4、       Second Life is a three-dimensional , online world in which computer users can crate a new self and live a different life . Second Life is one of the most popular new online games called “ massively multiplayer online role playing games .” These games are also called MMOs , for short .

       But unlike the other MMOs, Second Life is not about winning or losing . Second Life technically a computer game . But people involved in it do not consider it a game because the players create everything . Second Life is more for socializing and creating communities .

       Users of Second Life are called residents . To take part , they must create an avatar or an electronic image of themselves . Second Life world , residents live different versions of themselves . They build homes , run businesses , buy and sell things , work , play , and attend school . They even have relationships and get married .

       Second Life was created in two thousand three by Linden Lab in San in San Francisco , California . Linden Lab   controls the Web site where the ever0vhanging world is being created . There are now about one million people around the  world who are active in Second Life . The number has grown quickly since the beginning of the year when there were about one hundred thousand users .

       The average age of people involved with Second Life is about thirty . However ,. Linden Lab recently created Teen Second Life for younger users . Second Life has its own economy and its own money , called Linden dollars .

       Millions of dollars are made and spent each month in Second Life Users can enter Second Life free . But they must pay for a membership if they want to own land or buy and sell goods and services .

       Recently , several major companies have become involved with Second Life . They wanted to be part of the growing business world that exists within the made-up reality . The car maker Toyota , music producer Sony BNG , and even Reuters news agency are among businesses now existing within Second Life .

64．What’s special about the game “ Second Life ”?

       A．It’s a game about losing and winning

B．It creates everything of life

C．It benefits ability of socialization and creativity

D．It is simply a popular game to kill time

65．Which is NOT true about the Game “ Second Life ”?

       A．A resident in Second Life lives a life somewhat like that of real life

B．The number of users of Second Life is ten times as large as that of  2003

C．You can’t enter Second Life until you pay for the entrance fee .

D．To own possessions , a resident has to pay to be a member of the Second Life

66．What does the underlined word “ avatar ” mean ?

       A．An instrument someone used                       B．A picture someone takes

C．An imagined identity of someone                  D．A weapon to use in Second Life

67．Which of the following statements is WRONG about Linden lab ?

       A．Linden Lab creates Second Life for both adults and the youngsters .

B．Linden Lab brings in a large sum of money from Second Life

C．Linden Lab first created Second Life for the people who are thirty years old

D．Linden Lab created Second Life specially for teenagers later .

3、       The use of mobile phones over a long period of time can raise the risk for brain tumors , a new Swedish study said on Friday , contradicting (同……矛盾) the conclusions of other researchers .

       The Dutch Health Council , in an overview of research from around the world , last year found no evidence radiation (辐射) from mobile phones and TV towers was harmful . A four-year British survey released in January showed no link between regular . long-term use of cell phones and the most common type of tumor .

       However , researchers at the Swedish National Institute for Working Life said they looked at the mobile phone use of 905 people between the age of 20 and 80 who had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor (恶性脑瘤) and found a link

       “ A total 80 of these 905 cases were so-called high users of mobile phones , that is they began early to use mobile and or wireless telephones and used them a lot , ” the study said .

       “ The study also shows that the rise in risk is noticeable for tumors on the sided of the head where the phone was said to be used , ” it added .

       Kjell Mild , who led the study , said the figures meant that heavy users of mobile phones , for instance of who make mobile phone calls for 2 , 000 hours or more in their life , had a 240 percent increased risk for a malignant tumor on the side of the head the phone is used .

       “ The way to the risk down is to use handsfree , ” he told Reuters .

       He said his study was the  biggest yet to look at long-term users of the wireless phone has been around in Sweden in a portable form since 1984 , longer than in many other countries .

60．How many of 905 people surveyed suffer tumor ?

       A．20                   B．80                   C．85                   D．905

61．If a person always makes calls on his left ear , where might a tumor is produced according to the Swedish survey ?

       A．on the left side of the head             B．on the right side of the head

C．on both sides of the head               D．on the top of the head

62．Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the passage ?

       A．Sweden is the earliest country to use mobile phones

B．The mobile phone has been popular since early 1980s in Sweden

C．There is less risk to have tumor by using handsfree .

D．It might be safer by reducing the time of using a mobile phone

63．Which is the best title of the passage?

