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第二节  完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Football, I suppose, is the most popular game in England: One has only to go to one of the important matches to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting and  36  for one side or  37 .

One of the most  38  thing about football in England to a stranger is the great 39  of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He  40  photos of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches. He will  41  you, with a great air of authority, who he expects will win such and such a match,  42  his opinion is usually as valuable as that of men three or four times his  43  .

Most schools in England take  44  seriously — much more seriously than nearly all European schools,  45  lessons are all important, and games are left for one’s  46  arrangements. In England, it is believed that  47  is not only a matter of filling a boy’s mind with facts  48 ; it also means character training. And one of the  49  ways of training character is by means of games,  50  team games, where the boy has to learn to  51  with others for his team; instead of working  52  for himself alone. The school therefore arranges games and matches for its  53 . Football is a good team game, and it is good exercise for body. It needs _54 and a quick brain. It is popular and it is cheap. As a  55 , it is the school’s favorite game in winter.

36. A. jumping            B. laughing                C. running               D. cheering

37. A. their own          B. another       C. the other                   D. other side

38. A. surprising            B. exciting                         C. pleasant                         D. different

39. A. skill                B. knowledge                 C. interest             D. success

40. A. takes                 B. has            C. accepts              D. receives

41. A. explain                B. tell           C. ask                             D. advise

42. A. so                B. though          C. thus                        D. and

43. A. size               B. experience              C. age             D. weight

44. A. education         B. children       C. football          D. matches

45. A. whose              B. where          C. there           D. because

46. A. his                       B. himself                     C. own                        D. itself

47. A. education                     B. training              C. learning                     D. textbooks

48. A. in the lab             B. at the school       C. on the playground   D. in the classroom

49. A. best                 B. quickest                     C. maturest                  D. oldest

50. A. usually               B. namely                 C. especially                 D. reasonably

51. A. think                     B. work               C. do                    D. deal

52. A. happily                   B. foolishly       C. selfishly                D. seriously

53. A. players                        B. teams                C. teachers                       D. pupils

54. A. knowledge                     B. time                         C. skill                        D. memory

55. A. consequence     B. whole             C. rule                             D. matter

Don’t you just love ice skating every winter？I am sure，that since winter is approaching，your skates are set to come out，just waiting to be used.Impress your friends with your new trick on how to ice­skate backwards with the help of these tips.Skating backwards on ice is a bit difficult but once you master the basic，there’s nothing like it.Follow the steps given below and you will be able to skate backwards in no time.

Stand Straight

The first thing that you need to do is，stand straight.If you feel that you are falling backwards，then just put your chin(下巴) up and slightly bend your knees.Don’t worry；this happens to all.

Confidence Is What You Need

The most important step while learning how to skate backwards，is having enough confidence in yourself and in what you are doing.How can you achieve this？By practice.Just practice rolling backwards down a gentle slop every single day or just by pushing off from a wall or something of that sort.But before you do that，make sure that the place where you are practicing is free from any kind of debris(碎片) because otherwise，you could land up in the hospital due to some accident.While going backwards，just get used to the feeling of moving backwards.One of the important ice skating tips and techniques is that if you feel that you are losing your balance，then scissor(做剪式运动) your skates.Keep practicing this till you are confident about it.

Maintain Speed

Confident now？Great！Now the next step is to maintain your speed.While rolling in a straight line with one skate，with the other try sculling(划桨)，that is，keep pushing yourself backwards with an outwards stroke(滑动)．Now bring the skate which you were using to scull，and then again，repeat the same process.Make sure that you put most of your weight on the skate which is moving straight and not the one with which you are sculling.Now，try the same thing using the other foot.Again keep doing this till you are confident enough.

Increase Your Speed Now

Once you are confident that you can scull with either foot，the next thing that you have to do is increase your speed.Try some of your own tricks now.Scull with either foot or with both at the same time.

Scull and Be Aware

While you keep one foot straight，keep sculling with the other.You can do that simultaneously with both feet.Concentrate on what you are doing but don’t get so involved，that you don’t see where you are going.If you are not watching your back，you might just bang against something or someone.

1.According to the text confidence comes from ______.

A．high speed  B．strict coaches

C．constant exercise  D．good techniques

2.Which is the right order of ice­skating backwards?

a．Increasing your speed.

b．Being able to scull with one foot.

c．Being about to stand straight.

d．Trying some different tricks.

A．c→a→d→b  B．c→b→d→a

C．a→c→b→d  D．c→b→a→d

3.In order to keep balance when skating backwards you should ________.

A．skate in a scissor gesture

B．use both your feet to scull

C．skate forward first and then backward

D．put most of your weight on the skate with which you are sculling

4.The purpose of the text is ________.

