--- Please don't make a noise.?

--- _______I'll be as quiet as a mouse.?

A. Yes, I won’t   B. No, I will   C. Yes, I will   D. No, I won't

--- Tom, why didn’t you come to the meeting yesterday?

--- I _____, but my car broke down.  

         A. would        B. had         C. was going to          D. did

Doctors say _____ good diet is of ______ great benefit to our health.

  A. a , a                 B. the, a             C. a, /              D. the, /

The harm which __________ his health is out of our imagination.

   A. was done    B. was done to  C. did          D. did to

What I need is ___________ book that contains _____ ABC of English grammar．

       A．a(chǎn); the              B．the; 不填           C．the; an             D．a(chǎn); 不填

As late as 1800, women’s only place was in the home. The idea of woman in the business world was unthinkable. Men were certain that no woman could do a good job outside her home. This was such a widely accepted idea that when the well-known Bronte sisters began writing books in 1864, they had to sign their books with men’s names instead.

Teaching was the first profession open to women soon after 1800. But even that was not an easy profession for women to enter because most schools and colleges were open only to men. Oberlin College in Ohio was the first college in America to accept women.

Hospital nursing became respectable work for women only after Nightingale became famous. Seeing that she was not only a nurse but also a rich and well-educated woman, people began to believe it was possible for women to nurse the sick and still be “l(fā)adies”. Miss Nightingale opened England’s first training school for nurse in 1860.

The invention of the typewriter in 1867 helped to bring women out of the home and into the business world. By 1900, thousands of women were working at real jobs in schools, hospitals and offices in both England and America. Some women even managed to become doctors or lawyers. The idea that women could work in the business world had been accepted.

55. Why couldn’t women become teachers easily? Because___________

A.the first profession open to them was writing.

B.most schools and colleges were open only to men.

C.they wanted to be nurses instead.

D.they had to work in the business world.

56. The article is mainly about __________.

A.women are in the business world      B. the famous Bronte sisters

C.schools and colleges in America       D. rights for American women

57. Which fact does the article lead you to believe?

A.The Bronte sisters thought that they were men.

B.England’s first training school for nurses was in Ohio.

C.There are more men than women in professional jobs.

D.Women find it necessary to work harder than before.

58. Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The typewriter was made in the 1970’s.

B.Most women in England are doctors or lawyers.

C.People’s ideas about women’s work have changed.

D. The 18th century saw a changing world for women.

“The world's oceans are slowly getting more acidic(酸的),” say scientists. The researchers from California report that the change is taking place in response to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

      The lowering of the waters' PH value is not great at the moment but could cause a serious threat to current ocean life if it continues, they warn. Ken Caldeira and Michael Wickett, from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, report their concerns in the journal Nature. Increasing use of oil fuels means more carbon dioxide is going into the air, and most of it will eventually be absorbed by seawater. Once in the water, it reacts to form carbonic acid. Scientists believe that the oceans have already become slightly more acidic over the last century.

       These researchers have tried to predict what will happen in the future by combining what we know about the history of the oceans with computer models of climate change. “This level of acidity will get much more extreme in the future if we continue releasing CO2 into the atmosphere,” said Dr Caldeira. And we predict the amount of future acidity will be greater than anything we have seen over the last several hundred million years.

       However, it is not absolutely clear what that means for ocean life. Most organisms live near the surface, where the greatest PH change would be expected to occur, but deep－ocean life forms may be more sensitive to PH changes. Coral reefs and other organisms whose shells contain calcium carbonate(碳酸鈣) may be particularly affected if the water's acidity levels keep going up, the team predict. They could find it much more difficult to build these structures in water with a lower PH.

       In recent years some people have suggested storing carbon dioxide from power station in the deep ocean as a way of dealing with global warming. But Dr Caldeira said that such a strategy should now be re—considered. “Previously, most experts had looked at ocean absorption of carbon dioxide as a good thing——because in releasing CO2 into the atmosphere we warm the planet, and when CO2 is absorbed by the ocean, it reduces the amount of greenhouse warming.”

67. The ocean is becoming more acidic due to___________.

A. the lower water PH value                              B. the warming atmosphere

C. the higher level of CO2 in the air                   D. the increasing use of oil fuels

68. According to Dr Caldeira, ___________.

A. ocean absorption of carbon dioxide is a good thing

B. more oil fuels will be used in the near future

C. scientists may predict climate changes with computer models

D. the future situation of the amount of acidity is extremely serious

69. If the water's acidity level keeps rising, ___________.

A. ocean life whose structures contain calcium carbonate may be affected

B. the water's PH value will become higher and higher

C. organisms living near the surface are more sensitive to PH changes

D. some disastrous events will occur more often than before

70. Most experts once believed storing carbon dioxide in the ocean would reduce___________.

A. the CO2 absorbed by the ocean               B. the amount of greenhouse warming

C. the acidity of the ocean                          D. the gradual release of CO2

Barack Obama

    In the past hundred years, the U.S. presidency has turned more and more to the left – not in policy, but in handedness. Barrack Obama is the latest to join a long list of left – handed presidents from the 20th century: James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Henry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton were all southpaws.

