I had the privilege to visit the Bridge of Forgiveness in Palawan during the time when I was on the summer’s team.

After the long and exciting week,we had a chance to  21  the place where we were assigned(指定).We  22  the narrow hanging bridge made of two bamboos and a long rope which you can hold  23  for your life as you cross it. I was so afraid of  24 , especially here ,and I think most of us were not  25  to crossing so high a bridge  26 ,our team leader told us that we must cross this bridge in order to see the splendid falls that lie out on the other  27 .

“As you cross this bridge,think about  28  difficult,but it is possible”.

Many times in our lives we face 29 that we don’t expect---broken relationships,betrayal(背叛)of a friend, etc.,and all we can do is  30 . But I noticed that life must go on, and all the burdens must be  31  through forgiveness---forgiveness of yourself and others.

I didn’t understand my cousin  32  she told me I should  33  all those unfriendly guys with  34 . But as I grow older,I realize that lying in the past  35  and guilt will not serve me well.

Once I forgave serious  36  ,I noticed that I couldn’t forget them but every time I remembered them, I  37 . There aer no more pains brought just by the thought of them.

After all,life is good   38  all the hardships pains and difficulties,life teaches me to be   39  in facing and adversity（逆境）while at the same time it makes me  40  to those who suffer, If somebody does something terrible to me,I have to think back the bridge of forgiveness---difficult but possible.

It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble．That’s more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.

“I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville．As I got onto  Highway 40，blue lights and sirens(警笛)going.I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway．The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me．He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder．”

But Hyde couldn’t go after him．Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders，so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident．But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove，hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car．As it turned out，keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult．Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene.

Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination(目的地)．At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene．His help wasn’t needed.Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird，who by this time had developed something new to panic about．

“Just about that time，” Hyde said，“I saw fire coming out from under that car，with blue smoke and oil going everywhere.He’d blown his engine．Now he had to stop．”

“After I arrested him．I asked him why he was running．He told me he didn’t have a driver’s license(执照)．”

That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty---a thousand dollars for the new engine---not to mention the charges for driving without a license，attempting to run away，and dangerous driving．

1.The underlined word“panicked”in Paragraph 2 means       .

2.The driver of the Firebird suddenly speeded down the highway because         .

3.Which of the following statements is true?

4.Choose the best title for the passage．

Range

At present，there are five network firms---China Telecom，China Unicom，Jitong Communications，China Netcom and China Mobile---that are allowed to operate IP services in China．Each company has its advantages in service.

Charge

As the Ministry of Information Industry co-ordinates，the charges of IP calls of the five companies are the same，0.30 yuan per minute for DDD calls．4．80 yuan per minute for IDD calls，2.50 yuan for calls from the mainland to Hong Kong，Macao，and Taiwan，and 1.50 yuan from Shenzhen to HK，Zhongshan and Zhuhai to Macao．IP callers don’t enjoy discounts on holidays．

China Telecom has the widest coverage．All cities in China with telephone access and most countries in the world are open to China Telecom’s IP card．

China Unicom’s IP card can reach 29 cities nationwide and more than 130 countries and regions worldwide．Jitong IP can access(接通)12 cities in China and over 70 countries and regions worldwide．

China Netcom’s IP card can reach 14 cities in China and 149 countries and regions in the world.

China Mobile’s IP card is open to only six cities nationwide but can access more than 200 countries and regions worldwide.

Voice quality

China Telecom realizes its IP service by the public Intermet,therefore net congestion(拥挤)and voice delay may sometimes disturb conversations.The other four companies have their private data networks，which help to increase transmission speeds and improve voice quality.

Other services

China Telecom，Jitong and China Mobile offer account transfer services．Users can transfer the remaining sum of money on one card to another card.

Jitong and Netcom Link their services with bank cards．One can enjoy IP’s service without an IP card．Bank card users can make IP phone calls with their bank card numbers，so they needn’t buy new IP cards and remember the new numbers again and again．

As for customer service，China Telecom，China Unicom and China Mobile provide free hot line service，while Jitong and Netcom charge for their services.

1.Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?   

2.If we want to access more foreign countries and regions with better voice quality，we’d better choose         IP card．

3.When enjoying IP service，         .

4.The passage mainly talks about         .

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong．A day may begin well enough，but suddenly everything seems to get out of control．It seems as if a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen．Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time．The telephone rings and this means your troubles are beginning．While you are on the phone，the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table，destroying your half-prepared meal．You hang up hurriedly and attend to your baby．Meanwhile，the meal gets burnt．As if this were not enough to bring you to tears，your husband arrives,unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner．

Things can go wrong on a number of people on the road. During the rush hour one evening two cars hit each other and both drivers began to argue．The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner．She suddenly got into a panic(恐慌)and stopped her car．This made the driver following her stop suddenly．His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake．As she was thrown forward，the cake went right through the window and landed on the road．Seeing a cake flying through the air，a truck-driver had to stop his truck all of a sudden．The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck on the road．This led to yet another angry argument．Meanwhile，the traffic piled up behind．It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again．In the meanwhile，the truck-driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles.Only two dogs were enjoying themselves from the accident，for they were happily having what was left of the cake．It was just one of those days!

1.In the writer’s opinion         .

2.What did the police do after the accident?

3.When the telephone rings        .

4.From the story we can see_________．

London Thursday July 26(Reuters)--Ian Johnstone missed his girlfriend so much that he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose to her．The problem is that she flew in the opposite direction．

He and Amy Dolby even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.

