the plan?

A．To prevent the students’road accidents.

B．To relieve the traffic pressure.

C．To save time for the parents and students.

D．To help the parents save money.

52．How can the local government arrange the new bus service at a low cost?

A．By letting the bus run in the morning only.

B．By limiting the number of the students.

C．by obtaining the support from the headmaster.

D．By lining the new bus service with the existing one.

53．The new bus service will be paid for by________.

A．the parents

B．the local government

C．the bus company

D．the local government and the parents

54．Which of the following is possible if the plan is carried out?

A．The bus company will make much more money.

B．The children can choose whatever school they like.

C．The parents can get rid of their worries.

D．The students in Impington School can have free bus rides.

55．This passage is most probably________.

A．a personal letter                                   B．a headmaster’s report

C．an advertisement                                 D．a newspaper article

In the past 500 years，nothing about people—their clothes，ideas，or languages has changed as much as what they eat.The original (最初的) chocolate drink was made from the seeds of cocoa tree by South American Indians.The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s.And although it was very expensive，it quickly became fashionable (时髦的)．In London shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places.Some still exist today.

The potato is also from the New World.Around 1,600，the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe，where it soon was widely grown.The potato was the main food at Irish table.Thousands of Irish people starved (饿死) when the crop failed during the “Potato Famine” (马铃薯饥荒) of 1845～1846，and thousands more were forced to move to America.

There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World.But some others went in the opposite (相反的) direction.Brazil is now the world’s largest grower of coffee，and coffee is important crop in Colombia and other South American countries.But it is native to Ethiopia (埃塞俄比亚)．It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400’s.

According to an Arabic story，coffee was discovered when a man named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red fruits on a coffee bush.He tried one and experienced the “wide­awake” feeling that one­third of the world’s population now starts the day with.

46．According to the passage，which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?

A．Food.　　　　　　　　　　　B．Chocolate drinks.

C．Potato.  D．Coffee.

47．“Some” in the sentence “Some still exist today” refers to______.

A．cocoa trees                                         B．chocolate

C．shops                                                 D．meeting places

48．Thousands of Irish people starved because________.

A．they depended on the potato

B．they were forced to move to America

C．the weather conditions in Ireland were not fit for growing the potato

D．the potato harvest was bad

49．Coffee originally came from________.

A．Brazil                                                 B．Colombia

C．Ethiopia                                              D．Arabia

50．The writer used an Arabic story to prove that________.

A．coffee was first discovered by Kaldi

B．coffee was first discovered by Kaldi’s goats

C．coffee was first discovered in south American countries

D．coffee drinks were first made by Arabs

If you do not use your arms or your legs 36.____________some time，they become weak.When you begin using them again，they 37.__________(slow) become strong again.Everybody knows this and nobody would think of 38.__________(question) this fact.Yet there are many people 39.__________do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.

When someone says that he has a good memory，he actually 40.__________that he keeps his memory by practicing exercising it.41.__________someone else says that his memory is poor，he actually means that he does not give it enough chances to become strong.Have you ever noticed that people who cannot read or write usually have better memories 42.__________those who can？This is 43.__________those who cannot read or write have to remember things.They have to remember dates，places，names，songs and stories.44.____________their memory is the whole time being used.So if you want to have a good memory，you should learn from those people，train by remembering what you see，hear，feel and write.If so，you 45.__________have a good memory.

31．查理·史密斯去年去了法国，他的妻子是我的老师。

Charles Smith，__________________________________，went to France last year.

32．这本小说很动人，我已经读了三遍。

This novel，____________________________，is very touching.

33．众所周知，棒球在美国很流行。

__________________________________________，beseball is very popular in America.

34．他是一个学识渊博的老师，从他那儿可以学到许多东西。

He is a teacher of much knowledge，__________________________________.

35．不要靠近那座房子，它的屋顶正在维修。

Don’t get close to that house，________________________________________________________________________.

lose weight；be ashamed of；be embarrassed about；at least；follow one’s advice；recover from；work out；go on diets；put on weight；be dying to
21.Nowadays，many film stars__________________or take weightloss pills in order to stay slim.
22．After an operation，you must______________________________to help to recover.
23．Finally，the naughty boy________________what he had done.
24．If you are desired to be chosen to play the role of the slim girl in the play，first，you must________________.
25．The train leaves at 10∶45.Don’t worry；we have________________30 minutes to go there.
26．With a proper diet and good rest，he________________his illness quickly.
27．Though you are overweight，you shouldn’t______________________your body.
28．He________________have a flat of his own.
29．By________________regularly，you can feel you are full of energy.
30．It is easy to____________________if you eat too much fast food every day.

11．Sometimes it is hard to r________a friend’s voice on the phone.

