6、But for your help, I              the exam.

A．mustn’t have passed                                    B．couldn’t pass

C．wouldn’t have passed                                  D．hadn’t passed

5、           his size, I guessed that he was a basketball player.

A．To judge from                                     B．Having judged by 

C．Judging from                                      D．Judged by

4、I’m actually the first and only cancer survivor to the summit（顶峰）of the world’s highest mountain——Mt. Everest. When I was only 13, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease and given three months to  1   . When 15, I was diagnosed with Askin’s Sarcoma. The condition was much   2   as the doctors gave me only two weeks to live.    3   , I survived.

Being the   4   person in the world to have ever had these two cancers, I really felt I should   5   my story to help encourage others and  6   their lives. On May 16th, 2002 at 9:32 A．m., I became the first cancer   7   to the summit of Mt. Everest.

Since then, I have been   8   enough to reach the summits of three more of the world’s seven highest peaks and have spoken   9   about my life and   10    to countless people and organizations. On the summit of Everest I   11   a flag adorned（点缀）with names of people who have been affected by   12    and left it on the top of the world forever in honor of the   13   of cancer patients worldwide.

I did the same at the   14  point in Africa, Europe and just recently returned from 23 000—foot Aconcagua in South America! My   15   is to climb the highest mountain on each continent and walk to the North and South poles.

I am   16   the globe with inspiration. There are plans for   17  chat programs during the adventures   18   live TV programs from a number of the mountains! The reason for these adventures is to   19   those affected by cancer as well as anyone with a pulse（脉搏）to   20  big and never give up.

1．A．live                       B．consider              C．recover               D．decide

2．A．quicker                 B．faster                  C．better                  D．worse

3．A．Even                     B．Again                  C．Still                     D．Once

4．A．best                      B．last                     C．only                    D．worst

5．A．keep                     B．enjoy                   C．read                    D．share

6．A．save                     B．influence             C．treasure               D．improve

7．A．survivor                B．volunteer             C．carrier                 D．patient

8．A．different                B．worried               C．lucky                  D．anxious

9．A．usually                  B．internationally       C．nationally             D．especially

10．A．attitudes              B．careers                C．adventures           D．advantages

11．A．brought               B．found                  C．invented              D．discovered

12．A．ice                      B．storm                  C．cancer                D．suffering

13．A．pains                   B．health                  C．quarrel                D．struggle

14．A．lowest                 B．highest                C．largest                 D．deepest

15．A．secret                 B．subject                C．promise               D．goal

16．A．covering              B．measuring            C．controlling           D．crossing

17．A．lively                   B．alive                    C．live                     D．active

18．A．as well as            B．instead of            C．more than            D．in spite of

19．A．support               B．persuade              C．encourage           D．advise

20．A．grow                  B．fight                    C．achieve               D．dream

3、Sam and Joe were astronauts. There was once a very dangerous trip and the more experienced astronauts knew there was only a small chance of coming back alive. Sam and Joe, however, thought it would be exciting though a little dangerous. “We’re the best men for the job,” they said to the boss. “There may be problems, but we can find the answers.” “They’re the last people I’d trust,” thought the boss. “But all the other astronauts have refused to go.”

    Once they were in space, Joe had to go outside to make some repairs. When the repairs were done, he tried to get back inside the spaceship. But the door was locked. He knocked but there was no answer. He knocked again, louder this time, and again no answer came. Then he hit the door as hard as he could and finally a voice said, “Who’s there?” “It’s me! Who else could it be?” shouted Joe. Sam let him in all right but you can imagine that Joe never asked to go on a trip with Sam again!

1．Most of the astronauts were unwilling to go on a trip because _______.

     A．there was little chance of being selected

       B．they weren’t experienced enough

     C．they thought they might get killed

       D．it wasn’t exciting enough

2．Why were Sam and Joe chosen?

     A．The boss wanted them to get more experience.

     B．The boss trusted them more than anyone else.

     C．They were the last people who wanted to go.

     D．They were the only men who offered to go.

