Mr. Hail was a rich business man and lived in a big house beside a beautiful river.

    This river usually   1   in winter, and one year it did this very early,   2   by Christmas time it was covered with thick ice. One could walk   3   it easily, and some   4   people had even crossed it in motorcars with chains on their   5  .

    The sight of the ice gave Mr. Hall   6   . He decided to have a Christmas party on the ice. He would have all the   7   in his living - room carried out onto the ice, he would have pretty colored lights   8   all around．So he sent out   9   to all his friends, and on Christmas Day they all went   10   on to the ice. They were all in good   11   and thought that it had been a wonderful idea to have a party   12  , surrounded by the beautiful   13   , but at the same time with armchairs, servants, good food and plenty of   14  .

　　 The party   15   till late at night, and as the last guests said good- byes, Mr. Hall   16  himself on a very successful party.

    He had drunk rather a lot during the day, so he did not   17   early the next morning. In fact, it was nearly midday before he got up and looked out of the window.   18   he saw there made him surprised．The ice had   19   during the night or in the early morning and had carried all his living- room furniture and colored lights out to   20   with it！

1. A．rose

B．stopped

C．ran faster

D．froze over

2. A．because

B．at least

C．for example

D．so that

3. A．through

B．across

C．beside

D．cross

4. A．brave

B．strong

C．strange

D．poor

5. A．feet

B．legs

C．wheels

D．bikes

6. A．a blow

B．an idea

C．an opportunity

D．good conditions

7. A．savings

B．furniture

C．lights

D．food

8. A．hung

B．join

C．hanged

D．to shine

9. A．letters

B．telegrams

C．message

D．invitations

10. A．away

B．up

C．there

D．down

11. A．cars

B．spirits

C．health

D．clothes

12. A．on the ice

B．in the house

C．near the river

D．in motor- cars

13. A．factories

B．farms

C．gardens

D．scenery

14. A．trees

B．dancers

C．drinks

D．water

15. A．began

B．ended

C．went on

D．dismissed

16. A．congratulated

B．praised

C．declared

D．depended

17. A．raise

B．sleep

C．go to bed

D．wake up

18. A．What

B．That

C．When

D．Something

19. A．frozen

B．become thinner

C．turned thicker

D．broken up

20. A．river

B．his house

C．sea

D．the shop

    Enid’s wedding dress arrived at five o’ clock in the evening, just seventeen hours   1   her marriage!

　　 “I must   2, mother!” she cried, as she ran upstairs. Three minutes later Enid’s cries   3   her mother. The dress was   4   big for her. It was baggy (特别肥大) in the front, and the neckline looked   5  . Enid was in tears.

　　 “  6   it back to the dressmaker’s,” Mrs. Bale said．“She must alter(修改) it tonight. Hurry now. Take it   7   now and go.”

　　 The  dressmaker’s shop was closed．“CLOSED FOR ONE WEEK HOLIDAY,” said a notice on the door. Fresh tears rose to Enid’s eyes. She ran   8   again to her mother.

　　 “This is   9  ,” Mrs. Bale said．“What are we going to do? Shall I ask Mrs. Peters to help? She was a dressmaker once. I am sure she could alter it for you.”

　　 Mrs. Peters was   10   and began work. She could see   11   was wrong. She had to take in a lot of   12   at the front, and that was a big   13  . Then she altered the neckline ——in fact she    14   it again. At ten o’ clock the work was finished, and Enid tried the dress on. It  15   her beautifully.

　　 The three women were having a cup of tea   16   the door bell rang. Mrs. Bale   17   it and looked into the   18   eyes of a young woman. The woman was carrying a large flat box.

　　 “Does Miss Bale live here?” she asked   19    

　　 “Yes. She’s my daughter.”

　　 “Oh, I am glad I’ve found you! There’s been a mistake. Your daughter has my wedding dress, and I’ve got hers. And I’m getting married tomorrow!” she   20   the box to Mrs. Bale.

