The Sir Lankan coastline is filled with fishermen who use the sea as their main source of living. Their daily catch would define the life of their own and their families. But it only took a few hours to remove their life-long habitat right in front of their eyes.

Some fishermen had set sail on Christmas night. A very few were lucky enough to return the next morning. But none found any of what they left behind the other night. They were made to lose their families by the very waters that they used to love the most.

The few who made it through the day have been wondering about the meaning of their lives. They had used the sea for decades, but the sea used them for a single day. Is it justice(公平)? Or killing? What would become of them? For whom would they go fishing again? As they struggle with their conflicting feelings, they also come to remind themselves of their struggle for survival.

Where are they now? They didn’t leave the beach, or the sea. They will be back because the sea is their home and the only means of living, so they will continue in their fight for destiny(命运).

But will it be the same? Sadly not. Even though they force themselves to forgive, they can’t forget. They will never be able to get through the idea of a friend turning against them. That fear would always run deep in their hearts. As the fishermen get ready to take on their duties once again, each would take with them a frightful story that reminds them of the day of betrayal（背叛）, the day that rewrote their lives.

67. What did a few lucky fishermen find when they return? ________

A. Their family was alive, but their homes were destroyed.

B. Their family was dead and heir homes were destroyed.

C. Their family was dead, but heir homes stood still.

D. Their family came to welcome them.

68. What’s the writer’s wish to the victims ________?

A. They would live happily in the sea.

B. They would come back from the sea and live as usual.

C. They would be stronger to defeat the sea.

D. They would remember the sad story.

69. What does “a friend” in the last paragraph refer to? ________

A. A family member of fishermen.

B. A person that fishermen went fishing with.

C. The fishermen’s country.

D. The sea

70. What is the purpose of writing this text? ________

A. To remember those who lost their lives in the sea.

B. To show the writer’s anger to the sea.

C. To encourage other fishermen to struggle.

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1．Where are the two speakers?

[　　]

A．In a hotel.

B．At a dinner table.

C．At their house.

2．Which of the following is the most probable reason why Bill lost his job?

[　　]

A．He was usually late for work.

B．He often made mistakes in his work and asked for leaves.

C．He made a serious mistake in business with a company.

3．What do we know from the conversation?

[　　]

A．The man regretted inviting his wife's boss to the dinner party.

B．The two speakers enjoyed themselves at the dinner party.

C．The boss of the man's wife left the party earlier.

4．How does the man really feel?

[　　]

A．Surprised.

B．Light-hearted.

C．Worried.

5．When does the conversation take place?

[　　]

A．Before Saturday.

B．On Saturday.

C．After Saturday.

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6～7题。

6．How much does the tour cost?

[　　]

A．Ten yuan.

B．Eighteen yuan.

C．Eighty yuan.

7．What do you know about the guide-book?

[　　]

A．It's written in English and Japanese.

B．The woman had to buy the book.

C：It provides you with information about the places you will visit.

听第7段材料，回答第8～9题。

8．What do the speakers intend to do?

[　　]

A．To move into the new apartment.

B．To buy a new apartment.

C．To bargain with the manager.

9．What's the most possible relationship between the two speakers?

[　　]

A．A couple.

B．Manager and customer.

C．Neighbours.

听第8段材料，回答第10～12题。

10．Where does the conversation probably take place?

[　　]

A．At a party.

B．On the phone.

C．At the airport.

11．What is the man going to do?

[　　]

A．To have dinner with his wife.

B．To give a birthday party.

C．To meet his cousin at the airport.

12．What does the woman want the man to do?

[　　]

A．To attend her birthday party.

B．To pick her up at the airport.

C．To invite people to her party.

听第9段材料，回答第13～16题。

13．What was Timmy most interested in?

[　　]

A．Playing the piano.

B．Playing the violin.

C．Classical music.

14．What's Timmy's main purpose at the moment?

[　　]

A．Make some new friends.

B．Go to some concerts.

C．Learn from others.

15．What were they both weak in?

[　　]

A．Sports.

B．Music.

C．Theory of music.

16．Whom would they turn to?

[　　]

A．Timmy's uncle.

B．Lily's uncle.

C．Their teacher.

听第10段材料，回答第17～20题。

17．What is the speaker in charge of?