Dolby，heartbroken when she arrived at Johnstone’s Sydney apartment to find he had flown to London，told the Times：“It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us.He is the most romantic person I have ever known．I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive(冲动的)people.We are always trying to surprise each other．”

After an 11，000-mile flight across the globe，she was greeted by Johnstone’s astonished flatmate asking what she was doing there.

“The terrible truth dawned when I found that Lan’s rucksack and most of his clothes were missing.I sat on the end of his bed and cried my eyes out．And that really annoyed me，”she said．

Johnstone，a 27-year-old bricklayer，had taken a year off to travel round Australia．But he was missing Dolby，a 26-year-old secretary，so much he got a job on a Sydney building site and started saving for a surprise.

He then flew home to Britain and went to her apartment armed with an engagement ring，champagne and flowers．

“I really missed Amy and I’d been thinking about her all the time．I thought she was winding me up when she phoned me from Australia．”he said．

Johnstone then asked Dolby to marry him on the phone．“I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted，”she said．

Dolby was given a short tour of Sydney by Johnstone’s friends and Johnstone had to stay in Britain for two weeks because he could not change his ticket．

1.According to the text，it seemed that       .

2.We can learn from the text that        .

3.When Johnstone asked her to marry him on the phone，Dolby didn’t know whether to laugh or cry because she had a mixed feeling of        .

4.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened in the story?

a.Johnstone flew back to Britain to propose to his girlfriend，Amy Dolby．

b.Johnstone started working at a Sydney building site．

c.Johnstone went to Amy’s apartment in Britain with an engagement ring．

d.Johnstone proposed to Dolby over the phone．

e.They were waiting for their connecting flight in the airport in Singapore．

f.Dolby called Johnstone from Australia．

Transportation and communication networks bring people together．Yet sometimes people themselves create barriers(障碍)to transportation and communication．

In some countries，laws stop people from moving freely from place to place．Over the centuries，many groups of people have been denied the freedom to travel because of their race，religion，or nationality．In the Middle Ages，for example，Jews were often forbidden to move about freely within certain cities．South Africa’s government used to require black Africans to carry passes when they travel within the country．Some governments require all citizens to carry identification papers and to report to government officials whenever they move．

Countries set up customs posts at their borders．Foreign travellers must go through a customs inspection before they are allowed to travel in the country．Usually travellers  have to carry special papers such as passports and visas(签证)．Some countries even limit the number of visitors to their country each year．Others allow tourists to visit only certain areas of the country，or they may require that travellers be with an official guide at all times during their stay．

Many of those barriers to travel also act as barriers to communication．When two governments disagree with each other on important matters，they usually do not want their citizens to exchange news or ideas freely．Countries often try to keep military or lndustrial information secret．

Today，people have the ability to travel，to communicate，and to transport goods more quickly and easily than ever before．Natural barriers that were difficult or dangerous to cross a hundred years ago can now be crossed easily．The barriers that people themselves make are not so easy to overcome．But in spite of all the different kinds of barriers，people continue to enjoy travel and the exchange of goods and ideas.

1.Choose the best title for the passage．

2.The author uses the examples in the second paragraph to tell people that_______.

3.Why do some governments limit the freedom of communication?Because they______.

4.We may learn from the passage that_______.

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

Jack:     It’s good to see you again. You are an engineer, aren’t you? 1.

Michael:  No,I worked in Canada for two years. It’s a good place.

Jack:     That sounds interesting,but I’m sure you are glad to be back. 2. .

Michael:  I’ve been seeing old friends,visiting my family, buying things for my new flat and just having a holiday. 3. .

Jack:     Haven’t you got another job?

Michael:  Yes 4.  But what about you?

Jack:     I’ve got a job in a company that sells office equipment-paper,typewriters---you know the sort of thing. 5. but I’m a salesman and I’ve been traveling all over Europe for the last two years, I’m still traveling and still selling I like working abroad.

E、Did you stay in England after you left the university?

F、I started working here a week ago.

G、I have been really busy these days.

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式(每空只写一词)

1. These colorful     (气球)make the garden more beautiful than usual.  

2.Customs officers examined all        (行李) at the airport.    

3.You should think twice,but not jump at a        (结论).       

4.          (非洲)is the second largest continent in the world. 

5.They like movies so they go to the        (电影院) almost twice a week.  

6.On hearing the story,they burst into           (笑声).

7.He promised that he would be back on             (星期四).  

8.They took           (拥有) of the house as their own.

9.He lay on his          (胃) secretly to watch insects fighting.

10.To tell you the           (真相),I don’t agree with you.

One afternoon,when I was on my way home, the sky 1.              

changed suddenly.Dark cloud were gathering. I began     2.              

to feel worrying because I didn’t have either a raincoat    3.             

or umbrella.It soon started to rain heavily                4.              

Just as I was hurrying home,I heard of someone calling  5.              

me from behind.I turned to have a look and find that       6.              

it was Jasime,a good neighbor of my,He immediately      7.              

offrerd to share his umbrella with me.We walked all      8.              

the way home.With Jasime’s help,I would have got        9.              

wet to the skin. How much thankful I was for his help!     10.

目前，一些学校校园内部浪费现象严重。为此，，你班要组织一次“杜绝浪费，提倡节约”的主题班会，请你写一份英语演讲稿，准备在班会上发言。提示内容如下：

注意：1、词数100~120个。

2、演讲的开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数。

Boy and girls，

May I have your attention， please? Now I’d like to make a speech here.                        

That’s all. Thank you.