All the passengers were _______ wounded in the road accident.

A. more and more            B. by and by             C. more or less         D. little and little

Jack is a very stubborn(頑固的) person. I was unable to _____ him to do as I said. I want to ask you to have a word with him.

A. let                              B. make                     C. prevent                  D. persuade

I've _____ my things at home.

   A. forget                 B. forgotten                  C. left                          D. lost

單詞拼寫：（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）根據句意和所給的漢語或首字母填寫單詞。

76. Seine River and its branches form the chief_________(商業(yè)的)waterway of France.

77. Coral is often used for making _________ (珠寶).

78. Getting rich seems to be her only p________ in life.

79. The food is very t_________, and they all eat it happily.

80. Both parents and teenagers must try to bridge the g_________ gap between them.

Jack _______yet, otherwise he would have telephoned me.

A. mustn’t have arrived        B. shouldn’t have arrived  

C. can’t have arrived         D. needn’t have arrived

— Sorry to bother you.

— _____ You didn’t mean to, did you?

A. Forget it.   B. You should say so.   C. All right.   D. Don’t say so.

The storm died away at last with the golden waves ______ the shore in peace.

A. striking       B. hitting           C. knocking    D. beating

______ is even more important is ______ as the earth cooled down, water began to appear on its surface.

  A. What, that           B. That, what          C, That, that           D. What, what

     Do you have any of these bad habits ? Check yourself by answering  “yes”or“no” to these questions.

Do you move your lips when reading silently ?

Do you point to words with your fingers as you read ?

Do you move your head from side to side as you read ?

Do you read one word at a time ?

If your answer “yes”  to any of these questions , start at once to break the habits. If you move your lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading. Then when your lips move, you will know it and stop them. If you point to words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, the other side with your right hand. Then you won’t have a free finger to use in pointing while reading. If you move your head, place your chin in one hand, and hold your head still.

If you read no more than one word at a time, you need to work in learning to take in more words at each glance as your eyes travel across the lines of words. Even if you read fairly fast now, you can learn to even faster. As you probably have been told, the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words at each glance. Read in several groups and force your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can make them go. Anyone who practices doing these two things will be able to read faster.                                       

56. What do you think of those habits talked about in the text _________.

A. we should remember those habits

B. they should be got rid of

C. they are difficult to get rid of

D. they are good for our studies

57. You may hold your finger over your lips while reading so as to __________.

   A. hold a piece of paper between your lips

   B. keep yourself from talking to others

   C. tell others to be silent

   D. feel whether your lips move or not

58. When your eyes travel across the lines of words, you need to __________.

   A. read the words out       

B. look at every word carefully

   C. read several words at a time

       D. remember every word

59. If you can read fairly fast now, __________.

   A. you don’t need to learn to read faster

   B. you can go on reading like that

   C. you can learn to read even faster

   D. you can enjoy reading

       Women might have a higher position at work, but at home their careers tend to give way to their husband’s job, with women most likely to quit when both are working long hours, according to a U．S．study．

       Researcher Youngjoo Cha, from Cornell University, found that working women with a husband who worked 50 hours or more a week found themselves still doing most of the housework and the care giving and were more likely to end up quitting their jobs．

       An analysis of 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 nonprofessionals from dual-earner （雙職工） families showed that if women had a husband who worked 60 hours or more per week it increased the woman’s possibility of quitting her paid job by 42 percent．Cha said the possibility of quitting increased to 51 percent for professional women whose husbands work 60 hours or more per week, and for professional mothers the possibility they would quit their jobs jumped 112 percent．

       However, it did not significantly affect a man’s possibility of quitting his job if his wife worked 60 hours or more per week, according to the study published in the American Sociological Review in April．For professional men, both parents and non-parents, the effects of a wife working long hours were negligible, according to the study．

       “As long work-hours introduce conflict between work and family into many dual-earner families, couples often solve conflict in ways that prioritize husbands’ careers,” Cha, who used data from the U．S．Census Bureau, said in a statement．“This effect is magnified （突出） among workers in professional and managing occupations, where the criterion of overwork and the culture of looking after children tend to be strongest．The findings suggest that the popularity of overwork may lead many dual-earner couples to return to a traditional family pattern — breadwinning men and homemaking women．”

66．According to the text, we know that ______．

       A．men prefer work long hours   B．women prefer to work outside

       C．men’s careers are unimportant    D．women are more likely to quit jobs

67．The underlined word “negligible” in Paragraph 4 most probably means ______．

       A．unimportant  B．limited             C．different       D．obvious

68．Which statement is true according to the text?

       A．When there’s conflict between work and family, a husband will give up his work．

       B．Women may still do most of the housework and care for babies or children．

       C．Professional women are more likely to quit the job than professional mothers．

       D．A man’s chance of quitting jobs was influenced if his wife works long hours．

69．We can infer from the last sentence that ______．

       A．all the workers pay more attention to looking after children

       B．overwork may have no influence on dual-earner couples

       C．traditionally, men usually worked to support the family

       D．most dual-earner couples will return to a traditional family pattern

70．In which column of China Daily can you find this passage?

       A．Health      B．Life        C．Sport    D．Entertainment