A．to compare different ways of ice­skating backwards

B．to introduce the culture of ice­skating backwards

C．to explain advantages of ice­skating backwards

D．to offer some advice on ice­skating backwards

"We do look very different; we're older. Leo's 38, I'm 37. We were 21 and 22 when we made that film. You know, he's fatter now -- I'm thinner.". So says Kate Winslet, who is thrilled at the 3-D re-release of Titanic to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the ship's demise. “ It happens every time I get on any boat of any kind." She recalls. There are all the people who want her to walk to the front of the ship and re-create her famous pose, arms flung wide. Most people remember the tragedy: The British passenger ship -- said to be unsinkable -- hit an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912, during its maiden voyage from England to New York City. More than 1,500 people died. But little known is what the world learned from the sinking to prevent future incidents.

Probably the greatest deficiency （不足）of the Titanic was that she was built 40 years before the widespread use of the wonderful invention radar(雷达). Her only defense against icebergs and hidden obstacles was to rely on manned lookouts. On that fateful night the eyesight of trained lookouts only provided 37 seconds of warning before the collision.

Traveling at nearly 30 miles an hour the Titanic was moving far too fast to avoid the huge iceberg. The warning did prevent a head-on collision as the officer on the bridge managed to turn the ship slightly.

The last ship to send a warning was the California. She was within ten miles of the Titanic during the disaster, but her radio operator went to bed at midnight and never received any of the SOS messages from the Titanic. That was one of the important lessons learned from the catastrophe, the need for 24-hour radio operators on all passenger liners.

Another lesson learned was the need for more lifeboats. The Titanic remained afloat(漂浮) for almost three hours and most of the passengers could have been saved with enough lifeboats.

1,500 passengers and workers died in the 28 degree waters of the Atlantic. Out of the tragedy, the sinking did produce some important maritime reforms. The winter travel routes were changed to the south and the Coast Guard began to keep an eye on the location of all icebergs. The new rules for lifeboats were obvious to all. There must be enough lifeboats for everybody on board.

The most important lesson learned was that no one would ever again consider a ship unsinkable- no matter how large or how well constructed. Never again would sailors place their faith in a ship above the power of the sea.

1.The text mainly tells us ______.

2.According to the passage, which of the following could we infer?

3.What would be the best title for the passage?

4.What’s the sailors’ attitude towards the ships after the tragedy?

Houston, Texas (June 8. 2002)–in 2004, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will send two robots to separate places of Mars to seek out past or present signs of water. It is an exciting idea to send two robots driving over very different places of Mars at the same time, to be able to see what is on the other side of the hill.
Last month, NASA announced it was sending one robot to Mars, but after two weeks, it decided there was enough money for two. The robots will be sent up within two weeks of each other in May and June of 2003 from Kennedy Space Center. If all goes well, the two spacecraft will touch down on Mars, after a seven-and –a-half-month space flight, on January 2 and 20, 2004.
The robots, each weighing 150 kilograms, can cover 100 meters per day. They are designed to be able to examine the mineral content of the soil, and their special camera will take pictures of the lands and hills. Although they will be under control from the earth, the robots are able to move more freely compared to those sent up before them.
The actual landing points have not been determined yet, but the scientists say it will be in areas where they hope to find water.
49.According to the news report, scientists plan to send robots up to Mars to _____.
A.find out whether there is water on Mars   B.see if robots can find minerals there  
C.test how fast robots can drive there                 D.prove that robots can work on Mars
50.How long in between will the two robots be sent to Mars?
A.1 year       B. 7.5 months                  C. 2 months       D. 2 weeks
51. One of the important jobs for the robots on Mars is to _______.
A.study the soil                                     B. walk everywhere
C.test the new camera                                D. find a suitable landing point
52. We can infer from the last sentence that scientists ________.
A. have changed the landing points many times  B. hope to land the robots on the surface of water
C. are still working on the plan                      D. know where they can find water

It is time for students to sell such things as chocolate bars and greeting cards to raise money for their school, class or club．It is inevitable that they will knock on your door and you will easily hand over your cash for overpriced items that you really do not want．That is okay, though, because there are many reasons why children should be allowed to raise money for their schools and clubs．

Fundraising is a great way to help children learn social skills．It is not easy to go up to a complete stranger and ask him for his money．They have to nicely ask for help, show the interested buyer what they have to offer and explain how it will help them in school．If someone refuses to buy an item, that child has to take the failure in stride（不特别费力地）, and that is a learning lesson as well．

Students can learn how to deal with money by fundraising．Of course, it might seem safer for us to take charge of our children’s earnings from their fundraising before it is turned into the school．However, by making them keep track of it, count it, and make sure everyone pays the right amount, they are learning an important lesson．Dealing with more Fundraising helps improve their schools．It is the children’s school．They have to learn there and grow there．Why not let them help in making it a better place?

