C

It is naturally impossible for a well educated, intellectual(懂道理的),or brave man to make money-the chief of his thoughts; it is naturally impossible for him to make his dinner—the necessary object of him. All healthy—minded people like their dinner, but their dinner is not the main object of their lives. So all healthy—minded people like making money—but the main object of their lives is not money; it is something more important than money.

A good soldier for instance, mainly wished to do his fighting well. He is glad for his pay—very properly so, and justly complains when you keep him ten months without it; still his main aim of his life is to win battles, not to be paid for winning them.

As for doctors, they like fees, no doubt — ought to like them; yet if they are brave and well educated, the entire object(目标) of their lives is not fees. They, on the whole, wishes to cure me sick, and—they are good doctors, and the choices is fairly put to them—would rather cure their patients and lose their fees than kill him and get it. And so with all other brave and rightly trained men—their work is first, their fees second, very important always, but still second.  226w

49.The text is mainly about ____.

A.money is not everything but no money is nothing

B.work is first but money is also important

C.work is the chief opinion of the good people’s lives

D.People like less work but more money

50.According to the text, it is ____ that a good solider will run away when a drowning man needs help but there is no money.

A.impossible          B.possible         C.clever           D.foolish   51.The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph means ____.

A.their patient       B.their work    C.the object of lives  D.their money

52.If you are middle school teacher described in the text, what will you do if you are not paid for six months?

A.To quarrel with the headmaster

B.To go on teaching in this school

C.To give up the teaching in this school and find a teaching job in another school

D.To go on teaching after getting paid

D

History is a society’s memory and forms part of people’s identity(身份). But Taiwan’s government has proposed a change to their history. In the move their textbooks will separate the island’s history from the rest of China.

By disconnecting the island’s history from the mainland, the government hopes to create a stronger Taiwan identity.

Under new guidelines(方针)to be carried out in 2006, Taiwan has ordered high schools to change textbooks to create one book of Taiwan’s history. At the moment their books cover the complete Chinese history. But following the new move Chinese history will be taught as part of international history. No longer to be included as part of Taiwan’s history is the founding of the Republic of China (ROC) in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen. This event will be in the new international history book.

“It is a political attempt by Taiwan’s leader Chen Shuibian to make their education support Taiwan’s independence,” said Li Weiyi, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.

This move has also received great opposition in Taiwan’s schools. “The new outline is too political and facts have been changed,” said Yu Lin, the headmaster of Taipei Middle School. “It will confuse students’ understanding of history.”

“Who on earth should I think is the founding father of the ROC?” asked a student in Taipei. “Many famous people in history like Confucius(孔子)or Sun Yat-sen, who was considered ‘father of the ROC’ for more than half a century, should now be thought of as foreigners based upon this ridiculous logic,” he said.

Many people have shown opposition to the move. “History cannot be changed. Mixing politics with our history means forgetting our ancestors,” said Lien Chan, chairman of Kuomintang Party. “It will not do any good for the Taiwanese and only worsen cross-Straits relations.” 313w

53.What is mainly described in the passage?

A.Taiwan’s government has proposed a change to their history textbooks in 2006.

B.Taiwan authorities want to separate the island from the mainland.

C.Taiwan leaders want to make their education support Taiwan’s independence.

D.Taiwan leaders try to confuse students’ understanding of history.

54.What’s the excuse for the move according to Taiwan’s government?

A.To cut off all connections with the mainland.

B.To disconnect the island’s history from the mainland.

C.Most of the Taiwanese do not welcome the textbook.

D.To create a stronger Taiwanese identity.

55.Which of the following is not included in the move?

A.Chinese history will be taught as part of international history.

B.The founding of the Republic of China (ROC) in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen will be in

the new international history book.

C.Sun Yat-sen will be considered ‘father of the ROC’.

D.Many famous people in history like Confucius or Sun Yat-sen will be thought of

as foreigners.

56.Which of the following doesn’t show the correct relation between the man and

the opinion?

A.China’s spokesman: It is an attempt to make their education support Taiwan’s

independence.

B.Headmaster in Taipei: The  new  outline  will  throw  light  on  students’

understanding of history.

C.A student in Taipei: It’s ridiculous.

D.Chairman of Kuomintang Party: The relation between the island and the

mainland will become tense.

E

Every year, major storms cause many problems around the world. There is nothing people can do to stop these powerful forces of nature. But new techniques are helping scientists to predict how, when, and where big storms will happen. The more exact scientists’ warnings are, the better people can prepare for the storms.

