Instead of renting a restaurant for an expensive wedding banquet (盛宴) ，26-year-olds Wang Shaowei and Zhang Xin tied the knot (緊縮) at a cost of nine yuan (US $ 1. 40) spent on a mar?riage certificate.

The couple,who just recently 1        the work force,forwent nearly all the traditional pre?requisites (必備條件) of a Chinese wedding：owning an apartment and a car,buying wedding rings and 2       a pricy ceremony at a posh (豪華的) hotel.

"We had a big dinner in our twobedroom rented apartment to 3        the start of our mar?

ried life,and nothing 4,      "said Wang,who lives with his wife in Shijiazhuang,capital of Hebei Province.

In recent years,an increasing number of Chinese young people have chosen a " naked mar?riage" .

The term,coined (創(chuàng)造) in 2008 by Chinese bloggers,has drawn5      discussion since a popular TV series dubbed " Naked Marriage Era" brought the 6        into the public spotlight (注意) 7       a chord (共鳴) with young Chinese,especially those born in the 1980s.

The term refers to a.8       who get hitched ( = married) before acquiring a house and car and who spend little 9        their wedding ceremony. Some do so 10        in an effort to declare their 11       ,while others simply have no 12       .

"Naked marriage" marks a sharp 13        from China's established marriage 14       ,which encourage parents to help lay the 15        foundation for their children's marriage by helping them secure a house and car.

According to a poll 16        by the social investigation center of the China Youth Daily prior to this year's Chinese Valentine's Day,Qixi Festival that fell on Saturday,nearly 48 percent of 3,214 respondents said they supported the idea of " naked marriages"， 17       about 23 percent 18       it.

The vote also showed that about 55 percent of the respondents viewed courage as essential when engaging in a "naked marriage" and 43 percent of them 19        that married life of the couple who had a " naked marriage" would be much 20        than their peers with better financial status.

(   ) 1. A. attended   B. participated   C. involved   D. entered

(   ) 2. A. claiming   B. sharing   C. donating   D. holding

(   ) 3. A. celebrate   B. congratulate   C. remember   D. show

(   ) 4. A. another   B. else   C. different   D. necessary

(   ) 5. A. vivid   B. acute   C. intense   D. mild

(   ) 6. A. subject   B. content   C. title   D. meaning

(   ) 7. A. lighted   B. rang   C. struck   D. arose

(   ) 8. A. couple   B. partner   C. companion   D. mates

(   ) 9. A. in   B. for   C. on   D. of

(   ) 10. A. owe   B. due   C. own   D. as

(   ) 11. A. encouragement   B. independence   C. achievement   D. freedom

(   ) 12. A. idea   B. choice   C. sense   D. way

(   ) 13. A. compartment   B. apartment   C. adjustment   D. department

(   ) 14. A. customs   B. approaches   C. fashion   D. means

(   ) 15. A. spiritual   B. successful   C. important   D. material

(   ) 16. A. conducted   B. carried   C. performed   D. fulfilled

(   ) 17. A. though   B. since   C. when   D. while

(   ) 18. A. objected   B. opposed   C. resisted   D. protested

(   ) 19. A. approved   B. achieved   C. agreed   D. implied

(   ) 20. A. lighter   B. easier   C. stricter   D. tougher

 以"中國的驕傲"為題，寫一篇120字左右的短文，介紹中國成功發(fā)射了天宮一號空間試驗站。要點如下：

1. 時間：2011年9月29日

2. 地點：中國西北部的甘肅省酒泉衛(wèi)星發(fā)射中心

3. 場面:發(fā)射景象蔚為壯觀，令人自豪。

4. 意義:推動中國的經(jīng)濟和社會發(fā)展并掀開了太空歷史的新篇章。注意：不要逐字逐句翻譯,但可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮。擊生詞提示—

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The handling and delivery of mail has always been a serious business,underpinned (加強，鞏固) by the trust of the public in requiring timeliness,safety,and confidentiality (保密性) .After early beginnings using horseback and stagecoach,and although cars and trucks later replaced stagecoaches and wagons,the railway mail service still stands as one of America's most re?sourceful and exciting postal innovations (革新) .This service began in 1832,but grew slowly until the civil war. Then from 1862,by sorting the mail on board moving trains,the post office department was able to decentralize (分散，下放) its operations as railroads began to crisscross (縱橫交錯的) the nation on a regular basis,and speed up mail delivery. This service lasted until 1974. During peak decades of service,railway mail clerks handled 93% of all nonlocal mail and by 1905 the service had over 12 ,000 employees.

