— Did you see the manager in his office?

—Yes, he ______ by the journalist from Chongqing Evening.

More bison were killed．The bison population is thought ______ from 60 million to just a few hundred between 1850 and 1910.

Don’t be worried about his safety．______, he is an eighteen-year-old young man.

A working party has been set up to ______ the financial problem of the company.

Nobody Benefits

NEW YORK—America has been experiencing the longest economic increase in its history．Incomes have risen, unemployment has fallen, and cities such as New York are bursting with new office buildings．

But just a short walk from Manhattan's skyscrapers, George Brown sits on the side-walk, cooking a lunch of rice and bits of fish over a can of cooking fuel．

Brown is homeless — one of the 2.3 million people in the US who end up on the street．

During the day, Brown collects aluminium cans and sells them for five cents a piece．At night, he sleeps on the street．www.7caiedu.cn

"I have been on the street about eight or nine years, something like that," said the 62-year-old former construction worker．

Brown admits he's had problems with alcohol and has smoked cocaine．But he said he still wants a more stable housing arrangement．He could afford it just with the money he earns by collecting cans and small pieces of metal, if only truly low-income housing were available．

However, he sees no hope of finding affordable housing in New York．

With the strong economy and unemployment down, beautiful housing is being built to meet demand．

A US report shows rents in New York city rose more than 27 percent between 1984 and 1999, from US $549 to US $700 a month．

One of the side effects of the strong economy is that rents have been going up．

The majority of people who experience homelessness really just need some affordable housing help．

But few housing companies have been built for the poor．Many small apartments in the city now rent for US $1,500 a month or more．

Brown, the homeless New Yorker, said he has a daughter who lives in the city but he rarely sees her．She is angry about his drinking and won't allow it in her house．

Smiling, he said he also has seven grandchildren whom he'd like to see more often．

"All I've got to do is clean up my act," he said．

1.What kind of life does George Brown lead?

2.From George Brown's life we can find that ______.

3.It can be inferred from this passage that ______.

4.If this passage comes from a paper, on which page would it be?

短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：每行只有一个错误，请按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：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。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：请在答题卡上作答。

It was 7:15 in the morning of February 8, 2007．I was               1.          

walking along Park Road towards the east while an                            2.          

old man came out of the park on the other sides of the                        3.          

street．Then I saw a yellow car to drive up and make a right               4.          

turn into Park Road．The car hit the man while she                           5.          

was crossing the road．He falls with a cry．The car drove off            6.          

at full speed heading west．I noticed driver was a woman                   7.          

wore a pair of glasses and the plate number was AC864.                     8.          

Two minutes late, I managed to stop a passing car, took the                 9.          

old man to the nearest hospital but paid for his treatment.                   10.                                 

In the face of ______ failure, it is the most important to keep up _____ good state of mind．

       A．/ ; a                B．a; /         C．the; /      D．/; the

The old couple preferred a flat in a small town to ______ in so large a city as Chongqing．

       A．this B．it      C．that         D．one

It is said in the book that Tomas Edison （1847-1931） _______ the world leading inventor for thirty years．

       A．would be               B．has been  

       C．was              D．had been

--- Grace won’t like it, you know．

       ---______ ? I don’t care what Grace thinks．

       A．So where  B．So what         C．So why    D．So how