1. A．before

B．after

C．to

D．till

2. A．wear it

B．dress it

C．try it on

D．have it on

3. A．frightened

B．brought

C．surprised

D．excited

4. A．fairly

B．a bit of

C．too much

D．much too

5. A．all right

B．all wrong

C．suitable

D．perfect

6. A．Take

B．Sending

C．Fetch

D．Return

7. A．up

B．away

C．off

D．down

8. A．slowly

B．home

C．to the shop

D．to the church

9. A．unbelievable

B．unlucky

C．uncommon

D．unusual

10. A．brought in

B．taken away

C．absorbed in

D．dropped in

11. A．how

B．what

C．that

D．where

12. A．clothes

B．clothing

C．dress

D．material

13. A．job

B．work

C．dress

D．room

14. A．worked

B．repaired

C．made

D．measured

15. A．made

B．fitted

C．was fit for

D．turned

16. A．that

B．then

C．while

D．when

17. A．answered

B．closed

C．reached

D．walked to

18. A．glaring

B．sharp

C．worried

D．worrying

19. A．slowly

B．happily

C．cruelly

D．breathlessly

20. A．held up

B．held out

C．held back

D．held off

　　  Voluntary, or free unions, leave the choice of membership up to individuals. Not everyone must join the union, but enough people do join so that the union keeps power in the workplace. The purpose of this type of union is to establish a good living standard for employees and also to protect this standard during times of economic difficulty. Countries where this type of union is popular include most of Western Europe, Britain, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.

　　  Membership in bureaucratic unions is also voluntary, but because these unions are closely connected to political parties in the countries where these unions operate, members of the party include themselves as members of the union. This type of union's main purpose is to set up good relations between the ruling government and members of the union. Political and social reforms おare the main goals of this type of union. Bureaucratic unions are found in Latin America, and some Asian and African countries.

　　  When unions and employers do not see eye to eye on an issue, the union sends some of its workers to meet with the employers and try to reach an agreement. However, collective bargaining does not always sufficiently influence policy makers. When this technique fails to meet the union goals, a strike may be called. Strikes may take several different forms including pickets, sit-down strikes, and also general strikes in which labor for an entire region may stop. Unions have found that strikes are the most effective in times when unemployment is low and economic conditions are good.

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　　Feeling tired lately? Has the doctor said he cannot find anything wrong with you? Perhaps he sent you to a hospital, but all the advanced equipment there shows that there is nothing wrong. Then consider this, you might be in a state of sub health (亚健康).

　　Sub health, also called the third state or grey state, is explained as a border line state between health and disease. According to an investigation by the National Health Organization, over 45 percent of sub healthy people are middle-aged or elderly. The percentage is seven percent higher among people who work in management positions as well as students around exam time.

　　Symptoms include a lack of energy, depression, slow reactions, insomnia(失眠), agitation(焦虑), and poor memory. Other symptoms include shortness of breath, sweating and aching in the waist and legs.

　　The key to preventing and recovering from sub health, according to some medical experts, is to form good living habits, alternate work with rest, exercise regularly, and take part in open-air activities.

　　As for meals, people are advised to eat less salt and sugar. They should also eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, fish because they are rich in nutritional elements——vitamins and trace elements——that are important to the body.

　　Nutrition experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause unhealthy change in the digestive tract(消化道). They also say that a balanced diet is very helpful in avoiding sub health.

(1)According to this passage, which of the following is right?

[　　]

A．When you are in a state of sub health, you should stay home and keep silent.

B．When you are in a state of sub health, you should to go see a doctor and buy some medicine.

C．When you are in a state of sub health, you should have yourself examined in foreign countries.

D．When you are in a state of sub health, you should find out the reasons and relax yourself.

(2)Middle-aged people may feel sub healthy, because ________.

[　　]

A．they have used up their energy

B．they have lost their living hopes

C．they have more pressure in life and work

D．they begin to get older

(3)The answer of preventing you falling into a state of sub health is that you should ________.

[　　]

A．work hard　　　　　B．sleep more

C．keep relaxed　　　　D．take more medicine

(4)The underlined word“alternate”in this passage means ________.