Railway post office trains used a system of mail cranes to exchange mail at stations without stopping. As a train approached the crane,a clerk prepared the catcher arm which would then snatch the incoming mailbag in the blink of an eye. The clerk then booted out the outgoing mailbag. Experienced clerks were considered the elite (精華) of the postal service's employees,and spoke with pride of making the switch at night with nothing but the curves and feel of the track to warn them of an upcoming catch. They also worked under the greatest pressure and their jobs were considered to be exhausting and dangerous. In addition to regular demands of their jobs they could find themselves the victims of train wrecks (毀壞) and robberies.

As successful as it was, "mail-on-the-fly" still had its share of glitches (差錯) .If they hoisted (升起) the train's catcher arm too soon,they risked hitting switch targets,telegraph poles or semaphores (信號裝置) ，which would rip (扯開) the catcher arm off the train. Too late,and they would miss an exchange.

(   ) 5. Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph?

   A. Cars and trucks later replaced stagecoaches and wagons to deliver mails.

   B. There was a high turnover of railway mail clerks.

   C. The development of the railroads from 1862 enabled post office department to focus on timeliness.

   D. The post office department had more than 12 ,000 clerks to deal with all mail.

(   ) 6. The mail crane referred to in the second paragraph is used to         .

   A. exchange mail at stations without stopping the train

   B. exchange the incoming mailbag in the blink of an eye

   C. boot out the outgoing mailbag

   D. handling and sorting the mail

(   ) 7. The underlined expression "mail-on-the-fly" refers to         .

   A. fast speed   B. skillful clerks

   C. nonstop system   D. mail cranes

(   ) 8. What is the main meaning of the passage?

   A. How the catcher arm snatched the mailbag without stopping the running train.

   B. Timeliness,safety,and confidentiality are very important in mail handling and delivery.

   C. The way the mail cranes exchanged mail.

   D. Ways improved with time in mail handling and delivery.

  Increasing numbers of Taiwanese students are joining the island's " China rush"，seeking education on the Chinese mainland.

According to official Chinese figures,the number of Taiwanese students admitted into col?

lege and postgraduate (研究生) programs on the mainland totaled 461 in 1996,928 in 1997 and 839 in 1998. Although no latest official numbers were available,Netbig. com said this number had risen between 30 to 50 percent annually in the past two years with well over 1000 entering mainland campuses last year.

The Internet site,based in the Chinese city of Shenzhen,provides education service and in?formation on Chinese mainland colleges and universities. "Many Taiwanese believe a Chinese education giving more knowledge about the people and culture in the mainland will increase their chances in the Chinese job market," Netbig. com vicepresident Ingrid Huang said. "I believe it will give me handson experience in the business field in the Chinese mainland and a better un?derstanding of the Chinese mainland people," said Lydia Chang,a 19-year-old majoring in jour?nalism at Shih Shin University. Chang plans to go on to get a master's degree in business admin?istration in Shanghai,which she says offers the best environment for such studies.

A journalism graduate student,surnamed Lin,at the National Taiwan University said he would like to study law on the Chinese mainland since " there will be better career prospects now that more Taiwanese companies are going there". "Some business executives are sending their children to study in the Chinese mainland. They hope the children could build up connections which could later become useful in their business operations," said Yang Chingyao,professor of the Chinese mainland studies. A Netbig. com survey showed the campuses favored by Taiwan students included Beijing,Qinghua and Renmin universities in Beijing,and Jinan and Zhong shan universities in Guangzhou. The most popular studies were law,business and Chinese medi?cine.

At present,Chinese Taibei doesn't recognize diplomas earned in the Chinese mainland nor help with any inquiries about studying there. But recognizing the trend,education authorities are giving a final form to a policy accepting certificates (證書) from selected universities.

(   ) 1. More Taiwanese students study on the Chinese mainland because         .

   A. Taiwan will reunite with the mainland sooner or later

   B. the fees asked for are lower than those ofTaiwan

   C. what they have learned on the mainland will bring them a bright future

   D. there are many famous universities for them to choose

(   ) 2. Some business executives were sending their children to study in the Chinese mainland so that their children         .