Predictions are improving. “We’re gotten better over the years, especially the last few years,” says Phil Klotzbach, a scientist at an American university. How is a storm formed? Even if scientists know where a storm will happen, winds can suddenly change, carrying the storm to a new direction. “For a hurricane to happen, conditions have to be just right, ” Klotzbach says.

First, the ocean water needs to be warm enough so that it evaporates and rises into the air. As it rises, the vapor(水蒸气)cools and turns back into liquid. This process gives off heat. This produces energy like an engine that causes winds to increase. It drives the formation of a hurricane.

If wind speeds reach 40 miles per hour, the system is called a “tropical storm”, and it gets a name. At 75 miles per hour, it becomes a hurricane.

Hurricanes that hit the US start when a thunderstorm forms off the coast of Africa. Storms also develop over tropical waters in other parts of the world.

On average, 60 or 70 storms form off Africa every year. About 10 of them get names. There are usually about six hurricanes. Two tend to be very big, with winds of 115 miles per hour or higher.

The hurricane season lasts from June to November. Ninety percent of all hurricanes hit in August, September, and October.  285w

57.According to the passage, hurricanes usually ____.

A.form off the coast of Africa and America

B.travel at 40 milies per hour and get its name

C.cause sea winds to rise and blow over the sea

D.hit parts of the world in summer and autumn

58.The underlined word “evaporates” (in Paragraph 5) probably means “____”.

A.begins to move    B.gets lost    C.becomes hot       D.changes into gas

59.Which of the following about the information of a hurricane is the correct order?

a.The ocean water evaporates and goes into the air.

b.Heat creates energy and cuases winds to increase.

c.The vaport cools.

d.The ocean water is warm enough.

e.The vapor changes back into liquid.

f.This course gives out heat.

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

60.According to the passage, the speed of the biggest two hurricanes reaches ____.

A.115 miles per hour                 B.110 miles per hour

C.75 miles per hour                  D.95 miles per hour

补全对话

- Mary, do you want to see the pictures of my holiday in Italy?

-      61

- Ah, it was great I The food was great The wine was great! But the traffic was terrible!

-     62

- Those Italians are crazy drivers! I don' t want to think about it!

- OK, OK.   63

- Yes, so here' s a picture of the Tower of Pisa.

- How nice!

- It was raining that day, but it was still wonderful. We climbed to the top!

-   64

- That' s a photo of the Amo River. That' s the "Ponte Vecchio" , the old bridge.

-     65

- It was very interesting. There were beautiful old buildings in the city, and lots of wonderful museums.

- That’s nice.

A. And what' s this?

B. Why was it so bad?

C. Yes, it was wonderful.

D. What was Florence like?

E. Let' s return to the good parts.

F. Sure, what was your holiday like?

G. Well, did you like your hotel there?

五.单词拼写

66. When i give up work, i shall take a long sea v_________.

67. We offered our c_________ on his passing the college entrance examination.

68.    I was late in getting to the station, but f_________ the train was late, too.

69. A millionaire is a person of great w_________

70. We take our n_________ college entrance examination from June 7th to 10th.

71. I saw him in _________ (谈话) with a friend.

72. He worked in the __________ (方向) of the library

73. His whole __________ (教育) added up to no more than one year

74. Are you __________ (熟悉) with this type of car?

75. He got ___________ (结婚) to her three years ago.

六、改错(15分)

They were marching towards a building then            76._____________

they suddenly realized what the officer hadn’t left            77. _____________

him enough time to give the order to turn round              78. _____________

and to stop. So they went on marching straight               79. _____________

into the wall. The soldiers smiled happy as each of            80. _____________

those in the front line decide at the same time to walk          81. _____________

ahead. There was loud noise as they hit the wall              82. _____________

one after another. But before any of them had                83. _____________

no time to smile again, the officer shouted, “If you            84. _____________

have been in a really straight line, I could have heard          85 ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_____________

only one sound when you hit the wall!”

七、书面表达(25分)

下面是某市1995年与2005年人们节假日出游的情况对照表。请你根据表中内容，用New Trend of Holiday-taking为题，为《中国日报》写一篇110字左右的报道。文章开头已给出，不计入总字数。

时间 出游率 出游地 出游方式

1995 13.2% 省内、市内各主要景点 自行车、公汽、出租车

2005 28.6% 国内各大名胜、名川大山;境外旅游 自驾私家车、随旅行社等

New Trend of Holiday-taking

The way people spend their holidays is quite different from what it was ten years ago…

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