[　　]

A．A small supermarket.

B．A big supermarket.

C．A small branch of a big supermarket.

18．Why mary teenagers do shoplifting?

[　　]

A．They do it just for fun.

B．They used to stealing goods.

C．They are very poor.

19．Which methods of prevention we didn't have?

[　　]

A．Store detectives and sighs up.

B．Closed-circuit television.

C．Telephone with camera.

20．How about the price of goods in our shop?

[　　]

A．Expensive.

B．Very cheap.

C．Neither expensive nor cheap.

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1．What did the man do last night?

[　　]

A．He joined the Party.

B．He joined in a party.

C．He drank a lot.

2．How many subjects has the man passed?

[　　]

A．Five.　　B．Six.　　C．Only one.

3．What will the boy do for the girl?

[　　]

A．He has enough notes for both of them.

B．He has pencil and paper for her.

C．He will get some paper for her after class.

4．What does the woman want to do?

[　　]

A．To walk.　　B．To write.　　C．To work.

5．What do you suppose the two speakers most probably are?

[　　]

A．Two travelers.　　B．Neighbors.　　C．Teacher and student.

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6．What would the woman do if she failed to meet Jim in London?

[　　]

A．She would visit the English countryside.

B．She would telephone him to say hello to his family.

C．She would leave Britain much sooner.

7．What did Jim do during the woman's stay in London?

[　　]

A．To show her around the city.

B．To hire a car for her.

C．To teach her how to drive on the lefthand side of the road.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8．Where are the two speakers?

[　　]

A．On a plane.　　B．On a ship.　　C．On a train.

9．Why isn't the man going straight to London?

[　　]

A．To save money.

B．To visit other places.

C．To meet some Romanian friends.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．Where is the plant being built?

[　　]

A．Far away from the town.

B．Not far away from the town.

C．North of the town.

11．What is the plant built for?

[　　]

A．Producing trucks.

B．Dealing with waste paper.

C．Dealing with rubbish.

12．What can you conclude according to the dialogue?

[　　]

A．How to deal with rubbish is a big problem in their town.

B．They hope that another rubbish plant will be set up in their town.

C．Their plant can at least deal with 3,000 tons of rubbish every day.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．What was Timmy most interested in?

[　　]

A．Playing the piano.

B．Playing the violin.

C．Classical music.

14．What's Timmy's main purpose at the moment?

[　　]

A．Make some new friends.

B．Go to some concert.

C．Learn from others.

15．What were they both poor at?

[　　]

A．Sports.　　B．Music.　　C．Theory of music.

16．Whom would they turn to?

[　　]

A．Timmy's uncle.　　B．Lily's uncle.　　C．Their teacher.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．What did Alex do in the evening when he was a child?

[　　]

A．He told stories to his grandmother and aunts.

B．He listened to stories told by his grandmother and aunts.

C．He studied history of his family by listening to stories.

18．How did “the African” become a slave?

[　　]

A．He was poor and sold himself to a slave owner.

B．He ran away from a farm and was caught by a slave owner.

C．He was caught in a forest and sold to a slave owner.

19．How many times did he try to run away?

[　　]

A．Twice.　　B．Three times.　　C．Four times.

20．What can we learn from the story?

[　　]

A．All slaves were black people.

B．Slaves would never forget their past.

C．All slaves were shipped from Africa.

第一节：

听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1．When will the man use the bike？

[　　]

A．Next Monday　　B．Next Tuesday　　C．From today on

2．What did they want to buy?

[　　]

A．A pair of shoes　　B．A cheap shirt　　C．An expensive coat

3．What did the man want to do?

[　　]

A．He offered help　　B．He asked for help　　C．He didn't help

4．What did the man feel sorry for?

[　　]

A．Breaking the table　　B．Being late　　C．Getting the tablecloth dirty

5．How will the woman leave?

[　　]

A．By car　　B．By plane　　C．By train

第二节：

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段对话，回答第6至8题。

6．Where is Mum?

[　　]

A．In the garden.　　B．In the kitchen.　　C．By the door.

7．What did Sue do then?

[　　]

A．She went in to ask.

B．She waited there.

C．She asked Sandy to ask Mum.

8．What's wrong with their mother?