[　　]

A．arrange by turns　　　　B．cause to take place

C．keep up　　　　　　　   D．take up

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　　Technology has been an encouragement of historical change. It acted as such a force in England beginning in the eighteenth century, and across the entire Western World in the nineteenth. Rapid advances were made in the use of scientific findings in the manufacture（制造）of goods, which has changed ideas about work. One of the first changes was that other forms of energy have taken the place of human power. Along with this came the increased use of machines to manufacture products in less time. People also developed machines that could produce the same parts for a product each nail was exactly like every other nail, meaning that each nail could be changed for every other nail. This means that goods could be mass production, although mass production required breaking production down into smaller and smaller tasks.

　　Once this was done, workers no longer started on the product and labored to complete it. Instead, they might work only one thousandth of it, other workers completing their own parts in certain order. There is nothing strange about this manufacturing work by today's standards. Highly skilled workers were unable to compare with the new production techniques, as mass production allowed goods of high standard to be produced in greater number than could ever be done by hand. But the skilled worker wasn't the only loser, the common workers lost too. Similar changes forced farmers away. The increased mechanization（机械化）of agriculture freed masses of workers from ploughing the land and harvesting its crops. They had little choice but to stream toward the rapidly developing industrial centers. Increasingly, standards were set by machines. Workers no longer owned their own tools, their skill was no longer valued, and pride in their work was no longer possible. Workers fed, looked after and repaired the machines that could work faster than humans at greatly reduced cost.

（1）In this passage, which of the following is NOT considered as a change caused by the use of scientific findings in the production of goods?

[　　]

A. Other forms of energy have taken the place of human power.

B. The increased exploitation of workers in the 19th century,

C. The increased use of machines to make products in less time.

D. The use of machines producing parts of the same standard.

（2）The underlined word this in the first paragraph refers to ________.

[　　]

A. the use of scientific findings

B. the practice of producing the same parts for a product

C. the human power being replaced by other forms of energy

D. the technology becoming the encouragement of historical change

（3）The underlined word this in the second paragraph refers to the change that ________.

[　　]

A. each nail could be taken the place of by every other nail

B. each nail was exactly like every other nail

C. producing tasks became smaller and smaller

D. goods could be mass produced

（4）According to the writer, highly skilled workers ________.

[　　]

A. completely disappeared with the coming of the factory system

B. were dismissed by the boss

C. were unable to produce goods of high standard

D. were unable to produce fine goods at that same speed as machines

（5）According to the passage, what did the farmers have to do with the coming of mechanization of agriculture?

[　　]

A. Many of them had to leave their farmland for industrial centers.

B. They stuck to their farm work.

C. They refused to use machines.

D. They did their best to learn how to use the machine.

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　　China's first astronaut 38-year-old Yang Liwei returned safely to earth Thursday morning, when his craft Shenzhou 5 touched down as scheduled after more than 21 hours in the earth's orbit. Chinese premier Wen Jiabao called the landmark debut flight a“complete success”. The descent capsule（返回舱）carrying Lt. Col. Yang Liwei touched down on the grasslands of the Gobi Desert, in central Inner Mongolia at 6∶23 am Thursday（Beijing Time）, the Beijing-based China's Aerospace Command and Control Center said. Minutes later, Yang grabbed the capsule hatch with his hand, pulled himself out, smiled and waved at recovery teams and reporters.“It is a splendid moment in the history of my motherland and also the greatest day of my life,”Yang, a former fighter pilot from Northeast China's Liaoning Province, said immediately after emerging. In an interview with CCTV, China's state television, Yang said he was“feeling excellent”. Shenzhou 5 landed at dawn, 4.8 kilometres（3 miles）from its designed landing target, the officials said.“The spaceship operated well,”the astronaut Yang Liwei said in his first publicized comments.“I feel very good and I am proud of my motherland.”After a physical exam on spot, Yang's condition was found as “good.”Li Jinai, the commander of China's manned space program, called Yang a“space hero”and a“national hero”. Following Yang's touchdown, China's premier Wen Jiabao immediately spoke to Yang from Beijing's command and control centre and offered his congratulations.

