The idea for the new plan came to his mind,         to his experiment in the lab.

       A．while devoting        B．while devoting himself

       C．while he was devoted      D．while devoted

 His business failure left him at the edge of desperation, but,         , he managed to go out of the shadow through years of efforts.

       A．time and tide wait for no man       B．don’t count your chickens before they are hatched

       C．no pains, no gains         D．time heals all wounds

       ……

       This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight’s about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She is a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election, except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

       She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons, because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.

And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America: the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.

At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.

When there was despair in the Dust Bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.

When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "we shall overcome." Yes we can.

A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.

America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there’s so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves, if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made? 

                                                                                                  (From Obama’s victory speech, 2008 )

56. What can be inferred from the passage?

       A. Ann Nixon Cooper was once a slave.              B. Ann Nixon Cooper is a black woman.

       C. Ann Nixon Cooper knows Obama and his family very well.

       D. Ann Nixon Cooper contributed much to the changes of America.

57. What does the underlined part“cast her ballot”in the first paragraph probably mean?

       A. expressed her happiness                                B. worked for Obama

       C. voted in the election                                     D. celebrated the victory

58. What message does this part of Obama’s speech mainly send?

       A. Ann Nixon Cooper has experienced the best time and the darkest hours of America in the last century.

B. America has undergone great development in the last century and is looking forward to more great changes.

       C. Ann Nixon Cooper has witnessed the development and democracy of America.

       D. This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations.

It’s Friday morning in the year of 2050, and you’re running late. You got distracted(分心) watching the music video that was playing in the corner of your bathroom mirror while you were brushing your teeth. How will you get to your office on time?

A quick check of your internet-connected refrigerator magnet tells your train, which travels at speeds up to 230 miles an hour, is a bit behind schedule, too. So you decide to drive your environmentally-friendly hydrogen fuel cell car instead, or rather, let your car drive you. It’s programmed to know the way, and it will get you there without speeding, getting lost, or crashing.

Settling into your office chair, which changes colour to match what you’re wearing, you pick up yesterday morning’s newspaper. Printed on reusable electronic paper, it instantly rewrites itself with today’s headlines. Now it’s time for your big meeting. Uh-oh! You’ve left your handwritten notes at home. No problem. The digital ink pen you used has stored an electronic copy of what you wrote.

Your wristwatch videophone suddenly rings. Your best friend’s face pops up on the organic light-emitting diode screen asking what you’re doing this weekend. “Will you slap on your 3-D contact lenses and play virtual soccer with the US Olympic team?” “No, no,” Your friend says, “I want to take the elevator which is made of microscopic fibers many times stronger than steel to get into space.”

Could this scene really take place in just a couple of decades? The researchers who are currently developing all this stuff think so. These gadgets(器械) may be as common in 20 years as cell phones and DVD players are today.

63. According to the passage, __________.

A. your office colour will change to that of what you’re wearing

B. newspapers will go electronic    C. you usually go to work by car

D. the digital ink pen makes writing so easy

64. You decide to use your hydrogen fuel cell car because __________.

A. it is safe, quick and comfortable          B. it is environmentally-friendly

C. your train is late for some reason        D. you are too late to catch your train

65. What will life be like in the year of 2050 according to the passage?

A. Space tourism will be a reality.    C. Transportation will be trouble-free.

B. Videophones will replace face-to-face communication.

D. People will have more time to go in for their hobbies.

129. The illness had left her feeling tired and______.

A. strong             B. happy             C. weak             D. Hungry

109. ---What was the food like?

    ---___________________.

 A.Nothing special                         B. Special nothing    

 C. Nothing specially                        D. Specially nothing

89. Every child is _____ to it parents.

A. precious                 B. possible                  C. expensive               D. Valuable

69. The gate is too ________ for a car to pass through..

A. wide                  B. high                         C. narrow                D. Neat

49. Western people usually say “_____ New Year and _____ Christmas.”

A. Happy; Happy          B. Merry; Happy           C. Merry; Merry           D. Happy; Merry

29. What a delicious joke! This sentence means _____.

A. The joke is very interesting.                B. The joke is about delicious food.

C. The joke is not interesting at all.                    D. No one laughed at the joke.