Fundraising allows for more life experiences for the child．The raised money is used towards things like parties, trips, or for the music club to go to see a Broadway play．The children receive the rewards for their hard work at raising the money．Without fundraising, these field trips and special school memories would be missed．

In a word, fundraising helps children a lot in many ways．

1.The underlined word “inevitable” in the first paragraph means “_______”．

A．unlikely    B．improper     C．unavoidable       D．unrealistic

2.One of the important indications that children are grown up is that __________．

A．children learn to care for others    

B．children can deal with money     

C．children like to make up     

D．children make a date with friends of the other sex

3.The author thinks that fundraising _______．

 A．adds to the family’s burden           

B．wastes the learning time

C．builds up the children’s bodies

D．helps to develop the children’s character  

4.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

   CP: Central point   P: Point      Sp: Sub-point     C: Conclusion

It is time for students to sell such things as chocolate bars and greeting cards to raise money for their school, class or club．It is inevitable that they will knock on your door and you will easily hand over your cash for overpriced items that you really do not want．That is okay, though, because there are many reasons why children should be allowed to raise money for their schools and clubs．
Fundraising is a great way to help children learn social skills．It is not easy to go up to a complete stranger and ask him for his money．They have to nicely ask for help, show the interested buyer what they have to offer and explain how it will help them in school．If someone refuses to buy an item, that child has to take the failure in stride（不特别费力地）, and that is a learning lesson as well．
Students can learn how to deal with money by fundraising．Of course, it might seem safer for us to take charge of our children’s earnings from their fundraising before it is turned into the school．However, by making them keep track of it, count it, and make sure everyone pays the right amount, they are learning an important lesson．Dealing with more Fundraising helps improve their schools．It is the children’s school．They have to learn there and grow there．Why not let them help in making it a better place?
Fundraising allows for more life experiences for the child．The raised money is used towards things like parties, trips, or for the music club to go to see a Broadway play．The children receive the rewards for their hard work at raising the money．Without fundraising, these field trips and special school memories would be missed．
In a word, fundraising helps children a lot in many ways．
【小题1】The underlined word “inevitable” in the first paragraph means “_______”．

Have you ever been in a meeting while someone was making a speech and realized suddenly that your mind was a million miles away? You probably felt sorry and made up your mind to pay attention and never have daydreaming again. Most of us from earlier school days have been told that daydreaming is a waste of time.
“ On the contrary,” says L.Giambra, an expert in psychology（心理学）, “ daydreaming is quite necessary. Without it, the mind couldn’t get done all the thinking it has to do during a normal day… .
You can’t possibly do all your thinking with a conscious（有意识的） mind. Instead, your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time. Daydreaming then may be one way that the unconscious states of minds have silent dialogues.”
Early experts in psychology paid no attention to the importance of daydreams or even considered them harmful. At one time daydreaming was thought to be a cause of some mental illness. They did not have a better understanding of daydreams until the late 1980s. Eric Klinger, a professor of psychology, is the writer of the book Daydreaming. Klinger says, “we know now that daydreaming is one of the main ways that we organize our lives, learn from our experiences, and plan for our futures… Daydreams really are a window on the things we fear and the things we long for in life.”
Daydreams are usually very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams which may be hard to understand. It’s easier to gain a deep understanding of your life by paying close attention to your daydreams than by trying to examine your sleep dreams carefully. Daydreams help you recognize the difficult situations in your life and find out a possible way of handling them.
Daydreams cannot be predicted; they move off in unexpected directions which may be creative and full of useful ideas. For many famous artists and scientists, daydreams were and are a main source of creative energy.
So the next time you catch yourself daydreaming, don’t stop. Just pay attention to your dream. It may be more important than you think.
【小题1】In what way are daydreams different from sleep dreams?

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41-60各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项

Football is, I suppose, the most popular game in England; one has only to go to one of the important matches to see. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see   37_  there, shouting or cheering for one side or  _38 _.

One of the most   39 _ things about football in England to a   40_  is the great   41   of the game which even the smallest boy seems to _ 42 _. He can tell you the names of the players in   43   of the important teams. He has   44   of them and knows the results of many matches. He   45   tell you proudly who he expects will   46   a game, and his opinion is   47   right.

Most schools in England _ 48 _ football seriously--   49   seriously than all the others   50   lessons are the most important. In England, it is   51   that education is not only an activity of filling a boy's _ 52 _ with facts in a classroom, education also   53   character training; and one of the best ways to do this is to play   54   games. The school   55   arranges games and matches for its pupils. Football is a good game for the body,   56   and a quick brain. As a result, it is the school's favourite game in winter.