　　Within hours, Chinese space officials announced that the country's space dreams will continue with a“Shenzhou 6”mission, most possibly within a year. They said China also had worked out plans to conduct space walking by its astronauts, and eventually build up a space station. However, Chinese scientists ruled out building a space shuttle, like the United States.

　　Yang's flight came four decades after the former Soviet Union and the United States pioneered manned spaceflight. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth in April 1961. One month later, the United States launched Alan B. Shepard Jr.

（1）What is true of the first Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei?

[　　]

A. He is now a flight pilot.

B. He was helped to get out of the descent capsule.

C. He spent nearly a day in space.

D. He was called a“space hero”and a“national hero”by China's premier Wen Jiabao.

（2）China will carry out the following space programs in the near future except ________.

[　　]

A. space walking

B. setting up a space station

C. building up a space shuttle

D. sending up“Shenzhou 6”

（3）The underlined word debut means ________.

[　　]

A. first public appearance

B. space

C. carrying person

D. spaceship

（4）Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man in the world to travel in space.

B. The United States launched Alan B. Shepard Jr. about 40 years ago.

C. China is the third country in the world to carry out the manned space flight successfully.

D.“Shenzhou 6”will carry more than one astronaut in the mission.

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As you are students of English, it's very possible that you'll be interested in England. That's where the language was first spoken. But England is often called by other names. This often confuses people and I wonder if you know what these names mean. So, now I would like to tell you about this matter of names. I believe that you have heard people use the names--England, Britain or Great Britain. Let's see what each of these names means.

　　If you look at a map of Europe, you'll see a group of islands--one larger island off the northwest coast, one smaller and many tiny ones. These make up what is called the British Isles. The largest island of the British Isles is Britain. It is also called Great Britain. The smaller island is Ireland.

　　Britain is divided into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England. But sometimes the word“England”is used instead of“Britain”.Why so?

　　In ancient times, what is Britain now used to be three different countries. People in these different countries spoke different language. Over many years the three countries became one. England is the largest and richest of the three and it has the most people. So the English people take it for granted that their own name stands for the whole island.

　　There's another thing that confuses people: sometimes you may hear people say“the Untied Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. That is the official name of the country. Northern Ireland is only one sixth of the island of Ireland. The rest of the island is an independent state, called the Republic of Ireland. So we have the names of“England”,“Britain”,“Great Britain”, and“the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. Now do you know what each of them means?

(1)English was first spoken in ________.

[　　]

(2)Britain is divided into ________.

[　　]

A．England, Britain, and Wales

B．England, Scotland, and Wales

C．Wales, Scotland, and Great Britain

D．Great Britain, Wales, and Scotland

(3)According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

[　　]

A．Wales is the richest of the three

B．Scotland is the largest of the three

C．Sometimes England is used instead of Britain

D．Britain is the only name of the largest islands of British Isles

(4)The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is ________.

[　　]

A．part of Britain

B．part of British Isles

C．the official name of the whole country

D．the largest country of all mentioned in the passage

(5)Which of the following is an independent country?

[　　]

　　As you look up at the moon, you can use a simple trick （戏法）to find out if it's waxing or waning. We can tell the moon is waxing when it's on its way to becoming full. We can tell the moon is waning when it's losing silver each night.

　　Here's the trick. Look at the moon, and draw an imagining line where the centre would be if the moon were full. Start at the bottom, and draw the line up the middle and past the top of the moon. The line and the lit side of the moon will form either a lower case of “b” or “d”.

　　The “b” stands for “baby”. The baby moon is on its way to full moon phase （阶段）. It will appear to grow each night until it is perfectly round.

　　The “d” stands for “dying”. The dying moon is headed toward the new moon phase. It will seem to become smaller each night until it can no longer be seen in the sky.

　　As the moon travels round the earth the moon appears to change shape. But in fact, the sun is simply lighting up different parts of the moon.

　　No matter what phase the moon is in, you can use this trick. Every time, you'll find that you're right about what the moon will do next.

(1) When the moon is on its way to becoming full, we can tell ________.

