_______ meet my uncle at the station, I went there by taxi instead of by bus.

. Man must produce more grain to support the _____ growing population on earth.

   A. already          B. just               C. ever          D. yet

We are now enjoying the cool air in the room. ____, the farmers are harvesting crops in the hot sun.

       A. Therefore          B. Besides             C. As a result                D. In the meantime

It' s 2035. You have a job, a family and you' re about 40 yews old I Welcome to your future life.

Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. "Turn red," you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you' re 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You' re not even middle-aged!

As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, "To lose weight, you shouldn' t eat that," from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code(电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. "Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?" A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.

" Ready for your trip to space?" you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space — and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, "The doctor said you need these for space travel. " Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.

It' s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. " My office. Autopilot," you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it.

1. What changes the color of your shirt?

A. The mirror.        B. The shirt itself.     C. The counter.      D The medicine.

2. How do the shoes know that you shouldn't eat the breakfast cereal?

A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.       B. By listening to the doctor' s advice.

C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen;  D. By checking the nutrition details of the food.

3 The strawberries the children eat serve as ________

A. breakfast           B. lunch             C. vaccines        D. nutrition

4. How is the text organized?

A. In order of time.                         B. In order of frequency.

C. In order of preference.                    D. In order of importance.

 ----Can he take charge of the state-owned factory located in Shanghai?

 ----I’m afraid it’s ______ his ability.

  A. against           B. within            C. beyond         D. of

______, he still cannot make himself understood.

A. So clearly he speaks English                  B. So clearly does he speak English

C. Clearly as he speaks English                   D. As he speaks English clearly

Toronto---A pleasant attitude can do wonders for patients’ recovery, according to researchers who reviewed 16 studies that looked at patients’ attitudes toward health. The studies lasted 30 years and looked at patients’ attitudes after operation.

“In each case the better a patient’s expectations about how they would do after operation or some health procedure, the better they did,” said the author  Donald Cole,

of the Institute for Work and Health in Toronto.

“This mind-body connection that we have been toying with for the past couple of decades really does have hard science behind it. The result shows that the power of positive thinking is real,” Cole said.

New York-A Pable Picasso painting sold at Christie’s auction house in New York Wednesday for 55-million dollars. The price  set a new auction record for a Picasso, and is the fifth-highest price ever paid for any work of art at auction.

The painting---Woman with her arms crossed---was purchased by an telephone bidder(投标者).Painted in 1902 in Barcelona, the portrait is one of the best-known works from what is called Picasso’s blue period.

Christie’s says the painting by the famous Spanish artist is of a quality not seen on the market in more than 10 years.It sold for more than twice its pre-sale estimate.

Xinhua Agency---It had not come up until the very last minute in Premier Wen Jiabao’s two-hour press conference that concludes the annual sessions of the national legislature and political advisory body. But when it did it, it became an immediate catch phrase at home.

“I think fairness and justice are more glorious than the sun.” said Wen, responding to the laast question in yesterday’s press session. Which turned out to be the most-quoted lines in domestic media.

1.News Item 1 intends to make us believe that______.

A.    positive thinking can make people healthy

B.     a better attitude results in a better operation

C.     researchers have observed 16 patients’ recovery during the past 30 years

D.    great attention has been paid to how attitudes affect health

2.Which of the following is NOT true about the painting Woman with her arms crossed?

A.    The painting was once thought to be worth around $25 million.

B.     The painting is one of the most expensive pictures ever sold at auction.

C.     The painting was purchased through telephone.

D.    The painting has not been seen on the market for more than 10 years.

3. “I think fairness and justice are more glorious than the sun.” where does Wen say this?

A.    At an online interview

B.     At a press conference

C.    At a meeting to all the leaders

D.    At a speech in Beijing University

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.---- It is high time I _______ to school.I have to go now

   ---- See you!

   ---- See you!

A.had gone    B.went    C.would go   D.should have gone

--How far apart do they live ?

  ---_____ I know, they live in the same neighborhood.

A. As long as   B. As far as     C. As well as  D. As often as