       A．The Trouble of Using Mobile Phones

B．The Swedish Researchers

C．Long-term Mobile Phones Use Raises Brain Tumor Risk

D．Heavier Users of Mobile Phones

2、       A purse containing a million dollars worth of jewelry was on its way back to its owner in Canada after being forgotten on a bench in a town near San Francisco , police said .

       Shahla Ghannadian had entrusted her 2 , 00-dollar Louis Vuitton handbag and its precious contents to her husband after they stopped at an ice cream parlor in the city of Sunday , according to authorities .

       He left it on a bench near a downtown parking lot , and the oversight was not noticed until the couple was back at their hotel , said Sausalito police sergeant Kurtis Skoog

       The couple had traveled from Toronto to San Francisco for a daughter’s wedding .

       The purse contained a Cartier watch , cash , and jewelry worn by the mother and the bride at the ceremony , said Skoog .

       The gems included emeralds , pearls and diamonds , one of them a 12-karat stone , according to police .

       Ghannadian and her husband had a bit of sightseeing before catching a flight back to Canada on Sunday night . Family members checked the bench , but the purse was gone .

       Local resident John Suhroff walked into the police department the next day with the bag , its contents intact , Skoog said .

       Suhroff handed the bag to a clerk , saying it held “ either costume of junk jewelry ” . “ We caped the owner . and they were excited , ” said Skoog .

       A family friend picked up the bag and was to take it to Ghannadian . The family indicated Ssuhroff was in line for a reward , but did not specify an amount , Skoog said .

56．From the passage , we now all the following facts EXCEPT _______

       A．A purse with jewelry in it was lost

B．The lost purse was left on a bench

C．The owner must have been to a place near San Francisco

D．The lost purse had been returned to the loser

57．When did the couple find their purse was missing ?      

       A．soon after they bought ice cram .

B．when they got on the pane flying back to Toronto

C．when they came back to the hotel after the wedding ceremony

D．when they were attending the wedding ceremony .

58．The finder Suhroff _____ .

       A．thought the content in the purse isn’t worth much

B．turned in the purse immediately he found it

C．kept back some of the jewelry for himself

D．asked for some reward

59．We may infer ______ from the passage .

       A．the couple will fly to take the purse back

B．the couple may reward the finder more of less

C．the finder has received a sum of money from the loser

D．the couple didn’t suggest rewarding the finder

1、       Every Sunday , when the first ray braks over Dawan Village in Wuwei City , Gansu Province , 14-year-kld Cai Hui 36  out of bed and hops on her 37   . She pedals furiously (猛烈地) to her friends’ homes in neighboring villages , and wakes them up one by one . Then all six of the 38   kids make the 15-kilometer 39   to the Tengger Desert , buckets and spades 40  . After a 40-minute tractor ride along the bumpy road , they reach the 800-sq-km 41  , and begin their work ― afforestation (造林)

        Of all the 42  fighting desertification in the region , this group is the youngest , an the only one that volunteers . Its 43  , two girls and 44  boys are aged between five and fourteen years . As the eldest member, Cai Hui leads the group . The team was 45  in April 2004 by a 46  school student who had long helped his grandfather 47  the desert by planting trees along its edges . When the boy and his family moved to another city , Cai Hui 48  ― his mantle (斗篷)

       49 their tender age , these children share a common desire : to 50  the sand sweeping into their homeland .

       They have planted more than 10 , 000 trees in the desert , and 19 percent of 51  have survived . That might not seem like much , 52  given the harsh conditions in the region , it is a pretty good 53  .

       The kids work hard in the desert every weekend , come 54  , hail (冰雹) or shine .And every they plant gives them the sense that they are one step 55  to their goal .

40、It is difficult to           the exact meaning of some words when you translate them into a foreign language.

A. show off          B. turn out                   C. bring out                 D. take to

39、We can see monuments here and there. Those who have made great          to human beings and society will never be forgotten.

      A. advance            B. progress                  C. contribution             D. achievement

38、Recently, there ________ a boom in population mobility, and according to the survey in 2000, 17 percent of the population _______ every year.

       A. is; moves          B. has been; moves             C. is; move                   D. has been; move

37、Anyone who has spent time with children          the difference in the way boys and girls           similar situations.

       A．aware of; respond to                           B．is aware of; respond to

       C．aware; responding                               D．is aware of; respond

36、If the safety protections against the accidents         , the miners         a chance to survive then.

       A．were taken; would have                        B．had been taken; didn’t have

       C．had been taken; would have had            D．were taken; would have