14、 It was three o'clock _____ we arrived at the village.  

A. that               B. when              C. since           D. until  

13、The author wishes to call our attention to the fact ____ the medical services and efficiency are not satisfactory at the moment.  

A. what               B. whether            C. that            D. which  

12、 --- Good morning. Doctor Brown's office.  

--- Hello, this is Tom Smith. Could you please tell Doctor Brown I _________? My car ______start.  

A. was delayed; doesn't                 B. will be delayed; won't  

C. am delayed; didn't                    D. would delay; mustn't  

11、--- What do you think of _____ suggestion?  

--- Well, ______ most splendid one indeed.  

A. 不填; the          B. 不填; a           C. the; a         D. the; the  

10、--- I hope you don't mind my turning on the electric fan.  

--- _________.  

A. Never mind.        B. Yes, I won't.        C. That's right.    D. Not in the least.  

9、假定你是李华，你的朋友Peter将来中国旅行。请写信邀请他来你家乡游玩，应包含以下内容：  

1.     交通： 飞机或火车，机场有45路公交车，在最后一站下车，如坐火车你将去车站接；  

2.     活动内容： 到附近的岛上玩，游泳、跑步、爬山、吃海鲜。  

注意：1. 开头和结尾已为你写好（不记入总词数 ）；     2. 词数100左右。  

Dear Peter,  

I'm really excited to know that you’ll come to China for summer holidays. I hope you will come to visit my hometown. _________________              

Let me know your travel plan when you have one. I’m looking forward to seeing you again, in my hometown.  

Cheers,  

Li Hua  

二、选择题

（每空？ 分，共？ 分）

7、A thief who dropped a winning lottery ticket（彩票） at the scene of his crime has been given a lesson in honesty. His victim, who picked up the ticket, then claimed the & 25,000 prize, managed to trace him, and handed over the cash.  

The robbery happened when maths professor Vinicio Sabbatucci, 58, was changing a tyre on an Italian motorway. Another motorist, who stopped to “help” stole a suitcase from his car and drove off. The professor found the dropped ticket and put it in his pocket before driving home to Ascoli in eastern Italy.  

The next day, he saw the lottery results on TV and, taking out the ticket, realized it was a winner. He claimed the 60 million lire（里拉） prize. Then he began a battle with his conscience. Finally, he decided he could not keep the money despite having been robbed. He advertised in newspapers and on radio, saying: “I’m trying to find the man who robbed me. I have 60 million for him―a lottery winner. Please meet me. Anonymity（匿名） guaranteed.”  

Professor Sabbatucci received hundreds of calls from people hoping to trick him into handing them the cash. But there was one voice he recognized --- and he arranged to meet the man in a park. The robber, a 35-year-old unemployed father of two, gave back the suitcase and burst into tears. He could not believe what was happening. “Why didn't you keep the money?” he asked. The professor replied: “I couldn't because it's not mine.” Then he walked off, spurning the thief's offer of a reward.  

72. The sentence “Then he began a battle with his conscience.”in Paragraph 3 implies all of the following EXCEPT that _______.  

A. he knew what he should do as soon as he saw the lottery results  

B. he hesitated about keeping the money for some time  

C. he thought for a moment of punishing the robber.  

D. he came to realize that honesty is more important than money  

73. Hundreds of people phoned professor Sabbatucci because they __________.  

A. wanted to make fun of him           B. hoped to get the money  

C. knew who the robber was             D. lost the lottery ticket  

74. The underlined word “spurning”in the last sentence can be replaced by________.  

A. accepting        B. claiming        C. rejecting          D. canceling  

75. What might be the headline for the news ______.  

A. A Robber's Lucky Day               B. A Popular Maths Professor  

C. A Magic Lottery                        D. A Reward of Honesty  

6、The election is over. The celebrations have ended. And the work for US president-elect Barack Obama has begun. The 47-year-old politician rose to the highest place because he was against the war in Iraq and he planned to fix the difficult economy. But what will the first African-American president do for race relations?  