[　　]

A．the moon is waning

B．the moon is dying

C．the moon is waxing

D．the moon won't appear

(2) When the moon is waning. The moon ________.

[　　]

A．will lose silver each night

B．will disappear in the sky

C．will become bigger and bigger

D．will become smaller and smaller

(3) What kind of the moon will appear to grow each night until it is perfectly round?

[　　]

A．The dying moon.

B．The waning moon.

C．The baby moon.

D．The moon of the night of every month.

(4) Which of the following statements is NOT true?

[　　]

A．The moon travels round the earth.

B．The earth travels round the sun.

C．The moon never changes its shape.

D．The sun is lighting up different parts of the moon.

(5) The best title of the passage is ________.

[　　]

A．The Moon Is Waxing

B．The Dying Moon and the Baby Moon

C．The Moon Is Waning

D．What Will the Moon Do Next

　　Students who say they never or hardly ever used dictionaries often speak English well but usually write poorly, because they make many mistakes.

　　The students who use dictionaries most do not learn especially well either. The ones who look up every new word do not read fast. Therefore they do not have time to read much. Those who use small two-language dictionaries have the worst problems. Their dictionaries often give only one or two words as a translation of English, but one English word often has many translations in a foreign language and one foreign word has many translations in English.

　　The most successful students are those who use large college edition dictionaries with about 100,000 words but do not use them too often. When they are reading, these students first try to get the general idea and understand new words from the context （上下文）. Then they reread and use the dictionary to look up only key words that they still do not understand. They use dictionaries more for writing. If they are not sure how to spell a word, or divide it into syllables （音节）, they always use a dictionary. Also, if they think a noun might have an unusual plural form or a verb might have an unusual past form, they check these in a dictionary.

(1) The writer tends to （倾向） think that________.

[　　]

A．choose a good dictionary, and you'll succeed in learning English

B．dictionaries are not very necessary to the students who learn English

C．it is very important for students to use good dictionaries properly

D．using dictionaries very often can't help to improve writing

(2) Judging from the passage, which of the following is WRONG?

[　　]

A．Dictionaries have little effect on learning to speak English.

B．No matter what new words you meet while reading, never use dictionaries.

C．Small two-language dictionaries have serious defects （缺陷）.

D．Reading something for the first time, you'd better not use dictionaries.

(3) This article mainly tells us________.

[　　]

A．that students shouldn't use small two-language dictionaries

B．what were the defects of small two-language dictionaries

C．why students should use large college edition dictionaries

D．what dictionary students should choose and how to use it

(4) The function （作用） of the first sentence in the third paragraph is________.

[　　]

A．to form a connecting link between the preceding （前面的） and the following

B．to raise the main point of the third paragraph

C．to end the subject talked about in the first two paragraphs

D．to change the subject to talk about something else

(5) Which is NOT mentioned （提到） in this article?

[　　]

A．How to make good use of a dictionary.

B．When to use a dictionary.

C．How to improve spoken English.

D．How to practise reading fast.

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  The first newspaper was written by hand and put up on walls in public places. The earliest newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC. In the 700's the world first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn't have a regularly published newspaper until 1690, when one was started in Germany.

　　The first regularly published newspaper in English was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and published once a week. The first daily newspaper was the Daily Courant. It came out in March 1720.

　　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 News Letter, the first paper published daily in the American colonies. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty newspapers. There are now about 1800 daily papers in the United States.

　　Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. It sells more than eleven million copies every day.

（1）It has been about _______ years since the first printed newspaper came into being.

[　　]

（2）In Europe the first regular newspaper was published in _______ .

[　　]

（3）The Daily Courant was the first daily English newspaper and published in _______ .

[　　]

（4）The passage does NOT tell us ________ .

[　　]

A. who printed the first American newspaper

B. why the government stopped the newspaper

C. who printed the first American daily news

D. where the first American newspaper was published

（5）According to the passage, which is NOT right?

[　　]

A. There are about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.

B. Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun has the largest number of readers in the world.

C. English language newspaper has the largest number of readers in the world.

D. Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun is a daily newspaper.