The children were surprised by the sudden _____ of their teacher.            

   A.enter       B. entrance    C.entry      D.come

四、Multiple choice(單項(xiàng)選擇)15分

It looks as if they are going to _________ us a lot of money for the concert hall.

A.demand　          B.cost          C.charge            D.ask

Do you think that the way of Maori life in the village will be kept _________?

A.lovely                                            B.alive

C.lively                                             D.life

Tattoos and body piercings（穿孔）have moved up on the trend list in recent years．Around Western schools lots of teens are sporting new holes and“flesh ink”（紋身）．As with all other subjects，the Chinese will surely have to deal with this situation with respect to their children．To get a better view of what has happened in the West，1et’s sit down and hear what they say．

Tiara from Indiana： 

I personally think body piercing is sickening．If there were supposed to be holes in your body，you would have been born with them．I do，however，think that ear piercing is not wrong．There is a difference between ear piercing and belly button piercing．Ear piercing is not nearly as dangerous．I would be sick if someone stuck a needle in my belly button.

Lee from Illinois：

Hi！I live in Illinois．I am 23．I have 12 tattoos and three piercings．I love my tattoos and consider myself an art collector．You would be surprised at who has given me the thumbs up on my art work．People on the street stop me to look at the tattoo on my leg．Most of them don’t know what it is．They just think the work itself is great.

Subotai from California：

I’m not prohibitive（禁止）of self-expression，but when I see high school students getting these piercings，I really wonder．In some cases，the drive is deeper and darker than mere fashion．A friend of mine tried piercing her own tongue with a safety pin．It got infected and she had a tongue the size of a cow’s.

Jackson from Ohio：

I don’t think it is wrong，but when people do it all over the place like their face and everything—I think that’s ridiculous．People who get the big“dragons that cover the whole body—I don’t think that’s necessary．”When I see naked chicks on guys，I think，“You have no respect for women．”

36．we infer          according to the passage．

    A．Tiara might have body piercings

B．Subotai can’t have body piercing

C．Lee thinks tattoos are art

    D．Jackson likes tattoos and piercings

37．Who doesn’t think tattoos and piercings except ear piercing are beautiful？

A．Jackson                                           B．Lee

C．Tiara                                       D．Subotai

38．we can conclude that         .

    A．tattoos and piercings are a new kind of elegant art

    B．a(chǎn)ll the teachers in the West are in favour of tattoos and piercings

C．everything is changeable as time goes on

D．it is necessary to live with different views of beauty

39．The best title for this passage is probably         ．

    A．Body Art or Causing Damage   

    B．Doing Damage to the Young People’s Bodies

C．Young People’s Different Curiosities

D．The Latest Fad（時(shí)尚）

    Among rich countries, people in the United States work the longest hours. They work much longer than in Europe. This difference is quite surprising because productivity per hour worked is the same in the United States as it is in France, Spain and Germany, and it is growing at a similar speed.

     In most countries and at most times in history, as people have become richer they have chosen to work less. In other words they have decided to “spend” a part of their extra income on a fuller personal life. Over the last fifty years Europeans have continued this pattern, and hours of work have fallen sharply. But not in the United States. We do not fully know why this is. One reason may be greatly lower taxes in America, which increase the rewards to work. Another may be more satisfying work, or less satisfying personal lives.

Longer hours do of course increase the GDP (國(guó)內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值). So the United States has produced more per worker than, say, France. The United States also has more of its people at work, while in France many more mothers and older workers have decided to stay at home. The overall result is that American GDP per head is 40% higher than in France, even though productivity per hour worked is the same.

         It is not clear which of the two situations is better. As we have seen, work has to be compared with other values like family life, which often get lost in interest. It is too early to explain the different trends（趨勢(shì)）in happiness over time in different countries. But it is a disappointing idea that in the United States happiness has made no progress since 1975, while it has risen in Europe. Could this have anything to do with trends in the work-life balance?

51.From the text we know that the author .

A. believes that longer working hours is better

B. prefers shorter working hours to longer ones

C. says nothing certain about which pattern is better

D. thinks neither of the patterns is good

52.Which of the following countries has more of its people at work?

A. Spain.           B. France.        C. Germany.         D. America. 

53.In the last paragraph, the underlined word “which” refers to ______.

A. family life        B. situations      C. other values       D. trends

54.What message can we get from the text?

A. The GDP of Europe is higher than that of America.

B. Two possible reasons are given for working longer hours in the US.

C. People all over the world choose to work less when they are richer.

D. Americans are happier than Europeans.

55.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Americans and Europeans            B. Staying at Home

C. Work and Productivity               D. Work and Happiness

Scientists are convinced    the positive effect of laughter   physical and mental health.

     A．of; at             B．by; in             C．of; on          D．on; at

30．——is a good chance that he is willing to allow U8 to join in the ball game．

  A．There    B．It    C．That    D．This

There are plenty of jobs ________ in the western part of the country.

A．present 　　　　　　　　　　　　　B．a(chǎn)vailable

C．responsible 　　　　　　　　　　　D．convenient

—         is it that is troubling Mary?

    —Working out the maths problem．

A．What                   B．How                    C．Why               D．Which

His best movie,_________won several awards, was about the life of Gandhi.

       A．one   B．that   C．what  D．which