37. A. all them                 B. them of all      C. all of whom      D. them all 

38. A. another              B. other                 C. the other           D. two

39. A. surprising           B. exciting             C. moving          D. puzzling

40. A. neighbour           B. stranger             C. native         D. relative

41. A. consideration       B. invention        C. knowledge         D. decision    

42. A. belong to            B. grasp             C. hold               D. have

43. A. more                  B. most                 C. few                   D. mostly

44. A. faces                  B. papers              C. photos              D. records

45. A. will                    B. may                  C. should         D. must

46. A. have                   B. win                   C. defeat         D. beat

47. A. ever               B. seldom             C. usually             D. once

48. A. regard             B. see                    C. worry             D. take

49. A. much more         B. much             C. very                  D. very much 

50. A. which                 B. where             C. that                   D. as

51. A. guessed           B. decided             C. believed            D. made

52. A. mind                  B. head                 C. brain.                  D. thought

53. A. means                 B. takes                 C. appears             D. proves

54. A. team                   B. personal            C. single            D. serious

55. A. still              B. therefore      C. somehow     D. never

56. A. feet                    B. running             C. skill                  D. sight

Houston, Texas (June 8. 2002)–in 2004, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will send two robots to separate places of Mars to seek out past or present signs of water. It is an exciting idea to send two robots driving over very different places of Mars at the same time, to be able to see what is on the other side of the hill.

Last month, NASA announced it was sending one robot to Mars, but after two weeks, it decided there was enough money for two. The robots will be sent up within two weeks of each other in May and June of 2003 from Kennedy Space Center. If all goes well, the two spacecraft will touch down on Mars, after a seven-and –a-half-month space flight, on January 2 and 20, 2004.

The robots, each weighing 150 kilograms, can cover 100 meters per day. They are designed to be able to examine the mineral content of the soil, and their special camera will take pictures of the lands and hills. Although they will be under control from the earth, the robots are able to move more freely compared to those sent up before them.

The actual landing points have not been determined yet, but the scientists say it will be in areas where they hope to find water.

49.According to the news report, scientists plan to send robots up to Mars to _____.

A.find out whether there is water on Mars   B.see if robots can find minerals there  

C.test how fast robots can drive there                 D.prove that robots can work on Mars

50.How long in between will the two robots be sent to Mars?

A.1 year       B. 7.5 months                  C. 2 months       D. 2 weeks

51. One of the important jobs for the robots on Mars is to _______.

A.study the soil                                     B. walk everywhere

C.test the new camera                                D. find a suitable landing point

52. We can infer from the last sentence that scientists ________.

A. have changed the landing points many times  B. hope to land the robots on the surface of water

C. are still working on the plan                      D. know where they can find water

It is time for students to sell such things as chocolate bars and greeting cards to raise money for their school, class or club. It is inevitable that they will knock on your door and you will easily hand over your cash for overpriced items that you really do not want. That is okay, though, because there are many reasons why children should be allowed to raise money for their schools and clubs.

Fundraising（募集资金） is a great way to help children learn social skills. It is not easy to go up to a complete stranger and ask him for his money. They have to nicely ask for help, show the interested buyer what they have to offer and explain how it will help them in school. If someone refuses to buy an item, that child has to take the failure in stride(不特别费力地), and that is a learning lesson as well.

Students can learn how to deal with money by fundraising. Of course, it might seem safer for us to take charge of our children’s earnings from their fundraising before it is turned into the school. However, by making them keep track of it, count it, and make sure everyone pays the right amount, they are learning an important lesson. Dealing with money is important to know about when they are older.

Fundraising helps improve their schools. It is the children’s school. They have to learn there and grow there. Why not let them help in making it a better place?

Fundraising allows for more life experiences for the child. The raised money is used towards things like parties, trips, or for the music club to go to see a Broadway play. The children receive the rewards for their hard work at raising the money. Without fundraising, these field trips and special school memories would be missed.

In a word, fundraising helps children a lot in many ways.

1.The underlined word “inevitable” in the first paragraph means “_______”.

A. 不可能的         B. 不恰当的         C. 不可避免的      D. 不现实的

2.One of the important indications that children are grown up is that __________.

A. children can deal with money        

B. children learn to care for others

C. children make a date with friends of the other sex      

D. children like to make up

3.The author thinks that fundraising _______.

A. adds to the family’s burden              B. wastes the learning time

C. helps to develop the children’s character D. builds up the children’s bodies

4.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

   CP: Central point   P: Point      Sp: Sub-point（次要点）     C: Conclusion

SINGAPORE - Singapore on Thursday stuck to its I8-year ban on the import and sale of chewing gum (口香糖), which has become an international symbol of the city-state's image as a strict society.                                     

    "The government stands by its decision to ban chewing gum. Chewing gum has not been a significant problem since that ban took effect, there have been concerns that lifting the ban on chewing gum could result in chewing gum litter and weaken ongoing efforts to control littering." Maliki Osman, parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of National Development, told parliament.

