I stopped to listen; my son seemed ________himself shut in the living room.

A. enjoying　　　　　　　              B. to enjoy

C. that he was enjoying                D. to be enjoying

According to Chinese wedding culture and custom, the bride should ________red clothes.

A. wear in                B. be dressed in

C. dress                D. be worn

— Jimmy had a lot of parties recently.

— Yes, that might________why he didn't do well on the test.

A. sum up                    B. add up to

C. account for                D. make sense of

All the leading newspapers________SARS, the terrible disease spreading all around the world.

A. reported                  B. printed

C. announced                D. published

Our conversation came to an________ end when George burst into the room.

A. striking                B. subjective

C. evident                D. abrupt

It was such a hot night that I had a cold shower to ________myself.

A. refresh                B. drown

C. astonish                D. resist

It's not the________itself, but the ________you make use of that is responsible for the failure.

A. manner; way                    B. method; manner

C. manner; method                D. way; method

— Susan has promised me to sell out all the goods just in three days. It sounds too good.

— Her________to work is beyond question.

A. recommendation                B. commitment

C. affection                        D. tendency

Scientists have been trying to explain why, millions of years ago, certain animals ________while others survived.

A. ran away                B. broke down

C. gave up                D. died out

As we know, there is an increasing________for women to have children later in life.

A. response                B. tendency

C. caution                D. tone

— Why did you talk so much about reading in your speech?

— I wanted to________to children that reading did bring us with spiritual foods.

A. acknowledge                    B. justify

C. recommendation                D. convey

Do you need the toilet right now or can you ________for a while?

A. play around                B. watch out

C. hang on                    D. think about

Computers should be made readily accessible________teachers and pupils.

A. by                B. to

C. with                D. at

It was reported that three miners had found dead and twenty others were still________underground.

A. trapped                B. accompanied

C. scared                D. obtained

— Bruce, what gift will you send to your mother on Mother's Day?

— I'm having some flowers________.

A. delivered                B. preserved

C. clarified                D. adored

Doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I found out this when I was in the eighth grade. At the time we were having a final test. During the test, the girl who was sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn't understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me for an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.

Later, after we turned in the test papers and were prepared to go home, the teacher asked me to stay in the room. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.

Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl's test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very strange to her that I hadn't talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.

56．What purpose does the first sentence serve in the passage?

A. To provide background information of the topic.

B. To attract readers' attention to the topic.

C. To offer the general idea of the topic.

D. To use an example to support the topic.

57．Why did the teacher doubt the author's honesty all along?

A. He didn't think seriously what she said. 

B. He learned over to the girl and talked to her. 

C. He copied the girl's answers from her test paper.

D. He didn't explain anything about the pen right after the test.

58．The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to________.

A. persuade others not to do a favor to somebody in the future 

B. tell the readers an amusing story about himself 

C. let the students know a teacher's fault

D. give a moral education to the students

59．The thing emphasized in the teacher's talk was________.

A. honesty                        B. sense of duty

C. seriousness         D. discipline

60．It can be inferred from the text that the author's attitude to his teacher is a kind of________.

A. anger                          B. complaint

C. understanding      D. hate

Children are keen Internet shoppers with more than half having bought something online, research has shown.

Around 53 percent of children aged between 7 and 16 said they had bought something over the Internet, 10 percent more than in 2004, according to Halifax.

Boys were more likely to be Internet shoppers than girls, with 60 percent of boys saying they had bought items online, compared with just 46 percent of girls.

Unsurprisingly, older children were more likely to use the Internet to shop than younger ones, with nearly three­quarters of 12­to­16­year­olds shopping online, compared to just 29 percent of 7­to­11­year­olds who said they had bought something.

More than half of children preferred buying things over the Internet to buying them on the high street, while 61 percent of those who had bought things online said it was easier to buy certain items over the Internet than in shops.

However, boys were more likely to always prefer buying things online, while girls where more likely to still like the actual high street shopping experience.

The most common items for young people to buy over the Internet were CDs, tapes and computer games and equipment. Some children had bought DVDs and videos, while some had bought gifts.

