I _______ such a foolish mistake if I had been a little more careful.

A．wouldn't make                                            B．wouldn't have made

C．hadn't made                                               D．didn't make

--Are you going to try the media?

--Well, I haven't decided yet. I _______ find some other choices.

A．would   B．should          C．must          D．might

I wonder whether the soldier is one of those who _______ abroad to keep peace.

A．has been sent        B．have been sent  C．have sent        D．has sent

From mum's love, patience and understanding, I have learned what a huge responsibility _______ is to raise a child.

A．this       B．that            C．it     D．one

She may have missed the train, ________ she won't arrive for another hour.

A．in which case          B．in her case     C．in any case          D．in that case

--You're going to have a rise this month, aren't you?

--Yes, only $ 100.

--Well, __________.

A．the more, the better                                     B．easier said than done    

C．better than never                                         D．better than nothing

My first job was at a local diner, where I worked for seven years and learned so many lessons, especially from a fellow   1   .

Helen was in her 60s and had extraordinary self-respect, something I was really lacking. I looked up to Helen   2   she was doing what she loved－   3   people－and nobody did it   4   . She always made everyone, customers and co-workers,   5   and feel good.

Being a waitress changed my life. One of my   6   customers was Fred Hasbrook. He always ate an omelet, and when I saw him   7   , I tried to have it on his table as soon as he sat down.

Thanks to the newfound confidence I  8  from Helen, I dreamed of having my own   9   . But when I called my parents to ask for a loan （貸款）, they said, "We just don't have the   10   ."

The next day, Fred saw me and asked, "What's up? You're not smiling today." I   11   my dream with him and said, "Fred, I know I can do more if somebody would just have faith in me."

Before long he handed me checks totaling $50,000 -- along with a   12   that read, "The only collateral （抵押品） on this loan is my trust in your   13   as a person. Good people with a dream should have the   14   to realize that dream."

I took the checks to Merrill Lynch, where the money was provided for me. I   15   working at the diner, making   16   for the restaurant I would open. My plans failed,   17   , and I lost the money.

Later I decided to apply for a job at Merrill Lynch. Even though I had no experience, I was   18   and ended up becoming a pretty good agent.   19   I paid back Fred the $50,000, plus 14－percent annual interest. Five years later, I was able to  20   my own firm.

1．A．member               B．waitress              C．citizen              D．student

2．A．because           B．though         C．while            D．unless

4．A．faster             B．better            C．harder            D．later

5．A．drink               B．digest            C．smile              D．sing

6．A．regular             B．favorite           C．tough             D．fresh

7．A．eating             B．greeting          C．ordering           D．coming

8．A．found out          B．picked up       C．got back           D．took away

9．A．restaurant           B．confidence        C．house            D．work

10．A．choice              B．way              C．idea              D．money

11．A．exchanged          B．discussed         C．shared            D．a(chǎn)nalyzed

12．A．letter              B．sign              C．notice            D．note

13．A．honesty          B．responsibility     C．devotion          D．motivation

14．A．patience           B．luck             C．time              D．chance

15．A．loved            B．practiced         C．continued          D．enjoyed

16．A．a(chǎn)djustments       B．plans              C．decisions         D．suggestions

17．A．instead           B．therefore          C．though               D．meanwhile

18．A．hired              B．rejected            C．encouraged       D．determined

19．A．Fortunately        B．Excitedly            C．Personally         D．Eventually

20．A．design           B．open              C．manage        D．expand

It has long been known that the human body can be a powerful weapon. Now a study of Welsh emergency room patients has concluded that kicks are much more likely to cause serious injuries than attacks using other parts of the body -- or even attacks using objects such as knives or bats.

Researchers at Cardiff University in Wales examined the medical records of nearly 25,000 people treated in a local hospital between 1999 and 2005. They found that while-kicks were less common, such attacks caused greater damage than either blows or attacks with weapons.

Kicks were more likely to cause serious head and brain injuries. Besides, kicks were more likely to cause broken bones.

Of the more than 31,000 recorded injuries examined for the study, Shepherd's team found that about 7 percent were due to being kicked. About 21 percent of the injuries were caused by blunt （鈍的） or sharp weapons, while slightly more than 50 percent were due to blows.

The researcher notes that overall, severe injuries from violence seem to drop in the United Kingdom, although exact measurement remains a problem.

"We have evidence that shows police records are not a reliable measure of violence, and that reliable measures of violence are crime surveys and injury statistics."

Similarly, the level of violence in the United States has been on a downward trend since the 1980s, said Fred Rivara, founding director of the Research Center in Seattle, Washington.

But rates of lower-level violence in the U.S. have not been thoroughly studied, he said.

"There have been a number of studies looking at the risk of guns versus blunt or sharp objects in the United States," Rivara said, "but we haven't seen anybody looking at feet or fists versus weapons."