    Osman said as the reason for the imposition (强迫接受) of the ban is still suitable,  "the government's position is that the ban shall remain." He was responding to a question in parliament from Denise Phua, a fellow member of the ruling People's Action Party who argued that the ban had been used to criticize its tough governance laws.

    "I think this ban ... now needs a re-thinking. Surely Singapore will not consider banning sweets because of sweet wrapper litter or ice-cream stick litter," she said.

    Singapore, known worldwide for its high-quality clean image, banned the import and sale of chewing gum in 1992 in a bid to cope with the problem of people sticking the gum on chairs, tables, lifts and other public areas.

    One of the key reasons for the ban had been the disturbance of services on Singapore's subway train system because of chewing gum being stuck on the doors and causing delays. Singapore partially lifted the ban in 2004 by allowing the sale of chewing gum used for health reasons, such as dental health gum, after the conclusion of a US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.

Australian tourist Hazel Lane, 48, said keeping the ban on chewing gum was sure Singaporeans wouldn't want to spoil their "ridiculous" and she told AFP that she's own environment and their own image. Angel Wong, 34, a tourist from Hong Kong, however, welcomed the news. She said,  "I come from a country that doesn't have the ban and there's always chewing gum all over the floor, To me the ban doesn't change my image of Singapore so it’s a good thing because it keeps the environment clean."

1. The ban on the import and sale of chewing gum was started in 1992 ______.

     A. when people began to buy the gum everywhere

     B. to bid to stop people sticking the gum in the public

     C. because the gum delayed the subway

     D. when the country was in a bid to show its city-state's clean image

2. What can we learn about the ban according to Maliki Osman?

     A. The government will keep it ongoing forever.

     B. It will lead to littering the chewing gum everywhere.

     C. More and more concerns about the ban will make chewing gum out of control

     D. Banning chewing gum is still one of the important jobs of the government now.

3. According to what Denise Phua said in paragraph 4, we can know that she ______.

     A. would say yes to the ban

     B. would think more about the ban again

     C. would like the government to take the ban on second thought

     D. argued that the ban should be cancelled

4. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

     A. whether the ban needs changing or not has become a problem to be discussed

     B. Singapore's subway train system was delayed by chewing gum

     C. chewing gum will soon be banned in many countries

     D. only the ban has led to the friendly environment in Singapore

5. What's the main idea of the last paragraph?

     A. There is such a ban in China and Australia.

     B. Different people have their own ideas about the ban.

     C. The ban is either welcomed by China or by Australia.

     D. The ban does good to keep the environment clean.

Students who work during term time to support themselves at university are far more likely to graduate with a poor degree, according to a government-funded study published yesterday.

Undergraduates with part-time jobs are a third less likely to get a first or upper second-class degree than other students, harming their career chances. Students from the poorest backgrounds were most likely to take jobs during term because they could not depend on help from their parents.

The report, commissioned (委托) by the Department for Education and Skills, also found a clear relation between fear of debt and employment in non-graduate jobs. Students from poorer backgrounds are known to be more unwilling to be in debt than those from middle class families.

The study of 8,600 people who graduated in 1999 was made by Peter Elias, of Warwick University, and Kate Purcell, from Bristol Business School. They found that twice as many first-class degrees were awarded to students who did not work during term compared with those who did. Between 35 and 38 percent who worked during term achieved a lower second, compared with about 28 percent of those who did not.

Professor Elias said that the increase in school fees next year to ￡3,000 would have to be monitored (监控) carefully for its effect on poorer students. "Higher education is going to be a harder struggle for those who do not come with all the advantages," he said.

He suggested that universities could get in touch with employers to provide work experience on good salaries to choose students during holidays, so that they did not have to work during term.

1.What's the main idea of the passage?

A. Students at university like to take part-time jobs to support themselves,

B. Term-time jobs at university lead to poorer examination results.

C. The school fees are becoming higher and higher at university.

D. Students at university have much difficulty getting first-class degrees.

2.Why did lots of students take term-jobs at university?

A. No one would lend them money to continue their study.

B. They wanted to improve themselves by taking part-time jobs,

C. Their families were poor and couldn't afford the high expense.

D. They thought earning money was more important than studying.

3.Students who took term-jobs at university ____.

A. had no possibility to study better than those who didn't

B. couldn't graduate from school normally in the future

C. might have trouble in finding a job in the future

D. were more independent than those who didn't in the future

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Poor students can't take part-time jobs all the time at university.

