be   with   excited   many   offer   promise   popular   again   hobby   take

    Starting a new school term is always ___61___. It is a chance to see your friends ___62___. But most exciting of all, the new term is a chance to take up new hobbies. It is common in Britain for students to take up new interests after the Christmas holidays. ___63___ to start something new is a common new year resolution.

    ___64___ schools offer different kinds of ___65___ classes. Students take them in their free periods or after school. Some classes you have to pay for and others are free. For example, I once took a free Wednesday evening gymnastics class my school ___66___. But when I learnt how to play the drum, my parents had to pay for the lessons.

    ___67___ extra classes at my school ___68___ piano lessons and drama club. Both classes offered exams students could ___69___. Students with many hobbies sometimes felt more stressed than those ___70___ any. But the students with hobbies left school with many extra skills.

56.Now colleges and universities have become a big market for many banks. As a result, some students even have two or three credit cards.

57.Though the Spring Festivals is still months away, the railway station in Guangzhou is already crowded with migrant workers waiting for trains home.

58.It’s reported that 110,000 people lose their lives in traffic accidents in China each year. Drivers are mainly at fault: They drive after drinking, carry more goods than allowed and break the traffic rules.

59.A recent survey in Shanghai shows, 33% of the high school students were not sure whether to give seats to the old and weak and almost 17% said they wouldn’t. Why does this happen?

60.Not long ago, a team of tourists was shocked and disappointed to see the dry riverbed(河床) of Lijiang River in Guilin.

　A. A New Market of Credit Cards　　　　　　 B. Thinking Behind a Survey

C. The Reasons of Traffic Accidents　　　　　 D. The World Cup in South Africa

E. Droughts in South China　　　　　　　　　 F. Migrant Workers on the Way Home

  If you watch the sky for about an hour after the sun goes down, you may see some “moving stars”. But they’re not really stars. They’re man-made satellites. And the biggest of all is the International Space Station (ISS). From May to July is the best season to watch the ISS flying over the earth. And people can see it with their eyes.
  The ISS is the biggest satellite(人造衛(wèi)星) and scientists want to live on it. They think that the best way to learn more about space is to live there.
  When the space station is finished, it will be like a city in space. People will stay and study there with many of the things they have at home. Laboratories, living rooms and power stations are being built. The ISS is the most expensive space program. Billions of dollars are being spent on it every year. 
  Scientists hope that the ISS will be a stepping stone for future space exploration(探測(cè)). “The ISS will help us understand the human body better, explore space and study the earth. It can help us make life on the earth better,” said Kathryn Clark, an ISS scientist. 
  Sixteen countries are part of the program: the US, Russia, Canada, Japan, Brazil and 11 European countries. China isn’t an ISS country, but it has helped with some of the experiments. In 2003, China sent some rice up to the ISS to find out what space would do to it.

51.The International Space Station_____________.                           

  A. is really a big city in space                    B. is the biggest man-made satellite

  C. can only help us explore space                 D. is mainly built by the USA and Russia

52.From the passage we know that_____________.                           

  A. building the ISS is only for scientists to live there

  B. scientists can do anything they like there

  C. people can see the Space Station at any time

  D. sixteen countries are members of the space program

53.The phrase “a stepping stone” probably means” _____________”.             

  A. 滑梯            B. 巔峰            C. 墊腳石           D. 走廊

54.China sent some rice up to the ISS is probably to_____________.             

  A. be used as astronauts’ food                    B. sell it to aliens

  C. do some science experiments                  D. make it grow better in space

55.Which of the following isn’t mentioned in this passage?                     

  A. China will join the ISS in the future.

  B. The scientists are building living rooms for them in the ISS.

  C. The ISS will be more useful in the future.

  D. The ISS costs the members of 16 countries plenty of money every year.

Every morning,the newspaper chief(主編)eitor holds a meeting with the reporters.They discuss the main events（事件）of the day.Reporters are then sent to cover the events.

As soon as the reporters know what to write about,they get down to work.They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them.Sometimes they do telephone interviews.Checking information is very important.They go to the newspaper's own library to look up any information that they need.This is called"doing one's homework".