Children spent most money on computer games and equipment, with 13 percent saying they spent more than $20 online on these items a year, followed by 12 percent who spent more than $20 a year on mobile phones and 11 percent who spent the same amounts on clothes.

Cheryl Millington, head of savings at Halifax, said, “We are not only seeing the emergence of a generation of young consumers, but also keen cyber­consumers. While children often lead the way in Internet use within the family home, parents have an important role to play in ensuring they stay safe while online.”

61. From the passage, which of the following is NOT correct?

A. Children are keen on internet shopping.

B. Boys are more likely to buy things over the Internet than girls.

C. Older children want to buy things in actual street.

D. Children like to buy some fashionable items over the Internet.

62. We can infer from the last paragraph that________.

A. Cheryl Millington is against children's online shopping

B. parents should play an active role in ensuring their children's safety

C. Cheryl Millington holds a conservative (保守的) view about children's online shopping

D. children will become the main composition of online shopping

63. Which of the following can best show the organization of the text?

a．the number of children's online shopping

b．items bought over the Internet

c．money spent on online shopping

d．safety problems

A. a, b, c, d                B. a, d, c, b

C. a, c, d, b                D. d, a, c, b

Oscar nominations (提名) don't come out until Jan. 23, and the awards aren't until Feb. 25. Here are several movies that look like best­picture competitors.

Little Children

Director: Todd Field

Little Children keeps much of the power and humor of Tom Perrotta's wonderful novel. The novel was darkly funny, and the film tries to mirror that quality. The main characters are adults who often act like children. Brad (Patrick Wilson) would rather play football than study for the bar exam he has repeatedly failed.

Flags of Our Fathers

Director: Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood just keeps getting better. He seemed best in 2003 when he made Mystic River and then Million Dollar Baby in the following year. Who would have thought he could best himself with a great film about World War II? The story built around the battle of Iwo Jima between the US and Japan. The battle scenes are graphically depicted.

The Queen

Director: Stephen Frears

British prime minister Tony Blair's failure with the royal family in the excellent drama The Queen, will mirror moviegoers' reactions as real­life events unfold among imagined story following the death of Princess Diana. The Queen is the kind of challenging and well­written film that filmgoers long for but rarely get. The changing way of British life is examined.

Stranger Than Fiction

Director: Marc Forster

Stranger Than Fiction is a praise to the power of literature. But art is not its only field. It also looks into the world of final certainties: death and taxes. The story facing the coming death offers a window into the soul of an Everyman, as well as into the nature of creative inspiration. An English professor, wonderfully played by Dustin Hoffman, becomes a key player.

64. Which of the following movies are directed by Clint Eastwood?

A. Stranger Than Fiction & The Queen.       

B. The Queen & Flags of Our Fathers.

C. Mystic River & Million Dollar Baby.

D. Flags of Our Fathers & Little Children.

65. The movie The Queen should belong to ________.

A. war movies          

B. historical movies   

C. action movies      

D. love movies

66. Which of the following may the text come from?

A. Entertainment.

B. News report.

C. Science research.

D. Local education.

It is a known fact that we are creatures of habit. The more comfortable we become with the habit the harder it is to break, good or bad. Well not completely true, the worst the habit, the harder to break. The good things in our life seem to be the hardest things to stay true to. So what motivates us? The desire to obtain what we do not have. Sometimes it is the things that are just outside our reach, but we think they are impossible to reach. Sometimes it is the things that are staring us in the face, but we can not see them. The fact is that we fail to obtain what we truly desire. Instead of driving the BMW that you desire you drive the Nissan.

We work our lives away, become slaves to the clock. Well, we do have that Nissan and we do live in a nice house, but is that our true desire? Just recently I had the opportunity to watch someone build the house of their dreams. And let me tell you that this is a_house_of_houses. The house lacks nothing, from solid mahogany (红木) doors to a breathtaking stone waterfall flowing into a pool, and lets not forget the putting green. The person that built that home has worked very hard for a very long time and deserves that home, but why am I or you for that matter any different than that person? I have worked very hard in my life and deserve what I desire so what is stopping me? At this point nothing but myself. Since we are creatures of habit it's all about changing the way we think and learning to obtain what we truly desire and not settling for what we think we are worth. I could continue to be a slave to the clock, pay my bills each month and hope I have enough money for the vacation that is so needed or I could take control of my life and start the plans for my dream home.