B. Employers have the duty to help poor students solve the money problem.

C. First class degrees couldn't be given to the students whose families were poor.

D. High school fees are one of the important reasons why students have to take term-jobs.

SINGAPORE - Singapore on Thursday stuck to its I8-year ban on the import and sale of chewing gum (口香糖), which has become an international symbol of the city-state's image as a strict society.                                     
"The government stands by its decision to ban chewing gum. Chewing gum has not been a significant problem since that ban took effect, there have been concerns that lifting the ban on chewing gum could result in chewing gum litter and weaken ongoing efforts to control littering." Maliki Osman, parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of National Development, told parliament.
Osman said as the reason for the imposition (强迫接受) of the ban is still suitable,  "the government's position is that the ban shall remain." He was responding to a question in parliament from Denise Phua, a fellow member of the ruling People's Action Party who argued that the ban had been used to criticize its tough governance laws.
"I think this ban ... now needs a re-thinking. Surely Singapore will not consider banning sweets because of sweet wrapper litter or ice-cream stick litter," she said.
Singapore, known worldwide for its high-quality clean image, banned the import and sale of chewing gum in 1992 in a bid to cope with the problem of people sticking the gum on chairs, tables, lifts and other public areas.
One of the key reasons for the ban had been the disturbance of services on Singapore's subway train system because of chewing gum being stuck on the doors and causing delays. Singapore partially lifted the ban in 2004 by allowing the sale of chewing gum used for health reasons, such as dental health gum, after the conclusion of a US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.
Australian tourist Hazel Lane, 48, said keeping the ban on chewing gum was sure Singaporeans wouldn't want to spoil their "ridiculous" and she told AFP that she's own environment and their own image. Angel Wong, 34, a tourist from Hong Kong, however, welcomed the news. She said,  "I come from a country that doesn't have the ban and there's always chewing gum all over the floor, To me the ban doesn't change my image of Singapore so it’s a good thing because it keeps the environment clean."
1. The ban on the import and sale of chewing gum was started in 1992 ______.
A. when people began to buy the gum everywhere
B. to bid to stop people sticking the gum in the public
C. because the gum delayed the subway
D. when the country was in a bid to show its city-state's clean image
2. What can we learn about the ban according to Maliki Osman?
A. The government will keep it ongoing forever.
B. It will lead to littering the chewing gum everywhere.
C. More and more concerns about the ban will make chewing gum out of control
D. Banning chewing gum is still one of the important jobs of the government now.
3. According to what Denise Phua said in paragraph 4, we can know that she ______.
A. would say yes to the ban
B. would think more about the ban again
C. would like the government to take the ban on second thought
     D. argued that the ban should be cancelled
4. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A. whether the ban needs changing or not has become a problem to be discussed
B. Singapore's subway train system was delayed by chewing gum
C. chewing gum will soon be banned in many countries
D. only the ban has led to the friendly environment in Singapore
5. What's the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. There is such a ban in China and Australia.
B. Different people have their own ideas about the ban.
C. The ban is either welcomed by China or by Australia.
D. The ban does good to keep the environment clean.

II    根据首字母或汉语意思在空格中填入单词，使其句意完整。

1 .In the meeting , we agreed on the program without much further _________（争议）.

2. Wealth and ________（地位）is not the most important thing for him.

3. He is a very _________（有影响的）man in the company, so everybody would like to follow his advice.

4 .He held the ________（信仰）that all man are equal.

5. ________(诚实) is one of the important human qualities.

6 .We should work hard in order to make great_________（贡献）to the cause of socialism.

7. As we all know, there are four important i________ in ancient China.

8. Pythagoras was one of the earliest Greek p_________.

9. He works hard and has a strong sense of r_________.

10. Working hard is one of his p_________ in life.

11. People respect the judge for his j______ in the work.

12 .He devoted himself to research work and made a lot of d_________ all his life.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.

Football is, I suppose, the most popular games in England. One had only to go to one of the important   31   to see this. One can see kinds of people there, shouting and   32   for one side or the other.

One of the most   33   thing about football in England to a stranger is the __34__ knowledge of the game which even the   35   seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in   36   of the important teams. He   37   photos of them and knows the result of large numbers of matches. He will tell you   38   he expects will win such and such a match,

  39  his opinion is usually as   40   as that of men three or four times his   41  .

Most schools in England take   42   seriously—much more seriously than nearly all the schools in other countries,   43  lessons are all important and games are left for one’s own arrangements（安排）. In England, it is believed that   44   is not only a matter of filling a boy’s mind with facts in the   45  ; it also means character training; and one of the   46  ways of training character is by means of games,   47  team games, where the boy has to learn to   48   with others for his team, instead of working just for himself alone. The school therefore arranges games and matches for its   49  . Football is a good team game and it is good exercise for   50  .

