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       The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for  21  a roll of gold wrapping paper．Money was  22  and he became very angry when the child tried to decorate a   23  to put under the Christmas tree．

24  , the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy．”He felt  25  by his earlier over reaction, but his  26  flared again when he found the box was  27  ．He  28  at her, “don’t you know that when you give someone a  29  , there’s supposed to be  30  inside it ?” The little girl looked  31  at him with tears in her eyes and said, “Oh, Daddy, it is not empty．I blew kisses into the box．All for you, Daddy．”The father’s face became  32  ．He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her  33  ．

It is told that the man  34  that gold box by his bed for years and  35  he was discouraged, he would take out a(an)  36  kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there．

In a very real  37  ,each of us as humans have been given a gold container  38  with unconditional love and kisses from our children, friends, family and God．There is no  39  precious possession anyone could  40  ．

A．buying   B．lending     C．wasting     D．damaging

A．tight      B．enough     C．short D．cheap

A．box       B．doll   C．book D．vase

A．Instead   B．However   C．Therefore  D．Meanwhile

A．disappointedB．excited       C．uncomfortable  D．glad

A．joke       B．anger C．joy    D．wonder

A．empty    B．full   C．decorated  D．broken

A．looked   B．shouted     C．called       D．pulled

A．hand      B．flower      C．lesson       D．present

A．somethingB．everything    C．anything   D．nothing

A．down   B．up     C．away D．round

A．blue     B．yellow      C．green D．red

A．understandingB．forgiveness    C．encouragement D．agreement

A．kept     B．put   C．locked      D．had

A．whatever     B．however   C．wherever  D．whenever

A．practical      B．imaginary C．valuable    D．important

A．world   B．society      C．sense D．family

A．given   B．filled C．covered    D．made

A．more    B．less   C．any   D．much

A．win     B．hold  C．buy   D．share

       Copenhagen, one of the world’s most bicycle-friendly cities, has begun turning its extensive network of cycle paths into bike highways in an effort to push more commuters (上下班往返的人) to leave their cars at home.

       Considered one of Europe’s two “bicycle capitals” along with Amsterdam, Copenhagen counts more bicycles than people and cycling is so popular that its numerous bike paths can become congested.

       Two-wheeler traffic jams are especially regular on the main Noerrebrogade thoroughfare (大街) used by around 36,000 cyclists a day. “You have to elbow your way (挤过去) to go forward and some cyclists aren’t always thoughtful,” complains 22-year-old university student Lea Bresell.

       The creation of bike highways “comes right on time”, says Danish Cyclist Federation spokesman Frits Bredal. “Copenhagen’s roads are overloaded with people who want to ride their bicycles in all kinds of weather,” he says.

       If in the 1960s Danes viewed the car as the symbol of freedom, the bicycle has assumed that role today, Bredal says.

       “It’s a means of transportation used by all social classes, and even politicians ride bikes,” he says.

       It is on crowded Noerrebrogade — the busiest bicycle street in Europe — that city planners have decided to build the first of Copenhagen’s environmentally friendly streets. The jammed bike paths will be widened up to four meters on either side of the road, which will itself be reserved for buses only.

       The idea is to make Noerrebrogade “Europe’s great cycling street”, says Andreas Roehl, the Copenhagen city’s bicycle program manager who is also known as “Mister Bike”.

       But Roehl is not content with making life easier for Copenhagen’s inner city cyclists: He wants to get suburbanites (郊区居民) out of their cars and onto two wheels as well.

       His goal is to increase the percentage of suburban commuters cycling to and from the city from the 33 percent it is today to more than 50 percent by 2015. Within the city, 55 percent of all commuters already travel by bike.

       Already Copenhagen stands out among other European capitals for its cycling infrastructure, counting more than 390 kilometers of bike paths.

61. What is the main idea of the passage?

A、Copenhagen is planning to build bicycle-friendly highways.

B、Copenhagen is planning to build highways.

C、Copenhagen is one of Europe’s two “bicycle capitals”.

D、Two-wheeler traffic jams are especially common in Copenhagen.

62. What does Lea Bresell think of the present bike traffic on the main Noerrebrogade thoroughfare?

A、pleasant                                                     B、Terrible

C、Cyclists are considerate                               D、Bike paths are not made full use of

63. We can infer that _______.

A、most of people in Copenhagen can’t afford to buy cars

B、hiking is very common in Copenhagen

C、cars will not be allowed to run on the widened Noerrebrogade thoroughfare

D、Noerrebrogade thoroughfare will be deserted

64. How do suburban commuters travel to and from the city in Copenhagen at present?

A、More than half of the suburban commuters travel by bike.

B、Almost all the suburban commuters take buses.

C、Few suburban commuters travel by car.

D、About one third of the suburban commuters travel by bike.

65. According to the passage, what do you know about Copenhagen?

A、Copenhagen possibly has the longest among European capitals.

B、Copenhagen has the longest history among European capitals.

C、Copenhagen has the largest population among European capitals.

D、Copenhagen is the biggest in size among European capitals.

As China mourned the (31) ________ (die) from the catastrophic earthquake that hit Sichuan Province, the media across the country paid its respect (32) _________ returning to black and white. For example, some logos on the Internet ran entirely (33) ________ color.

It is the first time in my life (34) ________ we have felt the whole nation act as one. It is a sober period but a moment full of hope and (35) _________(strong). It is a display of humanism and respect for life in a more open civil society.