12．Many students can’t sleep well due to p________of the examinations.

13．The best way to lose weight is to exercise r________and develop healthy eating habits.

14．She is c________as one of the best students in the class.

15．Millions of people were a________with HIV last year.

16．I don’t want to run the r________of losing my friend.

17．C________on his studies，he didn’t notice what was going on around him.

18．He has made great a________in the past few years.

19．The new medicine is safe for you and has no side e________.

20．Badly treated  by  his  step­mother，the boy was s________.

1．Nothing he did was right，______________？

2．He is unfit for the job，______________？

3．William daren’t call you a fool，______________？

4．I don’t think that Tom will win the first prize，______________？

5．Everybody knows we can win the match，______________？

6．Mary seldom goes to the cinema，______________？

7．He used to live in London，________________？

8．Don’t tell him the news，________________？

9．You must have met him yesterday，______________？

10．We must start right now，or we can’t get there on time，______________？

English  has  surely  become  the  global  language.Whenever we turn on the news to find out what’s happening in East Asia，or Africa，or anywhere，people are being interviewed and telling us about it in English.

If people look at the facts about the amazing reach of the English language，many would be surprised.English is  used in over 90 countries as an official or semi­official language.English  is  the  working  language of many international institutes (研究所) as  well  as  of most international research scientists.It is also the language that Indian parents and black parents wish their children to  learn.It is believed that over one billion people worldwide are now learning English.

One of the most important causes of the spread of English around the world is that Europeans are willing to accept it as their language.English is spreading from northern Europe to the south and is now the second language in countries such as Sweden，Norway，Netherlands and Denmark.If one visits any of them，it would seem that almost everyone there can talk in English.

Recently，a report said that at the beginning of 2001，English was the most widely known foreign language with 43% of Europeans saying they spoke it.The report also said that with over 89% of the population speaking English，Sweden now has the highest percentage of English speakers.What’s more，English is the language rated as most useful to know，and over 77% of Europeans who do not speak English as their first language consider it useful.

46．By writing this passage，the writer mainly wants to tell us________.

A．why so many people speak English around the world

B．that English has become a language spoken all over the world

C．about the development of English in Europe

D．something about the English­speaking countries

47．The writer mentions all of the following EXCEPT________.

A．Asia                                                   B．Europe

C．Africa                                                D．America

48．According to the passage，what has played an important role in spreading English around the world?

A．That governments have asked their people to learn it in school.

B．That English is the most beautiful language in the world.

C．That Europeans are willing to accept English as their language.

D．That people have to use English in their work.

49．What does the underlined word “rated” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Stood.                                                B．Agreed.

C．Considered.                                        D．Argued.

50．What can we learn from the passage?

A．Black parents don’t want their children to learn English.

B．English is used in over 90 countries as an official language.

C．Not all international research scientists speak English at work.

D．English has become the most important language in Sweden.

The child of today owes much of its pleasant school life to the work of Maria Montessori and others who felt as she did.

Maria Montessori was born in 1870 in northern Italy.Both her parents were well educated.

While Maria was a student，she took great interest in the study of the particular nature of the child’s mind.It came to her that small children should have freedom to learn.

Maria became a doctor and professor at Rome University.In 1907，after working with backward students，she was given a chance to try out her ideas on children.There were sixty children，aged three to six，in the Children’s House.The rooms were bright and colourful.Maria let the children make their own choice of what they wanted to do and work with their own speed.They became busy，peaceful and happy.

Maria Montessori was one of the world’s greatest teachers.She traveled in Europe，America and Far East.She thought that true education，providing for the real needs of the child，would produce wise and happy grown­ups and therefore a peaceful world.Her original way of education has changed our whole idea of what childhood is.

Maria Montessori died in Holland at the age of eighty­two.

41．The short passage is mainly about________.

A．the education of backward students

B．a new idea of education

C．the importance of proper education

D．the life of Maria Montessori

42．Maria traveled a lot in the world to________.

A．teach the backward students

B．enjoy her life in real nature

C．spread her ideas of teaching

D．study the situation of education

43．In what way did Maria teach the children in the Children’s House?

A．She taught them the best way of learning well.

B．She let them learn in a very pleasant way.

C．She taught them by showing them how to do things.

D．She just let them choose the most interesting subjects.

44．We learn from the passage that________.

A．Maria left her homeland in order to study abroad

B．Maria didn’t get married

C．Maria’s own parents were her teachers

D．Maria fully understood the child’s mind

45．Which of the following best explains why Maria was one of the world’s greatest teachers?

A．She created a new way in teaching，which changed the old idea of children’s education

B．She taught the backward students very successfully and produced a peaceful world.

C．She showed great love for the children and trained them in a new way.

D．She taught backward students in many different countries and let them learn freely.