A. games         B. matches      C. sports        D. sports meet

A. fighting        B. jumping      C. laughing     D. cheering

A. exciting        B. pleasant      C. surprising    D. disappointing

A. great          B. interesting    C. limited       D. useless

A. smallest boy    B. oldest man    C. shortest child  D. most stupid child

A. none          B. each         C. few          D. most

A. has           B. takes         C. accepts       D. gains

A. why          B. which        C. who          D. whom

A. but           B. and          C. however       D. because

A. same         B. useless       C. many         D. valuable

A. experience     B. height        C. age           D. size

A. matches       B. football       C. education      D. pupils

A. where         B. there         C. their          D. because

A. learning       B. education      C. a textbook     D. physical education

A. school        B. lab           C. library        D. classroom

A. quickest       B. cheapest       C. best          D. modernest

A. especially      B. usually        C. seldom       D. hardly

A. fight          B. struggle       C. work          D. study

A. teachers       B. pupils         C. players        D. team

A. eyesight       B. head          C. foot           D. body

Life in the twenty-first century will be very   50 . Many changes will take place, but   51  will the changes be.

The population is growing   52 . There will be many   53  in the world and most of them will live   54  than people in the twentieth century.

Computers will be much smaller and   55  and there will be at least one in every   56 . And   57  studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.

People will work   58  and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling.   59  will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to   60  countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our   61 , too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be   62 . Work in the future will be different, too.   63  and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this,   64  will not have enough work to do .This will be a problem.

1.                A．interesting      B．hard           C．different  D．beautiful

2.                A．why           B．how           C．when    D．what

3.                A．slowly          B．fast            C．quietly   D．suddenly

4.                A．people         B．workers        C．scientists  D．doctors

5.                A．long           B．longer          C．happy    D．lucky

6.                A．more useful     B．useful          C．helpful   D．less useful

7.                A．hospital        B．factory         C．home    D．town

8.                A．science         B．maths          C．English   D．computer

9.                                  A．fewer hours B．more hours

C．eight hours                       D．more than eight hours

10.                                A．Seeing doctors   B．Going to the cinema

C．Shopping                         D．Travelling

11.               A．rich           B．other          C．poor  D．small

12.               A．food           B．clothes         C．fruit  D．drinks

13.               A．fatter          B．thinner         C．healthier  D．more pleased

14.               A．Safe           B．Easy           C．Simple    D．Dangerous

15.               A．a few people    B．all the people    C．many people   D．some people

Students who work during term time to support themselves at university are far more likely to graduate with a poor degree, according to a government-funded study published yesterday.
Undergraduates with part-time jobs are a third less likely to get a first or upper second-class degree than other students, harming their career chances. Students from the poorest backgrounds were most likely to take jobs during term because they could not depend on help from their parents.
The report, commissioned (委托) by the Department for Education and Skills, also found a clear relation between fear of debt and employment in non-graduate jobs. Students from poorer backgrounds are known to he more unwilling to be in debt than those from middle class families.
The study of 8,600 people who graduated in 1999 was made by Peter Elias, of Warwick University, and Kate Purcell, from Bristol Business School. They found that twice as many first-class degrees were awarded to students who did not work during term compared with those who did. Between 35 and 38 percent who worked during term achieved a lower second, compared with about 28 percent of those who did not.
Professor Elias said that the increase in school fees next year to ￡3,000 would have to be monitored (监控) carefully for its effect on poorer students. "Higher education is going to be a harder struggle for those who do not come with all the advantages," he said.
He suggested that universities could get in touch with employers to provide work experience on good salaries to choose students during holidays, so that they did not have to work during term.
【小题1】What's the main idea of the passage?

This little story I’m about to tell you happened when I was 11 years old, and I’ll never forget it.
It was at my friend Jenny’s house after 36 one day, and we were doing our homework. While I was there, a friend of Jenny’s mom came over to 37. I didn’t know her name or 38 what her face looked like. I just 39 her hands, her voice and the lesson I 40 from her.
I can’t forget that she 41 her hands to introduce herself. It was so 42, I thought, rich fine skin; then I heard her saying, “Oh no, that is not 43 you shake hands. Let me teach you.” She didn’t do that at all in a condescending (屈尊的) manner. 44 that, I just remember her voice explaining the 45 of a good handshake of conveying (传达) a   46 sense of self-belief, of looking the other person in the eyes, and of making a warm  47. Hearing her friendly words, I first understand what being 48 meant.
I admired her for 49 time to teach me about one of the important things in life. I was grateful for her not talking down to me 50 I was 11 and didn’t know much. I also felt somewhat admired by the way she 51 me. It felt good to be talked to as a(n) 52, rather than as an 11-year-old child. I also 53 her telling me that if someone isn’t aware of something you should show him or her the right direction; don’t be afraid to 54 your knowledge.
I think of her every time I meet someone 55, and I’m so thankful for her little lesson.