3．Joe didn’t want to work with Sam again probably because he thought Sam _______.

       A．was very slow and possibly deaf          B．didn’t know how to operate the door

     C．was less experienced than he was         D．didn’t know how to do repairs

4．The writer tells this story to _______.

     A．show the dangerous side of the astronauts’ life

       B．make people laugh

     C．show the funny side of the astronauts’ life

       D．make people think

2、There are millions of used cell phones in the world today, the most of them just lay in our houses without any purpose. Everyday dozens of new cell phone models appeared. Today, you can find what was regarded as a fantasy yesterday in a store and you will buy it tomorrow. But what to do with the old phones, which work well enough and not so old?

       Just get some money! Simply Sellular is buying almost all models of cell phones: LG, Motorola, HP, Siemens, Samsung, Sanyo, Nokia and many others cell phones. Also they accept phones produced in every country, and in every condition. Simply Sellular can offer a good prince for your old cell phone in cash. Their mission is giving you a simple way to get money for an old phone, as simple and profitable（赚钱）, as it’s possible. Also they offer a trade-in scheme（折价方案） to get another model instead of your phone, providing a good service after the sale.

       Also Simply Sellular works with the so-called 911 cell phone program. So you can donate（捐赠）your cell phone to them to help some people who need it. They know what to do with your old phone! You can be interested in their recycling programs, where every used cell phone could be easily recycled for a few time. Some phones, which are good for refurbish（翻新）, Simply Sellular donates to people who need it, for example women or military personnel. If the refurbish is impossible they just recycle cell phones.

       Just think a minute: it’s a good deal to get some money for your old cell phone, good deal to help somebody with your phone and really important to recycle all techniques after use. Working with Simply Sellular you get every possibility absolutely free. And they will pay to you! That’s a really good deal!

1．When you want a new cell phone, you are advised to ________.

  A．keep the old one in house to add your collections

  B．throw the old one into the dustbin to protect your health

  C．return the old one to the producer to get some money

  D．sell the old one to Simply Selluar on a reasonable price

2．The underlined sentence really tells us that ________.

  A．every one loves the new and loathes the old （喜新厌旧）

  B．people rush to purchase what is regarded as a fantasy

  C．people are soon able to enjoy what is the most advanced

  D．what was a fantasy yesterday will no loner be good for tomorrow

3．Selling a used cell phone to Simply Sellular, you will get ________.

  A．a good price for the phone in cash

  B．another new model without any pay

  C．a cost-free service provided by it

  D．a profitable plan after the sale

4．The cell phone donated by you is probably ________.

  A．still in use by others                             B．refurnished and sold again

  C．collected and on show                          D．sent to a poorer country

5．This passage is written aiming to ________.

  A．warn people of the risks by using cell phones

  B．introduce to us what to do with old cell phones

  C．advise people not to change cell phones frequently

       D．encourage us to keep up with new technologies

1、1．Don’t be___________（泄气）.Failure is the mother of success.

2．The year of 2008___________（目睹了） the great success of the Olympic Games in Beijing.

3．Martin Luther King led a struggle for political rights,_________（平等）and freedom..

4．Premier Wen Jiabao __________（强调） the importance of developing China’s education at the meeting .

5．There was a ____________（惊恐的） look on his face hearing the roar of the wind.

6．All he promised has come into r___________.

7．In the war of fighting H1N1, p_________ is better than cure.

8．The dying patient was immediately sent to the hospital in an a___________.

9．He couldn’t resist the v___________ of the strong wind and had to be back to his lonely house.

10．I tried to p___________ him to give up playing computer games, but it’s no use.

