--- Did you enjoy the party last weekend at Peter’s home?

   --- Oh, sure. It has been years _______ I last enjoyed myself like that.

   A. since                  B. before              C. until                  D. when

Human needs seem endless. When a hungry man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat, when a manager gets a new sports car, a big house and pleasure boats dance into view.

The many needs of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. When there is money enough to satisfy one level of needs, another level appears.

The first and most basic level of needs involves food. Once this level is satisfied, the second level of needs, clothing and some sort of shelter, appears. By the end of World War Ⅱ, these needs were satisfied for a great majority of Americans. Then a third level appeared. It included such items as automobiles and new houses.

By 1957 or 1958 this third level of needs was fairly well satisfied. Then, in the late 1950s, a fourth level of needs appeared; the “l(fā)ife-enriching” level. While the other levels involve physical satisfaction, that is, the need in comfort, safety, and transportation, this level stresses mental needs for recognition, achievement, and happiness. It includes a variety of goods and services, many of which could be called “l(fā)uxury” items. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical and dental care, and recreation. Also included here are fancy goods and the latest styles in clothing.

On the fourth level, a lot of money is spent on services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods. Will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of needs as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level?

A fifth level would probably involve needs that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, ignorance, crime, and prejudice. After filling our stomachs, our clothes closets, our garages, our teeth, and our minds, we now may seek to ensure the health, safety, and leisure to enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels.

According to the passage, man will begin to think about such needs as housing and clothing only when       .

A. he has saved up enough money

B. he has grown dissatisfied with his simple shelter

C. he has satisfied his hunger

D. he has learned to build houses

It can be inferred from the passage that by the end of World War Ⅱ, most Americans        .

A. were very rich      

B. lived in poverty

C. had the good things on the first three levels

D. did not own automobiles

Which of the following is NOT related to “physical satisfaction” ?

A. A successful career.                 B. A comfortable home.

C. A good meal.                          D. A family car.

What is the main concern of man on the fourth level?

A. The more goods the better.

B. The more mental satisfaction the better.

C. The more “l(fā)uxury” items the better.

D. The more earnings the better.

假如你是李明，你的班里來(lái)了一位英國(guó)交換生Paul。他在和你的交談中表示在中國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)壓力很大。請(qǐng)你給他寫封信，給他提一些建議。主要包括以下內(nèi)容：

1．請(qǐng)求老師和同學(xué)的幫助

2．不要總想著考試成績(jī)，要多想自己的進(jìn)步

3．多做運(yùn)動(dòng)

4.  ……

注意：1. 詞數(shù)：100字左右；

      2. 可適當(dāng)加入細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

      3. 信的開頭已為你寫好（不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)）。

Paul,

I quite sympathize with you and understand the great trouble you are suffering from.  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours sincerely,

                                                           Li Ming

Don’t be upset．I think Tom, rather than you, _______

       A is to blame  B are to blame       C is to be blamed   D are to be blamed

–The Guangzhou Asian Games was a great success.

—I can’t agree more. We couldn’t have ______one.

       A. a better             B. a worse                    C. such nice                  D. so bad

______ was known to us all that Johnson had broken his promise _____ he would

give each of us a small gift.

A. As; which       B. What; that      C. It; that           D. It; which

I was very busy that day. Otherwise I _________in the discussion．

       A. would take party     B. had taken part  C. took part    D. would have taken part

Events Calendar

TUESDAY

Landscape Pests (害蟲)

Learn to identify, control and prevent seasonal landscape-disease and landscape-pest problems at the workshop, 3:30 pm. – 5 pm. Tuesday at the US National Arboretum, 3501 New York Ave NE, Washington. $15; registration required.

202-245-4521 or www.usna.usda.gov.

THROUGH AUGUST 3

Horticultural(園藝的) Art

Watercolors, pen-and-ink drawings and colored-pencil pieces by the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical (植物學(xué)的) Art and Illustration will be on display at the exhibit Botanic 2007: The Art and Science of Plants at Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, 1800 Glenallan Ave, Wheaton, through Aug. 3. Free. 301-962-1400 or www.brooksidegardens.org.

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 9

Botanical Art

Visit Patterns in Nature, an exhibit by Amy Lamb featuring photographs of flowers, leaves and other botanical life, at the US Botanic Garden Conservatory （溫室），West Orangerie, 100 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, through Sept. 9. The conservatory is open 10 am. – 5 pm. Daily. Free. 202-225-8333.

THROUGH OCTOBER 8

Botanic Garden Exhibit

Celebrating America’s Public Gardens is on view through Oct. 8 at the US Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave SW, Washington. The exhibit, on the Conservatory Terrace and in the National Garden, features displays of 20 public botanic gardens across the country. Hours are 10 am. – 5 pm. Daily. Free. 202-200-8956.

If you want to record your name for an event in advance, you may call _____.

       A. 202-225-8333    B. 202-245-4521    C. 301-962-1400    D. 202-200-8956

If you go to Botanic Garden Exhibit, you _____.

       A. can enjoy drawings and coloured-pencil pieces

       B. can learn how to kill pests living on the plants

       C. can find displays of 20 botanic gardens across the country

       D. will enjoy the photographs of flowers and leaves

From the advertisement, we learn _____.

       A. the first event is about growing healthy plants

       B. all of the events are free of charge

       C. there is no time limit to all the events

       D. you can find the information of all the events either by phone or by e-mail

某英文報(bào)“讀者來(lái)信”專欄正在就家長(zhǎng)是否允許孩子課后看電視的問題開展討論。請(qǐng)你用英語(yǔ)向該報(bào)編輯部寫一封信，發(fā)表你的觀點(diǎn)，信的開頭已寫好，你只需接著寫。

注意：

1、下面的提示可能會(huì)幫助你構(gòu)思：（只選其中一方的觀點(diǎn)）

2、你不必根據(jù)上面的提示逐條進(jìn)行寫作，可自由發(fā)揮，適當(dāng)拓展。

3、詞數(shù)100個(gè)左右。

Dear editor,

I (don’t) think it is right for us to watch TV after school.                                   

I am sorry to say that our food is almost______. We cannot survive if there is no one to help us.

A. by the end              B. at an end        C. in the end       D. at the end