5、Hawaii has planned to be the first U.S. state to roll out （正式推出） electric car stations statewide — a move towards weaning the islands off oil .

    Hawaii，which is far away from the U．S mainland，imports foreign oil for almost 90 percent of its energy needs．One -third of that oil is used to power cars and buses on island streets．This move will help Hawaii meet its goal of reducing fossil fuel use by 70 percent by 2030

Better Place, a Palo Alto，California-based company，will build the car recharging stations and provide recharged batteries for electric cars．The company will purchase renewable energy——such as wind power——from Hawaiian Electric Co．

    Better P1ace picked Hawaii for the first statewide rollout in part because the islands are a contained environment，with few vehicles（车辆）coming in and out．Better Place would need to build a bigger network across several states to serve some mainland markets．Hawaii also has abundant renewable energy resources，including wind , solar and wave power．This is important because Better P1ace won’t use oil．Better Place plans to recharge its batteries at night with power from Hawaii’s wind farms．That power normally goes unused because of Hawaii’s low nighttime energy needs． 

    Hawaii is an ideal place to show off Better Place technology because the state welcomes over five million tourists each year from the U．S mainland，Japan , Canada and the rest of the world．“If we can get them into electric cars when they rent，we do two great things，”Shai Agassi，Better Place’s founder and chief executive officer，said．“One，we avoid emissions（排放物）；two，we use the opportunity to educate them，to teach them in Hawaii how it needs to be done in the rest of world .”

   However，Hawaii doesn’t expect to spend any money to facilitate（使便利）the network. Maybe it needs to offer tax breaks or other ways to encourage people to buy electric vehicles when they are first offered．

1．The underlined part  “weaning the islands off oil”（in Paragraph 1）probably means     ．

A．exploring the islands for oil  

B．stopping Hawaii’s dependence on oil gradually

C．importing more oil from other islands 

D．increasing the amount of oil used there

2．Why is Hawaii chosen to be the first state where car recharging stations will be built statewide?

   a．There are few cars in Hawaii．

b．Hawaii can provide environmentally friendly energy．

 c．Plenty of oil has been found in Hawaii．

d. Hawaii is separated from the mainland with few vehicles coming in and out．

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

3．When visitors to Hawaii rent electric cars, they _______.

A．will be taught it is necessary to do as Hawaiians do to protect the earth

B．will be offered tax breaks

C．need to be told what should be done before travelling

D．should be given the chance to try two things before driving

4．We can infer from the passage that        ．

    A．Better Place is a company producing electric cars .

    B．people are not encouraged to buy electric cars

 C．electric cars will be recharged with power from renewable resources.

 D．Hawaii now has reduced the use of oil by 90 percent.

4、Since 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at age 69, was one of the most recognizable faces on TV.  He appeared in more than 800 commercials（商业厂告）for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. “As long as it works," he said in 1991, I'll continue to do those commercials.”

   Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. "He still won’t let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper fitting shoes," Wendy said in 1993.  Born to a single mother, he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction work. "He fed me,” Thomas said, "and if I got out of line, he’d beat me.”

   Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked , first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had something much better in mind. "I thought, if I owned a restaurant,” he said, "I could eat for free.” A 1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968.

   In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants worldwide, the chain now makes $6 billion a year in sales.

   Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation（基金会）for Adoption in 1992.

   In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Greek High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed

   “The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave,” says friend Pat Williams. “He wasn’t a great actor or a great speaker. He was just Joe Everybody”.

1.What is the article mainly about?

A．The life of Dave Thomas.

B．The dream of Dave Thomas

C．The schooling of Dave Thomas

D．The growth of Dave Thomas’s business

2. What do we know about his childhood?

    A．He lived a poor life.                            B．He had caring parents.

C．He stayed in one place.                        D．He didn’t go to school.

3. Choose the right time order of the following events in Thomas’s life.

   a. graduated from high school  b. started his own business

 c. became a millionaire       d. started a foundation

e. met Harland sanders

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

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

4. “He was just Joe Everybody” in the last paragraph means____________.