67. What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?

A. To advise us to break bad habits and form good ones.

B.  To encourage us to obtain what we truly desire in life.

C. To analyze the reason why we become slaves to the clock.

D. To advise on what cars or houses we should buy.

68. The author's tone in mentioning the person who'd spent a lot of effort in building his house is that of________.

A. scolding                           B. doubting

C. disapproving                        D. praising

69. The author would probably agree that________.

A. being content with one's life is a fine quality

B.  it is most important to seize every opportunity that knocks at your door

C. it is necessary to hope for the best and prepare for the worse

D. we should become masters of our own life

70. The underlined part “a house of houses” in the passage really means________.

A. a very common house

B. a house with many rooms

C. the best of all houses

D. an eco­friendly house

After her teenage daughter slipped into a coma(昏迷), Thelma Pickard never lost hope of recovery.

Daughter Amy, now 23, has begun to show signs of life after being given an over­the­counter sleeping pill.

Last night Mrs. Pickard said the “old sparkle” returned to her daughter's eyes when she was given a pill and described the change as “amazing”．

Until last month she remained seemingly lifeless in bed in a nursing home.

But now, barely four weeks after taking her first Zolpidem pill as part of a worldwide trial, she is breathing by herself, instead of through a hole in her throat, reacting to food and showing signs of awareness.

Amy was 17 when she collapsed and suffered severe brain damage after experimenting with heroin. Shortly afterwards, former nurse Mrs. Pickard, a mother of two from Hastings, East Sussex, allowed an image of the teenager in her hospital bed to be released as a poignant (辛酸的) plea to persuade others not to use drugs.

Her decision to allow her daughter to be part of the drugs trial is the subject of a BBC1 documentary, to be shown tonight. Amy is one of 360 people taking part in the trial.

The remarkable side­effects of Zolpidem were first noticed in South Africa after 24­year­old Louis Viljoen suffered serious brain damage when he was hit by a truck in 1994.

Doctors expected him to die and told his mother he would never regain consciousness. He was prescribed Zolpidem  normally used as a quick fix for insomnia (不眠症) — five years later in an attempt to reduce involuntary spasms (痉挛) in his arm.

Doctors thought the drug would send him into a deep sleep and stop him moving around so much — but just 25 minutes after being given the first pill, he sat up and said: “Hello, mummy.”

71. Why was Army given sleeping pills?

A. To ease her pain.

B. For a worldwide trial.

C. To treat her severely damaged brain.

D. To bring her back to life.

72. Mrs. Pickard allowed her daughter's image to be released to________.

A. warn others of the danger of taking drugs

B. remind herself not to lose hope of her daughter

C. arouse the doctors' sympathy

D. encourage her daughter never to give up

73. What do we know about the trial from the passage?

A. It is working.

B.  It brings about unexpected result.

C. It proves to be effective for the 360 people.

D. It causes some side­effects in the patients.

74. Which of the following best describes the doctor's feeling in Louis Viljoen's case?

A. Puzzled.                            B. Frightened.

C. Ashamed.                          D. Surprised.

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

A. A Determined Mother's Efforts Paid off

B.  Sleeping Pill Helped My Girl Wake up from a 6­year Coma

C. Amazing Trial Brings Hope to Patients

D. Sleeping Pill Cured a Girl of Drug Addiction

近几年，你看了很多外国影片，但是你觉得这些影片不尽如人意，于是你想给一家英文报社投稿，发表自己的观点。主要内容包括以下三个方面：

1.这些电影不但没有给人们带来高档的娱乐享受，有的反而给青少年带来负面影响；

2.冲击国内电影市场，不利于其发展；

3.国家应制定相关政策，认真挑选，严把关口。

注意：

1．不要逐句翻译，适当发表自己的见解，以使文章条理清晰，通顺连贯；

2．词数　100左右。