As De Witt Wallace lay in bed recovering from injuries that he unfortunately came by in World War I, he found there was a wealth of interesting information to read. Realizing few people would have the time to get through all this information, he knew exactly what to do. In 1920, this young American gave a sample magazine containing shortened articles to publishers across America. However, all turned him down.

       De Witt and his new bride Lila Bell Acheson published the first issue of Reader’s Digest in February 1922. Working from home, the Wallaces printed 5,000 copies, which were sold by mail to 1,500 people and priced at 25 cents. From these humble（簡單的）beginningsgrew the world’s most widely-read magazine.

       The magazine became popular and, by 1935, sales topped one million. In 1938, the first international edition was published in the United Kingdom. During World War II, editions were published for the first time in Latin America and Sweden. After the war Reader’s Digest moved into Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, South Africa and Switzerland. In 1950, Reader’s Digest published its shortened Books（now known as Select Editions in Australia）.In 1959, music, the first non-print product line, was introduced. In 1962, Reader’s Digest revolutionized direct mail by introducing easy-to-enter Sweepstakes and a year later the first Reader’s Digest general book was published. In 1986, video was added to the Reader’s Digest product line.

       In 1973, the Wallaces gave up active management of Reader’s Digest. De Witt died in 1981, aged 91; Lila in 1984, aged 94. With no heirs to the Wallace empire to take control, Reader’s Digest became a public company in the early 1990s and is now headed by a Chief Executive Office and Chairman of the Board.

60．What is the purpose of De Witt Wallace creating the earliest magazine?

       A．To become wealthy                              B．To offer people information.

       C．To cure the wounds from the war.        D．To turn down uninteresting stories

61．What is mainly talked about in the first two paragraphs?

       A．The first issue of Reader’s Digest.

       B．The first trial of De Witt Wallace’s dream.

       C．De Witt Wallace’s character and marriage.

       D．The humble beginnings of Reader’s Digest.

62．Which of the following is the right order for the history of Reader’s Digest?

       a．The Select Edition came out.

       b．The Wallaces retired from the management of Reader’s Digest.

       c．The magazine sold over million copies.

       d．The product line was improved by means of videos

       e．Editions in other languages were published.

       A．c―e―a―b―d    B．e―a―c―b―d    C．c―e―a―d―b       D．a(chǎn)―c―e―d―b

63．What can be known about Reader’s Digest from the passage?

      A．Reader’s Digest only published shortened or general books

       B．After World War II Reader’s Digest was published all over the world

       C．Reader’s Digest was first private-owned and later public-owned.

       D．Reader’s Digest has always been headed by a Chief Executive Office.

       Eye injuries from paintball games have increased among children, even as the protective equipment for the sport has improved, according to a study released yesterday in the journal pediatrics.

       The Federal Consumer Product Safety Commission estimated the number of emergency room visits for eye injuries caused by paintballs at 545 in 2001 and more than 1,200 in 2003. More than 40 percent of those injuries were believed to involve children, the study said.

       Paintballs are fired at a speed of up to 300 feet a second, the study said. Being so small, they can fit inside the bones meant to protect the eye. The study’s author, Dr. David A. Listman of St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, said paintball shopping centers had generally switched to full face masks（面罩），which have become more effective at protecting the eyes than earlier gear. But most injuries now occur in backyard play, which is more likely to involve teenagers or children.“The injuries being seen are mostly in people who did not wear the proper, or for that matter any, safety equipment,”Dr. Listman said.

       Those injuries can involve permanent（永久性的）damage to sight, he said.

       Dr. Listman said he believed that paintball guns should be restricted to regulated places. In the absence of such action, parents should limit children’s access to the guns and insist on proper protection. Paintball guns“should be treated with the same respect as any other firearm,”he said“These are the only guns that are made to shoot at your friends.”

56．Paintballs may cause injuries mainly because of         .

       A．their content and size                           B．their speed

       C．their shape                                          D．their content and shape

57．The word“gear”（in paragraph 3）means         .

       A．medicine             B．material               C．technique            D．equipment

58．What do you learn form Dr. Listman?

       A．Children should not play paintball guns everywhere.

       B．Many more children were injured in 2003 than in 2001.

       C．The improved equipment is still ineffective for children.

       D．Every eye injury from paintballs will finally lead to blindness.

59．Which of the following might be the proper title for the passage?

      A．Children: How You Should Play Properly

       B．Parents: Keep Children Off Paintballs

       C．Safety: When Paintball Meets Eyeball

       D．Guns: Only Made to Shoot at Your Friends

       Flight simulator（飛行模擬器）refers to any electronic system for training airplanes, spacecraft pilots and crew members by simulating flight conditions. The purpose of simulation is not to completely take the place of   36   flight training but to thoroughly make the members familiar with the airplane   37   they suffer   38   danger in actual flight training. Simulation is also useful for familiarizing pilots with new adjustment to    39   planes.

       Two early flight simulators appeared in England within a decade after the first flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright. They were    40   to enable pilots to stimulate simple aircraft control in three aspects: nose up or down; left wing high and right low, or vice versa（反之亦然）. Until 1929, however, a truly    41   simulator, the Link Trainer, appeared, designed by Edwin A. Link.   42   , airplane instrumentation had been developed to   43   “blind”flying on instruments alone,   44   training pilots to do so was risky. Pilots could use the equipment for instrument training and the controls   45   instrument guidance so as to keep straight and level flight or control climb or   46   without visual reference   47   any horizon except for the man-made one on the instrument panel（儀表板）. The trainer was improved   48   aircraft technology advanced.

       Technological advances during the war, particularly in   49  , helped to make the flight simulator realistic. The use of efficient computers in the early 1950s led to further   50  . It was no longer possible to use a trainer who couldn’t adapt to special environment to prepare pilots to fly anything but the   51   light planes. During the early 1960s electronic digital computers were   52  , and their speed and flexibility（機(jī)動(dòng)性）   53   a great change in simulation systems. Further advances in computer   54   technology, especially the development of simulation, have made it possible to reproduce highly complex   55   conditions.

All substances,         solids, liquids, or gases, are made up of entirely atoms.

       A．no matter what they                             B．whether

       C．no matter what are they                        D．whether are

Generally speaking, the electric-bike is not dangerous as         , if         according to the instructions.

       A．reported; ridden                                   B．reported; riding

       C．report; to ride                                      D．reporting; to be ridden

We haven’t heard from her for weeks. How do you suppose         with her studies now?

       A．is she getting along                              B．she gets along

       C．she is getting on                                  D．she had got on

Just after finishing doing the housework,        .

       A．the telephone rang                                B．Anna heard the telephone ring

       C．someone knocked at the door                D．there was a knock at the door

Being examined twice a year, whether it is a car or a bus or a truck, it is the rule that every driver         obey in this city.

       A．shall                    B．can                     C．has to                 D．need

Before he went abroad, he spent as much time as he         English.

       A．could learning      B．learned                C．to learn               D．could learn

―Can I have a talk with you, Mary?

―Shall we do it         tea and cake?

       A．over                    B．with                    C．by                      D．a(chǎn)t