 A．Dave was famous                                     B．Dave was ordinary

C．Dave was showy                                      D．Dave was shy

5. What’s the name of Dave Thomas’s business?

A．Thomas’s            B．Wendy’s       C．Lorraine’s           D．Rex’s

3、Have you ever wondered what you would look like if you were an Asian, Middle Eastern, black, white or Indian person? By stepping into the Human Race Machine, you can find out. When you sit inside it, the machine creates a digital image （数字影像） of your face. After pushing certain buttons, the machine uses various photos of people of a certain ethnic group mixed with your own facial features. From this, it can come up with an image showing how you would look as a member of a different race.

The machine is part of a traveling retrospective （回顾展） called “ Seeing and Believing: The Art of Nancy Burson.” Burson is a famous American photographer and inventor. The show of 100 photos and multimedia works was on view at the Grey ArtGallery in New York on April 20.

“ It is a strange feeling, just like stepping into someone else^’s skin.” Said Hathy Zajchenko, a museum visitor from Pennsylvania, US. As soon as she sat down, she tried out a range of ethnic groups. The Middle Eastern image worked pretty well for me,” she said with a smile.

According to Burson, the machine is a prayer for unity. It is about seeing through differences to find the things we all share in common. Burson added the database （资料库） of Middle Eastern faces, both Arab and Jewish, after the terrorist attacks （恐怖袭击） on September 11. “I have always wanted to allow people to see differently. I am a photographer. I am recording the unseen, because what we can not see is so much more interesting than what we can see,” Burson said.

For those who missed the show, the Human Race machine will be on view at the New York Hall of Science in the Queens district full-time as of June.

1. The Human Race Machine can ____ .

A．tell you what you would look like if you were a member of another ethnic group .

B．create a digital image of your face and change it .

C．turn your pray into reality .

D．let people step into someone else’s skin .

2. The phrase “ come up with” in the first paragraph means ____.

A．get nearer           B．produce       C．come out                   D．change

3. When Kathy Zajchenko said that the Middle Eastern image worked well for her, she meant that ____ .

A．she would like to change her face

B．she had a strange feeling

C．she was satisfied with what she looked like as a Middle Eastern person

D．she could buy the Human Race machine

4. The sentence “ The machine is a pray for unity . ” means _____ .

A．the Human Race machine can unite the facial feature of a different ethnic group with your own .

B．the machine shows that no matter what race people are , there are some things we all have in common .

C．one can pray before the machine .

D．if you want, the machine can change your face .

5. Burson added the database of Middle Eastern faces after the September 11 attack because ____.

A．she wanted to show people what terrorists look like .

B．she wanted to record what people can not see .

C．she wanted to be famous as a photographer .

D．she wanted to let people see the foreign people .

2、此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断；如有错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正:

此行多一个词；把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在却此处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下画一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正後的词。

I like riding my bike. Though it is not very new, but it is                1.___________

my best friend. I find very convenient to go anywhere with a            2.___________

bike. Ride gives me not only exercise but also pleasure. I                  3.___________

use my bike mostly on summer when the weather is warm               4.___________

and dry. It can very unpleasant in winter when it is cold and                    5.___________

rain is pouring down. It can also be very danger. Of course                     6.___________

I will be very careful on my bike. In facts, accidents are not                    7.___________

the only problem. One day I went to school and come back                     8.___________

to find his front wheel was missing. It was a long walk to                9.___________

the repairer’s shop. Now I have two strong locks.                                  10.__________

1、假设你是李华，你在报上看到北京华夏大学将于2009年7月6日举办为期一周的“中国语言文化夏令营”活动。 你的美国朋友Mike计划来中国旅行并了解中国文化，请你写信介绍夏令营活动并建议他参加。

注意：词数：100左右。

参考词汇：中国语言文化夏令营  Chinese Language and Culture Summer Camp

故宫the Forbidden City,  天坛the Temple of Heaven

Dear Mike,

Yours,

                                                       LiPing

33、— It’s such a pity．I didn’t get the first place in the exam．

— Come on． __________

A．Nobody is perfect.                              B．Congratulations!     

C．Bad luck!                                          D．You really did badly

32、I’ve already forgotten ___________ you put the dictionary．

A．that it was where                               B．where it was that   

C．where was it that                                      D．that was it that

31、It is _____that he has been addicted to the drugs and has difficulty quitting it．

A．obviously           B．apparently          C．possibly           D．likely

30、He _________ in American for five years, and now he works in Shanghai．

A．have worked                                   B．worked        

C．had worked                                      D．have been working