“We do look very different; we’re older. Leo’s 38, I’m 37. We were 21 and 22 when we made that film. You know, he’s fatter now -- I’m thinner.” So says Kate Winslet, who is thrilled at the 3-D re-release of Titanic to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the ship’s demise. “It happens every time I get on any boat of any kind." She recalls. There are all the people who want her to walk to the front of the ship and re-create her famous pose, arms flung wide. Most people remember the tragedy: The British passenger ship—said to be unsinkable—hit an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912, during its maiden voyage from England to New York City. More than 1,500 people died. But little known is what the world learned from the sinking to prevent future incidents.

Probably the greatest deficiency (不足) of the Titanic was that she was built 40 years before the widespread use of the wonderful invention radar (雷达). Her only defense against icebergs and hidden obstacles was to rely on manned lookouts. On that fateful night the eyesight of trained lookouts only provided 37 seconds of warning before the collision.

Traveling at nearly 30 miles an hour, the Titanic was moving far too fast to avoid the huge iceberg. The warning did prevent a head-on collision as the officer on the bridge managed to turn the ship slightly.

The last ship to which it could send an SOS message was the California. She was within ten miles of the Titanic during the disaster, but her radio operator went to bed at midnight and never received any of the SOS messages from the Titanic. That was one of the important lessons learned from the catastrophe, the need for 24-hour radio operators on all passenger liners.

Another lesson learned was the need for more lifeboats. The Titanic remained afloat (漂浮) for almost three hours and most of the passengers could have been saved with enough lifeboats.

1,500 passengers and workers died in the 28 degree waters of the Atlantic. Out of the tragedy, the sinking did produce some important maritime reforms. The winter travel routes were changed to the south and the Coast Guard began to keep an eye on the location of all icebergs. The new rules for lifeboats were obvious to all. There must be enough lifeboats for everybody on board.

The most important lesson learned was that no one would ever again consider a ship unsinkable—no matter how large or how well constructed. Never again would sailors place their faith in a ship above the power of the sea.

1.The text mainly tells us ______.

A．the reason why the Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean

B．how the unsinkable ship of Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean

C．the lessons that we could learn from the accident of the Titanic

D．the things we should do to protect the lives on the ship

2.According to the passage, which of the following could we infer?

A．If the captain had been more careful, he could have had the chance to save the Titanic.

B．If radar had existed 40 years ago, the Titanic would have never disappeared from the world.

C．If the lookout had had much more experience, he could have had the time to save the Titanic.

D．If there had been enough lifeboats on the Titanic, the Titanic would not have sunk in the Atlantic.

3.What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Lessons from the Titanic                  B．Technology is Important

C．Demands of Passengers                   D．Power of Sea

4.What’s the sailors’ attitude towards the ships after the tragedy?

A．They think there really exists the unsinkable ship.

B．They think ships could eventually defeat the sea.

C．They think there is no power that could control the sea.

D．They think the bigger the ship is, the safer it is.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.

Football is, I suppose, the most popular games in England. One had only to go to one of the important   31   to see this. One can see kinds of people there, shouting and   32   for one side or the other.

One of the most   33   thing about football in England to a stranger is the __34__ knowledge of the game which even the   35   seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in   36   of the important teams. He   37   photos of them and knows the result of large numbers of matches. He will tell you   38   he expects will win such and such a match,

  39  his opinion is usually as   40   as that of men three or four times his   41  .

Most schools in England take   42   seriously—much more seriously than nearly all the schools in other countries,   43  lessons are all important and games are left for one’s own arrangements（安排）. In England, it is believed that   44   is not only a matter of filling a boy’s mind with facts in the   45  ; it also means character training; and one of the   46  ways of training character is by means of games,   47  team games, where the boy has to learn to   48   with others for his team, instead of working just for himself alone. The school therefore arranges games and matches for its   49  . Football is a good team game and it is good exercise for   50  .

1.A. games         B. matches      C. sports        D. sports meet

2.A. fighting        B. jumping      C. laughing     D. cheering

3.A. exciting        B. pleasant      C. surprising    D. disappointing

4.A. great          B. interesting    C. limited       D. useless

5.A. smallest boy    B. oldest man    C. shortest child  D. most stupid child

6.A. none          B. each         C. few          D. most

7.A. has           B. takes         C. accepts       D. gains

8.A. why          B. which        C. who          D. whom

9.A. but           B. and          C. however       D. because

10.A. same         B. useless       C. many         D. valuable

11.A. experience     B. height        C. age           D. size

12.A. matches       B. football       C. education      D. pupils

13.A. where         B. there         C. their          D. because

14.A. learning       B. education      C. a textbook     D. physical education

15.A. school        B. lab           C. library        D. classroom

16.A. quickest       B. cheapest       C. best          D. modernest

17.A. especially      B. usually        C. seldom       D. hardly

18.A. fight          B. struggle       C. work          D. study

19.A. teachers       B. pupils         C. players        D. team

20.A. eyesight       B. head          C. foot           D. body