[　　]

A．She is feeling unhappy.

B．She's tasting vinegar.

C．She's cut her finger.

听第7段对话，回答第9至11题。

9．What did the man want to do?

[　　]

A．To get on board the plane.

B．To take a large thing on to the plane.

C．To travel without a passport.

10．Why did the man refuse to put the thing in the hold?

[　　]

A．It would be lost.　　B．It would be stolen　　C．It would be broken.

11．What is the most probable result of the conversation?

[　　]

A．The man got on board with his present.

B．The man had to put his pesent into the hold.

C．The man had to pay off more money.

听第8段对话，回答第12至14题。

12．What did the woman go to the office for?

[　　]

A．To ask for a job.

B．To see her friend.

C．To make fun of the man.

13．Why did the woman dislike working in the Middle East?

[　　]

A．She hated living there.

B．It was far from home.

C．She'd lived there for years.

14．Which place did the woman want to go?

[　　]

A．A larger country.

B．A nearer country.

C．A new and different country.

听第9段对话，回答第15至17题。

15．Who was the woman most likely?

[　　]

A．Tom's sister.　　B．Tom's mother.　　C．Tom's wife.

16．What did Paul go to Tom's house for?

[　　]

A．To have some tea.

B．To find out where Tom was.

C．To ask Tom to go to a party.

17．With whom would Paul go to the exhibition?

[　　]

A．Tom.　　B．His sister.　　C．His father.

听第10段独白，回答第18至20题。

18．What do people call the hospital?

[　　]

A．The model hospital.

B．The village hospital

C．The husbandandwife hospital.

19．Why was the hospital set up in Chen village?

[　　]

A．There was no hospital nearby then.

B．The village was the home of the founders.

C．The villages wanted a model hospital.

20．How many doctors and nurses work in the hospital now?

[　　]

A．Just two.　　B．Thirty.　　C．Over fifty.

More than one hundred thousand international students will spend this summer working and traveling in the United States. They are joining in the Summer Work Travel program through the State Department, a US government department that deals with anything connected with foreign countries. The idea is for students to work for up to three months and earn enough money to then spend a month traveling before they return home.

The Summer Work Travel program was started years ago. This year there are some changes. The State Department recently amended the employment rules. These changes follow a strike last summer by foreign students working for Hershey's chocolates in Palmyra, Pennsylvania.

The students said they were put to work for long hours in jobs that provided little or no contact with the outside world. The students complained about having to lift heavy boxes and to work overnight. They also complained about being paid so little money because part of the money they made had to go to the people who helped them to join in the Summer Work Travel program.

Now, the State Department doesn't allow the use of Summer Work Travel students in those workplaces where students have to carry heavy boxes, such as packaging plants. Also, most of their working hours cannot fall between ten at night and six in the morning. The students are also not allowed to work in workplaces that the government believes unsafe.

Daniel Costa at the Economic Policy Institute Washington welcomed the changes. He said, "That is good because it will protect the real foreign workers from getting hurt on the job. It' also protects US workers, many of whom don't have jobs."

Jacob Horwia is lead organizer for the National Guestworker Alliance, the group that organized the strike in Palmyra. "The changes to the employment rules really recognize the demands that the students asked for," he said, "and they can protect local workers who work in industries that use guest workers and also protect those foreign students." He also believed these changes will help return the program to its purpose as a cultural exchange program.

67. What can we learn about the Summer Work Travel program from the text?

A. More than one hundred thousand international students have joined in it

B. It aims to help students make some money before they return home.

C. Students joining in the program can travel while working.

D. It is an activity organized by a government department.

68. What is Jacob Horwia’s attitude towards the new rules?

A. Angry.　　　　　 B. Positive.　　 　　 C. Doubtful.　　　　 D. Puzzled.

69. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A. Foreign students cannot work after six at night and before ten in the morning.

B. Foreign students cannot work in the places where their parents believe unsafe.

C. Daniel Costa thinks foreign students shouldn't do the same jobs as US workers.

D. Daniel Costa thinks the changes are good for both foreign student workers and US workers.

70. What would be the best title of the passage?

A. The life of foreign students in the US

B. The State Department protects foreign students

C. New rules on US summer jobs for foreign students

D. More foreign students will spend this summer in the US