1．We can see that kick injuries are found mostly in the __________ part of the body.

A．upper             B．lower                 C．front               D．back

2．Feet are used as weapons            blows and knives.

A．much more often than                          B．a(chǎn) bit more often than      

C．less often than                                     D．a(chǎn)s often as

3．Shepherd's team found in their study about ___________ injuries from being kicked.

A．2,200            B．6,000              C．6,500                 D．15,500

4．The passage is written mainly to ___________.

    A．find more reliable measures of violence

    B．a(chǎn)ttract people's attention to kick injuries

    C．stop everyday violence in the United States

       D．tell the drop of severe injures from violence

"I have super powers," a girl named Megan whispers to her doctor in a recent TV show. That's her explanation for how she's able to stand painful cuts and being hit with a base-ball bat--all without feeling any pain.

Across the world about a few hundred people suffer from one of many disorders （紊亂） that make them completely unable to feel pain from the time they are born.

Now a new form of this disorder has been recognized among people from northern Pakistan, and scientists have tracked down the changed gene responsible for the condition. Their study could help researchers gain a better understanding of how pain works and may help them develop new medicine that may reduce pain with fewer side effects.

Researchers discovered the latest version of the disorder when they found a young street performer in Pakistan, sticking knives through his arms. Then they found six other people from three families in the same area who also had the disease.

These people were able to feel hot and cold, sense pressure, and could tell sharp objects touching their skin from blunt ones. They were all believed to be of only average intelligence. But none of them felt any pain. Surprisingly, the families were unrelated, but all of the sufferers had changes to the same gene. The changed gene causes a protein （蛋白質(zhì)） to form part of a channel that is undoubtedly important for human sense of pain.

Early childhood can be awful for people without feeling any pain. They can bite endlessly on their tongues and fingers during teething, stick their fingers in their eyes, or suffer major injuries without noticing. The six people studied for the Nature paper all had injuries to their lips or tongues from biting themselves when they were young.

1．The study of feeling no pain might lead to __________.

A．our feeling pity for the patients      B．our helping the patients to recover

C．our removing pains in a better way  D．our curing illnesses more effectively

2．If one is born painless, his parents probably ____________.

A．have a normal sense of pain                 B．have a weak sense of pain

C．keep a strong sense of pain                 D．lack a natural sense of pain

3．It can be inferred from the passage that it's         for children who feel no pain.

A．lucky          B．natural           C．bitter                D．dangerous

4．The proper title for the passage is "Feeling No Pain: _______ ."

A．Cause of the Gene Disorder Still Unknown

B．New Disorder Found Throughout the World

C．Way of Dealing with It Studied in Pakistan

       D．New Form of Rare Gene Disorder Discovered

CANBEERA--Patients' care would no longer be compromised after the ACT Government gave up paid parking at public hospitals.

Visitors had been paying up to $ 5 a day to park at Canberra and Calvary hospitals under the scheme （方案） introduced in September, 2006.

Health Minister Katy Gallagher announced yesterday visitors would no longer pay these fees because the idea had proved unworkable and unpopular.

The Government would also spend $ 29 million over two years to build a multi-storey car park with 1400 spaces at Canberra Hospital. But she could not rule out that visitors would be charged to park in the new structure.

Ms Gallagher said the Government had listened to the public concerns. "It is clear that, in spite of a generous policy, many visitors to the hospitals don't support the present system," she said.

The public would have access to two-hour and three-hour parking spaces from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm weekdays.

Opposition spokesman on urban services Steve Pratt congratulated the Government for "adopting" Liberal policy to put an end to paid parking.

"Finally, the Stanhope Government has been forced to reduce the unfair burden that they put on ACT residents," Mr. Pratt said. "Why was it so necessary to put so many ACT residents particularly those who have to 'visit loved ones frequently or could hardly afford it through so much inconvenience and for so long before finally coming to their sense?"

Mr. McGowan said the Government must come up with other ways to deal with problems such as people parking at the hospital to avoid fees in Woden and Belconnen.

1．After a multi-storey car park is completed, visitors to Canberra Hospital are ________ to pay for parking there.

A．unable         B．likely           C．free               D．sure

2．The former scheme being given up shows that _______________

A．the majority are not as rich as expected  B．new things are hard to become popular

C．the Government accepts public views    D．people park far away from the hospitals

3．The underlined word "compromised" in Paragraph 1 means "____________"

A．hardly received                                  B．freely provided       

C．badly influenced                                D．slowly developed

4．In Mr. Pratt's opinion, ________________.

A．the Government should have given up the parking policy much earlier

B．the problem with hospital parking should also be solved in other places

C．the paid parking policy has not been supported by most hospital visitors

       D．the Government's latest decision is supposed to be still further improved