   A. could receive better education

   B. could learn more about the policy there

   C. could do well in the business operations

   D. could make more friends there

(   ) 3. The underlined word "it" in the third paragraph refers to         .

   A. Netbig. com   B. a Chinese education on the mainland

   C. the Chinese job market   D. the university

(   ) 4. It can be learned from the text that the main meaning is         .

   A. more Taiwanese students are studying on the mainland

   B. Beijing,Guangzhou and Shanghai are the favorite places for Taiwanese students

   C. education on the mainland is more attractive compared with that ofTaiwan

   D. Taiwan and the mainland should cooperate with each other in every field

Why does cream go bad faster than butter? Some researchers think they have the answer,and it 1        down to the 2        of the food,not its chemical composition―a finding that could help 3        some processed foods of chemical preservatives (防腐劑) .

Cream and butter 4        pretty much the same substances,so why cream should sour much faster has been a mystery. Both are emulsions (孚L狀液) 一tiny globules (小球體) of one liquid evenly distributed throughout another. The difference 5        in what's in the globules and what's in the surrounding liquid,says Brocklehurst,who led the 6      .

In cream,fatty globules drift 7        in a sea of water. In butter,globules of a watery solu?tion are locked away in a sea of 8.        The bacteria which make the food go bad 9        to live in the watery regions of the mixture. "This means that in cream,the bacteria are 10        to grow throughout the mixture," he says.

When the situation is 11       ,the bacteria are locked away in compartments (間隔室) bur?ied deep in the sea of fat. 12       in this way,individual colonies cannot spread and 13        run out of nutrients (養(yǎng)料) .They also slowly 14        themselves with their waste products. "In but?ter,you get a selflimiting system which stops the bacteria 15       ," says Brocklehurst.

The researchers are already working with food companies 16        to see if their products can be made resistant 17        bacterial attack through alterations to the food's structure. Brockle?hurst believes it will be possible to 18        the emulsions used in salad cream,for instance,more like 19        in butter. The key will be to do this while keeping the salad cream 20        and not turning it into a solid lump.

(   ) 1. A. puts   B. turns   C. takes   D. comes

(   ) 2. A. variety   B. content   C. quality   D. structure

(   ) 3. A. help   B. relieve   C. rid   D. discharge

(   ) 4. A. contain   B. include   C. cover   D. enclose

(   ) 5. A. remains   B. stays   C. shows   D. lies

(   ) 6. A. investigation   B. survey   C. exploration   D. inspection

(   ) 7. A. away   B. about   C. over   D. off

(   ) 8. A. globules   B. cream   C. fat   D. water

(   ) 9. A. wish   B. choose   C. prefer   D. decide

(   ) 10. A. free   B. likely   C. busy   D. exhausted

(   ) 11. A. opposite   B. reversed   C. returned   D. advanced

(   ) 12. A. Caught   B. Trapped   C. Seized   D. Captured

(   ) 13. A. tightly   B. slowly   C. firmly   D. rapidly

(   ) 14. A. murder   B. poison   C. pollute   D. release

(   ) 15. A. decreasing   B. changing   C. growing   D. raising

(   ) 16. A. anxious   B. keen   C. clever   D. unwilling

(   ) 17. A. in   B. of   C. on   D. to

(   ) 18. A. make   B. take   C. design   D. create

(   ) 19. A. those   B. ones   C. that   D. it

(   ) 20. A. liquid   B. vapour   C. substance   D. fresh

10. In class yesterday,our history teacher asked us                 about the US presidential election (whether)

昨天我們的歷史老師在課上問我們是否對美國大選有所了解。

9. She decided to move back to the north after she found that it was hard                  . (adapt)

發(fā)現(xiàn)很難適應(yīng)那里的氣候，她決定搬回北部。

8.               that the traffic problem over the last years has caused wide public concern all over the world (doubt)

沒有人能否認(rèn)這一重要事實：最近幾年交通問題在全世界受到了普遍關(guān)注。

7. It is suggested that governments ought to                   the increasing gap between cities and countryside. (make)

建議政府應(yīng)該努力減少正在拉大的城鄉(xiāng)差距。

6.                  not lend us a hand,but he also made a lot of troubles.

(not only)

他不但沒有幫助我們，相反卻給我們制造了許多困難。