Obama's victory appears to have given blacks and other minorities a true national role model. For years, many looked to athletes, musicians and pop stars for inspiration. As Darius Turner, an African-American high school student in Los Angeles, told the Los Angeles Times, “Kobe （the basketball player） doesn't have to be everyone's role model anymore.” A USA Today survey found that two-thirds of Americans believe relations between blacks and whites “will eventually be worked out”. This is the most hopeful answer since the question was first asked in 1963.  

However, it's still too early to tell whether Obama's presidency will solve many of the social problems facing low-income black families.  

It's unlikely that Obama will be able to reverse such trends overnight.  

However, Bil Banks, an expert of African-American Studies, says that young blacks need to find role models to follow. “That's not Martin Luther King, and not Barack Obama,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s actually the people closest to them. Barack only has so much influence.”  

In the opinion of black British politician Trevor Phillips, Obama's rise will contribute more to multiculturalism than to race relations in the US.  

68. For what reason did Obama win the election?  

A. He was African-American.  

B. He wanted to solve race relations.  

C. He could set an example for blacks.  

D. He was against the war and tried to improve economy.  

69. Which of the following is TRUE?  

A. Darius Turner regards Obama as his model.  

B. Obama answered the question asked in1963.  

C. Bil Banks was also African-American.  

D. Obama can improve the blacks' condition quickly.  

70. The underlined word “reverse” probably means _________.  

A. change            B. equal          C. interrupt          D. prevent  

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

A. Obama has become the first African-American president.  

B. Obama has begun his work.  

C. Obama's victory has inspired young black people.  

D. Obama's rise has influenced the world.  

5、The head of the World Health Organization （WTO） yesterday warned of worsening health in the country's vast rural areas while praising the government for its commitment on improving healthcare in the countryside.  

“The health indicators have failed to improve in pace with economic indicators.”          said Margared Chan when addressing a conference on rural primary healthcare in China.  

“The health gap between rural and urban areas has grown even wider and health in parts of rural China is  deteriorating（恶化）,”she said, adding medical costs are rising faster than the growth of per capital income in rural areas.  

She said she appreciated the government's efforts and plans to build a medical system for all people. Saying “when fair and accessible public health services become the clear targets of a country's public health policy, people's health will improve.”  

The WTO chief said she noticed that the tasks on improving people's well-being in the report by Party chief Hu Jintao at the 17^th National Congress of the Communist Party of China included a basic medical insurance system for urban dwellers and a cooperative medical care system in rural areas.  

She said recent WTO research has found that diseases are the source of poverty for 30 to 50 percent of the rural population of 737 million.  

A growing number of rural people, especially the aged, are suffering from various diseases; however, few have access to decent healthcare, she told the conference.  

Chan criticized the practice of allowing healthcare services to be commercialized in rural areas, warning it will cause the patients more suffering.  

The government has pledged to provide its population with basic medical care by 2020.  

It's expanding medical care through the Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme, a plan under which subscribers（受捐者） are provided with 50 yuan（$6.4） per person―20 yuan （$2.6） each from the central and local governments and 10 yuan （$1.3） from the individual.  

Vice-Minister of Health Chen Xiaohong said nearly 85 percent of the country's rural area, or 2,429 counties, are participating in the plan.  

64. What can we infer from the passage?  

A. Healthcare developed more slowly than economics.  

B. Economics developed more slowly than healthcare.  

C. The health indicators failed to improve economics.  

D. Healthcare improved as much as economics.  

65. Which of the following statements is WRONG?  

A. Diseases are the source of poverty for the rural population  

B. About 200 million of the rural population are poor because of diseases.  

C. The government has taken some measures to improve the rural healthcare.  

D. The local governments will give 20 Yuan to each rural person  

66. What is Margaret Chan’s attitude towards The Rural Cooperative medical Scheme ?  

A. doubtful           B. disappointed          C. satisfied          D. anxious  

67. Which of the following can be chosen as the best title for this passage?  

A. Healthcare in Rural Area Faces Challenges  

B. The Head of the WTO----Margaret Chan  

C. The Comparison of Rural and Urban Healthcare  

D. The Importance of the Rural Healthcare