Only after the woman had her own child _______ how difficult it was to be a mother.

Michel is a young girl who works for the police   36 a handwriting expert (专家). She has helped    37  many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents (天才).

　　When she was fourteen, Michel was already   38  interested in the differences in her friends'   39 that she would spend hours  40  them. After  41  college she went to France for a   42  two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.

　　Michel says that it is  43  for people to hide their handwriting. She can discover  44  of what she needs to know simply   45 looking at the writing with her own eyes,   46  she also has machines   47   help her make    48  different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often   49  great help to the police.

Michel believes that handwriting is a good   50  of what kind of person the    51  is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow    52  I didn't like his handwriting. " She says. But she   53 she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman   54  she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be    55  , however.

The first newspapers were written by hand and put up on walls in public place. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC. In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.

The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant (每日新闻). It came out in March 1702.

In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston Newsletter (波士顿新闻通讯), the first newspaper published in the American colonies. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.

Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation (发行量) in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Dhimbun (朝日新闻).It sells more than 11 million copies every day.

1.The first daily newspaper came out in _____.

2.The first regular published newspaper in Europe was printed in _____.

3.The first printed newspaper in America came out in _____.

4.Today there are about _____ daily newspaper printed in the United States.

5.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

City buses are white and blue. Please board at the front door and pay the fare as you get on. The fare per ride is $1.50 for adults and $1.00 for senior citizens. The fare may be paid by cash, bus pass or multiple passes. Please pay the exact amount directly into the slot at the top of the fare box. Remember that bills are not accepted and drivers cannot make change for riders.

When you wish to get off the bus, please notify the driver in advance by pressing one of the buttons provided throughout the bus for this purpose. The bus may pass bus stops without stopping if no one is getting off or waiting to get on.

There are five subway lines in the city. The fare is set at five rates from $2.00 to $3.50 according to the number of predetermined “price zones” traveled. To purchase the appropriate ticket, please check the fare on the boards installed above the ticket-selling machines in each subway station.

Pass through the automated ticket gates by inserting the ticket into the slot. When getting off the subway at a station beyond the validity of the ticket, pay the additional fare at a fare-adjustment machine.

1.What is the lowest cost of a subway ride for an adult?

2.How can a rider determine the fare of a subway ride?

3.Bus riders can NOT use _________.

4.According to the information, all bus riders should _________.

5.This text mainly tells us _________.

A traveller was staying in an Egyptian village. One day, she held up her camera to take pictures of the children. Suddenly the young ones began to shout at her. The traveller's face turned red and she apologized to the head for what she was doing, and told him she had forgotten that people in some places believed a person would lose his soul(灵魂) if his picture was taken. She explained to him the operation of a camera for a long time. Several times the head tried to say something, but he couldn't. When she believed that the head didn't fear any longer, the traveller then let him speak. With a smile, he said, "The children were trying to tell you that you forgot to take off the lens(镜头) cap!"

1.The children shouted when the traveller was taking pictures of them because ______.

2.The traveller made an apology to (向……道歉) the head because _______.

3.The traveller explained how to use a camera to the head because _______.

4.When the head smiled, it's clear that _______ .

5.Which of the following is NOT right?

GU Zhaodi, 60, had taken water for granted for years. In fact, no one in the beautiful lake city of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province had bothered to spare a thought on water.

But all that changed dramatically overnight last month when taps in the city ran dry. Due to a blue-green algae(藻类) outbreak in Taihu Lake, China’s third largest freshwater lake and the source of drinking water for 4 million Wuxi residents(居民), water from the city’s taps became dark and smelly.

“I can’t believe there is no water for drinking, let alone cooking and washing,”said Ｇu.

The lake was blanketed with the algae, giving off a strong smell of rotting meat. A stone thrown into it took a long time to sink. Experts said that algae usually boom because of hot water and rich chemicals like phosphor(磷)in the water.

“High temperature and a lack of rain in the past few months helped the growth of algae,”said Zhang Lijun, an official from the State Environment Protection Administration. “However, pollution from human activity should be most blamed for the disaster.”

Taihu Lake is surrounded by many small factories, whichsprang up in the 1980s.Inthe 1990s,many foreign-funded(外资的) companies joined in. The industries prospered(繁荣)，Wuxi has grown into one of the wealthiest cities in East China.

But that came at the price of pollution. The lake was treated like a waste dump(垃圾堆)，with factories emptying industrial waste and untreated sewage(污水)into it.

Although, after the government's effort, life in the city has gone back to normal, the one-week crisis（危机）rang a bell for the government and local people.“It's time to rebuild the beauty of nature, or our lives will be at risk,”said Gu.

“A safe environment comes first. Economic growth will be nothing without fresh water to drink and clean air to breathe.” said China Daily.

1.The following can help the blue green algae grow______

2.What can we learn from the passage?

3.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

4.According to the passage ,Taihu Lake________

5.The underlined phrase “sprang up” in the sixth paragraph means______

对标有题号的每一行判断并改正其中的错误：如果该行无误，在该行相应右边横线上画“√”；如果有误(每行只有一个错误)，请按下列情况改正：

此行多一词:把多余的词用斜线划掉（\）,在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号∧，并在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一词：在错的词下划一横线，并在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

I am very exciting to have received an e-mail from        76.        

you. I’m glad you have made such a great progress        77.        

that you can write your e-mail good Chinese. I read       78.        

your e-mail to my parents but showed them the photo you   79.        

sent it to me .How time flies! Our friendship has lasted  80.        

for several month .We have got to know and learned a      81.        

lot from each other . Yes, it is clearly that your life in82.        

your country is quite different from me . Thanks again    83.        

for writing to me. I’m looking forward to hear from      84.        

you soon. Best wishes to you and your family.              85.       

请以My Favorite Newspaper为题目写一篇100字左右的短文，介绍《21世纪报》（21Century）。短文内容应包括下列表格中所提供的内容。

My Favorite Newspaper

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Was it because of the heavy snowstorm in Europe ________ the flight had to be put off？

   A. which         B. so          C. why        D. that

----- I called at your house at about 7 o’clock yesterday evening, but you weren’t in.

----- I _____ a film in the cinema.

   A. saw          B. had seen         C. see         D. was seeing