70. The black hole ______.

A. continues becoming smaller and smaller all the time

B. goes into another universe and becomes a white hole

C. can pull in everything we know of in the world

D. will appear at another place at a different time

69. Which of the following doesn’t help produce a black hole?

A. The gravity inside the star is very strong.　　　　 B. The light can’t go out of the star.

C. The star becomes smaller and smaller　　　　　　 D. The dying star shines very brightly.

68. When the star begins to die ______.

A. there is no fuel left in it　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. its outer layer goes into space first

C. a huge explosion will happen　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. it doesn’t give off light any longer

67. According to some people, it was possible for the dollar to trade ______.

A. at 1.3265 per euro　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. at 1.32 per euro

C. at 1.3270 per euro　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. at 1.331 per euro

D

A black hole is created when a large star burns out. Like our sun, stars are unbelievably hot furnaces (熔炉) that burn their own matter as fuel. When most of the fuel is used up, the star begins to die.

The death of a star is not a quiet event. First there is a huge explosion. As its outer layer is blasted off into space, the dying star shines as brightly as a billion suns.

After the explosion gravity pulls in what’s left of the star. As the outside of the star sinks toward the center, the star gets smaller and smaller. The material the star is made of becomes tightly packed together. A star is so dense that a teaspoon of matter from it weighs billion of pounds.

The more the star shrinks, the stronger the gravity inside it becomes. Soon the star is very tiny, and the gravity pulling it in is unbelievably strong. In fact, the gravity is so strong that it even pulls light into the star! Since all the light is pulled in, none can go out. The star becomes black when there is no light. Then a black hole is born!

That’s what we know about black holes. What we don’t know is this: What happens inside a black hole after the star has been squeezed into a tiny ball? Does it keep getting smaller and smaller forever? Such a possibility is hard to imagine.

But if the black hole doesn’t keep shrinking, what happens to it? Some scientists think black holes are like doorways to another world. They say that as the star disappears from our universe, it goes into another universe. In other words a black hole in our universe could turn into a “white hole” in a different universe. As the black hole swallows light, the white hole shines brightly-somewhere else. But where? A different place, perhaps, or a different time - many years in the past or future.

Could you travel through a black hole? Right now, no. Nothing we know of could go into a black hole without being crushed. So far the time being, black hole must remain a mystery.

Black holes are a mystery-but that hasn’t stopped scientists from dreaming about them. One scientist suggested that in the future we might make use of the power of black holes. They would supply all of Earth’s energy needs, with plenty to spare. Another scientist wondered if a black hole could some day be used to swallow earthly waste-a sort of huge waste disposal(处理) in the sky!

66. The underlined word “brutal” probably means ______.

A. cruelty　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 B. help 　　　　　　　　 C. criticism　　　　　　　　　 D. apology

65. How did Sadakazu Tanigaki feel about dollar weakness?

A. Excited　　　　　　　　　　 B. Puzzled　　　　　　 C. worried　　　　　　　　　　 D. Disappointed

64. What does “the green-back” refer to in the first paragraph?

A. U.S. dollar　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Another record

C. The euro　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. European currency

63. We can infer from the two advertisements that ______.

A. the companies want to do business in Europe and Far East.

B. cars are necessary for the successful applicants.

C. the companies haven’t got telephones to save money.

D. applicants should write to the company first.

C

BEIJING, Nov. 26-U.S. dollar hit another record low against the euro on Friday, with the European currency climbing above $1.32 for the first time. The green-back　fell　to its　lowest in nearly five years against the yen the same day.

By 1943 EST, the dollar was trading at US$1.3265 per euro, compared with US$1.3270 in thin late New York trade. It was at 102.55 yen, little changed from New York after touching 102.37, a level not seen since March 2000, in London.

Japanese Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki repeated his warning against dollar weakness, threatening to take action against sudden moves, but market participants said such verbal intervention (口头干涉) had long lost its clout.

Traders were expecting market liquidity to remain thin on Friday because of the extended U.S. holiday.

In such thin trading, many said a fall in the dollar past 102 yen and US$1.33 per euro was a real possibility.

Referring to recent currency movements as “brutal”, European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet, who is the most vocal European policymaker on dollar weakness, is due to make comments in Rio de Janeiro, along with ECB council member and Spanish central bank governor Jaime Caruana.

Introduced in 1999 as the common currency for 12 European countries, the euro initially(最初) dropped against the dollar but has risen some 60 percent since hitting an all-time low of 82 U.S. cents in October 2000.

62. According to the first advertisement, the applicant living in a small village will ______.

A. get in touch with the Personal Manager by telephone

B. get the result on TV　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. be interviewed in a city

D. write to Box 3526 to get more information

61. Both the printing companies ______.

A. are well-known all over the world　　　　　 　　　 B. require at least three years’ experience

C. offer excellent pay and sick pay　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. prefer to hire a man manager