22、There is a new take on an old tale．It's the story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf that blew down a house made of straw and one made of sticks．The only house left standing was the one made of bricks．Now there is new evidence to suggest that houses built with bales（捆）of straw can be very strong．

Pete Walker is a professor at the University of Bath in Britain．He and a team of researchers there have built a house made out of straw bale and hemp（大麻） material．During the next twelve months the team will study die effectiveness of these materials in home building．Professor Walker says there are many good reasons for using straw．It's a relatively inexpensive renewable material that's quickly and easily available．Straw takes in carbon dioxide as it grows．So it can be seen as having no harmful effects the environment．And the straw bales walls are relatively thick and so all that straw provides very good thermal insulation．So we make buildings that require very little heating in winter or indeed very little cooling in summer．So they require very little additional energy．

David Lanfear owns an eco-friendly home building service in the United States called Bale on Bale Construction．He says he laughed when some friends first told him about houses built of straw．But after doing his own research, he learned that building with straw bales makes a lot of sense．He has now helped to build more than ten straw bale houses and says the building material is becoming more widely accepted．To build the houses, he fills a wood frame with tightly packed bales of straw．Next he coats the walls inside and out with layers of clay plaster．He says the common ideas about straw houses continue, including stories about the threat of fire．As a matter of fact, straw bale houses have done well when tested for fire resistance．And his builders use the same building methods as traditional builders to keep out rain．He says we use what we call good shoes and a good hat, and that would be a solid foundation and a really good roof．

1．According to the passage, Pete Walker ____．

       A．is cooperating with David Lanfear in building houses

       B．is pretty sure that straw is a good building material

       C．is studying home building with his team at present

       D．holds a different view of building materials from David Lanfear

2．If we live in houses built with bales of straw, we ____．

       A．will be worried about the threat of fire

       B．need to wear good shoes in severe weather

       C．can reduce our household expense

       D．should use a special method to keep out rain

3．In building straw houses, ____．

       A．a solid foundation and a good roof are necessary

       B．straw bales have to be tested for fire resistance

       C．a wood frame of straw should be used as a good roof

       D．builders should wear good shoes and a good hat

4．Which of the following is the best tide of the passage?

       A．Houses Made of Straw

       B．New Meaning Of an Old Tale

       C．Pete Walker and David Lanfear

       D．Solid Foundation and Good Roof

21、What can be found in the two recent studies?

One showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards．Researchers at Harvard University in the United States and the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden did the study, which appeared last month in the journal Science．They had about two hundred college students play a version of the game known as the Prisoner's Dilemma．The game is based on the tension between the interests of an individual and a group．The students played in groups of four．Each player could win points for the group, so they would all gain equally．But each player could also reward or punish each of the other three players, at a cost to the punisher．Harvard researcher David Rand says the most successful behavior proved to be cooperation （合作）．The groups that rewarded most earned about twice as much in the game as the groups that rewarded least．And the more a group punished itself, the lower its earnings．The group with the most punishment earned twenty-five percent less than the group with the least punishment．

The other study referred to children, which was presented last month in California at a conference on violence and abuse．Researchers used intelligence tests given to two groups．More than eight hundred children were ages two to four the first time they were tested．More than seven hundred children were ages five to nine．The two groups were retested four years later, and the study compared the results with the first test．Both groups contained children whose parents used physical punishment and children whose parents did not．The study says the IQs ?or intelligence quotients—of the younger children who were not spanked were five points higher than those who were．In the older group, the difference was almost three points．Murray Strauss from the University of New Hampshire' worked with Mallie Paschall from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation．Professor Strauss has written extensively about physical punishment of children．He says the more they are spanked, the slower their mental development．He also looked at average IQs in other nations and found them lower where spanking was more common．

1．We can learn from the passage that ____．

       A．the first study began last month at Harvard University in America

       B．the Prisoner's Dilemma is a game that can teach you how to be cooperative

       C．the study on the IQs of children was carried out by Professor Murray Strauss

       D．Professor Mallie has done lots of researches on family violence

2．What study method was adopted in the two recent studies according to the passage?

       A．Observation．     B．Questionnaire．   C．Conclusion．      D．Experiment．

3．The underlined word "spanked" in the third paragraph refers to ____．

       A．scolded constantly                               B．punished physically

       C．praised frequendy                                 D．rewarded mentally

4．Which of the following charts is TRUE according to the passage?