What makes lefties so electable? Some experts think left-handed people have a greater aptitude for language skills, which may help them craft the rhetoric necessary for political office. And as for the bout of recent left-handed presidents, some think it’s because teachers only recently stopped working to convert lefties to rightist at an early age.

Bill Gates

Claiming the nation’s richest man among their number is a source of considerable pride for America’s society of southpaws. In fact, the Microsoft titan and philanthropist(巨頭兼慈善家) is one of a surprising number of U.S. business moguls to be left-handed, including Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller and former IBM head Lou Gerstner. But the club seems to be a guys-only fraternity — research suggests that while left-handed men tend to earn more than their right-handed colleagues, there is no similar advantage for women. A study by the National Bureau of Economic Research floated the idea that left-handed men favor "divergent" thinking, a form of creativity in which the brain moves "from conventional knowledge into unexplored association." Maybe that’s what it takes to develop a net worth estimated at $ 57 billion.

Oprah Winfrey

The talk-show queen doesn’t need much more to set her apart from the rest — what with her estimated $ 2.7 billion fortune and a magic ability to sell books just by glancing at them — but she also has the distinction of being a member of the left-handed club. Since men are more likely to be left-handed than women, that makes Oprah doubly impressive. She’s in good company: Other show-business ladies of the left – handed  persuasion include Whoopi Goldberg, Julia Roberts and Angelina Jolie

Marie Curie

Not only was atomic scientist Marie Curie left-handed, but she was the matriarch of a whole family of accomplished, southpaw scientists. Curie, who discovered the principles of radioactivity and won two Nobel Prizes, was married to fellow lefty Pierre Curie, who was instrumental in helping Marie’s atomic research and shared one of her Nobel awards. Historians believe their daughter, Irene, was also left-handed. Irene went on to win a Nobel Prize of her own with her husband — who, you guessed it, was also left-handed.

59．The underlined word “southpaws” in the last sentence of Paragraph 1 means_______.

      A．people coming from the south B．powerful presidents

       C．people who use their left hand D．forceful speakers

60．What makes it so easy for lefties to be elected as presidents according to the passage?

       A．Their great gift for foreign language.

       B．Their great language skills to make speeches.

       C．The need of left – hinders in the political office.

       D．Teachers stopping to force them to use their right hand.

61．It can be implied that Bill Gates, Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller and Lou Gerstne_______.

       A．have creative thinking               B．have formed a special club.

       C．earn more money than their wives    D．a(chǎn)re wealthy philanthropists

62．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 “She is in good company” means “_______”.

       A．she works in a very good company   B．she has many good friends

       C．she has got on well with others         D．she is among many female lefties

TYPING

This course is for those who want to learn to type, as well as those who want to improve their typing. The course is not common. You are tested in the first class and begin practicing at one of eight different skill levels. This allows you to learn at your own speed. Each program lasts 20 hours. Bring your own paper.

Course fee: $ 125   Materials: $25

Two hours each evening for two weeks. New classes begin every two weeks.

This course is taught by a number of qualified business education teachers who have successfully taught typing courses before.

UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS

This twelve-hour course is for people who do not know very much about computers, but who need to learn about them. You will learn what computers are, what they can and can’t do and how to use them.

Course fee: $75    Equipment fee: $ 10

Jan. 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, Wed. & Sat. 9—11:30 a.m.

Joseph Saunders is Professor of Computer Science at New Urban University. He has over twenty years of experience in the computer field.

STOP SMOKING

Do you want to stop smoking? Have you already tried to stop and failed? Now is the time to stop smoking using the latest methods. You can stop smoking, and this twelve-hour course will help you do it.

Course fee: $30

Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23 Mon. 2—5 p. m.

Dr John Good is a practicing psychologist who had helped hundreds of people stop smoking.

45. If you choose the UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS course, you will have classes _______.

A. from Monday to Sunday                 B. from Monday to Friday

C. on Wednesday and Saturday                  D. on Saturday and Sunday

46. Mr. Black works every morning and evening, but he wants to take part in one of the three courses. The most probable course he will attend is ______.

A. typing                                              B. understanding computers   

C. stop smoking                                     D. any of the courses

47. If you want to learn computer and at the same time you want to improve your typing, you will pay _______.

A. $ 75                        B. $ 15                  C. $ 115                       D. $ 235

48. The typical difference of “Typing” from the other two is that ______.

A. people with different skill levels may learn at different speeds

B. you will take a test after the course

C. you will pay the fee before practicing

D. you will pay less money

I got _____ bad toothache yesterday，which kept me awake _____ whole night

A. a; the　        B. 不填; a           C. the; a 　         D. a; 不填