At the same time,the picture editor decides which phohographs will be usde for the next day's paper.All the people who work on a newspaper must be able to work fast.Reporters have to stop working on one story and start working at once on the important new one.They must find out the new information as quickly as possible.Later in the day,everying is put together at the news desk.Reporters return, type their stories into the computer and hand them to the editor.

The chief editor decides which will be the most important story in the front page.Sometimes this will have to be changed if something more important happens late in the day.Other editors read the stories which the reporters have written and make any necessary changes.

Finally,there is no more time left for adding new stories,and the time for printing the newspaper has come.This is done on fast-moving printing（印刷） machines.The newspspers are then delivered(發(fā)送)by truck,plane or rail.Speed is important.People want to buy the latest newspaper;nobody wants to buy yesterday's.

46.What is the work in a newspaper office like?　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　

A. Interesting and confusing.　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Important and patient.

C. Paticular and necessary.　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Fast and busy.

47.According to the passage, the right order for a reporter’s work is ____________.　

a. writing stories b. doing interviews c. joining in a discussion

d. doing homework　　　　 e. handing stories to the editor

A. cbade　　　　　 B. cdeab　　　　 C. cbdae　　　 D. cadbe

48.The front page contents(內(nèi)容) are decided by ___________.　　　　　　　　　

A. the importance of the events　　　　　　　　　　 B. how well the stories are written

C. the knowledge of the chef editor　　　　　　　　　 D. whether they are the latest

49.Word editors’ work is to _____________.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A. help the chief editor with the morning discussion

B. decide when and how the papers can be printed

C. read the stories and make necessary changes

D. get together information from reporters and photographers

50.What’s the best title for the passage?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A. How a Newspaper Is Produced　　　　　　　　 B. How Newspapers Are Delivered

C. What Kind of Papers Readers Like　　　　　　　 D. Whose Work Is More Important

 I have tried many ways to be ___31___ . I don’t wear a sweater when I ___32___, and two days ago I walked in the ___33___ without my shoes. But so far nothing ___34___. Debbie once told me about a boy in her class who liked ___35___ school. He would rub the end of the thermometer until it went ___36___ to 39℃.Then he’d put it in his mouth and his mother would think he was ___37___ ill.

  This morning I tried doing that but it ___38___ went above 35℃ and I rubbed it for ten ___39___. So I held the thermometer ___40___ the light on my desk and it went up to 40℃. I thought I should put it in my mouth and walk down-stairs like that. ___41___ my mother would take it out and she should be ___42___ when she saw that I was rather ill.

  The only trouble was that I didn’t know the thermometer would be so ___43___. As soon as I put it into my mouth. I burnt my tongue! I spit the thermometer out. It fell ___44___ the floor but it ___45___.

31.A. well               B. fine               C. ill               D. bad

32.A. could              B. should            C. must             D. might

33.A. water              B. rain               C. sun              D. wind

34.A. happens            B. happened          C. will happen       D. has happened

35.A. being away from     B. leaving            C. staying at         D. being out of

36.A. on                B. down              C. up               D. off

37.A. really              B. real               C. bad              D. worse

38.A. can’t               B. not               C. never             D. didn’t

39.A. seconds            B. hours              C. minutes           D. moments

40.A. nexts              B.near to              C. next             D. next to

41.A. when              B. Then               C. So               D. If

42.A. worried            B. surprised            C. happy            D. frightened

43.A. cold               B. hot                C. warm             D. cool

44.A. off                B. down               C. to                D. on

45.A. didn’t break         B. broke              C. wasn’t broken       D. was broken

 —I’m sorry. I’ve left my credit card home. And I don’t have enough cash for the meal.

   —Don’t worry.___________________.                                 

  A. I’ll invite you.     B. It’s my pleasure to pay for you.

  C. Let’s go Dutch.    D. It’s my treat.

—I think you should phone Jenny and say sorry to her.　　　　　　　　　　

—______________! It was her mistake.

A. No way　　　　 B. Not possible　　　　 C. No chance　　　 D. Not at all

—______________________?

— Orange, I think.

A. How is the food?　 B. Is there any fruit around here?

C. What is it?　　　 D. What color do you think it is.

Afternoon tea is here__________ in the dining room from 3 to 5 p.m. every day.  

  A. burned           B. cooked             C. served            D. eaten

It’s too late to go out now and _________, it’s starting to rain.                 

  A. though           B. besides             C. however          D. instead