During three days of national mourning (36) _________(order) by the government, national flags were flying at half-mast (37) ________ public entertainment have been canceled. The public were asked to stand in silence for three minutes from 2:28 pm on Monday, the time the deadly quake hit on May 12.

“I was so lucky (38) ________ (survive) the disaster.” Said Sluck, a student studying at Sichuan University, who still remembers screaming. “We all are involved in the catastrophe. Everyone is sad, but tears will only blur (39) _________ vision. We must be strong in order to see clearly and walk straight. We (40) ________ (convince) that all will be fine with joint efforts nationwide and worldwide.”

A terrifying example of the sea’s power saw 125,000 people die in 12 different countries last week. The destruction was caused when a very big 16 sent tsunamis (海啸) smashing into Indian Ocean coastlines.

Communities in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and East Africa have been 17 by the huge waves. Whole towns were simply swept aside by the power of the water. Cars, trains and buildings could not 18, let alone the people who stood 19.

The earthquake 20 9.0 on he Richter scale and occurred 21 the coast of Indonesia. It was 22 as the fifth strongest since 1990.

Scientists said the quake was as 23 an a million of the atom bombs that were 24 on Japan during World War Ⅱ. “This may be the worst natural disaster in recent history 25 it is a affecting so many heavily populated coastal areas,” said Jan England, a UN official.

Because such waves 26 happen in he Indian Ocean, there is no system in place to 27 coastal communities they are about to be hit.

Tsunami is Japanese for “harbor wave”. They are usually caused by a sudden 28 or fall of he part of the Earth crust (地壳) under the ocean. Tsunamis often happen in oceans and they are most 29 in the Pacific. Normally a tsunami includes a series of waves.

Tsunamis can be very long- as much as 100 kilometers-and be as far as one hour apart. They are able to 30 entire oceans without losing much energy. One of the most striking 31 about tsunamis is that an earthquake on one side of the Pacific Ocean can cause giant waves and destruction on the other side.

When the ocean is deep, tsunamis can travel unnoticed 32 speeds of up to 800 kilometers per hour. They can cross the entire ocean in a day or less. The wave may only be a few meters high in the ocean 33 when it is near the shore and reaches shallow water, the wave builds up very quickly in 34. Witnesses in some areas of Indonesia reported seeing up to 10-mieter high waves crash into the shore.

“Tsunamis travel 35 in all directions from the center of an earthquake and attack coastlines,” said Wong Qing-Tak, senior scientific officer at the Hong Kong Observatory. “They can easily suck people out to sea, cause flooding and destroy property.”

People have always communicated with __21___ . In the past when they couldn’t write ,they used simple symbols ( 记号) to send their message . Some groups of North America Indians were experts __22__ messages . For example , a small stone on top of a large one meant “ This is the way .” If there was another small stone on the right , it meant “Turn right .” Some grass with a knot ( 结)meant “ Danger ”__23__ .

    Maybe you know that in the forests of Africa , it _24___ to travel from village . But drum ( 鼓 ) __25__ from many kilometers away . So , some groups of Africans made their drums __26____ like people .

      The Incas ( 印加人 )of South America used to send messages by typing knots in a rope. Messages have been found , but __27___ can understand __28___ they mean . And the Egyptians used pictures as a kind of ___29__ but only _30____ people __31___ to understand them .

      Today , we also use __32___ . When we are in a car and we see a red light , we stop the car . When a mother says to her child ,” Eat your cake!” the child eats the cake sometimes . The red light and the words of the mother are __33___ . And it is a ___34__ that the basic means of communication between people is , of course , sounds .

      Maybe you know that there are more than __35___ languages in the world today . And about 13 of them are spoken by large groups of people . Languages of the world are both similar ( 相似) __36__ different . They are similar because we can talk and write about the same things and they are different because we talk and write about these things in __37___ ways and we use different __38___ .

       It is __39___ that we have to learn a second language _40___ communicate with people who do not speak our language .

      21. A. one other     B. each another     C. one another     D. anothers

      22 .A. at sending    B. is spreading      C. at publishing    D. is giving

      23. A. and other    B. and so on        C. and the rest     D. and like

      24 . A. used be difficult  B. used be easy  C. used to be difficult  D. used to be easy

      25 . A. will be heard  B. heard          C. could hear      D. could be heard

      26. A. “say”       B. “speak”         C. “tell ”      D. “shout ”

      27. A . anybody      B. somebody      C. everybody      D. nobody

      28. A. that           B. how           C . what’s        D. what

      29. A. hearing       B. speaking         C . writing       D . reading

      30 . A. little        B. a little           C. few          D. a few

      31. A. were learned  B. were taught    C. were teaching    D. had been learned

      32. A. a lot of symbols  B. a lots of symbols   C . lot of symbols  D . a lot of symbol

      33. A. examples     B. orders        C . language        D. symbols

      34. A. matter       B. fact           C . reality          D . situation

      35.A. 1000         B. 2000          C .3000           D. 5000

      36. A. or           B. but           C. and            D. as

      37. A. same         B. similar        C. different       D. special

      38.A. symbols       B. signs         C. expressions     D. words

      39. A. no wonder     B. not wonder    C . not matter for wonder  D. a wonder

      40. A. in order that    B. in order to     C. so that         D. so as